Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Cooking
It is good to have a functioning kitchen. I made chicken enchiladas tonight for dinner.
I can unload 90% of the dishwasher without taking a step now. That's what a good layout will do for you. Now I have to go to the gym.
The countertops get installed on Thursday. We still have a lot of trimwork to do, and the floors won't be refinished till January.
But we have a kitchen that works! WOOT!
Other stuff.
Luke is playing indoor soccer for the winter. Something set him on fire this fall and he has been practicing all. the. time. He's good. He is slated to be on two teams playing in three leagues this spring. That's four practices and 3 games every week. I'm not sure I can take it. But next fall if he goes select he will have to give up his rec team. That will be very sad for all of us, but the right thing. His club coach is just tremendous. He really teaches the boys, but keeps his cool. His personality is the perfect match for Luke's temperament.
However, the boy's math brain seems to have turned off. Like you are speaking in Greek when you ask a math question. Where did his math brain go? If you've seen it, please report it to me. He is doing great in everything else, and finally reading because HE WANTS TO. I never thought that would happen.
Peyton is in her first play on Friday. She has loved being in drama and wants to continue with it. However, tonight when we were practicing her lines, she started crying and told me she was scared. She'll be fine, but I do feel for her and her nerves.
Peyton sings. Nor formally, but if you come to our house and listen, it is likely that you will hear her singing. Today it was Galatians 2:20. Did you ever sing that chorus?
Peyton is just smart. She gets things. It's fun to watch that girl think.
Romy opens cabinets. All of the cabinets. She eats anything and everything that we adults eat. And asks for more. If you sit down for 30 seconds or more, she will bring a book to you and crawl into your lap to hear you read it. Oh, I do love that.
I know it's December, but I thought I'd show you our Halloween costumes. Because that's how I operate.
Luke is a hick (he now wears those overalls whenever they are clean), Romy is a sock monkey, and Peyton is Dorothy. Romy agreed to wear the costume for about 3 minutes. Then she sat on the front porch with her chicken nuggets greeting the trick-or-treaters. Notice she's signing for more in this picture.
I can unload 90% of the dishwasher without taking a step now. That's what a good layout will do for you. Now I have to go to the gym.
The countertops get installed on Thursday. We still have a lot of trimwork to do, and the floors won't be refinished till January.
But we have a kitchen that works! WOOT!
Other stuff.
Luke is playing indoor soccer for the winter. Something set him on fire this fall and he has been practicing all. the. time. He's good. He is slated to be on two teams playing in three leagues this spring. That's four practices and 3 games every week. I'm not sure I can take it. But next fall if he goes select he will have to give up his rec team. That will be very sad for all of us, but the right thing. His club coach is just tremendous. He really teaches the boys, but keeps his cool. His personality is the perfect match for Luke's temperament.
However, the boy's math brain seems to have turned off. Like you are speaking in Greek when you ask a math question. Where did his math brain go? If you've seen it, please report it to me. He is doing great in everything else, and finally reading because HE WANTS TO. I never thought that would happen.
Peyton is in her first play on Friday. She has loved being in drama and wants to continue with it. However, tonight when we were practicing her lines, she started crying and told me she was scared. She'll be fine, but I do feel for her and her nerves.
Peyton sings. Nor formally, but if you come to our house and listen, it is likely that you will hear her singing. Today it was Galatians 2:20. Did you ever sing that chorus?
Peyton is just smart. She gets things. It's fun to watch that girl think.
Romy opens cabinets. All of the cabinets. She eats anything and everything that we adults eat. And asks for more. If you sit down for 30 seconds or more, she will bring a book to you and crawl into your lap to hear you read it. Oh, I do love that.
I know it's December, but I thought I'd show you our Halloween costumes. Because that's how I operate.
Luke is a hick (he now wears those overalls whenever they are clean), Romy is a sock monkey, and Peyton is Dorothy. Romy agreed to wear the costume for about 3 minutes. Then she sat on the front porch with her chicken nuggets greeting the trick-or-treaters. Notice she's signing for more in this picture.
3 Comments:
So good to hear from you!
Love your blog and so glad you updated with the family news. I want a new kitchen, but like you, am in a newish house and it will take a flood or whatnot for me to get it.:)
My oldest is a soccer boy, too, but we've been told by quite a few to stay away from club/select teams b/c of the time commitment(Sundays), taking so much out of family time, etc. As a homeschool mom, though, who doesn't know where her boy will be schooling-wise in a few years (meaning if we homeschool through high school, will he have any place to play if he doesn't do club/select, soon?), it's tempting, every time we get ready to sign him back up. The rec league is great, still, but he's almost 10 and I know the competition in rec will become less soon.
Now that was a whole lot of info from a complete stranger. Have a Merry Christmas!
Jolie
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