since i haven't posted for quite a while and still have nothing i would like to post on my blog i will contribute a bit of random information:

eliza fell asleep to "the never-ending story." i both loved and hated that movie when i was young. she simply loves it. it was much more complex to me. that flying dog thing was obnoxiously fake looking = lame to me, but atrayu... and the princess... mesmerizing.

i have been incredibly stressed out. anxiety. running helps. so does sleeping. but that may actually be the thyroid. what doesn't help, but what i do: pick at my face, freeze up and accomplish nothing.

Hula Hoop Hoopla

Eliza and I went to the beach this past weekend to hula hoop and draw in the sand with our feet. Yes, our feet. Eliza drags her foot around and makes large circles with her digging toes. One of them we drew people on the inside of the circle and tried to protect them from the waves to no avail: I am sorry to report they drowned. Aside from the untimely death of our sand friends, the day was fun- Eliza beat me at our hula hooping contest.

too much Brite music

Mom,

I would like to let you know that your obsession with Raffi music (to be fair, other children's music too) has left something to be desired in the "normalcy" department. Let me provide you with a few examples: There are times when I am cleaning and I begin to sing to myself. This alone may be acceptable, but the content I am afraid is not. Without a preschool child to enjoy this madness it is strange. The most common cleaning song would have to be "Clean up! Clean up! Everybody Everywhere..." There is also "When we're helping we're happy..." and the Andrew Sisters' "Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me" (this last one is acceptable to be singing while cleaning alone). Then, when thinking of Jake I often get this in my mind- "If I had a penny and you didn't have one, I'd buy a stick of gum.... Sharing Caring, everybody's sharing caring, that's the thing to do." Kristen congers up "Willaby Wallaby Woo, an elephant sat on you, Willaby wallaby wee, an elephant sat on me, willaby wallaby wisten, an elephant sat on Kristen..." Kelli get's "K-K-K-Kelli, beautiful Kelli, you're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore..." and Amy, I'm sorry to say only gets "Amy Amy bo-bamy, bananana fo-famy, me my mo mamy... Amy." Now the scary thing is that that is not all. sometimes, at inexplicable moments, I might start singing in my mind, "I'm Did, I'm Didn't..." "In the land of Obey!" "I'd rather have a rock in my shoe than have, a whiny child.. uh huh huh huh huh" "Different, diff-er-ent." (this last one includes images of you with a fish costume)

Thanks a lot.