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Jun. 2nd, 2006 03:55 amI think Ananda had a great birthday. I made her, as per her request, a double layered, heart shaped chocolate cake, with strawberry filling and whipped cream frosting. The girl has good taste ;) To me, it tasted like my wedding (very similar to the cakes Laura made us), and that made me feel really sweet and warm and helped to offset Ye Olde Husband suffering through crabby and irritable caffeine withdrawals o_O
I gave her a big gift bag with all of her gifts from us layered in it with tissue paper - mermaid she's been pining for, Hermione doll that she LOVES, headbands, babylegs, and purse with change purse. The skirt I was going to make her turned out to be the dress I planned out, measured and cut - I let her help me pin it today and make plans for the rest of the fabric. She said I "should start making all of our clothes, and then we could get rid of all the ones that aren't homemade".
My mother in law is awesome. She burst in sing-songing "This is for the birthday girl!!" with 6 roses in a vase, and a balloon, and a gift bag similar to mine, but layered up with the kind of silly things from Claire's that any little girl would adore - necklaces, bracelets, tiny office supplies made of pink plastic, and eleventy billion flavored lipglosses.
After dinner the two of went to see Over the Hedge together. It was awful for the first half, but then picked up a bit and I walked out feeling it had entertained me. She thought it was hilarious.
My brother is really great. I think he is getting a lot out of being here.
1. He really enjoys feeling useful, and/or being good at anything. He washed all the strawberries for Annie's cake filling for me, and cut the tops off and chopped them up, and I could tell it was cool for him for her to know he helped make her cake. And Grant and he cleared out Grant's office, and he did a lot of up and down the ladder kind of attic work, and it was obvious that he digs feeling big and strong and needed.
2. He is such a kickass uncle. He takes them out jumping on the trampoline and leads games that he makes up, and he holds Jake for me while I do this or that. He's gotten over being squeamish about naked toddlers or diapers being changed around him, though he still groans when I whip out the boob. Hey, he doesn't leave the room anymore, right?
3. And he is not nearly as picky about eating as he used to be. I mean when I make a frittatta for breakfast or scones for tea, he gives it a funny look, but still tries it. And even when he doesn't like what's for dinner, like last night with red beans and rice, he still eats some because "it's food". And sits with us and prays with us without whining.
I think I'll keep him. (Hear that, mom? Bwahahaha)
Really though, it's interesting to me how Robbie doesn't bother me AT ALL when Bob is here too. It's like Bobby is so protective of the kids that I don't worry about Robbie getting away with anything with them with him around - AND Bob kind of picks on Robbie/gives him a hard time, so I feel bad for him and, I don't know...it's just an altered dynamic and he seems like a young kid rather than a bad influence, "older" kid. Also, cooking dinners for NINE people (or more, if Laura or Mindy drops in) and trying to clean up after them and having children breaking off into groups because there are 6 here, has given me some perspective on having more kids. And, sigh, damn if I don't dig it.
In this same vein of large families, check out this article. Particularly the first couple and last couple of paragraphs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060601/ap_on_re_as/japan_birth_rate
Last I have a couple of pictures ( Just for Noel )
I gave her a big gift bag with all of her gifts from us layered in it with tissue paper - mermaid she's been pining for, Hermione doll that she LOVES, headbands, babylegs, and purse with change purse. The skirt I was going to make her turned out to be the dress I planned out, measured and cut - I let her help me pin it today and make plans for the rest of the fabric. She said I "should start making all of our clothes, and then we could get rid of all the ones that aren't homemade".
My mother in law is awesome. She burst in sing-songing "This is for the birthday girl!!" with 6 roses in a vase, and a balloon, and a gift bag similar to mine, but layered up with the kind of silly things from Claire's that any little girl would adore - necklaces, bracelets, tiny office supplies made of pink plastic, and eleventy billion flavored lipglosses.
After dinner the two of went to see Over the Hedge together. It was awful for the first half, but then picked up a bit and I walked out feeling it had entertained me. She thought it was hilarious.
My brother is really great. I think he is getting a lot out of being here.
1. He really enjoys feeling useful, and/or being good at anything. He washed all the strawberries for Annie's cake filling for me, and cut the tops off and chopped them up, and I could tell it was cool for him for her to know he helped make her cake. And Grant and he cleared out Grant's office, and he did a lot of up and down the ladder kind of attic work, and it was obvious that he digs feeling big and strong and needed.
2. He is such a kickass uncle. He takes them out jumping on the trampoline and leads games that he makes up, and he holds Jake for me while I do this or that. He's gotten over being squeamish about naked toddlers or diapers being changed around him, though he still groans when I whip out the boob. Hey, he doesn't leave the room anymore, right?
3. And he is not nearly as picky about eating as he used to be. I mean when I make a frittatta for breakfast or scones for tea, he gives it a funny look, but still tries it. And even when he doesn't like what's for dinner, like last night with red beans and rice, he still eats some because "it's food". And sits with us and prays with us without whining.
I think I'll keep him. (Hear that, mom? Bwahahaha)
Really though, it's interesting to me how Robbie doesn't bother me AT ALL when Bob is here too. It's like Bobby is so protective of the kids that I don't worry about Robbie getting away with anything with them with him around - AND Bob kind of picks on Robbie/gives him a hard time, so I feel bad for him and, I don't know...it's just an altered dynamic and he seems like a young kid rather than a bad influence, "older" kid. Also, cooking dinners for NINE people (or more, if Laura or Mindy drops in) and trying to clean up after them and having children breaking off into groups because there are 6 here, has given me some perspective on having more kids. And, sigh, damn if I don't dig it.
In this same vein of large families, check out this article. Particularly the first couple and last couple of paragraphs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060601/ap_on_re_as/japan_birth_rate
Last I have a couple of pictures ( Just for Noel )
