Son, you're a lovely kid. Your cuteness, however, does not make up for the fact that you are waking up in the middle of the night and demanding to sleep with Mama and Dada. We're busy sleepers and this is just not safe. We'll indulge you for a little while, but you really must sleep in your own bed. Otherwise, you end up getting a Dada karate-style chop to the head. Mama knows these things sweetie. I've been the victim of karate chops and judo kicks in my sleep for years.
This morning when you got up, you were so mad at being in your bed/not waking up to Mama hugs/the realization that life is not going to always be kind...I don't know for sure. You were howling like someone was subjecting you to the hot-poker torture. Dada did a lot to try to calm you down, but in the end I guess you just wanted to walk around with Mama. It's very endearing, but Mama really does need to get ready for work.
So let's come to an agreement tonight. I will commit to snuggling with you until you fall asleep, but you've got to be content to stay in bed. All night, little guy.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Cartoon Violence and Drug Abuse
People complain about the content of the cartoons nowadays? I bought MissCouchPotatoHead a Mickey Mouse cartoon collection. I was thinking that she likes the new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and she might enjoy something a little more old school.
The first cartoon features Mickey MCing a circus. Donald Duck has a group of trained seals that he directs to play music in exchange for fish. There is one little seal who is fairly precocious and always steals the fish. This angers Donald so much that at one point he pulls out a gun and starts shooting at the silly little seal.
The next cartoon starts out innocently enough with Mickey and Pluto doing some gardening. Mickey is tired of the bugs eating all of his plants, so he breaks out the bug spray. At some point Mickey falls in and is sent on this crazy acid trip where all the bugs are super huge and now he and Pluto have to fight them mano a mano style. The bugs are now so tough that they drink the bug poison and, not only don't die, but get drunk off their asses.
There's one a little while later where Donald thinks it's really funny to put ice skates on a sleeping Pluto so that, when he wakes up, he goes sliding all over and hurts himself. No one even so much as gets up to help the poor dog. Unlike the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Donald, this Donald is a complete asshat.
As illustrated in the next cartoon when they're all vacationing in Hawaii. Donald is doing the hula in a grass skirt -- which should indicate some type of chemical influence -- when his tailfeathers catch on fire. He goes screaming down the beach to the nearest pool of water. After extinguishing the fire, he stands up only to find a starfish attached to his ass. Well, Donnie, ya kinda sat on the guy. So the starfish is naturally a little bit grumpy. Donald yanks the thing off his butt and maliciously throws him down the beach. Was that really necessary? Couldn't you have just put him back where you found him?
Between shooting at seals, drunk bugs, and general sadism on Donald's part, I can actually sit here and say that today's cartoons are very tame by comparison. I'm going to put this video in every time I think one of my kids' shows might be toeing a line.
The first cartoon features Mickey MCing a circus. Donald Duck has a group of trained seals that he directs to play music in exchange for fish. There is one little seal who is fairly precocious and always steals the fish. This angers Donald so much that at one point he pulls out a gun and starts shooting at the silly little seal.
The next cartoon starts out innocently enough with Mickey and Pluto doing some gardening. Mickey is tired of the bugs eating all of his plants, so he breaks out the bug spray. At some point Mickey falls in and is sent on this crazy acid trip where all the bugs are super huge and now he and Pluto have to fight them mano a mano style. The bugs are now so tough that they drink the bug poison and, not only don't die, but get drunk off their asses.
There's one a little while later where Donald thinks it's really funny to put ice skates on a sleeping Pluto so that, when he wakes up, he goes sliding all over and hurts himself. No one even so much as gets up to help the poor dog. Unlike the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Donald, this Donald is a complete asshat.
As illustrated in the next cartoon when they're all vacationing in Hawaii. Donald is doing the hula in a grass skirt -- which should indicate some type of chemical influence -- when his tailfeathers catch on fire. He goes screaming down the beach to the nearest pool of water. After extinguishing the fire, he stands up only to find a starfish attached to his ass. Well, Donnie, ya kinda sat on the guy. So the starfish is naturally a little bit grumpy. Donald yanks the thing off his butt and maliciously throws him down the beach. Was that really necessary? Couldn't you have just put him back where you found him?
Between shooting at seals, drunk bugs, and general sadism on Donald's part, I can actually sit here and say that today's cartoons are very tame by comparison. I'm going to put this video in every time I think one of my kids' shows might be toeing a line.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Needy Boy
You've always enjoyed my company, but lately your independence has become important to you. I'm enjoying this. It means more time to work on things I enjoy. Like this blog about you.
The last few days, however, you've been a mess. I've got to put you down sometime. According to you, that is not acceptable. I just can't hold you all day. Where is my crawly boy that loves to play? You had me spoiled on that kid.
It is very hard to hold you while I'm preparing or eating dinner. It's also difficult to handle Ms. CheckOutMyPeePeeInThePotty when she decides to aggressively shove her full potty chair in your face whenever she goes to the bathroom and you don't run in right away to congratulate her.
The last few days, however, you've been a mess. I've got to put you down sometime. According to you, that is not acceptable. I just can't hold you all day. Where is my crawly boy that loves to play? You had me spoiled on that kid.
It is very hard to hold you while I'm preparing or eating dinner. It's also difficult to handle Ms. CheckOutMyPeePeeInThePotty when she decides to aggressively shove her full potty chair in your face whenever she goes to the bathroom and you don't run in right away to congratulate her.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Anti-Relaxation Committee
HappyHyperGirl is not only the president, she's also the only member. Everyone else in the house likes to relax, take naps, enjoy quiet moments. Foghorn Frannie will have none of that. Not for her, or anyone else in the house.
Especially not for her little brother, which is really backward. She should have realized by now that the more her brother sleeps, the more attention she gets. Instead, she does everything she can to be heard from 3 blocks over.
Especially not for her little brother, which is really backward. She should have realized by now that the more her brother sleeps, the more attention she gets. Instead, she does everything she can to be heard from 3 blocks over.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Cat Grabber
For a 7 month old, a cat is probably the coolest thing in the entire world. For a cat, a 7 month old must be the most terrifying thing in the entire world. I know she's fuzzy and she makes the coolest noises ever. Especially when you grab her head and pull it in 2 different directions. I don't think that the kitty has nearly as much fun as you.
Your sister had to learn the hard way with a rabid swipe to the cheek that the kitty is not always nice. I don't think I want Kitty to have to experience this again. She's a very friendly, snuggly cat. She's just not interested in getting manhandled.
For now, the kitty is off limits. Disappointment will have to be your friend instead.
Your sister had to learn the hard way with a rabid swipe to the cheek that the kitty is not always nice. I don't think I want Kitty to have to experience this again. She's a very friendly, snuggly cat. She's just not interested in getting manhandled.
For now, the kitty is off limits. Disappointment will have to be your friend instead.
Monday, March 16, 2009
The Outing
Why does it have to be a disaster every time we leave the house? Maybe it's becuse I'm a horrible procrastinator. Could also be my active rebellion against all structure on the weekend. At any rate, yesterday did not go as expected.
Two hours before we needed to leave, I have to force Mr. LazyDad out of bed. We start listing all the things that need to be done before we can take off. Showers, fix stroller, pack bag, buy ice and drinks, hit ATM.
We also talked about waking Little Missy MorningHarpy up at around 8:00. Two reasons: 1) She is not a morning person which makes her a crybaby diva for the first hour she's awake. 2) She gets car sick unless her stomach is settled before we leave. I've found in the past that an hour is plenty of time for that.
So we're 1/2 way though the showers portion of our plan when I come downstairs at 8:30 expecting to see my GruffGirl and nope. Someone didn't wake her up. Now I'm sort of in a bind. We can't not feed her. The kid needs breakfast. We'll have to chance it.
I was also expecting the stroller to be fixed in about 5 minutes. That did not happen. Apparently it takes Mr. FixitDad 45 freakin' minutes to put wheels on a stroller. I was really counting on him to be done with the wheels, the bag and the Banshee by the time I got done with my shower.
I'm rushed now to toss together a bag, wake the beast and feed her some kind of breakfast, then finish getting ready myself. In 1/2 an hour. Right.
We only left 2 minutes late thanks to my skills at being WonderWoman. The car ride was long, but pleasant. The kids played and slept. It was like a dream until....
BBBLLLEEECCCHHH!
That would be CarSickCathy. Who woulda guessed it. We were only 5 minutes away from stopping. This couldn't have waited? Ugh. So I'm fishing around the bag for something to clean her up with. She just keeps puking. Ew.
We finally get stopped and I thought, "Well I'll just put her in the spare outfit I brought." Except there isn't a spare. I forgot to pack extra clothes. Well, even WonderWoman gets caught by the villain sometimes. Whatever. I just doused her with water and scrubbed everywhere I saw barf. That would have to do.
Of course, we invited along Mr. Awesomeness's mom and grandma. As soon as Grandma SuperCritic sees the puke stained baby, she feels she needs to pipe up. She turns to Mom-Of-Mr. A and says, "What did I tell ya. I knew she shouldn't have eaten breakfast." Die you old hag. Really, did you think your Monday Morning Quarterbacking was doing anyone any good? Shut the hell up. You know, she might just make my other blog for that one.
Right away PukyPatty start hollering that she's bored. Luckily, the place we were at had a petting zoo. That really saved our ass. Until she was done petting the animals anyway. We spent the rest of our day catering to her. It was a total nightmare. No one else got to do anything they wanted. We left early. What a bummer. We don't have a chance to get out much, so I was hoping we'd get more out of this trip.
Next time, stroller wheels and bag gets done the night before.
Two hours before we needed to leave, I have to force Mr. LazyDad out of bed. We start listing all the things that need to be done before we can take off. Showers, fix stroller, pack bag, buy ice and drinks, hit ATM.
We also talked about waking Little Missy MorningHarpy up at around 8:00. Two reasons: 1) She is not a morning person which makes her a crybaby diva for the first hour she's awake. 2) She gets car sick unless her stomach is settled before we leave. I've found in the past that an hour is plenty of time for that.
So we're 1/2 way though the showers portion of our plan when I come downstairs at 8:30 expecting to see my GruffGirl and nope. Someone didn't wake her up. Now I'm sort of in a bind. We can't not feed her. The kid needs breakfast. We'll have to chance it.
I was also expecting the stroller to be fixed in about 5 minutes. That did not happen. Apparently it takes Mr. FixitDad 45 freakin' minutes to put wheels on a stroller. I was really counting on him to be done with the wheels, the bag and the Banshee by the time I got done with my shower.
I'm rushed now to toss together a bag, wake the beast and feed her some kind of breakfast, then finish getting ready myself. In 1/2 an hour. Right.
We only left 2 minutes late thanks to my skills at being WonderWoman. The car ride was long, but pleasant. The kids played and slept. It was like a dream until....
BBBLLLEEECCCHHH!
That would be CarSickCathy. Who woulda guessed it. We were only 5 minutes away from stopping. This couldn't have waited? Ugh. So I'm fishing around the bag for something to clean her up with. She just keeps puking. Ew.
We finally get stopped and I thought, "Well I'll just put her in the spare outfit I brought." Except there isn't a spare. I forgot to pack extra clothes. Well, even WonderWoman gets caught by the villain sometimes. Whatever. I just doused her with water and scrubbed everywhere I saw barf. That would have to do.
Of course, we invited along Mr. Awesomeness's mom and grandma. As soon as Grandma SuperCritic sees the puke stained baby, she feels she needs to pipe up. She turns to Mom-Of-Mr. A and says, "What did I tell ya. I knew she shouldn't have eaten breakfast." Die you old hag. Really, did you think your Monday Morning Quarterbacking was doing anyone any good? Shut the hell up. You know, she might just make my other blog for that one.
Right away PukyPatty start hollering that she's bored. Luckily, the place we were at had a petting zoo. That really saved our ass. Until she was done petting the animals anyway. We spent the rest of our day catering to her. It was a total nightmare. No one else got to do anything they wanted. We left early. What a bummer. We don't have a chance to get out much, so I was hoping we'd get more out of this trip.
Next time, stroller wheels and bag gets done the night before.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Crawlin' Dude!
Little Man! You're doing so good. You've finally learned that you can get anywhere you need to go if you just move your arms in connection with your legs.
That whole moving your legs and not your arms thing was not quite working out with all the face-planting and ninja kick flips and such. Your poor little head was starting to look gnarly. And not as in "Gnarly, dude!"
Thank you for playing for hours on the floor with your toys. Mama might now be able to work on other important things...like her blogs :D
Uh, and also thank you for finding all the dirt on the floor. I think I'll try sewing dust mops onto the knees of all your pants. For, uh, knee protection or something.
That whole moving your legs and not your arms thing was not quite working out with all the face-planting and ninja kick flips and such. Your poor little head was starting to look gnarly. And not as in "Gnarly, dude!"
Thank you for playing for hours on the floor with your toys. Mama might now be able to work on other important things...like her blogs :D
Uh, and also thank you for finding all the dirt on the floor. I think I'll try sewing dust mops onto the knees of all your pants. For, uh, knee protection or something.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Mr. Sandman
You've hit my little man hard today. He's been napping for most of the day. This morning he fell asleep in his oatmeal. Later on, he fell asleep in my arms when I was tidying up. I know housework is boring, but dang.
Of course Miss Megaphone Mouth was on a rampage today. Ssshhh means quiet honey. Quiet. Not yell in baby's ear.
Of course Miss Megaphone Mouth was on a rampage today. Ssshhh means quiet honey. Quiet. Not yell in baby's ear.
Monday, March 9, 2009
More On (moron) Potty Training
Yesterday we did away with the timer. Apparently the thing was unnecessary. She is just running in and peeing when she has to go. Hunh. What a novel concept.
So for the last couple of days we've just left her naked and left the bathroom door open. Take that potty training books.
So for the last couple of days we've just left her naked and left the bathroom door open. Take that potty training books.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Potty Training
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know what I'm doing. I took a few days off from work so I could try to work with MsPissyPants so she could learn to use her big girl potty.
It's the end of day 1 and she hates it. I'm using a timer that I set for every 90 minutes. The last couple of times it's gone off, she's cried because she knows I'm going to take her in to the potty.
Sigh. I don't know why this has to be so hard. I don't believe in food as a reward, but I don't know what a proper reward for pissing in a plastic bucket should be.
Ugh.
Sigh again.
It's the end of day 1 and she hates it. I'm using a timer that I set for every 90 minutes. The last couple of times it's gone off, she's cried because she knows I'm going to take her in to the potty.
Sigh. I don't know why this has to be so hard. I don't believe in food as a reward, but I don't know what a proper reward for pissing in a plastic bucket should be.
Ugh.
Sigh again.
Sleep Pooper
Silly PoopyBoy. I don't know what happens in your little baby head. You start to get sleepy. Your bowels relax maybe. You are, possibly, comforted by the warm sensation in your diaper. You fall asleep.
You wake up with a serious case of red-ass. You are a grumplestiltskin for the rest of the day. Wouldn't it be easier to leave the poopies for a time when we can take care of it? You've caused your mom to collect a witch's brew of butt potions on her breakfast bar. I'd rather put cookies or potpourri up there. It's a lot more homey and attractive.
Let's work on that, okay?
You wake up with a serious case of red-ass. You are a grumplestiltskin for the rest of the day. Wouldn't it be easier to leave the poopies for a time when we can take care of it? You've caused your mom to collect a witch's brew of butt potions on her breakfast bar. I'd rather put cookies or potpourri up there. It's a lot more homey and attractive.
Let's work on that, okay?
Friday, March 6, 2009
Water Fountain
I could have sworn I just gave my LittleThirstyGirl a cup of water. Why does she want more?
Oh. It's because she's taken her entire cup of water and, instead of using it to drink and stay hydrated, she spit it all over herself. Herself, her toys, the couch, her brother's toys, the floor. Apparently, this is a lot more fun than actually getting it into your belly.
Kid, you're almost 3. I'm not going to stand next to you while you drink water. You're a big girl now and should have the basic concept of swallowing down to a science by now.
I get that it looks funny coming out, but give it a rest all ready.
Oh. It's because she's taken her entire cup of water and, instead of using it to drink and stay hydrated, she spit it all over herself. Herself, her toys, the couch, her brother's toys, the floor. Apparently, this is a lot more fun than actually getting it into your belly.
Kid, you're almost 3. I'm not going to stand next to you while you drink water. You're a big girl now and should have the basic concept of swallowing down to a science by now.
I get that it looks funny coming out, but give it a rest all ready.
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Mystery Of The Poopoo Pa
2 year old: Poopoo pa
Awesome mom: Huh? What's a poopoo pa?
2yo: Mama poopoo pa
AMom: Show mama a poopoo pa
2yo points at the fridge. I open the door. She takes out water.
AMom: Honey, that's water
2yo: Mama wawe in a poopoo pa.
[She points. I look.]
Purple cup? You want water in your purple cup?
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Case closed.
Awesome mom: Huh? What's a poopoo pa?
2yo: Mama poopoo pa
AMom: Show mama a poopoo pa
2yo points at the fridge. I open the door. She takes out water.
AMom: Honey, that's water
2yo: Mama wawe in a poopoo pa.
[She points. I look.]
Purple cup? You want water in your purple cup?
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Case closed.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Toy House
We live in a 2200 sq.ft. house. We own about 3000 sq.ft. of toys. Something's gotta give here kids. Your grandparents love you plenty and want to buy you one of everything. Literally. However, somewhere in this warehouse of fun is mommy and daddy's stuff.
Someday I'd like to be able to sit on my couch without getting Elmo wedged in my ass. I know I'm being picky, but people tend to get fussy in their old age. They like to be able to get a glass of water without tripping over skates. They like to get to the dinner table without having to move a huge plastic car. These are things that sound nice to me.
So when you hear Grammy and Papa planning on getting you the entire Playskool line-up for Christmas, please start chanting "books, books, books." Maybe chew some holes in your clothes. Go all Alex P. Keaton on them and ask for a savings bond. I don't care, just no more toys please.
Now that I'm thinking of it, Grammy and Papa's house looks awfully empty. That's it. I declare March 2009 the month of The Great Toy Migration.
Someday I'd like to be able to sit on my couch without getting Elmo wedged in my ass. I know I'm being picky, but people tend to get fussy in their old age. They like to be able to get a glass of water without tripping over skates. They like to get to the dinner table without having to move a huge plastic car. These are things that sound nice to me.
So when you hear Grammy and Papa planning on getting you the entire Playskool line-up for Christmas, please start chanting "books, books, books." Maybe chew some holes in your clothes. Go all Alex P. Keaton on them and ask for a savings bond. I don't care, just no more toys please.
Now that I'm thinking of it, Grammy and Papa's house looks awfully empty. That's it. I declare March 2009 the month of The Great Toy Migration.
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