Oct 16, 2016

It has been uneventful. Uneventful weeks are a blessing.

Abe turns 8 in two days. TWO DAYS!

Scout crawls about the house, always a "poppy" (puppy) or a horse.

The school nurse called to have Mary picked up from school on the one day of the year I actually pay to have my hair done. Not a big deal, but I called Dan and asked him to pick her up. When he arrived she was reading, feverless and fine. (This is what I looked like when the nurse called. I figured I'd better wait until the hair dresser was finished.)

I saw an Opera, understood none of it. It was the Flying Dutchman, Wagner was impressive and I enjoyed it.

Our donuts at Halloween turned out delicious. We watched Ghostbusters and played boardgames. Our children will hate us when they figure out what trick-or-treating really is.

Loved this moment Scout and Maeser had.

And Dan is back in town.

I prepared an awful lesson in Sunday school today. I will forever regret ever falling asleep in class (at school or church). Better luck next week!

And 4 hours later...

Mary is learning to sew.

November 13, 2016

Zoo on Friday morning, we got there early enough to see animals being brought out of their cages. I wish I'd grabbed a photo of the Orangoutangs coming out, the keepers held their hands and walked them down the road to their pens. We just sat and watched, it was really amazing.

And then we went to the reptile house where a viper continually tried to strike Maeser through the glass. It was scary, but we stayed anyway to be sure Maeser became really afraid of snakes... he think's he's invincible, which is probably true, but just to be safe I'd prefer he had a healthy fear of snakes and knows what to do when he sees one. (FYI Pythons and vipers are plentiful here.)

Our morning walks are less than a mile but take up to 45 minutes. There is a lot to see and talk about... I waited for Maeser to finish looking for monkeys in the trees, he took forever. Scout began pushing him down the sidewalk "Hurry up Mango." (I love that her nickname for Maeser is Mango.)

Scout is really into pretend play. I am constanty feeding her pony oats, tucking in dolls, playing doll house, dressing up... I should have invested in dressups for myself when Dan went to the US. Any good pretend play gift suggestions for her birthday or Christmas?

Abe turned 8. Bittersweet. We had homemade donuts and a real cake on Saturday. Abe's BB8 Birthday Cake was a hit (made by a talented friend, not myself). It was delicious and a complete victory, neither Abe or Mary could finish their piece, I was so happy scraping their plates out into the trash. This sugar challenge is paying off!

Moses and his bananas. He also loves cherry tomatoes, blueberries, pumpkin and red peppers.