a post a week, that's what it's come to... darn you, facebook.
well, micah's biting phase seems to have been very short-lived. maybe it was taking her over to my mom's to see maya's bite mark, several days later, that did the trick. it was all red and bruised, and i said to micah, "this is what your teeth do to another person's body - don't ever use your teeth to do this again!" she seemed pretty solemn about it, but then dashed off to ride maya's tricycle, so i wasn't sure if the message sunk in. but i guess it did, since we have had no more issues. yay! i really wasn't looking forward to missing a whole bunch of fun social activities to stay at home with my almost-four-year-old biter.
rowan was in very rare form today. he is usually so mellow and quiet. today - tonight, rather, since he woke up from his last nap - he's been very vocal and angry. he wouldn't let me put him down! he threw several fits, and was a lot more communicative. today he said "mama" when i opened his car door to get him out, and he said "grape" at the grocery store. maybe he has a lot of excitement over gaining some language, and it's coming out in all sorts of new ways. this is such a thrilling time, watching him learn more and more... i wish i had paid closer attention to micah's early talking days, but it was so early that i think i didn't realize what was happening.
we were supposed to go to the park for a picnic with my friends alison and marina and their kids yesterday, and were supposed to have a playdate with jessica and baby ascher and take bluebonnet pictures with mama and maya today... but we had to cancel all of that because of illness at our house. night before last, rowan had a low fever all night long, then was fine by morning and has been fine since, except for a runny nose. yesterday morning i woke up with a dry, scratchy throat and aches and pains in my arm and back (which i later realized were due to carrying micah's bike home from the park in a very awkward position, handlebar pinned under my arm and the rest of the bike digging into my back - ouch). then last night, micah ran a temp of 100.6 all night long, and wasn't feeling well for most of today. so we took it easy, venturing out of the house only one time to return and get more movies at the library.
i'm listening to the train go by a block away from my house as i type this... weird, how some nights i can hear it and some nights i can't.
i am totally, completely addicted to the tv show "24", with kiefer sutherland. this is the show i abandon my husband and kids for every monday night, so i can eat the most delicious stir fry known to mankind and curl up on my dad's couch with my feet jammed under my brother's leg for warmth (my dad tries very hard not to ever use his central heating or A/C), and watch jack bauer be a badass and knock terrorist suspects around - and, this season, deteriorate rapidly as a victim of mad cow disease (how exactly they're gonna pull this storyline off, since kiefer sutherland has signed on for one more season, is a total mystery to me). i just cannot get enough. i just got through watching season 3 of the series, which i own, and tonight i started season 2, which i borrowed from the library. i've seen all the seasons a couple of times each, but it's fun to re-watch.
josh and i discovered that if you mix a can of frozen orange juice concentrate and a can of frozen cranberry juice concentrate together with 5 cans of filtered water, it makes THE yummiest juice ever!!
what other random things have i been wanting to blog about... oh, i found two bras i really want, from the gap. you know you're at a certain point in life when you get excited about a bra because of the support it offers. sigh...
we've been spending so much time outside lately. it's been heavenly. i just can't express how excited i'll be to finally have a backyard, where we can go out and spread a quilt on the ground with some water and snacks, and just play and play. i'm sure we'll still go to the playground and the public pool all the time... but just to be able to open the back door and run out into your own, fenced-in grassy meadow... i can't wait. i know it will also need mowing and watering and weeding, and there will occasionally be dog poop and ant hills, but i'm more than willing to deal with all of that in exchange for the sense of ownership of my own, personal yard. instead of the community strip of grass between parking lots at the apartment and townhouse complexes we've lived in, and the postage-stamp sized dirt pit we enjoy right now.
well, micah's biting phase seems to have been very short-lived. maybe it was taking her over to my mom's to see maya's bite mark, several days later, that did the trick. it was all red and bruised, and i said to micah, "this is what your teeth do to another person's body - don't ever use your teeth to do this again!" she seemed pretty solemn about it, but then dashed off to ride maya's tricycle, so i wasn't sure if the message sunk in. but i guess it did, since we have had no more issues. yay! i really wasn't looking forward to missing a whole bunch of fun social activities to stay at home with my almost-four-year-old biter.
rowan was in very rare form today. he is usually so mellow and quiet. today - tonight, rather, since he woke up from his last nap - he's been very vocal and angry. he wouldn't let me put him down! he threw several fits, and was a lot more communicative. today he said "mama" when i opened his car door to get him out, and he said "grape" at the grocery store. maybe he has a lot of excitement over gaining some language, and it's coming out in all sorts of new ways. this is such a thrilling time, watching him learn more and more... i wish i had paid closer attention to micah's early talking days, but it was so early that i think i didn't realize what was happening.
we were supposed to go to the park for a picnic with my friends alison and marina and their kids yesterday, and were supposed to have a playdate with jessica and baby ascher and take bluebonnet pictures with mama and maya today... but we had to cancel all of that because of illness at our house. night before last, rowan had a low fever all night long, then was fine by morning and has been fine since, except for a runny nose. yesterday morning i woke up with a dry, scratchy throat and aches and pains in my arm and back (which i later realized were due to carrying micah's bike home from the park in a very awkward position, handlebar pinned under my arm and the rest of the bike digging into my back - ouch). then last night, micah ran a temp of 100.6 all night long, and wasn't feeling well for most of today. so we took it easy, venturing out of the house only one time to return and get more movies at the library.
i'm listening to the train go by a block away from my house as i type this... weird, how some nights i can hear it and some nights i can't.
i am totally, completely addicted to the tv show "24", with kiefer sutherland. this is the show i abandon my husband and kids for every monday night, so i can eat the most delicious stir fry known to mankind and curl up on my dad's couch with my feet jammed under my brother's leg for warmth (my dad tries very hard not to ever use his central heating or A/C), and watch jack bauer be a badass and knock terrorist suspects around - and, this season, deteriorate rapidly as a victim of mad cow disease (how exactly they're gonna pull this storyline off, since kiefer sutherland has signed on for one more season, is a total mystery to me). i just cannot get enough. i just got through watching season 3 of the series, which i own, and tonight i started season 2, which i borrowed from the library. i've seen all the seasons a couple of times each, but it's fun to re-watch.
josh and i discovered that if you mix a can of frozen orange juice concentrate and a can of frozen cranberry juice concentrate together with 5 cans of filtered water, it makes THE yummiest juice ever!!
what other random things have i been wanting to blog about... oh, i found two bras i really want, from the gap. you know you're at a certain point in life when you get excited about a bra because of the support it offers. sigh...
we've been spending so much time outside lately. it's been heavenly. i just can't express how excited i'll be to finally have a backyard, where we can go out and spread a quilt on the ground with some water and snacks, and just play and play. i'm sure we'll still go to the playground and the public pool all the time... but just to be able to open the back door and run out into your own, fenced-in grassy meadow... i can't wait. i know it will also need mowing and watering and weeding, and there will occasionally be dog poop and ant hills, but i'm more than willing to deal with all of that in exchange for the sense of ownership of my own, personal yard. instead of the community strip of grass between parking lots at the apartment and townhouse complexes we've lived in, and the postage-stamp sized dirt pit we enjoy right now.
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