Back on line

For those few (maybe two) of you who frequent this blog, I apologize for not having written of late. It isn't that nothing of import has occurred, it's just that we have not had Internet access at home for the past several days.

This past week has been exciting. Clearly the most exciting thing has been our move into our new (and first) home. Everything is here and it's all slowing finding its way to permanent places here and there throughout the house. Normally after a move I have to get very creative about where to put items in my kitchen, for example. Here I have more cabinet space than I need. Let's just hope it stays that way. I've seen a lot of people fill up huge homes with "stuff" because they had plenty of room to store it.

Other big news includes Amelia's new bed. Picking a new bed for Amelia was a bit of a challenge. She did not help at all. My last stop in this journey was Sleep Train (recommended by the men at KNBR). Like all good stores, Sleep Train has toys to entertain toddlers. This is a wonderful thing and makes life easier for mom, but each time I asked Amelia if she would please give an opinion on this or that bed she would become upset and say, "No, play with colors!"

I spent a great deal of time making her bed just right with soft new sheets and a plush blanket on Thursday. Amelia came upstairs for her nap and barely glanced at the new bed. Maybe I should have gotten her a bed shaped like a pony...

Though the bed was not exciting to Amelia, she was super excited to meet some of the local kids and play in the park. After a well-deserved nap I saw that many of the neighborhood kids and parents were across the street at the park, so I asked Amelia if she wanted to join them. She seemed a little interested, but when I lifted her up so she could see what I saw out the window she started chanting, "Kids! Kids! Here I come! Here I come!" She would hardly sit still long enough for me to dress her.

The final bit of really interesting news from this week is that Diana has started eating rice cereal. She really likes it, too. She leans forward for bite after bite and finishes quite a bit at each sitting. Last night Amelia became interested in what Diana was eating and jealous of her little sister's pretty colored spoons. She begged for a spoon of her own and helped herself to some of Diana's cereal. Well, at least none of it was wasted.

Lisa