some days are just days.

nothing doing. nadda. and i'm bored out of my mind. Another day for cleaning, cooking, eating, diaper changing, homework...where's the FUN? I suppose I'll need more money before I attain that goal.

E is standing while holding on to furniture now. He can be found doing that more often than sitting or crawling. He is cutting somewhere around four teeth right now, and he is not impressed. He already has his bottom two, and now the top middle two have cut through...and I'm not sure why, but apparently grinding the only four teeth he has is fun for him. EEEK! I HATE that noise. (M does it when she sleeps, and we can hear it over the monitor!)

M just keeps getting bigger. And bossier. And smarter...she actuall puts 2 and 2 together now. We were eating breakfast a couple of days ago, and I was sneaking in a cookie with my cereal, and M saw it and said "What's that? A cookie? OK. I will have one when I am done with my cereal, ok mom?" and I say that's a good idea. Half way through her cereal this ensues:
M: I'm gonna have a cookie now.
Me: No, you have to eat your cereal first.
M: Did you eat your cereal first? or your cookie?
Me: Well, ummm...my cookie.
M: Why?
Me: Baby, you can have a cookie but you need to eat your cereal first - it is good grow food, and cookies are not. Grown ups don't need to grow more, so I ate mine first.
(LAME, I KNOW)
M: ok, mom.

Comments

erin said…

Oh man. Thinking on your toes ... sort of. I still like "Because I said so." Damn role modeling!

November 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM

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