Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Thursday Matthew turned five months!! As if he knew, that very night he slept straight through. That's right!! The day we have been awaiting for many months was here. Tonight we celebrated with a take out meal brought home to enjoy, with a fire, as Matthew does not do well at restaurants in the evening. (He is very high maintenance in the evenings.) It was nice and he sat nearby the table in his swing moving back and forth happily for the most part. Friday night he got up twice though, so our excitement was short lived, and we will see what tonight brings. Hopefully he will make this a habit soon.
We had just the most awesome day out on the sledding hill behind Clergy Circle. It was sunny, warm and the neighbors were there to enjoy the tubing with. We took pictures and took turns sliding with each other. I just wish I had had less to wear as I was sweating a lot.
Drew's birthday party last weekend was a huge relief, and was fun. Much more enjoyable for me, as there were a lot less children this year and it was more simple - bowling, then cake and ice cream and presents, then playing with the gifts. Jenna, Bethany and her brother Gabriel were there and Jenna's mom and dad played pool at a table nearby. It really was enjoyable - I resolved to go bowling lots more - it is so closeby, who could complain about the cost, and it is so simple to learn and Matthew slept right through it this time. Drew loved the Scooby cake John purchased and naturally got mostly Legos, since his pals know him really well and knew he wanted them.
We had just the most awesome day out on the sledding hill behind Clergy Circle. It was sunny, warm and the neighbors were there to enjoy the tubing with. We took pictures and took turns sliding with each other. I just wish I had had less to wear as I was sweating a lot.
Drew's birthday party last weekend was a huge relief, and was fun. Much more enjoyable for me, as there were a lot less children this year and it was more simple - bowling, then cake and ice cream and presents, then playing with the gifts. Jenna, Bethany and her brother Gabriel were there and Jenna's mom and dad played pool at a table nearby. It really was enjoyable - I resolved to go bowling lots more - it is so closeby, who could complain about the cost, and it is so simple to learn and Matthew slept right through it this time. Drew loved the Scooby cake John purchased and naturally got mostly Legos, since his pals know him really well and knew he wanted them.
Thursday, June 19, 2003
the last day of kindergarten!
Drew spend the day at Bethany's as he does each Thursday. he happened to go also to Bethany's this Monday for the day as she was looking for a playmate. when I hung around in the front yard chatting with her Mom,Kari, the kids yelled to me, "When are you going to leave??" and we had to laugh. We have never heard that from them before.
Drew has mentioned concern before about going to first grade, back in the fall. I think he is ready for full day school now though. I went to school at realease time (250) to videotape the kids being picked up for carpooling for the very last time. That was great to again thank Mrs. Ferrarin for a really super year. He liked mrs. Baukus also, who is going to Charlotte Avenue school also next year. she said she 'got promoted' to first grade just like these kids and they thought that was great!! i liked the T shirts the other K class was wearing - thimbprints of the kids with handdrawn faces on them, and the kids names below the face and it was labeled 'Mrs. Buxton's Kindergarten Class. Very creative. We all agreed to go to the park after school to play, lots of the kids and moms and that was a good time - while Matt got lots of attention and a feeding of pears and blueberries. Drew was assigned to Mrs. Roach's class for first grade but unfortunately she was absent today so he could not meet her. (All the other K students met their teadhers for the upcoming year.)
I bought the most beautiful ceramic pots today for potting and picked up all of the giant bright red begonias to put into them. The pots are bright cobalt blue and I thought the color combos would look sharp against this drab white house without any color.
It seems the neighbors are really giving me the cold shouldersince I refused to pay their daughter for housesitting/dogsitting Rory since she took it upon herself to throw a party in our home while we were gone. not only was it a party, but an oernight party, and neighbors told me there were people coming and going all night. The decking was damaged next to the spa out back and was completely broken. she didn't return messages and didn't show up to talk to us abaout this once we got back to town; she was avoiding us big time. It is so diegusting to see her parents so apparently upset with us now. Talk about the kettle calling the pot black.
Drew spend the day at Bethany's as he does each Thursday. he happened to go also to Bethany's this Monday for the day as she was looking for a playmate. when I hung around in the front yard chatting with her Mom,Kari, the kids yelled to me, "When are you going to leave??" and we had to laugh. We have never heard that from them before.
Drew has mentioned concern before about going to first grade, back in the fall. I think he is ready for full day school now though. I went to school at realease time (250) to videotape the kids being picked up for carpooling for the very last time. That was great to again thank Mrs. Ferrarin for a really super year. He liked mrs. Baukus also, who is going to Charlotte Avenue school also next year. she said she 'got promoted' to first grade just like these kids and they thought that was great!! i liked the T shirts the other K class was wearing - thimbprints of the kids with handdrawn faces on them, and the kids names below the face and it was labeled 'Mrs. Buxton's Kindergarten Class. Very creative. We all agreed to go to the park after school to play, lots of the kids and moms and that was a good time - while Matt got lots of attention and a feeding of pears and blueberries. Drew was assigned to Mrs. Roach's class for first grade but unfortunately she was absent today so he could not meet her. (All the other K students met their teadhers for the upcoming year.)
I bought the most beautiful ceramic pots today for potting and picked up all of the giant bright red begonias to put into them. The pots are bright cobalt blue and I thought the color combos would look sharp against this drab white house without any color.
It seems the neighbors are really giving me the cold shouldersince I refused to pay their daughter for housesitting/dogsitting Rory since she took it upon herself to throw a party in our home while we were gone. not only was it a party, but an oernight party, and neighbors told me there were people coming and going all night. The decking was damaged next to the spa out back and was completely broken. she didn't return messages and didn't show up to talk to us abaout this once we got back to town; she was avoiding us big time. It is so diegusting to see her parents so apparently upset with us now. Talk about the kettle calling the pot black.
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
When picking up Drew and Bethany from school today they climbed up into the car and announced that they wanted to go in the hot tub, which was fine with me, as we had not found time to do it in the am (this was the day of the week that she spends at our home). They went further to say that their friends Samantha and Jexi wanted to go hot tubbing with us, and that they were invited by Bethany and Drew to come along. Bethany really likes the hot tub and Drew likes it not so much but usually goes along with it when Behtnay wants to go in. Sure enough we were cominghome and I saw Samantha and her mom out front when heading onto Clergy Cir and her mom said 'I was about to call you' laughing. sure enough she figured out that the girls were invited but not by me, by the children. So they ended up coming over, Samantha and the Roses to soak.
Thursday, June 12, 2003
This was a heck of a day. John left us on a business trip to meet with some others (one he knew inthe USAF, and another he knew from Motorola) to plan a conference later this year. It seems like it should be summer vacation already ut Drew still has another full week. This was Old Home days at Birch Hill School - a reenactment of life 150 years ago, to celebrate nashua's being 150 years old this week. last week the city celebrated by making the largest cake ever, i forget how many pieces it had, or how much it weighed. I wasnot well informed aboutit, or Iwould have been there - downtown to get a piece.
Drew began the day at bethany's and was picked up at about 9. kari offered tofind some clothes for him to wear outfitting him in 1850s garb and boy did she do it. I showed up at on the grounds to spectate with Matthew in town in my papoose, as usual. boy, does he ever love that thing. i do too, for my back can hold him quite long, a lot longer than my front can hold in the front carrier. anyway, all the teachers and principal were outfitted genuinely and Drew was - wow. Kari had made knickers of his pants by rolling the bottoms up and found a beret, and suspenders, and he and Bethany were quite a pair.
the marriage is going strong by the way, to kari's and our amazement. last week, they were arguing about something - I think it was who was going to go first, and I urged him to let her go first since she is our guest and she shouted indignantly 'I am not a guest, I am his wife!'. boy, she sure told me!
the celebration was impressive - horsedrawn rides, anold fashioned lemonade stand, a replica of an old classroom 1850s style, general store with penny candy and a watermelon spitting contest. and a carding booth to try actually carding a sheep's wool. neat.
got email from Densie Schirmann, an old Phx pal who has settled down in lake Zurich, IL. How great to hear from her and get caught up on the family's doings.
Drew was melting down so profoundly, this eve, beginning at pick up at Bethany's at 6. he must have used up every last ounce of energy playing with his wife. he was in such a rotten mood that he was complaining about how john and I go away on vacations by ourselves! he practicaly never complains about something unless it is happening right now. but tonight was a very hard night for him.
he is delighted to find out, and it seems he realized this all on his own, that he has an adult tooth coming in ( you can see the actual tooth) behind one of his top teeth. he pressed the silly putty into his mouth to make an impression of the teeth to prove to us that it is real.
I drove through the very picturesque country roads of Hollis, NH today while Drew was in school and it was so lovely. I remember how quickly I fell in love with this quaint little town on a househunting trip and being determined to live there. but there was *very little* in our price range available there. John and I actually fought over which home to put an offer on, it came down to this home and one in Hollis I was crazy about. (Darling home, it had three wooded acres and fenced area for Rory, and 3 lovely fireplaces and wood floors throughout and window seats int he bedrooms...loaded with charm.) needless to say, he won that one. But we are both glad to be where we are now. ;you just can't help but gazing at the gorgwoud homes and countryside of Hollis, though. Perhaps some day my dream will come true. for now it is just a mile away...
I cooked today, and it felt great. i cook very little these days as Matt and Drew seem to take all my time and rightfully so. I keep telling myself it is okay and I will cook a lot more next year! the pumpkin-chocolate marbled custard ( it was going to be a pie but the crust had gotten moldy in the freezer. since when does mold grow in the freezer??) was really good and required no baking - this is my kind of dessert. and it counts as a serving of veggies, right? After all it is mainly pumpkins! and with the chocolate form the cocoa 'beans', it counts as a legume which is VERY HEALTHY. so it sounds like this is truly health food. perhaps I will try to sell it through Trader Joe's.
i was delighted to find one of Drew's most darling baby outfitsin a bag titled '12 mos' and I wasted no time putting it on Matthew. wow, talk about deja vu. it is just like I am looking at baby Drew again right before my very eyes.
Better get on the bike as this body really needs to get in shape. it is so great to use the computer while john isgone, as I don't need to fight him off to write til my heart is content. it is supposed to be chilly tonight - better close some windows.
Drew began the day at bethany's and was picked up at about 9. kari offered tofind some clothes for him to wear outfitting him in 1850s garb and boy did she do it. I showed up at on the grounds to spectate with Matthew in town in my papoose, as usual. boy, does he ever love that thing. i do too, for my back can hold him quite long, a lot longer than my front can hold in the front carrier. anyway, all the teachers and principal were outfitted genuinely and Drew was - wow. Kari had made knickers of his pants by rolling the bottoms up and found a beret, and suspenders, and he and Bethany were quite a pair.
the marriage is going strong by the way, to kari's and our amazement. last week, they were arguing about something - I think it was who was going to go first, and I urged him to let her go first since she is our guest and she shouted indignantly 'I am not a guest, I am his wife!'. boy, she sure told me!
the celebration was impressive - horsedrawn rides, anold fashioned lemonade stand, a replica of an old classroom 1850s style, general store with penny candy and a watermelon spitting contest. and a carding booth to try actually carding a sheep's wool. neat.
got email from Densie Schirmann, an old Phx pal who has settled down in lake Zurich, IL. How great to hear from her and get caught up on the family's doings.
Drew was melting down so profoundly, this eve, beginning at pick up at Bethany's at 6. he must have used up every last ounce of energy playing with his wife. he was in such a rotten mood that he was complaining about how john and I go away on vacations by ourselves! he practicaly never complains about something unless it is happening right now. but tonight was a very hard night for him.
he is delighted to find out, and it seems he realized this all on his own, that he has an adult tooth coming in ( you can see the actual tooth) behind one of his top teeth. he pressed the silly putty into his mouth to make an impression of the teeth to prove to us that it is real.
I drove through the very picturesque country roads of Hollis, NH today while Drew was in school and it was so lovely. I remember how quickly I fell in love with this quaint little town on a househunting trip and being determined to live there. but there was *very little* in our price range available there. John and I actually fought over which home to put an offer on, it came down to this home and one in Hollis I was crazy about. (Darling home, it had three wooded acres and fenced area for Rory, and 3 lovely fireplaces and wood floors throughout and window seats int he bedrooms...loaded with charm.) needless to say, he won that one. But we are both glad to be where we are now. ;you just can't help but gazing at the gorgwoud homes and countryside of Hollis, though. Perhaps some day my dream will come true. for now it is just a mile away...
I cooked today, and it felt great. i cook very little these days as Matt and Drew seem to take all my time and rightfully so. I keep telling myself it is okay and I will cook a lot more next year! the pumpkin-chocolate marbled custard ( it was going to be a pie but the crust had gotten moldy in the freezer. since when does mold grow in the freezer??) was really good and required no baking - this is my kind of dessert. and it counts as a serving of veggies, right? After all it is mainly pumpkins! and with the chocolate form the cocoa 'beans', it counts as a legume which is VERY HEALTHY. so it sounds like this is truly health food. perhaps I will try to sell it through Trader Joe's.
i was delighted to find one of Drew's most darling baby outfitsin a bag titled '12 mos' and I wasted no time putting it on Matthew. wow, talk about deja vu. it is just like I am looking at baby Drew again right before my very eyes.
Better get on the bike as this body really needs to get in shape. it is so great to use the computer while john isgone, as I don't need to fight him off to write til my heart is content. it is supposed to be chilly tonight - better close some windows.
