Breakfast...

Most mornings it takes us awhile to get the mental motors running... We go through our morning routines of showers and dressing and a few chores before we even sit down at the table. Today we managed to begin eating around 10 am. Which is on the late side for us, but we all got up late this morning.

Jordan - Jordan is eating Rice Crispies (which he served himself, which is kind of a new thing...) scrambled eggs (which he cooked and served, also a new thing...), and a banana. He is not happy about the banana because there is just a slight green tinge on a portion of the peel. He will begin the whole dramatic scene of pretending to gag, shortly. He is reading his latest Garfield book (from the library) while he eats. He is also taking every opportunity to antagonize his sister, who is sitting next to him. (We really need to separate them at the table...

Rylan - is eating on the run. She has been busily cruising around the house, working on her banana. She does not care about the color of the peel, but does not like it when I forget and leave the sticker on. It must be removed before she will eat it. Her eggs are now ice cold... I mooched some of them to give to Owen, who scarfed his first helping down. Abby is circling the table, anxious to claim the rest of them.. which will be imminent. Rylan also just discovered that she can (by using the double step stool) reach the top cupboard of the pantry. That means that there are no longer any safe cupboards in the kitchen, save the one above the fridge. I guess we will have to find a new place for the candy stash... Currently Rylan is sitting in her chair, and is staring at me in challenge as I am requesting for about the 30th time that she eat a bite of her remaining scrambled egg.

Owen - Owen ate most of his banana, until the eggs were served. He promptly shoved most of the banana off of his tray and worked on the eggs. Then he drank some milk, and then flung his bottle a good 10 feet across the kitchen. Atta boy! He is always the first to finish, so to keep him entertained, I put little plastic animals on his tray. A brown and white pony is currently tromping through the remaining banana.

Me - I can't stand eggs, so I had a bagle with peanut butter and banana. It was the last bagle in the bag, so it is a little chewy... now on to my second cup of coffee. #1 was at 7:15 this morning, when I stole an unexpected half-hour (!!!) of quiet to visit my favorite blogs. Owen is usually up by then.

What we are listening to: We are listening to Keb' Mo' (self-titled album). Owen really likes Keb' Mo' He is bouncing in his chair to the beat. There isn't much that Owen doesn't like. Little Boots is also a favorite.

What we are doing today: As soon as breakfast is done, we are off to Target to get Owen some diapers. He is currently wearing his last one, so I hope it holds. His last package went very quickly and took me by surprise last night when I realized that we only had two left... oops.

Then it will be the usual Thursday school routine:
World Geography (Canada), World History (Sumerians), math (working with data in graphs and table to discern minimum, maximum, median, mode, and mean), life science (the circulatory system), handwriting (cursive - writing out the months), spelling (short 'e'), reading skills (will be covered when we read about the heart), writing (combining sentences), read for 30 minutes (he is reading Prince Caspian), Art (making May baskets), piano practice, and a walk to the park later today. Whew! Rylan will busy herself with sorting, coloring, cutting pasting, and putting together puzzles. Potty training is essentially done - we just work on the hygiene thing... Owen will practice his walking and digging out in the sand table. And me? My job is to look up different building plans for garden beds. We will be building them this weekend, come hell or highwater!

Now, what to do first? Oh yeah. My nose just told me the answer...