Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Conversation with Chase
I put Chase to bed 2 hours ago, and just now I heard him thumping around in his room.
Me: Chase, what are you doing?
Chase: Play. Ow! (he is shutting a stuffed monkey's arm into the toy box)
Me: Chase, why are you playing now?
Chase: No sleep.
Me: Chase, you have to go to bed now. It's night time, okay?
Chase: No-kay. Play!
This conversation doesn't look like much, but this is HUGE for us. Even though he was out of bed, blatantly not doing what he was supposed to be doing (go to sleep, for crap's sake, child!!) I was so proud of this little exchange that I couldn't care less that he was trapping a monkey inside a toy box instead of snoozing.
Me: Chase, what are you doing?
Chase: Play. Ow! (he is shutting a stuffed monkey's arm into the toy box)
Me: Chase, why are you playing now?
Chase: No sleep.
Me: Chase, you have to go to bed now. It's night time, okay?
Chase: No-kay. Play!
This conversation doesn't look like much, but this is HUGE for us. Even though he was out of bed, blatantly not doing what he was supposed to be doing (go to sleep, for crap's sake, child!!) I was so proud of this little exchange that I couldn't care less that he was trapping a monkey inside a toy box instead of snoozing.
Star Wars Planning
I was making the invitations for Ian's Star Wars birthday party (my boy's gonna be SIX!!) and I came across this graphic:
Ha! There's my giggle for the day.
Edited to add:
I should have waited until I searched through all the results to post this, because there are a LOT of hilarious Star Wars things out there. Like this:
Ha! There's my giggle for the day.
Edited to add:
I should have waited until I searched through all the results to post this, because there are a LOT of hilarious Star Wars things out there. Like this:
Or you know how everyone in the world has cute vinyl lettering on their walls now?
Namaste:
Those Storm Troopers are EVERYWHERE:
For the littles:
Dang. I wish I hadn't just bought my Dyson:
...and I am not even going to post the photo of the large man with the characters from Star Wars tattooed on his back.
Wanna Kiss...Mom?
By FAR my favorite thing that Chase says now is, "Wanna kiss...Mom?" And then he leans in for a smooch. So cute.
But it has to be on his terms. I've tried to replicate the experience by saying, "Wanna kiss, Chase?" And he tells me, "Noooooooo!"
He's 3 and already I am cramping his style.
But it has to be on his terms. I've tried to replicate the experience by saying, "Wanna kiss, Chase?" And he tells me, "Noooooooo!"
He's 3 and already I am cramping his style.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Cooking with My Kid
New favorite blog for a bit:
Cooking with My Kid
Haven't read a ton, but was happy enough with my quick browse through at 11:30ish this evening to want to come back for more tomorrow. My dinners are getting boring.
Cooking with My Kid
Haven't read a ton, but was happy enough with my quick browse through at 11:30ish this evening to want to come back for more tomorrow. My dinners are getting boring.
McDonald's and Other Randomness
*Going to McDonald's now with the kids is super fun, except when it is on a Friday night and there are one hundred other children in the habitrail. Then it is freaking loud. Still, the boys are all really quite independent on it now, and Ian is so good at keeping an eye on the littles to make sure they don't get trampled on.
*Guy has been clingy lately, which makes it hard to get a whole lot of anything done here lately, which is awesome because I have PTA stuff to do and adoption stuff to do...and that little thing called laundry and cooking for everyone. Let's just say I am really glad it is Friday :)
*I lost my voice last week and it is still not back completely. I sound like a 1-900 operator, which is weird when I say stuff like, "Clean up your room!" and "Please go practice the piano."
*Ian has come home with TWO B's below the line, which is Kindergarten-speak for behavior warnings. Apparently he is now comfortable enough at school to talk too much to his classmates instead of doing his work. The second time he came home with a B-below-the-line, I had him write an apology note to his teacher. He got all bent out of shape because "All you want to do is WASTE MY PLAYTIME!!!" Oh, really? I'll show you wasting playtime, Mister. I thought this kind of stuff didn't happen until he was at least 8...
*Did you know that jumping on the trampoline and playing DS at the same time was even possible??!
That's it for now. My goodness, I am tired.
*Guy has been clingy lately, which makes it hard to get a whole lot of anything done here lately, which is awesome because I have PTA stuff to do and adoption stuff to do...and that little thing called laundry and cooking for everyone. Let's just say I am really glad it is Friday :)
*I lost my voice last week and it is still not back completely. I sound like a 1-900 operator, which is weird when I say stuff like, "Clean up your room!" and "Please go practice the piano."
*Ian has come home with TWO B's below the line, which is Kindergarten-speak for behavior warnings. Apparently he is now comfortable enough at school to talk too much to his classmates instead of doing his work. The second time he came home with a B-below-the-line, I had him write an apology note to his teacher. He got all bent out of shape because "All you want to do is WASTE MY PLAYTIME!!!" Oh, really? I'll show you wasting playtime, Mister. I thought this kind of stuff didn't happen until he was at least 8...
*Did you know that jumping on the trampoline and playing DS at the same time was even possible??!
That's it for now. My goodness, I am tired.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Baby in a Box
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