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  • Planetarium field trip

    Planetarium field trip

    Monti’s class went to the local community college’s planetarium. Monti was pretty disappointed to find out it was simply a domed classroom. It was not like the planetarium in Chicago. We did, however, enjoy the presentation given to us. In the end we ended up with more questions about space than answers. At home we brought out the telescope to look at some planets but our Seattle skies would not cooperate. Instead of looking for celestial objects we have been viewing the neighborhood cats and movie listings at the downtown theater with our telescope. I have unintentionally distracted my child from her astronomy aspirations and have created a young “peeping Tom” instead.

  • Seriously?

    Seriously?

    This green dress would be really hard to pull off at anything besides a costume party.

  • plant sitting for Maggie

    plant sitting for Maggie

    Maggie left several plants at our house when she went to London. These houseplants probably belong in Southern California where the sun shines most of the year instead of Seattle’s 5-months-of-sun/year. Last year I barely kept them alive through winter. This year I was so excited to find this plant shooting up new shoots and even developing what looks like some type of flower. It seems to be happy with the new pot and the plant food I have been giving it. The emotional bond with these plants is getting stronger so it will be hard to give them back.

  • Cats

    Cats

    I took Monti to see Cats in Seattle. At intermission Monti was so tired she asked if we could just go home. We had a little treat and decided to stay. Luckily we did because the 2nd act included our favorite song “Mr Mistoffelees”. 

  • Hula Practice

    Hula Practice

  • Corky at the vet

    Corky at the vet

    Jackie and Corky went to the vet. Jackie had his teeth cleaned and 2 extractions. Corky was in for shots and a checkup. In the middle of the visit I had to go pick up Monti from singing lessons. He told me I could just leave Corky in the room while I was gone. I threw a little pink blanket on him so that it covered his head and body. When I came back he still was under his cover as content as could be. Poor Corky has some pretty bad teeth but his heart condition makes it a little too risky for him to go under the anesthesia.

  • HSM3 tryouts

    HSM3 tryouts

    The play they are doing at school this time is High School Musical 3 . At the tryouts the drama teacher encouraged everyone to try out for every role. He was able to get a better idea of what role he would give each of the kids. Dahlia finally decided she would try doing one of the plays. Monti, for some reason, decided to act like she was terrified to talk in front of people. Seeing Monti act this way completely worked against Dahlia getting up there. After a little threatening conversation from mom, Monti went up and started saying some lines.  I literally had to walk Dahlia up to the stage and stand next to her while she did her audition. Dahlia was thrilled to find out she was cast as one of the Wild Cat cheerleaders. Monti congratulated her with ,”I’m happy for you that you got a better part than I did.” Oh… the drama of having 2 girls so close in age.

  • The golden egg hunt

    The golden egg hunt

    After an extensive scavenger hunt through the house the girls and I packed up to go to a friend’s house for Easter. Chelle had several families over for brunch and an Easter egg hunt. Among all the hidden plastic colored eggs there was a golden egg with a special prize in it. Monti had seen all the plastic eggs earlier and the week and she was very curious about a certain large green egg that had a good rattle when you shook it. Unfortunately for Monti it was the egg the dads decided to cover in gold foil. She was so determined to find this one egg that she didn’t get many eggs in general. When she and another boy spotted the golden egg it was too high for her to get. The bigger boy rushed in and retrieved her egg; Monti was crushed. She came in the house in tears sobbing about how she hated being small. Later that day I found her standing outside in the rain without a coat. I tried to get her to come inside but she said she was punishing herself for being so single focused during the egg hunt. 

  • Last minute egg coloring

    Last minute egg coloring

    We were so busy spring break going from one play date to another that we never had time to color eggs. Saturday evening 20 minutes before bedtime we quickly colored a dozen eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide. 

  • Gilman Village egg hunt?

    Gilman Village egg hunt?

    In the downtown shopping area of Issaquah they hold an Easter egg hunt for kids and adults. For the adults they add coupons and free samples to their eggs. This year we decided to go. I believe calling it an egg hunt is mislabeling the event. Kids stood in line at store doors to collect their eggs. It was more like trick-or-treating for Easter eggs but the kids had fun loading up their baskets.