Vroom Vroom

Today my daughter (my daughter!) who is only 9 months old was playing with one of Jordan's toy cars, and running it along the ground and making the cutest little car noises. I was absolutely amazed. First of all, isn't she a bit young for that? And secondly (and most importantly) isn't she supposed to be my little girlie-girl? I need an ally against all the maleness going on around here. I mean, I grew up surrounded by girls, and spent the last 4 years alone with the boys when Kar. wasn't here. And Karlye loves sports just as much as the rest of them! If Sasha continues on this path she's going to love sports, hate dresses, despise pink...and then what will I do? Ah well, I suppose I will love her either way. And I do have the consolation of having a son who seems quite interested in both sewing and crocheting. Yesterday I sat down on the couch to do some mending and when I suggested that he could do his "sewing card" from pre-school because he was bored he thought that was an awesome idea and "sewed" quite happily and with intense concentration for almost an hour. At least I have the satisfaction of knowing that my kids are being given every opportunity to be well rounded and free of traditional sexist roles, right?

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• Last week Sasha got stung on the corner of her mouth by a wasp. I think she was trying to eat it. Thank God she didn't.
  
• Jordan took swimming lessons this summer and passed both the Preschool Begining and Preschool Intermediate levels. In a week he went from being afraid of the water to swimming like a fish.


• Summer has flown by; Jordan starts school in two weeks.


• My parents and the kids are going through some tough times - please keep them in your prayers.


• Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain...and yet more rain.


• We took the kids to a Madison Mallards baseball game and in spite of overcrowding, extreme heat, sun in our eyes, and a very late bedtime we survived and had a fair amount of fun.


• Justin and I went to a Brewer's game this weekend, and they won. We thought we helped them break their losing streak, but then they lost again yesterday. Too bad.
• We got to have Karlye all last week because she's finally done with her myriad summer activities.