Monday, October 28, 2013
Halloween
We'e had a good halloween--event at church, kids can dress up at school and general fun. Last night we carved two small pumpkins, and Emily did decorations with them earlier. Here are some of the pictures:
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
October already
I knew this semester would be a kind of race. 4 classes, several papers to write, some travel, new responsibilities.
Sam was to have third week of tball, but it got rained out. He's been doing lots of legos lately. On Sunday afternoon we spent the day making spaceships out of legos. The twins like to play with them too, so after a few hours we had an entire fleet.
We also went to the astronomy museum then, which is one of their favorite places to go. We let them each pick out a toy. Sam got a triceratops. Eli picked out a horse. I asked him the name and suggested "Brown" or "Brownie" and he decided to call it "Brownie Chocolate" (funny because Sam had a plush horse toy he'd named "Corn Chicken"). Eva picked out a pink triceratops shirt. Yes, it's a stereotype, but she's already picking out clothes instead of toys.
They all seem to be doing fine at school. Sam has matching activities he does for math homework--he seems to have a fine spatial sense for a 5 year old. That's the main news on them.
Today I had a student meeting and have a small group and then class this afternoon. I have two familiar classes and two classes where I had some prepared materials. I am not drowing, but I am also not just going with the current. I'm trying to be more positive about it all, to recognize that I am learning things and gaining some new schools.
Emily seems to be making dissertation progress. She submitted an abstract for an east coast conference in January. I still haven't bought my tickets for late next month but am thinking about it. Anyway, it is all going along. More updates soon, I hope...
Sam was to have third week of tball, but it got rained out. He's been doing lots of legos lately. On Sunday afternoon we spent the day making spaceships out of legos. The twins like to play with them too, so after a few hours we had an entire fleet.
We also went to the astronomy museum then, which is one of their favorite places to go. We let them each pick out a toy. Sam got a triceratops. Eli picked out a horse. I asked him the name and suggested "Brown" or "Brownie" and he decided to call it "Brownie Chocolate" (funny because Sam had a plush horse toy he'd named "Corn Chicken"). Eva picked out a pink triceratops shirt. Yes, it's a stereotype, but she's already picking out clothes instead of toys.
They all seem to be doing fine at school. Sam has matching activities he does for math homework--he seems to have a fine spatial sense for a 5 year old. That's the main news on them.
Today I had a student meeting and have a small group and then class this afternoon. I have two familiar classes and two classes where I had some prepared materials. I am not drowing, but I am also not just going with the current. I'm trying to be more positive about it all, to recognize that I am learning things and gaining some new schools.
Emily seems to be making dissertation progress. She submitted an abstract for an east coast conference in January. I still haven't bought my tickets for late next month but am thinking about it. Anyway, it is all going along. More updates soon, I hope...
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