Dropping Jack off at Primary, they were singing "I Know My Savior Loves Me", which I haven't heard them sing before. The last time I heard it was in Texas, where we all learned it together, with Malina as our music leader. It really caught me off guard how suddenly homesick I was. I pouted the rest of the meetings.... but I don't think anyone could tell, and I did my best to act as if I was having a good time. Fake it til ya make it! On a good note, I made significant progress on my current knitting project (a pull-on soaker for Lily, pink and blue).
When I picked Jack up from his class, I asked him what they talked about in class. I ask him every time, and he never remembers. Hey, he's 4, I'm just happy he's having a good time, right? Well, today he actually remembered, and told me "We talked about choices!"
AND! He colored a picture for me! He usually isn't at all interested in coloring with crayons, but he colored me a picture today! Yay for progress! And I actually remembered later to discuss with him about choices; bringing home the lessons they learn in church is a FABULOUS way to cement those lessons :D
On the way home, poor sleeping Lily woke up and screamed. Not just any scream, the really sad scream. It really is a heartbreaking sound, and it gets me every time. I haven't heard it in months, thankfully, and I thought maybe she never would cry like that again, but I was wrong. We were almost home when ANOTHER light turned red right in front of us. (We live in a downtown, so it takes hours to drive half a mile. Traffic is thick, the lights aren't timed and are very frequent, there's always someone parking or pulling out right in front of you, pedestrians are everywhere, and there are a million alternate routes that are all just as slow. It's supremely frustrating.) I hopped out, grabbed her, and walked home, with her sniffling on my shoulder the whole way. That was SO much nicer than listening to another minute of that sad screaming!
At home, we napped together, ate more of our delicious food from yesterday, watched cartoons, and had home teachers come visit. The kids started to get antsy from too much sugar and TV at about 6pm, so we just went to the park. Lily played feverishly, zoning in on every activity she did, not getting distracted by anything. I took that to mean that she was really tired, so we came home as soon as I noticed the light getting low, and we put that girl to bed. Now Jack is watching more cartoons. He took a button-down shirt off by himself (he is way behind the curve in his self-help skills, so I'm really excited every time he makes progress in that area), then put on his pajama shirt by himself. I worked on planning our week of "school", but I'm at a bit of a loss for most of the week's activities. And now it's almost 10 and time to go to bed!
I got the pics up from the beach yesterday: I love Picasa :D
"Mom, I want on the playground!"
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