Cows

One of the girls on my mommy board posted a link to this Steps to Reading program. I looked it over and thought, "I can do that." I read through everything and put together all the things for the first week...yesterday. I just figured I do 2 days the first day and then go from there. Except I put it all together at work and left it there.

So in the car on the way home last night, I ask Clark if he wants to try something new, learn something. He says sure, he likes learning.

Me: Ok, this week, we'll learn about the letter A, the number 1, a square and our theme is cows. Do you like cows?
Clark: No, I not like cows.
Me: You don't like cows? Why not?
Clark: No. They're too far away.
Me: They're too far away?! Do you want to pick a different theme?
Clark: Yeah. Bears. This my favorite bear ever (holds up the bear Lala just made him).
Me: Oh, but I don't really know anything about bears. Let's stick with cows. Do you know what a baby cow is called? (The vocabulary word for the week is 'calf'.)
Clark: A baby cow? Um, a baby?
Me: No, a baby cow is called a calf.
Clark: I not like calves.

I think he might actually like it if I can get the poster up with the pictures I have.

Cutest Kids in the World!

I seriously have the cutest kids in the world. I love them.





And Clark will do anything for a lollipop.
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After:

Foreign Languages

Last night, Clark & I were in our bedroom playing when Daddy brought Parker in. We were all laying on the bed and Clark turned on the stereo that's in our room and pressed the play button on the cd player. It happens to be a "Learn Greek" cd.

It starts up with a conversation in Greek. Clark climbs back on the bed and sits and listens to it for a second then says, "Aloha!"

My Birthday

My birthday was a few weeks ago. I think it's safe to say it was the best birthday I've had in a long time, possibly ever. We've been low on money lately, so Jeff wasn't sure he'd be able to find anything to buy me. I told him I'd set aside some money from groceries that he could have, but then my parents ended up giving him money to take me to dinner and buy me something nice.

Friday: Jeff and I went to dinner by ourselves. Jamie & Stepe watched the boys for us. Afterwards, we went to Kmart (because we had $95 in gift cards) to do some Christmas shopping. The only thing we bought was a Christmas tree for $120. We brought it home and set it up immediately since Clark has been enthralled with Christmas lights this year (yes, people had them up before Thanksgiving.) We played games that night and then I got to sleep in Saturday morning.

Saturday: I woke up to feed Parker at 6:30a and there was a big box with a bow on it on the kitchen table. After we nursed, I checked it and it was a programmable crock pot (yay!). And the sweetest card Jeff's ever given me. He actually wrote in it this time. Although he just left it open with the pen over it, too. At least it's slightly better than a blank card stuck in the envelope but not sealed "in case you want to use it again". I slept for the better part of the day and then got ready to go to dinner with my parents and Jamie & Stepe at the Indian restaurant (haha, I finally figured out how to spell restaurant right!) We just played Mario Wii all night after that.

Sunday: I asked Jeff how much money my parent's had given him and it was quite a bit, so I ordered a new jacket for myself from Old Navy. And they were having a nice sale so I also bought a pair of jeans and a pair of jersey lined cargo pants. And then I felt bad for sleeping in on my birthday, so Clark and I went out to the garage and brought in all the Christmas decorations. I let him decorate the tree while I nursed Parker. All the decorations were about knee-midthigh level and on the same two branches. I put some up on the top part and got him a stool so he could get the middle of the tree. It looks pretty if I may say so. Clark keeps playing with the candy canes. Probably not the best idea to have a candy themed tree. He just wants to eat/pretend eat everything.

So, I consider this a great birthday because I got exactly what I wanted. This never happens. I usually tell Jeff exactly what I want and I never get it. I get something completely different or, better yet, nothing. And I got to sleep in. Very nice.

Headlines

These headlines were on MSN tonight:
"Woman Leaves $40k at Holy Site for Virgin Mary to Watch"
and then right underneath it:
"Are we dumber after 53?"

That makes me laugh.

ABC's

♪A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z♫
next time-I know-A-B-Cs, yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!

Halloween aka Trick or Treat Night