busy bolanders
i've decided that cleaning my house is just a big waste of time. everytime i'm trying to clean one room, nora is messing up another. instead of cleaning, i've decided to fill my days with adventures.
saturday we went downtown to the berry and dairy festival at this cool market area (called North Market...) and ate some of the yummiest ice cream i've ever tasted. i got the blueberry lavendar flavor. brett got lime cardemom. nora got white.
after church on sunday, we went for a drive in the country.
monday we went swimming at my friend's condo pool and nora made a new friend. normallly she's very shy around other kids, but she bonded with this girl (ally) really quickly. when we were leaving she said "mom, can ally ride in my carseat sometime?" so i figured we'd better give her our phone number.
tuesday we went to the park and had a picnic, then we babysat for a little while at a friend's house. then we went to a puppet show at the library. coincidentally, ally was there. so, after the puppet show nora and ally hung out for a little while. nora kept putting her arm around her, which she only does with one other friend so i was excited to see her making new friends so easily. i've been a bit worried about her social skills because i don't want her to be as shy as i am/was.
yesterday we went to storytime at the library and nora got yet another sticker for her reading chart. that brings her to 6 stickers (6 hours of reading) so she got a prize. she got a book. there was a huge stack to choose from, but she opted for "no, david!" by david shannon. it's pretty great and she's had me read it to her about 20 times so far. in fact i think she's upstairs reading it to herself right now.
brett left on a quick business trip last night and comes home this afternoon. while he was gone i read my book, watered the lawn, and got a little housework done. the best news is that i wasn't nervous when i went to bed like i normally am when he's gone.
today we are supposed to go hiking at a park at 10am but it's 9:30 and nora still hasn't eaten so i don't know if we'll make it. if not, we might just go to the zoo. so exciting, eh?
well i'm glad to see chelsea on here. maybe we can hear from each other a little more often? oh and chelsea, thank you so much for my birthday card!!! you make me feel like a big loser because i never get cards sent to anyone.
posted by Heather @ 9:27 AM
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hey heather - (this is bonny - heather's s-i-l )i wanted to check out your blog - hope you don't mind. i'm excited to hear that nora found a friend. they are so important. in fact at the beginning of the school year we were supposed to write down our goals for our children. for ara (dd-8 y/o) we wrotte that we wanted her to make 2 good friends. there aren't many girls her age - and no one she really clicked with. so we were excited that she did find a girl she clicked with and she lives nearby and is one of 6 girls - so anyway - that was a long ramble - but i just wanted to share the joy of finding a friend.
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