Friday Quick Takes (55), A Day Late and (always) a Dollar Short

 

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As Anna gets older, I'm quickly realizing how much of an impact the things that I do and say have on her.  A good example of this happened today.  As the plumbers were here installing our dishwasher, Anna was being her usual self.  She was avoiding the plumbers like the plague.  They were male and according to her, they were "messy."  They brought with them styrofoam which spent a few seconds on the floor (messy) and flies in with them (uckies).  

So I found her sitting on the living room couch.  With a St. Anne prayer card in hand, saying to herself, "Hail Mary, pay da ya (pray for us), Amen."  She then lifted the card to her ear, as though it was a phone and said, "Hewwo Mary, yeah, yeah, Father, Son, Spirit, Amen."  She then caught me watching her and said, "Mommy pray Mary too?"  How can I say no to that?

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So we had to get a new dishwasher.  Our old one had seen better days.  I wish I had a picture how badly its demise actually was.  Let's just say that in order to open it, it required a pair of pliers and the Hulk.  And when it was running, I couldn't hear myself think or the airplanes flying overhead from the airport that's practically in our front yard!

When the plumbers came in to remove it, the guy (who does this kinda thing for a living) said, "How do you get this thing open?  I see why you bought a new one!" 

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Jeremy started his new job this week.  He's loving it and I am too.  His work day is shorter (always a bonus).  It's a mile closer to our house (cutting our commute to 1.2 miles :-)).  And he got a pay increase along with a decrease in insurance expenses.  It's right up his alley and he loves his team.  I'm so proud of my hubby!  Not to mention we got our company park passes and have already been to the pool once (in the one evening this week when it wasn't mosooning.)

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My kids just love to read.  I always look forward to our libraries' summer reading programs because they get lots of fun incentives for reading.  They have to read 30 books this summer.  We hit that day 2.
 

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Like mother, like daughter.   Anna insisted today that she carry her baby on her back while we grocery shopped.  I always have Anthony on my back and she wanted to do the same.  I didn't think to bring her kiddy Mei Tai with me, so I improvised with my water wrap.  It worked just fine and she talked about "Clare on back" the entire trip.  I can't help but smile when she wants to be just like Mama.

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Jeremy's playing softball with a bunch of guys from our parish.  We've enjoyed watching them play and our little sports fan, Anthony, wants to be standing at the fence the entire time. He's just too darn cute!

And our Anthony is FINALLY starting to become mobile.  He's up on all fours and crawling a little.  He still has a ways to go to catch up, but he's getting there.  Ironically, he's done this on his own.  His therapy doesn't start till this coming week!  He's also starting to pull up to standing on his own and he's going from laying to sitting.  All this in 3 days.  I bet he crawls before his PT on Thursday...

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There was a beautiful double rainbow this evening when we were hanging out at my parents' house.  The first rainbow was so bright, I've never seen anything like it.

It did make me laugh though.  Looking at a rainbow always reminds me of Noah and God's promise of never again flooding the earth.  This rainbow seems ironic considering the extreme amounts of rain we are receiving and the flash flood warnings for our entire area.  Maybe this is God's promise that we will in fact see some sun soon?

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