I kind of can’t believe what I witnessed today. Pippi wanted to learn how to braid like Navy, so Navy spent about five minutes showing Pippi the craft. Ten minutes later, Pippi had put six braids in my hair! At five years old, I was floored! I couldn’t believe that she learned so quickly, and was ripping through my hair with braiding fingers!
She just might be my smartest yet!
One of my favorite things I do each week or so, is pick out the next fresh flowers we are going to have on our kitchen island. I have some favorites — obviously peonies when they are in season, I love how tulips fall so perfectly and grand, hydrangeas are so timeless, ranunculus are to die for, and I also like the occasional vase of greenery. My favorite is one flower, same color, in bulk. I love it..LOVE IT! And with Trader Joes being so amazingly priced on flowers, I am a total sucker!
You just can’t help but feel happy when you walk into a kind-of-messy kitchen, but you don’t even see the mess, because a huge vase of pink tulips is making a scene!
Pippi was so excited to be the star of the week in school this week! She and I made this very important poster, and she had some big opinions on what should be on the poster. When we turned it in, her teacher said, “Wow Pippi! I think this is the best poster we have had all year!” To that, Pippi was pleased as punch.
The new Come Follow Me study we do each Sunday morning is great. My kids have become the pros at looking up scriptures, and I love hearing Dash sound out the words from the scriptures when it is his turn to read. I have said this a million times, but morning scripture study is my favorite time of the day. We have had some of our greatest conversations, funniest moments, and meaningful moments in those wee hours. I am just glad we are adding Sunday mornings into the mix.
When I walked into the bathroom to see all four in the tub…I didn’t know if I should be laughing or shocked or both! I was both! But they weren’t laughing when I took the camera out for a picture to send to Bella with the caption “Too Old?”
I thought the communal bath was way in our past, but Scout started in it, then Dash “was freezing”, then Navy said it was supposed to be HER bath not theirs — so she showed them, and Pippi wanted to be part of the party.
I think communal baths are in our past…but parties and competition are always my kid’s style.
Scout lost SCUM, and his consequence was to be the water boy for everyone upstairs while we watched TV all night. We were laughing the whole time, until he concocted his big plan.
The joke was on us when he came up with six cups of ice water, and a full pitcher for refills. And cut up lemons. And he asked if I needed mint from the garden, or would I be okay without it.
HAHAHA!
Nice job preemptively striking.
Just a rad girl writing a rad essay, that I can’t read a lick of.
How do I know it’s rad…it is almost a guarantee she gets an A+ on it, because that’s the kind of work she does!
One of my favorite presents I got for Christmas this year, is our family motto framed. My mom had it printed and framed, so we can eliminate the cardboard sign it was originally written on. We hung it today where everyone can see, and it was rad as all of my kids saw it, and were excited to see it as a permanent fixture in the house!
Thanks mom.
The weather has been crazy this year! It has rained more than I have ever known it to rain in southern California. I actually think I heard that we are finally out of the drought we have been in for years. On top of that great news, we have had the most beautiful landscape lately! Every hill is bright green, and the wildflowers are just coming. It will definitely be a #superbloom this year!!! And just the other day, we were floored to see snow from our view! Saddleback mountain is covered with snow, and we are living a four-season life. And I like it.
Who would ever guess that the very lackadaisical TK mom, becomes the intense tiger Kindergarten mom.
Poor Pips. Good thing I spoke with her teacher, and she is not too worried about it.
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