randomness

There's nothing exciting to tell you about today, but to fulfill my NaBloPoMo responsibility for the day, I'll share some random thoughts with you.

*Last week they tore up our sidewalks to put in new handicapped ramps. We spent many hours staring out the window at the big trucks and machines working.

*This week they're tearing up our streets! We've already spent much time this morning staring out the window at the big trucks and machines working. If I had a boy, he'd be in truck heaven at my house! As it is, she's every bit as interested, so it's providing great entertainment.

*Last week was the first full week without a morning nap. She just kind of gave it up on her own (I thought she never would--how many 18 month olds take two naps a day?). Since naptime was when I took a shower and got dressed, I had to institute a new showering policy. Around 9:00 every morning I've been taking her up and putting her in her crib with toys to play with (toys she doesn't ordinarily play with so they're more fun). She plays while I get ready. She's done pretty well with it, although when I get out of the shower I usually hear her yelling, "All Done! All Done!" every couple of minutes until I come get her.

*Right now as I type this she's watching "Jack's Big Music Show" on Noggin--it's probably her favorite half hour of the day. They're singing, "March, march, march, march...." and she's marching right along with them. She's very into music, dancing, jumping, and so forth.

*This morning for breakfast we had Honeynut Cheerios. There's a bee on the box (partially because it's honey, and partially in advertisement for the new Bee movie that's coming out). All through breakfast she kept looking at the box and saying "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz." It's one of her favorite "animal" sounds.

*After breakfast we went upstairs and I was putting clothes away in her room while she was playing in the guest room (that's where the CD player is and she likes to go in there and dance, plus she has some toys in there). Her pumpkin costume was laying on the bed in there, and she got it down and was carrying it around. Then she brought it to me and kept holding it up to me. I finally took it from her and said, "Thank you!" Well, she held out her arms, waiting for me to put it on her! So I did. Then she stooped down to get the hat and held that up to me, too. So I put that on her. She got the biggest smile on her face, and then ran into my bedroom to look at herself in the full length mirror, cracking herself up at how funny she looked. She ran around upstairs with it on, dancing to the music, for quite awhile. I guess Halloween isn't over at our house (well, it is now, because after we took it off I hung it up and put it back in the closet).

See, I told you it would be random!
Have a great day!