Today during naptime Natasha was standing at the gate in her doorway, leaning on it despondently.
“My heart is broken,” she said in her ‘sad’ voice. This was one of the many moments I’ve felt my natural response (laughter) in conflict with my parenting instinct. “My heart is broken,” she said again. I couldn’t decide if she wanted to be sure I had heard her, or if she was just trying out the feel of the words. Continue reading
We got some sweet pictures of Melody with her first haircut and birthday party with Mom, Dad and Grandma.
Dad got a punch of “poppers” with paper streamers inside, and some of our pictures are of various people with streamers over their hair.
Mom asked Natasha, “Am I beautiful?” Colored paper piled all over.
“Almost,” said Natasha in a serious voice.
During snuggle time last night Natasha kissed me, snuggled into my side and said, “Thank you for staying home with me.”
I still wonder if she understood what she was saying.
That was a thank-you about ten years earlier than I’d expected.
Yesterday was Melody’s 2nd birthday, and we never told her. We didn’t have anything planned, so there wasn’t much point, I suppose. We’ll try to toss something together for Saturday, I hope.
Fortunately at this age all it takes is cake with frosting and happy people who sing to you. We can cobble that together…
We’ll start making ice cream today.
As I begin to write this post, it is a quarter to 8 p.m. Melody has been in her time-out chair since about 5:30. Continue reading
Elisha slept more than six hours together last night! He didn’t wake up this morning until 4:30 (I laid him down before 10p.m.). He took some coaxing to get back to sleep, but then he slept again until 9:30.
Nearly 12 hours together. I could get used to that….
Moonlight
I’d like to see Rabbits under the moon
Dancing in winter, dancing in June
Dancing around while twilight lingers
and blinky-eyed stars
look down through their fingers.
I’d like to see rabbits under the moon
but I always,
always
have to go to bed too soon.
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I can’t remember who wrote it, but it’s one of the girls’ favorites. They both say it with me as eagerly as they sing “Row row boat.” Continue reading
Do I sound pathetic yet?
I’ve got to say one of my biggest parenting struggles/challenges right now (don’t laugh– it’s right up there with tantrums) is maintaining/cycling clothes so the right amount of the right size is in the drawer/available for three kids at once.
Organizing was never my strong point, so boxes and boxes of clothes: Ugh. Continue reading
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When a kid is this young, I don’t think it’s presumptuous to use two- or three-days-in-a-row to identify a pattern. This kid’s been consistently waking up (and staying awake, which bugs me more) between 4/4:30a.m. and resisting all efforts to crash him in less than an hour. Continue reading
He’s 6-weeks old, but setting up this appt taught/reminded me of something else: Non-emergency appts have to be set-up way ahead to get the dr.(s) I want. Seems there are other people as well who find them preferable.
Our “Arg!” moment came at the end of the appointment. Elisha’s still been struggling with the thrush (never totally gone) for weeks, and I’ve been striving to reach the four (count-em, four) doses a day with his yeast med. Today I asked about the “purple-stuff” I was told about by two different people. Continue reading