MIA

So I've been missing in action for a while now ... planning Schuyler's 4th birthday party took every spare moment I had ... and now that we had a successful party I am getting back into the swing of things ...

I do have a whole bunch of photos to post from the party that I am hoping to go through tonight ... and get posted ... we had such an excellent time ...

I Gotta Do It

So I know I said I wasn't going to write anything that I would regret later ... but I just can't hold it in ...

Tonight was supposed to be my night ... a Liz night ... Lincoln asleep ... and David and Schuyler on a movie date to see a sneak preview of Oceans ... it was supposed to be a fun night for everyone ... and our house guest was supposed to go home today ...

Me Me Me

(This post might sound a bit complaining but it isn't the intention ... sometimes you just need to get stuff out to get past it)

There are moments in time where I wish someone was thinking about me ... and that includes myself ... I am pretty sure they happen ... but they are so few and far between ... or I had to ask to get them ... that it just isn't what I crave ...

Now my children are too little to think of me as anything but Mommy (or in Lincoln's case mmmmmama) ... so I am not expecting them to see me as someone who needs my own time or space ... that will happen when they go off till college ...

But some things that I think about ...  like dishes ... I am not the only one that lives here or uses the dishes ... but I am the only one that knows how to empty the dishwasher and load it again ... and I say to my dearly beloved that we both need to participate ... and that I would appreciate his help ... and even go on to ask if he needs a tutorial ... and he laughs and says, "I know ... I feel horrible ... I just suck ... I should do this more." ... but it is like Groundhog day and again I empty the dishwasher ... load it up again ... and again he tells me how he sucks ... ahhhhh yea you are right ... with this you do ...

Picking up toys is the same thing ... now Skye does help ... but still I do the majority ...

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Week 41

Today's week in review from Schuyler's school arrived in my in box and I was just tickled to read what all they did this week ... when I pick her up each day she says, "I had a great day mommy." ... but when I ask what she did the answer is always, "Nothing." ... like she is a teenager already ...

I was also very excited that the photo they included this week for the Mighty Ducks (the three year olds) was Skye ... she too was thrilled to see herself in the newsletter ...

Three’s:

This week in the mighty ducks they began the theme In The Fall.  They read the books: I know it’s Autumn and A tree for All Seasons.  They went on a nature walk and saw the leaves changing on the trees.  They found acorns and pinecones.  They learned that there are four seasons and that Autumn and Fall mean the same thing.  They painted with water colors and mixed paint to make fall colors.  They went on an apple hunt in the classroom.  They used pictures of apples to count from one to ten.  Noah Gross brought in an apple that he picked to share with the class.

Revisiting the Past

Tonight I got to go out to dinner with one of my friends from college ... and it was sooooooooo much fun ... Tosha let me know over a month ago that they would be here on the 13th so I have been looking forward to it for some time ...

We both lived in Hashinger Hall together at the University of Kansas back in 1989 ... there was a group of us ... Tosha, Jenny, Mike, Brian and myself that hung out all the time ... our favorite thing to do was watch Spinal Tap ... I even remember that Christmas Break of 1989 we all agreed to not watch the movie so we could have a 3 week break from it ... the night we all got back to school we were giddy with excitement to watch it ... there weren't many people who wanted to hang out and watch it with the group of us because we had watched it so many times that we either started laughing before the funny parts happened or we said the lines alone with the movie ... we were a close bunch and stayed close even after we moved out of the dorms ...

Of course at some point we all drifted apart and then along came Facebook ... wow what an amazing site ... I have now reconnected with Tosha, Jenny and Mike ... Brian is still MIA ... although Brian and I stayed close friends up until about the beginning of 2004 and then I lost touch with him ... the email address he said he would keep forever is no longer working ...

Anyway ... I digress ... so it turns out Tosha and her family lived about a mile from us in MD for 2 years and we had no idea ... they moved away several years ago but there is a possibility that they may be moving back ... which would be so super fantastic ... because we all had a blast together tonight ...

We went to La Madeline and sat outside ... her two daughters and Schuyler had a blast running around ... chacing birds and making pretend castles ... Tosha and I talked about old times ... caught up on what all has been going on in the 20 years since we were in school together ... and David and her husband chatted about work and who knows what ... I was having too much fun hanging out with Tosha and watching the girls to listen to their convo ... but needless to say it was a fantastic evening ...

It really would be great if they got to move back here ... they would be an hour away but that would be nothing ... my fingers are crossed ...

Now I'm just waiting for her to get back to SC so she can send me the group photo that was taken with her camera ...

School Photo 2009

Schuyler had her school photos a couple of weeks ago ... September 2nd to be exact ... and she was so excited to get them back ... I love that we have one of her whole class since she really enjoys seeing all these kids everyday ... and I am especially happy one of the photos got her duck shoes in it ... because that has been the defining item of her threes ... she loves those shoes and wears them all the time ... she even let me do her hair that morning which is a pretty big deal in our house ...