Caleb Preschool Music - September

Play Dates

This week has found me in a whirlwind of playdates.  Daniel at his friends house, his friends at our house, the neighbor at our house, Caleb at a friends house, taking Josh's friend to the beach. 

But someone is always without a play date.  Unless you count mommy as her perpetual playmate, but I don't think that really counts. So this week we got together two sweet little girls, to see how they would do for hours without their mommys.  If they did well, this could mean we could help out in the boy's classrooms, run errands solo, the possibilities are endless.

Well, they did fantastic..so cute and sweet are these two little two year olds.

I received this picture as I was getting a pedicure yesterday (by myself!!)

So sweet!!

I came home Wednesday night after Enrichment to find this...



Thursday after work we picked up this...





Friday evening, Dave started in, and by Saturday morning we had this..




Just another craigslist find..

Every weekend should end this way..

That kid cracks me up..

Over two weeks ago I met with the Speech Pathologist to go over the routine for evaluating Caleb's speech. I thought she would listen, evaluate, and give the proper course of action to take. Much to my surprise we went over paper work, and scheduled the next eight appointments spreading over the next two months with various speech pathologists, psychologists, and nurses.

I can definitley say they are thorough!!

Today was Part 1, where he was evaluated by both a speech pathologist and psychologist. Natalie and I played with various toys as I listened in on the fun. They had him do various puzzles to evaluate his problem solving skills, they had him color, and best of all they asked him verbal questions.

Here are a few gems..

SP: How many ears do you have?

Caleb: My Dad has big ears, he's giant. He has a monster truck that goes fast, it's giant too. It has a trailer and we go camping. My dad is cool. My mom is small, she has small ears.

SP: So many ears do you have?

Caleb: one, two (pointing to each ear) Two!

SP: What colors are in the rainbow?

Caleb: My dad has a red shirt. He wears it to work, he likes red. My brother likes blue, he has a blue car that goes fast. My dad has a blue car, My car is black. Natalie has balloons, they are pink, she had a birthday. Josh likes all colors.

SP: So are those colors in the rainbow?

Caleb: Yeah, and others.


Both of the ladies were completely enthralled and amused by him as was I.

I love this kid, he cracks me up!!

We made it, our first week of school..

Well we concluded our first week of school with much success.

Daniel is excited by his teacher and new classmates and his happy to be back in school and see his friends on a regular basis.

Joshua loves first grade and is obsessed with earning a "Good as Gold" everyday for great behavior.

Caleb is wowed by preschool and loves going to the "other school" for his daily dose. He likes painting, and playing with toys, and says he is even OK with the singing.

Natalie is my little pal, and unfortunately for us, we spent the first days without the boys shopping for clothes for family pictures. Not my idea of fun, but she was super excited for her new shoes. That chicky loves her shoes!! We also split a caramel apple so not all was lost.

I'm excited for the boys and the new experiences ahead of them.

Now to try and tackle that "to do" list that has grown all summer long...

Friday Philosophical

This morning as I was getting ready, I looked in the mirror, and I noticed this brown ponytail with strands that had been touched by the sun. I laughed to myself, because it was only two months ago that I wanted that same ponytail to be red. Yes, you heard it, RED!!

I wanted something different, a change, and I thought red was so striking, and I do in fact have one redhead (possibly two). So why not?

I called my hairdresser and made an appointment. She replied with "for a trim?" and I enthusiastically said "No, some color". She hesitated and then told me to bring in some pictures of what I wanted, and she would see me soon.

I left the house that Saturday morning, and gave me husband a grin, and said "you'll see in me in red soon". I got to the salon a little apprehensive but excited. I pulled out my clippings from magazines of beautiful red hair, more auburn, reddish brown tones that you're fire engine-red jell-o reds.

She looked at me and then said, much to my dismay, "Tasha, sweet girl, I see you a couple of times a year for a haircut, you're not ready for this, to see me every six weeks to keep this color up."

It was true, I do very little to upkeep my hair, and at this time in my life I probably wasn't ready for that much high maintenance. That's probably one of the reasons my hair has been long for so long, it's easy. I left the salon with a reddish tint in my hair from some demi-permanent color. It would was out in a month or so, and did much to satisfy my desire for red.

A few weeks later, Dave left on a trip up to WA for work. While he was gone, I purchased some brighter red, home hair color that was also wash out. Why not see if I liked it redder? After two applications and some touch-ups I felt good with my more redder outlook. I surprised Dave when I picked him at the airport, and again much to my dismay, it wasn't really noticeable, and he didn't even notice it till we got home.

I wanted something I couldn't have, but more importantly it wasn't right for me at the time.

What surprised me this morning, was that I had completely forgotten about my obsession and need for a change, for red. That was only two months ago, and yet I had let it go.

Now years down the road when I can make appointments during the day and juggling little ones isn't an issue, I may revisit red.

But more importantly I think, why did I want something so much, when it wasn't even practical, or good for me and my lifestyle (family). Why did it seem so important then, and now a few months later I barely remember it.

Thankfully the world doesn't work according to what I want, and when I want it to happen. It works according to His will and only He knows what is good for us, and what we need.

I guess I didn't need red. I may have been trying to fill some other need, or want, or maybe I just needed a change. And since I'm OK now with just being low maintenance-non red me, I must have filled that want or need with something better and more fulfilling.

Hopefully I learned a little lesson too!!