Week in Review

The goo the kids are playing with is a food safe polymer that we tested in lab. It was a lot of fun to play with. The video from this week also had them playing with it. If you didn't get a link to see it and would like one, email me and ask.

Yes, that is light under G that you see.

To finish the week A and I wore matching polka dot socks, which she thought was the coolest thing.

Making Dinner

Lately our routine has us actually making dinner on the weekend and then heating up left offers during the week. We have figured out how to make lunches as well so that works out for us. Tonight we made meatloaf and A helped. She is an ever helpful 2 year old. Most of the time she is even starting to help in the way we ask. For example, if we ask her to stir something carefully she will.

Hopefully this week she will start a new school. She wants to if you ask her and we have had some regression issues with her the past few weeks she has been back at school. God has managed to use a few people and it looks like she will be in the lab school here. We are excited about that because she will likely thrive in that environment. This means splitting the kids up for the time being, but since they have different needs it is okay. Chris and I have discussed it as nauseum it seems and it really well be to everyone's advantage. She will be going directly into the preschool program. Since she is there we will put G on the wait list and trust that in God's timing he can join her.

It also comes with affirmation that the company I work for does in fact realise they need me. I had a talk with the VP I work closely with and he said as much. The QA director also mentioned it as a "problem" because I very nearly quit my job over it. I was simply looking for work alternatives since the day care wasn't working.

G is still doing well at the current school. While at home if you let him jump then he is a happy clam. He still is adverse to sitting up, mainly because he can then see his ties and he'd rather eat them than stare at them.

Well dishes are calling my name as is my pillow. Payers continue to be coveted as we make decisions leading us forward.

You might have a 2 year old if...

You tell her to take a nap and she replies, "I can just have a cup of coffee." Of course this means she heard it somewhere and there is no coffee addiction in this family.

You offer the 2 hour Keirra Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice and she informs you certainly that that movie is not Pride and Prejudice. When asked where Pride and Prejudice is, she holds up the 6 hour BBC version.

Standing Tall

Chris is ready to catch him, but he is standing here all by himself.

Ides of March

Our Ides of March is definitely turning out to be a windy day. We aren't super cold, but super windy. It is really sunny but not calm enough to put diapers out to bleach in the sun. We don't really want to go to the park because of how windy it is.  Instead of going to the park, while everyone napped, I finished the binding on the Dr. Seuss quilt A and I have been working on for G. 

Since it was spring break this past week, Chris and A made a pink lightsaber.  A helped a lot actually. Now to get Chris a lightsaber so they can duel is the next step. 

Thursday we went to the doctor for G's 4 month check-up.  He is doing well. He weighed in at 14 pounds 4 ounces and a whopping 25 inches long.  All developmental take are on track as we are rolling over with the best of them. Everything goes into G's mouth, including his toes since his toes are about his favorite things. 

Well I'm going to corral an almost 3 year old so I hope your day is good.

Doing Laundry

We do laundry. We do a lot of laundry to be exact. While we have two kids, neither is particularly messy, we still have a washer and dryer going at least twice a day. We also have diapers to do, but at that point it is more of a time issue than anything else. We still haven't had to buy diapers. If I were willing to send more than one kind of diaper to day school we could go the better part of a week between diaper washes. I'm honestly not sure if that would be good for the diapers though so they get washed every other day.

With washing comes folding and putting away clothes. For our system to work we fold in the living room and then distribute clothes to the appropriate place. This is A's favorite part as she gets to help push the baskets and run up and down  the hallway.

This picture shows our favorite load of laundry to do. Typically it gets put on a gentle cycle with warm water. Towel dry if you can.

You might be a sucker if...

Your daughter has been told, "Not much movie time tonight." When she says, "Daddy can we watch Star Wars?" and you cave. Said daughter has also asked for a pink light saber, so we have a new project for Spring Break. She even does well and asks questions about what the different planes and animals are. Chris says,"Do you want to watch Star Wars because daddy is a sucker?" and she shakes her head yes. Apparently Empire is her favorite though she really likes the Ewoks. 

We've got clear eyes and so far only she has had pink eye in our family. I imagine half of her class will either be out our using eye drops tomorrow. When I went to feed G on Friday two others from her class were sent home.

Things continue to be rather stressful with our jobs. We are both trying to keep a good balance, but it is driving us both kind of nuts.

Anyway, dishes are calling since there is Star Wars talk going on all around me.