One more month

In exactly one month from now it will be Jericho's first full day of preschool. Some days I'm excited for him and others I just think I'll really miss him. Like today. He's been sitting right next to me asking for " a little bit more loving". I told him that we would have to buy new things for preschool, like a lunchbox. Then I asked him what he would like to buy and his response was: " a green bus". I think he's hoping he's going to get a cool ride there.

We had company over last night and had some DQ ice cream cake. We discovered that we might be in for some trouble with Kai as he would ask Nate for some more, Nate would tell him to ask Mommy, then Kai would turn to me with the biggest smile and twinkle in his eye and say, "pleeeeeeese Mommy?" Smiling the whole time. I just wanted to laugh, and he got more.

Last night when it was time for Kai to go down, Jericho helped. Kai was already in his bed and started crying. So I asked Jer to go to the fridge, get Kai his milk and take it to him. He did, with glee. It was funny listening to them interact.

"Here's your milk Malachi..."

"tank-too"

"Where's your blanket?"

"bu-bye"

"No, it's right there silly! Good-night!"

"nye night!"

Those of us listening were in stitches. They are like little people now who communicate and mostly make sense! I feel like such a successful parent sometimes.
Right now they are in our room pretending like Nate's side of the bed is a slide and my side is the ladder on the way up. I'm a little worried as they can be way too quiet sometimes and last time they played this game my jewelry box ended up spilled everywhere. There are still little beads under our bed.

I used to blog more often.

I would love to be one of those people who blogs everyday or almost everyday, but sometimes the days just get away from me and before I know it, it's AUGUST! There have been a few big things that have gone on here in our modest household. Last week we spent a few days gearing up to feed 70 at my Nana's 80th birthday party. Nate did most of the work, I dealt with rentals, brainstorming and helped wherever Nate needed me to.

The party was beautiful. It was a vison of white and light purple and could have been pulled off as a wedding. The photographer even commented that we could organize events more often. Yeah, no. I mean, it was quite fun and I loved surprising my Nana, but it was a lot of work and quite stressful. But it would be cool if I was into that kind of thing. Nate could do the catering and Christa would look after the decor and Mom could host it. Like I said, yeah... no.

Part of the surprise included a scrapbook that had been put together. Both Megan and Nina did a lot of work on it. We had quite a few relatives write something to place in the book as well... I wrote a poem and thought I would share it with you:

My Nana

My Nana is high tea, crumpets and butter tarts
She’s royalty, but the kind of gentle, loving Queen

My Nana is smiles and laughter, giggles and winks
She’s everything that makes your day a little better.

My Nana is lilacs in full bloom, daisies galore
She’s someone you want to enjoy the day with

My Nana is unwritten memoirs, moments to treasure
She’s a book you want to read over and over.

My Nana is the simple farm life with blessings mixed in
She’s hardworking and loves her Jesus

My Nana is hugs and sweet smelling kisses
She’s the warmness you need, especially on cold days

My Nana is genuine, never makes you feel small
She’s the person to go to when you need the truth

My Nana is someone I will cherish forever
She’s my Nana, my confidante, my guide, my friend

Love you Nana!


From,

Sara

Written for Marion Beatrice Craig in celebration of her 80th Birthday, August 7, 2009


She called me the other day to tell me she had read it and loved it. That made my day.

Today my babysitter had asked for a day off so I decided to spend some time with the boys and we drove to Langley for the first time since the tolls have been implemented. We went to the "big park" for awhile, then went for a drive to the gardens where Nate and I had our wedding photos done. It's a beautiful oriental-ish garden with a rock waterfall and lots of flowers. The boys were even nice enough to pose for a few pictures. When they were done, we got out the stroller and went for walk down one of the Langley trails. There were a few people picking blackberries and we stopped for some, but the real exciting part of the trip was when we came upon a little clearing to find a dingy little pond filled with ducks. Jericho and Kai were so excited, especially when we spotted a pair of turtles in the distance. I was pretty disappointed to find my camera battery had died. I took them out for lunch after that and we had fun until Jericho had to go to the bathroom. I think the waitress thought we were dine and dashers.

On Monday I found a random cake mix in my cupboard and decided since Nate had done so much work this past weekend that I would let the boys surprise him with a cake. When I say "the boys" I mean it. They stirred it, they added the water, they licked the spoons : )

Well, I should start tackling my kitchen as the males have all left for the grocery store and I don't want blog writing to be my only accomplishment upon their return.











Toodles!