Year: 2009

Happier!

Sarah Administrivia

Now that I’ve played around a bit with WordPress I’m happy enough that I’m going to keep it. I wish I could have figured out a way to keep the same permalinks so anyone with bookmarks wouldn’t find 404 pages. And I still have to fix my internal links.

Oh, and I think any RSS readers out there are going to have to update their feed link. Sigh.

But look! Random header images! (Reload a couple of times and you’ll hopefully get different images.)

OK. Off to get the girls ready so Carrie can have her swimming lesson today…

Fixed…?

Sarah Administrivia

So I fixed the main part of my blog (all except the craft pages) and then it was down again this morning yesterday morning. I didn’t actually do anything at all on my site in between when it was fixed and when it broke, so I don’t see how I could have caused it. Since I barely have time to update my blog, let alone muck with all the backend stuff, I decided to go in another direction entirely and try WordPress

It’s going to take a little getting used to. I’m not completely happy with the template yet, all of my internal links are completely broken, and any external bookmarks will be broken as well. I have no idea at all what this is going to do to the RSS feed…apologies if you get all 1500+ entries showing up in there!

But, it’s nearing 1 AM, and as tomorrow today is Palm Sunday I think I’d better just make this public and fix everything later.

Broken

Sarah Administrivia

Gah!

I wish this were an April Fool’s joke, but I somehow managed to break my entire (#@*&% site while trying to get my blog up-to-date. OK, well, it might be a joke, but if it is, it’s one that someone else is playing on me. :p

I think I have the Journal part fixed, but the Crafts section appears to be down. Everything else seems OK, but I haven’t tried posting a comment or anything… I think I somehow managed to break something with my php installation while posting an update. Which makes absolutely no sense. Plus my ssh permissions seem to not be working, which makes it nearly impossible to figure out what’s going wrong…and I can’t remember how I’d go about fixing my ssh permissions.

(Would you believe that I used to program websites for a living? I wonder which child stole those brain cells while I was pregnant…)

Strong Museum

Sarah General

Carrie had today off from school, and Denis had the day off from work, so we took a family trip to the Strong Museum. After a quick carousel ride (for Carrie and Denis) we headed to the butterfly garden, where Carrie got to hold a butterfly on the back of her hand and Anna had one land right on her stroller tray.

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And then we met Lisa, Henry and Sammy there. The older kids spent a lot of time in the Mr. Potato Head exhibit, and I let Anna crawl around the infant/toddler area. She definitely had a good time!

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Carrie loves the museum so much. I need to find a way to get her there more often – since we’re members, we may as well use our membership as much as possible!

(More pictures of our trip are here. Kodak Gallery, requires sign-in.)

Wear Your PJs to School Day

Sarah Carolyn

Today was “Wear Your PJs to School Day” at the preschool. Last year, Carrie and I had plans to meet Uncle Michael for lunch, and she refused to entertain the notion of changing into daytime clothes after school. So, wisely knowing when to pick my battles, I let her spend the entire day in her pajamas. We met for lunch, and in the process she got honey and peanut butter all down her front. After, we went for ice cream, and she got blue cotton candy ice cream all down her front. Finally, we went to the bookstore, and I couldn’t figure out why I was getting all these dirty looks from everyone else there…until I realized that my 3.5 year old was walking around in food stained pajamas at 3:30 in the afternoon!

So, we decided to make it a tradition. :)

We met Uncle Michael for lunch again today, but no food was spilled. The only odd looks we got were when we were shopping in the clothing store – maybe the people there thought all our clothes were dirty so I took my kid shopping in her pjs for new, clean clothes?

Oh, and then we went to a bike shop and Carrie tried out some bikes for size (we’re thinking of getting her a two-wheeler with training wheels this spring)…in her pajamas. And a helmet, of course!

4.5 Years Old!

Sarah Monthly Updates

Dear Carolyn,

You’re just a little closer to being 4 and a half. Now you tell everyone: “I’m four. Soon I’ll be four and a half. And in October I’ll be five!” Then you follow it up with “My mommy’s name is Sarah and my daddy’s name is Denis. And we have a baby and her name is Anna. My name is Carolyn and my middle name is Sylvia. And my last name is…” Pretty soon you’re going to be sharing our phone number and address!

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Speaking of sharing, Anna has become mobile enough that she can get to whatever you are playing with if you’re playing on the floor. So I get to spend a fair amount of time moderating. But for the most part you’re really tolerant of her getting into your space and “messing up” whatever you’re doing.

You still can’t get enough of books and reading. Lately you’ve been reading a series of books about the weather fairies, and you are just so excited whenever you get a new one. One day when we went to pick out the next one at the bookstore, Anna fell asleep in her stroller. So we hung out for a little while in the store and you were just finishing up the last page of the book when it came time to check out – I had to steer you around while you walked with your nose stuck in the book!

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You are still loving dance. Last week at the studio we were unexpectedly treated to a preview of one of the dances you’ll be doing at your first recital, and you were so serious and professional. I can tell you’ve really been working hard in class!

The other things you like to do right now include riding your tricycle, drawing and coloring on your easel, and playing with your dollhouse and ponies. Actually, there’s not a whole lot you don’t like to do, except sleep – you might miss something!

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At this point you’ve decided you want to be a dancer, chef, mommy and fire fighter when you grow up. Last year around this time you were only planning to be a dancer and a chef, so you’ve expanded your plans a bit. I have no doubt that no matter what you want to be, if you put your mind to it you’ll be able to do it! Though I reserve the right to worry about you if you do decide to be a fire fighter…

Love, Mommy

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Sarah Holidays

Sort of anti-climactic after having the party a couple of days ago, but we managed to scrape together a little more green to wear today – between Sunday’s party and the preschool theme yesterday, there wasn’t much left! Carrie had her last swimming lesson of the session and we got her hair cut again after.

I feel like I should pick out a green project to take with me to work on at the shop tonight. Everything I’m knitting lately is pink or purple…

Kindergarten Registration

Sarah Growing Up

I know there’s 6 months before she actually goes to Kindergarten, but I can’t believe my baby is old enough to be going to Kindergarten! And riding the bus! And eating her lunch away from me every day…

Good thing she’s excited about it!

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This is in front of the building where she’ll be going to Kindergarten…the same building her great-grandmother and grandmother went to for high school, and her uncle went to for junior high. (I couldn’t get the actual building in the picture without standing halfway across the parking lot. I need to bring a wide-angle lens next time.)