Oops!

Well, I guess I'll blog the bad stuff as well as the good stuff.

She has picked up "Oh Gosh!" at the daycare. She certainly isn't hearing it at home. It seems to be one of the hardest things to teach her not to say it, when you are saying it yourself. It's like trying to teach her not to bite while biting her back.

She also jumped in the pool without our permission. I was on the other side of the pool (in the water) trying to catch/net a gnarly looking varmint that was in the water (ugly bug). Holly was walking around the pool doing something. Jessie was sitting on the edge at the ladder. We have put her there before, and she obeyed us not to jump in. Well, she did it anyway.

I'm glad we were there, but it was interesting. She started paddling and moving her arms. She didn't sink. When I got to her and got her above the water, she didn't sputter at all. So, she knew to hold her breath, but she hasn't quite learned to go to her back and float. She was trying to swim towards me, I believe. We're not sure what would have happened if we weren't there (i.e., would she have tried to swim to the edge like she's being taught?). Anyway, a scary moment, yet somewhat interesting.

There were no swim/safety lessons on Friday or tomorrow (Monday). The instructor whose child drowned was mourning the 10th anniversary since it had happened. She is truly turning lemons into lemonade.

Larry Crockett
Franklin, TN
Run with whatcha brung, and hope you brung enough

Nursery painted

I finished painting the nursery (I hope....I have moved the painting supplies back to the basement). It is an odd color to me, because it is a different color at different times of the day/different lights. To me, it can be blue, green, or even gray. Porter Paint copied Behr's Rocky Mountain Sky if that tells you anything about the color.

Van is coming to do the crown molding on Thursday. He was scheduled to do it a couple of weeks ago, but got sick. Then, I'll hang blinds and curtain rods. Probably during all this I'll be putting the crib together too.

Larry Crockett
Franklin, TN
Run with whatcha brung, and hope you brung enough

swingset arrived

Jessie's (and Baby's) playset arrived via Silverado today. I'm gonna have to make some friends, and then have them come over and help me unload and level it. Wish me luck making friends!

Also, Jessie is just chillin' in the story (Babies R Us) in a chair we registered for. We plan to put that chair in her room, and move the rocker to the nursery.

Larry Crockett
Franklin, TN
Run with whatcha brung, and hope you brung enough