Totally random things today.
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There is a reason why they say patience is a virtue. Sometimes I think I am the most patient person in the world, and then I am reminded in a second that I must constantly learn and re-learn the virtue of patience. This will be quite necessary for my survival this winter. The weather here is affording me some snippets here and there of practice for this upcoming winter; today it was a mere 48 degrees (but, with a cold wind) which meant thick coats and loosening of car seat straps to ensure that these three padded girlies fit into their seats. The padding does, however, help Abrie to sit nicely in the grocery cart at Giant. She is less likely to flop to one side or the other, and she kept smiling the entire time this morning while she was in the grocery cart. I'm thinking she thought it was the coolest thing ever to be a "big girl!"
Ironically, it is supposed to get back into the low 60's within the next few days.
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I love our new neighborhood. It took me a little while to acclimate myself to our new house, but I truly do love where we live. It's definitely becoming our "home" faster than I thought could be possible.
The neighborhood is my favorite thing. There are some of the coolest places to take pictures. I love all of the alley-ways and the interesting old houses. Our house is from the 60's, but there are so many that are closer to 100 years old. I love that Redner's is a 5-minute walk for me. I love that I can see the mountain (Mt. Penn) from outside of our house. I love that there are so many old trees around that the girls have tons of leave to crunch their feet in when we go for walks. I love that even Abrie appreciates her surroundings-- I took her for a walk this afternoon while my big girls stayed with Dan, and she "talks" almost the entire time. I'm always asking her, "what do you see?" and she'll just ooooh and aaah.
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Totally random, but my little Disney aficionados and I were trying to think of all the Disney characters in the movies that have common voices for their characters. We even made a list. This is what happens in the mornings when Daylight savings time has ended, I mess up and set the clocks ahead an hour instead of back an hour, get myself ready at 5am thinking it's 7am (and in doing so, wake up the rest of my clan), and we have nothing to do while waiting for Dan to get home from work and waiting for Maddie's stiff neck to alleviate itself. Ha! This is what we came up with (and there's lots more, but this is what we thought of on that particular day)-- I love doing stuff like this.. they sit there and concentrate so intensely, and it's cute:
White Rabbit from 'Alice in Wonderland' and Smee from 'Peter Pan'
Duchess from 'Aristocats' and Bianca from 'The Rescuers'
Fairy Godmother from 'Cinderella' and Flora from 'Sleeping Beauty' AND Nanny from '101 Dalmations'
Alice from 'Alice in Wonderland' and Wendy from 'Peter Pan'
Cheshire Cat from 'Alice in Wonderland' and Kaa from 'Jungle Book'
Baloo from 'Jungle Book' and Thomas O'Malley from 'Aristocats' AND Little John from 'Robin Hood'
Chief from 'Fox and the Hound' and Sheriff of Nottingham from 'Robin Hood'
Mowgli from 'Jungle Book' and Wart from 'Sword in the Stone'
Bert's uncle from 'Mary Poppins' and Mad Hatter from 'Alice in Wonderland'
Gideon from 'Pinocchio' and Dopey from 'Snow White'
Bashful from 'Snow White' and big Flower from 'Bambi'
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I just love my girls. I truly don't know what I would do without them.
Right now as I type, my sweet baby girl is passed out in her crib-- green blankie tucked under her little arm, and her princess blankie draped over her. If only my USB port were working, I could upload all of her sweet smiley pictures from today. She is a little gem.
My Faith-y girl is passed out next to her hero, her Dee. They are two peas in a pod those girls. Faith is asleep in a Belle dress-up dress. And, Maddie is passed out with her braids still in her hair (today she wanted a 'Giselle' hair-do) and her arm around her Ariel doll who is dressed in a nightgown.
I've been blessed with three sweet girls.
3 comments:
Your area is stunning. We visited Gettysburg for a wedding earlier this year and tried "Giant". It's a nice grocery! We loved exploring the different countryside there, and the rich history at your fingertips is amazing.
Thanks for the comment. Shedds was awesome. The original building and oceanarium are stunning. We are about 5 hours south of Chicago. We went for a 3 day weekend in September. We packed the days. I could have easily stayed a week or more.
I didn't get to see enough of Gettysburg. We squeezed in a walk through the national cemetery, which was certainly huumbling, and a visit to the museum. I can't recall the name of the interactive painting in the museum now but it was amazing. I had to cover my son's ears during the cannon fire.
I had to look it up. It would have driven me crazy. We went to the Gettysburg Visitors Center and Cyclorama.
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