The return of dinner...

Well, the return of the dinner calendar anyway. It's not like we haven't eaten dinner all summer but I haven't been as diligent with my calendars. Summer is such a great time to be flexible, and with the combo of hot out and pregnant, my willingness to eat has been fairly unpredictable.

Now that the weather is (slowly) starting to cool down, I am once again making dinner plans. Now for the hard part -- sticking to them.

Here for your perusal is our September dinner calendar. Enjoy!

Here comes the .... groom?

So, it may seem like most of our posts are about Adam, but there's a reason for that - he's very funny. Thomas doesn't really have much to say these days beyond "hi, dada, and mama," and the things that Frankie says are typical of a teenage girl and well, I don't necessarily want to repeat those things ;-)! Adam's just at a magical age where the things that pop out of his mouth are very amusing. Even so, Adam recently shared with me that he can't wait to grow up.

"Mom," he said, "I can't wait to be 21." Gulp, I thought. Does my baby already want to know what it's like to drink? It couldn't be. "Why, Adam?" I asked with some trepidation. "Ummmmm," he hesitated with an embarrassed sound in his voice (adding to my concern). "Just tell Mommy. Why can you not wait to be 21?" (Please don't let him want to drink, please don't let him want to drink). "Ummmmmm..." he hesitated again. "Adam, just tell mommy." In sotto voce he said "So I can get married."

Who knew that my seven year old wanting to get MARRIED would be a relieving thought!!!

Back to School

Frankie is so excited to be back in school - really, no joke! She loves being there with her friends, her teachers, and her principal. She thrives being on schedule and knowing what to expect. I'd say weekends are actually harder for her than weekdays for the most part. She's also enjoying being back in dance. She's added Modern to her schedule, so she's dancing four hours each week. She really enjoys Modern because it's a little more free than regimented Pointe class.

Adam and I are enjoying homeschooling. I love watching him learn. He grasps concepts very quickly and I am often amazed by the things that come out of his mouth!

Last night, I had a dream about Frankie. I was telling her that in my dream (well, nightmare actually), she had put several strange piercings all over her face. I responded to the new undesirable decorations by telling her that they were coming out and that either I was going to remove the piercings, or she was. She told me to go ahead, and I did. Adam was in the car at the time, and piped up with "Did she really let you do that?" I said "Yes, in the dream she did." He responded with "Wow, that's so out of character."

I think he's the little character!

Thomas is enjoying life, as every busy one year old should. He claps, flirts, waves hello and says "hi." We know he understands the meaning of it because he only does it when he waves and we say hello or hi to him. He's very young to have learned a concept like this, but he doesn't seem to care that he's too young and learned it anyway.

Michael and I are looking forward to a four day weekend. We plan on spending the majority of our time getting cleaned up and organized. Although I can't say I'm looking forward to the labor, I am looking forward to the result!

That's all of the early September news. (After all, it's only the 1st day). Hope all is well with each of you.

Until next time...

Out of the mouth of Adam...

"I'd like to get a pet octopus. Except maybe I wouldn't because then I would want to eat the octopus because octopus tastes delicious!"

-Adam, age 7
Octopus Aficionado (this is what he eats when we go out for sushi)

Adam's BFF, Conner, made an elaborate train track on the stairs leading to the playroom at his house. He invited Adam to go see it. Adam apparently studied Conner's creation for a while, then decided to add his own touches. "Conner," he shouted up the stairs "come look at the modifications I've made to the train track."

-Adam, age 7
Train Track Architect

"Mommy, it was fun to have you gone but I'm REALLY glad you're home now."
-Adam, at bedtime tonight after Mommy got home from a long trip to the grocery store.

Thomas' 1st birthday

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I've got another puzzle for you...

How do two adults, one teenager, one child, and one baby create TWENTY loads of laundry in a two week period?

The above pretty much summarizes our lives right now.

Let me know when you find the answer! More importantly, let me know if you have a solution. The only solution I have right now is made of soap and water.

I cannot go to school today said little Peggy Ann McKay...

So Adam is sick with some sort of stomach bug. Anything that goes down keeps coming up. He's been trying hard to eat some chicken broth, but that's not working out too well. He's getting frustrated with his lost eating abilities and expressed his frustration with the following comment. "It's like, I can't even eat chicken broth. What gives?"