Saturday, July 1, 2017

Selah June and Daddy went for doughnuts and sand before I ever thought about waking up. The pavers in the back over by the water hose caved in when we filled up SJ’s blue plastic pool without realizing it was cracked. All the water leaked out and washed away some of the dirt that was already eroding under the deck. Jeremy, much to his credit, figured out how to fix it. And Selah June used the time at Lowes to find flowers for Mommy. They are now planted in the back yard. We’ll see if I can keep them alive!

She apparently was not too happy about not going into the building at Dunkin Doughnuts, so she caused a complete scene while Jeremy tried to order at the drive-thru. As soon as they got to the window, though, she started laughing and carrying on full conversation with the attendant. She’s a mess.

One trick we’ve discovered is that she considers all bite sized doughnuts – “doughnut holes.” So, while she wants to order big doughnuts, she rarely eats them because they’re not doughnut holes. Jeremy had the brilliant idea to cut them into bite-sized pieces….and just like that they were gone! She can take care of some food when she feels like it!

And here we are with our most precious Kaboodle. Don’t get between a girl and her sweets and treasures!!!

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017

I didn’t have any meetings and felt like Mom could use a serious break, so I asked her whether she wanted to go to Foley for the day to escape the drudgery and help me shop for dress clothes. Of course she was up for it. With Selah June at school we bought ourselves a good 7 hours or so. It was so incredibly therapeutic to not think about anything for a little while, and I ended up finding some good sales.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Jeremy baked chicken and had dinner ready for us when we got home. Selah June liked seeing Grandpa for a few minutes and particularly liked getting some sunglasses, a puppy watch, and her very own Kaboodle with little treasures included.

She spent the evening deciding what else needed to go in her treasure box. Some good things do come of culling and regifting down through the generations. My only concern is that I got that Kaboodle around age 9. That’s when everyone had to have one. Selah June is 2: We’re in trouble.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

I woke up to this little monkey next to me this morning. She’s doing great with potty training. I don’t even think it’s appropriate to call it “training” anymore. She is just a great kid who uses the potty all the time – even in the middle of the night.

Now the pattern is that she wakes up in the middle of the night, has to go potty, and then comes upstairs to crawl into bed with us. And honestly, as long as she is going to bed in her own bed at night, I don’t have a problem at all with her snuggling with me through the early hours of the morning. And let’s be real. She seeks out the human heater called Daddy, so I barely notice her there at all.

It’s always a challenge to leave school in the afternoons. She inevitably wants to play in the rocks, sit on the benches in the little garden, watch the people go in and out of the center, and just generally stalling because she knows it drives me nuts. I see all the other moms in the same exact boat, so at least I know I’m not alone.

in fact, I often try to embrace it. We sit out there together. We make small talk with the moms and kids. And we take pictures for entertainment – my entertainment mostly.

Monday, June 26, 2017

Jeremy had the idea to give Satie Isabella a trip to Chuck E. Cheese for her birthday. So when we were keeping both of them for a few days, we took the plunge.

Abigail had pizza ready when we got there, but as you can see the kids had too much going on to be bothered with eating pizza.

Selah June just wanted to put coins in machines. She didn’t much care about the tickets even. She just wanted to put those coins in the slots. I was literally watching money being poured into machines. (She’s going to love playing the slots…. ?.)

When we totaled all of her tickets and took her to the counter, all she wanted was bracelets….lots and lots of bracelets.

She did spend some time riding rides.

And she wanted her daddy to get in some of them with her.

They had a wonderful time. All of the cousins were together having a blast. It completely overwhelmed me, but they thought it was totally awesome. Good call, Jeremiah.