silver linings and quilt tops
6 years ago
Kitchen Demo
It has been nearly three months in the making and now finally work has been started to repair the dishwasher leak. Ugh, I've learned many many lessons on this journey...
Picking a Tree
We decided to cut our own tree this year. It was a lovely day for it and we found a great little tree, just the right size for our little house.
Walking the Dog
I'm pretty convinced that Jasper is going to be a zookeeper or a veterinarian of some sort when he grows up. He absolutely loves animals. I never saw this quality in Will to this degree. Jasper actually screams when he sees an animal of any kind, points excitedly and babbles galore. He loves stuffed animals (he cuddles and coos at them), animal replicas (he pets them and looks at their features), animal pictures (he kisses each one) and will go through amazing coordinated feats to reach an animal so that he can admire it.
And we have a lot of animals in our daily life with dogwalking, catsitting, the zoo a block away, and many pets to enjoy out and about our travels.
On Halloween I had the worst of it when Jasper picked up a huge dead rat while we were walking a dog. I was walking ahead of him and suddenly I heard his cooing sound that he makes when he sees an animal. I turned to see him proudly holding a petrified rat in his hand. My first thought was that it was a practical joke but when I saw it close up I realized that it was in fact, very real. I asked him to drop it, but of course, it only made him hold it more strongly. I had to shake his arm to get him to release it and then it was a big challenge to keep it away from the dog we were walking. In the end, we all needed to be disenfected completely and I was shuddering with disgust all day. I still can't get the sight of that greasy rat face with the yellow teeth and bloody mouth out of my head!
Junior Olympics
Will received the 6th place medal for his age group at the Junior Olympics for XC Running. He cried during the race though and tells me that he doesn't want to do another XC meet again. I think the pressure was too much for him as he really doesn't have much of a competitive spirit.
He just loves XC running and is beaming whenever I pick him up from practice. I think it will just take some time to help him learn how to deal with the pressure of racing.
Auction
Whew! What an event... 400 people, just under $200,000 raised, over 600 items, lots of meetings, lots of time and planning...but I'm so glad to have been on the Auction Committee. I made such great friends and am just enamored with the talents and generosity of this parent community. This was an event that just cannot be replicated. It was an amazing night for an amazing school.