January 5, 2010

is when baby Franson #3 will be here! I guess one advantage to having a c-section is that you know the date and time your baby will arrive. And I'm not worried, my body has no idea how to go into labor early, unfortunately. :) Mark your calendars!

Alex

I'm worried.

When are girls supposed to have their first crush?

Is 4 too early?

I think its too early.

It all began a few weeks after school started. Adalin mentions Alex. He rides her bus. He isn't in her class though. My first question was: how does she really know this kid then? She began by smiling at him. At first there weren't any smiles coming back. When he did smile back at her she was more excited than I have seen her in a long time. I'm talking running and shouting as she got off the bus. Ok...

Smiles weren't enough. She takes it upon herself to ask the bus aid if she can sit by him. Aggressive? I think so. So now they sit together everyday. She is still working on getting him to talk to her. He's a little shy in that department.

Then she tells me over the weekend: Mom, I just can't stop thinking about Alex.

I think this is kind of cute, but I'm kinda freaking out. Does she just want to befriend the shy kid? Make a new friend? Does she think he's cute? Does she even know the difference between a cute boy and his opposite? Are girls as young as Adalin really capable of having little crushes? Sheesh!

Last Morning

I used to wonder, back when Adalin was our only child, how on earth parents forget which child of theirs said or did ________ (fill in the blank.) I understand now. I am forgetting things that my kids used to do. I often ask Adam if Adalin or Kira said this or did that. Its sad.

So I need to begin writing down random little things about these silly girls of mine, so that when we read this blog/journal thing 10/20/30 years down the road, they will know just how funny they were.

So here goes it:

When Kira refers to anything that happened in the past, as in the previous day or before, she ALWAYS begins by saying, "last morning .... " It is pretty funny. For example: "Last morning I was a butterfly for Halloween." It's cute.

While we were eating dinner last night I told Adalin that Daddy had to work all night (ER rotation, ugh) and that he wouldn't be able to sleep at all. She says (in a very motherly, practical problem-solving sort of way): "Well, just call the hospital and tell them you don't want to go to work tonight." Very practical. If only that would were possible. :)

Painting

With the nasty weather outside, we brought the easel out after being in storage for the summer. Yes, I strip their clothes off to paint. Sorry about Adalin's puffy underwear... yes, she is a girl. :) She will be mad at me someday for pointing that one out.

Seriously, though, aren't they stinkin' cute?

Happy Halloween from the Fransons!

SoMe FaMiLY PiCS

My mom rounded us all up for some family pictures at Greenfield Village not too long ago. Here is a sample of some of the pictures that were taken.

Is there something wrong with this picture?

I Hope You Like Roadkill

OK, Adam is weird. He always notices roadkill when we drive anywhere! On our way to look at a house we may rent next spring, he noticed a freshly hit raccoon. He insisted that we stop on our way home to show it to the girls. I mean, what other chance will they ever have to see a raccoon that up-close? I stayed in the car. Adalin wouldn't even go close at first but finally got the courage up to stand with Adam and Kira. Elina took the pictures. Did I mention that I stayed in the car?
Adam found it necessary to pull it off the road by its tail as we were leaving. Don't worry though, it was all perfectly sanitary b/c he had a rag in his hand so he didn't actually touch it. Sheesh.

Spicer's

Our good friend, Elina stayed with us the month of September and her last Saturday here we went to one of the many MI apple orchards. Spicers in one of my favorites because it has everything! You can pick all kinds of berries throughout the summer, apples in the fall. They have a corn maze, a nice kids play area and hay rides that take you out to pick the apples. Their cider and fresh doughnuts are to die for.
Elina, Adalin and I had never done a corn maze before, so that was the real reason for this trip. The weather was gorgeous. We couldn't have asked for a better day.

Adalin the Brave

So, Adalin's first day of school was today. It is just preschool (because she misses the cutoff for kindergarten by 2 months) but seems more like for-real school because she actually rides the bus! All who know miss Adalin know that new things to her are always very difficult to conquer. I made a bet with Adam that she wouldn't get on the bus, he bet that she would. Adalin's track record definitely predicted that I would win this bet, but I didn't! She was SO excited about riding the bus that when it finally came (20 minutes late) she just climbed right on and hardly looked back! I am so proud of her!