This is my interview with our 12, 7, 4 and 2 year old. This was shot with only a flip camera and was put together quickly for birthday purposes. There are two or three repeat clips because we did not have time to preview before rendering but the thoughts are still there... or NOT! :-)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Happy Birthday Diege!
Happy Birthday Diege! I hope you have been enjoying your special day. Here is your present from the kids to you. Hopefully you will find both the edited video and the full script (below) to be entertaining and that it will bring a smile to your face. Now on to dinner...
Daddy interview
questions + answers
1. What is something that dad always says to you?
Zoe: Daddy always says to… be nice to each other. And in the morning, because since we wake up at the same time he says have a good day at school and then I say have a good day at school, I mean work.
Violet: Good night (Mom: All that) No, hi. (Mom: When does he say that?) Um, when I come home, or when he comes home.
Marina: Um… clean up.
Gavin: Don’t know
2. What makes dad happy?
Zoe: Um, chips. Chips make my dad happy. Anything salty or spicy. And us! He likes baseball too! Yeah, next question.
Violet: Being nice. And doing chores, which I don’t like to do.
Marina: When you clean up.
Gavin: Daddy likes bakugans
3. What makes dad sad?
Zoe: What makes my dad sad is, when we fight as siblings. And when my mom is not happy. As my dad’s saying goes, happy wife, happy life (Mom: Smart man your dad is)
Violet: When I’m mean to my sisters or don’t do my chores. And when I don’t pay attention to him.
Marina: If you don’t clean up. When you don’t listen to him.(Mom: Do you listen to him?) Um yeah!
Gavin: Don’t know.
4. What does dad do to make you laugh?
Zoe: With his bad jokes. His “look. Oh and when, Violet and I are watching Hannah Montanah or something and they something like “Oh no, I can’t make it to the concert.” And my dad says,”Oh no, oh my gosh, they won’t make it to the concert! Whatever shall we do?” He loves to do running commentary on our shows.
Violet: I don’t know, tickle me?
Marina: When he acts like a clown. But, he never makes me laugh.
Gavin: Smiles
5. What was dad like as a kid?
Zoe: He was a young Polish lad.
Violet: I don’t know, I wasn’t there.
Marina: He didn’t have a ‘puter. He played games.
Gavin: Don’t know
6. How old is dad?
Zoe: 41. As of today 41.
Violet: I don’t know. 50. No sorry, 40 like 40 something. In the 40’s
Marina: 100!(Mom: Oh my goodness, he’s lookin’ pretty good for 100) 14! 15! Yeah! (Mom: Is that your final answer?) 100.
Gavin: 2!!!
7. How tall is your dad?
Zoe: My dad is 5 ft. 10 in. tall. Oh ba-bam!
Violet: I don’t know. I’m 4 ft so he has to be more. 5 ft. No sorry 10 ft.
Marina: Really tall.
Gavin: Bigger.
8. What is his favorite thing to do?
Zoe: Watch baseball, spend time with us and eat chips.
Violet: Um like go biking and have time with his family.
Marina: Eat. Go on the ‘puter. Watch tv. Watch the Red Sox. Goin hikin’.
Gavin: Don’t know.
9. What does your dad do when you’re not around?
Zoe: Work and watches tv.(Mom: You don’t think he parties?) Isn’t watching tv a party?
Violet: Work. Or watch some tv.
Marina: Go to work. He’s at work and we’re at home.
Gavin: Don’t know.
10. If your dad becomes famous what will it be for?
Zoe: Winning “Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader” shows or something.(Mom: Let’s encourage him to do that then)Yeah.
Violet: Hmm, I don’t know. Oh, I KNOW!!! Uh, maybe like you know, being the best dad.
Marina: Money, ‘cause he has a lot of money.
Gavin: Don’t know.
11. What is your dad really good at?
Zoe: Math. Yup, math.
Violet: Being the best dad. Work. Being nice um putting us to bed and saying goodnight
Marina: Um, holdin’ stuff that’s really heavy.
Gavin: Don’t know.
12. What is your dad not good at?
Zoe: Cooking real meals. When my mom went to Florida for 4 days we had pasta, then pasta, then leftover pasta and cereal. And then the last night we went out to McDonalds.
Violet: Being bad. Shaving his own hair. Like you always have to shave it. I don’t know, ok. Can we just go onto the next question?
Marina: Picking up stuff that’s more heavier. Like the stairs and the house.
Gavin: Don’t know
13. What does your dad do for a job?
Zoe: He is an accountant. And in the winter he is a tax personer.
Violet: Go to a water company.
Marina: I don’t know. He has no job. Taking care of his kids. It’s yours too. Oh wait, he counts money.
Gavin: Makes applesauce.
14. What is your dad’s favorite food?
Zoe: Chips.
Violet: Blueberries. Yeah, I think he likes blueberries.
Marina: All kinds of food. Chicken.
Gavin: Pretzels.
15. What makes your dad proud?
Zoe: When I do good in school and/or if something good happens at work.
Violet: When I do my chores.
Marina: If we clean up.
Gavin: Don’t know.
16. If your dad was a cartoon character, who would he be?
Zoe: Mario from Mario and Luigi. Doot doo doot. (Mom:Why?) Because…he has brown hair. (Mom: Anything else?) I don’t know. Wait, no! He’d be Luigi because he is tall, and has brown hair, and likes green. That’s why.
Violet: I don’t know. Maybe someone in Star Wars. Oh, oh Anakin…Skywalker. Like a jedi.
Marina: Um a farm…er. ‘Cause everybody is a character. ‘Cause I want him to be a farmer ‘cause I want to see animals.
Gavin: Little Einstein
17. What do you and your dad do together?
Zoe: Math homework together. Well, actually he does it for me. (Mom: WHAT?) No. Sometimes, he will do the problem and then he will ask, ”Do you understand now?” And I will be like,”Yeah… no. But thanks for doing the work.”
Violet: Go to the movies.
Marina: I like to make towers and he looks at them. I like to read with him too!
Gavin: Don’t know.
18. How are you and your dad alike?
Zoe: We both have brown hair. And we are both tall. (Mom: You’re not tall) HEY! (Mom: Hey, don’t kick your mother.)
Violet: I like Polish and he’s Polish.
Marina: We’re not the same.
Gavin: Don’t know
19. How are you and your dad different?
Zoe: My dad likes math and I… I don’t. I like healthy stuff and he likes beets. I don’t like beets.(Mom: Beets aren’t healthy? He likes tofu) Tofu is just pointless.
Violet: He’s a boy and I’m a girl. And we’re different in a lot of ways. Like, he doesn’t have blonde hair, I do. He doesn’t have blue eyes, I do. So, we have like different DNA’s. I don’t like scary movies and he does. And I don’t like James Bond but I used to.
Marina: He has black hair and I have blonde hair.
Gavin: Don’t know
20. How do you know dad loves you?
Zoe: I just know. And ‘cause he tells me. And I know.
Violet: ‘Cause he’s nice.
Marina: ‘Cause I say I love you daddy and he says I love you too!
Gavin: They don’t love me. Mommy love me. Yeah, daddy loves me.
21. Where is your dad’s favorite place to go?
Zoe: Fenway.
Violet: I don’t know, home. What I don’t know, I’m not him.
Marina: Um carnival, he brings me to carnivals. Yeah, ‘cause he brings me to it. That’s my favorite place. Daddy’s favorite place is Disney World and everyplace.
Gavin: I ‘da know. Church!
Daddy interview
questions + answers
1. What is something that dad always says to you?
Zoe: Daddy always says to… be nice to each other. And in the morning, because since we wake up at the same time he says have a good day at school and then I say have a good day at school, I mean work.
Violet: Good night (Mom: All that) No, hi. (Mom: When does he say that?) Um, when I come home, or when he comes home.
Marina: Um… clean up.
Gavin: Don’t know
2. What makes dad happy?
Zoe: Um, chips. Chips make my dad happy. Anything salty or spicy. And us! He likes baseball too! Yeah, next question.
Violet: Being nice. And doing chores, which I don’t like to do.
Marina: When you clean up.
Gavin: Daddy likes bakugans
3. What makes dad sad?
Zoe: What makes my dad sad is, when we fight as siblings. And when my mom is not happy. As my dad’s saying goes, happy wife, happy life (Mom: Smart man your dad is)
Violet: When I’m mean to my sisters or don’t do my chores. And when I don’t pay attention to him.
Marina: If you don’t clean up. When you don’t listen to him.(Mom: Do you listen to him?) Um yeah!
Gavin: Don’t know.
4. What does dad do to make you laugh?
Zoe: With his bad jokes. His “look. Oh and when, Violet and I are watching Hannah Montanah or something and they something like “Oh no, I can’t make it to the concert.” And my dad says,”Oh no, oh my gosh, they won’t make it to the concert! Whatever shall we do?” He loves to do running commentary on our shows.
Violet: I don’t know, tickle me?
Marina: When he acts like a clown. But, he never makes me laugh.
Gavin: Smiles
5. What was dad like as a kid?
Zoe: He was a young Polish lad.
Violet: I don’t know, I wasn’t there.
Marina: He didn’t have a ‘puter. He played games.
Gavin: Don’t know
6. How old is dad?
Zoe: 41. As of today 41.
Violet: I don’t know. 50. No sorry, 40 like 40 something. In the 40’s
Marina: 100!(Mom: Oh my goodness, he’s lookin’ pretty good for 100) 14! 15! Yeah! (Mom: Is that your final answer?) 100.
Gavin: 2!!!
7. How tall is your dad?
Zoe: My dad is 5 ft. 10 in. tall. Oh ba-bam!
Violet: I don’t know. I’m 4 ft so he has to be more. 5 ft. No sorry 10 ft.
Marina: Really tall.
Gavin: Bigger.
8. What is his favorite thing to do?
Zoe: Watch baseball, spend time with us and eat chips.
Violet: Um like go biking and have time with his family.
Marina: Eat. Go on the ‘puter. Watch tv. Watch the Red Sox. Goin hikin’.
Gavin: Don’t know.
9. What does your dad do when you’re not around?
Zoe: Work and watches tv.(Mom: You don’t think he parties?) Isn’t watching tv a party?
Violet: Work. Or watch some tv.
Marina: Go to work. He’s at work and we’re at home.
Gavin: Don’t know.
10. If your dad becomes famous what will it be for?
Zoe: Winning “Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader” shows or something.(Mom: Let’s encourage him to do that then)Yeah.
Violet: Hmm, I don’t know. Oh, I KNOW!!! Uh, maybe like you know, being the best dad.
Marina: Money, ‘cause he has a lot of money.
Gavin: Don’t know.
11. What is your dad really good at?
Zoe: Math. Yup, math.
Violet: Being the best dad. Work. Being nice um putting us to bed and saying goodnight
Marina: Um, holdin’ stuff that’s really heavy.
Gavin: Don’t know.
12. What is your dad not good at?
Zoe: Cooking real meals. When my mom went to Florida for 4 days we had pasta, then pasta, then leftover pasta and cereal. And then the last night we went out to McDonalds.
Violet: Being bad. Shaving his own hair. Like you always have to shave it. I don’t know, ok. Can we just go onto the next question?
Marina: Picking up stuff that’s more heavier. Like the stairs and the house.
Gavin: Don’t know
13. What does your dad do for a job?
Zoe: He is an accountant. And in the winter he is a tax personer.
Violet: Go to a water company.
Marina: I don’t know. He has no job. Taking care of his kids. It’s yours too. Oh wait, he counts money.
Gavin: Makes applesauce.
14. What is your dad’s favorite food?
Zoe: Chips.
Violet: Blueberries. Yeah, I think he likes blueberries.
Marina: All kinds of food. Chicken.
Gavin: Pretzels.
15. What makes your dad proud?
Zoe: When I do good in school and/or if something good happens at work.
Violet: When I do my chores.
Marina: If we clean up.
Gavin: Don’t know.
16. If your dad was a cartoon character, who would he be?
Zoe: Mario from Mario and Luigi. Doot doo doot. (Mom:Why?) Because…he has brown hair. (Mom: Anything else?) I don’t know. Wait, no! He’d be Luigi because he is tall, and has brown hair, and likes green. That’s why.
Violet: I don’t know. Maybe someone in Star Wars. Oh, oh Anakin…Skywalker. Like a jedi.
Marina: Um a farm…er. ‘Cause everybody is a character. ‘Cause I want him to be a farmer ‘cause I want to see animals.
Gavin: Little Einstein
17. What do you and your dad do together?
Zoe: Math homework together. Well, actually he does it for me. (Mom: WHAT?) No. Sometimes, he will do the problem and then he will ask, ”Do you understand now?” And I will be like,”Yeah… no. But thanks for doing the work.”
Violet: Go to the movies.
Marina: I like to make towers and he looks at them. I like to read with him too!
Gavin: Don’t know.
18. How are you and your dad alike?
Zoe: We both have brown hair. And we are both tall. (Mom: You’re not tall) HEY! (Mom: Hey, don’t kick your mother.)
Violet: I like Polish and he’s Polish.
Marina: We’re not the same.
Gavin: Don’t know
19. How are you and your dad different?
Zoe: My dad likes math and I… I don’t. I like healthy stuff and he likes beets. I don’t like beets.(Mom: Beets aren’t healthy? He likes tofu) Tofu is just pointless.
Violet: He’s a boy and I’m a girl. And we’re different in a lot of ways. Like, he doesn’t have blonde hair, I do. He doesn’t have blue eyes, I do. So, we have like different DNA’s. I don’t like scary movies and he does. And I don’t like James Bond but I used to.
Marina: He has black hair and I have blonde hair.
Gavin: Don’t know
20. How do you know dad loves you?
Zoe: I just know. And ‘cause he tells me. And I know.
Violet: ‘Cause he’s nice.
Marina: ‘Cause I say I love you daddy and he says I love you too!
Gavin: They don’t love me. Mommy love me. Yeah, daddy loves me.
21. Where is your dad’s favorite place to go?
Zoe: Fenway.
Violet: I don’t know, home. What I don’t know, I’m not him.
Marina: Um carnival, he brings me to carnivals. Yeah, ‘cause he brings me to it. That’s my favorite place. Daddy’s favorite place is Disney World and everyplace.
Gavin: I ‘da know. Church!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Almost Autumn
It is starting to feel a lot like fall. The leaves on the trees are just beginning to change around here. The fairs have begun and halloween costumes have been chosen. Zoe has even decided to go trick-or-treating this year. We have started to settle into our fall schedule and I am looking forward to a 4 day Disney vacation with a couple of my friends next week and a trip to Smugglers Notch Resort in VT with the family in a few months. We are hoping to do a little skiing if the weather cooperates. I used to love to ski but it is something I have not done in years because it seemed like I was either pregnant or nursing a newborn for the past decade. Time for pumpkin and apple picking and my least favorite project... Switching out everyones seasonal clothes. It just adds to the laundering fun.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Summer is sweet but all too short!
Where is global warming when you need it? This has been one of the coldest spring/ early summers in my memory. Things have been incredibly busy here with the kids activities, DJ's work, summer sports and his recent involvement in a local volunteer group and a few projects that I have been working on. I don't have much time to keep the blog up to date but I still am having fun with my photography and will be able to document the children's year when things slow down. The journal books will have to wait until winter to be put together though. I am so far behind as it is! We are looking forward to spending some time with the extended family on vacation on Mount Desert Island and the older kids are signed up for a week of ocean camp. I am going to try and hold onto summer for as long as I can this year or at least until I am begging for school to start up again. What I should be posting pictures of is the piles of laundry to be folded and put away along with the dust bunnies to be vacuumed, the many trips to the grocery store with kids in tow, the tank with salt creep toppling over the side with it's windows that are growing huge colonies of coralline algae needing to be scraped. That would make a more realistic view of our daily life with four kids, two cats, and a tank full of fish and not enough time in the day. Did I mention the laundry?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Horseshoe crabs rule the beach.
CRABBY CONCLUSION:
The census is almost over for this year and we tagged close to 600 crabs. I am ready to get caught up on my sleep! The hardest night was when I did a sweep of the local beaches for scouting purposes and didn't get home until close to 5am and Gavin was up and ready to go by 7am. I was quite the crab that day.
Gavin joined me in the backpack a few times to help when the other kids were in school. Both Zoe and Violet came out with me on occasion during the daytime surveys and Zoe got her picture in the paper from one of those days. Violet was dissapointed that only her leg was in the picture but was in a publication earlier for a bird walk so she made peace with it. We had a film maker scheduled to come out to make an episode for Expedition New England but they had to cancel for this year due to the heavy rains during the peak of the season. Unfortunately though we were still out there in the cold rain. :-) I am looking forward to next year and to see how many recaptures we find.
I added a few more pictures below.
The Limulus census is underway and I am excited about all the local interest in the project. I have been contacted by both the middle school and girl scouts and have heard that the High School is interested in getting involved too. They are very interesting organisms with such great economic and ecological importance. Our group has had a slow start with the first full moon but the new moon promises to be full of action. Here are some pics from the first three nights/mornings. So far the toughest survey time was at 1:39am but we had a group of 5 people and we all managed to save the crabbiness for the crabs.
The census is almost over for this year and we tagged close to 600 crabs. I am ready to get caught up on my sleep! The hardest night was when I did a sweep of the local beaches for scouting purposes and didn't get home until close to 5am and Gavin was up and ready to go by 7am. I was quite the crab that day.
Gavin joined me in the backpack a few times to help when the other kids were in school. Both Zoe and Violet came out with me on occasion during the daytime surveys and Zoe got her picture in the paper from one of those days. Violet was dissapointed that only her leg was in the picture but was in a publication earlier for a bird walk so she made peace with it. We had a film maker scheduled to come out to make an episode for Expedition New England but they had to cancel for this year due to the heavy rains during the peak of the season. Unfortunately though we were still out there in the cold rain. :-) I am looking forward to next year and to see how many recaptures we find.
I added a few more pictures below.
The Limulus census is underway and I am excited about all the local interest in the project. I have been contacted by both the middle school and girl scouts and have heard that the High School is interested in getting involved too. They are very interesting organisms with such great economic and ecological importance. Our group has had a slow start with the first full moon but the new moon promises to be full of action. Here are some pics from the first three nights/mornings. So far the toughest survey time was at 1:39am but we had a group of 5 people and we all managed to save the crabbiness for the crabs.
Happy 1st Birthday Annie!
I can't believe Annie is already a one year old but Kim and Will had her party so it must be true! The kids were lucky because several chicks had hatched on mothers day so the kids got a chance to see and hold them. Violet managed not to drop one this year but I can't say that the poor chick Marina held had the same fortune. They asked us if we wanted to bring one home but I really didn't think there was enough meat on it yet to bother. Plus it is just more fun to go and visit them and let Uncle Will and Aunt Kim keep up with their daily care. I did enough chicken coop care as a child and I have enough (more then enough) to care for with the two cats. I have been negligent and have not brought them to Kim yet for their annual check-up and shots. It is on my to-do list though, right after the laundry.
Happy Birthday Harrison!
These are just some recent pictures that I had uploaded to my album.
Zoe earned student of the month for April so we are very proud of her. I told her now if she could only bring the attitude and work ethic home with her...
Zoe earned student of the month for April so we are very proud of her. I told her now if she could only bring the attitude and work ethic home with her...
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day Mommy!(Zoe)
Dear Mommy,
I love you soooo much! I want you to have the best mother's day ever! I want all your wishes to come truel You are the best mom EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!But I think you know that!!! Have the "perfect day, nothings standin' in my wayyyy, it's the perfect day, nothing can go wro-ong!" LOL!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXXOOOXXXOOOXXXOOOXXOOXXOOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOOXOXOX><3<3<3<3<3<3<3
Luv,
ZOE!
I love you soooo much! I want you to have the best mother's day ever! I want all your wishes to come truel You are the best mom EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!But I think you know that!!! Have the "perfect day, nothings standin' in my wayyyy, it's the perfect day, nothing can go wro-ong!" LOL!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXXOOOXXXOOOXXXOOOXXOOXXOOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOOXOXOX><3<3<3<3<3<3<3
Luv,
ZOE!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Widget issues
grrr... I have been trying to add the HTML code for the i-like music widget to my blog for the last hour. I keep getting an error message when I try and open it with Internet Explorer. I guess that is one of the things you have to deal with when they are still it beta but hopefully they will figure it out soon!!! We each took time to create our own playlists and now they have vanished. Back to the drawing board!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
April
April has proved to be a busy month so far both good and bad. It seems like we were running from one thing to the next all the while things were breaking all around us at the most inopportune times. First it was the furnace (no heat and cold water for two days while they worked on it) then both the washer and dryer and to top it off the hoover floor scrubber AND the carpet cleaner broke down right before we expected company. I did gain a new appreciation for my mother who never had a dryer until a few years ago. I found it hard to keep up with line drying the laundry on the rainy/cold days. Luckily, we were able to find a new huge washer and dryer to replace them and I can now do almost two loads at once. Too bad they don't have anything to automate the folding and putting away process.
Easter came and went quickly this year. The bunny hardly had time to get the loot from the warehouse in time for delivery. On Good Friday we had friends over for dinner and the girls were able to visit with their buddies (watching a movie below) Easter morning was spent at home, in the afternoon we visited the Polish side of the family before heading over to my mothers house at dinner time. Marina got a pretend Blackberry from the Easter bunny. (pictured below)
We had my uncles funeral in town and the reception was here at our house. It was nice to see the extended relatives but it was a hard day on everyone. The following morning we all went to his house to clean and to find any sentimental family items that we wanted to keep. It was very bittersweet to go through my grandparents household items that my uncle had kept boxed away. We took my grandparents potato ricer home (something they used to use often) and Violet who has always "said" she hated mashed potatoes has become a huge riced potato fan. She refuses to believe that all she has to do is mix them a little with a spoon and *poof* they become mashed potatoes.
APRIL 15TH!!! Was a day to celebrate!!! DJ has been busy doing taxes on the side this year and was also working long hours with his regular job so we all missed him a lot. I was getting sick of eating dinner by myself (well actually never by myself... that would have been a treat!) It has been a long winter and a slow start to spring but we have a lot of fun activities planned. I am looking forward to a long weekend white water rafting with my girlfriends next month and DJ and I are even getting away on a couples only trip to Block Island with a group of friends in June. Maine is not too far off and it will be great for the cousins (and the grown-ups) to spend some time together in the pine tree state. Oh course between all that is soccer, dance, girl scouts etc... and tons of laundry! I am going to be working on a horseshoe crab study starting in early May and hope to take Zoe out one of the nights at high tide to help tag, measure, sex and count the crabs that come up on shore to breed.
(can you spot the sleeping daddy in there?)
Zoe came home with her report card which was great as usual and she earned honors but the best part was that she earned an A+ from the one teacher that never or hardly ever gives out A's to anyone so she is very proud of herself and rightly so. She has spent the last two days trying to convince me of the worth of this particular grade in terms of what she can get out of it. I think I will concede and bring her by herself to the movie Earth that she has been wanting to see.
School Vacation- we just got through with a week off and were fortunate to have nice weather for most of it. We went to the Zoo one day but spent most of the week visiting with friends that we normally don't get the opportunity to see. It was an enjoyable week but I am glad to get back to my routine.
Easter came and went quickly this year. The bunny hardly had time to get the loot from the warehouse in time for delivery. On Good Friday we had friends over for dinner and the girls were able to visit with their buddies (watching a movie below) Easter morning was spent at home, in the afternoon we visited the Polish side of the family before heading over to my mothers house at dinner time. Marina got a pretend Blackberry from the Easter bunny. (pictured below)
We had my uncles funeral in town and the reception was here at our house. It was nice to see the extended relatives but it was a hard day on everyone. The following morning we all went to his house to clean and to find any sentimental family items that we wanted to keep. It was very bittersweet to go through my grandparents household items that my uncle had kept boxed away. We took my grandparents potato ricer home (something they used to use often) and Violet who has always "said" she hated mashed potatoes has become a huge riced potato fan. She refuses to believe that all she has to do is mix them a little with a spoon and *poof* they become mashed potatoes.
APRIL 15TH!!! Was a day to celebrate!!! DJ has been busy doing taxes on the side this year and was also working long hours with his regular job so we all missed him a lot. I was getting sick of eating dinner by myself (well actually never by myself... that would have been a treat!) It has been a long winter and a slow start to spring but we have a lot of fun activities planned. I am looking forward to a long weekend white water rafting with my girlfriends next month and DJ and I are even getting away on a couples only trip to Block Island with a group of friends in June. Maine is not too far off and it will be great for the cousins (and the grown-ups) to spend some time together in the pine tree state. Oh course between all that is soccer, dance, girl scouts etc... and tons of laundry! I am going to be working on a horseshoe crab study starting in early May and hope to take Zoe out one of the nights at high tide to help tag, measure, sex and count the crabs that come up on shore to breed.
(can you spot the sleeping daddy in there?)
Zoe came home with her report card which was great as usual and she earned honors but the best part was that she earned an A+ from the one teacher that never or hardly ever gives out A's to anyone so she is very proud of herself and rightly so. She has spent the last two days trying to convince me of the worth of this particular grade in terms of what she can get out of it. I think I will concede and bring her by herself to the movie Earth that she has been wanting to see.
School Vacation- we just got through with a week off and were fortunate to have nice weather for most of it. We went to the Zoo one day but spent most of the week visiting with friends that we normally don't get the opportunity to see. It was an enjoyable week but I am glad to get back to my routine.
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