Life, the Universe, and Everything

Once in a lifetime

2009-07-12T19:33:23-05:00

I have about 15 minutes before I have to strip the dirty clothes off the children and throw them (the children, not the clothes) in the bath. Until that time, though, there is no dirty laundry in my house and the only clothes not put away are the ones hanging in the laundry room waiting for Rob to bring them upstairs. I'd like my medal now.

Conversations from a daycare #1

2009-07-10T14:09:57-05:00

Robin: So we may get a fish for our classroom. I was at Walmart the other day and looking... Ally: But we can't get a narwhal, because they are much too big for our classroom. And they live in the ocean. And the ocean is saltwater. But maybe if we all went to the ocean and got a bucket of water and ... --------------------------------------------- Robin is speaking to a co-worker about plans for watching a baseball game at a sports...

Tuesday again

2009-07-07T12:32:38-05:00

I seem to have a habit of posting on Tuesdays. Our weekends are always so busy, and then Monday comes and I have a ton of work to do, and they just restricted our internet access even more, and, and, and.. then it's Tuesday and I feel bad for not posting about the weekend. So here I am. And I have nothing interesting to say. This weekend was great. We went to Knights Action Park (no big slides for Anya,...

Less Fear

2009-06-30T12:57:05-05:00

Ally believes she's invincible. She rides rollar coasters, boasting all throughout the line about how brave she is. The fact that her "braveness changed" about halfway through the ride had no visible repercussions. That one ride was too big for her, but that fact didn't carry over to any other ones. She climbed right into the seat (cage, really) ready to be turned upside down 50 feet in the sir with no hesitation at the next carnival she went to....