Livin' it up!: November 2008

Funny Preschoolers

We are doing Mother Goose Time Preschool this year - and loving it. I only had to spend $65 for the whole school year to do 2 days a week - taking turns teaching with the other moms. It's fun for me :-) and Taylor!
This month is a focus on different jobs. We played restaurant after the kids made their own menus. We had 2 customers, a waiter, and a chef.

Today, our friend Tim came over to talk to the kids about Policemen. He showed them all his gear and answered their questions. These are my 2 favorite questions they came up with:

#1 - What kind of tickets do you sell?

(It cracks me up the way preschoolers think! I mean, they know you can get a ticket for driving too fast, and those cost money, so the police must sell tickets. Logical, right?)

#2 - Why do you shoot bad guys when they're not raising their hands?

(In the preschool world, raising your hand is a big deal - a much bigger deal if you could get shot for not following procedure when answering questions. They may have seen a movie-cop yell, "put your hands up!" while pointing a gun, and thus created the logic of getting shot for not raising your hand.)

#3 - What kind of weapons do you carry? 2 small guns and a shot gun he left at work, 2 flashlights, 2 knives, an ASP (wacking stick), and pepper spray.

The girls checking out the less dangerous things:

Tim's kids were the most daring to try things on:

Taylor did try on the gas mask, though!

We also practiced fingerprinting.

Another fun thing we've done in preschool is build cardboard computers. :-) I love how Mother Goose Time sends us ready-to-make crafts!

Laughing Pains

If you don't know, I had surgery a couple weeks ago to clear up my endometriosis. It's called a laparoscopy - they go through your belly button with a scope to see how much build-up is in there, then they clean you up the best they can. After the surgery, my doctor told me it was pretty extensive, that this is DEFINITELY the reason I haven't been able to get pregnant for the past 2 years, and he wants me to go on leupron for at least 4 months. Leupron is a hormone that shuts down your ovaries, throwing you into menopause temporarily. (More about this later...)
So, Nick was thankfully able to take the day off and be my personal nurse, chauffeur, chef, entertainment, etc. He turned on The Office when we got home (you can watch almost anything on Hulu.com). The latest episode was about customer service reviews and this clip made me laugh so hard, we had to turn it off. I finished it later, and here it is.

My favorite thing about The Office is the relationship between Jim and Dwight. I think they steal the show.

So, back to my endometriosis - we are switching insurance companies at the new year, so it's complicated... and we're just waiting patiently for baby #2. :-)

Disneyland

We told Taylor that she had to wait until she's five to go to Disneyland. She was beginning to think every little girl magically got their chance to meet the princesses as a standard 5th year birthday present... but then the Simon family planned a "reunion" down in L.A. and Las Vegas, so the magic happened earlier than expected!
The day before Halloween, we excitedly arrived at the park, after being hospitably received by the Stelter Family the night before. We immediately got in line to meet the princesses. Taylor had colored pictures for them and folded them up with tape. She presented them to Cinderella and then Aurora, who were sweet enough to make a big deal out of it and promise to hang them in the castle. We also met Jasmine, whom Taylor pointed out to me was dressed "immodestly."

My sister in law, the first Jen Simon, :) was patient enough to wait in line with me and her little baby boy and her cutest little girl, who also loves the princesses. We thoroughly enjoyed spending time with them and our other cousins!
Afterwards, there was a princess-in-training thing going on, so we observed for a bit. Ah, the magic of it all. I wish I were four! Taylor was in heaven!