What does this word mean? No cheating!!! Don’t look it up!!! Any guesses? This word was in a book I was reading to Colm. It was just a normal, regular children’s book…and then I came across this word. Rarely do I come across a word I don’t know or have never even seen, for that matter, in a book geared towards the preschool set.
Archive for May 2007
We had great fun on our trip to Krispy Kreme. Any trip that involves eating donuts is a good trip as far as the boys are concerned.
The boys and I went to the arboretum yesterday. It was such a beautiful day. The boys liked listening to the birds and the waterfalls as well as the Monet garden. Their favorite part was trying to follow the map though. They love maps! (Thanks, Dora!) I will say that the children’s garden was a bit of a disappointment though. The tunnel was neat as was the Copper Chopper Hopper, but that was about it. 
Liam discovered this game at the grandparents. God love grandad! He played it with Liam for a good hour a couple of weekends ago. I am tempted to buy one, but I think I will let it be a special treat that he can look forward to at Grandma and Grandad’s house.
In the past five days we have had two incidences at two different playgrounds, both of which included a child or children calling Liam names. The first one was at the park at our new subdivision. We stopped by to play after looking at the house and there were a bunch of other children there riding their bikes and trikes around the tennis court. We obviously didn’t have our bikes with us so my kids were just standing there watching the other kids go around and around on their bikes. Well, one kid, who was probably in second grade, decided to start calling Liam a baby every time he went by. Why? I’m not sure. Liam was just standing there. What also bothered me was that the kid’s mom wasn’t twenty feet away. Liam said he didn’t care, but I do. Then we were playing on the playground after church yesterday and there were two kids, probably about the same age as the other kid, that kept calling him weird and they were kind of taunting him. They sure got sheepish when I went over to them, but that didn’t stop them. As soon as I walked away they started up again. Again, Liam said he didn’t care. But how many times does that half to happen until he does start to care? What can I say to him that will help him when I am not there with him? How should he handle these pint-sized jerks? That’s it, I am putting him in a bubble and not letting him out until he is 40.
It’s that time of year again…it’s time to plant the garden. My mom and step-dad had already tilled it and gotten the soil ready for us (thank you!), so all we had to do was come in and plant. We planted three tomato plants (cherry and regular), cantaloupe, watermelon, cilantro, sunflowers, lavendar and basil. Our purple salvia from last year has come back and is doing great. 
Planting the sunflower seeds
Counting out the pumpkin seeds
Digging a trench for a tomato plant
This picture was taken right before he turned around and soaked all of us…oh he thought he was so funny! 🙂
All of that hard work deserves a snack
Liam’s school picnic was on Thursday and the boys had a lot of fun. They gobbled down their lunches so they could go play on the equipment. They played hard for a good hour and a half. Colm took a very good nap when we got home.
Liam was finally able to get a new violin today. Since it was so close to concert time she didn’t want to have him upgrade to a bigger size since they get used to putting their fingers in a certain spot and changing the size changes where your fingers go…just a little bit. But the concert is over now, so we got the green light to trade in. He was definitely ready. The lady who fits the violins said that he is almost ready to move up to the next size. This is Liam’s third violin. It is so funny when you get these violins because they are rentals so they have a history. The violins and bows usually look okay, but the cases look like they have been through a war. We battled with our last case because the zipper was broken when we got it, as was the clasp that holds the strap on. (I eventually just threw the strap away, it was useless). The case we got today is no better. The outside looks okay, but the inside it all beaten up. The thing that holds the bow in place doesn’t hold the bow in place. Hmmm… that poses a problem. Colm will soon be getting a violin, too. He is very excited!
I don’t think I have read a book written by this author that wasn’t a pageturner. She knows how to tell a story and you can’t put the book down because you HAVE to know what happens next!
I can’t handle graduations…any graduation. I cry. It’s just too much! The music, the nostalgia, looking forward to the future…I can’t handle it. It doesn’t matter whose graduation it is, either. You could probably send me to the graduation of a complete stranger and I would still cry. Now, what happened tonight? Our eldest child graduated from preschool and let me tell you folks, it was taking every ounce of strength not to really start weeping. It was the slide show with the MUSIC that really got me and then all of the kids brought their moms carnations. Now come on…who can make it through that!!!? Congratulations, little man, you are really growing up. 🙂
