Making A Play For Upper Management

Tuesday evenings are hard on Miss Molly. Her dad and her sisters take off for soccer practice, and she is left behind. She hates it, and I have to make her happy with trips to the park, Team Umizoomi episodes, and sometimes the occasional Sesame Street.

Last night I brought out the blocks. Finding the wagon more entertaining, she dumped them out all over the floor so she could sit in the wagon.

When Garry got home, he told Molly to clean up her blocks. She's a lot like Macey in that she does a good job cleaning up in nursery, but at home, she's a little tyrant.

After Garry told her to clean up, she looked at Macey, pointed to the blocks and said, "See-See (Macey), blocks!"

We had to laugh at her attempt to delegate, especially her attempt to delegate to the one kid who would rather go to bed than clean up a single block! She may be the youngest, but she's already making a play for upper management.

Taking It Up A Notch

While I was at Target today, I picked up a new conditioner: Frizz Ease Smooth Start Conditioner.

It promises to repair damaged hair and mend and block frizz for easy styling.

One can dream.

I'll let you know how it goes!!

I Did Not Even Know I Did Not Know That. . .

Before today, I would have said that before September 11th the only time the U.S. got attacked was Pearl Harbor. But, this morning I was reading Seven Miracles That Saved America and read about the Japanese submarine attack of an oil refinery 12 miles from Santa Barbara, California. There was also a submarine attack off of the coast of Oregon.

Who knew???

What To Do With. . .Myself

This week I got the bad news that my American Government class did not have enough people registered and was therefore cancelled. I was bummed. I had just gotten the book the day before and had started reading, getting ready to put the syllabus together. I was looking forward to teaching this subject and the money right before Christmas would have been fabulous!

I really enjoyed teaching. In January we will try again and I may end up teaching Intellectual Property and American Government back-to-back. So, it's not "over". It's just postponed. For several months.

But still, I'm left thinking, what should I do with myself? Though Garry might disagree, I just feel that there are only so many things that I can clean everyday. Are your 30s too early for an identity crisis?

Sunshine Generation Pictures

It's been a long wait for poor Emma. She went to her cousin
Samantha's ballet. Then she went to Cousin Chloe's dance show. And then Macey's. Finally it was her turn to get all dressed up and go perform!
She had a great time!

After the show, Garry gave her flowers. And she got a sucker from one of the Moms. Could a day get any better?

Emma Makes Youtube!

We signed Emma up for Sunshine Generation, a little performance group here in Utah. This last week they performed for a Constitution Day celebration with the mayor, Lt. Governor and the Governor.

Here's the youtube video -- I have pictures that I will post soon!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-9M8qhwdpY

Look Mom, No Training Wheels!

Emma has wanted to take her training wheels off of her bike for quite awhile. If it kept her safe, she could leave them on forever -- I did not really care. But she noticed that other kids did not have them (and so it begins. . . .) and asked us to help her take them off. And so Garry did. . . Somtimes it went well. . .Sometimes it did not.

But by the end of the afternoon, she had it down. We're so proud of how well she did and how she did not give up. Sometimes she likes to give up if it proves to be too hard, but she kept trying!

Good job, Emma!