my journey, destination unknown
Excuses, excuses. Even as homeschoolers, we’ve been busy with end-of-the-year stuff…Then there’s the kids’ music concerts we’ve been going to. And our “curiousity killed the cat” cat that’s been at the vet for two days now (and probably two more) from some injury, probably due to clumsiness and, of coure, curiosity. Then of course, is…
Ah, well, not really. I can’t blame anyone but myself. I want a dog. A chocolate lab. A dog to go for walks with me. A dog that’s happy to see me. But Rob says I’m crazy. Chloe’s not overly fond of dogs. We will no longer have a big backyard. But I still want…
It never fails. Give something to Chloe, and it gets broken. So it should have come as no surprise to me that she spent lunch yesterday staring at a machine that was destroying a buliding nearby and then announced “I want to be a destruction worker when I grow up!”
We really like both France England’s and Lunch Money’s songs entitled “Tricycle”. Chloe belts out these two tunes as she pedals along…
Rob took Camille out to Medieval Times for her birthday dinner (exactly two months after her birthday). Chloe came up with a big list of things that she wanted to do while Camille was out of the house (way). First she wanted to paint. Then she wanted to play “Scrambled States of America” with me….
Chloe had a big day. She got to ride in her new “big girl car seat”. It is still a 5-pt harness, but she can buckle it on her own, and it even has a cup holder! (She can’t unbuckle it, unfortunately.) She had her first cavity filled (and didn’t once complain). She also wrote…
Camille had her final jazz class of the year today. Here’s a closeup of the hairwrap that she did herself earlier. She put some in my hair too. She’s also agreed to cut Rob’s hair for him…
I admit, I don’t follow fashions. I have no clue. I wear what’s comfortable and easy to buy. Cotton is prefer, usually in subdued colors. Chloe also follows her own style. The nurse at the pediatrician asked if Chloe could dress herself. I responded “Um, look at her, what do you think?”
Chloe can be a very silly girl sometimes.
The past two days, Chloe (age 4) has gone out of her way to pick up after herself and help me with other chores around the house. I don’t think she’s “angling” for anything, but she is certainly proud of all the work she has done, such as making her bed, putting away her clean…
The cat has been sitting in one spot crying all day. When I went out to empty the dehumidifier into the plant containers, I heard some squeaking. Looking around, I found a little nest in my hanging fern, which is right above where the cat has been sitting all day. In the nest were at…
While I was working on the computer downstairs, something ran past me near the floor. I assumed it was a cat, but Chloe said “There’s a chipmunk in the house!” I turned and saw it run across the room. We kept open all the doors downstairs all day, but it didn’t leave. We kept seeing…
Photography fills my idle time. When I’m alone with Camille, we can both stay busy with her homeschooling work or by reading, but when I’m alone with Chloe, I take on the role of photographer to avoid being cast in the role of jungle gym.