Isabella was bored so she decided to build a computer today.
She pushed the 2 ottomans together to create a desk and chair, and then put a keyboard, mouse and “game” on it.
I was thoroughly impressed!
Then she sat me down and said, “Mommy, I built a computer for you so now you can compute!”
I wonder if Steve Jobs’ mom was his first inspiration too….?
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Grandpa Fred showing Isabella his new Bible.
It’s a stormin’ pretty good tonight. I got home from volleyball early so I came up to post this picture. Isabella wandered out of her room a few minutes later. I asked what she was doing up and she replied that it was noisy outside. I took her to the window and we peeked out through the blinds at the rain.
She said, “Mommy, the angels sure are bowling pretty good up in heaven. We can hear ‘em but we can’t see ‘em.”
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Isabella and I went to the park after dinner. We had a nice time and as we approached home, I was satisfied that she’d been worn out enough.
Next up on the agenda: bath time.
However, when we got back to our block, we saw that all the neighbor kids were outside playing. One of the little boys even made a point to come over and said “hi” to us! I figured bath time could wait and asked Isabella if she wanted to go over and play. She said no. I asked again and she still said no. Ok, fine. So we waved at everyone and went inside.
Now I remember when I was a kid. We would stay outside and play until the very last minute. The rule was that once the street lights came on, it was time to go in. We would audibly groan when the street lights came on and slowly drag our feet, trying to eek out every possible ounce of light and playtime. That kid in me could not understand why my daughter would refuse an opportunity to stay out and play over taking a bath.
So I asked her.
“I’m all alone,” she said. “Everyone is alone.”
Apparently she was channeling a tween Emo kid.
“You wouldn’t be alone if you played with the other kids,” I replied.
She sighed, shrugged and said, “I guess so” as she turned and walked away.
Apparently that was enough to make her think though because a few minutes later she came over and told me that she wanted to go out and play with all the kids.
Now that’s more like it!
The kid party turned in to an impromptu adult beer night, so we both had fun!
When we finally came home and I got her in to bed, she told me that she couldn’t sleep because, “The wind is coming from the East.”
An Emo kid with a penchant for meteorology perhaps?
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I decided last night that I need to get back to walking on Saturdays and Sundays. I used to do it every weekend at our old house. Samson and I would rise and shine around 7 a.m. and hit the pavement. We got out of the habit when we moved though.
Well, no time like the present to start again!
Only, Samson can’t go with me for a while since he’s still recovering. Guess I’ll just have to go it alone!
Or at least, that was the plan.
I set my alarm for 6:30, in order to get up and going before Isabella. She usually rises around 7. I got up, dressed and was heading toward the stairs when I heard her talking. I now had 3 choices: 1) sneak away and let her wake up CJ, 2) get her up and skip my walk, or 3) take her with me.
I was tempted to do #1. It would be the easiest. But Ceige is recovering from some bug and he needed the extra sleep. Skipping the walk wasn’t an option as I need to increase my exercise. So, that left #3.
It turned out to be a great opportunity for some lovely mother/daughter time (and is another notch in my belt for wife of the year!).
I got the little one up, changed her diaper and tucked her in the stroller, along with some juice and a Scooby Doo Coloring Book (she’s really in to Scooby right now).
Instead of walking around our neighborhood, we wandered to the one behind us. I had never really explored that one before.
Look what we found around one bend.
A lake so quiet and smooth that it looked like a mirror.
Isabella took a break from reading Scooby to give me a big smile!
There was a walking trail around the lake so we hopped on it. The weather was perfect – warm (but not hot), no wind and very quiet.
Ah.
We walked down to the end and then came back down the other side.
This is the tree that you can see in the background of the first 2 pics.
Then we came upon a big grouping of bird feeders.
I don’t know if these are owned by the people in that house or if they’re part of the neighborhood. It’s a cool idea, though I wouldn’t want to live near them. Could get loud and messy as every one of them had a bird in it.
We also discovered this on our way out of the neighborhood.
Some sort of bridge. Not sure if it serves any purpose. You can’t walk across it. Kinda cool looking though.
There were lots of cool houses too, but I didn’t take pictures of those, you know, for the privacy of the owners.
We came home to some beautiful flowers outside our own house!
I just love this time of year!
We went inside and I made Isabella the cinnamon biscuits that I promised her last night. I made some caramel ones too.
They turned out yumm-o!
I’m so happy that I embraced the opportunity to share some special time with my sweet girl this morning. It’s those moments that are the ones we’ll remember forever.
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I’ve been meaning to sit down and write a post for days now. I even drafted one the other night but never got around to publishing it. I look back at it now and it no longer seems relevant.
Funny how life changes. I used to have time to blog everyday. Now I’m lucky if I get it in twice a week. But I do think about it a lot and some day I’ll figure out how to work it better in to the routine. Until then, you have to suffer through another “random updates” post (I feel like I’m cheating when I write these).
Samson
The big guy is recovering well from his surgery last week. He got the bandage off yesterday which helps him move around a bit more freely.
You can see that his whole back leg is shaved. I feel embarrassed for the guy, having half of his hind quarters exposed for the world to see. I hope it grows back soon.
You can’t see the incision. Heck, I couldn’t even find it! CJ had to point it out to me (it’s on the inside of the leg). The stitches are actually on the inside of the skin so you can’t see them at all. Amazing what they can do these days!
He’s getting around well and can do stairs again. We still have to walk him outside on the leash, even for potty time, just so that he doesn’t try to take off after a rabbit or something.
Isabella was trying to help Samson be extra comfortable so she started putting blankets over him. He just laid there and let her do it.
I think he quite enjoyed it actually.
And then she brought over a pillow for him.
And then CJ joined in and wrapped the blanket up around his shoulders.
Gee, Samson’s not spoiled at all.
Cheesy
Yesterday afternoon some of us gals went out for another team outing. We went to a place where you can either bring your own flower pot or buy one there (which is what I did) and then plant flowers as a group! It was a lot of fun and now I have one pot ready for the backyard (need to get going on the rest of them). I don’t have a pic to show as part of the deal is that you leave your pots there and the owner takes care of them for a couple weeks to make sure they survive the shock of being transplanted. I’ll post one once I pick it up though!
I did however buy this guy from her shop.
He’s a little mosaic turtle with spoons for the head, tail and legs. I thought he was super cute. There’s a little ladybug on the other side too!
I told Isabella she could name him and right away she decided to call him “Cheesy”. I gave her a questioning look when she said that and she immediately responded with, “What? Cheesy’s a good name Mommy…”
And so it is.
For now I have him inside, next to the buffet.
See him at the bottom of the pic, tucked in amongst the “plants”?
He may get moved outside one of these days, I haven’t decided yet. For now, he’s chillin’ inside with us.
Burned
I got my first sunburn of the season on Wednesday. I was literally outside for 1 hour and got this:
Yes, it hurts as bad as it looks.
What can I say, I’m fair-skinned and go from white to red and back to white again. I will never be tan. I’ve finally accepted that over the years but I’ve definitely had my share of bad burn experiences.
The worst one was on a canoeing trip down the Niobrara river. I forgot to reapply and my whole body got scorched but my tummy worst of all. I blistered and literally had to peel off skin from there every night for weeks.
There was also a bad one on our honeymoon. I was good the whole trip, and then let my guard down on the 2nd to last day. Ended up with a bad burn on my thighs. My skin was so hot, that it turned a frozen washcloth from ice cold to warm in less than 5 minutes.
I try to be careful though and I promise I’ll put some sunscreen in my purse to have with me at all times, just in case.
Finally
I leave you with these images of Isabella.
Here she is helping me buy food and treats for Samson.
And sound asleep in the car:
There are angels among us.
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