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11/19/2005 Archived Entry: "mon-mon"

The wee Anc Fam member has finally given me my due. She said mama. Okay, so she sounds like she's from Jamaica and actually says mon-mon and she's not even a little bit directing this word towards me, but I'll take it as a step in the right direction. The irony is I'm begging the baby to say mama and cringe when the oldest says it because she only uses mama as part of a whiny wail. Usually I'm just Mom.

Speaking of a step in the right direction- like that segway?- Daisy's walking is improving rapidly. Last night we all were on the floor and I had Tabitha in my lap and Daisy comes over to me as if to say "Hey! I want love too!" We sent Tabs to Chris's lap and Daisy soon followed. But she was just walking all over the dining room. She loved all of us sitting on the floor like that as we're her favorite toys.

This morning at hula my mommy head swelled a bit as a few women told me how beautiful my children are and how fun it is to watch the big one dance. See, it's not that she's a great dancer, not with my two left feet gene, but she does it with such enthusiasm that you kind of can't help but watch her. I was actually a bit surprised watching Tabitha today because she had her "I'm so happy that I've gone stoic" look on face and it was during a pretty grueling workout of basics. No complaints after class about how hard it was either. Maybe she's maturing a bit. They went over Hawai'ian vocabulary words which prompted her to pull out her study sheet this evening and write out many of the words in both English and Hawai'ian. One thing that kid loves is foreign words and lists.

Chris did some house stuff that needed taken care of which was rerouting the wires from our satellite dish. After that he finished clearing out a bush in the front yard, then I took out two very small bushes and raked all the debris and leaves. Sadly they had to be left in a large pile as both our auxillary trash cans reached capacity. So there's a leaf pile in the front yard until at least Friday when they'll pick up the trash. Next I need to purchase some red woodchips and stepping stones to make the ugly patch next to my front door look more presentable. I want to Disneyfy it, because I'm geeky that way, but I'm not finding what I want right now so I'll just make it look nice and get the right products when I find them.

Now we've bathed both kids while listeing to station Ethel on XM. Soon we'll be childfree for the evening and we're going to sit back with Wedding Date.