Lizzie's New Look

So a couple of weeks ago we began noticing that Lizzie was struggling to read letters and write clearly. After some more observing and a visit to the eye doctor, we found that Lizzie has a pretty bad astigmatism. We ordered her glasses and they finally came in yesterday.


Doesn't she look adorable?







So far she is doing well with them, though I never realized how many rules there would be for a pair of glasses :

- don't touch the lenses
- don't take them off and leave them lying around
- take them off when playing tickling games (with 4 girls there isn't much "rough housing")
- put them in the case when you go to bed at night
- don't let your sisters wear them



And I am sure there are more. Can you think of any???

Amazon.com Girl

So Ellie is our tall, active girl who is probably the girliest of our 4 girls (so far). She loves everything pink, sparkly and will ALWAYS choose a dress or skirt over a pair of pants or shorts. Generally she can be seen walking on her tip-toes, because that is what princesses and ballerinas do.

Well today my girlie girl was in the bathroom and all of a sudden I hear her yelling for me in a panic. "Ahhh!!! Mommy come quick. There is a GIGANTIC spider!!!!"
I run to the bathroom, paper towel in hand to find her on the toilet pointing and shaking at a small dot on the bathroom rug. After I disposed of this vile creature, Ellie asked me, "Wasn't that a HUGE spider!"

"It wasn't really that big sweetheart."

"But it was the most GIGANTIC spider I have EVER seen!!! It was SO scary!!!"

So apparently our Ellie isn't planning on living in the Amazon Rain forest anytime soon.

She is more of an Amazon.com sort of girl :-)

Clean-Up, Clean-Up, Everybody Everywhere...

So I have taken to sweeping up toys as I clean the kitchen floor. Rather than bend over every 5 seconds to pick up a toy that I have asked a child (or children) to pick up at least a dozen times, I choose to act as though I am going to throw it away. In order to prove I mean business, there have been occasions that I have had to throw away a crayon or other such items. The older two girls have learned quickly to examine the pile I am sweeping into, in order to be sure their beloved items are not going to be disposed of soon.

I was at it again this afternoon. Lizzie quickly grabbed some crayons, a drawing and a marble machine piece. Gracie appeared to have found something in the pile as well, and followed her big sister's lead. When I looked to see what she had decided was valuable enough to pick through a pile of kitchen floor dirt, I saw that it was not a toy, or a crayon or even a scrap of paper that a child had made into a piece of artwork. Nope, it was...a goldfish cracker.

Of course it was in her mouth before I could stop her, and since I was cleaning, I chose to let her finish digesting those germs, without putting my unclean hands into her mouth in an attempt to remove the already mushed up, floor-fishy.

Who knew that goldfish crackers were such a valued treasure?

Running

Well Christmas has come and gone, and now to get this post-pregnancy-post-holidays-post-life body into a shape that doesn't resemble a Christmas ornament.

I have NEVER been a runner. In fact, even those that are closest to me have probably never seen me "run". I was just too self-conscious about "doing it wrong" or "looking silly" to even try. Despite my lack of running, I have been intrigued at the idea of marathons. A tangible goal that I could reach for, even if it seemed super far away. Recently I have become even more interested in the thing called "running".

I read about friends' experiences and can't help but wonder if I could... possibly... maybe... Try... running.

Yesterday I mentioned this interest on Facebook, and in a very short period of time had more people respond than I would have ever imagined. The funny thing is that most of the responses lead me to the same place...a program called C25K (Couch to 5k). After looking at it, I think I am going to give it a go.

So tomorrow will mark Week 1 Day 1 for me and hopefully in 9 weeks I will be able to say that I can not only run, but run a 5K.

Anyone want to join me?