On the way to the pool I mentioned to the girls that I didn't have my phone. Q5 started asking questions:
Q5: "What, that means you can't call Daddy?"
E41: "Nope, can't call Daddy"
Q5: "You can't call Mumma?"
E41: "Nope, can't call Mumma."
C6: "Q5, that IS mumma, of course she can't call herself!"
Q5: "I know, it was joke to see if she could call herself! Get it?
E41: "If I called myself I'd just get a busy signal"
Blank stares.
C6: "What is a busy signal?"
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Q5 and "baby baby"
I don't know. Justin Beiber? I have no idea.
Still photo first (please note, she put her hair in a ponytail all by herself!!)
Still photo first (please note, she put her hair in a ponytail all by herself!!)
Monday, August 8, 2011
Another new skirt
C6's skirt that I made her 2 falls ago is ... a rag. Until today I let her wear it because she loved it, but it really really has seen better days.
Finally I finished a new skirt for her. The pattern came from (for the most part) Thornberry, and her Cup Day Skirt Tutorial.
Here is C6 watching Mulan II in her new skirt:
and here she is attempting to twirl:
Finally I finished a new skirt for her. The pattern came from (for the most part) Thornberry, and her Cup Day Skirt Tutorial.
Here is C6 watching Mulan II in her new skirt:
and here she is attempting to twirl:
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Kindergarten Party
Waaaaay back when C6 was entering Kindergaten, in 2009, we had a few people over so she'd know somebody the first day of school. So, I decided to do it again, and Saturday morning we had 8 rising-k students over at our house. And the parents, because the new school is a new experience, too, especially for first children.
The party started slow, as the first child there is one who takes a long time to warm up to things. Even though he'd been at school with Q5 for a year already he clung to his mom. But eventually more children arrived and everybody found their niche.
Some were painting, some were eating, some were playing at the little kitchen, some were jumping on the trampoline, and eventually, almost all of them were in trampoline with the sprinkler going underneath it. I wasn't crazy about 6 kids in at one time, but they were all the same size, so there were no problems.
(These were some of the wooden shapes we picked up last week and glued onto popsicle -- excuse me, CRAFT -- sticks and set out for the kids to paint. I think we bought about 40, and I think Q5 painted about 10 of them. She really enjoyed it! We had glued them on sticks, and I had suggested to Q5 and C6 that they could put on a puppet show. That idea was taken up by Q5, apparently, as after the party she commented that it hadn't been quite as fun as she'd been expecting because nobody had put on a puppet show with their painted things.)
Now it is countdown to the first day of school. I think we'll be seeing some more "I'm nervous" behavior from Q5 in the coming two weeks until she realizes that she'll be just fine.
The party started slow, as the first child there is one who takes a long time to warm up to things. Even though he'd been at school with Q5 for a year already he clung to his mom. But eventually more children arrived and everybody found their niche.
Some were painting, some were eating, some were playing at the little kitchen, some were jumping on the trampoline, and eventually, almost all of them were in trampoline with the sprinkler going underneath it. I wasn't crazy about 6 kids in at one time, but they were all the same size, so there were no problems.
(These were some of the wooden shapes we picked up last week and glued onto popsicle -- excuse me, CRAFT -- sticks and set out for the kids to paint. I think we bought about 40, and I think Q5 painted about 10 of them. She really enjoyed it! We had glued them on sticks, and I had suggested to Q5 and C6 that they could put on a puppet show. That idea was taken up by Q5, apparently, as after the party she commented that it hadn't been quite as fun as she'd been expecting because nobody had put on a puppet show with their painted things.)
Now it is countdown to the first day of school. I think we'll be seeing some more "I'm nervous" behavior from Q5 in the coming two weeks until she realizes that she'll be just fine.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Crystal
For our wedding in 1998 somebody gave us a lovely crystal ice bucket. It is a cute design, cut spirals in it, a little whimsical. I have used it now and again, when I have need for an ice bucket, or some large heavy crystal object. Because this thing is HEAVY. I weighed it today, over 6 pounds.
Why did I weight it, you might wonder? Well, because it fell on C6's head this afternoon.
She attempted to pull a drawer out of a bookcase, but instead pulled the whole case away from the wall. In attempting to push the drawer back in ... she pushed the whole case back to the wall. And the lightweight tray (also given to us as a wedding gift in 1998) which was behind the heavyweight ice bucket apparently pushed the ice bucket right over the edge and onto C6's head.
I saw it going over.
Huge screams from me and C6 of course. Nice 15 cm gash in her head. I personally didn't think it was bleeding that much, but the gash was fairly deep. The lip of the ice bucket (which remained intact, I might add) just dug into C6's head, cut some of her hair, and barely got dirty.
C42 scooped her up quickly and I managed to get a towel for her head right away. Then I attempted to find somebody to take Q5 (who was, thankfully, in enforced quiet time at that moment) so we could take C6 to the hospital. But it wasn't bleeding SO much that C6 couldn't keep the towel on her head. And the two people I called ... it was too complicated. So C42 drove C6 to the hospital and kept in touch with us by texting.
I was just crying and a little bit nauseated. I mean, a bowling ball-weight object had just fallen on my daughter's head. Yes, a candlepin bowling ball, but let's not be picky, OK?
Eventually, though, I got word that she had no concussion (how many times can C6 hit her head??) but she needed stitches. Which turned out to be staples.
C6 was not keen on the idea of staples in her head, but C42 gave her his phone and she didn't even notice that they shot her head up full of novacain and then did not mind the staples.
Right now she is fine, no pain, but I think tomorrow there may be some pain and swelling and discomfort.
No swimming or washing of the hair for a week. I think we'll have to encourage a hat outside to keep the bugs out of the wound.
Picture of staples below, so don't look if you are anything like me.
So, long story short, my ice bucket is OK, very solidly made,despite a 4 foot tumble off a bookcase. However, I have put it away for now, so it can't fall off onto any more heads.
Why did I weight it, you might wonder? Well, because it fell on C6's head this afternoon.
She attempted to pull a drawer out of a bookcase, but instead pulled the whole case away from the wall. In attempting to push the drawer back in ... she pushed the whole case back to the wall. And the lightweight tray (also given to us as a wedding gift in 1998) which was behind the heavyweight ice bucket apparently pushed the ice bucket right over the edge and onto C6's head.
I saw it going over.
Huge screams from me and C6 of course. Nice 15 cm gash in her head. I personally didn't think it was bleeding that much, but the gash was fairly deep. The lip of the ice bucket (which remained intact, I might add) just dug into C6's head, cut some of her hair, and barely got dirty.
C42 scooped her up quickly and I managed to get a towel for her head right away. Then I attempted to find somebody to take Q5 (who was, thankfully, in enforced quiet time at that moment) so we could take C6 to the hospital. But it wasn't bleeding SO much that C6 couldn't keep the towel on her head. And the two people I called ... it was too complicated. So C42 drove C6 to the hospital and kept in touch with us by texting.
I was just crying and a little bit nauseated. I mean, a bowling ball-weight object had just fallen on my daughter's head. Yes, a candlepin bowling ball, but let's not be picky, OK?
Eventually, though, I got word that she had no concussion (how many times can C6 hit her head??) but she needed stitches. Which turned out to be staples.
C6 was not keen on the idea of staples in her head, but C42 gave her his phone and she didn't even notice that they shot her head up full of novacain and then did not mind the staples.
Right now she is fine, no pain, but I think tomorrow there may be some pain and swelling and discomfort.
No swimming or washing of the hair for a week. I think we'll have to encourage a hat outside to keep the bugs out of the wound.
Picture of staples below, so don't look if you are anything like me.
So, long story short, my ice bucket is OK, very solidly made,despite a 4 foot tumble off a bookcase. However, I have put it away for now, so it can't fall off onto any more heads.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Dress up
A friend from work gave me a wrap around skirt the other day. She had bought a bunch and thought she'd sew beads on them. That didn't happen. Fast forward 7 years and she has 14 skirts in her closet, all the same. Hahahaha. So, she's giving them away, and she offered one to me.
I like the skirt OK, it looks very twirly, but the girls really liked it.
C6 wore it as a shawl (of course) and then Q5 wanted to wear it as a dress. So C6 had to make a dress out of a beach wrap I had and a shawl from a mini-afgahn.
Q5 looks quite 70s, I think, with a maxi-dress. C6 looks a little homeless.
I like the skirt OK, it looks very twirly, but the girls really liked it.
C6 wore it as a shawl (of course) and then Q5 wanted to wear it as a dress. So C6 had to make a dress out of a beach wrap I had and a shawl from a mini-afgahn.
Q5 looks quite 70s, I think, with a maxi-dress. C6 looks a little homeless.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Dehydrated
Everything is dehydrated. It hasn't rained in ages. And honestly, sometimes I forget to water the plants, especially the ones that need to be watered every day.
C42 bought me some beautiful flowers, but they died. Now they look like this:
I went to the store today, and finally picked up some new plants. Due to the lateness in the season I couldn't get two that were the same size or health, but I got the Boston Ferns.
C42 bought me some beautiful flowers, but they died. Now they look like this:
I went to the store today, and finally picked up some new plants. Due to the lateness in the season I couldn't get two that were the same size or health, but I got the Boston Ferns.
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