Zoe and Silas decided to "wash" their hair with baby powder tonight. Those are fun times. I caught them early enough in the act that it wasn't a total disaster (as opposed to when Silas got ahold of the powder by himself a few weeks ago).
Many of you have heard me lamenting about preschool over the last few months. Our good news update of the week is that lucky number 10 got pulled in the admissions lottery on Wednesday night, which means that S&Z will be attending the community preschool program in West Roxbury this fall! The 3-year-old program runs Tuesday/Thursday from 8:45-11:15 and the 4-year-old program will be MWF from 8:30-12:30. I'm so excited for them (and for Derek to have some downtime)! First scary realization of the week: the amount we'll be paying for preschool this year ($2500) is what my annual tuition cost in the mid-1990s to attend university at a state school (and this is one of the least expensive preschool options in Boston that I am aware of!).
I just posted a photo for Day 31 and that means that I've completed an entire month of the 366 photo project! I'm so happy that I decided to do it! Unfortunately, due to the update above, I don't see an SLR camera in my future :-(
The NIH grant that I've been overseeing for the last 12 years is officially being re-funded!! It's an exciting and stressful time when starting a new set of studies that will run for 5 years. Scary realization #2: I'll be 42 years old when this project period ends...
I've been obsessed with cooking indian food for the last few weeks. Lentil soup, channa masala, curried chickpeas, dal, and spiced basmati rice to name a few. Yum yum!!
I have wanted to find a church to attend since S&Z were born, but apparently liberal Lutheran churches don't exist here. I've gotten two recommendations for an episcopal church in JP (Maryjane would be proud), so I'm hoping we can mobilize to check it out some Sunday in the near future. Our goal is to be regularly attending services by the fall so that the kids can go to Sunday School.
S&Z started singing the ABC song today, complete with "musical" (banging) accompaniment. So cute, I gotta get it on video. They are little sponges and are absorbing all this number-letter-color-shape stuff without it being pushed down their throats. Amazing.
I had to work this past Sunday, so I scheduled myself to have today off instead. At the last minute I decided to go to a movie instead of running errands when Julia got here at 2:00, but because I live in a bubble I don't know anything that's out right now. I quickly settled on "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" based solely on the solid acting lineup (Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock). Let me just say that I was not mentally prepared to cry for 2 hours today. I hope the amazing kid actor in the movie gets nominated for an Oscar, but holy.crap.I.am.emotionally.exhausted. I just wanted to run home afterward and hug my kids, which is exactly what I did. Until I the baby powder hair washing incident. Then I wanted to toss them...
Good night!
Many of you have heard me lamenting about preschool over the last few months. Our good news update of the week is that lucky number 10 got pulled in the admissions lottery on Wednesday night, which means that S&Z will be attending the community preschool program in West Roxbury this fall! The 3-year-old program runs Tuesday/Thursday from 8:45-11:15 and the 4-year-old program will be MWF from 8:30-12:30. I'm so excited for them (and for Derek to have some downtime)! First scary realization of the week: the amount we'll be paying for preschool this year ($2500) is what my annual tuition cost in the mid-1990s to attend university at a state school (and this is one of the least expensive preschool options in Boston that I am aware of!).
I just posted a photo for Day 31 and that means that I've completed an entire month of the 366 photo project! I'm so happy that I decided to do it! Unfortunately, due to the update above, I don't see an SLR camera in my future :-(
The NIH grant that I've been overseeing for the last 12 years is officially being re-funded!! It's an exciting and stressful time when starting a new set of studies that will run for 5 years. Scary realization #2: I'll be 42 years old when this project period ends...
I've been obsessed with cooking indian food for the last few weeks. Lentil soup, channa masala, curried chickpeas, dal, and spiced basmati rice to name a few. Yum yum!!
I have wanted to find a church to attend since S&Z were born, but apparently liberal Lutheran churches don't exist here. I've gotten two recommendations for an episcopal church in JP (Maryjane would be proud), so I'm hoping we can mobilize to check it out some Sunday in the near future. Our goal is to be regularly attending services by the fall so that the kids can go to Sunday School.
S&Z started singing the ABC song today, complete with "musical" (banging) accompaniment. So cute, I gotta get it on video. They are little sponges and are absorbing all this number-letter-color-shape stuff without it being pushed down their throats. Amazing.
I had to work this past Sunday, so I scheduled myself to have today off instead. At the last minute I decided to go to a movie instead of running errands when Julia got here at 2:00, but because I live in a bubble I don't know anything that's out right now. I quickly settled on "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" based solely on the solid acting lineup (Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock). Let me just say that I was not mentally prepared to cry for 2 hours today. I hope the amazing kid actor in the movie gets nominated for an Oscar, but holy.crap.I.am.emotionally.exhausted. I just wanted to run home afterward and hug my kids, which is exactly what I did. Until I the baby powder hair washing incident. Then I wanted to toss them...
Good night!
I love the random updates! Keep 'em comin! Also, I read the book that the movie is based on when it came out quite a few years ago, and it really, really touched me. I'm pretty sure I cried while reading it.
ReplyDeleteI figured that it must have been a book. I'll have to wait awhile before reading that one, I think!! Glad you like the updates - am excited to read Neighbors Part II tonight :-) MUAH!
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