Today I...
- Took Alyssa swimming. Pregnant woman and bathing suits don't work well. Pregnant woman and husband's rash guard shirt works a little better until pregnant woman tries to float. Then just looks like a beached whale. Glad to have been the only ones in the pool/awake at 9:30am.
- Watched Alyssa crawl on the carpet with her face first. Not sure why she thought that was funny, but alas, she did. Definately carries more of her father's genes than mine.
- Laughed at my child when she tried to run away from me before naptime. She happened to corner herself and then turned to look at me and started yelling at me in Japanese. I laughed, picked her up and took her to her room. Her response: To suck her thumb and lay her head on my shoulder.
- My dear sweet child started calling me "Mommy-son" Where did she get that from? What movies does she watch in her free time?
- Allowed my child to make funny of me. She walked around the house with her shirt up, belly poked out in full glory, smacking it, saying "Baby". Oh. And laughing at me.
- Sang "The Farmer in the Dell" so many times while awake, that it was like a chant that put me to sleep at naptime.
- Watered my plants, even the dead ones. When I say "dead ones" I mean they are shrivled, black/brown in color and crunchy dead. Why do I continue to water them? I secretly hope they are still alive under there and are just playing hide and seek?
- Took out the trash. It used to take me about 2 minutes to take the trash out and come back. Now, after two minutes, I am winded and only half-way there.
- Got a sweet surprise from my husband who came home on his lunch break to see how I was doing and drop off a Wild Cherry Pepsi for me! How did he know I was craving sugar? Oh wait...I do have the nickname Ms. Wonka
- Did some "mess-free" art with the babe. Special markers and paint that only work on special paper. I don't care if the paper is special or if it's the art tool is special-the stupid things ended up in her mouth and if I don't know what's making them so "special" should I let her use them?
One year later, after all the craziness of babies has almost been settled and we are settled in our new city and our house and jobs, etc-- my list for today is sooo very different.
- My day started at 2am. That's when Sam threw up. Yay!
- My husband got up early (6:30am) to help get the babies to daycare so I could have some time to myself to get ready for work.
- Even with that time, I snuck into Alyssa's room and we cuddled while she woke up. She then giggled as she poked my face.
- We went to say good morning to Sam and he was already sitting up and playing in his bed. He laughed and smiled when he saw us playing peek-a-boo
- Then the wrestling match begins with the children. Who the heck wants to stay in a pee-pee diaper! So after I get them changed, cleaned up, and clothed, we are back to playing.
- Alyssa decided to she wanted to crawl like Sam---so I now had two inch worms in the hall :)
- And Surprise! She wanted a hair bow instead of a pony tail this morning.
- Left for work at 730-had to pick up a some materials that I designed to be distributed to local businesses. That was awesome feeling-to see something I had worked on be printed and publicized over the entire county to assit business with their workforce
- Attended a staff development meeting where my co-worker spoke of a process that I use with my youth and praised it in front of some of the corporate leaders
- Am now sitting at a facility in one of the poorest areas in our county to meet and teach students
I enjoy spending time with my family and raising my children. I enjoy using the experiences I have had to mentor and lead youth. I'm not a stay-at-home mother, nor do I think I was made to be one. Have you met me?! :)
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