more winter 2009

Christmas 2009

Not so hypothetical - hypothetical questions

Sam asks me:

"What happens if you spray the cleaner in your mouth and drink it?"

I say:

"You shouldn't do that because it will give you a bad tummy ache and diarrhea."

Sam in tears:

"But it smelled like oranges and I thought it would taste good."

Sam the next day:

"What happens if you use the toliet bowl brush to scratch your back?"

Me:

"you'll get a rash on your back because it is dirty."
Sam in tears.

"But it works really good as a back scratcher."

Sam's birthday, new au pair

This has been a very busy month! We found out we are expecting a girl baby, welcomed Diana into our home and celebrated Sam's 4th birthday. So far, Diana is a wonderful addition. She is very sweet, extremely hard working, loves the children and has been a huge help to us. She is learning English quickly and is a lot of  fun for the kids.

pizza making and leaf piles

Kindergarten projects

So, it has begun - the creative projects for school. Since I have zero artistic and/or creative ability, I was in a bit of a panic when the "family project" came home - to disguise a turkey as something so he won't get eaten for Thanksgiving. Emma wanted to do a ballerina. Hmm...a turkey ballerina, I had no idea how to go about this. Thankfully, she is very independent and did not want my help. However, I realized that I needed to provide a bit of guidance, so I googled "turkey ballerina" on the internet and lo and behold, some other kindergartener out there did this project and her very creative mom posted it! I was in luck. So, we printed out our "model" and Emma tried to duplicate it. I don't think in the end they looked very similar so I think we're off the hook for plagarism...

Halloween 2009

Fall pictures