you know its monday...........

Jonah is doing a great job of telling me when he has to pee, but he refuses to pee in his potty. That is for "little boys" he says. But apparently peeing in the shower is for "big boys". So he stands in the shower and pees. At least he's got the "I've got to go" thing right? Its kinda a pain in the ass though. I have to take off his pants and socks, then once he's done I have to wash his feet. But ok, he's peeing somewhere other than his diaper and I should be thankful...............right?

This morning, he said he had to pee, we went through the whole disrobing process and he peed. Great! Then he pooped. Ok, this has happened before, I just clean the shower. And lets be honest my shower doesn't usually get cleaned this often so maybe its a good thing? But today after he pooped in the shower, he decided to rub his feet in it, Ahhh no wait stop, Then he reached down and grabbed some and smeared it on him self, AHHHHHHHHHHH StOPPPPPPP, then he ran out of the shower and started smearing it everywhere in the bathroom, like seriously everywhere. OK. So I finally wrangle him get him up the stairs and into the upstairs shower since the downstairs one is out of commission!! We are both covered in poop, and um its super gross. But then we are clean and I think its all over.

I was feeling relieved. I forgot about what the bathroom looked like. But then I came back downstairs and it smacked me in the face. By this point the poop is dried and caked on to all the surfaces and I want to cry.

So happy Monday to you all. I hope yours is less poop filled than mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

life stuff

Buffalo chicken in the slow cooker. a new recipe that I've never tried. but at the beginning of this pregnancy I was on a huge blue cheese dressing kick and I need to use some of it up. So buffalo chicken for dinner it is!!

Jonah's bday party is in 2.5 weeks and I have done almost no planning for it. very unlike me!! I usually am making time lines by this point.

I am giving away all my size 2's and smaller. Lets be honest, I'm probably never going to fit into them again and there are plenty of people out there who could use them. But the size 4's them I'll keep :)

My closet has been cleaned out of all non maternity and huge sized clothing, from here on out its only the big stuff for me!

Have you been outside today!!!

Jonah and I just went on a fabulous walk outside!!

I wore a tee shirt, jeans, and my sandals. Thats right I said sandals!!

Jonah wore a tee shirt, jeans, and his rain boots, cause he wont leave the house without his rain boots anymore.

He actually refused to leave the house without his winter coat and hat. He was sure I was forgetting them and as he stood under the coat rack pointing up and looking at me like I was crazy for asking him to leave without them I tried and tried to explain that its 70 deg outside he didn't need them. After 5 min or so he finally agreed to trying to go outside without them, he then of course ran down the street completely liberated in the gorgeous sun!

Now he'll probably refuse to wear his coat and hat ever again even though the weather is turning colder.

Oh spring how you tease me. I wish it could stay like today. But I'll just have to carry it in my memory for the next 2 months till the 70's return.

In other news I started sewing on the sleeves of Jonah's bday sweater today!! Almost done!!

spring?

don't toy with me spring. you better actually be here. I don't know if I'll be able to handle it if you go away again and are replaced by endless days of 20 deg weather.
I need you spring. I need you to fill my house with sunshine, I need to be able to open my windows and feel the crisp air flowing through. I need to be able to go outside, on walks, play in the playground for more than 15 min at a time.

don;t leave me my beloved warmth.

Spring please stay!!

As for you stink bugs, I'm ready to break up!

retribution

There Jonah and I are scrambling to get out of the house running late for an appt we have to tour a preschool.
I ask him to get his sneakers, he returns proudly holding his rain boots and sits down for me to put them on him. Its not raining I tell him, you need to wear your sneakers not your rain boots. He is adamant, he will be wearing his rain boots today.
I begin to argue and then stop myself in my tracks. What am I doing? Me of all people telling some one what they should or should not be wearing. Making fashion choices for some one else.

The yrs of arguments my mother and I had over what I was wearing and I swore up and down that I would never NEVER do that to my child. I would let them wear whatever they wanted to, I would respect their individuality, I would embrace their creativity and self expressionism. And yet there I sat on the bottom step with my son telling him that he couldn't wear his rain boots because its not raining.

I immediately put down the sneakers, called my mom, let her gloat for a second and then put on the rain boots. He happily strutted out the door in his green boots covered in pictures of bugs feeling proud that he made the decision about his footwear.

I hope that is the last time I ever try to tell him what to wear. Who do I think I am?