Katy is reciting nursery rhymes. Current one on her play list, Hey Diddle Diddle. She had just got to the end with the fork running off with the spoon and went in search of a fork and spoon. When she found one of the many tea party forks she turned towards where her sisters were playing and we hear:
Anna: 'I can be a spoon, my head is kind of shaped like one.'
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
And so it begins..............
The second day of school and we have our first birthday party invite. May the festivities begin!
:D
:D
One more baby leaves for school.....
My middle girl Anna had her first full day of school today. She started Pre-K yesterday and so now I am the mom of two school age kids.
The house is really quiet without Anna. Unless pulled into playing with Anna, Katy all in all is a pretty quiet child. Turns out Tara is much the same, content to look at books, watch her shows and play dollhouse without much fuss.
Tara is missing her sisters though, she has called out to them several times today. Wondering where they are and asking if they are hiding, then wanting me to help her find them.
I should be reveling in the quiet and the ability to get a bit more work done during the day, but am finding myself with a lack of motivation. Guess Tara isn't the only one who will have to adjust to the new status quo.
As for the big school girls, they are loving it so far. For Anna its a big new world and she is enjoying having others to play with and getting to try new things. Katy just loves to learn and so school is one of her very favorite places to be, though she was disappointed they didn't get to do any math on the first day. She hopes they will do some today. She must get that from her Dad! :)
The house is really quiet without Anna. Unless pulled into playing with Anna, Katy all in all is a pretty quiet child. Turns out Tara is much the same, content to look at books, watch her shows and play dollhouse without much fuss.
Tara is missing her sisters though, she has called out to them several times today. Wondering where they are and asking if they are hiding, then wanting me to help her find them.
I should be reveling in the quiet and the ability to get a bit more work done during the day, but am finding myself with a lack of motivation. Guess Tara isn't the only one who will have to adjust to the new status quo.
As for the big school girls, they are loving it so far. For Anna its a big new world and she is enjoying having others to play with and getting to try new things. Katy just loves to learn and so school is one of her very favorite places to be, though she was disappointed they didn't get to do any math on the first day. She hopes they will do some today. She must get that from her Dad! :)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Just your friendly neighborhood glass inspector,
Literally moments after the glass repairman moved my van back into place after fixing the windshield this little lady/gent popped up onto of the car and proceeded to climb all over the new glass. We joked that s/he was inspecting his work.
Katy and Anna were positively fascinated and wanted to bring it inside. The girls who freak out if a fly is within 10 yds wanted to take the pretty green bug for a pet.
Katy and Anna were positively fascinated and wanted to bring it inside. The girls who freak out if a fly is within 10 yds wanted to take the pretty green bug for a pet.
What a nice surprise...........uh, yeah.......
So Monday night Mike goes out to retrieve our IKEA purchase from a couple days prior and as I'm looking at the car, I think it looks just a wee bit off. A couple, no, couldn't be, must just be the dark playing tricks, I open the door to confirm that yes, my rear view mirror has fallen off taking a large chunk of glass with it. Joy!
Today, the very nice glass repairman came out and installed my new windshield so she's all fixed. Which leads me to my next blog post.
Today, the very nice glass repairman came out and installed my new windshield so she's all fixed. Which leads me to my next blog post.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
National Zoo on Caffeine and Sheer Will Power
Two recommendations, do not try to do the Zoo in the middle of July or after a night of little to no sleep. Little would be me, no would be Mike. As often happens with our little family, nothing goes quite as planned. After arranging to have last Thursday off to make up for working that previous weekend we were going to get the girls out of the house and take them to the Zoo. The plan, to get up around 6:30 and try to be at the Zoo when it opened at 8am. Simple, easy, I had snacks packed, breakfast was to be on the go, we'd be there early enough that we'd eat lunch on the way home.
Then a simple fix at work turned into a 24hr haul at work as Mike got home Thursday around 5am, about 24hrs after he left for work the previous morning. He collapses on the couch that I am not occupying and we try to catch a bit more sleep. Apparently the girls internal clock knew about our original time frame because they awoke us at 6:30am ready to get going.
Two sluggish parents attempt to get up, get people dressed and ready to go. We end up not getting on the road after gas and caffeine for the adults til around the time we had hoped to be at the zoo.
Add in a few wrong turns even with GPS Navigation, we get to the Zoo a bit after 10am. Not realizing there were two more parking areas we sought out street parking and ending up adding an extra mile round trip walk to our journey. This is where the recommendation to not head out to the zoo in July comes in. It was hot, very hot, and while the zoo had cooling stations every tenth of a mile, the streets leading away and to did not. Also, if you are tired and overheated, don't go into the Amazonian exhibit. When they say its muggy and hot, they mean it. :)
The girls though, were happy, excited and enjoyed themselves immensely. Well worth the trip in the end. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueladystudios/sets/72157606276848876/
Then a simple fix at work turned into a 24hr haul at work as Mike got home Thursday around 5am, about 24hrs after he left for work the previous morning. He collapses on the couch that I am not occupying and we try to catch a bit more sleep. Apparently the girls internal clock knew about our original time frame because they awoke us at 6:30am ready to get going.
Two sluggish parents attempt to get up, get people dressed and ready to go. We end up not getting on the road after gas and caffeine for the adults til around the time we had hoped to be at the zoo.
Add in a few wrong turns even with GPS Navigation, we get to the Zoo a bit after 10am. Not realizing there were two more parking areas we sought out street parking and ending up adding an extra mile round trip walk to our journey. This is where the recommendation to not head out to the zoo in July comes in. It was hot, very hot, and while the zoo had cooling stations every tenth of a mile, the streets leading away and to did not. Also, if you are tired and overheated, don't go into the Amazonian exhibit. When they say its muggy and hot, they mean it. :)
The girls though, were happy, excited and enjoyed themselves immensely. Well worth the trip in the end. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueladystudios/sets/72157606276848876/
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