Silly Noises

First of all, it had been brought to my attention that just reading our blog can be exhausting to some people and that perhaps we are overdoing it a bit here with activities galore. It has also been pointed out that if we don't slow down, we will run out of things to do in Sioux Falls ;) (Thanks Andrea and Liz!)

Allow me to explain myself. First of all, I believe that part of my drive to get out and do things is to keep at bay any sadness that might be trying to creep in. As exciting as it is to be here and to be making new friends and seeing new things, I miss my old friends, we miss our old playgroup, we miss our family, we miss Lincoln Square. So the plan is just to keep as busy as possible until, lo and behold, one day Sioux Falls becomes "home.' And once we have a home, we'll just sit here and do nothing. But until then, we'll keep uber-busy. Deal?

Second, there is literally no end to the activities that they have planned for kids in Sioux Falls over the summer. We won't run out of stuff to do. I just packed up my calendar for the rest of the summer last night. There were several occasions on which I had scheduled conflicts and had to do some re-working. The Zoo Class interfered with the Children's Theater performance etc ;)

My big fear is that the reason why summer is so packed full of fun is because the winter is going to be interminable and AWFUL. I guess we'll just have to wait and see about that.

Finally, I seem to enjoy these kids activities as much if not more than the kiddies do. Today we went to a Library Event called Sound Waves. "The Noise Guy" came and put on a show for the kids that had us all cracking up. I thought it was fabulous. The dude can imitate any sound and has actually written a book called Flush about all the different kinds of toilet flushes - he can do them all of course: the turbo flushers at the mall, the weird sound of the airplane potty. Silly, I know, but so amusing. (As many of you already know, David is terrified of flushes, so I may get the book for him, as desensitization ;) If you ever need entertainment for a kids event, I say check this guy out. He had about 75 kids enraptured for 45 minutes. As he said himself, he is living proof that you can make a living out of doing almost anything ;)
www.soundsafaritheater.com