You know that ear-splitting sound that a balloon makes when you pinch the top together and let the air out? My kids love to do that....until I can't take it anymore. Now the bird imitates it perfectly. He won't shut up!
Just one more reminder of all the noise in our house during the day. And an 'I told you so' from Dave who says I am way too sensitive to it all.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
officially hot!
Growing up in Utah, I am accustomed to "small town" 4th of July celebrations complete with parades, picnics, fireworks, even a sunrise flag raising. Most of the cities here in the Bay Area are pathetic when it comes to 4th of July celebrations. Our city has just recently started a parade, but fireworks are illegal so there's not much to stick in town for.So we've been having a nice mild summer until yesterday. It was HOT! We spent the 4th at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom up in Vallejo with Aunt Tori. The heat almost sucked the life out of us because by around 5:30 we were draggin'. Our friends Tom and Jen came up for a few hours too. Thanks guys, for driving all the way up only to roast with us for awhile. The kids loved seeing Shouka the killer whale and going on all the rides, especially the water rides. We stayed for the fireworks show and didn't get home until midnight. It was well worth it!
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Clean room, no more candy
Yesterday was an action-packed and momentous day!
First off, the kids finally learned how to clean their room without Mom or Dads help. I've got bins for every kind of toy, a home for all their books, shoes, clothes, etc, and yet they still draw a blank when faced with the task of putting everything away. It took the little crazies 2 1/2 hours to get going, buy they really did it all by themselves. (Of course, it helped that we were going to see Ratatouille that afternoon IF they finished cleaning up.) They even hung up all the clothes that go in the closet which was a job usually saved for Mom. Now if they would only learn to put their clothes in the right spot after they come off their bodies. All in good time, I suppose.
SO, "Rata-tooty" as Logan calls it was very good. We went to a matinée with a bunch of family and took up an entire long row. I love sitting in movies listening to little kids laugh and giggle. It made the movie that much more fun. Pixar did a fabulous job on Ratatouille. It was a little slow for our 2 year-old but I expected that. Lots of great story and animation that we really enjoyed. Toby turns to me about 3/4 of the way through the movie and says, 'This is so fun!" We don't get to the movies often and the kids really enjoyed it, especially the popcorn and candy part. Candy is something that makes a rare appearance in our house, and I ate WAY too much at the movie. The stabbing headache afterwards told me so.
First off, the kids finally learned how to clean their room without Mom or Dads help. I've got bins for every kind of toy, a home for all their books, shoes, clothes, etc, and yet they still draw a blank when faced with the task of putting everything away. It took the little crazies 2 1/2 hours to get going, buy they really did it all by themselves. (Of course, it helped that we were going to see Ratatouille that afternoon IF they finished cleaning up.) They even hung up all the clothes that go in the closet which was a job usually saved for Mom. Now if they would only learn to put their clothes in the right spot after they come off their bodies. All in good time, I suppose.
SO, "Rata-tooty" as Logan calls it was very good. We went to a matinée with a bunch of family and took up an entire long row. I love sitting in movies listening to little kids laugh and giggle. It made the movie that much more fun. Pixar did a fabulous job on Ratatouille. It was a little slow for our 2 year-old but I expected that. Lots of great story and animation that we really enjoyed. Toby turns to me about 3/4 of the way through the movie and says, 'This is so fun!" We don't get to the movies often and the kids really enjoyed it, especially the popcorn and candy part. Candy is something that makes a rare appearance in our house, and I ate WAY too much at the movie. The stabbing headache afterwards told me so.
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