Dog went on a run twice today. I stopped these Calgon runs though! First time he got to the neighbors yard and quickly was brought home. Second time I was getting Delaney out of the tub, and Kennedy had just gotten out so she made it to the door, buck naked mind you, and let the dog out. He saw the light and was gone in a flash. So yeah load up the kids (2 naked girls....seriously how would I have explained that to a cop?) and find this mutt standing in a yard about 3 blocks away, I yell at him to get in the van and you can just see the disappointment on the dog's face. It was great. I am thinking I might have gotten to him before the report was put into the local paper! Last week we made the paper........we are sooo cool. Yeah it said, "Cocker Spaniel dog running lose in Coleridge" ......you know a lot of those cocker spaniels are limb eating animals..........and yes the advantage of being in a small town, everyone knows your name and your dog's name too. I was made aware that we made the law log last week......of course obviously I am not snoopy enough to read this.......nor do I have time. I guess they need to put something in the paper so why not this?? Small town living.
Day One Male Training..........this could be one of my biggest jobs in my life. Create a human with the Y chromosome, who has more capabilties than older speciman in the house with the same chromosome make up. Qualities needed: ability to see items out of place, ability to bend at waist and pick up items and place them in appropriate spot, ability to put laundry in correct place, both clean and soiled, and help and assist any female with anything she asks of him. Yes I understand this is a big job, but feels this may be a test that I am willing to take on. If only I can overcome that Y chromosome.........
Day One.............speciman cooperative.........wants to fight with sister about taking laundry out of dryer. May just enjoy fighting with opposite sex, similar to adult speciman in house. Task Two..use vacuum. Speciman sucks up tshirt in vaccum. Unable to bend and pick up anything or see that anything needs to be picked up. Y chromosome may be very stubborn. Task 3 ...clean bathroom. Speciman moves nothing on counter and just smears sink. Subject asks why we need to clean so much...........mother states because you are messy and pee on the floor...........
Younger Specimans with XX chromosomal makeup are also in training...........they squeal more than male subject. But have ability to bend over and put laundry in utility room. I have some hope here!
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Whew
Wow.........what a day. I have decided that this whole transition back into a schedule once school starts. My kids are getting pretty used to sleeping in to when they want to and being on their own schedule and not mine. I must admit bedtime is more and more frustrating. They come out of their rooms about 15 times to tell on each other, go through the list of things that they really don't need in their lives.......we are at their mercy and they know it.
Delaney and Jackson were up and ready to go to the fair this morning at 8 to see their cousin show his bucket calf.......the drama just started earlier! I made lunch and supper today at home and both times I hear the statement, "Me no like it." That statement is said if it is peanut butter and jelly or if it is one of my new recipes....."me no like it!" Seriously, I just don't get it. Tonight Jackson did try eating a cucumber......he didn't spit it out......kept it in his cheek and chewed a little here and there, and then the whole time he was eating it, he felt the need to rope me in as his support system. Eyes the size of quarters......and asking question after question about this mystery vegetable he has in his mouth. He did eat 3 slices so it must not have been too bad. Delaney squealed the whole meal. They will eat when they are ready.....I am over it.
Kennedy is my only child that doesn't complain......oh yeah she doesn't talk does she that is right. She took a bath this morning, ate lunch, I got her ready to go with me to take Delaney to dance, and next thing I know she is in the pool. Yeah great. Same thing tonight, we changed her and got ready to go to the fair, and turned around and she is in the pool. 5 outfits.........5 outfits in one day by that child. Seriously.....I love laundry, I love laundry.......and why does it have to reproduce on it's own?
Delaney had dance today, she tells me they tried on their dance outfits for Riverboat Days today. She tells me that she has maracas to match her outfit, and she gets to keep them. She better be smoking something with that last part, those A) will be noisier than ever in my house B) only two will cause a fight as I have 3 people who will want them C) will be on top of my fridge by August 22 D) all of the above. Need I explain to you what the correct response would be?
Maybe the straightjacket needs to match those maracas so I can hide them..........
Delaney and Jackson were up and ready to go to the fair this morning at 8 to see their cousin show his bucket calf.......the drama just started earlier! I made lunch and supper today at home and both times I hear the statement, "Me no like it." That statement is said if it is peanut butter and jelly or if it is one of my new recipes....."me no like it!" Seriously, I just don't get it. Tonight Jackson did try eating a cucumber......he didn't spit it out......kept it in his cheek and chewed a little here and there, and then the whole time he was eating it, he felt the need to rope me in as his support system. Eyes the size of quarters......and asking question after question about this mystery vegetable he has in his mouth. He did eat 3 slices so it must not have been too bad. Delaney squealed the whole meal. They will eat when they are ready.....I am over it.
Kennedy is my only child that doesn't complain......oh yeah she doesn't talk does she that is right. She took a bath this morning, ate lunch, I got her ready to go with me to take Delaney to dance, and next thing I know she is in the pool. Yeah great. Same thing tonight, we changed her and got ready to go to the fair, and turned around and she is in the pool. 5 outfits.........5 outfits in one day by that child. Seriously.....I love laundry, I love laundry.......and why does it have to reproduce on it's own?
Delaney had dance today, she tells me they tried on their dance outfits for Riverboat Days today. She tells me that she has maracas to match her outfit, and she gets to keep them. She better be smoking something with that last part, those A) will be noisier than ever in my house B) only two will cause a fight as I have 3 people who will want them C) will be on top of my fridge by August 22 D) all of the above. Need I explain to you what the correct response would be?
Maybe the straightjacket needs to match those maracas so I can hide them..........
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
My Hawaii.............
ok so I am sitting here at 2:00 in the afternoon.........3 kids sleeping and I am in what I call stealth mode. The phone is off the hook, and my kids are sleeping. I know this is a time that I should be up and doing all those things that I don't get done when they are awake, but that causes various individuals to be up and at them too!!! So.........stealth mode it is for the next hour. Sometimes I read my book, look at scrapbooking stuff, or just veg out and watch a little tv..........remembering the days before kids when I could be on my own schedule all of the time. I guess I will tell you this is my time of the day.
If you have ever checked out flylady.com the first rule she has in getting organized is to have yourself get up and get fully ready every morning, and put on shoes..........yeah. That worked for me the first two weeks of summer...... great idea. Then the second part of her program is to clean the kitchen sink.....from top to bottom and keep those two things done. Then you can go on to step three. I will be honest......step one and two are hard enough for me to do, I have never even looked to see what step three is. I am over it. I will also admit, when I do get a chance to take a shower, that is MY HAWAII. Three minutes of sanity in a day. As I said it is 2 pm and I haven't gotten that shower in yet.......but soon. When stealth mode is over, maybe I will get there. I guess everyone can have their list of musts..........but recognizing everyone has different musts is a need too! I have been thinking about writing a 12 step program for parenting.....I will let you know once I have those 12 steps ready. I have been thinking. Like that LaMaze class we all took before we had kids.......you know the breathing and the panting and the husbands stroking their wives to comfort them during childbirth. Yeah I guess maybe I should have known that I wasn't a part of that crowd at those classes when MY husband was sitting up against the wall when I was practicing this breathing. Little did they say that I would be practicing that deep breathing when my kids were 3 and 4. I got it now! Didn't work for pregnancy but maybe just maybe it will help with my preschoolers.
Kid moments:
Delaney and Jackson had swimming lessons this morning. I just keep telling myself they are 3 and 4 this will all happen on their on time. But there was a grandma sitting there by me today watching my kids, and in some ways trying not to evaluate other kids, yet also stating the obvious things about them. You know when they had to jump into the water with lifejackets on and float using those lifejackets. Delaney steps up to the plate first and gets in the water and freaks. Does the whole gulping water and screaming thing.......and scared to death. Then ole Jackson's eyes were the size of quarters during the whole process, but he puts on the life jacket and gets pulled in by the instructor.......yeah.....great........gulping water.........squealing a nice girl squeal. Just can't make it up. But this grandma sitting next to me just couldn't stop making comments through the whole process. I guess maybe that is what grandmas do.....but there is a time and a place to evalate kids.....she doesn't know my kids, why is she evaluating them?
But through this whole process maybe that was my chance to grow as a mom too. I refuse to be a smotherer...........a mother who smothers their kids into fear of doing anything, or the inability to give my kids wings to try new things. I have constantly said that I would never be a smotherer......I want my kids to learn from their mistakes, their fears, and their successes. It is not my job to live my life through my kids, but live my life for my kids. I have said often in this blog that the statement from the book I have read this summer that states "Parenting is not a performance!!!" ........makes more and more sense to me. Also maybe to add to that statement........."I refuse to be judged!" Easier said then done. But maybe that is where more of my problems have been, in the fact that I refuse to let anyone feel that they have the solution to fix my kids, or my problems with my kids. Great if something worked for you when you had kids, but all kids are different, all parenting styles are different, nothing is the same as it is for other parents. I have to make the decision to make the best choice for me and my kids based on what works for us.....not what works for others. Wouldn't the world be a whole lot easier if we all just gave up everyone else's expectations and just deal with the hand we are dealt? Deep thoughts of the day.............
My Hawaii is calling me....maybe even have a little tropical shower gel just to spruce up the deal today. My little HULA girl (Kennedy) is sleeping, don't know who will be able to poke their head in the shower and yell at me if they are all sleeping. I just see them all as pesky tourists when they are in there with me......imagination is a great thing...........maybe my straightjacket will have a lei attached to it.
If you have ever checked out flylady.com the first rule she has in getting organized is to have yourself get up and get fully ready every morning, and put on shoes..........yeah. That worked for me the first two weeks of summer...... great idea. Then the second part of her program is to clean the kitchen sink.....from top to bottom and keep those two things done. Then you can go on to step three. I will be honest......step one and two are hard enough for me to do, I have never even looked to see what step three is. I am over it. I will also admit, when I do get a chance to take a shower, that is MY HAWAII. Three minutes of sanity in a day. As I said it is 2 pm and I haven't gotten that shower in yet.......but soon. When stealth mode is over, maybe I will get there. I guess everyone can have their list of musts..........but recognizing everyone has different musts is a need too! I have been thinking about writing a 12 step program for parenting.....I will let you know once I have those 12 steps ready. I have been thinking. Like that LaMaze class we all took before we had kids.......you know the breathing and the panting and the husbands stroking their wives to comfort them during childbirth. Yeah I guess maybe I should have known that I wasn't a part of that crowd at those classes when MY husband was sitting up against the wall when I was practicing this breathing. Little did they say that I would be practicing that deep breathing when my kids were 3 and 4. I got it now! Didn't work for pregnancy but maybe just maybe it will help with my preschoolers.
Kid moments:
Delaney and Jackson had swimming lessons this morning. I just keep telling myself they are 3 and 4 this will all happen on their on time. But there was a grandma sitting there by me today watching my kids, and in some ways trying not to evaluate other kids, yet also stating the obvious things about them. You know when they had to jump into the water with lifejackets on and float using those lifejackets. Delaney steps up to the plate first and gets in the water and freaks. Does the whole gulping water and screaming thing.......and scared to death. Then ole Jackson's eyes were the size of quarters during the whole process, but he puts on the life jacket and gets pulled in by the instructor.......yeah.....great........gulping water.........squealing a nice girl squeal. Just can't make it up. But this grandma sitting next to me just couldn't stop making comments through the whole process. I guess maybe that is what grandmas do.....but there is a time and a place to evalate kids.....she doesn't know my kids, why is she evaluating them?
But through this whole process maybe that was my chance to grow as a mom too. I refuse to be a smotherer...........a mother who smothers their kids into fear of doing anything, or the inability to give my kids wings to try new things. I have constantly said that I would never be a smotherer......I want my kids to learn from their mistakes, their fears, and their successes. It is not my job to live my life through my kids, but live my life for my kids. I have said often in this blog that the statement from the book I have read this summer that states "Parenting is not a performance!!!" ........makes more and more sense to me. Also maybe to add to that statement........."I refuse to be judged!" Easier said then done. But maybe that is where more of my problems have been, in the fact that I refuse to let anyone feel that they have the solution to fix my kids, or my problems with my kids. Great if something worked for you when you had kids, but all kids are different, all parenting styles are different, nothing is the same as it is for other parents. I have to make the decision to make the best choice for me and my kids based on what works for us.....not what works for others. Wouldn't the world be a whole lot easier if we all just gave up everyone else's expectations and just deal with the hand we are dealt? Deep thoughts of the day.............
My Hawaii is calling me....maybe even have a little tropical shower gel just to spruce up the deal today. My little HULA girl (Kennedy) is sleeping, don't know who will be able to poke their head in the shower and yell at me if they are all sleeping. I just see them all as pesky tourists when they are in there with me......imagination is a great thing...........maybe my straightjacket will have a lei attached to it.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Let's go Back to School People
Today was my breaking point. Seriously.......we went out for supper at a friend's house and my kids were out of control. They are just naughty. And once naughty happens, they just continue to add to the naughtiness and just get worse. My whole thing is may I never forget what this is like. May I never be an old woman that sits there and just puts my nose up in the air to the little kids in the room. I had one lady SHUSH my kids tonight. Yeah you know what spend a few hours with them and then see if SHUSHing works..........SHUSHing just adds to the noise. SHUSH this WOMAN.......of course this woman has 2 kids....5 years between them, they are adults and they have the 3 perfect grandkids........blah blah blah. Perfect people are hiding something. Just so you know.........I have nothing to hide. Just ask me. I will tell you!
Kid Moments:
Jeff and I were talking on the phone this morning......and he tells me that the kids have a new trick. GREAT I love hearing this. Yeah he was on duty Monday night, and he admits to the fact basically that he was babysitting from the chair. (ok so no he doesn't admit this, but that is basically what I can put together of the actions of the night) He tells me that the kids were all together playing in Jackson's bedroom. And all of a sudden he hears giggling. Giggling really? hmm.......then he says he hears someone come in the front door and thinks that it is me....so all of a sudden Delaney comes down the steps. He really doesn't check into it from what I can gather.......and then a few minutes later he asks where Jackson is....he is told that he is playing. And this goes on and he admits to the fact that this goes on for about 40 minutes, and then at one point he asks where Jackson is and Delaney says he is outside riding his bike. Umm hmm.........so he gets up to check out what is going on.........and he goes into Jackson's room and he finds the screen out of the window in his room and they are using this window as an entrance and an exit to the house. Yeah nice....................MAN LAND. They would have ran the same game with me I am sure.......but A) I would have been up checking on them...and B) if it did happen I wouldn't have admitted to it in such detail. WOMAN's Thinking!!!
Nothing they do amazes me right now....if they haven't tried it........the next one will. I need a super duper heavy duty to the max high end straight jacket.
Kid Moments:
Jeff and I were talking on the phone this morning......and he tells me that the kids have a new trick. GREAT I love hearing this. Yeah he was on duty Monday night, and he admits to the fact basically that he was babysitting from the chair. (ok so no he doesn't admit this, but that is basically what I can put together of the actions of the night) He tells me that the kids were all together playing in Jackson's bedroom. And all of a sudden he hears giggling. Giggling really? hmm.......then he says he hears someone come in the front door and thinks that it is me....so all of a sudden Delaney comes down the steps. He really doesn't check into it from what I can gather.......and then a few minutes later he asks where Jackson is....he is told that he is playing. And this goes on and he admits to the fact that this goes on for about 40 minutes, and then at one point he asks where Jackson is and Delaney says he is outside riding his bike. Umm hmm.........so he gets up to check out what is going on.........and he goes into Jackson's room and he finds the screen out of the window in his room and they are using this window as an entrance and an exit to the house. Yeah nice....................MAN LAND. They would have ran the same game with me I am sure.......but A) I would have been up checking on them...and B) if it did happen I wouldn't have admitted to it in such detail. WOMAN's Thinking!!!
Nothing they do amazes me right now....if they haven't tried it........the next one will. I need a super duper heavy duty to the max high end straight jacket.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Day in the Life
Tomato gone. Yeah nothing to say there. Granny Smith was here this afternoon and ole Jackson did some picking. Love it. Delaney talked Granny into picking mulberries off a tree in the back yard and then continued to talk her into making "flushies" (aka slushies) out of these berries. So out with the blender....................and it spills all over the carpet in the dining room. Nice. Just good to see that my mom got a taste of what happens to me on a daily basis here. I will also tell you that I had to question if this was my mother. As I know for sure that my mother wouldn't have fallen for the "Let me Make a Flushy" trick. Wonder why she didn't answer the phone when we were gone..................maybe she has more of an idea after spending 6 hours with ole Delaney and Jackson.
Jeff and I ran to Sioux City this afternoon to start putting together everything for our vacation to San Antonio.........17 hours in a vehicle with 3 kids. NUTJOBS!!!! What was I thinking? So Kennedy got a mom and dad day....which is really good for her. Amazing how much she talks when it is just her and when someone listens to her!
So the last stop on our outing was a quick run into Barnes and Noble.........looking for my next book.....you know the sequel to "I Was A Good Mom Before I Had Kids" and yeah so I go to the parenting section and it isn't there. So I have to go and ask a lady at the customer service desk for help finding the book. "What title please?" Umm.........."I Would Trade My Husband For a Housekeeper"...........she is an older lady.........she has no idea what my story is...........but she looks at me over her reading glasses and just smirks. Umm hmm. Just take me there woman. So she does.............into the Love and Sex section. Seriously...........I wouldn't have looked there for it.........right next to the Kuma Sutra books..........you know I have 3 kids.......seriously Love and Sex......not so much. I won't go on. But I proudly pick up my new book and pay for it and go to the van. Jeff wants to know what book I bought. So I show him and he says "Oh one of those male bashing books huh?" What is he talking about? I just looked at him and said, "No not male bashing, that would be such a waste of my time." Point made.
Jeff and I ran to Sioux City this afternoon to start putting together everything for our vacation to San Antonio.........17 hours in a vehicle with 3 kids. NUTJOBS!!!! What was I thinking? So Kennedy got a mom and dad day....which is really good for her. Amazing how much she talks when it is just her and when someone listens to her!
So the last stop on our outing was a quick run into Barnes and Noble.........looking for my next book.....you know the sequel to "I Was A Good Mom Before I Had Kids" and yeah so I go to the parenting section and it isn't there. So I have to go and ask a lady at the customer service desk for help finding the book. "What title please?" Umm.........."I Would Trade My Husband For a Housekeeper"...........she is an older lady.........she has no idea what my story is...........but she looks at me over her reading glasses and just smirks. Umm hmm. Just take me there woman. So she does.............into the Love and Sex section. Seriously...........I wouldn't have looked there for it.........right next to the Kuma Sutra books..........you know I have 3 kids.......seriously Love and Sex......not so much. I won't go on. But I proudly pick up my new book and pay for it and go to the van. Jeff wants to know what book I bought. So I show him and he says "Oh one of those male bashing books huh?" What is he talking about? I just looked at him and said, "No not male bashing, that would be such a waste of my time." Point made.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Organization.......or Lack of it
Ok organization is something that I suffer from to start with, now add 3 kids and a husband to the mix and I tell you there is not a thing organized in my life. I can't begin to tell you how frustrating it is to me. I am a Type A personality. I like to be in control of things..........I know this........I admit to this..........but dang it I am at frustration level right now.
Beer bread. That is what really set me off today. I made a couple dips this afternoon and went to make some beer bread to go with them.........something different once I was thinking. I buy the beer bread in 3 packs and those packs are too big to store once you have one or two out of the box........so I am sure one day I was thinking that I would just leave the spare one down in a cupboard and hope to remember what it was. So yeah.........today get the crappy Coors Light that someone left at my house and going to make beer bread. Go to the cupboard.......get out this bag of what I hope is beer bread. Mix it up and the whole time I am thinking about is this really beer bread.............wonder what a cake mix and a beer will do together...............seriously for an hour while this SURPRISE mixture was baking I was sitting there wondering if I had the right mix. It did turn out to be the beer bread, but it is just the whole aspect that I really didn't know. Next time.......maybe writing on the bag would be a good idea huh? So yeah beer bread and dip right? Yeah dog got the dip off the table ................seriously. Here is what I am looking for in my next dog........one that doesn't bark, one that doesn't shed, does not poop on the front yard, is unable to stand on hind legs to reach anything on the cupboard................maybe something with gills and stays in a bowl on the counter is really what I need. So really I worried for an hour about this beer bread .............and didn't have anything to go with it anyway. Beat me.
Made my trip to the grocery store today and still ended up with Jackson in the vehicle. Chugged a diet coke in aisle three............ice cold......it was great. Reminded me of a late night trip to HyVee with my college roommate back in the day, but that is a story for another day. Another vent of the day..........I bought bananas last week.............green. Seriously those should change in a couple days right? Yeah no......nothing. Jeff tells me oh yeah those are the green bananas and they will change to yellow in about 3 weeks. Umm Hmm. Because I have three weeks for a flipping banana to change yellow. Of course Jeff didn't understand why I threw those bananas away...........I guess he doesn't get the fact that Kennedy has been carrying them all around the house already for a week wanting me to give her one...............I will not have bananas all over my house for another week. I bought yellow bananas today. Done deal...........woman thinking near as I can figure.
Kid Moments:
One tomato..........that is what I can see in my neighbor's garden. One tomato. It is a nice sized tomato........and I have to listen to her tell me how she doesn't get much out of her garden each year, but she does have this one tomato that she thinks will make it but she doesn't see much else in her garden. Jackson also has spotted this same tomato. I had to have a talk with him today about how we don't go into her side of the garden........we have to stay on our side. Yeah any bets here?
Delaney and Jackson started swimming lessons today. Yeah Delaney is down in the 4 foot deep water and going under, not listening and doing her own thing the whole lesson..........meanwhile Jackson is basically glued up to the two foot wall. He did warm up a little, but the kid has been dunked one too many times by her........thinking it might just take more than one day for him to trust being in the same pool with her.
Kennedy is into pinching. Great fun. I am usually her target right now. She doesn't get something she wants or I pick her up to take her away from something and immediately she grabs my necks and pinches. Not so fun..........this too shall pass, right? May have hickies on my neck here for a couple months but all is good right? Maybe that straightjacket needs to have a turtleneck on it............hide the battlewounds.
Beer bread. That is what really set me off today. I made a couple dips this afternoon and went to make some beer bread to go with them.........something different once I was thinking. I buy the beer bread in 3 packs and those packs are too big to store once you have one or two out of the box........so I am sure one day I was thinking that I would just leave the spare one down in a cupboard and hope to remember what it was. So yeah.........today get the crappy Coors Light that someone left at my house and going to make beer bread. Go to the cupboard.......get out this bag of what I hope is beer bread. Mix it up and the whole time I am thinking about is this really beer bread.............wonder what a cake mix and a beer will do together...............seriously for an hour while this SURPRISE mixture was baking I was sitting there wondering if I had the right mix. It did turn out to be the beer bread, but it is just the whole aspect that I really didn't know. Next time.......maybe writing on the bag would be a good idea huh? So yeah beer bread and dip right? Yeah dog got the dip off the table ................seriously. Here is what I am looking for in my next dog........one that doesn't bark, one that doesn't shed, does not poop on the front yard, is unable to stand on hind legs to reach anything on the cupboard................maybe something with gills and stays in a bowl on the counter is really what I need. So really I worried for an hour about this beer bread .............and didn't have anything to go with it anyway. Beat me.
Made my trip to the grocery store today and still ended up with Jackson in the vehicle. Chugged a diet coke in aisle three............ice cold......it was great. Reminded me of a late night trip to HyVee with my college roommate back in the day, but that is a story for another day. Another vent of the day..........I bought bananas last week.............green. Seriously those should change in a couple days right? Yeah no......nothing. Jeff tells me oh yeah those are the green bananas and they will change to yellow in about 3 weeks. Umm Hmm. Because I have three weeks for a flipping banana to change yellow. Of course Jeff didn't understand why I threw those bananas away...........I guess he doesn't get the fact that Kennedy has been carrying them all around the house already for a week wanting me to give her one...............I will not have bananas all over my house for another week. I bought yellow bananas today. Done deal...........woman thinking near as I can figure.
Kid Moments:
One tomato..........that is what I can see in my neighbor's garden. One tomato. It is a nice sized tomato........and I have to listen to her tell me how she doesn't get much out of her garden each year, but she does have this one tomato that she thinks will make it but she doesn't see much else in her garden. Jackson also has spotted this same tomato. I had to have a talk with him today about how we don't go into her side of the garden........we have to stay on our side. Yeah any bets here?
Delaney and Jackson started swimming lessons today. Yeah Delaney is down in the 4 foot deep water and going under, not listening and doing her own thing the whole lesson..........meanwhile Jackson is basically glued up to the two foot wall. He did warm up a little, but the kid has been dunked one too many times by her........thinking it might just take more than one day for him to trust being in the same pool with her.
Kennedy is into pinching. Great fun. I am usually her target right now. She doesn't get something she wants or I pick her up to take her away from something and immediately she grabs my necks and pinches. Not so fun..........this too shall pass, right? May have hickies on my neck here for a couple months but all is good right? Maybe that straightjacket needs to have a turtleneck on it............hide the battlewounds.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Grandma and Honesty
You know basic white is probably what I need in that straightjacket. No reason screwing around and looking for colors..........just go basic and call it good. Today was one of those days that I would have just sat in the straightjacket...........no fight......nothing. Just put me in it. I won't even rock or anything........just put me in it and get me away from the little people.
You know I just feel terrible saying that but really I have learned that there is a reason why I work 9 months out of the year. I love my kids..........I love my job....................I now love my job more because of my kids. It isn't meant to be mean, I just know that I could not stay at home everyday of the year and do this job. I struggle to find the balance between work and school during the school year, but seriously...........this full time home mom gig isn't for me.
Today was the day of beating the tar out of each other.........every time I turned around they were into something and then beating each other. I really needed to go to the grocery store, but soon figured out that wasn't going to work. They did spend about a half hour this morning collecting spare change...........maybe from Jeff's pants pockets........and putting it in a purse...........that was as good as it got all day. I tried to get them to go outside to play.....no go. Tried the coloring attempt.......yeah Kennedy wanted to color too.........she broke a crayon............you know that no matter what color it was that was everyone else's favorite color. UMM HMM. Delaney took a 30 minute nap and let me just say she continued the rest of the day being extremely HAPPY and being a total joy to everyone around.
We went to Granny Smith's tonight. On the way over Delaney remembers she forgot her money. Good thing we were going to Grandma's she said...............and I said why because she spoils you for free? And Delaney's response was "Yeah she is great!" That is as good as compliments get from her.
We got to mom's and Delaney managed to get a big jar of strawberry rhubarb jam...........nothing like being subtle............reminding Grandma that we were out of that jelly that she had on the cupboard. Mom tried giving her a small jar and she put it back up on the counter and said we will take the big one. Maybe she is learning!! HE HE HE
Kid Moments:
I was sitting in a dark house last night unable to sleep and kept seeing something blinking. Yeah lightening bugs........loose in my house. Seriously. This just happens to everyone right? I am quite sure that they just got into the house right?
We also got to taunt Granny's cat for about 30 minutes tonight. Amazing to me no matter where that cat goes they can find her. They would kill a cat at our house. Also today was a record for us here at the Hall House........4 days between us letting the dog loose. That dog sees the light and is gone in an instant. Of course this happened to be the point at which Delaney and Jackson were supposed to be napping, and Jackson spots a butterfly out his bedroom window and is immediately out the door.............and there goes the dog. Maybe it is like his Calgon for him to run and not have the kids after him.............I don't know where he goes, but he comes back and seems unwound. Maybe tomorrow I will go with him.............
You know I just feel terrible saying that but really I have learned that there is a reason why I work 9 months out of the year. I love my kids..........I love my job....................I now love my job more because of my kids. It isn't meant to be mean, I just know that I could not stay at home everyday of the year and do this job. I struggle to find the balance between work and school during the school year, but seriously...........this full time home mom gig isn't for me.
Today was the day of beating the tar out of each other.........every time I turned around they were into something and then beating each other. I really needed to go to the grocery store, but soon figured out that wasn't going to work. They did spend about a half hour this morning collecting spare change...........maybe from Jeff's pants pockets........and putting it in a purse...........that was as good as it got all day. I tried to get them to go outside to play.....no go. Tried the coloring attempt.......yeah Kennedy wanted to color too.........she broke a crayon............you know that no matter what color it was that was everyone else's favorite color. UMM HMM. Delaney took a 30 minute nap and let me just say she continued the rest of the day being extremely HAPPY and being a total joy to everyone around.
We went to Granny Smith's tonight. On the way over Delaney remembers she forgot her money. Good thing we were going to Grandma's she said...............and I said why because she spoils you for free? And Delaney's response was "Yeah she is great!" That is as good as compliments get from her.
We got to mom's and Delaney managed to get a big jar of strawberry rhubarb jam...........nothing like being subtle............reminding Grandma that we were out of that jelly that she had on the cupboard. Mom tried giving her a small jar and she put it back up on the counter and said we will take the big one. Maybe she is learning!! HE HE HE
Kid Moments:
I was sitting in a dark house last night unable to sleep and kept seeing something blinking. Yeah lightening bugs........loose in my house. Seriously. This just happens to everyone right? I am quite sure that they just got into the house right?
We also got to taunt Granny's cat for about 30 minutes tonight. Amazing to me no matter where that cat goes they can find her. They would kill a cat at our house. Also today was a record for us here at the Hall House........4 days between us letting the dog loose. That dog sees the light and is gone in an instant. Of course this happened to be the point at which Delaney and Jackson were supposed to be napping, and Jackson spots a butterfly out his bedroom window and is immediately out the door.............and there goes the dog. Maybe it is like his Calgon for him to run and not have the kids after him.............I don't know where he goes, but he comes back and seems unwound. Maybe tomorrow I will go with him.............
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