I'm Green. What are you?

I found this on another blog and it looked like fun. The quiz said I'm green and I think it's description is pretty good!

Your Inner Color is Green

Your Personality: You are a high acheiver who is very competitive. You're bound to reach your goals, no matter how lofty.

You in Love: Picky with high standards, it's hard to find your match. You need someone as driven as you are!

Your Career: You need a high profile, challenging career to satisfy you. Consider finance, sales, or running your own company.

Field Day

Today was Field Day at my son's school. He's in kindergarten so this was my first experience with Field Day as a parent. I know I may sound old when I say this, but I'm going to say it anyway. When I was a kid field day was much different. To start, Field day was all day. Today it lasted 90 minutes. (Shouldn't that be called Field hour and a half?)

When I was in school we had teams and each activity had a winner. Today the kids did each activity and there were no teams, no score and no winners.

When I was a kid Field day was always at the end of the school year when it was hot outside. OK, today is the end of the school year, but it was cold and raining today! Guess that has nothing to do with the school. Seriously, today's high is supposed to be 61. Field Day was from 9:30-11:00 this morning. It was about 50 degrees then!

When I was a kid we loved getting wet on Field day. We would toss water balloons and do other water activities. Today, the kids were wet because of the rain. Did you ever do a hula hoop in the rain? Unfortunately, now I have. I know you're probably thinking what could be worse than wet hula hoops? How about that I was given 8 hula hoops and the kids came to me in groups of 20? fun.

The mom next to me was in charge of the parachute. A wet parachute is also a lot of fun! She told me it was getting really heavy towards the end.

On my other side I could see the moms in charge of the 3-legged race. They didn't use something to tie 2 legs together. Instead they used a pillow case and had each child put one leg inside the pillow case. And since kids tend to fall down a lot during a 3-legged race, they had this activity on the sand and dirt section of the playground (aka mud today). So wet pillow cases with muddy shoes being dragged through the mud. Those pillow cases were filthy within minutes. I'm glad I wasn't in the last group of kids who had to use those pillow cases!

Behind me I could see the moms who were in charge of the tug-of-war. This was also done on the mud sand and dirt section of the playground because kids tend to fall while doing tug-of-war. Have you seen the commercials for those new shout wipes to get stains out of your clothes. They could have used a few cases of those next to the tug-of-war.

I was relieved when my time was up and I could finally go inside. They did use the gym for some other activities and the moms who knew better had signed up for those first.

Afterwards they gave out ice cream to all the kids and the volunteers. I passed on the ice cream because my feet were soaking wet and I was slowly turning into a Popsicle myself. All the kids took their ice cream and sat in the rain eating ice cream and shivering. Then the kids were sent back inside.

The kindergarten class are the first ones to eat lunch. Lunch starts at 11:00. So the kids had to hurry up and finish their ice cream so they could get in line for lunch! <> Thank goodness Field day isn't every day and now I'm very glad that Field day is only 90 minutes!

Playing Games

It has been raining here for about 2 weeks straight :( And the high hasn't gotten out of the 50's :( We've been stuck inside for too long! I'm wearing 2 sweaters right now and turned the heat up. This weather is not normal for June, even in Seattle!

Since we were stuck inside again today I was playing some games with my 4 year old. When I got up to check my email and asked if I would lay down on the couch and take a nap with him. He got his bear, his blanket, his stuffed whale and a pillow. We cuddled on the couch for about 20 minutes. I started to fall asleep and suddenly he jumped up and told me that nap time was over! No fair! I told him that I was still tired so he tucked me back in with his blanket and his bear and his stuffed whale and his pillow. I fell asleep, but not for long. My 4 year old wanted to play with his hot wheels cars and decided to use me as the race track! So while I was trying to take the nap that he promised, he started pushing cars up and down my back. I think I was tricked. He told me we were going to take a nap just so that I would lay down and he could use me as a race track.

Disappearing Ear?

In case you missed it, my 4 year old had a bad cut on his ear and we had to go to the ER where they put glue on it. More than 2 weeks have passed now and the glue is just starting to peel off and the scab is going away. When I gave my son a bath last night I checked behind his ear and told him that "the boo boo is almost gone." Later I heard him telling his older brother, "My ear is almost gone now."

When did this happen???

I really have no idea who this happened. It seems like just yesterday my 4 year old fell backwards and hurt himself and now he tells me that he is a big boy and no longer needs the side rail on his bed to keep him from rolling off the bed during the night. He had been saying that he didn't need it anymore for a while. But I didn't believe him, he's only 4 after all. I told him that after his grandparents left I would take it off and he remembered! How could he remember that I said that when he can't even remember to flush every time?! I really thought that would make him forget about it and I could wait till he was at least 10 or 12 to take the rail off the bed. But he did remind me, so I had to take it off this week as promised.

I put a pile of pillows on the floor next to bed thinking that surely he was too little and he would roll off the bed. Then I would be able to but the rail back on again. But no! He went all week without rolling off the bed and finally I had to get rid of the rail permanently!

What happened to my baby?!?! And don't you just hate when the kids are right and you are wrong?!

What I learned in Kindergarten

Yesterday I helped out in my son's kindergarten classroom. The kindergarten classroom next to his had some papers hanging on the wall that the kids made. The papers were titled, "What I learned in kindergarten." Here are a few of my favorites:

I.lernd.how.to.rite

I lrnde hot to red

I lrnd how to reed.

I lrnd letters.

I lrnd to read.

I lernd singing.

I lrnd how too bee the best lin leedr.

I lernd evethig.

Those were so cute!

Also, just to keep updated, the corn cupcakes we made yesterday didn't win any prize in the cake contest :( We'll have to come up with something even more painstaking clever for next year!

Look what we made!

Aren't those cute?! I made the cupcakes today and helped the kids decorate them with jelly beans to look like corn. The butter is really a yellow starburst and the salt and pepper are made with black and white sugar crystals. I found this in a magazine a while ago, but I don't remember which one. I'm not that creative on my own!

We made them because my kindergartner's school is having a cake decorating contest tomorrow. Then the cakes will be sold at the school carnival tomorrow night. He really wants to win a prize. Now I just need to figure out how to transport these :S

Good News and Bad News

I got a "letter" from the county Tax Assessor's Office today. I always hate getting these in the mail. It's never good news. It usually means that you'll end up paying more money soon.

This time there was a chart that has 2 columns. One had the value of my house and land in the 2007 and the other column had the value of my house and land in 2008. It took me a minute to realize that the chart was trying to tell me that the value of my property decreased by 4%. I guess that's not really too bad considering the national housing market right now. But still, I wasn't planning on re-evaluating the economy this afternoon. I was still trying to figure out what to make for dinner when this appeared in front of me.

So after getting a little depressed that I'm out 4% of something I never really had to begin with, I started to think about what it means to me... That must mean that my taxes will be going down! So I was happy for a moment. A very slight moment. I didn't remember seeing any mention of my taxes in the "letter." So I pulled it out again and reread it. Sure enough it didn't mention anything about my tax rate. So I was right the first time, these "letters" are never good news. Basically it said that my house decreased in value but I'll still owe the same or maybe even more taxes this year. Now can someone please pass the rum?!

Love Those Leftovers

It rained all day today. Ok, so it may be Seattle but still, it's not supposed to rain here in June! Yes, it rains September through April and we all just smile and accept it. But it's June 3rd! and I wore a sweater all day! And turned the heat on! and still wanted some hot chocolate! This is crazy!

Ok, enough about the weather. I have some good news. Today I made leftovers for dinner. Yes, I can hear the grunts and moans coming from the peanut gallery over there (I got that peanut gallery saying from my mom. She's the old one, not me.) . The good thing about these leftovers is that I didn't make them in the first place. My husband cooked dinner on Sunday! And he made enough for 2 dinners. So I didn't have to cook dinner twice! Isn't that great?! Aren't you all just jealous! Don't get too jealous. This is a once a year phenomenon... actually I don't think he made dinner in the last year, maybe this is once every 2 years like the Olympics. Anyway, I was happy not to have to cook dinner tonight or on Sunday. Instead I spent the rainy afternoon baking and decorating sugar cookies with my kids and 2 of their friends. After that nightmare fun was over I had a nice rum and coke to go with those leftovers ;)

What's Wrong with my Baby?!

Sorry I haven't been posting for a while. The in laws just left this weekend and I'm just starting to get back to "normal." The kids (and maybe us grown ups too) got so spoiled the last week. You know what they say, it takes two weeks to undo each week spent with the grandparents! My 4 year old was especially whiney and bossy today. I guess he liked being the center of attention all last week. He yelled at me for not bringing the car to the bus stop! And that was how my morning started...

I have a funny story to share about my sister. She lives in Michigan and is 2 years younger than me. Even though we're thousands of miles apart, we're still as close as ever. Her son is just over a year old. Last week he was sitting is his high chair eating dinner when all of a sudden his eyes rolled back in his head and he fell face down on the tray. My sister panicked and called 911. An ambulance came and rushed them to the hospital. The baby had woken up but they thought he had a seizure.

At the hospital they did some tests to see what was wrong and why he had a seizure. But all the tests came back normal. After a few hours one doctor came to my sister and told her the bad news. The baby had fallen asleep at the table. She panicked because her baby fell asleep at the table! Yes, that's what happens when you become a mom, you panic and think the worst of things. I'm not sure which is funnier, that she had to call an ambulance because the baby fell asleep or that the baby was so lazy that he fell asleep eating his dinner! Just glad it wasn't me or my baby because you know I may jump to conclusions at times too ;) Remember that time my son had mad cow disease?!