So much for Field Day

Today is Allison's last day of preschool.  It is/(was) the most anticipated day of the year (well, week, anyway) for Allison.  I say "was" because it's been thunderstorming since last night and it's still raining now.  So, Allison doesn't know it yet, but their field day will probably be inside.  Too bad.  I have good memories of field day, myself.  Although, I never went to preschool, so I never experienced it until I was school age.  It's funny that schools STILL do field day, isn't it??  It kinda seems "old school" (no pun intended) but, yep, they still do it.   If the preschool had been smart, they would've watched the weather forecast and done it yesterday.  YESTERDAY was absolutely gorgeous. A perfect spring day . . . Finally.

I FINALLY got out in the yard yesterday and planted my new flowers for the year.  Every year I go and buy more perennials for my flower beds.  It always costs so much, and takes alot of time to get them into the ground, but it's one of my passions to work in the yard.  I'd much rather be working in the yard than in the house.

This Saturday is the first day of the "weekly shares" that I will be getting throughout the summer & Fall from  my "community shared agricultural program."  I can't wait.  If you are wondering what a CSA program is, you can look here.  This is where I will be getting my produce from this summer.  Therefore, in my own garden, I will pretty much be planting just tomatoes and a few other things.

Fingernails and kitty cat tails

Here's a few things we have noticed around here lately. . .

1.  My kids' fingernails grow sooooo fast!  Has anyone else noticed this in their kids?  I mean, I have to trim Sarah's and Kimball's fingernails every week.  It's crazy.  I KNOW my nails don't grow that fast. 

2.  We have recently discovered that Allison is allergic to cats.  This is weird for me and Matt, as neither of us have any pet allergies. But last Friday, after handling some cats and reacting for the second known time, she even experienced throat pain and complained of having a hard time swallowing!!!  Wowsers.  Hope it isn't an anaphylactic reaction in the works next time she's exposed.  Good thing we don't have a cat.  Another thing we discovered . . .  Allison gets hyper if you give her benadryl and can't go to sleep for HOURS if given any in the evening before bed.  LAME.

3. This observation of mine doesn't fit the witty title of my post, but here goes.  I have noticed, especially the last several times, that when I cook pasta, I have this NASTY, clear, goopey, slimey and GROSS substance that accumulates on the side of the pan and on any wooden spoon/etc that I leave in the pan while the noodles are cooking.  Has anyone else noticed this stuff??  What is it??  I'm not kidding, it has made me NOT be able to EAT pasta for a while (of course I still serve it to my kids though!!).  It almost looks like some sort of gel consistency. I wondered, is it some kind of preservative?  Is my pasta just old?  What is the deal?  But it happens/accumulates on newly purchased packages of spaghetti, angel hair, and little tubey pasta too.  I have "googled" this problem and found the following complaint here: http://gflower.livejournal.com/18777.html  so I know I'm not alone in this!

Kimball wants IN!

Poor Kimball (7 months old) is just DYING to get in the bath with the girls. . . 

Look at him standing up at the tub! He stood there like this for the whole bath time. Can you believe this kid?

I have a feeling he's going to LOVE the pool this summer.

 

I give up

Ok. What is the "*#!!@*' deal with loading pictures onto my blog and getting the words to line up correctly!!!!!!!!!! (ok. I got it to work better on the "spring soccer" post below, but not without lots of frustration and time/work. Is it better to write the text first, and then arrange the photos? It seemed to go better.)

Anyone . . . Please help me out here with the following. . .

Why can't I upload more than 1 picture at a time? (still don't know if this is possible)

Why do I have to upload the pictures in the reverse order that I want them to show up on the post? ie: the picture I want at the end of the post, I have to upload first. Then move backwards. It's so annoying!!! How come I can't put my cursor where I want the next photo to go before I upload it, and then the photo actually go there?!)

I've tried with varying success to upload pictures, and then move them around afterwards. Sometimes the picture WON'T move, or I can't make space between pictures where I WANT space. OR, the picture gets deleted altogether when I push enter or delete too close to the picture. UGH.

And why, when I've finished a post and am ready preview it, does the preview look nothing like what the real post does after I publish it?

Please tell me what I'm doing wrong!!

Plus, Pat, why can't I download video from my Mac onto my blog. I put it in a format that blogspot says it accepts, but it doesn't work.

And why, when I want to take a few minutes to post a blog, does my baby wake up prematurely from his nap!!!???????

Spring Soccer

I decided to enroll Allison in a city Spring Soccer league. She's never played any team sports before, so we thought we'd give it a try. She's on a Pre-K / Kindergarten team -- so all the kids are either 5 or 6.

Allison is easily identifiable in the pictures below. Just look for the pink shin gaurds, or the #10 on the back of the jersey ( of course, you can only see half of the number 10 once she tucks in her shirt -- can't they order smaller shirt sizes!!! Jeez!)



Here's Allison being directed by her coach. This happens frequently, as she has no idea how to play the game . . . even after several weekly practices and "coaching" from us.


















Allison playing "defender," I think. I never played soccer myself, so . . . I'm not much help either. Oh well.

















The end of the game "line up". She likes this part.

















Allison and our friend/neighbor, Aile, after the game.


















The most important part of the game: the drink and snack afterwards!!


















Sarah at the game: wearing a head band to keep her ears warm (there was, of course, the usual WIND that always accompanies a remotely warm & sunny Spring day in Missouri).























And Here's a GREAT pic of Matt holding 6 1/2 month old (at at the time) Kimball, and pregnant with our 4th child, due in September. :)


No pictures of me of course, since I was the one holding the camera the whole time.

Did I mention that this was the same evening of the bad weather and tornadoes that we had last week? Yeah, so far "spring soccer" hasn't exactly been my idea of fun. We've had more games cancelled due to rain than we've actually played. And the games and practices we HAVE had occurred on very nasty weather days anyway. (mostly VERY windy)

Tonight is a makeup game day, but, yet again, it's questionable whether it will happen because of thunderstorms in the forecast.