Tacoma's Jr. Daffodil Parade

Well it is Spring Break now praise the Lord. I still have a lot to do before it's over, but for right now I am just enjoying some time to not think about school or homework. So today, my body woke me up at 7:30 am because it is used to waking up early everyday. Since I was already up, I decided to take Andrea up on her offer of going to the Jr. Daffodil Parade with her and the girls. She said I should bring Nina along too if she wanted to come. Nina is always up for an adventure and her parents agreed, so off we went. The parade was so fun and Nina loved all the doggies and flowers. After the two hour parade, we had lunch at a local eatery where they had no high chairs. This was exciting for Nina cause she got to sit in the big girl booth and eat. She thought it was really fun and liked standing up and looking around in between bites. On the way back to our car, we stopped at a local elementary school to play on the playground. Nina loved climbing up the mountain side on the playground, going down the big yellow slides, swinging on the swing, seeing her reflection in the old metal slide, and watching the older kids play basketball. Eva, Alexis, and Charlotte loved having their new friend Nina on their adventure. Alexis even cried when Nina had to go home.

When a car stopped for us to cross the street Eva yelled at the car when we walked past it. She said, "Hi Car! You can't roll over me." -Eva age 4

Nina with her cheesy smile at the parade

To P/F or not to P/F that is the Question

So, I have to decide by March 26th which class I am going to take a Pass/Fail in. Taking a Pass/Fail grade status for a class makes it so I just have to get a 70% or higher in the class and I will get a Pass. Getting a Passing grade doesn't affect my GPA on my transcript at all, it just says that I have fulfilled the requirement of the given class. So, I am trying to decide which class is going to be most difficult for me for the duration of the semester. I have narrowed my decision down to two classes: English Literature and Mathematic Geometry. On my first big paper for English I got a B+ and on my Geometry exam I got a 80%. Because of these results, I am leaning towards the P/F in Geometry, but the final exam for English makes me really nervous as I am not a literary scholar by any means. Hmmm.....what to do.....? 11 days left till I have to know for sure....

Cute Moments That Make Me Smile

I love my job because I get to work with three of the cutest little girls ever. A great charm of their cuteness is that they say and do the funniest, cutest little things every day. Sometimes when I am lucky, I remember them long enough to write them down. Now I am going to share them with you and write them down on the web to never be lost.

Alexis in the play room hears someone coming through the house and says.
"I smell somebody walking". -Alexis age 2.5

Alexis took a shower with baby sunglasses strapped to her face like swimming goggles to,
"Keept the water out of mys eyes." -Alexis age 2.5

Riding down the street in the big car, Eva randomly just chuckles and says,
"When things are funny funny, you just have to laugh...ha, ha." -Eva age 4

After bath time, Eva, Alexis, and I play "spa" (I talk like a funny customer service person and get them ready for bed). It is funny and helps the time go smoothly. When I forget to talk in character they always say,
"Talk that funny way that you do." -Eva age 4 and Alexis age 2.5

Alexis is being potty trained, but doesn't quite get how to make the potty come out sometimes. One time when she was on the potty I said, "Alexis, are you going poopy?" She replied very strongly, "I am trying, but it's not showing up!" -Alexis age 2.5 A few days later when she was with mommy and went poopy on the potty she said with glee, "It finally showed up!" -Alexis age 2.5

On a rainy day, the girls and I spent 2.5 hours eating and playing at the local McDonalds. Eva and Alexis ran around and slid down all over the play place while I slowly helped Charlotte make her way around the gigantic contraption. I discovered that there was a loop of tubes near the top that were mostly flat but with small declines in places and I let Charlotte (age 12 months) go on a crawling adventure by herself. She thought this was the greatest thing ever and crawled around in the tubes for a good half hour. When Eva and Alexis came to say hi to us, I told them all that Charlotte had done on her own. To that Eva replied, "I love Charlotte cause she did all those tricks." -Eva age 4

There are many more fun moments that I can remember off hand, but in the coming days, I will try to remember to write more down to share.

Here's a picture of Charlotte excited about her McDonalds tube crawling adventure