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What will we do today?
Posted May 6th, 2008 by jaybay
In random order, this is an agenda of what we will do today:
Hug, play outside, play inside, play on the computer, sing and dance, love one another, watch ELLEN, eat, cook Daddy's dinner (I'm debating whether or not to pull out the grill), pull weeds, plant peas, take a walk, laugh, read some books, huggle and snuggle, play with the garden soil, sit in the sunshine to allow Vitamin D to develop within our pasty, white skin, blow bubbles, dissect an abandoned wasp nest (hive?), giggle, check on our single wayward tulip, wash diapers, play "chase" with the dog, eat some more, watch Curious George on PBS, "give mama da kiss kiss", search for scat out back, lay on the grass and stare at the clouds, check on K's science experiment bird nest, get a delivery of play sand for the sand pile, scold the dogs for barking at the neighbors, finish a craft project, plan how to make the life-size doll of Danny Phantom, laugh, plant pansies and violas, hug, monitor our intake of Vitamin C, laugh, and play "where's the baby?"
...and whatever else might occur.
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What actually happened...
In no particular order, this is what we actually did:
Hugged, played outside, played inside, played on the computer, sang and danced, loved one another, watched ELLEN, ate a snack at the picnic table, cooked Daddy's dinner on the grill, pulled weeds, laughed, read some books and looked at animal mazes, huggled and snuggled, played with the garden soil, sat in the sunshine to allow Vitamin D to fill our bodies, checked on our single wayward tulip, washed diapers, ate some more, watched "Avatar", "give mama da kiss kiss", rolled down the hill (even mom did that), checked on K's science experiment bird nest, got a delivery of play sand for the sand pile and played in it all day long, took a bath to clean off the sand, scolded the dogs for barking at the neighbors, finished a craft project, drew pictures, planned how to make the life-size doll of Danny Phantom and drew the layout, laughed, hugged, monitored our intake of Vitamin C, laugh, and played "where's the baby?".
In addition, we also:
created a new tree climbing game, talked about sleep walking, talked about the digestive system, talked to Maddie on the phone about tadpoles, planned for our trip to Boston, sat quietly, ran around undressed (not mom), talked to the UPS man, gathered spiders in a glass jar and played "adoption" with them, they put the actual jars on the swings and gave the spiders a ride, played "slave and the evil baby," completed knee surgery (on line), missed Daddy, watched an airplane fly overhead and wondered if they could see us, watched birds and wondered if they can reach the clouds, saw the tractor going up and down the road to level out the dirt, figured out a way to get the shovel off the roof of the playhouse, and listened to the baby's ongoing whining and crying.
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