It's a stress day for me. It's been a few days, so I guess it's about time. V and I are going to a wedding this weekend, which, while we're excited for the wedding, is somewhat stressful: she's having a hard time getting off work, and we're worried about the car and gas as usual. The weekend after that, we're going to visit her family, which is stressful as always; plus, the difficulty getting off work thing makes that 6 hour drive stressful. Both of those trips, while we're looking forward to them, are "obligation trips" - not vacations, even though we're looking forward to them. (I stress that last point because certain people involved in these weekends may happen to read this!)
V is PMSing now, and I think I'm getting it off her. I'm just ready for life to settle down, mkay?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Appearance
I watched Katie and Sean today for the first time in months, or, more accurately, I watched Katie, as Sean slept the entire time. She turned 5 a few months ago, and is headed off to kindergarten next week.
She's grown up, thankfully. She used to be a bit of a terror - hyper, demanding, in-your-face. Today she played nicely: by nicely, I mean, I was a giant on the couch with a sword trying to eat her as she crawled around. But she was polite, and played by herself for awhile, and was quiet at times, and we generally had a good afternoon. I'm going back Wednesday, too.
In other news, I took the twins to Essie's house today and we finger-painted and played and ate. At one point Essie was twirling and saying "I'm a princess!" I am so not okay with that...I asked her if she was a ballerina. "Yes! I'm a ballerina!" That's what she continued to be. I considered my job done, for the moment. She still has way too much pink and pastel.
She's grown up, thankfully. She used to be a bit of a terror - hyper, demanding, in-your-face. Today she played nicely: by nicely, I mean, I was a giant on the couch with a sword trying to eat her as she crawled around. But she was polite, and played by herself for awhile, and was quiet at times, and we generally had a good afternoon. I'm going back Wednesday, too.
In other news, I took the twins to Essie's house today and we finger-painted and played and ate. At one point Essie was twirling and saying "I'm a princess!" I am so not okay with that...I asked her if she was a ballerina. "Yes! I'm a ballerina!" That's what she continued to be. I considered my job done, for the moment. She still has way too much pink and pastel.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Makes my life
The twins and I had an incredible night tonight. Their parents left the van out, so for the first time we could go somewhere in the evening. Problem was, everything closes, and I wanted to do something special that we couldn't do during the day.
I debated taking them for ice cream, and then thought it would be fun to take them downtown to the ice cream place there. I drove down, parked, and promptly blew their minds. "Horses! Neigh, neigh, neigh!" - who needs a petting zoo when you have carriage rides going by every thirty seconds? There was music, including a loud drum, so I was treated to a full Kindermusik-style concert by Patrick and Lilly. There was a large fountain and little ones, and they got soaked - and loved it. Lilly would put her face by it, then look up and squeal "I got wet!" No duh, miss adorable. Then we got ice cream, which they wolfed down.
I love it. I love experiencing things through kids' eyes; everything is so much more exciting. And boy were they tired when we got home, about ten minutes after bedtime usually starts. But as always, I loved putting them to sleep. Such a wonderful night.
I debated taking them for ice cream, and then thought it would be fun to take them downtown to the ice cream place there. I drove down, parked, and promptly blew their minds. "Horses! Neigh, neigh, neigh!" - who needs a petting zoo when you have carriage rides going by every thirty seconds? There was music, including a loud drum, so I was treated to a full Kindermusik-style concert by Patrick and Lilly. There was a large fountain and little ones, and they got soaked - and loved it. Lilly would put her face by it, then look up and squeal "I got wet!" No duh, miss adorable. Then we got ice cream, which they wolfed down.
I love it. I love experiencing things through kids' eyes; everything is so much more exciting. And boy were they tired when we got home, about ten minutes after bedtime usually starts. But as always, I loved putting them to sleep. Such a wonderful night.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Play and fall
The weather is finally under 90 (or was this morning), so I told Lilly that yes, we could go to a playground. "With Essie?" she immediately asked, so I texted V and we agreed to meet at the giant, fenced-in playground that I'm in love with.
When we got there, Lilly ran in circles for awhile saying "It's so exciting it's so exciting!"
(I think we made her happy.)
Toward the end, Patrick tripped (no big deal), and started saying his foot hurt and he couldn't walk. Everything moved fine; he was just limping and whining. I had his dad take a look at it before nap, and he seemed to think it was mostly drama. We'll see if he's over it by tomorrow.
When we got there, Lilly ran in circles for awhile saying "It's so exciting it's so exciting!"
(I think we made her happy.)
Toward the end, Patrick tripped (no big deal), and started saying his foot hurt and he couldn't walk. Everything moved fine; he was just limping and whining. I had his dad take a look at it before nap, and he seemed to think it was mostly drama. We'll see if he's over it by tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Natal
This will be a short post, because it's still V's birthday, but I thought I'd share.
We went out for breakfast (which involved poached eggs and ham and fruit and yogurt!), went to the zoo (and fed the giraffes!), watched Kali for awhile and took pictures of her (3 month olds are hard to photograph!), and then had a phenomenal dinner at a fancy restaurant downtown (so much goodness, so much money, so much worth it).
Splendid, awesome day.
(Except for the me getting my period part.)
An hour and a half left! It feels like a weekend, though, so we'll see how work tomorrow goes for both of us.
We went out for breakfast (which involved poached eggs and ham and fruit and yogurt!), went to the zoo (and fed the giraffes!), watched Kali for awhile and took pictures of her (3 month olds are hard to photograph!), and then had a phenomenal dinner at a fancy restaurant downtown (so much goodness, so much money, so much worth it).
Splendid, awesome day.
(Except for the me getting my period part.)
An hour and a half left! It feels like a weekend, though, so we'll see how work tomorrow goes for both of us.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Leave
Patrick and Lilly are awesome listeners. I've always been impressed by their abilities to follow directions, be patient, and take turns. I tell them every gymnastics class that I appreciate them waiting for the other kids to go first and paying attention to the teacher.
Today was...not so much. And it wasn't just one of them. Lilly was actually in time out in a chair for awhile, because she just sat down on the mat where she was supposed to do a somersault and refused to budge. For the third time in a row. Patrick wasn't coming over to where the teacher was (which he always does), and after asking him too multiple times, I asked him if he'd rather go home. That got him to listen.
I've never had to do that. I was actually embarrassed of my children. Only two of the other kids were in class, and they weren't being super behaved either. But still, no excuse. I'm less than pleased. Strangely, though, it was a great morning until we got there, and now that we are home, they're behaving again. But they love gymnastics! I give up.
Today was...not so much. And it wasn't just one of them. Lilly was actually in time out in a chair for awhile, because she just sat down on the mat where she was supposed to do a somersault and refused to budge. For the third time in a row. Patrick wasn't coming over to where the teacher was (which he always does), and after asking him too multiple times, I asked him if he'd rather go home. That got him to listen.
I've never had to do that. I was actually embarrassed of my children. Only two of the other kids were in class, and they weren't being super behaved either. But still, no excuse. I'm less than pleased. Strangely, though, it was a great morning until we got there, and now that we are home, they're behaving again. But they love gymnastics! I give up.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Duh
Me: We're going to a different library today; we haven't been to this one. We'll have to see what they have here!
Patrick: Books!
(Well, yes. Definitely those.)
Other than that, today's been less than stellar. A snippy note from their mom (though I don't think it's meant that way), fruit flies, no air conditioning, stupid fourteen year old telling me he liked my shorts...I'm PMSing. This ought to be fun.
Right now Bug and Andrew are sleeping. He turns 8 months tomorrow: he's got teeth, he does the worm (as his mom says), and he's just plain growing up. Still cute as ever, though.
Patrick: Books!
(Well, yes. Definitely those.)
Other than that, today's been less than stellar. A snippy note from their mom (though I don't think it's meant that way), fruit flies, no air conditioning, stupid fourteen year old telling me he liked my shorts...I'm PMSing. This ought to be fun.
Right now Bug and Andrew are sleeping. He turns 8 months tomorrow: he's got teeth, he does the worm (as his mom says), and he's just plain growing up. Still cute as ever, though.
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