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!!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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!
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!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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?
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?
Friday, January 28, 2011
snowy days
its snowy here, very snowy, with more on the way today and tomorrow. I better get out of the house today during a break in it or I may lose it.
We went to the childrens museum on tuesday before it all started so of course jonah now has a cold. I'm still looking for a plastic bubble if anyone has one. maybe I should try craigslist.
At least he slept till 6 today instead of 5.
You would think with all this time spent inside of the house we would have gotten all the stuff on our house to do list done, but you would be mistaken. maybe today we'll be able to tick a few things off, probably not.
you also may think that I've gotten a ton of knitting done during this snowed in period but once again, nope.
I told myself that I couldn't work on anything else till I finish my niece's leg warmers, its killing me to get them done. they aren't hard or anything to knit, I just have a mental block. i should just allow myself to move on, this is supposed to be fun right? That's it, I've decided, I'm giving myself permission to knit something else, I'll get back to the leg warmers when I get back to them, even if its in June, wool in june is ok right? lets just say yes!!!
I've also been baking bread in the bread maker, after a few failed attempts. our kitchen is unheated and the bread wasn't rising so I finally put a space heater next to the machine and viola bread!! yummy delicious warm bread!!
and I've been baking brownies. i think I need to make some butterscotch sauce to go with those bad boys. and strawberry sauce cause I love me some butterscotch and strawberry together!!
yeah, that to-do-list is staying just as it is! I've got chocolate chip cookies to make, its normal to make cookies at 7AM right?
We went to the childrens museum on tuesday before it all started so of course jonah now has a cold. I'm still looking for a plastic bubble if anyone has one. maybe I should try craigslist.
At least he slept till 6 today instead of 5.
You would think with all this time spent inside of the house we would have gotten all the stuff on our house to do list done, but you would be mistaken. maybe today we'll be able to tick a few things off, probably not.
you also may think that I've gotten a ton of knitting done during this snowed in period but once again, nope.
I told myself that I couldn't work on anything else till I finish my niece's leg warmers, its killing me to get them done. they aren't hard or anything to knit, I just have a mental block. i should just allow myself to move on, this is supposed to be fun right? That's it, I've decided, I'm giving myself permission to knit something else, I'll get back to the leg warmers when I get back to them, even if its in June, wool in june is ok right? lets just say yes!!!
I've also been baking bread in the bread maker, after a few failed attempts. our kitchen is unheated and the bread wasn't rising so I finally put a space heater next to the machine and viola bread!! yummy delicious warm bread!!
and I've been baking brownies. i think I need to make some butterscotch sauce to go with those bad boys. and strawberry sauce cause I love me some butterscotch and strawberry together!!
yeah, that to-do-list is staying just as it is! I've got chocolate chip cookies to make, its normal to make cookies at 7AM right?
Friday, January 14, 2011
update
country white bread baking away and filling my house with joy!!
jonah's scarf is finished and he loves it so much that he refuses to even try it on........it could work as a headband for me right?
jonah's scarf is finished and he loves it so much that he refuses to even try it on........it could work as a headband for me right?
As the stomach turns!
Jonah has the stomach flu! I had the stomach flu! and Peter has somehow avoided the stomach flu..........so far!
Aghhhh. I have washed our sheets, clothes, and everything else in the house innumerable times. I'm ready for this phase of our lives to be over thank you very much.
I did, however, get a good deal of knitting done while stuck in bed. I finished the mulit colored balaclava. but I would rather have avoided the experience all together.
I'm contemplating making mittens to go with it, but I've never made them before. It is National Knit Mitten month so if not now when really?
I can't believe that there actually is a National Knit Mitten Month. I love knitting and all but shouldn't our law makers be focused on I don't know, just off the top of my head...............ending 2 wars, poverty, immigration, nutrition, the prison system, the education system, gun laws,,,,,,,,,,,,rather than voting to make January Knit Mitten Month!
I'm going to break out one of my fabulous Christmas presents------The bread machine that Kara got me!!! The smell of fresh baked bread in my house in a few hours is making me a little giddy!!
So I'm off to make bread and finish the scarf that I started for Jonah this morning. Then I'll get back to the puke laundry and then figure out whats for dinner. Those 2 things don't really go together do they?
Aghhhh. I have washed our sheets, clothes, and everything else in the house innumerable times. I'm ready for this phase of our lives to be over thank you very much.
I did, however, get a good deal of knitting done while stuck in bed. I finished the mulit colored balaclava. but I would rather have avoided the experience all together.
I'm contemplating making mittens to go with it, but I've never made them before. It is National Knit Mitten month so if not now when really?
I can't believe that there actually is a National Knit Mitten Month. I love knitting and all but shouldn't our law makers be focused on I don't know, just off the top of my head...............ending 2 wars, poverty, immigration, nutrition, the prison system, the education system, gun laws,,,,,,,,,,,,rather than voting to make January Knit Mitten Month!
I'm going to break out one of my fabulous Christmas presents------The bread machine that Kara got me!!! The smell of fresh baked bread in my house in a few hours is making me a little giddy!!
So I'm off to make bread and finish the scarf that I started for Jonah this morning. Then I'll get back to the puke laundry and then figure out whats for dinner. Those 2 things don't really go together do they?
Monday, January 3, 2011
I'm too tired to be taken seriously
It's 3:27 Am so basically ignore everything that I'm going to say for the remainder of this post.
My child is sick, again. dr appt tomorrow or really just later today can not come soon enough. how can he be so bright eyed and bushy tailed at this hr. its really quite rude if you ask me. the only way to behave at 3 AM is asleep if you ask me.
Last night he woke up at 12:45. I took the 12:45 to 2:15 AM shift at which point Peter took over. he finally got J to sleep at 5AM. And then the kid woke up at 7:30 at which point it was my turn again.
currently we are watching "Mary Poppins" again and again and again. that music can really get in your head and then make you want to stick an ice pick in there for good measyre. peter and i keep catching ourselves singing them around the house.
and on another topic what is up with Prince William and Kate not wanting servants? can I have them if they aren't using them? i could use a house keeper and cook for a little while. As soon as she pops out a kid she will be begging for that housekeeper and cook cause who has time to do the dishes with a newborn hell I don't even have the time to do them with a toddler.
there should be a phone number you can call and talk to other moms who are up in the middle of the night with their kids. we could all cry to each other and talk about how tired we are. i suppose i could find a chat rm or something on this here computer that had moms in the same situation but a chat rm really can't replace hearing the exhausted voice of a fellow mom to make you feel like you're not alone.
how can he be so fine with drinking milk, eating pretzels, and watching a movie at this hr. I am not fine with it,. i want to be in bed, eyes closed, and whats that word, its been so long since I've done it, oh right, sleep. that's it. sleep. oh how I miss you.
Is it ok to sleep on the couch while your kid is awake. does it count as parenting if you're in the rm or do you actually have to be awake? who makes these rules anyway?
is there some sort of plastic bubble i can put us in for the rest of winter to prevent anymore illness? did anyone else see the movie "boy in the plastic bubble"? maybe he's not using his anymore and we could borrow it. how hard is it to make a clean rm like they have in the hospital? i suppose you'd actually have to have a clean house first which just brings me back to the house keeper thing. the bottom line is that I don't want to leave the house for the rest of the winter and part of the spring to prevent anymore sickies invading our world. Peter could get sprayed with some sort of disinfectant before entering since he has to leave for work and all. how am I going to get groceries, good question. I haven't worked out all the kinks yet.
it's 4AM, my child is jumping on the couch with no interest in going to sleep, excuse me while I go cry............................
My child is sick, again. dr appt tomorrow or really just later today can not come soon enough. how can he be so bright eyed and bushy tailed at this hr. its really quite rude if you ask me. the only way to behave at 3 AM is asleep if you ask me.
Last night he woke up at 12:45. I took the 12:45 to 2:15 AM shift at which point Peter took over. he finally got J to sleep at 5AM. And then the kid woke up at 7:30 at which point it was my turn again.
currently we are watching "Mary Poppins" again and again and again. that music can really get in your head and then make you want to stick an ice pick in there for good measyre. peter and i keep catching ourselves singing them around the house.
and on another topic what is up with Prince William and Kate not wanting servants? can I have them if they aren't using them? i could use a house keeper and cook for a little while. As soon as she pops out a kid she will be begging for that housekeeper and cook cause who has time to do the dishes with a newborn hell I don't even have the time to do them with a toddler.
there should be a phone number you can call and talk to other moms who are up in the middle of the night with their kids. we could all cry to each other and talk about how tired we are. i suppose i could find a chat rm or something on this here computer that had moms in the same situation but a chat rm really can't replace hearing the exhausted voice of a fellow mom to make you feel like you're not alone.
how can he be so fine with drinking milk, eating pretzels, and watching a movie at this hr. I am not fine with it,. i want to be in bed, eyes closed, and whats that word, its been so long since I've done it, oh right, sleep. that's it. sleep. oh how I miss you.
Is it ok to sleep on the couch while your kid is awake. does it count as parenting if you're in the rm or do you actually have to be awake? who makes these rules anyway?
is there some sort of plastic bubble i can put us in for the rest of winter to prevent anymore illness? did anyone else see the movie "boy in the plastic bubble"? maybe he's not using his anymore and we could borrow it. how hard is it to make a clean rm like they have in the hospital? i suppose you'd actually have to have a clean house first which just brings me back to the house keeper thing. the bottom line is that I don't want to leave the house for the rest of the winter and part of the spring to prevent anymore sickies invading our world. Peter could get sprayed with some sort of disinfectant before entering since he has to leave for work and all. how am I going to get groceries, good question. I haven't worked out all the kinks yet.
it's 4AM, my child is jumping on the couch with no interest in going to sleep, excuse me while I go cry............................
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