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September 08, 2005
August retrospective
So I sent in an order to Shutterfly with the Back to School sale. Not that I have any back to school pictures. But I thought--August roundup time.
We start in mid August. We did the Snooze at the Zoo. You pitch a tent at the zoo, after winning a lottery for a chance to do it. It cost too much and the weather was only OK. And Miranda got sick, so I suppose that colors my memory.
Rob and the kids in the bike-trailer-converted-to-a-stroller.
Miranda had been a bit sick the week before, but it didn't come to a head until she vomited in the tent at the zoo. And then in the car on the way home. A trip to Urgent Care later, she has a sinus infection and a budding double ear ache. She starts antibiotics.
But she looked like this for most of the month. I didn't intentioanlly take a picture of her sickness. I wanted to get a picture of her shirt. We bought the shirt in Waco. The Texas map flaked off after 7 wearings. So my mom made this awesome version.
After the zoo and before Miranda's birthday, I became increasingly sick. I lost my voice for three days. I felt terrible. Finally on her birthday, I crawled in to a doctor to try antibiotics too. They were very harsh on my system...but I do feel better now that it is over.
Miranda's Birthday!! August 25, a banner day.
She smiled all day. She felt better. She even got to go to the park with friends. Yay friends!!
She felt better, but I felt too crappy to make the homemade ladybug cake we planned to make. Thank goodness Grandma stopped at the grocery store.
After her birthday, we have a day delay and then Party Time!!
After the incredible success of last year's bouncy house, we reneted one this year too. Hello Kitty was great.
I have no idea why I love the falling bouncy house pictures so much. I am thinking these would make great Xmas cards? No?
This is one of my favorite scenes from the party. Ring Around the Rosie in a bouncy house. How fun.
For about two weeks, Miranda talked about her birthday cake. I knew I was going to Jewel becasue I like their cakes. Miranda wanted dragons, cherries and balloons. I went to the baker and explained and she was so great. She came up with a scene in which the Dragontales dragons were next to a cherry tree. She put on maraschino cherries. She put balloons in the sky. She even wrote Happy Birthday Miranda. How cool is that? I was so impressed. And the cake tasted good too!
And Henry...he got sick too. He went to the doctor on the last day of the month. Turns out he couldn't sleep because he had an ear infection. Oh my. Antibiotics all around.
But isn't he adorable? He thinks he should always travel by laundry basket. Even if he only weights 22 pounds...not gonna happen.
Is it any wonder I was looking forward to September?
Posted by sarah at 08:18 AM
September 07, 2005
harry rabbit
I am so bad...I didn't even take photos of the first day of school. And it was yesterday, and I didn't even post about it. Miranda went in well yesterday and not so well this morning. We have to figure out how to get into the room. She does fine once school is on. Today she learned about cubes and even had to find cubes when she got home. Unfortunately, her "cw" and "u" sounds aren't quite right. I thought she wanted to find clues. It sounded too odd for her teacher to ask us to find clues. So we wandered through the words it might be...and she said "not rectangles" and I said, "cubes!" And she thought, "well, duh, that's what I've been saying."
Miranda has called Henry "Harry" almost from the beginning. I can see how the nickname evolved. And today Henry was being awfully bad. Grandma said, "Henry Robert!" And Miranda said, "Harry Rabbit!" And I laughed, even if I probably shouldn't.
I am gearing up to try again to get Miranda into speech therapy at school. She has articulation issues. She may outgrow them; she may not. I am swayed by the medical view of speech therapy that one should try to fix problems earlier. Of course, with budget concerns, the school district is probably hoping she will outgrow them. I am not trying to mock Miranda so at some future date she reads these archives and thinks what a cruddy thing to do. She'll hate me for all new teenage issues by then, right :) I understand most of what Miranda says...and I can figure out 99%. Today with the word "cubes" I saw that especially when I can't see her speak (we were in the car) I don't get it all. And if I don't get it all, then most other adults miss most of what she says. They don't get to hear her say "wrap him up in toilet paper and throw him down the elevator" when we wonder aloud what to do with naughty Henry. And they might not understand her songs or jokes or funny stories. And that's a shame. Because Miranda has quite a sense of humor and loves talking.
And so if I were organized, I'd probably make a handy blog category for speech issues. Like "piss" instead of "purse." Which makes me giggle. Instead I'll add them as I think of them. And I will note her mounting frustration. And that she gets louder when you don't understand--like the stereotypes of the unilingual American who shouts English louder and louder at foreigners to make them understand.
Posted by sarah at 08:14 PM