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February 24, 2001

Kirk has been reading for the Read To Succeed 600 minute reading challenge. We are up to 574 minutes. Along with all the reading he does for school, we have begun reading CS Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, ant The Wardrobe. I read it when I was younger and it is even better now that I am older. It is somewhat of a family tradition--my mom and her siblings read it, too. We read a chapter or two each night before bed. Kirk is really getting into it. He really needs to read every night, now. I decided to start reading to Aaron before bed, too. I think it is a tradition that will be very important for years to come.

What a fun filled two days I have had. I've gone to the park, a dance, lunch out and all with no other adults and all the kids. DH has been working very hard. He is at the last few days of prep for this film. Tomorrow, he'll be leaving for nearly 3 weeks for filming. I can't say that I'm looking forward to his being gone, but as much as he has been working, there won't be much of a change.
Friday was nice and pretty warm. I decided to take the kids to the park for a little while. They haven't been able to really play out side for quite a while, so I thought it would be great. We got to the part and started walking down the path to the playground. The squirrels there are very tame and stay very close to the path. Aaron saw them and of course got inspired. Very dramatically, he put out his little pointer and held it out in the direction of the group of squirrels. Suddenly, he called out "Ouch, oh, oh, ouch, ow, oh!" Then he mumbled something about the bunny biting him. We had to stop so that I could kiss his boo-boo.
We got down to the playground and the kids had a blast. Anne spent the entire time in the baby swing. I kept offering to pick her up, but she'd turn away and start wiggling as if she was trying to swing. I'd start swinging her again and she'd just giggle and grin. There were two other kids there--a brother and sister. They were 4 and 8. The older girl took interest in Anne immediately and the younger boy, Kirk, and Aaron ran and played and slid. They were amazing.
We left about 6 o'clock and headed home. We had to stop and buy socks for the dance that Kirk and I were going to.
Last week at the PTA meeting I found out about the Sock Hop at Kirk's school. An elementary school dance? Yes, who'd a thunk it? It is a fund raiser for Rainbow House an emergency shelter for abused children in Clayton County. Admission was $1 and a new pair of white socks--hence the "Sock Hop" theme. Kirk and I got there about 7 o'clock. It was the coolest dance I have even been to. I have to admit, I never attended a prom, so that has some bearing on it. The PE teacher had taught the students many, many dances from the electric slide, which I learned in school, to something called the Martian and a dance to Genie in a Bottle by Christina Agulara. You should have seen these kids dance. It was so funny. Kirk danced too, but not with me. He was too embarrassed. I did do the Hand Jive and the Hokey-Pokey. I watched Kirk dance and it was great! What he did was a mix between disco, break dancing, and the robot. I wish I'd had a video camera.
Today I decided to take the kids off and have a nice lunch out. We went to IHOP. For anyone who does not know, that is the International House Of Pancakes. Though there is a full menu, we all decided on breakfast. The only table available was a booth, which would normally be my preference, but with two babies and only one available high chair it basically sucked. Anne was strapped in and Aaron was next to me in a booster seat. I should have known that he would not find the seat novel, but more like an excuse to slide under the table over and over again. Children love repetition. I hate it. Finally the food came and I was sure Aaron would sit still and eat, but of course not. I finally gave up and as long as he was in a seat or under the table I let him be. Kirk stood most of the meal. Anne ate. She ate all her food, half of my food and the balance of Aaron's. She was still asking for more to eat when I decided it was time to leave. She ate two-thirds of a cheese omelet--the rest was Aaron's--a link sausage, a glass of milk, and six silver dollar pancakes. That may not sound like much, but you have got to realize that they were not silver dollar sized silver dollar pancakes. They were the size of baseballs. Anne is nearly 15 months old and weighs almost 20 lb. She's a tiny girl, but looking at the way she eats, you'd think she'd be a cow. My grandmother said "She's just going through a growth spurt." I say her tape worm is going through a growth spurt. By golly, she eats.

We are hoping to go visit my grand parents next month during the time Wes is in Nashville for the shoot. Melanie will be at school up there, so we can do a whole lot of visiting. I'm supposed to be an extra in the film and Wes may be giving a talk to some theater students and Vanderbilt University. That would be cool. If we do go, Kirk will take a week off of school and we'll make a vacation of it. It is nice to have something to look forward to.

I guess I have written enough for now. Have a great weekend.
Jenna
Kirk, Aaron, and Anne