I hate when I hear kids say, "I need to go pee." I know it's personal preference...but it is just not the most polite way to tell someone you need to go to the bathroom. At our house we say, 'I need to go to the bathroom' or 'I need to go potty'. Now I know there are probably people out there that are turned off by my children saying 'potty' instead of something else...but, like I said, personal preference.
So that being said, Julianna has a new way of saying that she needs to go to the bathroom and it cracks me up. When she needs to go she tells me she says, "I need to go pod." I don't know why this is so funny to me and it is maybe not as blog worthy as I think. But, someday when I'm reading over my old blog posts, I think that the fact that Julianna once said "pod" instead of "potty" it will make me laugh.
In other, not so amusing, news...Julianna wants us to call her J instead of Julianna. I think it's her way of asserting that she is not a girly girl. I am sad about this because I love her name. I think her name is so beautiful...Julianna Kate. So anyway, if she asks, please call her J.
It's funny that she wants to have a boy name when she is so girly that she doesn't run during her basketball game. She flits and skips and bounces and floats...but she does not run. :) What can I say? She is her own person and we love that about her.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
touching base
I miss blogging. There seems to have been a shift in how I spend my free time lately. With Tom gone in the evenings and the kids and I busy all day long I just don't sit down at the computer much. In fact, as soon as the kids are in bed I head to my own bed to read a book and escape the day. I stay up as late as I can because I hate going to sleep without Tom. This leaves little time for reflection and writing.
Today I am actually avoiding picking up the disaster that is my house. I don't have a lot of time to be sitting here and blogging because there really is a mess and I need to pick up Lily from an art class in an hour. But I thought I would just sit down for a minute and say hello to my Internet friends.
The time with Tom away is physically easier this time around. Last time he was gone for long periods I was alone to care for babies. This time, I'm alone and caring for more independent children. The only really stressful time is when they are fighting with each other...or meal times. Meal times are my own personal hell. It just seems that I am getting the refills and trying to keep them from annoying each other...not fun. But, anyway, things are easier in that respect. However, I miss him terribly and even whined to the kids this morning that I missed him. They thought that it was hysterically funny that mommy would whine about missing daddy...sleeping by herself....hating the dark...and generally whining. I gave myself one minute to talk to the kids in my most whiny voice.
Drew is really exploring his independence lately. The boy that never used to get in trouble seems to be mocking me at every turn. He speaks in a hateful tone. Hits me during his time outs and is generally hard to get along with at times. This makes me so sad...but I understand that it's part of growing up. At one point yesterday I took him to his room so I could have a time out and when I released him from his room to start his time out he was confused. He said, "I just did my time out!" I explained that no, in fact, that time in his room was to put space between he and I so that I didn't wallop him. ha ha I am anti spanking and avoid it at all costs....lucky for him because he was on my last nerve.
Julianna is talking like a kid now. I have no more babies living in my house. She can sing along with the radio, tell me about her day in paragraphs and generally just is a chatter. She does try and push my buttons, but my age and training from Lily, make it hard for her to get under my skin. She does have to do her own time outs on occasion. She loves to torment Drew while he's serving his time out sentence. And she whines like there is no tomorrow. But she's still sweet and funny and generally hates to cause too much trouble. We'll see how long it lasts!
Lily has been a dream these days. She is mature and helpful and very self sufficient...if I don't mind her messes. She and I have really connected on a new level this summer and I am loving it. She is wise beyond her years sometimes. All the hard work of her early childhood has been paying off. We've been having lots of fun.
So, that's about it from here. We are holding up okay, the new house is fine. The old house sold quickly and we close at the end of the month. We are looking forward to our forth of July holiday at the lake and the kids are going to be in the parade this year. I will try to be a little better about the updates, but I'm not making in promises. I'm too busy living in the moment right now.
Today I am actually avoiding picking up the disaster that is my house. I don't have a lot of time to be sitting here and blogging because there really is a mess and I need to pick up Lily from an art class in an hour. But I thought I would just sit down for a minute and say hello to my Internet friends.
The time with Tom away is physically easier this time around. Last time he was gone for long periods I was alone to care for babies. This time, I'm alone and caring for more independent children. The only really stressful time is when they are fighting with each other...or meal times. Meal times are my own personal hell. It just seems that I am getting the refills and trying to keep them from annoying each other...not fun. But, anyway, things are easier in that respect. However, I miss him terribly and even whined to the kids this morning that I missed him. They thought that it was hysterically funny that mommy would whine about missing daddy...sleeping by herself....hating the dark...and generally whining. I gave myself one minute to talk to the kids in my most whiny voice.
Drew is really exploring his independence lately. The boy that never used to get in trouble seems to be mocking me at every turn. He speaks in a hateful tone. Hits me during his time outs and is generally hard to get along with at times. This makes me so sad...but I understand that it's part of growing up. At one point yesterday I took him to his room so I could have a time out and when I released him from his room to start his time out he was confused. He said, "I just did my time out!" I explained that no, in fact, that time in his room was to put space between he and I so that I didn't wallop him. ha ha I am anti spanking and avoid it at all costs....lucky for him because he was on my last nerve.
Julianna is talking like a kid now. I have no more babies living in my house. She can sing along with the radio, tell me about her day in paragraphs and generally just is a chatter. She does try and push my buttons, but my age and training from Lily, make it hard for her to get under my skin. She does have to do her own time outs on occasion. She loves to torment Drew while he's serving his time out sentence. And she whines like there is no tomorrow. But she's still sweet and funny and generally hates to cause too much trouble. We'll see how long it lasts!
Lily has been a dream these days. She is mature and helpful and very self sufficient...if I don't mind her messes. She and I have really connected on a new level this summer and I am loving it. She is wise beyond her years sometimes. All the hard work of her early childhood has been paying off. We've been having lots of fun.
So, that's about it from here. We are holding up okay, the new house is fine. The old house sold quickly and we close at the end of the month. We are looking forward to our forth of July holiday at the lake and the kids are going to be in the parade this year. I will try to be a little better about the updates, but I'm not making in promises. I'm too busy living in the moment right now.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Random
I really haven't come up with anything new to blog about these days....we're going to play at the lake today, so hopefully I have some fun stuff to share! The weather is warming up here and the sun has been shining (until today) so things are looking up around here! :)
Here's a video of Drew eating his first Cadbury egg. Pure yummyness!
Here's a video of Drew eating his first Cadbury egg. Pure yummyness!
Happy weekend to you and ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Stormy Weather
We had a storm last night with 90 mph Kansas winds. The wind and rain were so bad that the sounded the tornado sirens to send everyone to the basement. The kids went to bed about 7:30, and the really bad part of the storm reached our house at about 7:50. Drew was still awake laying quietly in his bed with his eyes as big as saucers. Lily, however, had gone to bed with her earmuffs on. Magically she was already asleep and never woke when we transferred her to our bed in the basement. What a blessing!!
After the storm blew through, Tom and I headed out to check out the damage. There was very little at our house. Our huge grill blew over and we lost a giant limb left hanging out of a tree by the driveway, thus blocking the van in. Tom went out and cleared it as best he could so that the kids and I could leave the house this morning. Thanks Tom!
While Tom was clearing the limbs, I was cleaning out the van. Why, you might be asking, would I be cleaning out the van at night, in the rain, with the mosquitoes buzzing. Well, earlier in the evening when we got home from swimming at Grandma's house, everyone had their hands full going in the house. Lily told me that she couldn't get the door to the van shut, and I told her I would get it in a minute. Those of you that know me well, know that I never got back to closing the van door. Never thought of it again. Not until Tom and I were surveying the damage from the storm and Tom spotted it. So, that huge wind and rain storm? It landed in the back seat of my van. Everything in the van was soaked. Grrrr!!!
After the storm blew through, Tom and I headed out to check out the damage. There was very little at our house. Our huge grill blew over and we lost a giant limb left hanging out of a tree by the driveway, thus blocking the van in. Tom went out and cleared it as best he could so that the kids and I could leave the house this morning. Thanks Tom!
While Tom was clearing the limbs, I was cleaning out the van. Why, you might be asking, would I be cleaning out the van at night, in the rain, with the mosquitoes buzzing. Well, earlier in the evening when we got home from swimming at Grandma's house, everyone had their hands full going in the house. Lily told me that she couldn't get the door to the van shut, and I told her I would get it in a minute. Those of you that know me well, know that I never got back to closing the van door. Never thought of it again. Not until Tom and I were surveying the damage from the storm and Tom spotted it. So, that huge wind and rain storm? It landed in the back seat of my van. Everything in the van was soaked. Grrrr!!!
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