Holy moly, I just love being a mother. Whatever and everything that entails: I love it. Even when my daughter has been a little poo flinger and I'm disturbed and disgusted and scared that we're all going to get sick if one little speck gets missed in the cleanup: I love it.
My favorite part?
There are several of those.
Yep!
Several.
I love it when she knows she's done something bad and she tries to get out of the negative consequenses by looking up at you after you say a stern "NO!" and saying a sweet "Hieeee!" in rebuttal. As hard as you might try: you'll giggle despite your intense need to stay strong.
I love it when she's all angry at being in the carseat or whatever and she's skreeching her little "Eeeeeek!"s, and you play a little peek-a-boo with her and those skreeches turn into giggles in 20seconds flat.
I love it when I go to check on her because she's been quiet for just long enough to be getting into trouble, and I find her quietly sitting and "reading" a book: turning the pages and studying each one before turning to the next.
I love it when I see her go to attempt something new, something I just know she cannot do, but I let her try anyway because that is the only way she will ever learn for herself how to do things: and he blows my mind by being completely successful.
I love it when she is participating in self play and suddenly bursts into song or a random string of words she knows: "MIMI! MIMI! MIMI!" (translation: that is her name) "Mmmmmah!" (translation: kiss and milk) "Alilililililigadew" (translation: alligator) "Bee!" (translation: the letter "b", and bear) "Abidad" (translation: Wombat - our cat's name) "Eeowwww" (translation: meow) "Duck" (translation: duck or dog) "Wow!" (translation: wow) "No" (translation: no) "Iiiiita-iiiiiita-iiiiiitabateeee, aaaaaaaaaaaay!" (translation: the itsy-bitsy spider song)
I think my favorite thing that she does this week is when she says her name over and over and over again while shaking her head "no". So funny. And it also lets me know that she is paying attention to when she is being told "no". I hope the action leaves a bigger impression than the "no", but that remains to be seen.
And she had her first REAL time out time today... A full 5 minutes in a chair, facing the wall. She hated it. I hope she learned something. I hope it wasn't just an unpleasant experience.... I guess that remains to be seen as well!
And
Now
For
The
Link of the Day!
Not to shove anything in your face, not to say I know a lot and you should know the same things. Just a little sharing of my life experiences through links I randomly find on this here internet. I hope you get something out of them:
http://www.jointhereboot.com/index.php?option=com_zoo&view=category&layout=category&Itemid=695&lang=en
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Day 307: True to Form, I am now sleep deprived.
It's no secret: I've never really slept well.
But add the excitement of a family holiday, and it's a useless endeavor.
Don't get me wrong, I'm used to running for long periods of time on little to no sleep. The biggest setback on this spectacular occasion is that I have only slept about an hour since 8:30pm day before last. Meh, oh well, I'm too excited to care and really, I have too much to do if we're going to leave on time.
We are going on a little trip!
To our nation's capitol!
I've never been, and I'm SO excited! It's not that big of a deal, just two days away in a place known around the world for shady backroom deals, worldwide heroes, runaway dreams, and squashed honest good for the love of money. I guess that's one way of looking at it anyway. Another thing to think about is the many, many, MANY museums, the architectural landscape, the grungy underscene of the day to day life in a big government town where people still run the CVS, walk their bad dog, and fight with their sister. I want to see it all, but I know the two days will fly by like nothing and we'll be waiting until the next time we have a bit of a chance to get back there. Already I can't wait: that might be the sleep deprivation talking though.
Anyway, I must be off!
There are wraps to roll!
There is a cooler in this house somewhere and that puppy needs to get to the car!
Plus I want to make us some nice breakfast sandwiches with the lovely local grass fed beef breakfast sausage, the certified humane cage free vegetarian fed chicken eggs and some classic nooks and crannies from Thomas's English Muffins. YUM! And socially responsible!
Did you know they make a mexican flavored dogfood? Yeah. BlahbityBlah Fiesta! The only thing I saw that was remotely Latino was the avocado..... Not a great idea, that one.
Anywhat.
Link of the Day:
Listen, I don't post these links as to say "Hey! I know everything and here's a little tidbit to prove it!" And I also don't post them to say "Wow, look at this link: this is the be all end all of everything that is important and smart and wonderful." I do post them hoping that you get something out of it. Please enjoy, and I genuinely hope you do.
http://www.karmatube.org/index.php
But add the excitement of a family holiday, and it's a useless endeavor.
Don't get me wrong, I'm used to running for long periods of time on little to no sleep. The biggest setback on this spectacular occasion is that I have only slept about an hour since 8:30pm day before last. Meh, oh well, I'm too excited to care and really, I have too much to do if we're going to leave on time.
We are going on a little trip!
To our nation's capitol!
I've never been, and I'm SO excited! It's not that big of a deal, just two days away in a place known around the world for shady backroom deals, worldwide heroes, runaway dreams, and squashed honest good for the love of money. I guess that's one way of looking at it anyway. Another thing to think about is the many, many, MANY museums, the architectural landscape, the grungy underscene of the day to day life in a big government town where people still run the CVS, walk their bad dog, and fight with their sister. I want to see it all, but I know the two days will fly by like nothing and we'll be waiting until the next time we have a bit of a chance to get back there. Already I can't wait: that might be the sleep deprivation talking though.
Anyway, I must be off!
There are wraps to roll!
There is a cooler in this house somewhere and that puppy needs to get to the car!
Plus I want to make us some nice breakfast sandwiches with the lovely local grass fed beef breakfast sausage, the certified humane cage free vegetarian fed chicken eggs and some classic nooks and crannies from Thomas's English Muffins. YUM! And socially responsible!
Did you know they make a mexican flavored dogfood? Yeah. BlahbityBlah Fiesta! The only thing I saw that was remotely Latino was the avocado..... Not a great idea, that one.
Anywhat.
Link of the Day:
Listen, I don't post these links as to say "Hey! I know everything and here's a little tidbit to prove it!" And I also don't post them to say "Wow, look at this link: this is the be all end all of everything that is important and smart and wonderful." I do post them hoping that you get something out of it. Please enjoy, and I genuinely hope you do.
http://www.karmatube.org/index.php
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