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Grammama!
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Ronism
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Ron’s latest thing is to try to argue something with “But the sun is awake!”
For example, tonight at dinner, to celebrate it being a Sunday, we had ice cream.
“Please mommy, I want some more ice cream.”
“No, Ron, you’ve had enough.”
“But the sun is awake!”
Visitors
Friday, April 18th, 2008Today was a friend’s birthday, and they needed some baby sitting. Fortunately for them, we got the email about the need right after Jane said, “I miss my friends Isabella and Sophia. When can they come over again?”
So they had fun. Ron did too, but he was the odd man out (literally!). Two band-aids and several hours later, everyone was rather tired when their parents came to pick them up.
Peter lives here too, so here’s a pic from tonight. I was trying out a new flash.
Sleeping: Boys vs Girls
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Tonight, I came home from a meeting and the kids were already in bed. The boys were out, Peter face down and snoozing. Ron was in a pseudo victory position (victory position: is where they have their arms raised over their heads, similar to the touchdown signal from football). In one hand was his current favorite blue race car (a hot wheels type), and in the other, was “King”, a toy version of “The King” character from Cars. Nearby were a couple of train engines from our Thomas collection (I’m not sure which ones). The cars are the current favorite toy – so much so that when they were forbidden at the dinner table during dinner, fits were thrown and appetites diminished.
Checking on Jane found her awake, and chatty. “Hi Daddy.” “Hi Jane.” We chatted about stuff for a bit, and then she said, “Mommy found my blankie. It’s small tho, and square, and soft. [hugs it] But it’s mine, and I love it.” She is in her own room, and loving it. We bought her a lamp for her room, which she has been really excited about. She helped to pick it out from Target, and has been really good about using it without playing with it. We let her go to bed and read for a while before turning her lamp off and going to sleep.
Show and Tell
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Every Wednesday Jane’s class has show and tell for the letter of the week. The children are encouraged to bring items that start with the letter they are studying that week. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at remembering to send something with Jane to share. Today I forgot to send something that started with ‘R’, but that didn’t deter Jane. After school, Ms. Christie told me that at show and tell time Jane said she had something to share. She said, “It’s my brother, Ron! He starts with R!” So they walked down to his class and brought him in for show and tell. Not that the story needs to get any cuter, but when I picked up Ron, he was very pleased to inform me that he got to go visit Jane’s class today. What great kids!
New Clothes
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Yesterday, the kids wore some new clothes to school:
Jane picked out her socks and put them on herself.
Ron had a new shirt, but this was the only pic where he wasn’t blurry from how fast he was moving.
Oh and the rain crumbs were back yesterday.
Milestones
Friday, September 21st, 2007
So this happened almost a month ago, but I forgot to post it. Our growing Peter is rolling himself onto his tummy a good bit these days. Lately he is also really interested in grabbing his toys and especially his toes. Jane and Ron have particularly found this entertaining, because now they can hand him toys and he grabs them. Needless to say, Peter thinks Jane and Ron are lots of fun.
Mommy’s Spa?
Friday, September 21st, 2007Lately, Jane has found it enjoyable to “make Mommy’s hair pretty.” This usually just consists of tousling it around with her fingers, but occasionally she does have a comb or brush. Last night she had a brush and was giving me the latest fantastic hairstyle when Ron decided he wanted to be in on the Mommy pampering too. So he decided he would drive his cars on Mommy’s back. This might not sound particularly pleasant, but it actually felt nice.
Manners
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Today while telling me about ‘dog food Jell-O’ (not sure I can explain that one), I asked Jane what color it was. She said, “Red! My favorite color. But it comes in other colors, too.â€
“Oh, what other colors does it come in?â€
“I don’t remember, but God remembers. (pause) He just can’t tell us right now. He’s busy talking to his son, Jesus. (pause) We don’t want to interrupt them while they are talking. That would not be nice.â€
First Day of Preschool
Monday, September 10th, 2007The kids started preschool last week. We have pictures from then, we’ve just been too disorganized to get them up before now.
This picture of Ron and his backpack is from the second day of school, but I had to get the picture with his straps hanging down to the ground. (click on the picture for a larger view)
