March 1, 2012

ossicones

Liliana’s pre-K class had a parent-involvement reading thingamajig on Tuesday. The email and the newsletter both said to show up at 11:00 and that the kids could not participate unless a parent was present, and since things like this have happened before — her school starting at a different time than usual — I assumed [...]

February 29, 2012

a morning with Liliana

“Mama, my side hurts.” Why does your side hurt? “Because Daddy pulled me into Time Out yesterday.” (she says as she points to her arm, with which Noah lead her, because if you even touch her on the shoulder, the Queen of Hyperbole will ask you why you just pushed her) Oh, well, I’m sorry [...]

February 22, 2012

better now

I think I can dare say the sickness is gone. *knocks on wood* Having a sick baby sucked, and having both Noah and I sick on the same day sucked, too, especially since we have only the one bathroom. Noah’s mom came and took the girls for about five hours, which was a lifesaver. We [...]

February 18, 2012

do not disturb

Liliana usually wants someone to lay with her for a while before she falls asleep. I tucked her in, turned on her music, turned off her light, and told her someone would be in right away to lay with her. A couple minutes later, Noah went in. “Dad! Didn’t you see the No Disturving sign?” [...]

February 16, 2012

Liliana and Kaylie go to the dentist

Noah’s benefits kicked in about six months ago, but it’s taken until now for me to finally book dentist appointments for the girls. I love how quickly we can get in here. Back in Terrace we always had to wait months and months, and here it’s like, how about next week? It’s wonderful. I was [...]