Time to update you all on my smart & quirky boys. Here’s a sampling:
Story #1:
Graham likes to point out the things that he notices. He’s a very observant little boy. Considering he’s of the male gender, it will be interesting to see if this trait lasts past childhood.
When we’re out and about in the minivan, he points out every other Odyssey or 4Runner, “Mommy! That’s like our car!”
He’s so observant, that if he sees a Toyota Sienna, he says, “That’s like Ben’s car!”
Or if the 4Runner is black (ours is silver), it’s “That’s like Auntie Karen’s car!”
He recognizes the body types, etc. He’s never pointed to, say, a Caravan & thought it was like ours.
So last week, we were getting out of the van, and he says, “That’s like our car!”. I look around, and not a van is to be seen, so I ask him where he sees it.
“Right there!” and points to a Gold Accord. “See? The letter H!”. For Honda.
Like I said, he’s observant.
Story#2
Matthew’s Dad comes here to work out of the office every day, and he drives a Jeep. Nathan calls him “Papa” (can’t say Grandpa yet), and also calls his Jeep “Papa”.
When we’re out and about in the van during the day, Nathan will all of a sudden should “Papa!”, so I’ll look for a Jeep. He notices every one. Another observant boy…
There was no “Jeep” to be seen, but a little Geo Tracker.
Graham pipes up, “THAT’S not a Jeep.”
Smart kid.
Story#3
Here’s one to warm your heart:
Nathan has a nap every afternoon. When he wakes up, Graham leaps up from whatever he’s doing and shouts, “Nathan’s awake! Let’s go get him!”
I let him go in first, and he says the same thing pretty much every time:
“Hi, sweetheart! Did you have a good nap? I missed you!”
How cute is that?
I have many more stories, but don’t want to bore you. Hope you enjoyed these ones. I enjoy living them.
I LOVE summer.
Yes, it can get disgustingly hot (Go Puffy! Go Puffy!), but that’s the only negative compared to a plethora of positives. The heat isn’t entirely negative either. As someone who is almost always cold, it’s a nice change that my hands, feet and nose aren’t like ice.
I was thinking about summer, and what it is that I love about it. I realized that most things about it end in “er”…just like summer. Here’s what I mean:
The days are longer.
The nights, and darkness, shorter.
The sky is bluer.
The grass is greener (or browner, if you don’t/can’t water it).
The sun is brighter, and makes us darker.
Honey looks even hotter.
The air is warmer, but the pool makes it cooler.
Diet Coke tastes even better.
The memories are funner (poetic license).
Girls’ nights are oftener (again, the license).
Slurpees are sweeter.
Flowers are prettier.
The kids are happier, even cuter (if possible), and at night, they are sleepier.
See what I mean? And that’s just a small sampling.
I love summer.
No, I’m not starting a hip-hop career. I’m retaining water.
I usually weigh myself first thing in the morning. Not every day (I’m not that crazy), but I like to step on the scale before I’ve filled my belly with food.
I did so yesterday morning, with no change to worry about.
Then last night, as I was getting ready for bed, I stepped on the scale again. Why? I’m not sure. In the past when I’ve done so, it might be up a pound or so.
It was up FIVE POUNDS!
I whined to Honey about it.
Me: How on EARTH did I gain five pounds in ONE DAY ?!? Especially since it’s too hot to eat anything beyond three tiny meals!
Him: (Poking my leg) I think you ARE retaining a bit of water - your ankles look a little puffy.
Me: Well, that makes sense.
Him: Turn around…what’s on the back of your leg?
We look closely. Oh, GREAT. Another big spider vein cluster. I’m seriously going to pot.
The old wives’ tales say that if Mommy isn’t looking too great, then it’s likely a girl I’m carrying, because girls “steal” their Mom’s beauty.
At the rate I’m falling apart, this is going to be one BEAUTIFUL child, whether girl or boy.
…come jump in our pool.
A bit of background:
My Nana passed away in January, and left some money to my Mom. She is giving my sister & I a little nugget for our own personal use.
While the accountant in me thinks, “Wee - pay down our mortgage!”, that just didn’t seem right. We should get something for the family to use.
Honey & I would both like an in-ground pool someday, but don’t like the safety risk it poses while we have small kids. A gate and a lock are all fine and good, but kids can climb.
So, we are likely going to pave our driveway. We have a large circular driveway up on the bench that our house is on. Pavement will allow the kids to ride bikes, play street hockey, and shoot hoops.
But the weather has been HOT. And while I take my kids to the lake nearly every day to cool off, we are hot again by the time we get home. We needed a solution. That solution was to use a small portion of Nana’s gift to buy us a POOL, of the smaller variety.
We headed out to Walmart, and picked up this puppy. The ladder will be removed to keep the kids out, and it has a lid to boot. The bonus? We got to the till and it was $100 less than the sticker said.
No problem - more money to spend at IKEA. Kidding. Sort of.
We got home and put it all together with the help of the boys. Log into Flickr to see all the pictures. Not a Flickr friend yet? It’s not too late - just email me!
So to all my local friends who are like us (hot, pregnant…and not, and without air conditioning), come on over. The pool is almost finished filling up, and it this heat it should be warmed up a bit in about an hour…maybe two.
Well, here it is! My new site. I’m not super excited about the template, but blue IS my favourite colour. I’ll have to keep looking for funky layouts.
At least I have figured out the main things I want this site to do. I can write posts (pretty important). I have installed my stat counter (also important to me). Comments work (prove me right - try it!).
I thought the name was cool, what with our Dutch heritage and all. And the fact that our life can get even crazier than the game. I contemplated staying with Blogger, but could not find a new name that suited me. Plus, my inner geek was fighting to get out and start getting creative with HTML. As I said, we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’re learning. The future looks bright.
So, let me know what you think. Update your links, or your “favourites” in your browser. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy that I might be someone’s “favourite”.
Peace out.
