Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
Sunday is laundry day. For nearly as long as Andy and I have had a washer and dryer, we’ve been doing our laundry on Sundays. I’m not even really sure how it got started that way, but it did. It really does make things easier for us because we just know that on Sundays, we have to do the laundry. We don’t always get the laundry done (like today), but for the most part, it’s always Sunday.
Andy took the kids down to McBaine to see the “Big Tree.” It’s a Champion Bur Oak tree estimated to be about 350+ years old and it stands a staggering 90-feet tall. The pictures of how tiny the kids look standing next to Missouri’s beloved Big Tree should give you an idea of how big it really is.
A close-up picture of the kids standing by the Big Tree trunk
5:30 AM = Reading + Steaming Cup of Coffee + Blissful Quiet
Event 1 – After I got home from work today, I joined Andy and the kids on our back patio. After a few minutes, John said, “I need to pee!” I was a bit stunned at first, but took him to the bathroom. He sat on his little potty and went pee! Could it be? Is there light at the end of the “no interest in potty training” tunnel?
Event 2 – The kids decided they were going to spin themselves dizzy while I was preparing their bath. I couldn’t resist grabbing the camera because they were having a ton of fun. Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin!
And we both fall down!
The kids’ daycare is officially in the middle of their annual two-week vacation, so mornings will be much more lazy around here for a while. The kids spent a while hanging out on our bed this morning as I was getting ready.
My birthday present from Andy came in today – a shiny, new Kindle!
I am so very excited! I have already gotten about 13 books and I only paid $30 for all of them and that’s pretty good considering that two of those were $20. I’ve messed with it a little bit and really like what I see. I’ll be taking it outside in the bright sun tomorrow to see how it reads and I’m looking forward to testing that 2-month battery life. Hardback books (I really don’t much like paperbacks as they fall apart so easily) have gotten ridiculously expensive. One of the books I bought today was listed for $26.95 for the hardback edition and the Kindle edition was $9.99. A bonus on top of the much cheaper price is that I now don’t have to find room for that book on my bookshelf. It boggles my mind that the Kindle can hold 3,500 books. Hello Reading, I’ve missed you! Can’t wait to get acquainted with you again, my friend!
Awww……the sweet sound of the Thirteen-year Cicadas, or NOT! These bugs are driving me crazy. Being outside during the daytime is just painful to the ears. No more walks on the Capen Park trail after work until they are gone. I realize they will only be around for a few weeks, but the noise is bad. The cicadas also fly and land on everything. I’ve taken to exercising outdoors at 4:30 am because cicadas tend to settle down and quiet down during he nighttime hours. You can still here a few of them, but it’s not the steady noise that you get throughout the day. Yesterday, the kids went to the sprayground with daycare and only stayed about 20 minutes. The cicadas were scaring Laura and Cheryl said that they were flying around so much that all the kids were very uncomfortable. I’m looking forward to the end of this year’s cicadas so we can get back to normal!