Wayne used this descriptive phrase to title our day. The lights were turned off when I arrived at Laura’s nursery at church. Three volunteers, employees, etc had not shown up. Wayne and I volunteered to stay with the combined infant room/two’s room. After helping in VBS with 16 two year olds, it seemed doable. It was fun to meet all Laura’s playmates. She would go off and play and then plop back in my lap. Towards the end, more workers showed up and I slipped out to hear the last of the sermon. It was a profound message about divorce and marriage from Mark. The main point was that the world’s view of marriage is not God’s view of marriage. That’s true with most things. I’m striving to see things from God’s perspective these days, not just my own eyes.
Wayne took the girls to play at the park while I shopped. I got to go to Trader Joe’s for the first time in months. I stocked up on Kool Bolgi (yum!) and grilling goodies. I also got this yummy gouda goat cheese for our salads this week.
We managed to get the girls to nap some. Wayne took the first nap and wasn’t feeling well. He still had the energy to work on the yard. I think the “heat” sapped our energy today. Granted, I lived in the South all my life, but I always lived in an AC’d house. When it gets to be midday and it’s hot, siesta’s and lying low sound good. I got a nice hour nap in between exuberant girls. Wayne sprayed Sara.
Cooking group time. With my knee being swollen, I couldn’t stand and make the recipes I’d planned. I had to press Wayne into service. We ended up running the dishwasher twice today. It took about 3 hrs, but we made a red pepper creamy curry chicken and pork and green bean stirfry with cashews. Wayne did all the standing over the stove. I fielded girl needs and chopped things. Sara ground the almonds for the chicken. She liked using the grinder. I told her how that was my job when Mom and I used to make oatmeal raisin cookies.
Laura has been quiet on the speech front. Today, she took her stuffed cat and said, “Mrow, mrow.” Don’t know when I’ll next hear it, but it was nice to hear a new word. Sara convinced me to make lemonade popsicles. Summer is finally here!
The day has cooled off. I think we sabbathed in phases this weekend. We got a lot done.
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“Children are like wine in that they are amusing when they’re young, but more interesting as they grow up.”
This is the quote that began my week. I was listening the Splendid Table and this quote caught my imagination. I’m seeing both my girls grow up and it’s the realization they won’t always be with me.
This weekend was devoted to Walle. In our annual tradition we attended the Friday night showing of Walle at the Majestic Bay. We had 12 friends join us. We ate dinner at La Isla, a local Puerto Rican Restaurant. We had empanadas and fried plantains. We were early enough to experience happy hour so the prices were great.
Walle is magical. It’s fun to see it in a real theater with a real audience. At the premiere 6 weeks ago, I was entranced but not sure everyone would enjoy it. Now with a 96% fresh tomatoes and gushing reviews, it’s fun to see the movie again. My favorite part is Hal, the twinkie eating cockroach. His sound effects are great. I think the boing would make a good ringtone.
Today, Sara got to see her first movie that see saw all the way through. We tried at Happy Feet this Xmas for free tickets. She fell asleep during that movie. Pixar hired out a movie theater at Pacific Place for all the families. We were able to take 12 people with us, 3 other families for a total of 4 little girls. Sara sat at the edge of her seat or stood the entire time. She liked sitting in her Dad’s lap. She didn’t seem scared by the movie. A couple of kids cried and had to leave at different times (keep in mind that some families brought very young children since it was a family event that was free).
My knees been a bit swollen lately. The weather has turned beautiful and summery. I was actually able to walk up to the park and watch the Sunset. The entire length of the park was dotted with cars of sunset watchers. There were teenagers in muscle shirts sitting on their cars, picnickers, kids playing, an idyllic scene.
p.s. 8/08 This is a quote from my friend Melina about Walle. I thought it was a lovely description about the magic of this movie.
“We finally saw Wall-E last week. I loved it. It was very sweet. It’s amazing what 2 robots can convey with dialogue limited to “Wall-E”, “Eve” and “directive”.’
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Small plump hands handed me a bundle of orange and pink clothing that I had so diligently wrestled onto Laura’s body a few minutes before. She quickly scaled her 3 step stool to grab her own toothbrush. It’s all about doing things herself these days. Laura started her independence with the button down orange and pink striped sweater I had buttoned up (5 buttons for a toddler is an eternity). She did quick work of the tank top I had put on with a fleeting thought toward summer. The pants took a while longer. She then occupied herself for 30 min trying to put the clothes back on.
Sara tried to take the mouse from the computer to “pretend it’s a real mouse on the floor of the kitchen.” I decided to nix that idea. She did experiment with the cinnamon spice container balancing on the flat side of a butter knife. Last night, we finished coloring a 3 foot high mural of tinkerbell. It’s done now with the help of Wayne, Karen, and Sara.
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Sara prayed for us today. She prayed that she would grow big so she could get a horse named Sparky. Laura was all wrapped in her blankets, thumb in mouth and fast asleep. Normally the blankets are kicked off.
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Laura pulled off her pants I had so diligently dressed her. She turned them inside out and started to use them as a dancing accoutrement! She then tried to put her feet into the pants standing up. Not much of success. I suggested sitting. She took me up on that. Vague success. More dancing with pants. Pants had more success as a sleeve for her arm. She’s still playing!
The dark/lightness reference if for the fact it’s been raining a lot this week.
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