Mouse in the Library

louisadkins is currently busy vaccuming the living room. This involves moving furniture around so that he can vaccum the carpet under them. Phooka watched him move my recliner back into place, and decided that she wanted to help. So, when he started pulling catchild's chair back into place, she got on the other side and started pushing. When he moved the coffee table, she ran over and helped him pick it up, after he showed her how and where to place her hands. She helped him move it back, helped him move Dragon's couch, and helped him push the vaccum cleaner around. (Yes, of course Louis lifted the weight on all of them!)

She is now bouncing around, giggling and calling out, "I did it!"

Got to see something incredibly cute and adorable last night. The Phooka was refusing to sleep, so at about nine catchild brought the fussy baby out to warinbear, and asked if Poppa Bear would please work his magic. About thirty minutes later, I came back into our room to get something, and found warinbear asleep on the bed, on his back, cradling a sleeping Phooka on his chest. catchild and I giggled and grinned and gently woke the Bear up, since we both knew beter than to try and pry the baby out of his arms while he was still asleep. He brought her to her crib and gently laid her down. The picture that they made last night still gives me warm fuzzies.

Snowfalke went to the vet this Monday. He wasn't putting any weight at all on his rear left leg, so off to the vet he went. The vet was shocked to find that the leg wasn't broken. He does, however, have a pretty nasty infecion in that leg. She drained a pocket of blood with a needle, and gave us liquid anitibiotic to feed him at home. He's looking much beter now, and he's actually starting to join in the run and pounce games again.

I'm feeling really happy about the job Peter Jackson did with the LOTR movies right now. Bear-Cub watched the first extended DVD about three weeks ago, and the second one last week. Upon hearing that this trilogy was based on a book, her eyes got reeeally big, and she proceeded to try and find where on the shelves the books were. louisadkins brought down his large hardcover edition (the one that contains all three books) for her to read. She is diving into it with unfettered enthusiasim. This is one proud and happy Librarian mouse right now.

I am also in search of Dutch and German tapes, CDs, and books. Bear-Cub and Puppy both have started singing along with the Rammstein CDs, and their accent is almost flawless. I want to encourage this trend. I'm already trying to remember to chatter with the Phooka in Dutch on a frequent basis. Anyone got any Muzzy stuff that they're wiling to part with? -hopeful look-

On a somewhat more grumpy note, I am also going to set aside time to educate Bear-Cub. She came home last year with the assingment of memorizing various parts of the Constitution. She asked me to help her study. After she'd finished reciting the piece she was supposed to memorize, I asked her, "Good. Now, tell me what it means. Her response boiled down to, "I don't have to know what it means, I just have to memorize it!"

Insert lots of shuddering and twitching, and several muffled screams. If the school has not educated her on the meaning Constitution by summer break, then I will. I have also been having lovely little history conversations with her. In general, I am trying to help her avoid falling into the one viewpoint only trap that so many American Social Studies textbooks contain.

My contribution to democracy: Education of the young.