- through Riley's eyes: I pulled this out of Riley's backpack this afternoon. Looks like they are talking about times of the day at school. In the morning he is eating pancakes, in the afternoon he is playing and in the evening he is in bed. He also added Carey and I. I am the one in the afternoon frame. That is me there doing what I do best I suppose ... putting away clothes. And then there is Carey there in the evening frame ... watching TV. My first thought (which probably wasn't that nice of me) - at least I am doing something useful. My second thought - I need to spend more time playing with the kids so they don't remember me as essentially the maid. But don't you just love the way little kids draw?! I just love it!!
- reading: Riley is reading so well. It all clicks now. I am so proud of him. But can I just say that this English language of ours is just full of oh so many words that do not follow any sort of phonetical rule and that is just a bit frustrating.
- jeans: I finally found some jeans that fit Little Miss. Now, she is tall, but most of her height is in her torso ... that is why she wears 3T shirts and dresses. So, her legs are the length of most 2 year olds. But, her baby belly is a tad on the larger size and most jeans get rid of the elastic in the waist after size 24 months (it starts young girls). So, the hunt for jeans that are not too long but will fit a larger than average belly was a bit difficult. Target came to my rescue. Found two that work and one can be converted to capris ... yay. And normally I would be totally against the low rise for toddlers, but this style allows for her baby belly to be free in its natural state. So, I am ok with it.
- straight hair: I am currently experimenting with wearing my hair straight. The only draw back is that it takes sooooo long to fix it that way. I am used to the wash and go look that I have been doing now for, oh I don't know, like 30 something years. This process of standing in front of the mirror for 20 minutes and fixing my hair is no fun. But, I really like how it looks and so does Carey. But if you ask Victoria, she "no like."
- sahm: I love being a stay-at-home mom. It totally rocks! I have done the other, whether part-time or full-time, and let me just say that I find being a SAHM is so much more relaxing and less stressful. When I was working outside the home, I had very debilitating stomach pains. Haven't had those since I quit working. It is amazing how our bodies respond to stress and guilt, because let me tell you, I had it in spades. Even though the day to day of it all can feel a bit like the movie Groundhog Day (ya know, the same thing over and over again, not much deviation from the norm) I so enjoy moments like these ...
What you can't see here is that I too have on a pair of gogglesas well.
2 comments:
I like posts like these.
As a retired Kindergaten teacher let me just say I am impressed with Mr. Riley's work. He did such a good job.
I too sometimes feel like a maid. It's a vicious cycle and hard to find a balance between maintaining the house and tending to the children. Feeling guilty when I do too much housework and feeling grumpy when the house is a mess, but good about how much I played with them.
LOVE the goggles!
OK - where are the pics of you with straight hair? That is something I MUST see.
And, sister, I am soooo with you on the cruelty of the English language. Our spelling words this week? Half include the 'ou' sound. Oh, and the words 'thought' and 'through.'
Yeah. "Ou" says "ow" except here where it says "ah" and here where it says "oo." And, no, there's no reason for it. It just IS.
Fortunately, we're more or less past phonetic stuff and into sight words now, so it's not quite as big a headache as it was in the beginning. :)
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