Jungle Gyms
My daughters love jungle gyms. Last night was fun, they are fearless about heights unlike me. There is a jungle gym at one of the parks near our house. N & J kept climbing up a ladder to the highest slide and going down it. Every time they were at the top, they would pause, yell to me and then wave. It was cute. They had absolutely no interest in doing anything else- no swings this time.Then we took a small walk over to a baseball field so Julia could run the bases. She even asked questions about the pitcher's mound. Julia keeps asking me to try and get her another Luke toy figure(Star Wars). I explained that they do not sell them anymore, also Julia managed to find one of the star wars spaceships that had been lost back in June before they went to Poland. She said it was under a pillow on the rocking chair.
What I found hilarious is that Julia can now open and close her car door. She no longer waits for Nicole to get out of the car next to the door I opened, but instead she opens her own door, climbs out of the car, closes the door, and then runs over to me, and every time she says "I did it by myself".
the other thing I am noticing aside from their obvious personality differences (Julia ia super confident and fearless, Nicki is shy and artistic), is that Nicki is such a girly girl. They dressed themselves after playing in the backyard to go out after dinner and Nicki put on a sundress and wore her white slip-on sneakers. Julia wore red shorts that said "lifeguard" on the back, and a red t-shirt with ladybugs all over it, and her blue sneakers. Nicki also carried her pink blanket and one of her dolls into the car, saying she might need them for later if she got tired.
They are not entirely used to the 7 hour time loss they are experiencing. Whereas Wednesday night they both were up and rearing to go at 4am, this morning Julia stayed asleep and only Nicki woke up at 4am, she stayed next to me in bed and was pretty quiet. When the sun rose at about 5, 515am I estimate, Nicki was saying, "Is it daytime yet, is it time to get up?" When Daddy gets out of bed, it is time to get up. :)
I want to get a Mac Mini but the cheapest one is $500, I think the girls would love it and be able to actually use our home computer. The Mac Mini would make the Dell obsolete- we could use the keyboard, mouse, and monitor, just plug the Mac Mini in and go to work!
I am reading two books at the moment- finishing "Trip to the Stars" and reading (gasp) the new Harry Potter novel. When they are done I think I will read something more deep.
This weekend is my first weekend with the girls, so I keep asking them what they want to do- they keep saying they want to go to the "fireman restaurant"- Grandma Sally's in Des Plaines- it is a cool place owned by a retired fireman, it is excellent for breakfast. Julia always has scrambled egg, orange slices, and some bacon. Nicki has bacon and pancakes. I alternate between omelettes and wheat toast, and bacon and eggs. Other than that, the weather is supposed to be in the nineties again, I would like to drive to Chicago and take them to the Shedd Aquarium but I am not sure yet. Playing in the backyard and at local parks might be just fine.
Roley and Brian got tickets to see the NYY play the Chicago White Sox August 19th, I wanted to go but it is my 10th wedding anniversary so I know that is a no-go!
-CW
What I found hilarious is that Julia can now open and close her car door. She no longer waits for Nicole to get out of the car next to the door I opened, but instead she opens her own door, climbs out of the car, closes the door, and then runs over to me, and every time she says "I did it by myself".
the other thing I am noticing aside from their obvious personality differences (Julia ia super confident and fearless, Nicki is shy and artistic), is that Nicki is such a girly girl. They dressed themselves after playing in the backyard to go out after dinner and Nicki put on a sundress and wore her white slip-on sneakers. Julia wore red shorts that said "lifeguard" on the back, and a red t-shirt with ladybugs all over it, and her blue sneakers. Nicki also carried her pink blanket and one of her dolls into the car, saying she might need them for later if she got tired.
They are not entirely used to the 7 hour time loss they are experiencing. Whereas Wednesday night they both were up and rearing to go at 4am, this morning Julia stayed asleep and only Nicki woke up at 4am, she stayed next to me in bed and was pretty quiet. When the sun rose at about 5, 515am I estimate, Nicki was saying, "Is it daytime yet, is it time to get up?" When Daddy gets out of bed, it is time to get up. :)
I want to get a Mac Mini but the cheapest one is $500, I think the girls would love it and be able to actually use our home computer. The Mac Mini would make the Dell obsolete- we could use the keyboard, mouse, and monitor, just plug the Mac Mini in and go to work!
I am reading two books at the moment- finishing "Trip to the Stars" and reading (gasp) the new Harry Potter novel. When they are done I think I will read something more deep.
This weekend is my first weekend with the girls, so I keep asking them what they want to do- they keep saying they want to go to the "fireman restaurant"- Grandma Sally's in Des Plaines- it is a cool place owned by a retired fireman, it is excellent for breakfast. Julia always has scrambled egg, orange slices, and some bacon. Nicki has bacon and pancakes. I alternate between omelettes and wheat toast, and bacon and eggs. Other than that, the weather is supposed to be in the nineties again, I would like to drive to Chicago and take them to the Shedd Aquarium but I am not sure yet. Playing in the backyard and at local parks might be just fine.
Roley and Brian got tickets to see the NYY play the Chicago White Sox August 19th, I wanted to go but it is my 10th wedding anniversary so I know that is a no-go!
-CW
posted by CW at 7:05 AM
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I would get one of the two Mac minis other than the lowest one. I noticed that in the lowest one AirportExtreme and Bluetooth are optional, but they are built-in on the others. That means the Mac mini and iBook can share Internet wirelessly through the Airport.
Does that mean I could share my iTunes from my iBook onto the Mac mini?!!?!?!
Absolutely. You would be on the same network. Like you said...I would move music to Mac Mini and free up space on iBook. Then you could share if everything is behind the Airport.
BTW... Burn, Baby, Burn
Mac mini comes with a slot-loading Combo drive, which reads and burns CDs and plays DVDs. Or if you want to burn home movies onto DVDs, step up to a Mac mini with a SuperDrive that plays and burns both CDs and DVDs.
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