mom's lesson #5

Don't open an umbrella in the car while I'm driving.

I don't like it and I can't see.  Besides, it's not raining.

greetings

the life of a 1st grader is hard

Dere Rbrt,

While driving to school this morning Mia asked me, "Mom, does life get easier when you get older?"  I asked her if things seemed pretty tough right now.  She said yeah.  Ahh, to be 6 again.

Then, while cleaning out her room, I came across one of her billions of notebooks/journals/writing tablets/etc.  Before I threw it away I decided to look through it.  I found these gems.

I guess only the important things make it in the jrnl!

Frum, Kim

bindle stiff psyche

Last night Quinny made a major (salute) mess with her ice cream.  She dumped half of the sprinkles in her bowl, on the counter, on the floor, and in her hair.  We decided a picture was in order.  The picture really does not capture the mess.

 The sprinkles were clear, so they are hard to see, but you get the idea.  As the picture taking went on, she made this pose and announced, "I look like a hobo!"  This made us roar with laughter!  I guess I have told her she looks like a hobo one too many times.

Then, for reasons I am not sure of, we told her to stand like a: 'hobo', 'daddy', 'mommy', 'eric', 'robyn', 'mimi', and 'haley'.  Can you guess which picture goes with which person?  When she made the 'haley' pose she said, "This is a 'mad' Haley."  Good luck picking out which one is the 'daddy'!

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The doll is striking a 'mimi' pose!

Mia didn't want to miss out on the fun.

YESTERDAY!!!!!  My hopes soared.

today.

PSYCHE!

a little info

While reading today I found this - 

This is what it said about:

ASU

UofA

It didn't have BYU listed.  Check it out.  Sounds like ASU has a lot to offer.

dora intervention

Good morning!  So here's what's happening...

Last night, early in the evening, Robyn came to me and asked, "Mom, if I get all my homework done and the kids get to bed, can we watch a show together?"  I thought that was a great idea.  I was grumpy, as you know, and probably needed a shift of gears.  As planned, we got everyone home from their various activities, bathed, homeworked, yelled at, and then lovingly tucked into bed.  Then at the appointed hour, 9:00pm, Robyn came downstairs and announced she was done with her work.  This was very impressive - she has A LOT of reading to do in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' - it has to be finished today.  We were both excited and we sat down to watch Glee.  We got exactly thirty minutes into it and we heard a little POP and then the TV went dark.  You guessed it.  The lamp is toast.  So, we went upstairs to watch.  I am not sure why, but the upstairs DVR only recorded one minute of Glee.  The fates were working against us.  Dejectedly, and half filled with Glee, we went to bed.

On the bright side of this whole event...

I believe that we are going to be able to stage a little Dora intervention.  As you know, the love shared between Q and D is strong.

My least favorite quote of the year so far is, "I want to watch Dora."  Every time I hear it I want to scream.  That being said, I think with the lamp being DOA and having to go cold turkey, we are going to go through some painful moments.  It will probably look a lot like this.

I am prepared.  There might be:  nausea or vomiting, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety.  I think we can handle it.  We have books, games, snacks, songs, and the great outdoors to distract us during this hard time.  Don't worry too much about us, we'll make it through.  Oh no, she has already found a loop hole.  As I am typing this, she is asking if she can watch Dora on the computer.  This might be harder than I thought!!

And in the Aspie corner...

Yesterday Haley had a very busy day at school.  She had technology club and play practice after school.  So in an effort to save money and get her to eat healthy food I sent her extras in her lunch box. I told her before she left that I was sending all of these things so she wouldn't have to buy anything at school.  "OK, Mom, that's great."  When I picked her up yesterday she had a Sprite and a bag of popcorn.  That's funny, Haley, you must have been hungry - so I thought.  This morning when I went to pack her lunch, her lunchbox was up in her room (of course) and still filled with her food - carrots, cream cheese, apple sauce, extra juice box.    I had to throw away the cream cheese.  Thanks for the extras, MOM!

this and that

Here you are on 'Waffle House Saturday' at IHOP.  This picture is great, but the picture I really wish I had is one of Robyn when she saw Mr. Schetzsle, her social studies teacher, sitting across the room with her former principal, Mr. Conroy!!  Oh, the embarrassment!

Sushi anyone?

Mia, Caleb, & Eric.  Mia's first time ice skating!  She was so excited to go!  Perfect timing for a Zamboni shot - nice! 

The countdown begins for when you come back.  Everyone is excited for the water park with you, Shelle, and Allison!

Mimi misses you a lot when you are gone.  She often sleeps on your side of the bed.

Q-Bear and Mimi standing in the cold rain this morning.  Why?  Why not?  I think mostly because Mimi wanted to wear the galoshes and Q wanted to wear the poncho.  Reason enough for me.  They were out there just long enough for the picture.  I think they will like the rain a lot more in AZ - less frequent and much, much, much (infinity much) warmer.

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Here she is looking cuter than ever.  I think the waiter at Nagoya thought Haley was over 18.  He split our 'doggy bag' and asked if it was going to be one bill.  She's growing up!  We had a wonderful lunch together.  Now, how to get her to put the suitcase away. . .  Apparently posting about it isn't working!

weekend visitors

Our weekend is long gone and so are our visitors.  Our favorite one just left.  Thanks for coming, Robert.  We had a great time.  It was so nice to see you and kick your trash at Scrabble.  Maybe you should start using some of those fancy doctor words you learned at the Guad?  They might help you out next time.

To prove that Robyn is not quite grown-up yet, she got a visit from the tooth fairy.  Nice one, Robyn!

Here she is covering her face in shame.  Almost 14-yrs-old and still losing her teeth.  Will she go to college with baby teeth?

We also got to dog-sit this weekend.  Here they are eating their dog food.

These are the smartest dogs around.  They can prepare it all themselves and feed it to each other!

Actually, this is Malynn.  She is our little friend that spent the weekend with us while her family went out of town.  She is so adorable and fun to be around.  She could have stayed with us forever!

That's it for now.  I'll post more later after I get a few more pics.  I guess it's back to living through pictures again.  I sure like it better in real life.

By the way, Robert, if you hadn't come home this weekend, I would have never had two people chase after me while I was driving in the car in one week.  What funny memories!  Haley screaming 'MOM' at the school while running after me and seeing you running down the street in the rearview mirror on the way to take M & E to school.  CLASSIC!  Both good for a laugh when I am feeling down.