In a weird turn of events, today at Zoey’s practice, when friend’s little sister got there Allie was super excited. “My friend! My friend is here!!!!!” So, when friend’s little sister got acrosss the street, she didn’t really want to play with Allison but instead wanted to play with Zoey.
Our (mine and Zoey’s) theory is that the little sisters are just not used to playing with girls their own age.
Right now, as I am typing this, Allison is yelling, “Ow!! Spongebob is biting me!” while she sticks her foot in Nathan’s Sponge Bob house slipper.
After a 2 month haitus, it’s sport season for the older kiddos once again. First comes basketball, then comes Baseball/Softball, then comes bouncy ball in the baby carriage.
This is our first year for basketball. We had to talk Nathan into it, which was a little surprising since it is Greg’s favorite sport to play. After his first practice though, he didn’t want to leave the gym. Zoey thinks she is going to learn alot about playing and is pretty stoked that after her first practice she could already tell she was better.
As a side note, I think Allison may be a snob. Zoey has a friend on her team who has a little sister, who is maybe a year older than Allie. This little girl loved Allison’s Spiderman shoes and wanted to just run around with her the whole time. Allie however, wanted none of it. She kept giving the little sister looks like, “Don’t you know I only play with much bigger kids?” While it was pretty funny, I hope someday she wants to play with kids her own age.
Most of the time I have pretty good patience. There is however one circumstance, when it seems like I would have the most patience in the world but it escapes me. I know it’s happening and I can’t make it stop. You know that point before kids gets sick, when they are just whiney and complaining? That’s when I have hardly any tolerance. My children are sick. I shouldn’t feel like hiding myself in a closet so they will stop bothering me.
Maybe it’s because there isn’t really anything I can do to help. I’ve done what I can. I know you don’t feel good. If there were anything else I could do to help you, I would. You don’t have to keep telling me over and over and over.
The feelings only last for a few minutes, but it’s probably the time I feel the most guilty as a parent. After all, Mothers take care of the sickly.
Allison has had a stomache virus so, this morning when she was starting to stir, Greg went to snuggle with her in her bed.
“Mom? Mom? No DAD! Not you! I don’t want you!”
“Allie, I’m just here to snuggle with you while Mom get’s ready for work.”
“NOOO!! I want Mom! Mom’s better!”
This is about when I get into the girls’ room to give her some good morning kisses. Allison very matter of factly informs me, “Mom, Dad stole your spot.”
Watching good movies with children is possibly one of the top 10 great things to do. It lets you see what quirky things will make your child laugh. If you haven’t, you should watch a kid’s movie in the theater filled with parents and their young children. The whole audience will laugh, cheer, boo, and sing along.
When Nathan and Zoey were little, their favorite movie was A Bug’s Life. In his sleep, Nathan would quote parts of the movie. For about a month he would shout out, “Die, Die, Die!”*. My mom even called to ask why her 2 year old grandson was yelling out “Die!” in his sleep.
This month Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has been showing Hayao Miyazakia movies on Thursday nights. Tomorrow is the last night of the marathon, but all of his movies are worth checking out (even if you are over 12). Allison has a few movies she really likes but her favorite right now is My Neighbor Totoro. It’s really fun to watch with her because she will yell with the sisters, laugh with the family to chase away their fears during a thunderstorm (which Allison is afraid of, but getting better), and she will growl along with Totoro.
*from the scene where the school age ants are putting on a play for the heroes who have come to “save us poor ants”.
From Greg -
Nathan brings me his homework paper: “Hey dad, can you sign this?”
Greg: “Sure. Group pictures tomorrow, huh?”
Nathan: “Yeah, I was going to tell mom about it because she has all the money.
Greg: “hah!”
Nathan: “What? She has a 20 dollar bill!”
To be 8 and believe that 20 dollars was sooooo much money.
Greg: “We’re going to have corndogs for lunch today, Allie!”
Allison: “Dad, it’s horn dogs. We having horn dogs for lunch.”
“One, Two, Tree, Pour, Fibe, Six, Eighteen, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten!”
I don’t usually drink much caffeine. Every once in a while though, there is a morning when not much sleep occured the previous night. Here is my caffeine concoction at work.
3 scoops of Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa
Fill the rest of the cup with Coffee
Zing!
