Half-time!

Remember when you were a kid and it always seemed that you were waiting for something and the days seem to drag on and on and on and you thought you would NEVER get your driver's license?

What happened to those days?

And can someone PLEASE tell me where September went?

For anyone that doesn't know I decided (at the absolute last minute) to work half days this year.  I am doing Reading Recovery in the mornings and I am finished work by noon! I have been meaning to post my news but this month..seriously..where did it go?

So that means I get to spend my afternoons with Little Miss Ruby Two Shoes! ( her new nickname thanks to my friend Laura ). And when Ruby wakes up from her nap, we go pick up her big brother Porter! We are keeping Porter in preschool for most of the day because he needs preschool. He needs the structure and the social time and the boy LOVES to go! You should see him in the morning when we say it's time to go to school!  He squeals with delight and runs to the door to put his shoes on!

Little Miss Ruby spends her mornings making friends at her new "school".  We feel so fortunate that she is being cared for by someone who just loves her to bits! Thanks for taking such great care of her Jen! Here is a picture of Ruby's new friend Max. Yep, that's right... Max and Ruby! What are the odds? 

Chat soon
Rae :)

Happy Birthday

Today my mom would have turned 63 years old. I hope she is riding horses with my Nan.

Happy Birthday Mom. Love and miss you always.

Beanie xo

(yes, that was my nickname:)

Life2q]'''o[ and Mum Mums

I happened upon this quote recently from Gilda Radner.

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.”

It goes against who I am, but I love this. I'm trying, dear Lord, I'm trying.

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Yesterday while Porter, Ruby and I were waiting in the car I gave Ruby a mum mum to help keep her happy ( anyone not familiar, it is basically a rice cracker for babies). In the absence of anything else, Porter reached out wanting the other half. He finished it in seconds and then I heard it:

"Cacka, cacka."

Thank God I had another one in my purse.

"YES, sweet angel you can have a cacka! "

I wasn't expecting it at all. How delicious it was.

Up until this point, he had never spontaneously requested a cracker before. Sure, if I had him at the table and was dangling one in front of him, he'd say it..but never before just on his own.  From the backseat, without even having it in his visual frame of reference!

Big day.


:) Chat soon, Rae

The Cat's Meow!

So I have been neglecting this blog and feeling pretty guilty about it. I've decided that I don't need to feel any more guilt. All stocked up here.

So, it occurred to me that I don't need to write a book every time I post, it could just be a quick little story about something funny that happened or maybe something new that Porter or Ruby have learned.

So that is today's post.

Miss Ruby has decided she wants to start talking. She has been babbling for months but one never knows if "ma ma ma ma" is actually Mama or is she just figuring out sounds? But this past week we are sure we heard "kitty" . She was chasing Marmie around the house and saying "ki-ki". I mean, using the word in context! But wait, there's more! When the cat meowed, she did too! It sounds more like "ow" but it is ADORABLE!

Not sure what Porter thinks of it, but soon after he went into her room and started stuffing her clothes in the diaper genie. I won't analyze that too hard:)

Enjoy this lovely long weekend!

Rae