Just Some Thoughts....

So my blog now has over 1000 hits and I am so greatful and so happy (and quite surprised to be honest!) that people actually care enough about my boring life to want to read about it. LOL :)

Anyway, nothing really all that new going on with us lately. Brenna is doing FANTASTIC in karate and is sooooooo much better about not talking and paying attention more. I think a little of that might be rubbing off at home too - not much but enough. Maybe *I* should make her give me 10 push-ups when she acts up. Not a bad idea.... :) I'm willing to try anything sometimes. Really though, she is a good kid - just so hyper sometimes. She has an endless supply of energy - as most kids this age have, I am assuming (hoping!) - and she makes me tired just watching her sometimes. Some friends of ours come over quite a bit on the weekends - no children of their own yet, I might add - and are just in awe at how much Brenna just goes and goes and goes. And this is at about 8pm, right before her bedtime, and they wonder how on Earth she falls asleep at night. Sometimes I wonder that too, but she is usually asleep fairly quick - even when she's running around the livingroom five minutes before bedtime. LOL I guess I would be too if I did as much as she does.
Every once in a while I think about how she would be if she did go to school and was expected to sit still for longer than a few minutes?? Oh I laugh just thinking about it!! Her poor, poor teacher. I love it though - I love that she is so creative, goofy, silly and full of energy. I love that we can spend all day outside if that's what she wants to do. I love her imagination and her stories that she makes up and her love for nature. I really could not see her cooped up in a classroom all day.
Speaking of not being cooped up all day -- Brenna and I went to the zoo yesterday afternoon and had such a wonderul time. We practically had it to ourselves and would see somebody else every once in a while. It was a beautiful day and all the animals were out playing. We took a clipboard and some paper with us and did a cool experiment. While we were going through the zoo we categorized all of the animals by which continent they were from. Come to find out, most of the animals in our zoo come from Africa. Brenna also took her colored pencils and drew quite a few masterpieces of some of the animals. One picture she drew was of a spider monkey that was behind glass. While she was drawing, that funny little monkey was right there at the ledge watching her and I swear if it wasn't POSING! So cute!
Ok, we are off to karate pretty soon. As soon as I get a new computer (which will be soon!) I will start posting more pictures.