My Life

WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy

RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.)

She did well with potty-training today, but still having trouble w/#2 (know she’s not supposed to go anywhere else, but refused to go in the potty). She begged for a diaper today, and I wouldn’t give it to her. (Mean Daddy, I know.)

She built well with MegaBloks today, but would quit every time I got the camera.

Today, the Canon 60D’s batteries said they were dead: 0% for one battery and 3% for the other. I’ve had the camera for more than a year and have only charged the batteries about six times. I guess they last so long that I forget to check them.

RLF likes to play trains. She has Thomas, Percy and Salty (from “Thomas the Tank Engine”) and will make them have conversations with each other. She uses a higher-than-normal voice when voicing for the toys. It’s cute, but she won’t do it when I want a video of it. That’s why I have a blog in addition to a camera.

She’s been experimenting with fibbing the past couple of weeks. “Is the ice cream yummy?” “No.”

She seemed very concerned when I picked up Mommy to carry her to the kitchen for supper. “Mommy too big!” Rebecca cried out. Her face was the most genuinely concerned that I’d ever seen. It made me laugh so much that I had to set down Mommy. (Impressed myself. I’m 184 lbs. and MF is now something like 174 lbs. I actually didn’t think I could pick her up.)

Supper was a chore; RLF acted like she’d forgotten how to eat.

After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F.

Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).

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Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2.

After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness.

I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and only worked at half the stores in town. Naturally, the new one wouldn’t activate over the phone or online, so I had to drive to the bank to activate it.

Put the stuff back on the office closet shelves now that the paint is dry.

WEATHER: 74-92°F (now it’s starting to feel normal around here)