Sunday night we had the repeat of the bloody elation! C has now joined the ranks of all those kids before her with no way to start an apple. I hope the hole sticks around for awhile. It is pretty cute.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
a double header
Sunday night we had the repeat of the bloody elation! C has now joined the ranks of all those kids before her with no way to start an apple. I hope the hole sticks around for awhile. It is pretty cute.Saturday, October 9, 2010
The bloody conclusion
C had a great Saturday. We skated for several hours, found the perfect "earrings" for her Halloween costume, and learned to play guitar from a confident Brownie friend (their challenge for this week was to teach someone something that you are confident about). She went to bed early and happily. Then an hour and half later she came running out with this face.
She had been working on the loose tooth while reading (note to self, unplug her lamp) and it "squeaked right out". She is pretty excited to add her name to the second grade tooth graph. Her mom is pretty happy that the tooth fairy keeps a stash of $2 bills for just this occasion.
She had been working on the loose tooth while reading (note to self, unplug her lamp) and it "squeaked right out". She is pretty excited to add her name to the second grade tooth graph. Her mom is pretty happy that the tooth fairy keeps a stash of $2 bills for just this occasion.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Dinty Moore Stew
The weather has finally cooled off in Texas and it was a pretty busy week. So, Thursday night mom brought out the Dinty Moore Stew. I don't think C has had any since she was really little. Usually when items of this nature (also to include pot pies and chicken noodle casserole) make it to our table C asks "What is this" and Hunter replies "Mommy is trying to show us some of her culture and heritage" Not laughing!!!
So C picked around and identified all parts (we added frozen peas to cool it down for her) and tentatively tasted it. Then a big smile spread across her face and she looked at me and said"This is good. Why don't we eat this more often." She then proceeded to finish her bowl and look through the Hunter Dan section of the Cabela's catalog.
So C picked around and identified all parts (we added frozen peas to cool it down for her) and tentatively tasted it. Then a big smile spread across her face and she looked at me and said"This is good. Why don't we eat this more often." She then proceeded to finish her bowl and look through the Hunter Dan section of the Cabela's catalog.
LEGO club
C joined the LEGO club at school this week. It is a program that brings science and technology to little kids by allowing them to design and think outside the box through play. Today they built a structure that showed how they felt about coming to Lego club today. C's was sort of a building with a shovel leaning against it. I asked her about it and she said the shovel showed she was confident and ready to try new things. OK. You go little girl.
Her team's challenge over the next 6 weeks is to design something that can help people who have been injured. I asked C what that meant and what she might build and she told me she could make folding hospital bunk beds so kids could feel like they were at camp but still have a cool moving bed.
Our school was hoping to field at least one team of 5 kids and 18 showed up for club today. It was a pretty cool thing to see. Hopefully I will get some pictures over the next few weeks to show you her team and their creation.
Her team's challenge over the next 6 weeks is to design something that can help people who have been injured. I asked C what that meant and what she might build and she told me she could make folding hospital bunk beds so kids could feel like they were at camp but still have a cool moving bed.
Our school was hoping to field at least one team of 5 kids and 18 showed up for club today. It was a pretty cool thing to see. Hopefully I will get some pictures over the next few weeks to show you her team and their creation.
The first sleepover
14 months ago when Hunter's dad fell and broke his ribs, Caroline attempted to spend the night at a friend's house. Let's just say it did not go well and she came home at midnight. She has wanted to try again and it just wasn't ever the right time.
Fast forward to yesterday. Hunter was headed to Port OConnor to fish with a film crew (another post about that later) and I had nothing on my plate so I asked C if she would like to invite someone over to spend the night. She went NUTS-SO. I called the other Caroline and they made plans for the next night.
I picked up both Caroline's (which makes yelling for or at them much easier and a bit confusing) along with 3 American girl dolls and LOTS of pet shops from Lego Club (also more info later). They played American Girls straight through from 5-9pm with a quick intermission for some noodles and pears. They opened the door from Caroline's room to the dining room so they could spread out the game and still keep the dog away which I thought was a pretty good plan. Then they changed all 6 American girls into pj's, put them to bed and climbed in the teepee (set up in her room)and attempted to go to sleep.
A trip out for water, a trip out for a snack, a trip out for a better snack, a trip out for a different book. But now, at 10:54 I think it is safe to say they are finally asleep.
Is this what it was like every Friday night at my house growing up? I think Heather stayed with me or I stayed with her almost every week for 10 years!
Fast forward to yesterday. Hunter was headed to Port OConnor to fish with a film crew (another post about that later) and I had nothing on my plate so I asked C if she would like to invite someone over to spend the night. She went NUTS-SO. I called the other Caroline and they made plans for the next night.
I picked up both Caroline's (which makes yelling for or at them much easier and a bit confusing) along with 3 American girl dolls and LOTS of pet shops from Lego Club (also more info later). They played American Girls straight through from 5-9pm with a quick intermission for some noodles and pears. They opened the door from Caroline's room to the dining room so they could spread out the game and still keep the dog away which I thought was a pretty good plan. Then they changed all 6 American girls into pj's, put them to bed and climbed in the teepee (set up in her room)and attempted to go to sleep.
A trip out for water, a trip out for a snack, a trip out for a better snack, a trip out for a different book. But now, at 10:54 I think it is safe to say they are finally asleep.
Is this what it was like every Friday night at my house growing up? I think Heather stayed with me or I stayed with her almost every week for 10 years!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Brownie Bridging on the island
A couple of my girls missed the bridging in May and I wanted to make sure it happened before we started back up in the fall. We happened to be all together for a swim party and I went for it. 
C was in her swimsuit with her vest over the top. Maddy in her bikini- which proved hard to pin a brownie pin to, and Ellie in her cover-up. The mirror we used was a princess hand held and the bridge was decorated in beach towels. The perfect bridging event for a bunch of island girls.
Car games
Yes, school started, we went back to ice skating, Girl Scouts started back up, but it is no excuse. So, here are a few funny stories for you.
Graveyards- We played with a little girl this summer who taught C all about driving past a graveyard. C will tell you that you have to hold your breath when driving past so you will not wake the spirits. This was sweet at first, but after driving around Galveston a bit, I realized how funny it was. To get to C's school we pass a four block long one with stoplights at either end. To get to my school you have to drive around one. To get to the skating rink we pass three! There is lots of breath holding and gesturing at me to stop talking. After every one she lectures me to stop talking. We now have a complex set of rules governing when I can talk that includes number of cars between us and the cemetery, if those cars are playing music and if we are driving faster than the speed limit.
Overpasses- the same week C learned about the graveyard she told me she had to hold her hands on the roof of the car as you pass under another road. She can be seen holding her breath (cheeks puffed out , eyes bugging out) and holding the roof up fairly often.
punch buggie- Hunter used to drive a Tahoe and Caroline would see them on the road and yell "Tahoe". She was pretty good at it (maybe 4 years old) with just a few Explorers and Suburbans thrown in. This summer someone taught her about slug bugs. She understood the game, but there aren't enough Volkswagens around for her to truly catch on to the type of car she is looking for. This last weekend we saw four and was in heaven.
Car colors- You pick one color and she picks one color and you count the number of cars you see of that color while you are driving. I liked this game because it kept her entertained and she was counting in big numbers since she usually picks silver or red. I pick yellow- easy to see, not alot of them. The other day I asked if I could pick RV's. She agreed and I thought I had hit on another easy one, until I realized we were going to pass two RV parks and at least one RV sales lot. I won my first game that day.
Graveyards- We played with a little girl this summer who taught C all about driving past a graveyard. C will tell you that you have to hold your breath when driving past so you will not wake the spirits. This was sweet at first, but after driving around Galveston a bit, I realized how funny it was. To get to C's school we pass a four block long one with stoplights at either end. To get to my school you have to drive around one. To get to the skating rink we pass three! There is lots of breath holding and gesturing at me to stop talking. After every one she lectures me to stop talking. We now have a complex set of rules governing when I can talk that includes number of cars between us and the cemetery, if those cars are playing music and if we are driving faster than the speed limit.
Overpasses- the same week C learned about the graveyard she told me she had to hold her hands on the roof of the car as you pass under another road. She can be seen holding her breath (cheeks puffed out , eyes bugging out) and holding the roof up fairly often.
punch buggie- Hunter used to drive a Tahoe and Caroline would see them on the road and yell "Tahoe". She was pretty good at it (maybe 4 years old) with just a few Explorers and Suburbans thrown in. This summer someone taught her about slug bugs. She understood the game, but there aren't enough Volkswagens around for her to truly catch on to the type of car she is looking for. This last weekend we saw four and was in heaven.
Car colors- You pick one color and she picks one color and you count the number of cars you see of that color while you are driving. I liked this game because it kept her entertained and she was counting in big numbers since she usually picks silver or red. I pick yellow- easy to see, not alot of them. The other day I asked if I could pick RV's. She agreed and I thought I had hit on another easy one, until I realized we were going to pass two RV parks and at least one RV sales lot. I won my first game that day.
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