my journey, destination unknown
Today didn’t go much better than yesterday. My code wouldn’t compile, the dishwasher broke (so I had to wash a full load of dishes with baked on food by hand), the fridge continued to act strange (sometimes when the compressor starts up the fridge clicks and ALL the lights in the house flicker), the new…
Camille is spending her time this evening with “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?” I think it is a little strange that she is reading the books whereas when I was a kid, I played the computer game. I’m working to get a little ahead at work so that the rest of the…
We went to see Milkshake, Farmer Jason, Buck Howdy and Lazytown perform today at the Roxy Theater.
The camera phone doesn’t take the best photos, but it is very handy. And the girls love to try out the different frames that are part of the camera. Rob’s got an even better toy now, though. His computer has a built in web cam that has lots of special effects. The girls giggled themselves…
I’m sure most of you already listen, but if you don’t, you need to listen to all the great music and fun conversation over at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child. Today the girls and I had the chance to meet Spare the Rock co-host Bill. The girls felt like they’d known him a long…
How do you come into your hobbies? I sort of fell into children’s music…I cannot claim that I was/am a music afficiando. When we started our children’s music station this summer, I did not imagine where it would take us! The girls love to sample new music and tell me what they like and don’t…
It was a rainy, rainy day. We went out for a quick trip to the library. Well, it was supposed to be quick, but Camille kept picking more and more books to checkout. We had only brought in one canvas bag; how silly was I to think that would be enough? She’s already read quite…
While we had been loosely following The Well-Trained Mind, I’ve been meeting with more and more resistance from Camille. She was being pushed too hard, too fast. She loves learning, but she’s tired of the repetitive drill. I finally reminded myself that one reason we are homeschooling is so that she will NOT be bored….
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…
Well, I had hoped that I would get a lot done today. Scrapbooks, a music review, leaves in the yard..these all need to be taken care of. But instead, I spent the day reading, doing a little scrapbooking, and hanging out with the kids. The girls spent the day making fairy houses out of odds…
would have been nice. Less than 24 hours after I had the yard perfectly cleared of leaves, it looks as though the yard has never been raked, ever. I just hope that this week will have another nice day that is free of activities so we can have another beautiful day of outdoor fun.
Today more than made up for yesterday. It was a gorgeous day. Apart from an early morning dentist appointment for me (easy go, no need to go back for six months), we had nothing that needed to get done…it was a holiday at my company and we tend to not have activities on Friday to…
Camille really did enjoy Young Sprouts today… I have no idea what this face was about. It is my face for today after most things that could go wrong did, including a live electrical wire down on the main artery from here to where we needed to go. Bah.
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…
Chloe has worn out both Camille and me. I can’t even string words together tonight. Everything I say she contradicts. She has refused to help with anything and has demanded that everything be her way today. It’s very tiring.
Have you heard the news? Not yet? Well, go have a look at the Fids and Kamily – Kids and Family Music Awards. The votes are due tomorrow, but we’ve submitted ours tonight. There were so many great albums from which to choose, that we had a really hard time picking our favorites!
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?”
No photos today. I spent the entire day holding a rake or a broom, not a camera. We did take a break from leaf moving and bathroom destructing to go to Lowe’s, where I bought 6 hostas for $1 each, 3 $20 trees for $3 each, and a $25 Chinese dogwood (if I remember well,…
I spent most of the day raking leaves in the backyard. I created huge mounds of leaves. The girls had a great time jumping. I would have felt great, except that looking up, I can’t even tell which tree has lost any leaves. I’m in for a long fall.
Chloe’s class at the botanical garden was about the desert. Chloe wanted to know who took a bite out of this plant. Later, she did get to try a taste of a prickly pear cactus (the “hip”, I think, not a “pad”), and she really liked it.