What I Heard

Last night Sam stopped reading the book he's been reading to the kids at a cliff-hanger part.  "Oh, that stinks!" he exclaimed, referring to them having to wait until tonight to see what happens.  Tjabe's response was "Huh?  I didn't do it."  Poor kid always gets the blame when things stink around here.

Maggie's Singing Debut

Here's Maggie singing an original song entitled "And So We Do."

First Things

Off to school

Yesterday Tjabe had his first day of kindergarten, and Sam had his first day of the school year.  Tjabe was excited, and upon returning home I got out of him some of the things he did in his class.  I think he will have a great time, and I'm excited to hear from him what he's learning.  Maggie probably missed him, but we were busy most of the day with other kids, and when we picked Tjabe up (he goes for a half day)  we continued to be busy.  They seemed to fight more than usual yesterday afternoon, so maybe that's her way of missing him.  Then last night before bed Tjabe showed us his first loose tooth.  He kept getting out of bed asking us questions about his tooth, and what would happen when it fell out, and how he should brush his teeth when it's gone, and other things concerning him about the process.  I don't feel old enough to have a kid in kindergarten that's losing his teeth.

This afternoon

I cleaned the oven, did a bunch of dishes, and was just cleaning the vase for our beta fish Mott.  Mott was residing happily in my big glass pitcher during this process.  Maggie came out from her room, where she was "napping," to let me know it was time for her to get up and that her underwear was wet.  She showed me into her room, where she had dumped out the Duplo wagon and peed in it.  While I was checking all the legos to be sure they were dry, she wandered out of the room and shortly after I heard a big crash.  I didn't react, since crashes are at least a daily occurrence here, but paused in my lego inspection when Maggie came running in, screaming and crying hysterically that she didn't want Mott to get her.  This gave me reason to head to the kitchen, where the floor was covered in water and Mott was flopping on the floor, apparently in a very threatening way.  We managed to save him, but my favorite pitcher is no more and I may have a permanent puddle of water under my dishwasher.  Now I'm off to disinfect a Duplo wagon.

Fun

Maggie and I played a game today called "Find the Poop."  If you haven't played it yet I highly recommend it.  Maggie comes out from her nap holding a poopy Pull-Up and pillow with poop on it, and my job is to go into her room and run my hand and nose over everything, trying to figure out what else she got poop on.  If you pull your hand away and it has poop on it, you win a point.  Then I get to clean her, her bedding, and the other mystery objects.  It's especially fun right after putting fresh sheets on her bed and giving her a bath.

Stuff

I finally got around to photographing our newly-painted kitchen.  If you care, here they are:

And an updated one of the kids, powdered sugar included...

And finally, here is Sam enjoying the video feature on his new iPhone, filming one of his favorite subjects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsptmGvj1Ac

A Big Boy

I was reminded today how grown-up Tjabe is now, and what a typical boy he is.  This morning he played outside, which included "fishing" with a stick in the marsh and catching various "fish" (long soggy wild grasses).  Then we went on a walk around the neighborhood where he rode his two-wheeled, no-training-wheeled bike the whole way without help.  Now he's playing at the kitchen table with Sam's old Cowboys and Indians toys.  And this September he's off to kindergarten...