Learning English

This morning our 22-month-old kept saying "duhrt". After a while I realized that she was asking for something. She got quite insistent and somewhat frustrated when I couldn't figure out what she wanted.

I tried everything:
drink? no.
are you hurt? no.
something with your foot? no.

Then she got distracted by her sister. I thought the translating game was over.

Nope.

She then brought me into the kitchen pointing to the refrigerator. I opened it up and started over:
drink? no.
carrot? no.
cheese? no. (I realize this sounds nothing like "duhrt", but we were desperate at this point!)

Then the light went on (you'd think since this is my fifth child, I would have done this sooner). I put her down and say, "Show me".

She moves a couple things around on the bottom shelf and points to "duhrt".

YOGURT!

whew. Who says a stay-at-home mom doesn't need an education?

Another Chapter in NE's Book...

I laughed, and then I cried.



Perhaps you've heard of the book Pinkalicious. If not, go find it. It's great. Though we all love Pinkalicious around here, apparently one member of the family decided to take her love to the next level.

Introducing REDalicious:


She also decided to cut her hair so it would be "short and pretty like L...'s". All little girls want to emulate their older sisters.


We will be taking a trip to the salon tomorrow to see if it can be fixed without being completely chopped off.

Amazingly, almost all of the hair was put carefully in the garbage, and there was no lipstick on the walls or bedspreads or couches...or anywhere besides her face and hands!

I blame myself for this one. Whilst organizing the bathroom closet, I got side-tracked and left a whole heap of stuff (including, yes, you guess it, lipstick and scissors) on the counter. It was apparently too tempting for the three-year-old to leave alone.

All those beautiful brown curls!!! The hair will grow. The hair will grow.

you got the news twice...

Well, I'm not too sure how I posted that twice, but it's worthy of being repeated!

WOO-HOO!!!

We just received some great news! It looks like this:

Congratulations! You have been matched to an internship position.

This is the residency required for the doctorate. Derrell is among the 60% of applicants nationwide who got matched on the first go 'round.

We are so happy! We are so blessed! Thank you for your support and prayers. We need them.

The end is coming into view:

1. Finish Classes--April 2009
2. Defend Dissertation--Summer & Fall 2009
3. Complete Residency--Summer 2009 thru Summer 2010
4. Graduate!!--Fall 2010
   

WOO-HOO!!!

We just received some great news.  It looks like this:

Congratulations! You have been matched to an internship position.

This is the residency required for the doctorate.  Derrell is among the 60% of applicants nationwide
that got matched on the first go 'round.

We are so happy!  We are so blessed!

The end is coming into view.

1. Finish Classes (April 2009)
   
2. Defend Dissertation (Summer & Fall 2009)
3. Complete Residency (Summer 2009 thru Summer 2010)
4. Graduate!! (Fall 2010)
   

Thank you for your support and prayers.  We need them.

Two weeks ago:
The Snowman that turned into a Chair. (I don't think I ever wanted a snow chair when I was a kid!)

AE begged to go outside
with her cracker.
It shortly became
"Ritz a la mode".

Today:

And tomorrow it's supposed to get up to 70 degrees.

The weather is one of the nicest things about this area. We get some cold and snow, but nothing like the negative 40 temperatures of Anchorage, Alaska where a friend lives. The summer can be uncomfortable, but nothing like Melbourne, Australia where a friend is experiencing 115 degree weather presently. For the most part it is quite mild.

OK, I better be more specific. The weather is one of the nicest things to me about this area. It is WAY too warm for my hubby's tastes most of the time, but I think he's part bear. (hee, hee)