Conversations in the Back Seat

Scene: Yesterday evening, driving home from errands:

Sela: Zach
Sela: Zachie I'm talking to you.
Zach: Choosing to not look at her.
Sela: Zachie, Please listen to me, I'm talking to you
Zach: Still ignoring her - knowing he is getting her riled up.
Sela: Zachie, Zachie, Look at me, I'm TALKING TO YOU!
Zach: Whaaat Sela?
Sela: Do you love me?
Zach: Yes I do. (with a smile)
Sela: I love you too, you my Zachie!

Sela Sayings

I try to collect the funny things my kids say around their birthdays and just didn't get it done for Sela until now... so here is what you can overhear in our house at the moment...

Her a naughty princess (when any girl her age doesn't act to her liking)

Ariel and Cinderella are coming over for a party (daily)

Zachie - you my favorite prince.

Moama - can I have a bweakfast bar?

I Looove Crawberries!

Where's my Zachie?

Moama - we need to buy some sparkly decorations for the party. (daily)

I want to wear a B- You-Ti-Ful dress today!

Zachie - calm down. (ahem - I guess I taught her that one)

I love sparkely things!

Moama, you get me my little pink blanket?

Mama, Mama listen to me.... (hmmm again, wonder where she got this?!)

She also have named all of her stuffed animals - Spala for baby otter, Lina and Nina for her cats, etc... they all have unique names.

She is so funny. I have never seen a little girl talk with her hands so much.

Her synapses must be firing in overtime at the moment because she has had some seriously weird dreams recently.

1. She is convinced her ceiling fan light can talk. Luckly all is said was "turn off"

2. She dreamed a hand was under her bed the other night, and tried to tickle her. I asked her if it was mean and she said nope... but I don't like hands under my bed.

I sent her to bed with a squirt bottle with magic water in it - that makes scray stuff go away... hopefully that will keep her sleeping tonight.

Is My Blog becoming

I was reading a blog the other day and they said someone had accused them of having a "cat blog"... you know one where you just talk and talk about your cat - and maybe the rest of the world could get bored.

I have noticed a big drop in comments.. and I wonder, has this become a cat blog?

Oh... that picture....my cat Meep.

Little Bill

You know you are tired when you get choked up over the kids cartoon Little Bill. I have been hitting it hard with my grant application, and this morning I put on a Little bill show for my kids to watch so I could snooze on the couch for a few... only I got caught up in the story about Little Bills neighbor Mrs Shapiro moving away. She sang a little song about Same Moon, Same Sun, Same Stars... and I started thinking about my far away friends and got a little misty. Here are some of the lyrics...

We'll be wishing on the same star

Looking at the same moon

When you're thinking of me

I'll be thinking of you

And no matter where i go

I will be there with you

Wishing on the same star

Lookin at the same moon

now that I look at it is seems kinda corny - but hey it was a moment... and the best part? Sela climbed up and gave me a hug. (Zach was ignoring it all, asking for chocolate milk - boys!)

Check this out

You have to go play on Wordle ... it is tooo cool!

Some Sweet Press!

PHOTO BY ANNE STOKES, Sacramento News and Review

Am loving Sena Christensen the eco-warrior princess for this article she wrote up at the Sacramento News and Review!

I haven't been writing much about reCREATE because it isn't moving along as quickly as this mom would like... but then I got this gift dropped into my lap today, and I had to smile.

If you happen to know a gazillionaire who might want to give us a bit of funding, let me know!

Lovin' this Template!

The lovely and talented Heather - who is a superstar in the Spraground had a fabulous template on her blog as a freebie. It was so good that it got me scrapping this evening when I really should have been working on reCREATE. Sometimes a girl just needs a break! As you can see from the pictures Sela embraces the ocean the same way I do. If she could tell me her dreams I'm sure they would involve dolphins and mermaids. Look closely you will see she even made sand angels.

credits: Template: Heather Lee Paper: OScraps moonrise Joanne Brisebois 2 Embellishment tags: Laura Ping coaster beach, coaster summer

Smoke, Swimming and Sheba

So very happy that the smoke is clearing out here. It was really quite miserable for several days. I was so worried about how Zach would do - as he gets such an awful cough if his lungs get irritated. Happily he got through it fine - Sela is still sniffling and not quite herself - but on the mend. The fire down near Big Sur is especially heartbreaking to me, as I think Big Sur is kinda like heaven on earth. I was daily clicking on the Nepethe site to make sure it hadn't been engulfed by flames. Luckily they are getting a handle on the fires. I can only imagine how tired those fire fighters are. Thank you to all of them for their hard work.

On a different note - Zach and Sela finished another session of swimming. I fully expected them to be in the same level for the next session because due to the smoke - we missed 3 of the classes out of 9. Zach got sent up to the Otters!! This is the highest level for little ones and I am SOOOO proud of him. He is LOVING the pool. Sela is going to be a Duck again... mostly because she just didn't want to follow instruction. She is too busy just laughing and splashing at this point. I'm just thrilled she loves the water.... there is always next summer to learn the strokes properly.

We picked up my parent's dog Sheba to babysit today. Hopefully the kids will settle down... they are sooo excited to have a dog in the house.

Happy Birthday Nami!

We tried to upload this yesterday but had no luck....

Happy Birthday Nama! We will have to celebrate when you get back home!

Happy Thursday!

I took this picture of Zach when we were in Monterey, and every time I look at it, it makes me happy. The kids are back in swimming lessons this week. We went to the water slide a few days ago and it was fun... but tired everyone out, making yesterday a little bit harder than usual. But they are their happy selves again today, and for that I am thankful!
Zach is into really big numbers at the moment - he works it into almost every conversation... like, "mom I kicked my legs 50 thousand two hundred gazillion and 6 times at swimming lessons.

Sela is really doing imagination play - mostly centered around her princess friends. The other night I took them to drop-in childcare to go to dinner, and when I went to pick them up, the gal said she was crying for me. She told her I would be back soon, and Sela asked, "Is her our with her princess friends?" The girl didn't really know what to say. Sela looks at me and asks again, and I said, "Why yes! I was!"