How was your Saturday night?

While Evan & I wasted our evening out at the worst Harry Potter movie made thus far, Kathryn actually had a great time at the Indians/Royals game with my parents.

Time for a Change

As some of you already know, I will be starting a new job (at my present company) on July 23. I will be the transportation coordinator, which is a fancy way of saying I will be responsible for scheduling various residents' appointments (testing, eye doctor, etc.), and driving them to and from these appointments. The job is full-time, Monday through Friday, which happily gives me every weekend off for the first time in years. Of course, that also means giving up 40 hours a week with Kathryn, which is pretty much breaking my heart.

Kathryn is very excited about the change. Not the never seeing me part, of course, but the idea of spending extra time with Grammy & Aunt Betsy and going to "school" two days a week. She's already picked out a Tinkerbell lunch box and equally girly thermos for the occasion. And she wants to do more shopping. (This is unusual because Kathryn, like me, hates shopping.) Here's her official first day supply list:

--2 complete changes of clothing, including underwear, socks, and shoes (more if in the potty-training process)
--Nap blanket & pillow
--A paint shirt or oversized t-shirt for art time
--Lunch with an ice pack
--Sunscreen
--Family photos for the classroom photo board
--Diapers & wipes

Shoes also need to be closed-toe, which means I have to add that to the shopping list, because Kathryn generally wears sandals every day.

Just to show you how much Kathryn is going to love this place, in her first four weeks there, she will experience: a library lady visit, 3 Popsicle days, surfin' safari and beach dress up days, and visits from Milrow characters. Every day has it's own theme.

Drum Roll Please...

Today is a big day in the Vanover house. It is the first official day of Kathryn's room being completely overcrowded...with her big girl bed! It arrived bright and early this morning, and, as Kathryn was so excited she could barely keep the oatmeal on her spoon, we immediately had to set up with sheets, bed skirt, and the extremely girly quilt set that she picked out. Here's the result:

(Kathryn just looked at this picture and said, "Baby Drew??")

Now, the actual sleeping part didn't really work out. She was so excited that she just kept climbing in and out and playing until I finally went in and put her back in her crib. She was not too impressed by that decision, but she did take a nap. I guess it's a gradual transition.

Eventually, there will be a beautiful white headboard to go with it, but that's going to take a few weeks.

Pottermania

Photo from Amazon.com

This July seems to be the month for Pottermania, and you either fall on the "I Hate Harry Potter!" side or the "I Can't Wait!" side of the phenomenon. As I am of the latter, I am very excited for this month to be here, and have done my share of contributing to the craziness. My copy of Deathly Hallows has been pre-ordered--40% off at Borders if you pick it up that first weekend--and my tickets to see Order of the Phoenix have also been purchased ahead, just in case the Saturday night showing sells out. This was my favorite of all the books (although Half-Blood Prince is a VERY close 2nd, so close that I sometimes change my mind) so I'll probably hate the movie, but I still have to see it. And since Evan can't bring himself to sit still for 900 pages of reading, this will be his first experience beyond Goblet of Fire. And I just saw that they are offering a boxset of the entire series in September, which will be well worth the money for me since this is the first book I'll actually be buying, but I've read the rest of them more times than I can count. (Well, except the first three, which are kind of boring after the second three.)

And the tradition continues... After requesting pancakes and syrup for breakfast, the first thing Kathryn said today was, "Want watch Power." She can't quite say "Potter."