I want to go to disneyland!

Lately, Kierra's preferred topic of conversation is going on an airplane to find the castle at disneyland. In fact, it is getting a little out of hand. The other day I told her we were going to the store. She threw a fit because we weren't going on an airplane. She has been quite strongwilled lately. She cried one day because she wanted to go on a space ship like the little einsteins. What am I supposed to tell her? No, you cannot go on a space ship. So we told her that if she saved her money she could go on a space ship with Richard Branson. She still doesn't get it.



We have been sick here. In fact, we haven't been to church in a month. The kids are finally well after ear infections and pneumonia. I am still feeling a bit sick but nothing compared to how it was. Of course Richard didn't get sick. I don't know how his immune system is so good. I would think that since his sleep schedule is so screwy that it would affect his health.



I have been trying to find things that I am interested in. What I have not so recently discovered is that I really love gardening and plants. I love to look at them and plant them and take care of them. We had an enrichment activity the other day on gardening. The person who taught it has a degree in horticulture. It was really interesting to learn what she knows about composting and pruning. Her husband is an engineer and made a homemade composter out of one of those blue water barrels. It had to be the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. He made a contraption for it to sit on and rotate it too. It made me want to start composting, which I think would be a good thing for some great gardening. I plan to build planter boxes for vegetables in the backyard when we finish the yard this summer. I think it is the one thing I am excited about.



Oh yeah, and we all want to go to disneyland.

Wow it's been a long time

Here we are, the beginning of February and I am just barely posting something. Since we moved, we don't have a very good connection and I have been unable to post.

There have been many holidays and Kierra's birthday since I last posted. Kierra is now in the terrible 3's. It's not that bad, I just say it is to get sympathy. She had a great christmas and birthday. Definitely got the motherload. Of course most everything is tinkerbell. She has been doing great with the move and loves her house. There really hasn't been an adjustment at all for her. Nursery is all the same for her even though some of her friends are missing. She is just that social butterfly that we would all like to be. I have been looking at preschools for her but I think she is a bit too smart for them. It was quite disappointing to me to see her telling the kids that are a year ahead of her the answers. Should I pay for that? I have decided that I will try to teach her on my own for now until she is a bit older. Not homeschool or anything but but just maybe for the next year.

Britta is now done with her helmet. She got a bit behind on her motor skills because of it, but she will catch up. So, her mode of transportation right now is scooting on her back and rolling. My baby is growing up so fast. She got her first tooth on christmas and a second just popped through. She is definitely a harder teether than Kierra was. She bites everything, so I hope she doesn't get used to that habit. That's all I need is a biter on my hands. A cute biter that is.

As for Richard and I, nothing is really new. We aren't learning anything new or going anywhere. Just the same old business. I guess the big news is that we sold the beast. Yes, the camaro that is. It isn't clogging up space in my beautiful garage anymore.