Castle Chronicles

what's a teacher say after many, many meetings and new rules in hyper overload? one more long week of aarrggh for m, and then it's finally time to actually teach.  c has adapted back to having a sitter twice a week very easily.  she really likes having a playmate. we all had a great time last weekend at our annual church picnic, where c and j had an endless supply of playmates. holding a toddler does not help your chances in a foam sword bout c showed off her big girl cup drinking skills. then life went back to normal.  work, eat, tree-house, sleep, repeat.

"back to school," a phrase parents love.  unless u happen to be a parent who is also a teacher.  m officially started school on friday with the district teacher rah-rah session because everyone knows teachers want to spend their time at pep rallies and meetings instead of actually preparing their classrooms for students (no sarcasm here whatsoever).  thankfully, m no longer works for the traditional school and she should actually get some time to prepare her classroom (although her classroom is being shared this year so finding time might still be tricky). c doesn't think anything's too tricky. while m is busy getting buried in back to school agendas, c is still being c.  she likes to think she's a big girl now.  she wants to drink out of real cups, use real silverware (that barely fits in her mouth) and use real fragile plates.  she wants to use the potty so we keep trying, but we really don't think she has any control yet.  she wants to ...

the last few days have been a little tiring.  last week, c decided she was going to switch to 1 nap a day.  the transition was going okay. then came saturday night.  poor little c woke up around 12:30 am (i guess that makes it technically sunday morning instead of saturday night).  the poor thing was covered neck to toe in seriously smelly poo.  an hour later, a relatively clean c was back in bed.  yuck, that was definitely an experience none of us ever want to repeat again.  we (as in j) finished phase 1 of the treehouse. we went to the zoo. c rode the carousel for the 1st time.  it didn't seem to be quite what she expected. we had church friends over for a bbq. we cleaned up, sat down to finally blog, and then c awakes (again --- this is not a fun trend) and away we go again...

the temperature has cooled.  the rain has finally started to visit us.  therefore, we've spent a little less time in the pool.  instead we've made art. look closely to see c's body art we've read books. we made crumpets and scones for a ladies' tea party.  we've since been enjoying said crumpets and scones and will continue for many days to come. and then, the other day we saw a bear, a great big bear away out there.  he looked at us , we looked at him. he sized up us, we sized up him.  he saw a house in a tree, a great big one, oh, golly gee. now don't you fret and don't you frown, the "doggie"was ready to hunt him down.  and so he ran away from there, and we sat down to watch that bear. that's all there is, that is the end, until we meet again...