Tuesday, October 10, 2006 by Amy
It has been raining for days now. It must have snowed overnight since there was snow in the trees and on the car. Riley was surprised and wanted to touch it, which delayed our departure for school just a little bit. I have been living in a mountain climate for over six years now, and I am still surprised when the cold weather hits every year. Like an Alzheimer's patient "what's this? It's cold?" Duh. The class couldn't play on the playground this morning because of the rain, so everyone was indoors. Avery got a real kick out of the guinea pigs. Anyway, I assumed it would be raining all day, but it stopped late morning and when I come to pick Riley up she's wearing a jacket that the teachers scrounged up for her. Oops, time to take the coats out of their boxes. If that was a mothering test, I failed it miserably. Tomorrow was supposed to be picture day (as I found out today-duh) but the photographer rescheduled for next week because he takes the class photo outdoors. Riley also has a field trip to Starsmore Discovery Center (whatever that is) for a nature walk and soforth. That's on Thursday (as I found out today-duh). Yeah, so I must have been living in my own universe lately. Which probably doesn't surprise anyone.
So I dragged the girls to Joann Fabrics after picking Riley up from school. I decided that if I am chaperoning Riley's field trip (did I forget to mention that? duh) I had better make this babywearing poncho for the hike, since Avery will be tagging along. Their fleece was 40% off, so I scored some purple fleece and a cord to make a drawstring hood, which I am adding to the pattern. As I'm standing in the cutting line, I realize that I may have made a mistake in picking purple, since I stand a good change of looking like Barney, but Avery was screaming and I decided not to push it.
Avery is sitting in the laundry room playing with her sling, trying to wrap herself up in it. It's pretty cut. Dude, I forgot about the whole posting a photo thing. I'd better look for one now. Can't really find a good one. Sorry, you're going to have to look at a picture with me in it. God, that's an awful picture of me! And do I always wear that shirt? Apparently.
So I dragged the girls to Joann Fabrics after picking Riley up from school. I decided that if I am chaperoning Riley's field trip (did I forget to mention that? duh) I had better make this babywearing poncho for the hike, since Avery will be tagging along. Their fleece was 40% off, so I scored some purple fleece and a cord to make a drawstring hood, which I am adding to the pattern. As I'm standing in the cutting line, I realize that I may have made a mistake in picking purple, since I stand a good change of looking like Barney, but Avery was screaming and I decided not to push it.
Avery is sitting in the laundry room playing with her sling, trying to wrap herself up in it. It's pretty cut. Dude, I forgot about the whole posting a photo thing. I'd better look for one now. Can't really find a good one. Sorry, you're going to have to look at a picture with me in it. God, that's an awful picture of me! And do I always wear that shirt? Apparently.
