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we didn't get the house. someone put in an ALL CASH offer. i guess there's no argueing with that. i thought it was highly unusual for a man to fall out of the sky with 100k but apparently that's not all that can happen. jeez. so, we keep looking. i am not crushed. i laughed actually. what else can you do?

drama at school!!! board meeting tues, at a nice restaurant. i'm sure we will all get drunk and talk shit and stay really late. good times.

leslie sent me ultrasound pictures so here's how to post them:

[img src="http://www.lofigirl.com/lj/leslie/baby1.jpg"], baby2.jpg, etc. replace the [ ] with < > and you're all set. they're ready to go.

hanging out with my naked isaijah. he's doing legos we're going to do some project after this. sam is baking.

i to the jah, y'all.

my kid is amazing. he is growing up so fast and so good. i love spending time with him and i get all excited to see him.

things aren't perfect. i worry constantly that i am away from him too much. that he plays too many video games or watches too much tv. sometimes when i see him after work he is burned out completely and then i worry more. but it's usually becasue he is tired.

krzdiamond i am totally doing your marble idea- AND IT'S WORKING! you should make that a memory in your journal- i poked around and couldn't find it to link here. it started out as an incentive to get him to sleep in his own bed all night. he doesn't do it every night yet but he does get lavishly rewarded when he does. the marbles make such a happy ping going into the jar!

he's just been so good lately, marble rewards or no. happy, pleasant to be around, so much fun. we play games constantly. his favorites are card games (solitaire!), toy story monopoly jr, and lots of map things like the 50 great states game (we got it for quojah and he could care less. but ijah digs it) and his talking map and the map on his wall and our dk world atlas book. he is smart and wants to learn constantly. we do puzzles a lot too, and his wooden states puzzle gets a lot of use. he'll probably be a geography nerd like sam. he tries to guess words by their frist letter all the time and does pretty good at first attempt of sounding out.

oh! i also found out he likes musical music, and most importantly the music from the musical oklahoma!, which is v important to me for a variety of reasons, some more obvious than others. i was in the pit orchestra for a 50th anniversary production of that musical and as you know, once you are in a musical like that the songs stay with you forever. he is a sweetie and listens to music- not just dorky oklahoma!- with me all the time, and has definite opinions about what he likes and what he doesn't. he does a DEAD ON "hot in herre".

i just want to soak him up, drink him in, and remember every single thing about him and his age right now. he is so perfect. he asks what words mean all the time and ilove to explain them to him. he uses new words he learns, and tries them out. he is funny and tells cute nonsense knock knock jokes.

i am seized with fear about kindergarten. but we're not going to talk about that right now.

he's discovered money and it's appeal. once while begging us not to make him brush his teeth he said "but i'll give you money!!!" and he asks for chores to do for coins and he counts and sorts and organizes his change collection.

he is very involved and close to the kids at school. not just the kids, but the moms too. he knows all the moms' names, and is v attached to his teachers as well. this graduation is going to be really hard, knowing that all these people i see and deal with all the time...well, i'll probably not see most of them ever again. and he will miss his friends horribly. they are a true goodtime gang that love each other.

it's just that this, this five year old, confident swagger, always learning and asking questions, always being happy and generous, this is one of those perfect moments in time that you want to freeze and keep forever.

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