Day Seven

Little Lion Strolled into my room this morning at 5:50 AM with a rhetorical question "Can I come in Daddy?" I was up, showered, dressed and ready to put breakfast together, as was he! He had made his bed, brushed his teeth, put his pajamas away, dressed, and had his backpack on to walk out the door.

Little Pumpkin woke a little before normal, probably 20 minutes later. I had opened he door, but we weren't being extra noisy or anything. I definitely got a happy Pumpkin somehow because I got a huge hug, and she started talking, and talking, and talking...

Definitely a happy morning! RJ was up on his own and off to work! I snapped a quick picture before we all shuffled out the door at 6:30.

Breakfast today was buried treasure (vitamins at the bottom of a plastic bowl full of frosted mini wheats, raisins, and fruit loops) with a bowl of grapes and apples, and milk for both. So lucky to happy kids this morning (Little Pumpkin did NOT fall asleep as a happy Pumpkin!!!)

They got to swim today at Spring Hill pool with the Brazillians. Little Lion said they left at "about eight or seven" and they weren't home when I got home at 4:15 this afternoon. I think he may have lost track of time and they actually went in the afternoon. Did anyone see my kids?

Tonight when we got home, they both ate a handfull of saltines they dug out of the back of the drawer (Yuck! and they fought over them too!!) then played in their rooms, before coming out to see what Daddy Lion was doing.

A few months back Ms. Connie from work gave me an old record player after a nostalgic discussion of how I used to sit in my room for what seemed like hours, listening to my 33's and 45's. I dug them out of the attic, and the kids have been listening to them. They've definitely got their favorites, but tonight Little Pumpkin wanted to do "the dog one"which is an old recording of some lady singing "how much is that doggy in the window".

The song is highly repetitious, especially in the format proposed for children of the 70's listening on long play records! Little Lion had heard just about as much as he could handle, twice, and finally remarked "Daddy, why does she keep asking, it says right there how much the dog is!"

So clever, he new the dog was 49¢.

Dinner tonight was breaded chicken sandwiches, with fresh lettuce (couldn't bring myself to buy tomato's, too expensive...) with steamed broccoli and cauliflower, canned peaches and mixed fruit. It must have been good because NOBODY asked for dessert!