1. Remember our beautiful, spring-like weather earlier this week?
Well, this is what it looked like this morning! I have no doubt that Mother Nature is a woman!
2. I got a call from a friend desperate to find someone to watch her daughter for a few hours yesterday, so I spent some time with a funny 5 year old yesterday. She was so well behaved, totally happy to entertain herself with play-doh for 35 minutes and to watch our Care Bears dvd. We had macaroni and cheese for lunch and she was totally baffled that I knew all the kids in her family and all the neighbor kids who live by her, but I know them all from church so there was really no trick to it.
Her mom gave me a yummy smelling candle, some Life Savers and 2 hugs to express her gratitude, it was sweet.
3. This is how Whitney spends a lot of her time, she watches/listens to Dinosaur Train and draws...I like her style.
Whitney drew this at art class this week. I love it that she put the shoes and sock on a welcome mat.
4. Ashley was here this morning while Robyn was at a training session (she's a personal trainer) and asked me all kinds of questions about Whitney's toys (i.e., their names and such) as if I was as I was as consumed with the history and back story of Whitney's toys as she is.
5. This kid is turning into a teenager before my eyes and I'm NOT ready for it! I realize I've had almost 12 years to baby-step my way into it, but I was under the impression it would be a gradual process and not one that happens over night. Oh the humanity!
**What's your weather like?
Did you tend any kids this week?
Have you ever drawn shoes?
Do you know the names of all the toys in your house?
Are you aware your children will turn into teenagers one day?**
Did you tend any kids this week?
Have you ever drawn shoes?
Do you know the names of all the toys in your house?
Are you aware your children will turn into teenagers one day?**
Comment Window Tidbit: I am totally loving the book I'm reading right now (Prodigal Summer) and wish I had such an eloquent way with words.
13 comments:
I'm going to ignore that snow photo. That's just cruel.
You've been doing a lot of babysitting lately! What a nice service. Can't be easy trying to find someone last minute to watch your kids.
Well, I only tend kids on Sunday during nursery. Ha! I wonder if I would enjoy being a nanny?
If I were to have a Prodigal Summer, what would I do...hmm...
I loved Prodigal Summer too! All that snow! I won't tell you how freezing it has been here. We have taken to wearing socks and hoodies. Weird how acclimation works.
I am in complete denial about teenage years and leave it up to sage women like you to get really good at it and then shower me with wisdom. That will be the time that blogging will be a BIG TIME blessing for me (like it isn't allready)
I am so not ready for the teenage years, especially with Luci. The door slamming in the face incident that Kim experienced with her last Sunday made us both realize we are so not ready!
I like Whitney's style too!
How nice of you to help your church friend out and Robyn too.
I love Barbara Kingsolver!
Mother Nature is definitely a woman. To think I was planning on doing yardwork today!
I did not tend any kids this week, and rarely get asked. You are a wonder.
I love Whitney's picture, especially the Kenneth Cole Reaction brand inside the shoe! She cracks me up.
I think I just might know all the names of the toys in our house. I hear about them oh so often.
The teenage transformation does seem to be rather overnightish, doesn't it? It's a painful awakening for sure.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....when I think about her turning into a teenager!
Someone should provide a list of all the things you are required to go through if you choose to mother a child- of course, the human race might die out if we knew before hand what we were getting into. My teenager is totally testing me!
I know many toy names at our house but sometimes they change and I can't keep up with that.
My goodness, Mother Nature threw a fit, didn't she? Whoa.
Our computer has been down for the week. I have enjoyed catching up with your posts.
What? You don't know Whitney's toys intimately?
My children were so upset about the weather on Friday. Here we were with a day off from school only to get dumped on by mother nature. I wanted to spend the day wrapped up in a blanket reading! Just did not happen.
It's raining in So Cal. I'm done with the rain. It's not supposed to rain this much here. Oh well.
Yes, I tend kids every week. Usually ones that are related to me.
My kids teenagers. My 4 yr old has perfected the "eye roll" already. She has also graduated from the toddler department to little girls. I'm having a hard time with that.
The toys are overtaking me. Help!
It is a surprise when suddenly children become teens! It might take a while to adjust...try hard!
I love he drawings of the shoes! And stylish ones, to boot. All the better.
Weather surprises are the pits.
Lastly, my children have never forgiven me for giving away their childhood toys. Well, aferall, it has been a 30 years plus...what the?!
It was a beautiful weekend here in MI. The snow is melting. Had 8 Bluebirds on my porch. No sign of a Robin yet. Come on Spring.
Can name some toys around the house. Since the kids are ages 8-12 the names are getting fewer and easier to remember.
The only extra kiddos here this week was the before school boy that comes here and catches the bus with my 6th grader. Teenagers they are. My oldest is 12 and he's hitting that geeky/cool/ugly/cute stage. He's caught between a kid and a teen I think. Not ready for this, but ready to give it my all!
Thank you so much for watching Ashley. You are such a Power Service-Giver! Really, it's such a blessing in my life, and I'm sure in many others' lives too. I bet that friend was so, so grateful for your help.
Seriously, Landon is a teenager. I am not ready and he's not even my kid. I still hear him saying "Dodorant" and "Whassup" and "Lookin Fly Liz!" in my mind. But he's still just as cute, so maybe that helps. Maybe he'll skip that awkward tween phase. Lucky him!
I didn't really like Prodigal Summer, so that's funny you do. It went on and on about all the insect stuff and I felt like parts of it were practically a non-fiction work on the mating rituals of locusts or whatever. To each his own, right? Enjoy.
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