The Land of The Freeze and The Hole of The Brained

I have to write this down before I forget:
Celeste and Emme go to gymnastics. Emme I take by herself (w/Brooke too)while Celeste is in school. Celeste goes after school, so Emme has to come along and wait for one hour.

During this hour, I have to figure out how to entertain Emme for one whole hour. This is pretty easy because Emme is a very imaginative and creative person. She can make toys out of french fries. Last week, I brought along a box of crayons - 96 to be exact. Emme did not actually color with these crayons, she arranged them in different rows like little soldiers.

Emme was the sergeant of these colorful warriors, directing them and giving them various orders. I suppose they were on parade duty this last time as Emme has no experience on the battle field yet. She marched them through various formations, not letting them at ease until they had sung their national anthem.

I heard Emme singing quietly as is her wont, and asked her to repeat the last lines because I wasn't sure exactly what I had heard was right. She smiled at me, happy to oblige, and belted out:

"Oh say, does that star spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the freeze
And the hole of the brained"

I don't think Sergeant Emme's troops are ready for combat yet.

this is what I really look like

Here's the thing: People are always asking me "how old is the baby?" This is a good question because Brooke is huge. She is the size that Celeste was at 1 year old. I like to answer her age in months, but it's really nice to answer her age in months plus weeks. For example, Brooke is 5 months, 3 weeks old. That's a really nice, exact answer. No beating around the bush. She not barely 5 months. She's not 5 months going on 6. She is 5 months, 3 weeks. How do I know? My lilypie ticker. So cool.

Okay - So my beloved sil linked my fledgling blog as one of her favorites. So now I have to write something interesting and entertaining for you, Vanessa, who will probably be my only reader/audience!

This week was back to everything week. Back to school, back to gymnastics, back to ballet school... That would be enough if it were for one kid, but it's now times two. I'm also dragging along my precious baby who is not appreciating the multiple car rides one bit.
That's not to say anything or even complain. This is a stream on consciousness thing - isn't that what blogs are all about?

There's so much to say about today, but I am so physically exhausted from 6 round trips across the valley. I just wanted to mention a bon mot from Celeste:

It was about 12:30 pm. We were driving back to school, just Celeste, Brooke and I from a doctor appointment, (I needed proof of immunizations, or they wouldn't let in the school after Friday!) and I need to grab a quick bite for my little girl. I ordered chicken nuggets from the mcD drive through - a happy meal. At the pay window, I couldn't find my debit card and had to drive over to the side. I couldn't find it and still can't find it.

All I had was a couple of dollars in cash so I went back and ordered a cheeseburger. Celeste shouts out from the back"no cheese!". So I said, "a cheeseburger with no cheese, please." I wasn't joking. What else can you buy with a couple of dollars? I was desperate. Later Celeste is eating her cheeseburger with no cheese in the backseat and is enjoying it immensely. She's never had a mcD's any kind of burger before. She is delighted that there is a pickle in the middle. And here's one of the cutest things she has said up to date (right up there with "why did they name a van after Minnie Mouse?") : "Wow this cheeseburger is great with no cheese! They even replaced the cheese with a pickle! That's a nice touch~!"

I can't forget these things. Blogs are pretty cool.

I've been inspired by my sil's and my good friend's blogs. I think to myself, "why not make your own blog?" I'm trying. I think that it's a good opportunity to teach myself some html. It's also an opportunity to use some of those cool lilypie tickers that I see sometimes on kid boards. I love my new tickers, but I think I put them in the wrong space. I think I'll figure it out one of these days. I also think I'll figure out how to post photographs as one day this will be my photography blog. (I hope.)

While I'm at it - posting my plans for this blog - I might as well make a to do list:
figure out how to get those lilypie tickers in the right spot
figure out if I really do want lilypie tickers on my blog
figure out how to get photos on this blog
figure out how to link my favorite people's blog on my new blog

That's a pretty good list for now.