I went out and got a little fresh air during my lunch break. It did me a world of good. The sunshine has taken on that crystal clearness that I associate with autumn and the breezes are fresh and cool. I think it’s near that time when I’ll have to bid adieu to summer. Soon, the skies will darken and it will begin to drizzle–nonstop for nine or ten more months. God, I love Seattle

I walked downtown to the shopping district and bought several new outfits for Sam. He’ll look pretty snazzy in them, I think. Well, maybe not right away. They’re the next size up, so we’ll have to roll up the hems on his pants and probably the cuffs on his sleeves. It’s a good thing he doesn’t care about stuff like that yet. This way, we get several more months’ wear out of the clothes! Anyway, I bought a pair of blue corudroy overalls, a plaid button-down shirt, a couple of henley t-shirts, two pairs of jeans and a green and blue sweater with a zipper on the front. Gone are the days when I can dress him in the cotton bodysuits. He’s growing up and wearing toddler’s clothes . *sigh* How quickly time flies by!

After most of the week spent offline, you’d think I’d feel a lot better. Unfortunately, whatever bug I came down with, my whole family came down with it too and we’re a real sorry, sniffling, sneezing, achy-headed bunch. Waah.

Enough with the self-pity. I have happier things to discuss!

Last night, we attended the open house at Sam’s Daycare. It was a really positive experience. Since he’s moving into a different program now that he’s a big boy and walking, we weren’t familiar with the teachers or the activities in which he would be involved. All his teachers seem very nice! He seems to like them too. They say he’s doing a great job transitioning into this new environment. He’s curious about all the new things and spends most of his day exploring.

One thing I like about the daycare is they use an innovative curriculum. Each week is devoted to a specific theme around which they plan their activities. This week’s theme was “apples, bananas and oranges.” They sing songs about the fruit, talk about and experiment with the fruit’s different textures, discuss the colors, use apples like stamps in their art projects, etc. It sounds like so much fun! I wish I could be there and take part in those activities!

Sam has a special cubby where he keeps his stuff. He also has a file where we can pick up his art projects. Imagine that. My little boy is creating art projects! I knew he could color (he does an especially nice job coloring on the coffee table rather than on paper), but I didn’t know he could make apple prints and all the other creative things they’re doing.

Also, Sam gets to play outside a couple of times during the day. They have some fun toys for him to climb on and ride on. There’s also a “water table,” which they fill up with water and allow the kids to splash around in. He grooves on that!

A singer/guitar player provided the entertainment at the open house. Kids gathered around him in a semi-circle to hear the fun songs he was singing. When we walked into the room where this was taking place, Sam let go of my hand and took off. He made his way into the center of the circle, and stood there, mesmerised by what he saw and heard. He stared really intently at the musician. If I had been the guy playing the guitar, I would have had a heck of a time concentrating with someone looking at me like that.

At one point, Sam began bobbing up and down to the music, which is his style of dancing. It was so cute! Everyone laughed good-naturedly at Sam. The directors took quite a few photos of him–I hope she gives one to us

I’m tired. My eyes feel strained. My throat is scratchy and dry, which is irritating enough to make me cough. All of this is probaby due to spending too many late nights at the computer. I’ve been staying up late to try to squeeze in a little “me” time, which is otherwise impossible between a job and a baby.

A person can’t operate on as little sleep as I’ve had for the past week or so…at least someone my age. It seemed like I got by just fine on only a few hours sleep per night when I was eighteen…but I’m not eighteen anymore!

I’m so tired that I’m unable to be the dynamic mom I want to be. I’m so tired I’m not working up to par at my job. *sigh*

So….I’m taking a wee vacation from the computer. I’ll pop in once in a while to read blogs and boards, but I won’t be doing a whole lot of posting or playing with graphics…at least for the upcoming week or so. Thanks for your understanding