Kaitlyn: Grandma, you have two choices. You can get up or you can give me a bath.
Grandma: What? Either way, I have to get up!
Kaitlyn: Those are your choices.
Gretchen: If everyone has a mommy and a daddy, then God must have first made a big mommy and a big daddy to start.
Kaitlyn: Hooray! Mom, do you know why I can say hooray?
Me: Why?
Kaitlyn: Because I am Kaitlyn Elaine Barhorst to say hooray!
Gretchen: When I am a mommy, I am going to let my kids draw on their beds AND their clothes.
*Kaitlyn pretends to eat a crayon*
Me: You going to eat it, or what?
Kaitlyn: ...What?
Me: Are you going to eat it?
Kaitlyn: Yes. It is belicious.
Me: Delicious?
Kaitlyn: Yes. A crayon is belicious.
*Kaitlyn bites the crayon*
Me: Well? Was it good?
Kaitlyn: Um, it was a little good.
Gretchen: Kaitlyn doesn't care whose clothes she wears as long as they are not hers.
Kaitlyn: Do you unnermystand?
Bryan: Yes, I undermystand.
Kaitlyn: No! Do you unnerMYstand?
Jacque: I am going to pick the music.
Olivia: Does that say "Queen"?
Jacque: Yes. *puts in CD*
Olivia: Hey, this is a boy song! Those are boys singing. They are not queens, they are princes or kings.
Me: Gretchen doesn't mind.
Gretchen: What does "doesn't mind" mean?
Jacque: It means you are indifferent.
Gretchen: But I don't know what kind of different I'm in.
28 March 2018
18 March 2018
March 11-18
I had some time this week, so I put up several old posts. Go back all the way to January 21-28 and read from there. A few bonus posts did go up in that time frame, and Justine covered some of the same events in her (much more timely) posts, so you may see some familiar material in between the new parts.
My taxes are done! Bryan was in Springfield for several day in a row this week, so I took the free time in the evenings to start and finish my taxes. ...Except the Lima City taxes. I'll get to those this week. But state and federal are done and filed. Hooray!
Matthias's forward motion is getting quite impressive. He favors the army crawl on the hardwood floors, but he does have a regular crawl that he uses on carpeting. Unless he's in a hurry, in which case he reverts to the army crawl again.
Kaitlyn knows she has a birthday coming up. She's a little fuzzy on the whole turning three thing, but when asked about it she says, "I am going to have a birthday and blow out a candle and eat a cake and open a present I'm so excited!"
Gretchen is learning cursive. Justine taught her the first few strokes when she was here visiting, and we've continued to work on it. Gretchen can now write a, d, c, and o. She was so cute when she wrote her first a, she ran to show Bryan and said, "Look, it's my very first a!" It was a beautiful a, too. Now she works on making her letters beautiful and she puts happy faces inside the good ones. Then we pick the very best one and I draw a flower in its hair. Whatever works. :)
I took Olivia's application in to St Charles and she is scheduled for a assessment/shadow day this coming Wednesday. She is very excited, eagerly counting the remaining days each morning. I hope she is still this excited when I have to get her up, dressed, breakfasted, and out the door by 7:30.
We're making dresses. I was cutting out snapkins in the living room and tossing the scraps on the floor, and Olivia and Gretchen came in and saw so much potential. I hauled out all my baskets of scraps and told them they could pick out whatever pieces they liked and pile them up and then, yes, we would make dresses. My plan is to essentially create custom crazy quilt bolts of fabric and then use a pattern. I'll use a sturdy solid for the bodice and sleeves of the dresses, and let the skirts be crazy quilt patchworks.
Pictures:
My taxes are done! Bryan was in Springfield for several day in a row this week, so I took the free time in the evenings to start and finish my taxes. ...Except the Lima City taxes. I'll get to those this week. But state and federal are done and filed. Hooray!
Matthias's forward motion is getting quite impressive. He favors the army crawl on the hardwood floors, but he does have a regular crawl that he uses on carpeting. Unless he's in a hurry, in which case he reverts to the army crawl again.
Kaitlyn knows she has a birthday coming up. She's a little fuzzy on the whole turning three thing, but when asked about it she says, "I am going to have a birthday and blow out a candle and eat a cake and open a present I'm so excited!"
Gretchen is learning cursive. Justine taught her the first few strokes when she was here visiting, and we've continued to work on it. Gretchen can now write a, d, c, and o. She was so cute when she wrote her first a, she ran to show Bryan and said, "Look, it's my very first a!" It was a beautiful a, too. Now she works on making her letters beautiful and she puts happy faces inside the good ones. Then we pick the very best one and I draw a flower in its hair. Whatever works. :)
I took Olivia's application in to St Charles and she is scheduled for a assessment/shadow day this coming Wednesday. She is very excited, eagerly counting the remaining days each morning. I hope she is still this excited when I have to get her up, dressed, breakfasted, and out the door by 7:30.
We're making dresses. I was cutting out snapkins in the living room and tossing the scraps on the floor, and Olivia and Gretchen came in and saw so much potential. I hauled out all my baskets of scraps and told them they could pick out whatever pieces they liked and pile them up and then, yes, we would make dresses. My plan is to essentially create custom crazy quilt bolts of fabric and then use a pattern. I'll use a sturdy solid for the bodice and sleeves of the dresses, and let the skirts be crazy quilt patchworks.
Pictures:
11 March 2018
February 25-March 11
It was the Bossards' turn to visit us, so Justine and the kids drove over on Tuesday. We've decided to have exactly one goal for each visit (other than seeing each other), so this time we recorded psalms. Bryan watched all the kids on Thursday afternoon and Justine and I fiddled with the software and recorded... one psalm before Dorothea decided that Uncle Bryan was definitely not good enough. She took a nap later, though, and we were able to go back to the basement and finish ten more, which made us feel accomplished. Next visit's goal: play duets! :)
What else did we do while the cousins were here? I don't actually remember. We went to church one night. Children played. We started reading Prince Caspian together (having independently finished The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe since our last visit). Justine joined me for a Bible study of John. I do remember that the Bossard kids were sick every night. But only at night, and my kids somehow managed to not catch anything. Dorothea and Matthias pretty much ignored each other, but if we put them down close enough together then they would steal toys from each other. And Dorothea tried to pull Matthias over once. He objected. Uncle Ted, Aunt Ruth, and Grandma stopped by for lunch one day on their way down to Florida. Grandma took some pictures and the girls put on shows for her.
On Saturday night we hosted our annual Happy March card club. Poor Justine had to just hang out because I was unaware when I planned it that she would still be here that day. She did sub in for several different people, so she at least got to play. I was fighting a terrible headache the whole time and ended up with my best score card ever. I guess my secret weapon for euchre is a headache.
On Sunday afternoon, Bryan and I went to the St Charles open house to talk to people about enrolling Olivia there in the fall. We saw the first grade classroom, which was fun, and the second grade classroom, which was less fun. Olivia seems to be academically pretty solidly in first grade right now, but it sounds like we'll be putting her in first grade anyway for social reasons. There will be an assessment of some sort, so that could affect our decision.
After the open house ended, I had to get ready for my orchestra concert. March is always the family concert, and the theme of this one was Just Dance. Most of the pieces we played were accompanied by dancers, and the ones that weren't were straight from Disney soundtracks. The Weys took Olivia and Gretchen for me and they loved it.
We're now in the week of March 4, and it's time to visit our other cousins! On Tuesday we headed to Sidney at bedtime and visited with Keshia and her kids at Bryan's parents' house. Rudy and Kaitlyn had a grand time playing together when they weren't being terrible at sharing toys. Olivia and Gretchen got to feel very important because Rudy was only allowed to play in the basement if one of the big girls went down with her. Around day three, everyone was tired of going to Rudy's dance parties, so Keshia rebranded them as Royal Balls and suddenly that was the highlight of the week. All the girls got dressed up and Keshia did their hair and after thedance party Royal Ball we made construction paper crowns.
On Thursday, Bryan and I were supposed to go to an adults only game exhibit at COSI, but when we got on the road we decided that the drive was too long and the games didn't sound like ones we really cared about. So instead we went shopping, got dinner, and went to Scene 75, where we played mini golf, mini bowling, and arcade games. On Saturday, Murry and I took the two older girls to La Comedia for their Lunch and Learn show. Their favorite part was when Fredrick Mouse was hiding in plain sight on the stage and the other mice couldn't find him.
Other things:
Olivia has a weird habit of trying to slip her foot into my shoe while she's talking to me. Yes, the same shoe that my foot is already occupying.
Gretchen has learned that th is a sound. She doesn't know where it belongs, though, so she still talks about "Maffias sucking his fum." More exciting is when she does try to use it: "I can do it myselth." "I'm going to be fithe on my birfday."
Things Kaitlyn says:
How older is [Kaitlyn] is?
Pinch pies (french fries)
Matthias learned to crawl while we were in Sidney.
Current weights (because there was a scale at Grandma's house):
Olivia - 49
Gretchen - 41
Kaitlyn - 33
Matthias - 19
Pictures:
What else did we do while the cousins were here? I don't actually remember. We went to church one night. Children played. We started reading Prince Caspian together (having independently finished The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe since our last visit). Justine joined me for a Bible study of John. I do remember that the Bossard kids were sick every night. But only at night, and my kids somehow managed to not catch anything. Dorothea and Matthias pretty much ignored each other, but if we put them down close enough together then they would steal toys from each other. And Dorothea tried to pull Matthias over once. He objected. Uncle Ted, Aunt Ruth, and Grandma stopped by for lunch one day on their way down to Florida. Grandma took some pictures and the girls put on shows for her.
On Saturday night we hosted our annual Happy March card club. Poor Justine had to just hang out because I was unaware when I planned it that she would still be here that day. She did sub in for several different people, so she at least got to play. I was fighting a terrible headache the whole time and ended up with my best score card ever. I guess my secret weapon for euchre is a headache.
On Sunday afternoon, Bryan and I went to the St Charles open house to talk to people about enrolling Olivia there in the fall. We saw the first grade classroom, which was fun, and the second grade classroom, which was less fun. Olivia seems to be academically pretty solidly in first grade right now, but it sounds like we'll be putting her in first grade anyway for social reasons. There will be an assessment of some sort, so that could affect our decision.
After the open house ended, I had to get ready for my orchestra concert. March is always the family concert, and the theme of this one was Just Dance. Most of the pieces we played were accompanied by dancers, and the ones that weren't were straight from Disney soundtracks. The Weys took Olivia and Gretchen for me and they loved it.
We're now in the week of March 4, and it's time to visit our other cousins! On Tuesday we headed to Sidney at bedtime and visited with Keshia and her kids at Bryan's parents' house. Rudy and Kaitlyn had a grand time playing together when they weren't being terrible at sharing toys. Olivia and Gretchen got to feel very important because Rudy was only allowed to play in the basement if one of the big girls went down with her. Around day three, everyone was tired of going to Rudy's dance parties, so Keshia rebranded them as Royal Balls and suddenly that was the highlight of the week. All the girls got dressed up and Keshia did their hair and after the
On Thursday, Bryan and I were supposed to go to an adults only game exhibit at COSI, but when we got on the road we decided that the drive was too long and the games didn't sound like ones we really cared about. So instead we went shopping, got dinner, and went to Scene 75, where we played mini golf, mini bowling, and arcade games. On Saturday, Murry and I took the two older girls to La Comedia for their Lunch and Learn show. Their favorite part was when Fredrick Mouse was hiding in plain sight on the stage and the other mice couldn't find him.
Other things:
Olivia has a weird habit of trying to slip her foot into my shoe while she's talking to me. Yes, the same shoe that my foot is already occupying.
Gretchen has learned that th is a sound. She doesn't know where it belongs, though, so she still talks about "Maffias sucking his fum." More exciting is when she does try to use it: "I can do it myselth." "I'm going to be fithe on my birfday."
Things Kaitlyn says:
How older is [Kaitlyn] is?
Pinch pies (french fries)
Matthias learned to crawl while we were in Sidney.
Current weights (because there was a scale at Grandma's house):
Olivia - 49
Gretchen - 41
Kaitlyn - 33
Matthias - 19
Pictures:
07 March 2018
Bonus Post: Gretchen Takes Pictures
It was Gretchen's turn with the camera. She seems to have a steadier hand than Olivia. Where Olivia tends toward posed scenes, Gretchen's interest lies in documenting candid people and walls.
A small sampling of walls and floors and other random objects:
Taking pictures of people getting ready to pose for pictures:
Other people shots:
Furniture and toys:
Scenery:
02 March 2018
PSA
This is a Public Service Announcement...
Several new posts have been put up recently, but they were backdated to the proper weeks and their presence may have been obscured by miscellaneous bonus posts. Should you have the time and inclination, there is new reading material in January of 2018.
Several new posts have been put up recently, but they were backdated to the proper weeks and their presence may have been obscured by miscellaneous bonus posts. Should you have the time and inclination, there is new reading material in January of 2018.
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