WOOHOO!!!!

They found my car!!!! Do you know how excited I am?!?! I couldn't believe it! Someone called it in. It was stolen for the stereo(which is super old so I hope it was worth their time) haha! They took the floormats-which were wonderful and they don't have at our Costco anymore =( some cd's -I hope they enjoy Jeff Goodrich...and they took the birthday present that was intended for Danica's friend's birthday party yesterday. I hope they enjoy their new playdoh set and learn-to-read Dora book. =) =) =) !!!!!! SO EXCITED! oh, and the Springfield Police Dept will give me a free "the club" =)

Halloween Decor

I've been feeling like kind of a bum mom lately(because i am) so I decided to make halloween decorations with Danica. She thought it was great fun(she's not hard to please). We made a few pumpkins and some ghosts. I was going to hang the ghosts at varying lengths in the window but alas I am far too lazy and they are simply sitting on the window sill. Danica really, really wanted to make square pumpkins but i won the battle. wahaha!

There is no love!

Okay, this has NOT been my week... MY CAR GOT STOLEN!!! who does that??? Anyhow. If anyone is in the area, could you keep an eye out for it and have people do likewise? It's a tan '94 Accord. It has crater lake plates on it CK 25926. -just call the police if you see it. Thanks for any help!

Dinner Conversation

Today Danica and I were sitting at the table eating lunch when we had a conversation about a plate. She was using a plate she made at a primary activity a little while back that has CTR painted in the middle and then the outside she painted orange and red. She's always pretending to read things and she starts to say "I am a child of..." and I cut in and say "it says CTR. It stands for 'Choose the right.'" Her response,"Oh, because Heavenly Father doesn't want us choosing left?" "Exactly."

Filler

So I noticed that I haven't blogged anything in 3 weeks and felt guilty. I also haven't really done anything in 3 weeks either. I'll try and make the little things I did sound like I have a super exciting life. Hmm... drawing a blank. School started. This means my hubby eats, sleeps and breathes calculus. Well he could be doing other homework but it all looks the same to me. I'm very thankful he likes school. If it were me having to do that he would be hearing me whine about having to do it day and night. =) It also means I have a consistent work schedule again. (no comment)

I've been on a hunt for some new furniture(random things) for ages now and have been checking craigslist daily hoping to catch just the right thing. This past week I found a bed for Danica that I(and she) love. It has an area for a fort underneath it and a slide so of course the 4 yr old is excited. I also found a book shelf for my room because regardless of us having three bookshelves already we have too many books! I love books. Children's books are my favorite. It is very obvious which books are Rob's verses mine...though maybe not so obvious which books are Danica's vs. mine. haha.

Danica has one more day of soccer so we have that to look forward to but I've got to find something else to put her in afterwards. She loves soccer; I wish the season were longer. Rob seems to frown on a dance class so we might have to wait til basketball starts.

I'm addicted to fanfiction...does anyone else read it? I've only read some on the Tamora Pierce and Sherwood Smith sites. Yep, definitely a bookworm.

So I've learned that telling a secret to a 4 yr old pretty much guarantees that the world will know. Everywhere we go she asks if she can tell so and so "the secret." So I'm sorry to those of you who are finding out after the lady behind me in line at Value Village, that we are expecting. Does anyone else think pregnancy should be 3ish months long. It's taken a lot of effort to convince Danica that no, she can't be pregnant too. She's decided I'm having a boy AND a girl but if I force her to choose she seems to want a little brother. I can't remember ever wanting a little brother; though I sure wanted a little sister. Anyhow. It's far too early for us to be telling people safely so I'll just post if something goes amiss. And I would like to note that the previously mentioned ginger snaps were in no way related.

Is anyone else loving that it's been SO sunny!!!

I simply don't think there is anything else I can come up with to talk about. Except that we're being serenaded by our neighbor on the guitar. He plays well. But Rob still wants to move. We got our shower fixed!!! That could be a whole post right there but can I say that it's wonderful!

Danica asked me if she could take pictures the other day of her dad and I find a handful of pictures equally impressive as this one. (I wasn't present for the pictures) Rob says he prefers this picture to how he looks in the family pic we took on Sunday. haha.

One of the aforementioned photos.

Soccer!!

Tonight Danica had her first Tot Soccer practice. She LOVED it. It was dreary and rainy-so perfect soccer weather. There was about a bazillion kids so at times it was chaotic but I thought the "coaches"(a girl's soccer team) did a real good job managing the group. At first Danica was kinda whiney and didn't want to go out but it only took a moment before she was literally jumping up and down, shrieking, because she was so excited. They played simon says for a little bit. After messing up a few times Danica would look around at the group before doing whatever Simon said.

The kids also practiced dribbling around cones, shooting between flags and throwing the ball over their heads.

I apologize for the fuzzy pictures. I don't know how to work a camera.

Near the end a bunch of the kids were just rolling around in the ground or running free around the field so Danica worked with her coach one-on-one practicing headers(which I saw her succeed once and she was excited about later) and the girl had her try and steal the ball.

It was all fun to watch. Rob made fun of me because I was the only one taking pictures. What is with these other parents?! Sheesh...

Rob's first post

Yes, this will be my first post of really anything on this Internet doo-hickamuhbob. I managed to hold the line against temptation from the usual gossip breeding grounds such as myspace and facebook, but only to succumb to the yuppiest most self promoting machination of them all... a blog. My fingers quiver while contemplating what political lancet or haughty wisdom scraps I deign to chuck to my starved reading base... huh... oh no, yah I am... love you too... So umm yah melissa "isn't sure she trusts [me] to blog," -why? my guess is as good as yours. I guess this is a "family" blog, i.e. what I will call the flog.

Well, every flogging should begin with someone stealing something. In this case the culprit was Danica. She is the first to rise in our home and usually in the middle of some fantastic adventure or serious undertaking by the time her parents get up. Lately she has been getting up with a stuffed panda down her pants. My query: "Hey kiddo, why is there a panda in your PJs?" Response: "Because it's my baby, do want to hold him daddy?" I did, but I had to be very gentle with his head and blankie. A few minutes later "I stole some of mommy's cookies." She is apparently still sensitive to guilt and is referring to Mel's ginger snaps. they were too alluring for the 4 year old, but I respected her honesty and had a really good discussion on stealing that was of course immediately forgotten.

Lately Mel and I have had the honor to help out in nursery with her parents who are the nursery monitors/directors/leaders? I have had the time of my life since week one, and even Mel admits she likes being part of the excitement. Cuteness aside, it is a kick to help them learn to play nice with eachother, try to quiet them down for prayer, pop bubbles etc. My ace in the hole is pretending to eat plastic food, it just never gets old.

Today I had court. I am a Victim Advocate in the circuit court. I just passed my year mark a month ago so I have been upgraded to having my hand scanned. This is so I don't have to wait behind the hundred or so jurors that apparently always finish lunch when I arrive and have never been through a metal detector before. The secret is to take all the metal off your person and give it to security the first time or else you have to back and through again and again until you get it right while everyone waits. Luckily, since I am a part of the DA's office and am forbidden to so much as utter a word to them, the secret is safe with me. Also I got my first murder case. The only reason really is because I speak spanish (the victims are spanish speaking), actually it would just be attempted murder as everyone is alive... anyway I usually am a bit cavalier with these things so, on the topic of murder, Mel and I went to the Oregon v. Utah game.

It looks like she has already mentioned this with accompanying pictures (you'll find no such media from me). It has been a fun season despite the black clouds looming up from california for us later in the year, and not helped by the usual season killing injury count. It has been great watching our friends play since all three get to start this year, if you count special teams, and I do.