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[Dec. 3rd, 2009|05:32 pm] |
Ellie was singing a little song she made up -- no words, just la-la-las.
"That's an American song," she told me proudly. "Did you know I could sing in American?"
"Ellie, we ARE American," I said.
"I know! That's why I'm singing it!" |
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[Nov. 17th, 2009|08:56 am] |
I keep trying to teach Ellie "Over the River and Through the Woods" but for some reason she just cannot remember the words! So far I've heard her sing:
"Over the woods and through the grass..." "Over the bridge and through the water..."
"Over the trees and through the house..." |
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[Nov. 17th, 2009|08:28 am] |
This morning I looked out the window. "Wow! It snowed!" I said.
Theo JUMPED out of bed and yelled, "Yippee! I can EAT SNOW!"
Ellie looked out the window and whispered, "Mama? Is it Christmas Eve?"
Most of the snow is already gone; the rest will be gone soon, but it sure got the kids excited about things to come. |
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[Nov. 13th, 2009|06:03 pm] |
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We spent several hours today at Loose Park playing in leaves and climbing trees. Ellie has fallen in love with tree climbing -- and she is good at it! She also knows no fear. She will climb SO HIGH and call down, "Stop worryin', Mama, I know how to get down!" and she does. |
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[Nov. 13th, 2009|08:52 am] |
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I asked Ellie if she could name ten different types of birds, and she did it! "Robins... Turkeys... Chickens... Eagles... Ducks...Swans...Hawks...Woodpeckers...Cardinals...and Flamingos!" She also added "whales." I think maybe she meant "quails"? |
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[Nov. 1st, 2009|10:29 am] |
We had fun trick-or-treating last night! Theo (dragon!), Ellie (Sleeping Beauty!) and I (Sleeping Beauty's mom!) went out with Justin, his sister Jamie, her little boy Colton (a ninja!), Chris and Amber (archer!) and baby Fox (turtle!). We got way too much candy.
This morning I've spent hours trying to transform a crumbly cake into a cool castle for Theo's "friend party". We invited his whole class... should be crazy.
We "trunk or treated" at Theo's school on Friday night... people parked their cars all along the playground and opened and decorated their trunks -- there was a contest for best decorated so people went all out with sound effects and all kinds of wild stuff. It was fun, even kind of scary! We went from trunk to trunk and got lots of candy there, too, and Theo ran into lots of his kindergarten buddies.
I can't believe it's already november. Even more, I can't believe my "baby" is six years old! I mean, I can remember being six CLEARLY. Six is old! |
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[Oct. 28th, 2009|11:52 am] |
Ellie has a little cd player in her room and she likes to listen to her "Hannah Montana" cd that she got for her birthday. She knows how to turn it on by herself and sometimes she just goes into her room to play and listen to music.
Yesterday she came running into my room in tears.
"Why is there terrible, terrible music in my room?" she asked me.
I followed her to her room and found that she had accidentally set the music to "radio" instead of "cd" so it was playing "Killer Queen."
I guess she's not a Queen fan!
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Theo has tomorrow and friday off school because of teacher conferences so they celebrated Halloween (and his birthday) today. He got to bring his dragon costume to school and walk through the school on a parade, then back to his classroom where Ellie and I and some of the other parents and little brother and sisters got to have the party. It was so cute to see everyone in their costumes!
Theo got to be classroom helper today because of his birthday and during circle time the class learned about Theodore -- I'd made a poster about him, as requested by his teacher, with photos of Theo on holidays and vacations and stuff like that. |
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[Oct. 26th, 2009|12:39 pm] |
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discovery of the day -- Ellie loves brussels sprouts. she ate all hers and asked for seconds. 'They're so yummy it makes me cry,' she declared. |
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| Funny Theo quote of the day |
[Oct. 23rd, 2009|10:53 pm] |
(explaining his tee shirt, which has a yin-yang symbol on it)
"Before I got this shirt, I was really clumsy! But now I only fall down sometimes... it's because this symbol gives me balance." |
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[Oct. 15th, 2009|11:38 am] |
I was reading Theo math questions for his homework.
"How do you make enough acorns for all of the squirrels?"
Ellie piped up, "First, get some caramel. Next, get some wood. Then you cook it, and tie the top together... and tada! You've got acorns!" |
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[Oct. 9th, 2009|11:12 pm] |
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Even when Ellie makes mistakes, they are INTELLIGENT mistakes. Like when I told her she could have an English muffin for bedtime snack after she put on her jammies. She came running out of her room when her jammies were on and said, "Now can I have my French bagel?" |
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[Oct. 4th, 2009|05:54 pm] |
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Today we went out to Deanna Rose. Theo's friend Emma from kindergarten (his "second best friend") was there along with her littel sister, so Theo and Ellie had fun playing with them. We fed the baby goats, milked the fake cow, petted the real cows, rode the little tractors, climbed on the big tractors and all that stuff. |
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| weird!!! |
[Sep. 25th, 2009|10:40 am] |
Some work truck came and a guy got out and started measuring and putting yellow flags all over the front yard. I went out and asked what he was doing.
"This is for your new driveway," he said, "and those over there are for your new room addition."
"We're not getting a new driveway or room addition," I said.
"Yes you are." He kept working.
"Well, nobody told me about it!" I said.
"They wouldn't tell you?" he said, like he didn't believe me.
"Well, they HAVEN'T. I'm a renter..."
"Well, that makes me curious. Let me check my ticket and see if I'm on the right street." He checked, he was, and he gave me my landlords name.
"Well, when are they doing all this?" I asked. "TODAY?"
"Oh, I doubt it," he said. That's all he seemed to know, so I went in and called my landlord to ask what was going on.
"Oh, I didn't know they'd be out there today," he said. "I thought they were coming next week. Yes, I'm putting in a new driveway and a room addition, but not until next year. It won't be while your living here. I just need to figure out what it's going to cost."
So my lease runs out in April, I guess he is planning on moving back in here then? This is weird. And why does he need a new driveway? This one is okay. |
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| september update |
[Sep. 22nd, 2009|07:52 am] |
So Theo's kindergarten year is in full swing. Last friday we did the "Tiger Trot" walkathon at his school (walking in circles around the playground for an hour). Today is school picture day (got Theo's hair cut last night in preparation, so he'll look extra handsome!) and Thursday is the first skating party of the year. It's at the same rink we went to with Boone school back in the day. Oh, and yesterday Theo brought home a permission slip for his first field trip, which will be to the fire station!
Ellie went in for her four-year-old checkup at the pediatricians, where we found out she's very healthy and big for her age (around 90th percentile for both height and weight). She didn't have to get any shots this go around, which was good news for everyone involved (my kids are NOT good shot takers).
Theo and Ellie did the "run for the chimps" zoorun at the Kansas City Zoo on Saturday with Grandma Julie (the day after our walkathon -- these kids get their exercise!). Then they visited the Beanstalk childrens garden with Uncle Ben. Sunday we went up to my dad's ranch and met up with Amber, Chris, Fox, Sonya, Aunt Pat, and Daddy and Robin. We went for a hike at Weston Bend State Park and collected paw paws (type of fruit, kinda a cross between a pear and a banana) then had a cook-out lunch. Then Amber, Chris, Fox, Justin, the kids and I went to Heather and Brian's place for dinner. After dinner we got to try out their new Beatles Rock Band!!! It was fun!!! Ellie brought her xylephone along so she could play in the band, too. And she did! And Theo played drums on some of the songs, he did a good job. So it's been some busy times around here. |
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[Sep. 19th, 2009|08:16 pm] |
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"Mama, I wish I was a skeleton," said Theo. "Know why? So I could take my head off, and throw it at owls." |
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| The social life of kindergarteners... |
[Sep. 17th, 2009|01:36 pm] |
"You know how much I like Elliot?" Theo said to me today. "At school I always put her cubby away for her... and when she gets up I push her chair in for her... and I tell her when to be good so she won't be put in Safe Seat (time-out)."
"You sound like a little gentleman!" I said.
"Yeah... and Elliot's starting to like me a little..." Theo said, then he sighed. "But she says she's going to marry Mason!"
Well, that solves one mystery... why Theo keeps saying he doesn't want to invite Mason to his birthday party!
"But I'll keep being nice to her," Theo continued. "And I'll be the winner!" |
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[Sep. 14th, 2009|11:28 am] |
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Theo has a new girlfriend, her name is Elliot. He used to like a little girl called Emma, but he "gave up on her." Elliot is a little cutie, smaller than Eleanor, but five years old like Theo and in his kindergarten class. A couple days ago he was happy because he gave Elliot a hug and she kissed him! Today he came home from school and said, "Elliot says she can come to our house for Christmas, but not for Halloween." |
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[Sep. 10th, 2009|11:20 am] |
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Ellie found some scissors and decided to give herself a haircut... she cut A LOT off... I guess she'll be having a new look for her fourth birthday. |
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[Sep. 8th, 2009|02:02 pm] |
Theo was trying to play a game on his gamecube and a message flashed across the screen.
"Mama, what's that say?" he asked.
"It says "the disc could not be read," " I said.
He opened the machine, pulled out the disc and looked at it. "But Mama," he said, "the disc ISN'T red!" |
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