Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Oh, brother!
We're expecting a baby in May and found out that it will be a boy. Every expense is on hold until we've paid for the baby and bought a mini-van. One nice thing is that we don't really need a minivan for a while. With the baby coming right at the end of school, and P able to give G rides to school, we're good until September, or even later. Even traveling to G-ville, we may as well take 2 cars. The fuel efficiency of our 2 cars is about the same as a van. Whenever I see someone driving a big vehicle by themselves, I'm like "what the?" We're misers, P and I. Going to a van is hard to swallow. But the kids will love it.
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I recently rented a Toyota Sienna to take my extended family to Disneyland and was happily surprised to see that it hauled 5 adults and one child and still got 22mpg!
I'm so happy that the kids are going to have another little one!
There are a lot of things we learn later than we wished we had. In looking back on my own childhood I remember how valued it made me feel just to have a parent listen and respond to what I said. They didn't need to tell me I was smart, just listening was more than enough. I tried to listen and respond to my own children, but I'm aware that sometimes I fell short. It is a lot easier to give the fake 'cookie' of 'how smart you are' than it is to take the time to listen and respond.
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