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08/05/2005 Archived Entry: "movie time"
Chris is on a special project at work and is working 10 hour days right now. Couple that with the drive and his commitment to the play and we basically aren't seeing him at all right now. I get roughly an hour with him from the time he comes home to the time we go to bed but that's it. No days off either. It's only a short-term project with a definite ending date so we're all coping as best as we can knowing that it's very temporary. But let me tell you, three o' clock rolls around and I really miss him. That's when he's usually getting home and also usually taking over the baby until after dinner. She, however, is cooperating for her mom beautifully and taking extra long naps to give me a break during the day. Anyway, tonight is opening night for Chris's play and I'm sending lots of "break a leg" vibes to him :)
Tabitha lost another tooth yesterday so she started off the day by seeing what the tooth fairy brought her. The tooth fairy usually brings a dollar and a toothbrush, but since she was just here with a toothbrush two weeks ago, she decided to just leave a five dollar bill instead. I actually think Tabitha was disappointed in just getting money though, so I don't think the tooth fairy will make that decision again. Receiving the fiver brings Tabitha over the amount she needs to buy a toy she's been saving for but the little miser still won't buy it because then she'd only have three dollars left and that's too little in her opinion. She did not learn this fabulous characteristic from me, lol.
Tabitha offically finished all her lower case cursive today and will start the capitals tomorrow. She is quite excited about that prospect. Those lessons go very quickly because it's not one letter per day, more like four or five and then a bit of review. I think I'm going to get a review program in a couple months so she can brush up on her technique. Until then, I'll just have her do some daily writing in addition to all the writing she does in the course of a day for both lessons and just stuff she comes up with on her own.
Miss Daisy has learned how to get up on all fours and tonight I observed her moving her knees properly for crawling. Alas, her hands stayed firmly planted on the floor so she did not gain any ground. It's so exciting to watch her learn and explore!
After dinner tonight we laid out our quilt in the living room and watched Pooh's Heffalump Movie that I Tivo'd from PPV. Tabitha and I both enjoyed it very much. There was a mommy love theme going throughout the end of the movie and it has affected my sensitive chickadee. She had me sing her special song an extra time and has requested to fall asleep with her door slightly ajar. I don't mind the love, I just hope she can sleep peacefully.
Speaking of sleeping peacefully, there is major construction going on near here and we've been hearing it all day long. I sincerly hope they are not on a 24 hour schedule and plan to knock it off sometime soon. My baby is rolling around, I assume due to the noise, and the dogs in the neighborhood are letting it be known that they are unhappy. Thankfully, my own dog is not contributing to the noise pollution.
