so much

lots going on. sort of. well, so much that i made my self a little outline of things to write about. ok, its not an outline, its a list and it will disapear as i write about each.

first off, i feel extra special this week because not only was sunday mothers day but i was mentioned in two blogs this week! that is always a treat! TWO! i am practically famous. that makes me happy!

seamus is so amazing. she is so so smart, its almost scary. for quite some time now she has known all of her letters and numbers and can count things and tell you their shape and their color. all of that is totally amazing. the new thing that is amazing is her memory. she has a stack of 52 cards that have different animals on them. there are mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles and one other? what is that 5th one? fish, maybe? anyway, she loves to look at these cards and she knows what each of them is. if you put them on the floor and then ask her to find the mudd puppy she will find it for you. if you ask her for the red spotted newt she will find it. she can tell the difference between a canary and an american robin, a sea turtle and a giant tortiose, the tree frog and some other variety of frog that i can't remember now. she knows all of them. it is so cute to watch her while she thinks. she is amazing.

the other day eric and i were eating dinner. seamus and sirus were done so they were on the floor playing. seamus got down on her tummy just like sirus and they sat there looking eye to eye. seamus thought this was very neat and would laugh because sirus would reach out to touch her face or her hair. she would say "sirus touch the nose" and then just laugh and laugh. last night in the car they were playing together too. seamus would make sirus laugh and that in turn would make seamus laugh. there is nothing greater then hearing two laughing babies!

last night i went on my very first trail run. it was so fun. i went out for 40 minutes and the time totally flew by. i had decided it might be a good idea to try it out before we go this weekend to do the cougar mountain trail run. its supposedly 5 miles although the map on the website says it is 5.9. i won't do it if its is 5.9 but i will try it out if it is 5. who knows how far i went in 40 minutes but i felt like i could have gone longer. i would hope that i could finish the 5 miles in an hour but we will see!

on the hunt for a new car. looks like in the next two weeks! whoopee!