Dust buster you are my new best friend. Sorry old best friend (shark steam mop). I still think you're great and all but did you see how dust buster took care off all the crumbs Jonah left on the floor?

Give me an M

Hello Monday. I welcome you with open arms. For with your arrival brings us one day closer to Peter being done with the school yr. True he is teaching summer school but its only half days and Jonah and I get to have him for the other half. This whole work thing takes my darling husband away from us far too much!

Spent the weekend looking for a couch. The never ending saga of looking for a couch, or so it seems. One day we will find one and it will be comfortable and nappable and perfect for our needs, my feet will be able to touch the ground when I sit down on it, etc.

I watch the live cam of the oil spill somehow trying to get my mind around what is going on but either I am too limited or the situation to vast for that to happen. I sit in shock and amazement. Trying not to look at the birds covered in oil but not able to look away either. I can't stand it. What are we doing......................

So Monday come forth. Wrap me in your Mondayness. Lets go, lets see what you have in store for us. Will it be the co-op, picking dandelions for dandelion jam, or maybe something totally unexpected? Monday give me your best!!

Is it me?

I had a confrontational day today.
I asked the check out woman at the grocery store how she was and she snapped back. Basically saying how she is is none of my business.
I had a testy exchange with a nurse at the dr.'s office.

It was just one of those things I couldn't seem to shake.

Was it something that I was putting out into the world or were people just bummed to be back at work after a holiday weekend. Maybe it was both.

All I know is that I am done interacting with people for the day.

If you planned on calling me to chat I hope it can wait till tomorrow!!

Jonah figured out how to take his diaper off and you know, throw it across the room or wear it on his head. He does this with or with our poop in it.....

AWESOME!!!

no nap

Jonah is on a nap strike. which of course made him a complete and total disaster today. the 2 teeth he's cutting didn't help matters. so up since 4:50AM. he ran around the house and yard all day yelling at furniture and trees and taking things out of one place and putting them some where else. he has his own organization system i guess. he has also been famished all day. he just kept wanting more food. i obliged of course. but man he was putting it away.

so now he is in bed. thankfully!!

I plan on sitting on my ass and doing nothing for the rest of the evening.
dishes I'm talking to you here. I hope you and the dish washer didn't have any plans for later cause you guys aren't getting together tonight!!

Funny Vs Dangerous

Let me set the scene:
I am sitting at the kitchen counter drinking coffee reading the big business owned media's version of what's going on in the world. Jonah is watching Sesame Street. Peter has already left for work.
I'm knee deep in an article about the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell and I hear hysterical laughter emanating from my child. Now he loves his SS but he's seen this video 100 times so I doubt it can be from something Grover did. I go over to see what all the hub bub is about and find him sitting on the bass drum of his drum set. How he managed to push the whole thing over with out me hearing a crash I do not know. But needless to say he thinks sitting on the drum is unbelievably funny and frankly so do I. Then he takes it one step further and stands up on the drum, (see photo #2). Ok here is where being a parent gets tricky.
He is having fun, he is purposely doing something to be funny. I love when he does that. He has his Daddy's sense of humor. I want to encourage this type of behavior but....Standing on a drum and jumping up and down is 1. liable to break it and 2.dangerous.
"We don't jump on our toys, do we" I ask. (Peter and I try not to say "No" unless its a serious danger situation.) "Look at you. How much fun. Let's stand the drum set up again and play with it using the stick now." Nothing. The kid looks at me like I'm crazy. He's jumping on a drum while watching Sesame Street and I expect him to stop. What am I nuts? I reach out to pick him up and guide him in an action change.

And then.....CRASH! He tumbles backward. Thankfully he landed on a stuffed animal. He wasn't hurt at all but was a little shocked. A sort of "I was just having the best time, why am I on the floor now" expression.

We pick up the drum set together and start banging away. Smiles, fun, then he tries to climb on top of it.

Ok. So should I have removed him immediately from sitting on it as soon as I saw the situation? Should I have stopped it when he stood up? Should I not have laughed?

I want to encourage his creativity and independent actions. I want him to feel free to repurpose things. A chair isn't just for sitting, put a blanket over it and its a fort kind of thing. But I don't want him to get hurt in the process.
He's a kid, there will be injuries. I understand that. But when do I step in and be preventative and when do I step back. Is it irresponsible of me to let him do something that may end up with a boo boo?

Can you play your shirt?

Pictures from Peter's Bday BBQ. His birthday really isn't till the 27th but we celebrated early. The new grill worked like a champ. and beer, bocce, and brownies were enjoyed by all.

I gave him a shirt with a playable electric guitar built in it. YOu can find it here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/c498/zoom/

He hasn't really had one to play since the mold made him get rid of guitars, banjo, ukulele, drums, etc. I thought this would be a good temp till he gets a new one. It has this little amp you hook onto your belt. It was really funny. And thankfully he liked it.

I have a problem of getting presents for Peter that he doesn't really like. The problem is that I listen to him. He says he wants something, I file that knowledge away for a later date, then I get him the item for Christmas, bday, etc, but it turns out it was more of a spur of the moment "I want that" than an actual one. But I think after 5 + yrs of being together I've learned. At least I hope I have.

Jonah continues to amaze me. Tonight he picked up his PJ's and put them around his neck and pointed up the stairs. Um so you want to go to bed? Yeah he says. He says Yeah not yes. Put them on him and away he went. couldn't believe it. He is cutting 2 teeth at the moment so maybe that's why he is extra tired. I just hope he doesn't wake up at 4AM!!