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I was just posting something over on my Katherine-isms site and noticed that I'm the only one that's been there, and it occurred to me that maybe some of you didn't realize that I had a separate blog for Katherine-isms now. I have a link to it in my blog roll over on the right hand side, if you want to take a gander. Or here is a link , if you prefer. :)

Trick or Treat!

I can't believe that Halloween has already come and gone! As usual, it was lots of fun to get the girls all dressed up and go trick-or-treating. Fortunately, Katherine got all of her artwork cleaned up in time - I was really not looking to enforcing that particular consequence if she didn't get it done. The weather was nearly perfect. It was really nice and warm. The only drawback was that we got sprinkled on for a little while, but even that was not a big deal - just a very light sprinkle. Poor Emma had woken up during the night before Halloween with a fever and a headache, so she had to stay home from school and miss whatever festivities were going on there, and she still was feverish about an hour before the trunk-or-treat started. So, I gave her some Motrin and by the time it was time to go she was as good as new (Hooray for Motrin!). That kept her going until we were done making the rounds, but it wore off right at the end when we stopped to trick-or-treat at Aunt Wendy's house, where she zonked out on the couch. But, she ended up with a giant sack full of candy, so it was all worth it....at least from a kid perspective.

Play Ball!

Emma decided not to play soccer this year and, since it was Katherine's first year playing, I was kinda glad. It's hard for two parents to be in three places at once. As it was, I think I only made it to one whole game of Sariah's. It's been a lot of fun this season, though. It is so fun (and hilarious) to watch the teams in Katherine's age group play soccer! There were a couple of little girls that would get the ball and just keep on running way beyond the field until one of the coaches was able to catch up and get them back to the game. Katherine mostly just followed the other players around, admiring their long hair, or their shoes, or their uniforms. I think she was starting to catch on to the game a bit just as the season ended, though. She has had a wonderful coach who, as far as I can tell, must have infinite patience. Four-year-old girls are not the easiest creatures to deal with. :)

Sariah has had a good coach, too. She is really quite tough on the players, but in a good way. I was a little concerned at first, because she made it quite clear from the get-go that she was not going to go easy on them. But she makes it fun for them and I think all the hard work has paid off. I think Sariah has really improved and is not as timid as she used to be. The coach won't let her play goalie yet, though, which is kind of frustrating for Sariah (it's her favorite position), so we're going to have to work on those dives and drop kicks in the off-season....in the snow....and the rain...and the mud...Or maybe we'll just wait until the spring season starts. :P

Graffiti

I remember Emma going through a coloring-on-the-wall phase when she was about 2 1/2. She had received some bath crayons for Christmas, and she figured that since it was okay to draw on the wall in the bath, it must be perfectly acceptable to draw on any other wall in the house. But it was okay...she was only 2 1/2 and her confusion was understandable. We made it clear the drawing on the wall was a big no-no, and the problem was quickly resolved. Katherine, however, has no such excuse. She is 4 1/2 years old. She has no reason to believe that it is acceptable to draw on the wall (and carpet, and toys). And yet, that doesn't seem to deter her in the least. The first time she did this, I corrected her, she apologized and promised never to do it again. The second time, I put her in time out for longer than usual, and took her crayons away. And she apologized and promised never to do it again. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised to find even more artwork later, as I am sure that there are enough crayons between couch cushions, under beds, and in dresser drawers to keep our ward's nursery stocked until the next generation. But I was a little surprised. And angry. And frustrated. Spankingly so, in fact. So, she got a swat, and I took away the crayons she had found. So, she apologized and promised never to do it again. So, imagine my surprise when I caught her in the act of coloring on yet another wall. When she saw that she had been caught, she said, "Mom, I just want a spank." Okay. To each his (or her) own. So, I obliged and then sent her to her room....where she found some more crayons. Grrrr! Time for the big guns: No trick-or-treating unless she has scrubbed all of the crayon off from the walls, and if she draws on the walls again I get her candy. She apologized and promised never to do it again. I let her use one crayon to color a picture a little later, and I asked her if she was going to draw on the walls again. She shrugged. *sigh* I asked, "Katherine, did you like getting spanked?" She looked thoughtful for a moment, and then replied, "Yeah...I kinda did." Huh. Who knew?

I'm Back!

Yippee skippy! Right after I got my blog all set up, our computer decided to start having problems and I couldn't log in to do anything. Ugh! So frustrating! Anyway, after several different troubleshooting sessions, a couple of different malware scans and removals, and a couple of discussions with tech support, I finally have things up and running again. Yay me! So, I will try to get some real posts done in the near future. :)

Back to School

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A Visit From Our California Cousins

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Emma's 9th Birthday

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A Trip to Lagoon

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Yard Makeover

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Sariah's 11th Birthday

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Katherine's 4th Birthday

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