Kiddos
It is funny how Ryan and Holly have developed somewhat complimentary personalities. For example: take you typical Bologna sandwich. To a normal individual this would be a meal or at least a snack. For Holly and Ryan the first order of business with a sandwich is to dismantle it. This activity sometimes make me wonder why I don't just put all the sandwich pieces separately on their plates and save everyone some time.
Another example is at storytime at the library. Michelle's storytimes are REALLY gaining in popularity now that they word is spreading about how the kids all get a few stories, and then do a craft at the end. The first couple weeks there was only a total (including Holly and Ryan) of 4 kids. But some people must have found out and spread the word (they keep approaching and complimenting Michelle after the program) and now they are averaging 8 to 10 kids. I'm sure that it is going to even grow a little more, but I wouldn't be surprised if it topped out around 15. What a major success it would be if she had to schedule another time to accommodate all the kids who want to come in. Anyway, it is a great thing to see Holly and Ryan interacting with the other kids, especially this other little girl that always give Holly a hug before leaving.
And another, it struck me, when talking to Holly at 10:15pm this evening, trying to convince her that sleep was really not something that Michelle and I cooked up to just to make children angry, that despite Holly and Ryan coming in to see Michelle and I bleary-eyed in bed in the morning, they think that we don't really sleep. It makes sense, I mean, we put them in bed first, and then come out and watch TV and make a general amount of noise and they fall asleep and THEN we go to bed, so they don't realize that we eventually turn the lights off and turn in ourselves.
I wish I had a better memory, maybe I should start doing mental exercises (brain push-ups?) to work on that. For years I have insisted, to many a rolled-eye and "yeah, okay!" that I have had and forgotten more great and interesting ideas than most people have in a lifetime.
I just wish I could remember more then I do. I have tons of things I wish I blogged about, but when I don't write them down it evaporates before I can sit and document it. I really need to buy a notepad or something.
Another example is at storytime at the library. Michelle's storytimes are REALLY gaining in popularity now that they word is spreading about how the kids all get a few stories, and then do a craft at the end. The first couple weeks there was only a total (including Holly and Ryan) of 4 kids. But some people must have found out and spread the word (they keep approaching and complimenting Michelle after the program) and now they are averaging 8 to 10 kids. I'm sure that it is going to even grow a little more, but I wouldn't be surprised if it topped out around 15. What a major success it would be if she had to schedule another time to accommodate all the kids who want to come in. Anyway, it is a great thing to see Holly and Ryan interacting with the other kids, especially this other little girl that always give Holly a hug before leaving.
And another, it struck me, when talking to Holly at 10:15pm this evening, trying to convince her that sleep was really not something that Michelle and I cooked up to just to make children angry, that despite Holly and Ryan coming in to see Michelle and I bleary-eyed in bed in the morning, they think that we don't really sleep. It makes sense, I mean, we put them in bed first, and then come out and watch TV and make a general amount of noise and they fall asleep and THEN we go to bed, so they don't realize that we eventually turn the lights off and turn in ourselves.
I wish I had a better memory, maybe I should start doing mental exercises (brain push-ups?) to work on that. For years I have insisted, to many a rolled-eye and "yeah, okay!" that I have had and forgotten more great and interesting ideas than most people have in a lifetime.
I just wish I could remember more then I do. I have tons of things I wish I blogged about, but when I don't write them down it evaporates before I can sit and document it. I really need to buy a notepad or something.
posted by Tim @ 10:40 PM
1 Comments:
At 2:12 PM ,
Kyle Wash said...
You could convince Holly and Ryan that you and Michelle are Vampires, and you really dont sleep. And when they are sleeign you go swooping around the city looking for your next victims, after which you slee in caskets in the backyard.
Just a thought :)
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