Thursday, September 22, 2011

Dad's in Japan

For the past week, Dad has been traveling...out of the country. Elise has done pretty well, sometimes she says she misses him, but we have been trying to explain his absence as best we can. Since he has been in Japan it becomes pretty difficult to determine who is on which day. There is one advantage to being 13 hours apart. Some days it has actually made it possible to talk to him twice in one day. For example, we could talk to him before he goes to bed, which is our morning. And sometimes we would get a chance to talk to him before he headed to work in the morning, which is our evening. This is not the first time he has traveled to Japan, so we both have Skype accounts and have been able to talk for free over the computer. BEST EVER! No more phone cards, or just email.
My computer is not new enough to have the internal microphone or the camera so before the last trip he made we bought a microphone headset that plugs directly into the computer. The best part was when Elise talked to him.






I think she really liked hearing him and being able to tell him the fun things we were doing. Obviously you can tell we went to Kroger. Her favorite phrases for where dad is and what he is doing are:
"Dad is on a field trip."
"Dad is on an airplane." We told her that when he left and that an airplane will bring him back to the airport then he will drive home.
He gets back today, and we (I) am so excited. Hopefully everything goes smoothly and there aren't any delays.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Probably the last time...

The last two days the weather has been pretty warm, so we have been outside a little bit. Our backyard gets too hot in the afternoon to really just hang out. Well, today after Elise's nap, she wanted to go outside, so I asked her if she wanted to play in the water table. So with a resounding "yes" we went outside. I didn't even bother putting her suit on her because it takes more time than it is worth. So I just put some sunscreen on her, filled up the table and let her go.






 Blowing bubbles
I think is she could have she would have climbed into the table.

She had a pretty good time, though it didn't last as long as I thought it might. The only bad part was that I was baking in the sun. We really need to get some shade back there, but that is another project for another day.

Monday, September 12, 2011

No pictures- time?

Where has the time gone?! I can't believe we are almost half way through September. It seems like it was June just a couple of weeks ago. The worst part is that time travels even faster this time of year. MOPS is starting on Wednesday, so we have that to look forward to. I have also signed Elise up for a storytime at the library on Thursdays. It is kind of a month to month thing so we'll see how our schedule turns out and and see if we will continue. I really like going because it gives us something to do out of the house, and we get to check out new books. Since she loves to read books over and over it is best to get new books, at least for our sanity.

The other part that keeps this month moving and I hope it goes quickly is that Bob is going to be traveling to Japan. He leaves on Saturday and will be back on Thursday afternoon. I am sure it will go quickly, but sometimes those days just drag. I hope the weather stays nice so we can make a trip to the zoo or something. I also think that Grammie might come to visit, so that should be fun!

I wish I could say that I have a bunch of pictures just waiting to be posted, but I don't. I have somehow become lazy. I can't even make up some kind of excuse, other that just busy with life. I am hoping to try a little harder and be a little more organized with our activities and my procrastination.