Saaaahhhlleee
What is Allison saying? Morning, noon and at bedtime we hear her talking about Silly Sally – the name of Allison’s favorite book. She carries the book around the house and often dumps it in our lap. Sometimes frustrated, she says, “reee,” telling us to start reading the book! Silly Sally is seeing some real wear and tear, but thankfully we know where to buy replacement copies. It’s probably the closest thing that Allison has to a Lambey.
Her other favorite book is Carl. Because she has a harder time saying Carl, she makes a smacking sound and points at the book to let me know that she wants to read Carl’s Masquerade before bed. I tell her in Spanish to give Carl and kiss, she presses the book to her face, and gives me a big smile as if to say, “I know he’s not real, but I’ll pretend to kiss him anyway.”
Other new Allison words:
– “Yea” for yes or yeah
– “Ceeral” for cereal (she’s very close to saying the full word!)
Garage Sale
For the last four days, we prepped and held a garage sale at our house with four other families. As I told Steve, I’ve never worked harder for $250. We figured between me and Steve, we probably made less than minimum wage every hour we worked. ๐
The first two days we spent deciding what to sell, cleaning up merchandise, aggregating it in the living room, making room for everything in the garage, moving it to the garage, labeling and pricing it. The last two days we actually held the garage sale, merchandising stuff on the driveway, talking with “customers” and closing “deals.” (e.g. getting rid of junk)
Aside from a really hot two days on the driveway selling previously expensive stuff for very low prices, we managed to free ourselves of some legacy items. The garage and other parts of the house look less cluttered. And, we’re both happy that the other person finally got rid of specific items, e.g. 10 year old red blanket, semi-working boom box, old speakers, toolbox, skis, mountain bike etc. Funny enough, one man asked whether Steve’s old kitchen table was for sale – since we were displaying kids clothes on it. But, it wasn’t for sale! I figure we’ll have this table in our garage for the next 20 years.
Katherine reveled in three days of playing with friends and hanging out with a nine year old friend down the street. Allison managed to only get knocked down twice on the driveway. Allison loved to poke into various items including popsicle holders, a glass vase, brownies and lots of kids toys and books.
We wrapped things up with a trip to Goodwill today.
