Our Little Green Frog

Caden is starting "preschool" at the JCC on Monday. Last night I went for the parent orientation, and I'm pretty sure that I'm going the be the one crying when we drop him off for his first day. I'm going to blame it on pregnancy hormones. The place is wonderful, the teachers and counselors are all sent straight from heaven, and they get to play in the sprinkler every day. He's so ready for this, and I know he's going to thrive. But then we went on a tour of their classrooms, and I saw this:It's the name tag on his cubby in the classroom, ready and waiting for him. He's in the "little green frogs" group. I took one look at it and just cried and cried. Luckily, I was the only one in the room at the time. Sheesh...

Korean Ladies Know Some Stuff

So for the second time this month, a Korean lady has taken one look at me and said "You're having a boy." How do they know this?

Yesterday, I was standing in line at Old Navy, when I suddenly feel a hand on my belly which I'll admit was a little surprising. That never happened with Caden. Anyway, it was this Korean grandma smiling at me and she told me I was having a boy. Correct. Then she was saying something about how I'm very young. Uhm... not correct. So aparantly her gift has nothing to do with actual eye sight.

The first time it happened was a few weeks ago when I went to get a pedicure. Pretty much the same thing went down, only she didn't even need to touch me. She just took one look at me and told me I was having a boy. I asked her how she knew, and she said it's because I'm small. Hahaha. Also not correct. But I tipped her a thousand dollars.

If a Tree Falls in the Woods...

... How many people could hear me yelling "Holy CRAP!!"?

We had a really powerful storm come through town yesterday, and I just happened to be at home to witness it first hand. The cleaning ladies were there at the time too. It was just after 3:00, and the wind started to blow, and the sky got dark. Like, 9:30 at night dark. And I was hearing a noise, but wasn's sure what it was. So I was kind of running around the house trying to figure it out, and I'm standing in front of the wall of windows when I see the tree go down. CRASH!

It was a HUGE mature oak tree. When it fell, it took up the entire length of our backyard and keeps on going into the neighbors' yard, demolishing a fence in the process. All I could do was stand there and point, saying "HOLY CRAP!" The cleaning ladies were frozen for a minute too, then they all started rubbing my belly and saying something in Spanish. I don't speak Spanish, but I assume it roughly translates into "HOLY CRAP!"

So here's a view from the other side. I was standing right in front of the glass. Of course later I find out that there was a tornado spotted in the area, and everyone was supposed to stay away from their windows. Kind of difficult in our little house made of glass. I'm pretty lucky that the tree fell away from the house instead of toward it. I'd have been a gonner I think.