October 28, 2011, at 11:45 pm | I may never be able to read one of the girls’ favorite books again.
The book looks harmless enough, doesn’t it?
Don’t be fooled.
See, the story is about a little squirrel, Miss Suzy, who becomes homeless and seeks shelter in the attic of a nearby house. She settles into a dollhouse, makes friends with toy soldiers, and lives quite happily there until she is able to return to her tree house.
The problem is, “Miss Suzy” isn’t so cute and cuddly when seen up close.
And in your own house.
The fantasy of the children’s story became reality when little Miss Suzy herself somehow ended up in my fireplace.
She frantically tried to escape, and I really wanted to aid her return to the wild, but I had no idea how I was going to make that happen without letting her loose in my house (we have no way to close off the room that the fireplace is in). I was quite unnerved by her presence, and by my fear that she would somehow find a way into the house (the fireplace cover isn’t perfectly flush with the stone hearth). I also didn’t want the girls, spurred on by the story of Miss Suzy, to open the glass door so she could set herself up in our dollhouse.
Thankfully, she must have found her way back up the chimney, because I haven’t seen or heard her since yesterday evening.
I hope she’s happily situated back in her tree house. And I hope she stays there. There’s only room in this house for one Miss Susie, and she doesn’t have a tail!
October 27, 2011, at 11:42 pm | How can Starbucks get even yummier?
By offering “cake pops.”
Cake on a stick.
Now why didn’t I think of that?
October 26, 2011, at 9:30 pm | Neither one of these two may be able to walk or talk, but they can still smile and laugh!
October 25, 2011, at 10:38 pm | Some days I feel like I’m running a marathon. Minus actually getting in shape (even though I oftentimes do find myself getting sweaty and panting for breath as I either chase or carry young children around). Yesterday was one of those days, and although the kids were all sufficiently well-behaved, I was having trouble keeping up with their high spirits (a.k.a. craziness). So as I was wracking my brain for something slow-moving to entertain the girls, I remembered my mom had left me a “Cat in the Hat” book-making project.
I grabbed it out of the closet and opened it up in front of the kids with a flourish. It worked! The girls loved it, and Jimmy enjoyed sitting and watching the girls. Three for three!
Becky actually transformed a few of her book pages into a “letter” that she intends to mail. She had me remove the pages, folded/squashed them up, stuffed them into an envelope, folded/squashed the envelope, taped the whole thing together, and then decorated it. She loves to make “presents” this way. The thing is, no matter how earnestly she says she’s going to give the present to someone, she will never part with that creation. I guess she puts so much effort into it that it pains her to give it away!
So the next time you need to pull a rabbit out of a hat, try the “Cat in the Hat”!
October 24, 2011, at 10:03 pm | You know a movie is a winner when the girls don’t even touch their snack because they’re so absorbed:
Unfortunately, their enjoyment was short-lived because the DVD (Disney’s classic Peter Pan), which we borrowed from the library, was too scratched to watch. But they at least managed to get roughly familiar with the characters, because they looked at a book jacket from a library book (Miss Nelson is Missing – an oldie but goodie from my childhood), and declared that it must be Captain Hook!
October 23, 2011, at 9:10 pm | This may not constitute crawling, but I consider it forward progress!
October 21, 2011, at 9:40 pm | Jimmy’s not been sleeping well the past few weeks; he’s either up at 5:30 a.m. for the day, or he’s up one to two times a night. I don’t know what to attribute his nighttime wakefulness to, other than the fact that he’s suddenly cutting four top center teeth. That brings him to a grand total of six teeth. The child’s not even six months old yet. I think he’s ready to skip the strained peas and move right on to meat and potatoes!
Hmm…how about he use those six teeth to gnaw into a turkey…tryptophan makes you sleepy, right?!
October 20, 2011, at 9:38 pm | I did several loads of laundry today, and came up with…
Eleven unmatched children’s socks. ELEVEN.
That takes talent.
And daughters who like to wear a different sock on each foot.
And a son who routinely kicks off his socks.
And a mom who figures she’s got bigger fish to fry than matching socks.
How many months until we can all go barefoot again?
October 19, 2011, at 9:48 pm | Yesterday was a bright, sunny fall day, so we headed outside to draw on the driveway with chalk.
I drew a rudimentary hopscotch outline for them, but despite my best hopping instruction, they couldn’t grasp the concept of putting certain feet in certain places. So, Susie just jumped along merrily:
And then she decorated my boxes while Becky created her own version in the background:
We made quite the artistic team!
October 18, 2011, at 10:11 pm | According to one of the girls’ books, baby zebras are mobile almost immediately after birth.
Sometimes I think I gave birth to a little zebra. This guy doesn’t stop moving!
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ABOUT US I'm blessed to be saved by the grace of God, loved by my wonderful husband Jim, and embraced by my twin girls, Rebecca Faith and Susanna Joy and my sons Jimmy and Danny. I started this blog in May 2008 when I was hospitalized for pre-term labor at 24 weeks gestation. The Lord allowed me to keep the girls inside until they were 34 weeks along, and on July 27th, Rebecca made her debut, followed by Susanna, five minutes later, on July 28th. We ecstatically welcomed Jimmy into our lives on April 25th, 2011, and Danny on August 31, 2012. This blog has been a personal journal of faith and motherhood and the only way I can remember which child did what and when. Thanks for stopping by to share in my Faith and Joy! Feel free to e-mail me at: [email protected]. |
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