George

A few weeks ago at the book store Nyla used a gift card to buy a stuffed Curious George monkey.  Neither Bohdin nor I thought it was a great choice but she was adamant.  She does seem to enjoy him.  She wants me to buy him a carseat but I refuse every time.  She has finally come to terms with him riding buckled in the front seat but she only grudgingly accepts that solution.  He's not played with every day but the times he is played with he is played with enthusiastically. 

I know somebody that wants to wean her three year old and I decided I might give it a shot as well.  It's something Nyla and I have talked about for many months but nothing has come of it yet.  Last night we decided that she could get a bike once she is done.  She is super excited.  She is tired of the tricycle and wants something like Bohdin.  While I was laying with a sleeping Cora she came up and asked about her bike.  We looked at several online and soon found the perfect one.  It is pink and has a doll carrier in the back.  Nyla ran downstairs to tell George the exciting news.  Apparently he was excited as well.  We'll have to order it online so she'll have to wait a few days.  In the meantime I'm going to ensure that she doesn't change her mind.  

A local fabric store was having a store wide sale today.  Despite Bohdin's protests we went.  He wanted to stay home and play.  I was looking for fabric for pillows.  It's not something I can buy online since the color has to match just right.  While we were there I told Nyla she could pick out a fabric for a new dress.  She has decided to wear dresses again.  She loved a rust colored Thomas fabric, a pink striped flannel, and several others which were completely wrong.  We left without any new fabric for her.  A lady overheard Bohdin offering to hold my fabric choices and she commented on how sweet my children were. 

Google problems

Normally I can post pictures through Picasa but there is a problem right now that google is trying to address.  Hopefully it is done quickly because it's not as easy to upload them any other way.   This time it should work though.

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New door

I have a friend we see sometime that was very pregnant. She emailed and invited anybody in the area to stop by sometime since they were homebound. Monday I needed to go toward her side of town. I gave the kids a choice of going to the science museum or her house and they chose her house. Bohdin played with the older girls but Nyla felt left out. Bohdin was the youngest in the group. The five year old boy also felt left out so toward the end he and Nyla started playing together. We didn't stay long because I still had to go to Costco and I didn't want to keep Cora awake too long. All of the kids were tired on the way home but only Cora and Bohdin fell asleep. Nyla stayed awake to give herself a bath using a cup of water and a paper towel. I don't know how she managed to get so wet with so little water. Her clothes and hair was wet. As we pulled into our neighborhood she was done with a bath and wanted to go to sleep. I kept her awake. The local door guy who built our door arrived soon after. I'm so glad we went with him because the service was better and the price was comparable if not better. He came out to measure to make sure we ordered the right size and also delivered it. Buddy installed the door that night. It's so much better than the piece of junk we had before. In the strong winds we had last week the old door nearly fell off. I saw the whole frame moving. I'm still getting used to all of the light. I keep thinking that the door is blown open. The old door would blow open on occasion. We haven't had a strong wind since installation but I think this one will stay shut once we get a lock on it today. Tuesday morning the friend we visited the day before was in labor. She invited people to come over and be with them. We showed up after lunch several hours after the baby was born. Childbrith seems like more of a miracle when it's not my child. I saw her pregnant one day and the next day there was a human being. When I'm pregnant I've known the baby for months. Birth just changes the baby's location. It was neat to see. We didn't stay long. There were quite a few people there and Bohdin didn't get to play with M- at all.

Yesterday we just stayed home so Cora could catch up on sleep. We didn't even make it to story time. I cleaned up a little which gave Bohdin and Nyla the perfect opportunity to make a line of cushion boats and make it snow with pompoms.

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Trying so hard

Bohdin and Nyla were excited that The Little Einsteins DVD was ready for them at the library. On Wednesday I watched Nyla nearly break it while taking it out of the case and told her that somebody else had to take it out for her. Buddy and I have been talking a long time about getting a DVR but every time I call they refuse to lower the price for me. Finally I broke down and decided to pay the full price. Without asking for it I actually did receive a discount this time. I was excited to tell the kids that now we could record Little Einsteins. As I was walking downstairs to tell them Nyla was walking upstairs crying. She had broken the Little Einsteins DVD from the library. She took it out herself despite my warning on Wednesday. Nyla was very sorry. She cries when she is sorry. I hugged her and she told me that she "tries so hard to be good". I thought that was so sweet. She really does try hard. We had to go to Target to buy the DVD. It is cheaper for me to replace it than pay the library to replace it. Last weekend when we were outside planting peas the weather was amazing. The highs were in the 70s and low 80s. A cold front came through and we have been in the 30s and 40s for several days. There was even a light dusting of snow on Sunday. The lettuce we planted hasn't sprouted yet but the lettuce that went to seed last year is looking good. I need to get out there and do some weeding. Some time last week a tree broke in the woods and fell on the fence in our backyard.

Cora has been a challenge this past week. I put her on the floor when I'm cooking or cleaning. She normally has zero interest in baby toys. Instead she'll hunt for something inappropriate to put in her mouth. If she can't find anything she'll crawl to me and pull herself to a standing position using my leg. I can't get anything done with a baby hanging from my leg so I have to pick her up. I already have to carry her when we go out of the house. She doesn't like sitting in shopping carts very much. I don't want to carry her inside as well.

Something to Tell Me

I was upstairs with a sleeping Cora while the kids were playing.  They played in the front yard for a while and then came inside.  When it was quiet I put headphones on and watched an old episode of Glee I missed.  When Cora woke up I came down and Bohdin said he had something to tell me that I might not want to hear.  While Cora was sleeping he had found some Playmobil toys I had hidden for a later time.  An online retailer is shutting down so I bought a few things for Easter and whatnot.  Bohdin found them on the upper shelf of the front closet.  He told me how he had figured out a way to reach them.  Then he and Nyla went down to the basement and opened them.  I was glad that he told me since I would have found out anyway.  I was not glad that he had opened them.  When I asked what he was doing in that closet he said that he was going to get the fireworks out.  He doesn't understand why he can't play with fireworks without me or Buddy but I think he'll refrain.  Just in case they are going to be moved.  I also have to keep my ears open from now on when the kids are awake.  It's a good thing it was the Playmobil toys and not the fireworks. 

We were outside planting more peas and lettuce last night when some flying insects came around.  Nyla tried to shoo them away.  "This is a planting area not a flying area."  We may be doing all this work for nothing.  The rabbits probably ate our pea plants last year.  Inches away from the area we planted Buddy spotted rabbit poop and deer tracks.  Bohdin loves harvesting peas more than anything else so we may put some in pots.