Sunday, February 24, 2008
Another Year Older
Happy Birthday to me!
So far it has been a nice day since I was able to sleep in until 9:30! That was pure heaven! Now if I can only get out of cleaning, doing laundry, and cooking, it’d be the PERFECT day. I may be a year older but apparently not any wiser. Either way, it’s my day and it only comes once a year - what ever happens, it’ll be my kind of perfect.
So far it has been a nice day since I was able to sleep in until 9:30! That was pure heaven! Now if I can only get out of cleaning, doing laundry, and cooking, it’d be the PERFECT day. I may be a year older but apparently not any wiser. Either way, it’s my day and it only comes once a year - what ever happens, it’ll be my kind of perfect.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Stupid Stomach Bug
For the past three weeks we’ve been battling the stomach bug that has been going around. I guess I was bound to get it from one of my three petri dishes. Oh, how I love my little germ factories.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Hey, Thanks Lady!
People at the DMV suck! I swear the woman is smiling right now knowing that I have to live with that god awful picture for five years! Not only was she a horrible photographer, she had the worst personality ever. I was in Rude*Mart the other day and this woman still takes the cake.
I’ll have to update later with a picture of my new license…it’s really bad.
I’ll have to update later with a picture of my new license…it’s really bad.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Houdini Lives
We child proofed our house or at least we thought we did. Knob locks, drawer locks, gates, and anchors - we’ve got it all. Unfortunately, these locks are more parent proof than Madison proof.
A while back, our little girl decided to pull her dresser drawers out to form a staircase to the top. Sadly, this happened just shy of Chris getting the dresser anchored to the wall. This ended with a loud crash, screaming, and Madison found crouching beneath her fallen dresser which was caught by her bed creating a lean-to. Scared me half to death.
About a week ago, she got out of her room, crawled under the gate in mouse-like fashion, and escorted herself downstairs for some unsupervised play time.
A few days ago, she figured out how to get into her closet where we hang her dressy clothes and store a box or two of old clothes. I walked into her room to get her ready for the day to find her in layer after layer of small summer clothes. I pealed a bathing suit, skirt, a pair of shorts, tank tops, and a pair of capris off before I got down to the pjs I put her in the night before. I was trying to be stern explaining that she needs to stay out of the clothes Mommy had already neatly organized while attempting to hold back uncontrollable laughter.
Today, I walked into her room to get her up from nap to find her standing at the foot of her bed wearing a headband in the 80s sweat band style, and her face glistening. I asked what was all over her face only to hear an answer I wasn’t prepared for. Apparently, she found the small tube of Vaseline we use at bedtime to heal her chronically dry lips and moisturized her face and hair with it. She pulled off all kinds of escape acts to reach her goal.
As I was leaving for class, Chris looked at me asking what else we could possibly do to ensure her safety and keep our sanity. Well, lets see buddy….I lost my sanity years ago so you do whatever you feel is necessary to keep her safe but don’t pretend to worry about my mental state.
A while back, our little girl decided to pull her dresser drawers out to form a staircase to the top. Sadly, this happened just shy of Chris getting the dresser anchored to the wall. This ended with a loud crash, screaming, and Madison found crouching beneath her fallen dresser which was caught by her bed creating a lean-to. Scared me half to death.
About a week ago, she got out of her room, crawled under the gate in mouse-like fashion, and escorted herself downstairs for some unsupervised play time.
A few days ago, she figured out how to get into her closet where we hang her dressy clothes and store a box or two of old clothes. I walked into her room to get her ready for the day to find her in layer after layer of small summer clothes. I pealed a bathing suit, skirt, a pair of shorts, tank tops, and a pair of capris off before I got down to the pjs I put her in the night before. I was trying to be stern explaining that she needs to stay out of the clothes Mommy had already neatly organized while attempting to hold back uncontrollable laughter.
Today, I walked into her room to get her up from nap to find her standing at the foot of her bed wearing a headband in the 80s sweat band style, and her face glistening. I asked what was all over her face only to hear an answer I wasn’t prepared for. Apparently, she found the small tube of Vaseline we use at bedtime to heal her chronically dry lips and moisturized her face and hair with it. She pulled off all kinds of escape acts to reach her goal.
As I was leaving for class, Chris looked at me asking what else we could possibly do to ensure her safety and keep our sanity. Well, lets see buddy….I lost my sanity years ago so you do whatever you feel is necessary to keep her safe but don’t pretend to worry about my mental state.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
All Thumbs
Jake and I were working with his adding and subtracting this morning. We take turns making equations and answering them. It was my turn to answer so he made an equation that was 30-39=_____ when I told him my answer (-9) he looked puzzled. He asked what a negative is so I tried explaining it to him with the typical apples explanation. I gave him the equation of 5-6 and the conversation went like this:
Me: You have 5 apples and you need to give them to 6 people. How many people did not get an apple.
Jake: zero
Me: Jake, put up 5 fingers
He complies
Me: Now take 6 fingers away
Jake: I can’t
Me: I know - so how many fingers do you have to give to make 6?
He holds up his thumb from his other hand to show me - 1
Me: So, what do you have?
Jake: A thumb!
I was laughing so hard I almost forgot that he was still waiting for clarification. He totally gets negative numbers now that we did a few examples this morning. I’m so proud!
Me: You have 5 apples and you need to give them to 6 people. How many people did not get an apple.
Jake: zero
Me: Jake, put up 5 fingers
He complies
Me: Now take 6 fingers away
Jake: I can’t
Me: I know - so how many fingers do you have to give to make 6?
He holds up his thumb from his other hand to show me - 1
Me: So, what do you have?
Jake: A thumb!
I was laughing so hard I almost forgot that he was still waiting for clarification. He totally gets negative numbers now that we did a few examples this morning. I’m so proud!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Feeling Old
My kids have no idea what a cassette tape is.
I explained that it plays music so Jake asked if he could hear it. Sure you can, let me just put it in the….oh, crap! We don’t have a tape player! Madison walked away with her head low, upset that she couldn’t hear The Little Mermaid. When I checked in on her again she was pulling the tape apart. I guess if she can’t listen to it, she might as well find amusement with it in other ways.
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I explained that it plays music so Jake asked if he could hear it. Sure you can, let me just put it in the….oh, crap! We don’t have a tape player! Madison walked away with her head low, upset that she couldn’t hear The Little Mermaid. When I checked in on her again she was pulling the tape apart. I guess if she can’t listen to it, she might as well find amusement with it in other ways.
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