I get to go bowling with my mommy friends tonight. I have a bit of guilt over this, mainly because David refused to nap while I was at work today so Lucas has already dealt with a crabby toddler all day and now I'm leaving him with bedtime.
BUT I also must admit I am really looking forward to the the time out of the house with the girls! We had so much fun the last time we got together to play board games at my house.
I am a horrible bowler, but it'll be fun to hang out and eat junk food. I have saved 340 calories for this evening, which means I can't pig out too much, but that's okay. I feel gross when I pig out anymore anyway.
Well, David is on the kitchen table, so I should stop typing now :)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Just when I get it figured out...
Parenting is much harder than I expected it to be. I spent a lot of time with my friends' kids and I had daycare kids at my house 10 hours a day. Although I knew it would be a challenge, I did not expect to want to pull my hair out as many times a day as I end up wanting to do that. Bald would not be a good look on me, so I manage to refrain.
The biggest challenge right now is SLEEP! I did not think that at almost 2 years old David would be so hard to put to bed at night. He was always the child who I could read to, cuddle a bit, and then put in his crib and he would put himself to sleep.
Enter separation anxiety.
David will not go to sleep without crying and crying and CRYING unless I am in the room when he falls asleep. Then, even once he falls asleep I have to remain in his room or he will wake himself up and cry because I am gone. As I type this, he is staring at me...from his crib. I know it is a phase. I know he will grow out of it. I hope that when he is 15 he does not require me to watch him fall asleep. Right now as I am living it, it seems like I will NEVER get an easy bedtime with this child again.
The biggest challenge right now is SLEEP! I did not think that at almost 2 years old David would be so hard to put to bed at night. He was always the child who I could read to, cuddle a bit, and then put in his crib and he would put himself to sleep.
Enter separation anxiety.
David will not go to sleep without crying and crying and CRYING unless I am in the room when he falls asleep. Then, even once he falls asleep I have to remain in his room or he will wake himself up and cry because I am gone. As I type this, he is staring at me...from his crib. I know it is a phase. I know he will grow out of it. I hope that when he is 15 he does not require me to watch him fall asleep. Right now as I am living it, it seems like I will NEVER get an easy bedtime with this child again.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Date Night
Date night has changed since I became a mom. It used to be Lucas and I in a restaurant. I would have on nice clothes, fixed hair, and make up. We would order and sit and enjoy our meals.
When we had Danae, we pretty much quit going on dates. After awhile I realized we were spending way too much time being parents and not enough time on us. We talked about it and instituted "date night." Date night now happens once a week, but it looks a little different than it used to.
Date night now consists of a movie and junk food on Monday evenings after the kids are in bed. It occurs in our living room and I wear pajamas. My hair is usually wet from my shower and I have on no make up. We are almost always interrupted by a child who needs put back to bed or has to use the restroom.
Despite the fact that date night is different, I love it. And we do sometimes go on "real" dates out of the house. I love those a lot because I don't have to cook!
When we had Danae, we pretty much quit going on dates. After awhile I realized we were spending way too much time being parents and not enough time on us. We talked about it and instituted "date night." Date night now happens once a week, but it looks a little different than it used to.
Date night now consists of a movie and junk food on Monday evenings after the kids are in bed. It occurs in our living room and I wear pajamas. My hair is usually wet from my shower and I have on no make up. We are almost always interrupted by a child who needs put back to bed or has to use the restroom.
Despite the fact that date night is different, I love it. And we do sometimes go on "real" dates out of the house. I love those a lot because I don't have to cook!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Hello...Hello...Is this thing on?
I have been contemplating starting a blog for a few months now. I had a blog before, but didn't keep up with it so I quit. I am an all or nothing kind of girl and I wasn't giving it my full attention so I closed it out. So this is my second (better!) attempt at this.
The hardest part about starting this blog was thinking of a name. People have such cute names for their blogs and everything I could come up with was taken. But I. Love. Purple. I have a dear friend who used to say that "purple is the only color in Kelly's crayon box." A blog name is born.
I plan to blog about life, parenting, homeschooling, marriage, work, my never-ending diet (blech) and everything in between!
The hardest part about starting this blog was thinking of a name. People have such cute names for their blogs and everything I could come up with was taken. But I. Love. Purple. I have a dear friend who used to say that "purple is the only color in Kelly's crayon box." A blog name is born.
I plan to blog about life, parenting, homeschooling, marriage, work, my never-ending diet (blech) and everything in between!
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