Videos!

Let's try uploading some videos for today. First up, a video of Ginny dancing.

Next up, a video of Kieran riding his bike without training wheels!

Hopefully this doesn't break my blogger :D

I love my kids, and they're both growing up so fast. I can't believe that Kieran started 1st grade today!

First loves

If you've been following me on twitter of facebook, you may have seen me mention that my daughter has her first crush. And she's crushing hard. The neighbor boy, who plays with Kieran fairly often, is very good with her, and she has started calling him "MY X." (I won't use his name for sake of his privacy). She looks for him whenever she and Kieran play outside, and asks where he is if he isn't around.

Yesterday, X. came over to play Wii with Kieran. They usually play outside, but they decided to play Wii Sports inside for a change. X. and Kieran and pretty evenly matched, even though X. is significantly older (almost 4 years) than him, becaue Kieran has been playing Wii for ages and X. hasn't been. They had to keep pausing the games because Ginny would come up and start hugging X. She even tackled him and started laughing when she had him pinned to the sofa. When it came time for X. to leave, Ginny followed him to the door and then just leaned against it, crying for "My X!" to come back.

Poor girl. I feel for her, but some day, maybe things will work out. After all, it's about the age difference between me and Andy...

When the husband's away

The kids will play. Or not. Whichever will drive their mother insane at the moment.

Gah, Andy's only been gone two days and I'm already ripping my hair out. Or crying. Or both. Just five more days until he's home.

I'll survive, really I will. I just wish I were doing better than just "surviving."

Space Center, July 4, 2009

Picture post today, of our recent trip to Huntsville Space and Rocket Center.

Ginny imitating her big brother, trying to ride a lunar cycle.

Kieran kind of riding the lunar cycle.

Mock up of the Ares V, which is part of the next lunar mission. Ask Apollo for more details, as I didn't get a chance to read any of the signage with two pingpong children around.

Daddy and Ginny taking a breather looking at the space shuttle outside. It was hot. We should have gone the next day, when the storms came through - it would have been a lot cooler.

And the most fabulous thing there, the Saturn V. We've been there several times since this exhibit opened, and I'm still floored every time. I wish I were smart enough to be an aerospace engineer and get to work on those things!

I wish I had more photos, but the kids really were like pingpong balls, and I had a hard time keeping up with them, let alone snap pictures of them loving every second of this place. If you haven't been, I highly recommend it. We go several times a year.