Sep. 14th, 2011

aelfie: (the motivator)
The reason why this is blog worthy is that I haven't cleaned that room since I prepped the room for Gray's arrival over TWO YEARS AGO.
  • One kitchen garbage bag full
  • three trips to the recycling can
  • 1 bag of stuff for Goodwill
  • 1 bag of stuff for friend with baby girl
  • 1 bag of stuff for friend with baby boy
  • 1 load of regular laundry
  • 1 load of diapers and diaper related stuff (diapers were not "used"...just on the floor and filthy from dirt)
  • two swim diapers found
  • enough feathers that makes the room look like someone dumped out a bean bag chair and fired off a Van de Graaff generator. (cat ripped a hole in my feather comforter oh, say....a year ago)
  • two packets of information from the hospital from when the girls were born
  • one useless maternity swim suit
  • toys, lots and lots of toys.
Oh my that room looks so much better. I am going to strip the bed after I get the girls from school and wash the sheets (what an idea!). I'm also going to take my vacuum in there with the bare floor attachment and get all the sand and feathers on the floor (feathers are impossible to sweep up). Only took about an hour, Gray was nice enough to go down for a nap this afternoon so I could really get in there and clean.

I even pulled everything out from under the bed and swept it out...that was a HUGE amount of feathers.

Go Me! Now to go wake up Gray and get the girls from school.
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From Elli:
"Mommy, I'm afraid that I'm growing up without you!" "Oh? How are you?" "I'm at school all day away from you!" (N.B. its a half day program going 9-1)
later
"Mommy? I don't like school. We spend too much time outside playing and its hot and I hate getting sweaty!"

Oh this poor child is adjusting to school badly. She's never been to school before and is not liking it enough to complain about it, but when asked if she wants to stay home, she answers no, because she doesn't want to miss out on what's going on. And most of the school play areas do leave something to be desired....it is a rented public school after all, lots of blacktop and very little greenery. The've created a very nice play area just outside the Kindergarten: climbing trees, sand pits, tree swings, etc...but its small.

From Ike:
(remarking upon why he advanced another swimming class level this afternoon) :
I've figured it out...I just need to listen to the teacher!

Mrs. W (Ike's third grade teacher answering Ike's concerns that he's always the last one to finish any desk work...earlier this morning)
"Ike, if you want to finish faster, focusing on your own work and not checking up on your classmates will go a long way."

"Here you go Gwen, you can have one of mine"
This one about floored me. Both Ike and Elli advanced swim levels today. Gwen didn't, and it about broke her heart with lots of tears. When you finish a level you get this little ribbon (looks like a prize ribbon). Elli got her first one today. Ike got his second. Without prompting, Ike shared one with his sister when she started crying in the car. She very politely thanked him. I went around afterwards, gave him a hug and told him that what he did was "kind, thoughtful and loving. You should be proud of yourself, I know I am."

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