Tuesday, January 03, 2006

I'm finally starting my own blog. I'm usually too lazy for this, but since my mom is currently in Hawaii and will soon be on Midway Atoll I thought I'd kind of keep track of things around here for her while she's gone.

As a little side-trip, I'll tell you that my mom is assisting with an albatross count on Midway Atoll. She has worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service for many years as a secretary. She and two of her co-workers are helping with counting the albatross nests on Midway this year and I am so jealous! I'd have loved to go with her, but, alas, I have Heathens to tend to!

This morning Aaron, age 3, awoke with tales of his first (that we've heard about) nightmare. He was pretty sure he was going to be eaten by donkeys, but fortunately he's much too big. He told me all about the dream, in vivid detail. He was really upset, but calmed down eventually. Of course, that was only after he went upstairs and checked each and every bedroom for evidence of lingering donkeys. He told both Mike and I that if the donkeys come back we should "kick their butts." I didn't even know this child knew what donkeys were, much less that he was afraid of them!

Marissah and Micah went back to school today after their way-too-long winter break. It was so nice to have some quiet around the house again. Marissah did nothing at school, of course. But she did have homework so she must have done something. She just chooses not to share that information with me, I guess. Micah said today was "the best thing in his life" because he learned division! He then went on to tell me that 12 divided by 3 is 3, so I guess we have some more work to do before he's a divising genius. ;)

Dinner was full of the usual complaints form Micah (he hates ham), the arguments from Marissah (nearly everything I said was contradicted by Her Highness) and the entertainment was provided (again) by Aaron. He really has a talent for imitations and tonight he performed a few scenes from his all-time favorite show, SpongeBob Squarepants. This child definitely has a future as an actor!

Tomorrow I get to go to court for my speeding ticket (not as big a deal as it sounds, but it was on the Navy base, so it's mandatory). It's not a real courtroom/judge thing, I just have to show up and be contrite and that should be it (she says, crossing her fingers). The kids were worried I'd end up in jail, but that's not a possibility. Too bad. I could use the vacation. I can't believe my *perfect driving record of nearly 16 years has been sullied by going a mere 13 miles over the speed limit. Oops. I truly didn't realize the speed limit was only 25 on that street, not that my ignorance is any excuse. I guess.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hello sister, dear!

I hope to be able to read and comment daily...we'll see how that works with work.

Love you!
Stacie