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?
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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.
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.
Friday, February 20, 2009
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:
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:
- Finish Classes--April 2009
- Defend Dissertation--Summer & Fall 2009
- Complete Residency--Summer 2009 thru Summer 2010
- 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.
- Finish Classes (April 2009)
- Defend Dissertation (Summer & Fall 2009)
- Complete Residency (Summer 2009 thru Summer 2010)
- Graduate!! (Fall 2010)
Thank you for your support and prayers. We need them.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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)
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Saving of the Cookies
I like to cook.
I'm not the greatest, but most of what I make is edible. The kids don't usually complain. I'm not very adventurous, but I am adaptable. Recipes are guidelines. If I don't have half of the ingredients, I just throw in what I do have. Some of the greatest compliments come when I have modified a recipe. What this means, however, is that I can never recreate my best meals.
It also means that sometimes I really mess up.
Unfortunately, because I never keep track of what I've thrown in, I don't really know what the problem is. Mayhem really breaks loose when I venture into a world almost completely unknown to me, like Asian food, or baking from scratch.
Such was the case one evening when I decided to make my family homemade cookies. A little bit of this and a lot of that. I was following only a partial recipe. After the first batch came out of the oven, I knew we had a problem.
Two people instantly came to mind: a good friend who has finally perfected her own (somewhat secret) chocolate chip recipe, and my eldest sister-in-law who represents a good homemaker to me. My friend lives a mile away, and I knew exactly where she was at the moment, so I tried her first. She couldn't hear her phone over the bath water she was drawing for her children.
I was somewhat reluctant to call my S-I-L because it was around dinner time in her part of the world. But, I figured my options were to throw out the dough or interrupt their dinner. I chose the selfish option, which luckily turned out OK. B-I-L wasn't home from work, yet!
It took longer for me to explain the problem, than for her to fix it. More flour!!! Thank you, LaD!
Can you guess which is the before-the-saving, and which is after?
I'm not the greatest, but most of what I make is edible. The kids don't usually complain. I'm not very adventurous, but I am adaptable. Recipes are guidelines. If I don't have half of the ingredients, I just throw in what I do have. Some of the greatest compliments come when I have modified a recipe. What this means, however, is that I can never recreate my best meals.
It also means that sometimes I really mess up.
Unfortunately, because I never keep track of what I've thrown in, I don't really know what the problem is. Mayhem really breaks loose when I venture into a world almost completely unknown to me, like Asian food, or baking from scratch.
Such was the case one evening when I decided to make my family homemade cookies. A little bit of this and a lot of that. I was following only a partial recipe. After the first batch came out of the oven, I knew we had a problem.
Two people instantly came to mind: a good friend who has finally perfected her own (somewhat secret) chocolate chip recipe, and my eldest sister-in-law who represents a good homemaker to me. My friend lives a mile away, and I knew exactly where she was at the moment, so I tried her first. She couldn't hear her phone over the bath water she was drawing for her children.
I was somewhat reluctant to call my S-I-L because it was around dinner time in her part of the world. But, I figured my options were to throw out the dough or interrupt their dinner. I chose the selfish option, which luckily turned out OK. B-I-L wasn't home from work, yet!
It took longer for me to explain the problem, than for her to fix it. More flour!!! Thank you, LaD!
Can you guess which is the before-the-saving, and which is after?
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
NE's Shopping List
Me: I need to go to the store. Do you want to come with me?
NE: What store are we going to? Walmart?
Me: Nope. I just need to run to the grocery store close to our home to get a couple things.
NE: I want to get some things at Walmart.
Me: Well, what do you want to get? Maybe we can get them at the grocery store.
NE: I want sandwiches and ham and hamburgers and butter and turkey and ham and five books. And are there snakes in there?
NE: What store are we going to? Walmart?
Me: Nope. I just need to run to the grocery store close to our home to get a couple things.
NE: I want to get some things at Walmart.
Me: Well, what do you want to get? Maybe we can get them at the grocery store.
NE: I want sandwiches and ham and hamburgers and butter and turkey and ham and five books. And are there snakes in there?
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