Aug 16, 2008

Was today a GORGEOUS day, or WHAT?

Oh my goodness, I was right. Its fall already. My favorite season! I just love days like these, where its just starting to get cooler outside and the air feels fresh, you can sense change. We went for a ride up the canyon today, just for the sake of being out of the house. And we pulled out the ice-cream maker. I know that seems like more of a hot day thing to do, but it felt like we should be celebrating something, with the weather as gorgeous as it was. I think we had planned to do a whole list of chores and such, but most of them were forgotten by the time we realized that it wasn't going to hit three-hundred-fifty-billion degrees outside today! But what a trade-off! I could have sworn we were in southern California! Yes, I realize it will be three-hundred-fifty-billion degrees all next week (and possibly even next month) - but don't go bursting my bubble. ;)

I just got done folding all the laundry. Yes, for those of you who have seen my pile(s), ALL the laundry is done! I had help, of course, we all know I'm helplessly co-dependant - but at least I stuck with it all day and got it all finished! Now Brian wont have to hunt for something for he and the kids to wear while I'm gone next week. (He probably wont know what to do with all that spare time he previously spent searching for socks and panties - ha ha!) Speaking of my little trip next week, I'm starting to get a little nervous... I'll be surrounded by nurses and dietitians (and its pretty obvious that I am neither of those) and even though I've been studying the text, I'll still be completely out of my element in this setting! Aaack! I'm hoping this course will set me in the right direction to get a job in the field (or even a volunteer position), if not at least help me become more familiar with all these hoops I have yet to jump through to sit for the IBCLC exam. In the meantime, it should be fun(ish), a nice little break from the day-to-day before we add another kiddo to our family. I'll get plenty of that thing that is so scarce around here lately - alone time. So hopefully my course wont be so intense that I cant enjoy it!

Aug 8, 2008

Summertime wind-up

Can you feel it ending? Is it just me? Its almost like the Christmas rush; every family wants to have a party or reunion, you have to rush around last minute shopping (for school, instead of gifts), the weather is miserable (although the clouds the past couple days have been a welcome break this year). I don't know, when summer ends its a relief, yet I'm kinda sad, and wish I could have some of that time back. I wish we could have gone swimming more, but after last year I'm just too paranoid about getting sick. Oh well, I guess we still have a month or so to do that.

Having Gingers dog has been fun - something to do as a family in the evenings after it cools down. The kids love to have her chase them. Even Milly Moo-Moo seems restless though. The days are so hot (and humid, which is weird) we just hole up inside, and she's pretty much become nocturnal -sleeping in the shade all day, and tearing around the yard after dark. Liam is learning to talk more all the time, and last night he was looking out the kitchen window and said "night-night moo-moo"! So cute!

Liam seems to have moved on from "eee-eees" (horsies) to "bdrrrrrs" (anything with wheels). Its fun to play cars with him, he lines them all up, then drives them all to the next location, and lines them up again. So precise, and you cant mess with his system or he gets ticked! Its kinda funny to see him try to carry all of them at the same time too (because one or two is just not going to cut it, you have to hold ALL of them)! With summer ending it's probably time to get him a normal haircut too! Its so traumatic for him, I always feel bad when we cut his hair! LOL

Zoe is still SOO into dress-up. She's probably going to grow up and be a fashion designer or something. Its fun to let her dress herself, just to see what weirdness she'll come up with next. I'm a little worried about dressing her for school, because she's not a fan of "real clothes" most of the time, so I aniticipate a little arguing over the matter. She's generally a pretty reasonable kid though, so I'm sure when she sees that the other kids are wearing jeans and t-shirts she'll conform. How sad is it that I'm happy about that? Geez, I should be glad that she'll happily wear her princess dresses (which at this point are practically torn up rags, they've been used so much!) and my old tank tops and such for clothing and not complain! Oh, and always about 6 necklaces, and any hair-ties, or strings she can find made into necklaces and bracelets. Makes me smile... My silly babies!