2009 June « An accountable tortoise

I don’t know how Elsie kept her mouth from going dry

Lily dipped both hands in the barbecue drain pot, leaving them covered in black, tar-like grease that marked everything and person she touched and took a good deal of soap to wash off,
Elsie ate a large bowl strawberry shredded wheat without the help of milk,
Timmy asked if he could learn to play piano even though he's still learning to read and worked on learning the names of the 7 notes and the names of his fingers,
Abby finished "The Magician's Nephew" and "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" and started reading "The Horse and His Boy,"
Kate had a 4-hour achievement day party,
Gina, managed to recreate an amazing soup that we had at Souper Salad (adobe chicken), and
I received the first two submissions to There and Then Magazine.

Lily has begun removing her pants and diaper and leaving little puddles,
Elsie got covered with mud today while making many "chocolate" goodies outside,
Timmy was the first to change into his swimming suit and go play in the huge puddles left by the rain,
Abby played us a long piano song that she wrote,
Kate made mini-tacos out of tortilla chips for lunch for Father's day,
Gina started the fourth Fable Haven book, and
I wrote the last two chapters of the first draft of my first novel.

Lily has indulged her toothpaste obsession several times this week, most recently covering her hands and face in the sticky minty stuff,
Elsie said "lets go tell on ourselves," and
Timmy said "no, lets just go tell them." Then they came to us and Timmy said "Lily got hurt,"
Abby memorized a new piano song,
Kate had a blast at a three hour Activity Day party and still talks about it from time to time,
Gina had a great time with Katie Giras in Albuqueque, and
I frightened Gina by looking to see how much it would be to buy all the seasons of "Star Trek, the Next Generation." (To her relief it is way too expensive–note: this is not a gift hint! There are a lot of things I would way rather have for $290!)

Lily has been taking medicine for her ear infection and keeps worrying that Gina will put the medicine in her ears,
Elsie wants to have 5, 6, or a trillion kids,
Timmy had a great birthday and went upstairs to bed singing to himself "I'm six! I'm six!"
While we were all making small model houses Abby went and made a huge gorgeous model home,
Kate got a blazing fire going by gathering a huge amount of dry pine needles and branches,
Gina made great Dutch oven rolls and a nice set of tin foil dinners, and
I was relieved to find out that both Gina and Abby love the hair cuts I gave them.