Mmm crepes!!! Please forgive the Hannibal Lecter undertones in the second and third photos. Crepes maybe flesh colored, but they go best with Nutella and strawberries rather than "fava beans and a nice chianti." Hee hee.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Crepes for Dinner = Happy Family
Mmm crepes!!! Please forgive the Hannibal Lecter undertones in the second and third photos. Crepes maybe flesh colored, but they go best with Nutella and strawberries rather than "fava beans and a nice chianti." Hee hee.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Kids Stuff: Viola, Preschool, and Kindergarten
Sophie is starting the orchestra program at school and I'm so excited for her. We went to the "rental night" last night and of all the instruments she chose the viola. It was down to the flute or the viola and when she saw that the viola was small she decided on it. I guess she has confused the viola with the cello until she saw it. Cami and Jann, I think you totally influenced her! ( I told her you played the viola Cami and that your girls play too Jann.:)) Sophie, Adrian, and I all had fun last night "playing" her newly rented viola and I think she is considering naming it Vinny. It is fun to have a child old enough to start playing an instrument in school. I hope she wants to stick with it. Having never played an instrument for real (I played the piano and guitar for brief periods of time) I wonder if taking piano lessons and doing the viola with the school program will be too much?? I guess we'll have to see how it plays out.
On to Nina, she had a big day today and got to meet her preschool teacher Miss Stacey. My friend Stacey has started a very cute preschool and Nina gets to be part of her first round of kids. Her basement is decked out with preschool stuff and looks like such a happy place! Nina kept saying "I met Miss Stacey!!" (Stacey is her nursery teacher at church too, but I guess she met her as "Miss Stacey" for the first time today so it was momentous to her.) So I'm going to have 5 hours a week with no kids in tow at all. Crazy. It's going to be so great for Christmas shopping!! Oh and I almost forgot. Potty training is going great! Woohoo! She still doesn't tell me when she needs to go, but as long as I remind her it's "potty time" she goes and hasn't had an accident for days. Please let this keep up! I'm crossing my fingers and toes and knocking on wood as I say this, but she has been the easiest of my children to potty train. Just a minute while I cross my fingers and toes and knock on wood again...
I feel like I'm leaving Ben out here so I'll have to tell ya a little about what he's up to too. He is loving Kindergarten and plays with the same little girl and boy at recess everyday and wants to do homework everyday like Sophie. I've had to print him out worksheets from the internet because he hasn't had any actual homework yet. I must admit I was worried about how Ben would do with the transition to Kindergarten. He is still my sensitive boy, but he's relating well to the other kids and tells me school is "SO fun". He had a playdate with a little boy in his class (and in our ward) earlier this week. Of the kids he had the hardest time with our move a year ago (yes, a year ago tomorrow was when we closed on our house!) and even though he's done pretty well over the past year I feel like now he's back to his old self and is a happy guy.
On to Nina, she had a big day today and got to meet her preschool teacher Miss Stacey. My friend Stacey has started a very cute preschool and Nina gets to be part of her first round of kids. Her basement is decked out with preschool stuff and looks like such a happy place! Nina kept saying "I met Miss Stacey!!" (Stacey is her nursery teacher at church too, but I guess she met her as "Miss Stacey" for the first time today so it was momentous to her.) So I'm going to have 5 hours a week with no kids in tow at all. Crazy. It's going to be so great for Christmas shopping!! Oh and I almost forgot. Potty training is going great! Woohoo! She still doesn't tell me when she needs to go, but as long as I remind her it's "potty time" she goes and hasn't had an accident for days. Please let this keep up! I'm crossing my fingers and toes and knocking on wood as I say this, but she has been the easiest of my children to potty train. Just a minute while I cross my fingers and toes and knock on wood again...
I feel like I'm leaving Ben out here so I'll have to tell ya a little about what he's up to too. He is loving Kindergarten and plays with the same little girl and boy at recess everyday and wants to do homework everyday like Sophie. I've had to print him out worksheets from the internet because he hasn't had any actual homework yet. I must admit I was worried about how Ben would do with the transition to Kindergarten. He is still my sensitive boy, but he's relating well to the other kids and tells me school is "SO fun". He had a playdate with a little boy in his class (and in our ward) earlier this week. Of the kids he had the hardest time with our move a year ago (yes, a year ago tomorrow was when we closed on our house!) and even though he's done pretty well over the past year I feel like now he's back to his old self and is a happy guy.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Silver Linings
The Car
Oh my poor minivan. In the last week and a half we took my minivan to 2 mechanics (just to make sure) and had to face facts and have the breaks replaced (for the 3rd time) and THE WHOLE power steering system replaced. Lots of money parted with sadly, but it had to be done. Ugh. The silver lining is that I think we found an honest mechanic who explained the whole thing and gave us a fair price to fix it (mechanic #1 was not so honest or helpful). So let's hope my car will be good for a while.
Sharing Time
I've shared on the blog before that I am an anxious public speaker, very nervous. Well today I did sharing time in primary. Sounds easy enough but I still got nervous. I have a new calling and am the assistant secretary in the primary (very excited and happy to be a secretary again!) and since the primary president was out of town the other secretary and I taught sharing times - me Senior and her Junior. I was shaking. I'm not so much scared of the kids, more the adults. It went fine. But I was really embarrassed that my hands were shaking like leaves and I couldn't stop them. Silver lining is that it's all done and I survived and didn't pass out or puke on anyone. Bonus. And I taught about the blessings of temple ordinances and that was a very special and wonderful thing to teach about. Bonus bonus.
Potty Training
Da da da dun.... We are in the midst of potty training Nina. Today is the second day and we are 2 for 8 right now. Yes that is 6 accidents cleaned up as of noon today. Nina has a cold so consequently her asthma is flaring up and it's wheeze-city for poor Nina. So she stayed home from church with Adrian and they worked on potty training. (The wheezing is kind of a constant state for Nina for weeks after a cold so if we waited for no wheezing the kid would never be potty trained.) Well today hasn't gone so well, so far anyway. Yesterday she did #1 and #2 and was so proud of herself, but then today it doesn't seem like she's remembering how to do it. We're watching the potty video, reading potty books, having potty parades (when she actually does the deed) and basically hoping for the best. I know it will happen (I'm trying to convince myself here) and this week is likely to be hard, but I'm staying upbeat. Pretty soon (knock on wood) I'm not going to have to change diapers anymore!! Woohoo. It will be great when it happens and that's the silver lining.
Oh my poor minivan. In the last week and a half we took my minivan to 2 mechanics (just to make sure) and had to face facts and have the breaks replaced (for the 3rd time) and THE WHOLE power steering system replaced. Lots of money parted with sadly, but it had to be done. Ugh. The silver lining is that I think we found an honest mechanic who explained the whole thing and gave us a fair price to fix it (mechanic #1 was not so honest or helpful). So let's hope my car will be good for a while.
Sharing Time
I've shared on the blog before that I am an anxious public speaker, very nervous. Well today I did sharing time in primary. Sounds easy enough but I still got nervous. I have a new calling and am the assistant secretary in the primary (very excited and happy to be a secretary again!) and since the primary president was out of town the other secretary and I taught sharing times - me Senior and her Junior. I was shaking. I'm not so much scared of the kids, more the adults. It went fine. But I was really embarrassed that my hands were shaking like leaves and I couldn't stop them. Silver lining is that it's all done and I survived and didn't pass out or puke on anyone. Bonus. And I taught about the blessings of temple ordinances and that was a very special and wonderful thing to teach about. Bonus bonus.
Potty Training
Da da da dun.... We are in the midst of potty training Nina. Today is the second day and we are 2 for 8 right now. Yes that is 6 accidents cleaned up as of noon today. Nina has a cold so consequently her asthma is flaring up and it's wheeze-city for poor Nina. So she stayed home from church with Adrian and they worked on potty training. (The wheezing is kind of a constant state for Nina for weeks after a cold so if we waited for no wheezing the kid would never be potty trained.) Well today hasn't gone so well, so far anyway. Yesterday she did #1 and #2 and was so proud of herself, but then today it doesn't seem like she's remembering how to do it. We're watching the potty video, reading potty books, having potty parades (when she actually does the deed) and basically hoping for the best. I know it will happen (I'm trying to convince myself here) and this week is likely to be hard, but I'm staying upbeat. Pretty soon (knock on wood) I'm not going to have to change diapers anymore!! Woohoo. It will be great when it happens and that's the silver lining.
Monday, August 10, 2009
First Day of School '09
Last week Sophie and Ben had their first day of school. Sophie's in 5th grade and Ben is a kindergartner. It was a great day for both of them. Sophie has the favorite teacher of all 5th graders (by her own report) and Ben has a really upbeat and happy teacher that has already emailed all the parents and plans to update us regularly by email. I think that's awesome.
We started off their first day with our traditional breakfast out - this year it was IHOP. Then we had the kids pose for pictures before we all walked them to school. Nina had to wear her own little backpack on the way to drop of Ben and Sophie at school. I think she was a little sad when she didn't get to stay with them. After school everyone reported happy times getting to know teachers and new kids in their classes. Ben apparently met a very funny kid named Alex who likes pink and Sophie's teacher is the "best math teacher" which makes her very happy - she is such a math and science girl.
Can I just tell you it's kind of weird having 2 kids gone at school everyday. Granted Ben only has half day kindergarten, but still every morning it's just Nina and me. I think it's great because now I can give her more one on one time, but what am I going to do when she goes to kindergarten? I've probably mused about this on the blog before, but I know I'll cry. Enough of that. Stiff upper lip Jenni. I still have 2 years with at least one kiddo to keep me company and it's always a joy to watch them grow and learn new things. Now it's time again for homework, reading logs, spelling lists and remembering to buy lunch box foods when I go to the store. Goodness, it seems like summer ended quickly this year!
We started off their first day with our traditional breakfast out - this year it was IHOP. Then we had the kids pose for pictures before we all walked them to school. Nina had to wear her own little backpack on the way to drop of Ben and Sophie at school. I think she was a little sad when she didn't get to stay with them. After school everyone reported happy times getting to know teachers and new kids in their classes. Ben apparently met a very funny kid named Alex who likes pink and Sophie's teacher is the "best math teacher" which makes her very happy - she is such a math and science girl.
Can I just tell you it's kind of weird having 2 kids gone at school everyday. Granted Ben only has half day kindergarten, but still every morning it's just Nina and me. I think it's great because now I can give her more one on one time, but what am I going to do when she goes to kindergarten? I've probably mused about this on the blog before, but I know I'll cry. Enough of that. Stiff upper lip Jenni. I still have 2 years with at least one kiddo to keep me company and it's always a joy to watch them grow and learn new things. Now it's time again for homework, reading logs, spelling lists and remembering to buy lunch box foods when I go to the store. Goodness, it seems like summer ended quickly this year!
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Our Birthday Girls at 10 and 3
My girls are now 10 and 3!! Crazy. Sophie is in the double digits! It's starting to get a little more difficult to make them both happy with a combined party (their birthdays are on the same day), so Sophie celebrated last week by going with her best friend to the movie G-Force and then out to lunch at Cheeburger Cheeburger. Nina of course wanted a princess cake, but we made both Nina and Sophie happy with a Dairy Queen ice cream cake with flowers on it. Who isn't happy with an ice cream cake, right?! I can already tell that in the years to come they might have more qualms with having to share their birthdays, but I'm sure we'll work it out. Happy birthday girls!
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