Norah's hair is finally long enough for pigtails again! (Or "ponies" as she calls them.)
I came home tonight to find Norah on a new pink bike! She is thrilled!
Norah love to pretend to be a mommy, but this week she has started to pretend to be Miss Norah the teacher!
She says "Ok, mom, now I am the teacher" and shows me how to sit nicely for circle time.
She touches both of my ears and asks if they are ready for circle time too. (Her teacher must give some kind of listening reminder when they sit down for group.) Then she teaches me about the month, the season & the weather for the day.
They start their morning circle time with the calendar. That's one of her favorites; she shows me the calendar every night when I pick her up.
She is a sweet little teacher just like her real teachers Miss Holly & Miss Kelsey!
We had a nice day celebrating Casey's birthday.
Aunt Shelly & "Dave"
Casey, Uncle Dan & Aunt Shelly...ready to bowl!
For a long time now Norah has recognized and named the globe or pictures of our planet as earth, but it has been on her mind even more with Earth Week activities at school. I thought this conversation in the car with her Daddy-man was cute...
Daddy: How was your day today?
Norah: I talked with Ms. Kelsey about the earth
Daddy: Oh, really?
Norah: We live on the green part, Dad. We don't live on the blue part. That's the water. We don't live in the water.
Daddy: What's earth?
Norah: A planet.
Daddy: What's a planet?
Norah: They are in OUTER SPACE!!!!!!!
This morning on the way to school, she told me not to make the earth dirty.
Stephan had his first soccer game of the season, but my camera battery was charging! They won 8 or 9 to 0 and Stephan scored two goals!
Norah and I skipped church today to run a long list of errands (Casey and Stephan went though & enjoyed meeting the new rector, Mother Debra.) and she had me cracking up the entire time. First we went to her favorite store, "The Depot," as she calls it. Then we hit Target where she caused a few people to look at me with their eyebrows raised.
First, she said "Mom, look at my face. Does it look mad? I have a mad face."
Me: "Why?"
Norah: "Someone is being devious."
Me: "What?!?"
Norah: "Someone is being devious."
Very random & I have no idea why she said that, but when I asked her to tell me what devious means, she was not far off when she said "Mean and not kind." Someone in the aisle gave me a weird look.
Then...when we were in the crowded pharmacy area she belted out "Come on everyone sing Ooooooh eeeeh! What up with that? What up with that?" Now, this is a song that Casey, Stephan and I once heard on Saturday Night Live and occasionally sing when we are joking around. We have not done it in a while though & will clearly need to be careful with our inside jokes. This song caused a lot of weird looks.
Finally, I often listen to a station called KLOVE. For some reason, when we are shopping & she hears someone on the loud speaker, Norah yells "I'm down hear KLOVE!" which she did after she sang the goofy song. By then I could barely speak because I was laughing too hard & had to get out of Target!
This was the morning after Easter. We had a few minutes of playtime before we needed to leave for school & Norah wanted to test our her little garden mat.
Hugging Daddy's leg
snuggle time...
Pajama Day at school
Stephan and Peri checking out the water at Gramps and Judes new beach rental
We had a lovely & busy weekend with better weather than we ever could have imagined for the first weekend in April! On Friday, I was lucky enough to have a half day at work and returned home to SUMMER temperatures! I took to the street for a run and then Stephan had a friend sleep over. We all met Casey for a fish fry and enjoyed wearing short sleeves! On Saturday I ran 10 miles which is my longest run to date! I was particularly proud because it rained the entire time, but I kept pushing myself because if it's hot or rains on race day, I have to deal with the weather. The afternoon shaped up to be another gorgeous day. The kids and I went to Shorewood to open Easter baskets with Gramps and Jude & celebrate Jude's birthday. We ate at a new restaurant in the space of an old favorite around the block from our old house. On Saturday evening Stephan was an acolyte during the Easter Vigil at church. It was a beautiful service with a fire in the memorial garden, candles & bells. Stephan also discovered a loose tooth during the service! The next day, Stephan had acolyte duty again & allowed me to take ONE picture. (He was not in a camera mood all weekend...) We were sad to say goodbye to Father John, but look forward to meeting Rev. Debra next week. Mark & Liza stopped by with more Easter baskets and the kids searched for hidden eggs. (Norah also got to hunt for eggs at school last week!) Stephan quickly changed out of church clothes into shorts and built some kind of fort behind the shed in the yard.
