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My oh my how he's grown.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Almost
Finishing my breakfast this morning I heard a frantic holler from upstairs where F was getting dressed.
”MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY!”
I start to get up to help, then remember we are attempting to build independence and creative problem solving. Instead I answer, ”Do you need help?”
The frantic tone decreases ever so slightly to simply manic and he replies, all in one breath, ”Today is Thursday, that means tomorrow is Friday, that means it's birthday cake and presents tomorrow!!!”
Whew. Not dismembered. Just super excited about finally turning five.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
QOTD
How I was introduced by my child at the reunion this weekend:
” That's my Mommy, the one with the purple hair.”
I know it's true, it's not how I ever expected to be introduced.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Good Fortune
F and I had fortune cookies for desert today. His is the top one, mine the lower. Reading our fortunes I decided we better stick together.
Amendment: Travis pointed out life with us is indeed always exciting, yet you don't know what kind of exciting you are going to get (he is remembering mudslides and other natural disasters we seem to encounter on a regular basis).
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Kid Wash
Last summer we clipped a project out of one of those family magazines. The kind that look super cool and you fully intend to do someday...
Someday was this past week! FFM remembered all the way back to last summer when we clipped the instructions and has been asking to make it since the first semi-warm day this spring.
A note for out of towners - our residential water comes from reservoirs and other sources that are in the mountains, fresh from the snowmelt. Our water is cool to downright COLD all year long. I've run in sprinklers in mid western and southern states and running in Colorado sprinklers is a BRISK and REFRESHING experience not for the weak of heart. FFM runs hot all the time, he likes to be hot, but even in 90F heat he had to call it quits after 90 minutes of the Kid Wash. 90 minutes!!! Worth every penny.
Someday was this past week! FFM remembered all the way back to last summer when we clipped the instructions and has been asking to make it since the first semi-warm day this spring.
A note for out of towners - our residential water comes from reservoirs and other sources that are in the mountains, fresh from the snowmelt. Our water is cool to downright COLD all year long. I've run in sprinklers in mid western and southern states and running in Colorado sprinklers is a BRISK and REFRESHING experience not for the weak of heart. FFM runs hot all the time, he likes to be hot, but even in 90F heat he had to call it quits after 90 minutes of the Kid Wash. 90 minutes!!! Worth every penny.
