This is an out-take while trying to get Valentine-cherub pictures taken at Penney. I had these done several years with Sophie at picture people, but they shut down half of their locations including the one in Memphis, so I had to call around. Sears retired their wings and Penney has them but won't take pictures of baby girls without a top after a year old.. I was disappointed but I went ahead and did the pics with a little white dress.
This is Margaux showing her true mischievous side...
And this is my favorite, looking just too sweet...
For the actual Valentine Pics, you will just have to wait until Valentine's day!
We made it to another Sunday! It's been a crazy week in Memphis with tornadoes ripping through the town on Tuesday night. It was a pretty scary experience to say the least. I left work at 4:30 and rushed back home. By the time I got 5 min from the house the sirens were going off. We all stayed close to the TV and cleared our closed, ready to jump in. We watched channel three and followed the storms. It came very very close to us, way too close for comfort around 5:30. Tornado ended up touching down in Southeast Memphis and causing some major damage and some casualties, It also touched down in Southhaven MS. We are very happy we did not sustain any damage, not even a lost tree. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected by this horrible storm. President Bush came to town yesterday to survey the damage.
Girls are doing fine. Margaux was oblivious and just playing with blocks. Sophie was terrified and just stayed on top of me the whole time.
by motherhood and other ramblings to reveal 7 weird things about myself and then tag 7 more people leaving the unsuspecting 7 tagged messages on their blog. So here goes:
I'll do the 7 things about me, but I don't know who else to tag... Will have to think about that one.
1) I'm fascinated by ears. I always look at people's ears and I usually remember the shape of their ears rather than what they look like overall.
2) I cannot use the same dryer sheets all the time, I like to rotate scents
3) I don't care that I don't tan. I would NEVER go to a tanning salon, and I don't mind looking like a ghost. It was fashionable a few centuries ago, the look might come back, right?
4) I have flat feet, very flat. Think duck-like flat. Funny thing is so does Margaux! She was meant for us! :)
5) Chuck and I are 10 1/2 years apart. From the stats I have read this is very unusual.
6) I had a weird summer job, where I had to type up messages that people would call in onto other people's pagers and cell phone. People would always call in a pretend it was one of these "special" numbers. It got old very fast.
7) I love radishes.
That's it... Weird enough, Bev?
Sophie got tested for reading at school. She's in first grade and tested in the 91st percentile, or at a 2nd grade 5th month level. This means she's about two years ahead since she should still be in Kindergarten. She brought home all As and one A+ on her latest report. I'm glad I did not keep her in K last year as she would be bored to tears.
Meanwhile, Little Miss M. is working on potty training. We're trying to sit her on the tiny potty in the evening and we've had some successes. Shame that I did not keep up the whistling training they had done in China!
I tried to sign up Sophie last trimester and the Thursday class in our neighborhood go canceled. Because Sophie was in soccer, I could not move her to Saturday morning (the only other class that would have worked for working parents). Now I tried again this month, the Th. class gets canceled - again - so I move to Saturday morning (soccer season is over). I order the supplies from the online retailer they recommend - they don't show in time. So, yesterday I make a last minute run to the dance store and I get an e-mail today saying the classes are canceled today due to weather conditions! What weather conditions? Looks fine outside to me. An e-mail a couple of hours before the class is due to start. That's pretty lame if you ask me.
Other topic - Teddy the new hamster thought it was a good idea to get out of its cage while we had both cats, and the dog, sleeping in the house. He must have a hamster guardian angel because we did find him alive.
I can't believe my baby is going to go to preschool in just a few short months! I went ahead and signed up Margaux for the 2-yr old class starting in August at CTK. That's where Sophie has been since pre-K4. I love the pre-school. It is really bittersweet to see her growing so fast. I was watching an episode or "rediscovering China" and I'm almost thinking I would like us to go back and adopt a SN (cleft) boy. Okay, I am not really seriously thinking that, 2 is plenty for us, but it has crossed my mind.
The week has been pretty quiet. Margaux has slept through the night last night for the first time in several weeks. She's had a runny nose and keeps on waking up.
Sophie celebrated the 100th day at school. She still seems to enjoy first grade. She's starting ballet tomorrow. We'll let you know how it goes!
