It's April 3rd. Life is slowing down just a bit...I cut back my hours at the shop to just PRN, filling in for Lauri when she has to be gone for appointments and also when she goes out to see Hannah and her soon-to-be new baby in Alaska. So things are a bit slower, which is good. As the weather continues to get warmer the days are getting longer. The kids love playing outside. I've managed to rake out the vegetable garden, the driveway garden and the front gardens. I still have the entire back yard to do. I need to figure out what I'm going to plant as soon it will be time to do that! I just got a bunch of new yarn! Lots of colors and possibilities, so lots of knitting that I want to do.
The kids are still doing swimming lessons, though we get this week of as it's Warsaw's spring break.
Isabele is quickly figuring out the Glider Bike and now goes outside just to ride it!! Titus showed me his latest bike tricks this afternoon. He can pedal down the driveway standing up, coast standing up, and coast standing up with one foot off the pedal and raised to the height of the crossbar. He also demonstrated his ability to ride barefoot. This is all on his green bike. The bigger blue bike is still in "hibernation" as he's so fast on it, the driveway isn't quite big enough when Isabele is out at the same time.
If I haven't mentioned it before, Caleb put down tile in our kitchen and back room and laminant floor in the play room. I love both of them. He also finished the trim in those areas. I need to get the wood putty from him and get the trim puttied, sanded and painted. Maybe I can get that done this week...and I need to take some pictures of the kids...and possibly post some new pictures this week...
Little tid-bits from the daily hum-drum of life ... snippets that would otherwise most likely be forgotten.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
March 2011
Busy?? That would be an understatement. I am working at Lauri (Nana's) shop 12 hours a week, doing legal nurse consulting at home on the computer 20 hours a week, and working at Bowen center day shift every other Saturday.
Brian's working on the Pitts restoration (which he works on daily) and flying his every varying Biomet schedule. He also spends lots of his daytime garage time directing the projects of Titus and Isabele - watch out hammers, nails, screws and drills - and the foam and boards that go along with that.
Titus - well, he's busy being 4. Swimming lessons at the Y weekly, at which he is progressing very well. He has tried the big blue bike a couple times and can really ride fast - faster than his brain can follow instructions. So, the blue bike is back in hibernation (the hanger) until the weather gets warm for good. Last week when it was t-shirt weather he had a true little boy summer look - a skinned palm, bruised knees and a skinned chin - nothing overly serious -just that sweet reminder of childhood summer.
Isabele - At almost 2 1/2 she's a bundle. She's got running figured out and does it every where she goes, almost. She's so busy, mind and body, that she's started stuttering, which is ever so common at that age. I'm trying to give her more obvious direct attention when I notice her having trouble - but she doesn't seem to mind. By the time she's 4, I'll probably have forgotten that she did that. She woke me up at 6:40 this morning asking for her ring that is in my jewelry box. I tried to get her to wear it a couple months ago, but she flat out refused, saying it was mine. She wore it all day today - only taking it off a couple times. I'd love it if she gets to where she will just leave it on. It's so cute.
The kids go with me to the shop for 3 hrs, 4 days a week. That has been a challenge, but we are figuring it out. I've been knitting all kinds of things. Need to take some pictures, but...I haven't.
I did get the garden raked out - okay the side garden only - when it was warm. I'm anxious for it to get warm and stay that way. SOON!!
Oh - house progress. We had Caleb tile the kitchen and back room and put laminate down in the playroom. I love it! He also finished the trim in those 2 rooms. Now I just have to putty and paint the trim. And get him to make the thresh-holds too.
That's at least a 10 minute summary of March 2011.
Brian's working on the Pitts restoration (which he works on daily) and flying his every varying Biomet schedule. He also spends lots of his daytime garage time directing the projects of Titus and Isabele - watch out hammers, nails, screws and drills - and the foam and boards that go along with that.
Titus - well, he's busy being 4. Swimming lessons at the Y weekly, at which he is progressing very well. He has tried the big blue bike a couple times and can really ride fast - faster than his brain can follow instructions. So, the blue bike is back in hibernation (the hanger) until the weather gets warm for good. Last week when it was t-shirt weather he had a true little boy summer look - a skinned palm, bruised knees and a skinned chin - nothing overly serious -just that sweet reminder of childhood summer.
Isabele - At almost 2 1/2 she's a bundle. She's got running figured out and does it every where she goes, almost. She's so busy, mind and body, that she's started stuttering, which is ever so common at that age. I'm trying to give her more obvious direct attention when I notice her having trouble - but she doesn't seem to mind. By the time she's 4, I'll probably have forgotten that she did that. She woke me up at 6:40 this morning asking for her ring that is in my jewelry box. I tried to get her to wear it a couple months ago, but she flat out refused, saying it was mine. She wore it all day today - only taking it off a couple times. I'd love it if she gets to where she will just leave it on. It's so cute.
The kids go with me to the shop for 3 hrs, 4 days a week. That has been a challenge, but we are figuring it out. I've been knitting all kinds of things. Need to take some pictures, but...I haven't.
I did get the garden raked out - okay the side garden only - when it was warm. I'm anxious for it to get warm and stay that way. SOON!!
Oh - house progress. We had Caleb tile the kitchen and back room and put laminate down in the playroom. I love it! He also finished the trim in those 2 rooms. Now I just have to putty and paint the trim. And get him to make the thresh-holds too.
That's at least a 10 minute summary of March 2011.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Oh dear! Time, Where Have You Gone??
Tomorrow is the last day of February. Guess I'd better put "catching up the blog" on my to do list. I do have some pictures, still on the computer for the most part.
What have we been doing in the last 2 months? Swimming lessons, which both kids continue to progress quite well in. Gymnastics (last session at the Y). They had fun with that, but not enough time this session to squeeze that in. We've also been spending about 3 hours a day helping my mother-in-law get her new shop set up and ready to open - The Island Weaver - Knitting, Spinning and Weaving - opens on Tuesday, March 1st. That has used up lots, and lots of time.
Shoveling snow has used up some of our time in the last few weeks also. And then just all the stuff that happens in every day life. More later, or hopefully sooner...
What have we been doing in the last 2 months? Swimming lessons, which both kids continue to progress quite well in. Gymnastics (last session at the Y). They had fun with that, but not enough time this session to squeeze that in. We've also been spending about 3 hours a day helping my mother-in-law get her new shop set up and ready to open - The Island Weaver - Knitting, Spinning and Weaving - opens on Tuesday, March 1st. That has used up lots, and lots of time.
Shoveling snow has used up some of our time in the last few weeks also. And then just all the stuff that happens in every day life. More later, or hopefully sooner...
Monday, January 31, 2011
Skating and Booting and Sledding on the Lake
Titus got ice skates for his birthday. He loves them! And he loves to go skating! We have been twice now, since his birthday (nice that to go skating, we drive 5 minutes over to my parents, put our skates on and walk about 10 feet onto the lake and then skate out the shoveled path to the rink that my dad smooths regularly with the flame thrower). Anyway - Titus got his skates on Saturday evening. We went skating on Sunday afternoon and then again today (Monday) afternoon. Today my mother got an old chair out for him to push. He pushed Isabele around on the chair for a bit, then she got tired of going slow and got off. He continued with the chair, much faster without Isabele's weight. It is amazing to me how comfortable he is on his single bladed skates. I'm going to chalk it up to the fact that we put him on a glider bike as soon as he could fit on it - he was two. I'm guessing that the way our bodies balance on a bicycle somehow relates to how we balance when standing on 1/8 inch wide blades of steel strapped to our feet.
And as for "booting", well, that is what Isabele does. She wears boots and walks on the ice, so we call it booting. It keeps her happy. She'll have skates next year. She also spends most of the time on the ice "sledding" on an old runner sled. She sits or lays on the sled that has a rope extension on it. The sled is pulled by an adult on ice skates. She loves to go fast and every once in a while we will push her so she can go really fast.
Though I really like to skate and love that the kids are pretty independent with this for their ages, I'm ready for the heat of July and swimming. I'm so glad that there are 4 seasons, with 4 different sets of activities, here in Indiana.
And as for "booting", well, that is what Isabele does. She wears boots and walks on the ice, so we call it booting. It keeps her happy. She'll have skates next year. She also spends most of the time on the ice "sledding" on an old runner sled. She sits or lays on the sled that has a rope extension on it. The sled is pulled by an adult on ice skates. She loves to go fast and every once in a while we will push her so she can go really fast.
Though I really like to skate and love that the kids are pretty independent with this for their ages, I'm ready for the heat of July and swimming. I'm so glad that there are 4 seasons, with 4 different sets of activities, here in Indiana.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Titus Turned 4 Today!
Titus is officially a 4 year old. Wow! Time flies. We had pizza (easy as I worked at Bowen all day) and cake (orange, per request - just food coloring - don't get too excited) and icecream. My mother and Brian's mother and Micah, Kimber and Izzy came over. Titus got to go get the pizza with Brian, something he loves to get to go do. Isabele and I blew up some balloons and taped some streamers to the door while he was gone. Everything went quite well and he had fun. While taking his bath he told me his "bests" were Hungry, hungry, hungry, hungry hippo and Ice skates. He was a trooper. He got a little basketball hoop that stands all by itself, ice skates, Hungry hippos, some airplanes, another "Joe" toy, a catapult to built, hand knit sock and mittens, mini chicklets and pop rocks, and some stickers. Here are a few pictures.
Pop rocks!
"Joe"
Socks!
Orange Mittens.
Airplanes.
Hungry, Hungry
Hippos.
Ice Skates
Basketball Hoop - will get pictures in the next day or two of him playing with it. He didn't understand what it was in the box, but once set up, he really likes it!
Cake - Orange with mini M&M's!
Maybe a bigger breath will work.
Just needed to be closer (I turned it around for him).
They are out! Happy, proud little boy!
Okay, so that was a lot of pictures. Sorry, but I didn't want to leave any of them out.
Portraits when Mom and Dad were at work last week.
Portraits by the budding photographer, Titus, assisted by Uncle Micah.
The babydoll.
A bit odd, but a good Isabele smile.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
The Peanutbutter and Jelly Song
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