The Love of Little Man

Little Man loves me. He is such a sweet boy and will apparently do anything for me. He accompanied me to the bathroom yesterday. I was happy because I would be more then elated to get the kid potty trained and be rid of diapers forever (or at least until a third comes along. It hasn't been ruled out YET...). So as I finished peeing, I got some toilet paper and he does the same. I thought he was going to just throw it in the toilet but when I leaned up he proceeded to try and wipe my bum. He wiped a cheek and then throws it in the waste basket instead of the toilet. I thought it was funny because he was so focused on his task. He also caught me a little off guard.
Now if he would just move on to peeing in the potty himself, we would be all good!

Nasty Cereal

I have a fond dislike for chocolate cereal. This is probably due to my mother's refusal to buy it for us as kids and the constant reminder that chocolate cereal is gross. And so I now think this way too. Chocolate cereal IS gross. This is probably how my strange obsession with healthy fiber filled cereal began. I LOVE a cereal that has fiber in it but it has to have a lot of fiber in it. Actually I will admit I love ANYTHING with fiber in it. I just basically love fiber. I enjoy, despite much ridicule from my friend Michele and sister in law Liz, fiber filled yogurt. Yes it's really good, although they do not agree. Woohoo 6 easy grams of fiber in that tasty little cup. Ok, well sorry for my fiber tangent and we'll go back to chocolate cereal (it has no fiber I might add as my last fiber comment).

Leo bought the kids Coco Puffs, shockingly they were on sale for $1.68 which is unheard of for a box of cereal these days, (hmm..I wonder why...). I thought well surely the kids won't like this cereal, because hello!!! it's gross. What the hell was I thinking? What kid wouldn't like chocolaty goodness filling their breakfast bowl changing the milk to some nasty color of brown resembling the color of my previous wall paint? Oh certainly not my kids...WRONGO. They loved it, they welcomed it into their morning routine with love. I am grossed out. Why can't they like Fiber One? I might have to turn into my mother on this one and refuse to buy it again. Maybe their love of it will wear off quickly as with everything else they run into these days. I can only hope...I must begin my plan of making them love fiber as much as I do.

The Lonely Pool

We are back to being on our own again. My parents left on Saturday and despite my best efforts I did cry (and in front of people!) which wasn't fun at all. I hate that they had to leave and it feels all lonely and weird now at our house.
Sweet Girl misses Gaga a great deal and keeps asking for her. I feel bad for her but she knows they are coming back so that is good.
The pool is also lonely. My father was a permenant fixture in the pool for the last almost four weeks so when we went swimming yesterday it was sort of quiet and strange.
I'm sure in the next few days to a week we'll be back to our normal routine and everyone will be happier again.
Send lots of good house selling thoughts their way so they can hurry up and get out here!

A Peek Into The Teenage Years

I think we're in trouble. I think we're in BIG trouble. Sure Sweet Girl has been talking about her former love at the preschool in Tennessee but now there are some here too. The only difference is we seem to have advanced a little bit. When she talked about the previous little boy, she wanted him to come over to play. The new boy, Matthew, she wants him to come over to her house and play too, but there's more. Oh yes, more. She also wants him to spend the night and sleep in her room. Of course yes it's sweet little 3.5 year old innocent love but still, holy smokes. Poor Leo.

Earlier this week when I picked her up from school, as soon as I got in her classroom Matthew gets up and requests his hug. She shirks him off much to his dismay. So we're leaving but she doesn't want to leave yet...she had to go back and give him a hug. Cute I'm thinking. Until yesterday when we're driving home, she suddenly realized that she didn't give Matthew a hug OR A KISS. Yes we went from hugs only earlier in the week to kissing at the end. Kids these days sure move a lot faster. That does frighten me a little bit. Will things change so much that when it's sleep over time, they will be co-ed sleep overs that are the norm????
She seems to be a boy magnet at her school, this she apparently didn't get from her mother. I was the exact opposite in school.

So now my friends, I shall start to prepare myself for the teenage years of boys and sleep overs and heartache of all sorts.

Bad Timing...AGAIN!!!

While I know I haven't blogged about it too much, I have really enjoyed the past few weeks with my parents being here. We've had a really great time and the kids have really enjoyed having Gaga and Grandad around again. As have Leo and I. The visit with my sister and her family was wonderful as well. It has been really fun. We did have a small little issue due to my weird issue of not acting happy when people are around to the point I actually act the opposite. I AM happy but don't act like it. I'm not really sure WHY I do this but I apparently do, but not on purpose (yes I know you're thinking gosh she needs some therapy and you're probably right...). But I have REALLY enjoyed having them around, I have missed them terribly and am totally depressed that they are leaving. If I am not careful I will probably start crying but since I also have weird issues of crying in front of people it is unlikely anyone else would know.
They have done a crapload of work on their house, probably more then they should have at their tender young ages. They have busted their ass to get their house ready to sell to be able to move out West to be close to us and closer to my sister and her family. It is a nice feeling that they will be here soon. But since this posts seems to be highlighting some of my issues, I have another one to deal with here and that is instant gratification. I want them here NOW. I am tired of waiting. I am not good at it.
If you remember last time they left, it was PMS week and guess what it's PMS week AGAIN. They really need to work on their departure days. But hopefully next time they come visit, they won't leave so that will be a moot point.
(I can't believe I just used the word 'moot', I find it such a funny word and for some strange reason it reminds me of the Rick Springfield song 'Jessie's Girl'...I know I know, I'll call the therapist).

Lost In Translation

Here are some translations in case you're around our house and wonder what the heck the kids are talking about:

Sweet Girl's slang:
Coconuts - Polka Dots
Putier (prounounced pu-tee-er)- Computer *I'm not sure where she came up with this one.
Yeg - Leg


Little Man's slang:
Jute - Juice
Baby suit - bathing suit
Topit - Stop It

Just a few of them. I shouldn't really exploit their mispronunciations for the enjoyments of readers. I wish you could HEAR them saying these words, it is pretty funny.

My Current Obsession

I like to read. I haven’t read a lot of my own kind of books since Sweet Girl was born almost 4 years ago. I would fit in a regular book now and then but nothing like I used to read before kids. I admit it I love a good book that I can become totally absorbed in. An easy read that gives me a moment to escape my daily duties and kids that has become my life these days.

I have been reading the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. A book I had been hearing about but never really wanted to read. Although as I read more reviews of the book, I thought what the hell I’ll read it. So I ordered the first book Twilight from Barnes and Noble. I didn’t expect to be taken with as much as I was. Holy smokes, I flew through the first book totally captivated and engrossed in the story. It is a young adult book and is therefore pretty easy to read. It is really nicely written, it has wonderful character development and it’s easy to “see” the main characters and feel their emotions and reactions. Again I was captivated and quickly moved on to the second book as soon as I was finished. To tell you how captivated I was, I made Leo stop at the Barnes & Noble in Flagstaff to pick it up so I didn’t to wait until I got home to keep reading even though I already HAD the second book at home waiting for me.

I have wanted to read these books every possible waking minute I can without neglecting the fact that I do have kids and my parents are still there. I am now on the last and final book. (I think I read book 3 in a day and a half). I will try to pace myself so that I can still visit with my parents the last week they are here. I am somewhat obsessed with reading them. If only I could be this obsessed with working out…

So if you like to read I would suggest this series to you, especially if you enjoy a good vampire romance!