Well, hello one and all. We were at a mildly breezy 61 yesterday. Tara was sweating in her coat when I picked her up from school yesterday. It will rain today but not go below 55. Anyone care to move here for a milder winter?
We are all doing well. We are over the Christmas cough (that lasted for almost 3 weeks for Tara). Gene is back into the swing of things at work. Seems to be going well with the new management.
Tara came home from school last Friday with 2 scraps of paper with her friends "phone numbers"....although not legible to me or her father. She proceeded to dial her memorized version of the numbers and actually got to talk to her school friends on the phone. She wanted to call someone everyday and thinks she should (like her 7 yr. old friend Emma) have a phone in her room). Is it just me, or is this whole chatting on the phone thing starting a little young?
I was listening to her talk and she said "well, how many lamps do you think I have in my house?...I have one on the table , one in my room.....all together 5!" I just started laughing (who talks about lamps in their house? A 5 yr old to another 5 yr. old.!)
She went to a classmate's pirate party on Saturday. She painted her fingernails black, wore an eyepatch and Jake's pirate hat. She ended up being the only girl. She nailed the "pin the eye patch on the pirate" (everyone else was in the black) right on the eye. She got 4 out of 5 gold coins in the bucket (no one else even got 2)...and watched the boys run in circles for 40 minutes but, had a good time. She is anxiously awaiting her #6 party next Saturday. She wants a 'Little Mermaid" party. (Emily wants Nemo and Jake wants a pirate party) So, we'll just leave the living room decorated like the beach for a month!
Emily likes primary, but not as much as I thought she would. She headed straight back to the nursery this past Sunday. Guess old habits die hard....
The crazy thing this week is Jake and Emily fight over everything. They copy each other and make each other scream "Mom, he's copying me!" ...."Mom, he's copying me". Ugh. They fight like Jake says "Emily we are going to get Tara at school" and Emily replies "Uhuhh....we are getting Tara at KINDERGARTEN" ...then Jake 'NO SCHOOL!'
I need a record player that repeats "inside voices, don't fight, use inside voices, don't fight"
Jake tried Emily's gymnastic class (because he's almost 3)....and loved it but could not sit while being instructed. He was a little jumping bean, but could do everything in the class. He was happy but then complained that he didn't get to watch Dora in the waiting room. Ohwell.
All is well here....hope it is with you too!
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