We're here somewhere...

Things here are good. Ari is learning to read and at the same time teaching Mina. Sweet!! Both of the girls are getting more and more curious every day. Having a rough routine has really kept me from going to crazy town. Running has been keeping me from getting too grumpy, or too angry, or too anything else. Hyperactive people need an outlet you know. I made a firm decision to uninvest from things that really do not improve my life, first thing to go you ask? Politics. Might be more later but for now, I have to go. :)

To infinity and beyond

Last week we were driving to the swimming pool with cousins in the car. Big cousin, Spencer, asked, "Aunt Mel if you could have any super power what would it be." I thought about it for awhile. I knew I would not want a super power that would hurt anyone. I finally said, "I would want to know if people were telling the truth or not." Ari chimed in, "I would want to heal people. You know help them, make them better, feed them. " Now why didn't I think of that.

It won't be long

As a parent I am constantly seeing signs that our kids are growing up. As a homeschool mama I spend more than enough time worrying about them learning enough. Last night, Ari and I were driving in the car. All of a sudden Ari said, "Look mom, the magic soup store." I looked up to see the sign for Rite-Aid. The sign said, "Rite-Aid Pharamacy" and then next to it was a picture of a mortar and pestle with stars in the mortar. Of course, when you are six it looks like a big magic soup bowl filled with stars and with a spoon at the ready. That is when it occured to me. Someday, not to far from now, she is going to look at that same sign and sound out the words and that little bit of magic will be gone forever.

Dance

I am me. I am blunt. I can be intolerant. I love my children. I will do what needs to be done to make sure they know it. And when they are grown, I hope we all dance.

What are you singing?

I previously mentioned that Mina walks around singing Funkytown. I did not realize until this weekend that her version is this.
"Well I taco body taco body taco body taco body. Taco body taco body movin."

Once again, a child with her mother's keen ability to make up any lyrics that might elude her.

Jammin to the oldies

Mina walks around the house singing two songs that make me laugh. One is Mama Mia by Abba. The other is Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.

Observation

For those of you who do not play World of Warcraft this post might not make sense. Ari, John, and I went to a dungeon on Sunday. Ari brought her toon who is a death knight. Some death knights have a talent in which they can blow up mobs after you have killed them. Ari loves this skill. When you blow them up they just turn in to a pile of bones. So we had fought this big floating tentacled boss and she blew him up. And then she said, "You know for a big guy he has really small bones."