dyk, March in like a...lion!?!?

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dyk, March in like a...lion!?!?
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Thu, 03-01-2012 - 8:07am
dyk, 215 new messages?

dyk, I've only been gone since Sunday afternoon!

dyk, I'll just start March & read February at the airport since we are on different flights back

Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 12:32pm
dyk Abi has graced us with her precense

dyk the smell of my chicken ranchero tostada pulled her from her room haha

dyk she then ate half of it

dyk it is their lunch time actually -- Dek eats at 11:05 and Abi at 11:40

dyk Abi is now chilling with me drawing

dyk I am trying to convince her she wants to paint so that I can show her the saran wrap technique to make the scalesof a snake

dyk and then we could paint flowers and grass behind the snake

dyk Dek wants to do a dragon fly

dyk Ellie wants to jump but it's raining so we pulled her crib matress out to the living room and hse's VERY happy

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 12:34pm
dyk I bet I could get Ellie to drink her warm milk from her sippy cup

dyk I'm going to try that tomorrow!!!

dyk she only drinks her babas at bedtimes and if she's not going to SLEEP, there's no reason she can't chill back on the couch and drink her morning milk from her sippy cup

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 12:59pm
dyk when Ellie naps, the kids have decided they would like to paint

dyk it's going to be controlled and productive --- in terms of mess and paint use --

dyk they are free to paint whatever they'd like

dyk but we're not mixing all the colors together to make brown, spilling water, fighting over paper and/or being loud and obnoxious

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 1:40pm
dyk Ellie wanted us all to suffer through her complaining and whining, so I made her a nice comfy bed (her bed, lol) and then she threw it all out ont he floor so now she's just got her sheet, her pillow and her top cover

dyk and she's quiet though since I snapped at her, wait,no she's wailing now

dyk too bad it's naptime and I've got Abi and Dek painting -- so, she's down for the count now whether she wants to be or not.

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 1:52pm
dyk Dek wanted to do a butterfly like mine

dyk honestly, after just the first wash, b/c Dek is able to paint with a lighter touch understanding we're going to do layers... his first wash on his butterfly is much better than mine! lol

dyk and we put saran wrap on it to make the design

dyk now he's moved on while that dries and he's painting cheetahs

dyk he's very detailed and meticulous and steady handed

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 2:29pm

dyk here is Dek gettin' his paint on

dyk he's done 3 paintings --- he really wants his butterfly to be dry to do another wash on it but it has to dry "on its own" (as opposed to using a blow dryer which we can do some other times) with the saran wrap technique

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 2:48pm
dyk painting is all cleaned up

dyk and Dek has moved back to legos and Abi is getting started in her "Wreck this Journal" book with the title page where there are instructions on writing your name about 10 different ways (legibly, illegibly, in tiny letters, backwards, etc)

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 2:49pm
dyk the funniest part?

dyk Abi hasn't painted yet

dyk and she has yellow watercolor paint on her face haha

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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 3:07pm
dyk, yes, I'm throwing up from stress

dyk, good news is that I've not gagged a single time today, not even after eating (an orange, a mini Luna bar, and another mini Pinkberry!)...progress!
Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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Sat, 03-10-2012 - 3:09pm

dyk I asked Abi what wreck meant

dyk she goes, you know... like this...

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