First Day Swim School Tears
Today was Molly’s first day at swim school and she was pretty excited. It was actually an advanced class which she was trying since she hadn’t taken a “Water Babies” class where she would have been in the pool with a parent. The other kids had been going for several weeks and not all of them were as excited to be there as she was.
Molly was quite enthusiastic from the beginning. (She may have been reminded by Livy that candy would be used as a motivational incentive.) But she may need to work on holding her breath since almost every picture I took ended up with her tongue hanging out.
We did have our share of tears though… which came when it was time to leave. A good problem to have. Needless to say, Molly as accepted into the Super Water Baby class!
Hugs and Kittens
If Livy were a NASCAR driver, this is what she would be driving. Don’t miss the3D view.
Some of My Own Medicine
I’ve stayed home from work the past two days with a cold. (Note that I worked from home most of that time.) Tonight as I sat down to supper, I coughed and then moaned to which Livy replied, “Daddy, quit crying like a baby.”
Touché Livy.
Winter Olympics
Because I know y’all are in the winter Olympic mood I had to pass this along. I learned via Facebook that Justin Semin is participating in the Polar Plunge this Saturday. No it’s not a new event in Vancouver. It’s a fundraiser for Special Olympics Nebraska where crazy people take a plunge into frigid Holmes Lake. In the process of donating to sponsor Justin I looked at his team’s page and found that Zach Fenton is also on the team. Justin is an old high school friend of mine and we know Zach through Jenny’s brother Nathan. I can’t say we were surprised to find either one of these guys doing something crazy, but we were glad it was for a good cause so we had to sponsor both of them. Feel free to sponsor them as well.
Perspective
At dinner, Violet started reaching over to “fork” Livy so I pulled her chair my way. She smiled and said, “Hey, I’m by you!” Not to be out done, Molly who was on my other side smiled and said, “Hey, you are by ME!”
Another example that Molly has a different perspective.
From the Backyard
So here’s the scene. The girls and Red are out in the backyard playing on the playscape while Jenny goes in and out grilling steaks.
Livy (entering house crying): “She stole my stick and she won’t give it back.”
Daddy walks out the back door and sees Molly sitting proudly at the top of the slide with a stick.
Daddy: “Molly give it back.”
Livy: “Not Molly. Red took my stick!”
Daddy: “Calm down. Did you trade try to trade her for a different one?”
Red happily upgraded to a bigger stick. Crisis averted.
Tags: funny
Big Mouth Molly
Mommy: “Can you please share a little of your oatmeal with Violet?”
Molly: “NO!”
Mommy: “But I don’t think you can eat it all.”
Molly: “I CAN. My mouth is BIG!”
Hooves and Feathers
I’m not sure what it says about us but maybe we spent a little too much time on the farm this fall. I’m home with the girls without Jenny for the evening and when I asked the girls what they wanted for supper, Livy responded with “Pig meat” (her favorite). Molly said she wants “Cow meat”. We don’t have any pig meat thawed out so in the end they compromised and we’re having cow meat and chicken meat. I’m proud of my little rural carnivores.
Looks Like a Duck
This is a little random I know, but at bedtime snack tonight we spent five minutes trying to decide if Livy’s cheese puff looked like a duck. Violet’s nickname is “Peanut” and she has a habit of sticking out her lips so that she looks like a duck. So now you think I’m weird and have too much free time to blog about this. At least I didn’t make the website www.thispeanutlookslikeaduck.com. No really, you should go there. Leave us a comment letting us know how much time you waste.
Feeds
Recent Comments
- Amy
: If I get a vote, I’m voting for the “beach with good friends” trip to move to the top of the... - Grandpa Andrews
: It looks to me like Molly will be a good candidate to go fishing with Grandpa in the Republican... - Fenton
: http://www.flickr.com/photos/d ay_sheila/sets/721576234038460 39/ Thank you guys so much!!! - Gma Kane
: Molly definitely is the third kind–knows what she wants and goes for it! She’ll go far in this... - Grandpa Andrews : I have explaind the different perspective for Mike several times. I think Molly has the spirit to...