Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Dis Dat 'N Daddy

There's a lot of finger pointing going on at this casa. It is a common site to see our little PJ wandering around the house, pointer finger extended, saying "dis?" "Dis?" ALL day long. After a while it becomes "dat", "Dat", and "Dat". But occasionally it's "da" "dee". Da. Pause. Dee.

She's really quite funny to watch. We'll be sitting on the couch, looking out the window, and I'll talk to her about the trees, and the cows, and the birds flying around, and we'll wave at Daddy as he drives away... and she'll have her little finger out, and be "Dis"sin', making conversation with me. Super cute.

Not much "Mommy" happening here. She's said it before, so I know she can do it, but she doesn't say it much. Very deja vu because Morgan did the same thing... I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I'm rarely out of their site, so they don't need to call for me much. And I don't mind. I get to be around them 24 hours a day. I'm a very lucky girl.... except at 2am.

Payton has been sleeping through the night the last couple of nights, but now it's Morgan's turn to wake up.... she is in panties all day long, but at night she's in pullups. I think it's all part of potty training.... she doesn't nap anymore so when she goes to bed for the night she's pooped... and I just don't think she's able to wake herself up enough to drag her little self out of bed and to the bathroom. She just cries a bit in her sleep. I just go in there, tuck her back in and tell her she's safe in her bed, that mommy and daddy love her, and that I'll see her in the morning. She sometimes has bad dreams about crocodiles, so I'm never sure why she's upset in her sleep, which is why I'm always sure to make sure she knows she's safe in her bed. We're working through it.

On another front... Morgan has started going to Gymnastics on Tuesday afternoon's at 1pm. They opened a Gymnastics Academy in Redmond which is fabulous, because I can leave the house 15 minutes before class and not have to waste the whole morning driving to and from Bend for a 1 hour class. She really likes it and I'm glad she has a place to run and jump around with other kids. We're going to do it through the summer until September, because that's when she's taking ballet. The Ballet Academy (www.redmondschoolofdance.com) runs with the school year, so right now they are training for their spring recitals, or she'd be in ballet now. But she's signing up in the fall. I think she'll like it too, because she loves ballerinas, loves to dress up in her play ballet slippers and tutu, and likes to curtsy for me. We'll see!

As for the house.... boy do we have a lot of projects happening at the same time! ACK! Will anything ever get finished! There's so much to do.... everywhere! Steve needs to get a table saw and a chop saw, and then will be able to get started on the trim and the wall of pine. After that it's carpet and we can move downstairs. We've still got a window to put in the stairwell, as well as some stair work as it needs redone and then carpeted, and we knocked out a wall so we need a banister, etc. And then there's my scraproom, and then there's the garage/laundry room... and then there's the pantry and the bathroom cabinets... and in the midst of it we are fencing our yard and creating a garden, and doing property maintenance, and raising two cows.... who's names are Snowflake (thanks Mom) and Applesauce, are quite purty..... and then... well, it goes on and on. So we are busy! But I just saw that gas is $3.29 a gallon, so it's good we have a lot of home work because we can't afford to drive anywhere! We both get 16/gallon! If we go to Bend, that's $7 before doing anything! Ack!

Bio-Diesel! Add that to the list! We are trying to set up a lab in our separate building, but Steve has to get educated on making the mixture, gathering supplies, etc. We are doing it with some guys from the fire department, so they all went in on this bio diesel kit.... but we have to find time to do that too!

AND.... Steve has been working one day or so a week for his friend Aaron, laying tile. Gotta get that renovation/project/summer camping money! So between that and the station, he's swamped!

But. After 1 1/2 years in this house, we did manage to finish the entryway. Mostly finish anyway, as Steve wants to do something just outside the house. But inside... we have a cool new front door, and he layed some tile. Looks very nice. I have my eye on a bench with a coat rack that'll fit perfectly. I guess I'll have to get another can out for the hall tree fund. Sheesh.

In the end, we love our little farm, are very happy here, and are doing just fine!

1 Comments:

At May 02, 2007 2:37 PM, Blogger alyca said...

Yeesh.....home improvement. It is always so much more work than it seems like it should be!

We are going to tear up and redo our lawn, but I think that is it for the moment. Still gotta do the tile in the kitchen and entry, both upstairs bedrooms need paint at the very least and the living room is still a work in progres......

It will be really nice once you can start using that space downstairs. Double the size of your house!

 

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