Monday, May 04, 2009

Hairball!

Here's a quick photo of Finn sleeping. I honestly have no idea how or why he's on his side like this.
Maggie is in "quiet time" right now in her room as naps are a thing of the past for her. She just opened her door and asked me, "Mama...if I eat hair will I get a hairball?" (I can't remember why but one day we were talking about hairballs...weird, I know, but I think it had something to do with cats.) I told her, "Ummm...yes, you definitely will get a hairball if you eat hair."
She said, "Okay, I thought so but I just forgot. Good thing I was just TASTING it then, and not EATING it." She then turned around and shut the door.

We are trying to get Maggie into preschool for the fall (as of now she hasn't ever gone to school or mother's day out). I was going to wait until the year before kindergarten so I could keep her home with me as long as possible, but now I think it would be really good for her so we're frantically searching for one with openings. Basically we're having no luck at all! If anyone knows of a good preschool that has some miraculous opening, please let me know! I've thought for a while that she would really love school but I guess I selfishly just wanted to keep her with me as long as possible. I think it would really help her in her interactions with other kids (remember I said she was having trouble in the nursery at church?). She has a tendency to get a little aggressive sometimes and I have tried everything I can think of, to no avail. I think being in school and watching other kids obey and interact would really help her, and I've heard from a lot of parents that it's helped their kids.

I don't have any news in Finn's world right now. His life is pretty basic: eat, sleep, poop, cry, stretch, and stare at the artwork on our walls. You know how childcare books always talk about babies preferring black and white/high contrast things over pastels? Well, I find that to be true with Finn. He could stare for ten minutes at the painting over our couch.
(By the way, one of my best friends and an amazing artist and photographer, Tiffany Dupree, painted this. If you like it, commission a painting from her or hire her to photograph your family! Go to her website here.) Also, don't mind the weird gradiation in the middle of the photograph - it's my camera phone, not the painting.

I hear him waking up so I better go get him!

1 comment:

Jill Robinson said...

Riley is going to Miss Heather (Field)'s home school. She has done great there! She goes 4 days a week and it is amazing. Heather taught John Mark to read way before kindergarten and now he is reading on a 2nd grade level. And Riley is on her way there too! Let me know if you want more info. The good thing is that there is always an opening!