The birthdays are creeping up. Today I'll get an updated wish list from the girls. I found American Girl dolls for them on eBay, that's probably all they'll get from us but I know they'll be thrilled. We'll have a small party at home with cousins, then another day they'll be able to take one friend each to the H2Oasis water park.
Their schools use the Love and Logic methods for classroom management. BossLady and I talked about it over breakfast this morning, and she said she prefers the more traditional style of her old school. I've been reading up on Love and Logic and I think it's worth trying at home.... finally. Everyone's approach to parenting is different - it all seems like common sense - but I don't mind needing a book or a method because I have almost no patience and even less common sense!
K's up in Nome and Golovin for a couple of days while his dad, brother, and sister-in-law are there. When he gets back he'll start his September schedule, flying on the weekends.
Health-wise, I don't seem to have any immune system issues right now, or breathing problems, but I had something else come out of left field... There's quite a bit of TMI but it comes down to a good possibility that I'm "approaching menopause". Just what K and the kids need: me, hormonally imbalanced AGAIN.
Sometimes you just have to laugh and move on.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Abe, Wedding, School
Uh, eleven days can pass soooo quickly, I don't even realize I'm neglecting the blog.
I just caught up on our nephew Abe's progress, he had a tough week with fevers and low platelets and everything else he has to struggle with. But he's on the mend and will soon be home with his brothers! We love you guys.
Willy and Bridie got married on Sunday. They chose a beautiful place and had a really great wedding. Mom and I sang a song for them, and I got Clayton to play the guitar for us (yay!) at the very last second. It was a good day with lots of good friends. The three sons were the most handsome in tuxes, and Bridie was beautiful! During the reception, she sang a song with Wilson as her accompanist, awwww.
The next day the girls had their first day of school. It's a bit awkward doing drop-off/pick-up since their schools are separate buildings (K-2 and 3-5), though the buildings are next door to each other. We've worked out the bus arrangements, though. The teachers seem really nice, and the classes aren't too big, but it's a little jarring to go from a K-5 school with 500 students to these separated schools with about 350 students each. T's math situation will have to be changed - we looked through her new book and saw that everything in it, she learned last year. Hm.
I can't ignore the screaming in here anymore. Time to go.
I just caught up on our nephew Abe's progress, he had a tough week with fevers and low platelets and everything else he has to struggle with. But he's on the mend and will soon be home with his brothers! We love you guys.
Willy and Bridie got married on Sunday. They chose a beautiful place and had a really great wedding. Mom and I sang a song for them, and I got Clayton to play the guitar for us (yay!) at the very last second. It was a good day with lots of good friends. The three sons were the most handsome in tuxes, and Bridie was beautiful! During the reception, she sang a song with Wilson as her accompanist, awwww.
The next day the girls had their first day of school. It's a bit awkward doing drop-off/pick-up since their schools are separate buildings (K-2 and 3-5), though the buildings are next door to each other. We've worked out the bus arrangements, though. The teachers seem really nice, and the classes aren't too big, but it's a little jarring to go from a K-5 school with 500 students to these separated schools with about 350 students each. T's math situation will have to be changed - we looked through her new book and saw that everything in it, she learned last year. Hm.
I can't ignore the screaming in here anymore. Time to go.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
August days
It gets so dark at night now, the trees in the backyard are no longer in silhouette at midnight. Soon we won't need to put up the blackout curtains in the kids' rooms at bedtime. The sugar snap pea plants in our Rookie Garden finally popped out white blossoms, but the fallen yellow birch leaves between garden rows are sad reminders that fall is upon us. At least we'll have some radishes to toss with some tiny lettuce leaves.
K's been gone since August 1st. His time is 17 hours ahead of ours. R asked me this morning when we woke up, "Where's Daddy?" I've been doing fun stuff with the girls, and they've only given me that "Can't we trade you for Dad?"-look once or twice this time around. We've been making cookies, bread, quills (yep,Harry Potter), sit-upon covers (Girl Scout thing); we've brought home about 4,000 library books, played at Olly&Wilson's, driven to Seward with cousins to see the SeaLife Center, hung out at the park, and figured out Club Penguin missions together.
I just haven't been ScaryStrictMama about bedtime and wake-up time, though, and we haven't done more than three math worksheets. There's only one more week until the First Day of SCHOOOOOOLLLL! I got BossLady to count by twos with me, and fives and tens. She started reading Captain Underpants books... We've all been into geography with map puzzles (R lost Alabama) and looking up countries we hear about while watching the Olympics. Next Monday's gonna be rough.
My brother Willy and his bride Bridie will be married next Sunday, at a lake near Palmer! We're all looking forward to it, weddings are so happy, they remind you of the goodness in life.
K's been gone since August 1st. His time is 17 hours ahead of ours. R asked me this morning when we woke up, "Where's Daddy?" I've been doing fun stuff with the girls, and they've only given me that "Can't we trade you for Dad?"-look once or twice this time around. We've been making cookies, bread, quills (yep,Harry Potter), sit-upon covers (Girl Scout thing); we've brought home about 4,000 library books, played at Olly&Wilson's, driven to Seward with cousins to see the SeaLife Center, hung out at the park, and figured out Club Penguin missions together.
I just haven't been ScaryStrictMama about bedtime and wake-up time, though, and we haven't done more than three math worksheets. There's only one more week until the First Day of SCHOOOOOOLLLL! I got BossLady to count by twos with me, and fives and tens. She started reading Captain Underpants books... We've all been into geography with map puzzles (R lost Alabama) and looking up countries we hear about while watching the Olympics. Next Monday's gonna be rough.
My brother Willy and his bride Bridie will be married next Sunday, at a lake near Palmer! We're all looking forward to it, weddings are so happy, they remind you of the goodness in life.
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