Conversations

Between Irelyn and Kanaya
Kanaya- "You drink milk?"
Irelyn- "Yes I always have milk."
Kanaya- "Why do you have milk"
Irelyn- "I just do"
Kanaya- "Are you allergic to water!?"
Irelyn- "No, I have water sometimes."
Kanaya- "You do. Hmm"
Irelyn- "Yep and I even get juice too."

Silence and back to eating...

Between Irelyn and Papa
Irelyn- "What happened there? Where did your hair go?" (pointing to his head)
Papa- "Well, I went to the barber and said Can you cut my hair a little because I am going on a trip?"
Irelyn- nods "Oh, but I think that was gone before. Like for 20 days."
Papa is then reminded by Gaga that Trevor once asked him why his hair blew away.

Between Irelyn and Dad
Irelyn- "Dad stop singing!"
Dad- "But I like this song." (continues to sing and dance)
Irelyn- "Ugghh I don't like when you do that."
Dad- "Ok"
Irelyn five minutes later- "Dad why aren't you singing?!"
George then laughingly mumbles to me that she is a "flipper" (his term for people that change their minds all the time- mostly me)

Photo Friday

This week flew by and I feel that it was a weird week. We had some fun, played a lot and Irelyn spent most of the week being a cat. Though she did revert to being Tyrone also. We just keep wondering if we have an actor on our hands since she says she is only Irelyn at school and on her birthday. We'll see...

We are taking my parents to the airport Monday for their European Vacation(jealous? me too)- they'll be gone 3 weeks. Since Irelyn sees them so often she will for sure miss them a lot. Irelyn has had 2 soccer practices and got her uniform yesterday. They are yellow and black and they named themselves the BUMBLEBEES! The uniforms are huge on everyone, but so cute.

GO BUMBLEBEES!

The completed bowl from the Sawdust Festival

Irelyn is really into writing lately- Balloon and she drew a pic

Love you cuz

Slowing down a bit

For the past week, we have definitely been slowing down our routine. Slower to get up and ready, later getting out of the house, not much planned...it has been nice. We've had a busy summer and we are enjoying the down time a bit. I need to remember to do this more often.

Saturday

I spent most of the day completing my CPR and First Aid training- which actually wasn't too bad. The First Aid grosses me out and makes me feel a little queasy though. During CPR today, we were talking about experiences in which EMT's were involved. So, I retold my story about 15 paramedics and firemen coming into our house when Irelyn was 4 months old and had an allergic reaction. I started to tear up a little just talking about it... Fortunately they didn't think I was too crazy since there were a lot of parents in the room. But it is so amazing- the love we have for our kids and the emotion that goes with it.



On another note- here are some pictures from the Obama and McCain event at Saddleback Church today. Protestors and Supporters....

Check out this link

http://simplemom.net/how-to-be-disorganized-unproductive-hate-your-job/

What a day!!!

First soccer practice! Oh my gosh- it was great!!! 11 little girls, 3 coaches, chaos, fun, high fives, kids picking grass, falling, crying, ...everything you would expect to see at a U5 soccer practice. Irelyn was no exception, but she did say she had fun and that soccer was her favorite sport. She also said she needs a water bottle like Taylor. Apparently Taylor has a water bottle like Dora- I'm on it! Irelyn was the first to start the kick off and while no one else paid attention... she dribbled most of the field... only to have the ball swallowed up by the pack of 6 girls. She started to cry, but soon forgot about it. On the drive home she informed me that she didn't cry because they took the ball, she cried because I told her 10 minutes of practice and it was 11 minutes. Are you serious?!?!?

Me? Play?

I've been toying with the idea of starting to play soccer again with the OCWSL. I've been invited to play for a few teams and just haven't made the trip up to check out the practices and meet the teams. Games are on Sundays which is hard since George is already gone so he can't watch Irelyn. It has been so long, my cleats are thrashed, I don't even know how fast I would be anymore, but it would be great to kick some ass again. LOL! Hmmm- anyone want to do it with me?

Hmmm

As I'm preparing to go back to work, so many things have been going through my head. One thing is something that was said to me at my last job by a co-worker. She said "out of her ass" of course that you can't be a good teacher if you don't have kids. It wasn't directly said to me, but it was in a room full of teachers and I was the only childless one. I became pregnant with Irelyn about 2 months into the school year so it was probably during this time. I just remember hearing it and thinking "What a stupid thing to say. What is she talking about?" I didn't say anything to her because that is just not what I do, or ever have done. If people say things like that, the problem is them not me. I don't need to try to convince them they said something stupid because you can't change people like that. Anyways, as I think about this, I don't feel that I will be a different teacher now that I am a Mom. If you have the love of teaching kids- then it is a gift, not something you gain by becoming a Mom. So off to work I go (well in 3 weeks), until then I'll be at the beach!

Great quote

We have this posted in our office and I read it almost every day. Enjoy!

"Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If is changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it."