Random Life Stuff

Here is a post of 10 random life stuffs because its rainy and I need to fill some time before launching into banana bread making madness...which will be preceded by a trip to the store, which I am dreading because its raining and the little man is insane in the store.

1. I love Liam's little mouth saying words: Bopple (apple), Poople (purple-used for all markers of any color), Sisser/Bra-bra (sister, brother), deer! (for a giraffe), and ROAR! (for anything dark, with teeth or large) among others. He also tells stories, mostly involving him peeing/pooping on the floor and the screams he inspired from his siblings. And of the time a firetruck was across the street (wee-O-wee-O-wee-O!).

2. We randomly place a giraffe in our yard, within view of the windows, so Liam can discover it and yell DEER!

3. Nevie has three new activities started last week: kid yoga, kid's choir, and play therapy. One day I'll muster up enough of my head and heart space to write about the third.

4. Shawn brewed 30 gallons of homebrew yesterday. This works out well with my nightly routine of peanuts and beer in the rocker to close out the night.

5. Aidan chose to do book reports for his fun Sunday activity. For fun. Not for school. He's writing about a stegosaurus. Then he wrote up his dreams last night of climbing a mountain/volcano and reaching the top and seeing turtles. Love him.

6. We go thru a ream of computer paper every few weeks.

7. Riff the Collie is scared of smooth floors. And turning around on them. He often is found "trapped" in the middle of the room, staring at the wall/cupboard. But he can still herd some kids like no ones business. But only on carpet.

8. Yesterday Aidan and I spent 2.5 hours drawing self portraits and Ojibwe inspired art creations.

9. Liam has nursed about 14 times on and off during the making of this random post.

10. Nevie loves to sing and I love to listen. She loves it when I play the guitar or piano. She does not love it when I sing with her--if so, she puts her hand on my mouth. She also does not like it when her brother plays his homemade horn during her singing (made with a curled-up garden hose and funnel). I hope to get her a microphone so she can overpower this enough to not flip out because the homemade horn and little boy playing it makes me want to pee its so cute. We have pictures of us making the horn and it looks like we're having a family beer bong party. I'd post them (because they are so inappropriately hilarious), but I'm afraid of CPS knocking on my door.

The end.