Julian is studying the weather in class right now, and I thought these drawings were very good....
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
CANDY!!!!!
Does anyone else have this problem? This is the amount of candy the kids got yesterday - in one day!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Trains
Julian and Kathryn had a nice morning spent with Grandma, who was wonderful to watch them while I was at school this morning. And almost as soon as she walked out the door, this was created...
The joys of having a train lover in the house :) Some variation of this track normally comes out when the kids are out of school for the day, since it does take some time and effort to put it all together. Both kids have a lot of fun with Julian's battery powered Thomas trains - sending them down the track and back. I try to let him keep it out at least a few hours, but that is about all I can take. Our house is so small that you end up stepping on or over the track to get anywhere. It is fun, though, to listen to the stories they play-act with the trains.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Our little princess
In the spirit of making the most of days off, Kathryn and I decided today would be a "hair day". She told me a couple of days ago that she wanted her hair to be curly (she is always fascinated when we take her braid out and her hair is wavy...) And she is always a little jealous when I cut Julian's hair, which I did just the other day. So today was her turn...
We took most of the morning to do this - we tried a curling iron first, and it just didn't do anything...so out came the rollers. She said she looked like "a curly haired person" with them in. :) She was so patient with the drying and brushing and hair spraying and curling. I think she loved it.
Here is how it turned out - I'm afraid her hair is just too heavy to hold much of a curl, but she was pleased with it!
(She called this her "curly hair" dance)
Friday, January 18, 2008
I got an A!
I took my first exam today - health - and got a 93% - an A! Woohoo! Ok, so I'm a little surprised I didn't get higher, but I guess it is OK for my first test in over 10 years :)
Family vehicles
Just to share our funny morning...
The kids were delayed 2 hours, and my school was on regular schedule, so we had to decide what to do with them until it was time for their school to start. Jason decided to just stay home with them and take them when school opened...the hard part of that is we only have one vehicle that can carry both children. So I drove Jason's truck to school, he drove my car with the kids to take them to school, and then he had to drive to my school to get his truck to drive him the rest of the way to work while I was in class - this way I would be able to pick the kids up at their regular times. Thank goodness my school is on the way to his work. I guess we may need to give some thought to a 2nd "family" vehicle???? Yeah right - Jason will never get rid of that truck (which I learned this morning is ridiculously bad when going over speed bumps!) I'm sure there was a more efficient way to do this, but it ended up working out. I guess I've taken for granted that I was always available for the kids when they were sick or there was a snow day - or even a holiday. The next challenge will be next week when they are out 3 days for MLK day, and I am only out one day. Let's see how creative Jason and I can be on arrangements for that one!
The kids were delayed 2 hours, and my school was on regular schedule, so we had to decide what to do with them until it was time for their school to start. Jason decided to just stay home with them and take them when school opened...the hard part of that is we only have one vehicle that can carry both children. So I drove Jason's truck to school, he drove my car with the kids to take them to school, and then he had to drive to my school to get his truck to drive him the rest of the way to work while I was in class - this way I would be able to pick the kids up at their regular times. Thank goodness my school is on the way to his work. I guess we may need to give some thought to a 2nd "family" vehicle???? Yeah right - Jason will never get rid of that truck (which I learned this morning is ridiculously bad when going over speed bumps!) I'm sure there was a more efficient way to do this, but it ended up working out. I guess I've taken for granted that I was always available for the kids when they were sick or there was a snow day - or even a holiday. The next challenge will be next week when they are out 3 days for MLK day, and I am only out one day. Let's see how creative Jason and I can be on arrangements for that one!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
A snow day
Today has been a slow day for us. School was cancelled because of the nasty weather, so we have had a nice day of not having to do anything in particular. Well, kind of. The bad thing about working from home is work is never closed because of bad weather!
We got maybe an inch of snow last night. It was beautiful to wake up to, but the sleet started as Jason was leaving for work and the rain shortly after that. Now the beautiful snow has turned into a slushy mess and the kids are so disappointed that we did not get to play in the snow while it was still snow. Now when the rain stops, it will be like walking through a slushy. We did not get more than a dusting of snow last year, so Kathryn really has no memory of what playing in the snow is like. She was 2, I think, the last time we got enough snow to make a snowman and do a little sledding. She has been grumpy all day...poor little thing. Hopefully the rain will stop soon so we can have at least a little fun.
We got maybe an inch of snow last night. It was beautiful to wake up to, but the sleet started as Jason was leaving for work and the rain shortly after that. Now the beautiful snow has turned into a slushy mess and the kids are so disappointed that we did not get to play in the snow while it was still snow. Now when the rain stops, it will be like walking through a slushy. We did not get more than a dusting of snow last year, so Kathryn really has no memory of what playing in the snow is like. She was 2, I think, the last time we got enough snow to make a snowman and do a little sledding. She has been grumpy all day...poor little thing. Hopefully the rain will stop soon so we can have at least a little fun.
Monday, January 7, 2008
My first day of school ...
Well, today was my first day, and while I don't have time for a long post, I wanted to let everyone know that it went very well. Julian and Kathryn were very good this morning about getting ready on time without playing so we could leave a few minutes early for me to get to my 8:00 class on time. I found all of my classes and I am still excited about my decision to do college...again.
A few things I learned today:
1) contacts and my eyes don't agree first thing in the morning...I know, doesn't seem big, but I just don't normally try to do contacts as soon as I wake up, but I wanted to today for my new ID and well, just non-practical, vain reasons. I won't do it again. Who am I trying to impress?? I am the "old lady" in all of my classes, after all (see below)...
2) Half.com is awesome for buying textbooks, and I saved about $150 on 2 books using it, BUT I fear there are going to be some problems while I wait for them to be shipped via media mail...expected arrival date is 1/11 - 1/25!!! Please pray that God will work on the USPS and get them here ASAP. My math prof. was very understanding when I explained I don't have my book yet and actually went as far as making a copy of the assignment pages for this week for me. I certainly don't want to make a habit of that, though!
3) I am the oldest person in ALL of my classes. The stats on the college web page says the average student age is 28, but that does not apply to the classes I am enrolled in! There must be some really old people throwing that average off! In Spanish, we had to introduce ourselves, give our age and tell a little about ourselves...the closest student to my age was 21. The teacher, I would guess, is around 40 - she has a child in 2nd grade and one in Kindergarten. For maybe the first time, I am the oldest in something I do.
4) I have hope for the math class I am in - precalculus. Most of you know of my outstanding failure in calculus in college, so I was nervous about this, but today's lesson was something I already knew, so I left with hope!
Well, that's it for now...time to get to work for a couple of hours before I get Julian...I am so thankful my day was a good day.
A few things I learned today:
1) contacts and my eyes don't agree first thing in the morning...I know, doesn't seem big, but I just don't normally try to do contacts as soon as I wake up, but I wanted to today for my new ID and well, just non-practical, vain reasons. I won't do it again. Who am I trying to impress?? I am the "old lady" in all of my classes, after all (see below)...
2) Half.com is awesome for buying textbooks, and I saved about $150 on 2 books using it, BUT I fear there are going to be some problems while I wait for them to be shipped via media mail...expected arrival date is 1/11 - 1/25!!! Please pray that God will work on the USPS and get them here ASAP. My math prof. was very understanding when I explained I don't have my book yet and actually went as far as making a copy of the assignment pages for this week for me. I certainly don't want to make a habit of that, though!
3) I am the oldest person in ALL of my classes. The stats on the college web page says the average student age is 28, but that does not apply to the classes I am enrolled in! There must be some really old people throwing that average off! In Spanish, we had to introduce ourselves, give our age and tell a little about ourselves...the closest student to my age was 21. The teacher, I would guess, is around 40 - she has a child in 2nd grade and one in Kindergarten. For maybe the first time, I am the oldest in something I do.
4) I have hope for the math class I am in - precalculus. Most of you know of my outstanding failure in calculus in college, so I was nervous about this, but today's lesson was something I already knew, so I left with hope!
Well, that's it for now...time to get to work for a couple of hours before I get Julian...I am so thankful my day was a good day.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Some pictures
We got 4 rolls of film developed this week (there were actually some pictures from our beach trip in July included, it's been so long!).
Meeting Vivian ...
Dad's 60th ...
Thanksgiving ...
Christmas ...
Meeting Vivian ...
Dad's 60th ...
Thanksgiving ...
Christmas ...
Julian's helicopter
Julian and Jason worked on this helicopter last night and today (after Billy and Julian started with the battery compartment a couple of weeks ago) and here it is finally finished. Pretty neat.
And here are the pictures I had to choose from to post of Julian and his creation. I just couldn't decide:
And of course Kathryn had to have her picture taken with it too (complete with doll from her "Barbie is an art teacher" collection).
Thursday, January 3, 2008
A New Year
I have not posted anything about our New Year celebration because I did not take any pictures of it - I know hard to believe. It seems lately that my little camera is attached to my hand with our day to day events!
We brought in 2008 as a family, which was actually a lot of fun. Jason, Julian, Kathryn and I played lots of games - Hi Ho Cherry-O (really fun when you're 4), Sorry (really fun when you're 30!), Memory, a Thomas bingo-like game, and Uno while waiting for the big ball to drop. The kids were semi-well behaved and everything went really well until about 11:30 when I started to get grumpy from being sleepy...
We also watched a Barbie movie - Barbie Nutcracker I think it was called. Surprisingly, it was a decent movie as far as Barbie movies go. Not great, but I think they used actual ballet dancers to simulate the movements of the animated characters, which was pretty cool to watch. I enjoyed it. I have never seen the Nutcracker, but almost have a desire to see the real thing now - almost.
At 11:30 when the kids starting getting hyped up and I started getting grumpy, we decided to take a tea break and the kids and I had Raspberry Zinger herbal tea. Jason not being a fan of herbal teas had hot chocolate. The kids thought they were so big - staying up late and drinking tea from real mugs.
We switched back and forth between Fox and NBC for their coverage of the Times Square celebration, but I was fairly annoyed with the half naked performance of Mimi right after the ball dropped? I don't know who she is, but she was wearing next to no clothes in New York in winter at midnight....not a smart lady, as far as I can tell. So, we flipped back to NBC and stayed there. Julian was pretty impressed with the Ball as it was dropping and was excited when 2008 arrived. (Now he can use his Sports car calendar with the BIG numbers he got at an Awana store several months ago and has been waiting anxiously to use!) Kathryn was excited to be up but probably didn't really understand what we meant by the New Year because when she woke up the next morning, she asked if it was Christmas again. She did ask once we were all up if it was still the new year. Maybe next year she'll know what years are .
The celebration ended shortly after midnight and we were all in bed by 12:20. My staying up late days are definitely a thing of the past! It was nice to sleep in to 8:15 the next day....I was hoping for later, but you take what you can get, I guess.
Anyway, I have high hopes for 2008. Each day (and new year) is a blessing from God and I can't wait to see what He has in store for me this year. Happy New Year to all 5 of you who read this :).
We brought in 2008 as a family, which was actually a lot of fun. Jason, Julian, Kathryn and I played lots of games - Hi Ho Cherry-O (really fun when you're 4), Sorry (really fun when you're 30!), Memory, a Thomas bingo-like game, and Uno while waiting for the big ball to drop. The kids were semi-well behaved and everything went really well until about 11:30 when I started to get grumpy from being sleepy...
We also watched a Barbie movie - Barbie Nutcracker I think it was called. Surprisingly, it was a decent movie as far as Barbie movies go. Not great, but I think they used actual ballet dancers to simulate the movements of the animated characters, which was pretty cool to watch. I enjoyed it. I have never seen the Nutcracker, but almost have a desire to see the real thing now - almost.
At 11:30 when the kids starting getting hyped up and I started getting grumpy, we decided to take a tea break and the kids and I had Raspberry Zinger herbal tea. Jason not being a fan of herbal teas had hot chocolate. The kids thought they were so big - staying up late and drinking tea from real mugs.
We switched back and forth between Fox and NBC for their coverage of the Times Square celebration, but I was fairly annoyed with the half naked performance of Mimi right after the ball dropped? I don't know who she is, but she was wearing next to no clothes in New York in winter at midnight....not a smart lady, as far as I can tell. So, we flipped back to NBC and stayed there. Julian was pretty impressed with the Ball as it was dropping and was excited when 2008 arrived. (Now he can use his Sports car calendar with the BIG numbers he got at an Awana store several months ago and has been waiting anxiously to use!) Kathryn was excited to be up but probably didn't really understand what we meant by the New Year because when she woke up the next morning, she asked if it was Christmas again. She did ask once we were all up if it was still the new year. Maybe next year she'll know what years are .
The celebration ended shortly after midnight and we were all in bed by 12:20. My staying up late days are definitely a thing of the past! It was nice to sleep in to 8:15 the next day....I was hoping for later, but you take what you can get, I guess.
Anyway, I have high hopes for 2008. Each day (and new year) is a blessing from God and I can't wait to see what He has in store for me this year. Happy New Year to all 5 of you who read this :).
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