Committed

Today we put down the deposit for Finley's and Meryl's preschool for next year. Each kid's tuition is more than I paid for a year of college. Yikes! And they only go 6 hours a week!

The school is over 9 miles from our house. That doesn't seem like much until you add it up. Two round trips a day (drop off and pick up) twice a week is 72 miles a week. And it is in the opposite direction from the grocery stores, post office, library, etc where I might be able to piggy back errands onto the drive.

But despite all this, I'm really excited for them to be able to attend this school. I think it will be a great experience and hope that they enjoy all the outside time, the animals and farming portions.

Jokesters

The book

The Page
The Prop

The Other Prop

The look on Avery's face after the argument about

snacks that resulted in Logan eating the contents of a diaper found in the bathroom?

Awesome! (and not captured on camera.)

Avery was great. Logan thought himself an amazing actor. And I had a lovely snack (the poop was a most delicious treat of cocoa and brown sugar, oatmeal and crushed corn flakes with copious amounts of butter.) perfect for dipping in my tea the next day.

Unedited and Uncensored- by Logan

I have more than 50 erasers. They can com apart and go back togather. Most people in my class have around 10 or 20 and thay want alot to. this week I bought 30 more some are erasers that are new from the website and some are not.

For Cathy- re: Monsanto

Since you've got so much spare time these days (joke, joke!) I thought you might need a little light reading while waiting for a van to the airport/study center/whatever. This tells about 3 Monsanto FDA approved gmo corn varieties that have been attributed to organ damage.

I know you think I'm silly regarding keeping my distance from Monsanto (which really is pretty much impossible if you shop at any mainstream grocery store, including whole foods, etc) but I think it is worth the extra $1 per seed pack to do so. My tiny little impact makes no difference to anyone but me.

Thanks for humoring me!

Hot feet.

I've been trying to get Meryl on video singing a song from Annie. Sometimes she really belts it out and it is so funny because she doesn't have the verbal skills to keep up with the lyrics but she has so much emotion in it. This video was a failure at catching the diva, but watch Finley near the end. I didn't notice while it was happening but she lifts her shirt to nurse her baby in the sling. Smart kid!

Merry Christmas

I listened to this show yesterday and found it very interesting. Cathy and I (well, me really) have struggled with how to celebrate the major christian holidays in a way that feels comfortable to me spiritually and socially. After listening to Greg Epstein it appears that I can wish you all a Merry Christmas without being a hypocrite. And I do wish everyone a day of family, friends, gifting, enjoying good food, and feelings of warmth and wellness during these dark days.

A bathroom in every room.

The reason most people don't encourage potty learning in the winter is because of clothes. That isn't an issue in our house because they are so rarely fully dressed. But man, getting them to use the bathroom, then get dressed, then put on snowsuits, mitten, hats, boots, etc only to get outside to hear "I peeing" is so frustrating.

They don't want to wear diapers so I have to try to plan our day around enough bathroom stops. However, several times a week I have to take them out of their beds asleep and put them in the car. Then they are stuck in the car for about 35-40 minutes while I pick up the older kids and drive to their afternoon activities. Then it is too late and we have a puddle. In the car seat (where it freezes) or the waiting room at gymnastics or some other not so ideal place like the grocery store entrance.

But they are doing great, expect when they are not. They've never had an accident at school, so that is good. And by summer, they'll be experts.

Oops, I hear "I pee on rug. On rug I pee." sigh..............