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2008-07-17 / 10:14 a.m.

In my quest to be a better, more layed back mother, I am letting the girls play with playdough right now. I don't let them do this very often because it stresses me out. I know it is ridiculous, but it does. I don't like them mixing the colors, dropping it on the floor, etc. And really, WHO CARES? IT's playdough!!!! and it was all given to them from various bday parties - if it gets trashed - throw it away. Because of all of these thoughts, I am letting them go at it. OH GREAT! Even as I am typing this, Bg2 just swallowed some!!!!! SEE, this is why I don't let them play with it!!!!!!

This has been a pretty busy week, but I like it. It truly feels like summer. We have been getting together with friends and doing more things as a family. We have: taken the girls to see the horses at the racetrack (and they LOVED it), gone to the beach, run through the sprinklers, run a bunch of errands, made homemade ice cream, had a playdate with friends, played with grandma and papa, walked to the park, etc. It's been fun. Dan has tomorrow off, so we are headed to the beach again with some friends.

Tues. night Jenn came over for our scrapbooking night. I got 3 layouts (6 pages) done and I am really happy with them. One of the layouts I got done was from when I went to San Jose to meet the Janets. It was super hard to limit the pictures, but it turned out super cute and I will enjoy looking back at the pictures of our first get together. I say first because I am sure there will be more.

I am back to wanting another baby. I got to hold our neighbor's newborn the other day and it made me melt. And Bg1 and I had the following conversation the other day in the car:
Bg1: You know what I was thinking? (This is how she starts EVERY conversation these days)
Me: What?
Bg1: We should get a van.
Me: Why?
Bg1: So we don't have to move carseats when we go places with other people. Plus, when you have another baby, we would have room.
Me: Should we have another baby?
Bg1: Yes.
Me: Why?
Bg1: I think it would make Jesus happy.
Me: Oh, really. Well, we'll see. If we did, it would be nice, but if we don't, I'm happy with you and sister.
Bg1: How do we get another baby?
Me: It's up to God if we have another one.
Bg1: How do we ask him for one?
Me: You can pray to him.
Bg1: Okay. (folds her hands and prays to herself) Alright, I asked him.

If I could have something that I wanted right now, I would want to be able to go see Eva. I miss her terribly, but more importantly, I get a little sad when Fransisco is at sleep away camp and I want to go keep her company. Now I don't presume this is what SHE would want, it's just what I want to do.

Also, totally random thought - I am in the mood to clean out the attic. This always happens in the summer, when it is too hot to go up there and do such a thing. But it HAS to be done. It is a mess up there and I am in the throwing out mood, which is exactly the mood I need to be in to do such a project. Here's what I am thinking. We take a day, preferably a cool morning, to just pull everything down and out to the backyard. Then I can sort it/trash what needs to be trashed and then put back what we are keeping. Sound good? I thought so, but getting Dan to agree will be a different story. Ideally, I would ask a friend to take the girls for the day so they would be out of the way and we could devote our full attention to the task. I'll have to start looking into that.

K

crawling * walking

It's in the little things. - 2008-08-11