Daniel's first day of school

Daniel started k-3 today!! He was sooo excited! No tears or anything. :)

Afternoon trip to Fort Smith

> Well, our trip to the Trolley "museum" was not quite what I was expecting! But it was still fun. The museum was really just a huge garage where volunteers work on restoring old trolleys from the 1920s that were used as the main source of transportation at that time. There was no a/c at the museum or on the trolley ride we took, and it was HOT (felt like 107). We didn't end up having to pay for the trolley ride, because one of the volunteers paid for us. I have no idea why, but he was very nice! There was also a huge steam train on the grounds that Daniel really enjoyed. And we found another place that had an outside (did I mention it was hot?) carousel which we rode twice. Oh, and I almost forgot! Daniel LOVED the tunnel experience on the way to and back from Ft. Smith!
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A day at home

Here's an example of what a typical day is like for me. I emailed this to my cleaning buddies (other moms who like to be encouraged to keep their lives and homes organized). 

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Audrey Blevins <audreyblevins@gmail.com>
Date: August 5, 2010 6:11:04 AM CDT
To: clean-mamas@googlegroups.com
Subject: Thursday

Well, I'm up pretty early today! Just couldn't sleep...got a lot on my mind I guess! So, I decided to try to get a lot done before the boys get up. Here's the list of stuff I need to get done:

 

1) Fold 4 loads of laundry

2) Straighten LR

3) Dust

4) Vacuum

5) Bathrooms, including floors

6) Straighten Daniel's room

7) Unoad dishwasher and straighten kitchen after breakfast (it's actually clean already)

8) water plants

9) clean out car

10) Fill birdfeeders

11) send cards to a couple families

12) pick-up contacts (yes, this is from last month but I ran out of money so I still haven't picked them up!)

13) get eyebrows waxed

14) hotspots (entryway and piano)

15) clean out bin of papers and get rid of stuff/reorganize

16) cook and puree veggies

17) bake cookies and brownies

18) make smoothies and freeze??

19) write on blog

20) cook supper

 

There's probably more! See why I can't sleep? Anyway, I'm gonna try to just go down this list and get as much done as possible before the boys get up. I'll send a report later!

Some cute things

We are at the Springdale library this morning. Daniel loves playing on the computers and Gid loves to play with the bins of books and other kids. Gid is starting to make noises when he plays with things. It sounds like he's making car or truck noises. So cute! I'm sure he picked it up from Daniel. He's also standing on his own a bit, taking a step here and there by himself, and climbing things. If we had stairs I would be in a world of trouble! It's hard enough as it is. He's been climbing on Daniel's little step-stools!

Gid can also say ma-ma now! We are both thrilled! He knows I am ma-ma and he just smiles really big when he says it. He is also making the ba-ba and ga-ga sounds. Of course he's been saying da-da for a while. Another thing Gideon is doing right now is putting everything he possibly can in his mouth! I hate it! I am constantly having to pull stuff out of his mouth. Yuck. One time I caught him eating part of a large moth. :-/

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Gideon

Gideon just took two steps all by himself!!! He hasn't actually really been standing for long periods of time yet, although I think he could. But he was holding on to Phillip's leg and then he just took a couple steps all of a sudden. Guess it won't be much longer now!

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Bees and Burps

The other day Daniel was drinking a soda (which is rare) and he said that there were bees in his tummy tickling him. As I was trying to figure that one out, he burped and said, "I burped the bees out, mommy!" Made me chuckle! I thought that was a pretty good way to describe the feeling of needing to burp! :)

It's official!

Daniel is potty-trained!!!!