Today was a nice day. Nothing particularly exciting happened but that's OK some times. Allyson and I slept in till about 8:15, which is pretty good for the weekend. After awhile I started sorting the laundry into piles, it was $10 worth this week. I don't really count the number of loads of laundry I do as much as how much it will cost me. $10 of laundry is five loads, pretty typical for us. I probably do laundry 3 times a month and let it pile up an extra week once a month which just means more the next week. So about $40 a month on laundry, plus the cost of soap and stain remover, I think it's ridiculous. But I don't want to be smelly, so I do it, haha! So anyway... I did laundry this morning and this by this evening it was all folded AND put away. Usually I put off putting it away for awhile.
Allyson played with her dollhouse and dolly's a lot today. It is so funny to listen to her talk for them. Especially when she says the kinds of things I say to her to them. For example, she tells them to listen, she asks them if they have to go potty and tells them to be patient.
I was ready for a nap around 1:30. Allyson decided to nap on the recliner, "like papa does". So I tucked her in and went to my room to lay down. She came in and checked on me, I sent her back to the living room. She came back and said she wanted to nap in her room, I said fine. She same in again and I ignored her. She poked me a couple of times but didn't say anything. She left and it got real quiet so I figured she went back to sleep in her room. When I got up I took a quick shower and went looking for her (it was 3:45). I foun her in the living room curled up in the recliner covered with a blanket and snuggled with about 6 of her stuffed animals. I sat on the couch to read a magazine and she poked her head up to tell me that she was not napping (even though she clearly was). Within 2 minutes she was out cold again, huffing and puffing in her sleep. Watching kids sleep is great, they are so peaceful and cute.
Eventually she got up and I started making supper. I grilled some sausage and we had baked beans, pasta salad, watermelon and an orange. Allyson pretty much just ate the fruit. She agreed to taste the pasta salad but declared it was "yucky". She refused to try the beans and kept saying "yyyuuuccckk, that looks like doggy poop!" So supper was not a hit!
We went to church this evening and Allyson was really well behaved. We had to take a trip to the potty mid-service. She did really well this weekend with the potty-training. She had a couple of accidents but ultiple success' with #2 which made me very happy. After church we came home and had popcorn and watched Dora. Bedtime went pretty well. I sat in bed with her and re-tied the parts of her tie blanket which had come undone. She kept scooting next to me and kissing me on the cheek and giving me hugs. Such a sweetheart.
Back to work tomorrow.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Ketchup... whoops, I mean Catch-Up!
How can it be that April is almost over? Time has just been flying by. I've said several times this month that it seems like I'm in a time warp.
April 4th was Easter. I was off of work on Good Friday which turned out to be a blessing because we had a major snow storm blow through and cause a lot of driving issues that day. However, the cable-guy was working through the storm. He came to my place soaking wet from having been outside, but he was nice and got my DVR installed in no time. That's right, I have a DVR again! I never have to miss a show again! I love it, the only bad part is that I am so busy watching all of my favorite shows in the evening, I've been too busy to blog. Saturday the weather was better and we were able to drive to my parents house. We dyed easter eggs and had fun outside throwing slushy snowballs at each other. Easter morning Allyson put on her beautiful Easter dress and we went to church. While we were in church the Easter Bunny stopped by mom and dad's house and hid eggs and Allyson's basket. She had fun searching for everything and exploring the gifts she got.
I went to Ladies Night Out on April 8th and as usual had a great time. This month it was at The Blarney Stone, and Irish pub that is fairly new in town. Then on April 10th my friend S and I went to the Martina McBride/Trace Atkins concert at the Civic Center. I really like Martina so I enjoyed the show. S got us a great deal on the tickets by using her military discount.
This week went by quickly too. Friday was my dad's birthday so I baked him a quadruple chocolate cake, it turned out great! It was a chocoate cake mix with chocolate puding added, chocolate chips mixed and drizzled with chocolate frosting as well as caramel and nuts. Mmmmm! We had also gone out to dinner with them and then decided to stop by a park near my apartment to wear off some of Allyson's energy before going home to eat the cake. It was a beautiful day, probably the nicest spring day we have had yet.
Today Allyson and I went shopping and bought a new grill, some b-day party items for her upcoming party and we each got a pair of shoes. Allyson got silver Dora sandles that light up and I got a very cute pair of black shoes. She refused to try hers on so I'm hoping they fit. It took me over 3.5 hours to put the new grill together this afternoon! OMG, it was crazy! I have put together a lot of stuff, entertainment centers, dressers, baby gear and more but this grill was the worst. But it is together now and I grilled myself a yummy steak and some foil-pouch potatoes this evening and that made it all worth it. I love to grill!! Steaks, brats, chops, chicken, even fish and vegies, it all tastes better on the grill!
That is a very abbreviated version of the past couple of weeks! We have fun stuff coming up this week. My brother D is coming home on Saturday for a visit and we will be celebrating his birthday and Allyson's birthday on Sunday, each about a week early. I still need to get a cake ordered for her. She picked out Dora plates, whistles and stickers for her party. Whistles, my dad will love it, haha! Saturday we are also going to the wedding of one of my cousins. It will be here in town and I know Allyson will have so much fun dancing all night long.
I can't promise to update more often, but I'll try!
Mary
April 4th was Easter. I was off of work on Good Friday which turned out to be a blessing because we had a major snow storm blow through and cause a lot of driving issues that day. However, the cable-guy was working through the storm. He came to my place soaking wet from having been outside, but he was nice and got my DVR installed in no time. That's right, I have a DVR again! I never have to miss a show again! I love it, the only bad part is that I am so busy watching all of my favorite shows in the evening, I've been too busy to blog. Saturday the weather was better and we were able to drive to my parents house. We dyed easter eggs and had fun outside throwing slushy snowballs at each other. Easter morning Allyson put on her beautiful Easter dress and we went to church. While we were in church the Easter Bunny stopped by mom and dad's house and hid eggs and Allyson's basket. She had fun searching for everything and exploring the gifts she got.
I went to Ladies Night Out on April 8th and as usual had a great time. This month it was at The Blarney Stone, and Irish pub that is fairly new in town. Then on April 10th my friend S and I went to the Martina McBride/Trace Atkins concert at the Civic Center. I really like Martina so I enjoyed the show. S got us a great deal on the tickets by using her military discount.
This week went by quickly too. Friday was my dad's birthday so I baked him a quadruple chocolate cake, it turned out great! It was a chocoate cake mix with chocolate puding added, chocolate chips mixed and drizzled with chocolate frosting as well as caramel and nuts. Mmmmm! We had also gone out to dinner with them and then decided to stop by a park near my apartment to wear off some of Allyson's energy before going home to eat the cake. It was a beautiful day, probably the nicest spring day we have had yet.
Today Allyson and I went shopping and bought a new grill, some b-day party items for her upcoming party and we each got a pair of shoes. Allyson got silver Dora sandles that light up and I got a very cute pair of black shoes. She refused to try hers on so I'm hoping they fit. It took me over 3.5 hours to put the new grill together this afternoon! OMG, it was crazy! I have put together a lot of stuff, entertainment centers, dressers, baby gear and more but this grill was the worst. But it is together now and I grilled myself a yummy steak and some foil-pouch potatoes this evening and that made it all worth it. I love to grill!! Steaks, brats, chops, chicken, even fish and vegies, it all tastes better on the grill!
That is a very abbreviated version of the past couple of weeks! We have fun stuff coming up this week. My brother D is coming home on Saturday for a visit and we will be celebrating his birthday and Allyson's birthday on Sunday, each about a week early. I still need to get a cake ordered for her. She picked out Dora plates, whistles and stickers for her party. Whistles, my dad will love it, haha! Saturday we are also going to the wedding of one of my cousins. It will be here in town and I know Allyson will have so much fun dancing all night long.
I can't promise to update more often, but I'll try!
Mary
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Cough, Cough
My poor baby is coughing and coughing. It doesn't sound like a "bad cough" but it sounds like it's annoying for her. I'm not sure if it is due to some sort of sickness or if it is spring allergies. Last night she coughed from 3-5 in the morning. She was still asleep while she was doing it, but tossing and turning alot. It kept me up a lot too. So this morning I called work and J to let them know we would be 1 hour late. I thought it would be good for Allyson to get an extra hour of sleep. She was in a great mood when I dropped her off.
Work was uneventful for the most part. The exciting part was when water started dripping into my office. I had been back in the breakroom snacking on the fruit we had been provided by COSE (Collalation of State Employees). I got back to my office and sat down, then I heard it. It almost sounded like a mouse crawling around or something at first. Then I though it sounded like water dripping but couldn't see any water. So I ran across the hall and barged in on one of my co-workers to get her to come over to my office. By that time there was a small puddle developing on my desk. She helped me clean the pictures and stuff off of that area and then I ran back to alert a manager who called the other maintenance person who showed up about 10 minutes later (he was off site). In the interm the water just ran down the wall behind my cubicle wall and dripped into the trash can I placed on my desk. We figured that it was from an overflowing toilet, since my office is below the bathrooms on the floor above. I hear them flushing all day. It's lovley! Luckily the water coming into my office was clean water. The maintenance guy fixed the toilet so it quit running and will replace the two damamged ceiling tiles in my office once it dries out up there. So in the end there was no major damage but it added a little excitement to my day.
I met with a guy about getting some additional life insurance for myself today. I know it's something I need to do. Adding up the couple of debts I have and the money that would be needed for 'final expenses' and to raise Allyson and send her to college it really adds up. I didn't sign up for any today, but might shop around a couple more places to see what the rates are. The quote I got today was reasonable, but my budget is pretty tight right now, so I want to find the best deal.
Allyson was in a great mood when I picked her up. The weather has been nice so J has been taking the kids outside to play. Allyson loves playing outside! When I got there they were going for a walk. The kids love it, even though they really just walk up and down J's block. Allyson saw me and ran a to me with her arms open yelling "mommy!!" It was cute, just like in the movies only we weren't in a grassy field. On the drive home Allyson took off her shoes and saw that she had gotten her socks dirty too. So she took them off and then said, "my beet are stinky, I no want to mell 'em!" She played in the tub for quite awhile and is now still struggling to go to bed. It is something we are still struggling with but it's getting a little better.
Tomorrow is the last day of the work-week for me. All state employees get Good Friday off. I'm getting my DVR installed on Friday, I can't wait!!
I did six loads of laundry tonight. The last two are still in the dryer and none of it is folded, but at least it is washed. I've been putting it off for awhile.
Work was uneventful for the most part. The exciting part was when water started dripping into my office. I had been back in the breakroom snacking on the fruit we had been provided by COSE (Collalation of State Employees). I got back to my office and sat down, then I heard it. It almost sounded like a mouse crawling around or something at first. Then I though it sounded like water dripping but couldn't see any water. So I ran across the hall and barged in on one of my co-workers to get her to come over to my office. By that time there was a small puddle developing on my desk. She helped me clean the pictures and stuff off of that area and then I ran back to alert a manager who called the other maintenance person who showed up about 10 minutes later (he was off site). In the interm the water just ran down the wall behind my cubicle wall and dripped into the trash can I placed on my desk. We figured that it was from an overflowing toilet, since my office is below the bathrooms on the floor above. I hear them flushing all day. It's lovley! Luckily the water coming into my office was clean water. The maintenance guy fixed the toilet so it quit running and will replace the two damamged ceiling tiles in my office once it dries out up there. So in the end there was no major damage but it added a little excitement to my day.
I met with a guy about getting some additional life insurance for myself today. I know it's something I need to do. Adding up the couple of debts I have and the money that would be needed for 'final expenses' and to raise Allyson and send her to college it really adds up. I didn't sign up for any today, but might shop around a couple more places to see what the rates are. The quote I got today was reasonable, but my budget is pretty tight right now, so I want to find the best deal.
Allyson was in a great mood when I picked her up. The weather has been nice so J has been taking the kids outside to play. Allyson loves playing outside! When I got there they were going for a walk. The kids love it, even though they really just walk up and down J's block. Allyson saw me and ran a to me with her arms open yelling "mommy!!" It was cute, just like in the movies only we weren't in a grassy field. On the drive home Allyson took off her shoes and saw that she had gotten her socks dirty too. So she took them off and then said, "my beet are stinky, I no want to mell 'em!" She played in the tub for quite awhile and is now still struggling to go to bed. It is something we are still struggling with but it's getting a little better.
Tomorrow is the last day of the work-week for me. All state employees get Good Friday off. I'm getting my DVR installed on Friday, I can't wait!!
I did six loads of laundry tonight. The last two are still in the dryer and none of it is folded, but at least it is washed. I've been putting it off for awhile.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
A Poopy Prank
Another tale from our adventures in potty training.... Tonight I put Allyson in the tub after having an accident free day, despite going to an egg hunt, out for lunch, another egg hunt, and a visit and nap at Grandma and Papa's house. When we had gotten home she tried real hard to go poopy on the potty, but just couldn't. It was a good effort. Anyway, she was playing nicely in the tub, so I went to the kitchen to finish cleaning up the Play Doh mess we had made a few minutes earlier. She came walking out and said that she was done. Then she got a guilty look on her face and said, "Mommy, I got poopy in the baff again. I sorry." I jumped into action and run to the bathroom, expecting to find the worst. I scan the tub and then look again. There was no poopy! It was a poopy prank.
And I was very happy!
And I was very happy!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Two Days in a Row (a million more to go)
Whew. I just "worked out" two days in a row! That may not be much to brag about for most people, but for me its a pretty big deal. For now I have been doing the 20 minute workout of Windsor Pilates. Again, it's just 20 minutes, but trust me I get winded doing it. However the best part is that it requires nothing more than me laying on the ground, kicking and rolling around! That's my kind of exercise, no equipment or special shoes or bra's required. I did take some Advil after I was done to prevent the aches and pains that would surely follow for someone like me who hasn't exercised in forever. This morning I felt great.
Soon I'll be adding some variety to my workouts. I ordered the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD last night (she is from The Biggest Looser on TV). I'm a little afraid that it will be too hard for me to do but it was only $8.99 on Amazon.com and I've heard good things about it. The DVD contains 3 levels of workouts, each 20 minutes in length (again, I like the short workouts). They are progressively harder so you are supposed to do level 1 until it becomes "easy" and then move up to level 2 and so on. I also purchased a digital scale that has numbers big enough to tell me my weight and a food scale to keep me honest with portion sizes. I haven't weighed myself in forever, I think I threw out my scale when I moved, so I really don't know how much I weigh now but I'd be willing to bed that I'm at an all time high. Higher than when I started Weight Watchers back in November 2005 and higher than the day I went in to the hospital to deliver Allyson. Sad. But I can't do much about it now other than try to get back down toward a healthier weight.
So what has inspired all of these changes? Well, I see diabetes staring me in the face when I look into my future and I'm hoping to prevent it. Because I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) I have a much greater chance of getting diabetes than the general population does. Yuck. Plus after eating so much delicious food at the Abbey last weekend while scrapbooking I feel fatter than ever and my pants are tight!
In general I'm not very good at following through with things like this, but hopefully I will be able to stick with it. I did pretty well when I did WW a few years ago but don't really want to join now, I'll see how I do on my own first. I know what the right things are to eat and how much of them to eat, it is just a matter of having the willpower to stick to it. Lord knows I pretty much hate exercise of any type but when I think of putting it off I'm going to remind myself that I want to be around for my sweet Allyson for years and years and years to come.
I'll try to update now and then with my progress. The Weight Watchers website tells me: Your weight range is 136-184. Frankly I can't imagine being in that range, but it is a nice dream. I think for now I will aim for smaller goals. I'll set one once I get my scale in the mail, probably 10 pounds or something. I'm not going to post my weight on here, that would just be frightening, but maybe I'll post my BMI. I don't know, I have to think about it, but that would be good motivation I think. So we'll see how this all turns out.
In Allyson news... she is just asd cute as ever. This evening we played outside on our patio with egg shaped sidewalk chalks she just had to have from the grocery store. We drew pictures and she had me write the names of all of the important people in her life on the cement. Then we had to play hopscotch. Luckily there were no injuries this time! Her slide is finially free from it's ice/snow cage it was in all winter so she had fun sliding down it that in all directions, headfirst, feet first, on her tummy and on her back. We played until our fingers got too cold. Spring is always late to arrive here.
I can't believe it is Friday tomorrow! This week went by so quickly, I love it when that happens.
Soon I'll be adding some variety to my workouts. I ordered the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD last night (she is from The Biggest Looser on TV). I'm a little afraid that it will be too hard for me to do but it was only $8.99 on Amazon.com and I've heard good things about it. The DVD contains 3 levels of workouts, each 20 minutes in length (again, I like the short workouts). They are progressively harder so you are supposed to do level 1 until it becomes "easy" and then move up to level 2 and so on. I also purchased a digital scale that has numbers big enough to tell me my weight and a food scale to keep me honest with portion sizes. I haven't weighed myself in forever, I think I threw out my scale when I moved, so I really don't know how much I weigh now but I'd be willing to bed that I'm at an all time high. Higher than when I started Weight Watchers back in November 2005 and higher than the day I went in to the hospital to deliver Allyson. Sad. But I can't do much about it now other than try to get back down toward a healthier weight.
So what has inspired all of these changes? Well, I see diabetes staring me in the face when I look into my future and I'm hoping to prevent it. Because I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) I have a much greater chance of getting diabetes than the general population does. Yuck. Plus after eating so much delicious food at the Abbey last weekend while scrapbooking I feel fatter than ever and my pants are tight!
In general I'm not very good at following through with things like this, but hopefully I will be able to stick with it. I did pretty well when I did WW a few years ago but don't really want to join now, I'll see how I do on my own first. I know what the right things are to eat and how much of them to eat, it is just a matter of having the willpower to stick to it. Lord knows I pretty much hate exercise of any type but when I think of putting it off I'm going to remind myself that I want to be around for my sweet Allyson for years and years and years to come.
I'll try to update now and then with my progress. The Weight Watchers website tells me: Your weight range is 136-184. Frankly I can't imagine being in that range, but it is a nice dream. I think for now I will aim for smaller goals. I'll set one once I get my scale in the mail, probably 10 pounds or something. I'm not going to post my weight on here, that would just be frightening, but maybe I'll post my BMI. I don't know, I have to think about it, but that would be good motivation I think. So we'll see how this all turns out.
In Allyson news... she is just asd cute as ever. This evening we played outside on our patio with egg shaped sidewalk chalks she just had to have from the grocery store. We drew pictures and she had me write the names of all of the important people in her life on the cement. Then we had to play hopscotch. Luckily there were no injuries this time! Her slide is finially free from it's ice/snow cage it was in all winter so she had fun sliding down it that in all directions, headfirst, feet first, on her tummy and on her back. We played until our fingers got too cold. Spring is always late to arrive here.
I can't believe it is Friday tomorrow! This week went by so quickly, I love it when that happens.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Un-inspired
All evening I've been putting off sitting down to type. I'm just feeling a little uninspired I guess. But I haven't updated in awhile so I figure I should just do it. Here it goes....
Last Thursday could just be referred to as "Poop Day." There was good poop and bad poop. When I picked up Allyson from daycare J said that Allyson had gone poopy in the toilet! Yippie, good poop! I hugged her and told her how she was a big girl and I was so proud of her. J had given her a cookie and really hooted an hollered about her accomplishment. The other girls at daycare told her she could start wearing real panties soon and even showed her theirs so she knew what they were talking about. For the record she had pooped on the potty once before, but it has been a couple of months since then. We got home and had a nice evening, until the bad poopy. I put Allyson in the bath and she was having such a wonderful time in there that I snuck upstairs and put a load of laundry and then started packing my bag for my scrapbooking trip (more on that later). While I'm packing up my bag I hear her say something about poop. I thought at first she was talking about the little toy dog she had taken into the bath with her. She said something again so I went to the hall bathroom to check on her. Then I saw it. Poopy in the tub. It is a mother's worst nightmare. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck! Luckily she had gotten out of the offensive water. I made sure she was clean and set her down on the couch wrapped up in a towel. Then I had to go back in there. I'll spare the details other than to say it was gross. Everything has been sanitized and beached; the tub is back in business.
Now this is not the first time this has happened. A few months ago she pooped in the tub and I think I grabbed her out so quickly I traumatized her. She was deathly afraid of the tub for about 2 months. She had just gotten over that fear and now it happened again. I was worried she was be afraid again, but I gave her a bath tonight and it went fine. Before the incident a few months ago she had not done it since she was pretty much a baby. Must be the warm water. Anyway, we both survived.
Friday morning I took my sweet girl to daycare and then picked up my friend S. We picked up fresh bread and some gormet tea and hit the road! We were headed to a scrapbook weekend get-away with 26 other ladies. We had the best time! The facility we go to is perfect for scrapbooking and is affordable enough that I can afford to go for the weekend! Perfect! Friday we scrapbooked from about 10 am until around midnight, I think.... can't remember exactly when we stopped that evening. Saturday morning we started at 8:30 and I went until my head hit the pillow at 1:53am! Considering that we were in mountain time and I'm from central time, that was 2:53 "my time"! Granted, I did take a 45 minute nap on Saturday, but it was still a long day. Sunday we went from about 9:15 until 1:30pm when it was time to head home. Crazy, but so much fun. I know many people wonder how we can go and scrapbook all day and night but so much of it is the social aspect of it too. It is a whole weekend spent with friends. Trust me, we pretty much cover every topic of conversation you can think of... and then a couple more! I missed Allyson a lot. She is such a sweet girl. And just ask S how cute she is, everytime I looked at pictures I was putting on the page I'd say "oh, look at how cute she is here!" Well, it's the truth.
When I picked Allyson up from Grandma and Papa's house she wasn't overjoyed to see me, which made me a little sad. But I think she was tired after her nap and also she was crying when I got there because Grandma wouldn't let her put on her Easter dress. But after awhile we were best buds again. She had a great weekend there. She went on walks outside, swimming at the Y with Grandma and all sorts of other fun stuff. We both went to bed around 9:15 which was late for her but really early for me. She was in a good mood when she got up today which made my day much better. On the way to the garage this morning we could hear some birds chirping but it was still pretty dark outside so we could not see them. Allyson said in a very loud, authorative voice, "Birdies! Where are you? I can't see you! Come here!"
Work went pretty well today. I think I did a pretty good job of getting caught up on everything after having been out on Friday. After work I picked up Allyson and was pleased to hear that she had gone poopy on the toilet again! She had gone in her Pull-Up's over the weekend. I think that going poopy on the toilet will be a thing she does well at J's house for awhile before she starts doing it consistently at home. Just like when she gave up her nur-nur and started going #1 on the toilet. She seems to do things for J that she won't do for me at home, at least not for awhile. I'm just happy she is finially catching on and starting to go in the toilet.
Last Thursday could just be referred to as "Poop Day." There was good poop and bad poop. When I picked up Allyson from daycare J said that Allyson had gone poopy in the toilet! Yippie, good poop! I hugged her and told her how she was a big girl and I was so proud of her. J had given her a cookie and really hooted an hollered about her accomplishment. The other girls at daycare told her she could start wearing real panties soon and even showed her theirs so she knew what they were talking about. For the record she had pooped on the potty once before, but it has been a couple of months since then. We got home and had a nice evening, until the bad poopy. I put Allyson in the bath and she was having such a wonderful time in there that I snuck upstairs and put a load of laundry and then started packing my bag for my scrapbooking trip (more on that later). While I'm packing up my bag I hear her say something about poop. I thought at first she was talking about the little toy dog she had taken into the bath with her. She said something again so I went to the hall bathroom to check on her. Then I saw it. Poopy in the tub. It is a mother's worst nightmare. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck! Luckily she had gotten out of the offensive water. I made sure she was clean and set her down on the couch wrapped up in a towel. Then I had to go back in there. I'll spare the details other than to say it was gross. Everything has been sanitized and beached; the tub is back in business.
Now this is not the first time this has happened. A few months ago she pooped in the tub and I think I grabbed her out so quickly I traumatized her. She was deathly afraid of the tub for about 2 months. She had just gotten over that fear and now it happened again. I was worried she was be afraid again, but I gave her a bath tonight and it went fine. Before the incident a few months ago she had not done it since she was pretty much a baby. Must be the warm water. Anyway, we both survived.
Friday morning I took my sweet girl to daycare and then picked up my friend S. We picked up fresh bread and some gormet tea and hit the road! We were headed to a scrapbook weekend get-away with 26 other ladies. We had the best time! The facility we go to is perfect for scrapbooking and is affordable enough that I can afford to go for the weekend! Perfect! Friday we scrapbooked from about 10 am until around midnight, I think.... can't remember exactly when we stopped that evening. Saturday morning we started at 8:30 and I went until my head hit the pillow at 1:53am! Considering that we were in mountain time and I'm from central time, that was 2:53 "my time"! Granted, I did take a 45 minute nap on Saturday, but it was still a long day. Sunday we went from about 9:15 until 1:30pm when it was time to head home. Crazy, but so much fun. I know many people wonder how we can go and scrapbook all day and night but so much of it is the social aspect of it too. It is a whole weekend spent with friends. Trust me, we pretty much cover every topic of conversation you can think of... and then a couple more! I missed Allyson a lot. She is such a sweet girl. And just ask S how cute she is, everytime I looked at pictures I was putting on the page I'd say "oh, look at how cute she is here!" Well, it's the truth.
When I picked Allyson up from Grandma and Papa's house she wasn't overjoyed to see me, which made me a little sad. But I think she was tired after her nap and also she was crying when I got there because Grandma wouldn't let her put on her Easter dress. But after awhile we were best buds again. She had a great weekend there. She went on walks outside, swimming at the Y with Grandma and all sorts of other fun stuff. We both went to bed around 9:15 which was late for her but really early for me. She was in a good mood when she got up today which made my day much better. On the way to the garage this morning we could hear some birds chirping but it was still pretty dark outside so we could not see them. Allyson said in a very loud, authorative voice, "Birdies! Where are you? I can't see you! Come here!"
Work went pretty well today. I think I did a pretty good job of getting caught up on everything after having been out on Friday. After work I picked up Allyson and was pleased to hear that she had gone poopy on the toilet again! She had gone in her Pull-Up's over the weekend. I think that going poopy on the toilet will be a thing she does well at J's house for awhile before she starts doing it consistently at home. Just like when she gave up her nur-nur and started going #1 on the toilet. She seems to do things for J that she won't do for me at home, at least not for awhile. I'm just happy she is finially catching on and starting to go in the toilet.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Hopscotch
Today was a good day. Work went by super fast and aside from my right wrist hurting like crazy it was pretty uneventful. I'm pretty sure I'm developing carple tunnel syndrome from all of the 'mousing' that I do at work. I plan on checking with our IT guys to see if there is a mouse that is less physically demanding. I came home for lunch today to check on the crock pot meal I had started this morning. It was a really easy pork chop recipe that turned out pretty well. I just browned the chops in a skillet (coated them with flour and some ground mustard, season salt and pepper) last night and then this morning I dropped them in the crock pot with a can of chicken with rice soup. I added a little water to it this morning and more when I came homr for lunch, probably 3/4 of a soup can total. But it was only supposed to cook 4-6 hours on low and I cooked it for about 9 so extra moisture was needed. They were nice and tender and pretty good.... Allyson even ate a few bites!
This morning it was SUPER hard to get Allyson up, due to the time change. I don't think she woke up at all when I got her dressed, but when I carried her to the couch she woke up, started crying and ran back to the bedroom. Somehow I got her in her coat and carried her to the car. Once there she demanded I take off her coat. It wasn't freezing out and she has a big blanket in the backseat so I gave in. I tucked the blanket up under her chin and we were off. But before we got out of the driveway she had pulled the blanket (a fleece tie-blanket) up all the way over her head. She stayed that way the whole drive to daycare, about 15 minutes. She was not sleeping, just protesting being awake I guess. I carried her into daycare like that and she was excited to hear that her daycare lady's (I'll call her J) daughter was home for spring break.
I forgot to mention the other reasons for Allyson's sleepyness today, she was up WAY too late last night, it was around 11 (which before the time change was 10, but still late), then she fell out of bed. I had to rescue her from between the wall, bed and heat register. A couple of hours later she woke up whimpering, I reached over and felt that she was wet. Her pull-up was soaked, which is odd because she has been staying dry through the night lately, but luckily she was sleeping on top of one of her blankets so that was the only bedding that got wet (not all of my sheets/blankets). I changed her into a clean pull up and dry PJ pants and we both slept a little more. Morning came too quickly.
On the way home she was telling me about who she played with and what she did at J's house today. She said that we needed to play hopscotch when we got home. The way she said hopscotch was just adorable, I can't even think of a way to type it like she said it. So after supper, she set up the living room for hopscotch. She lined up all of her dollhouse furniture in a row by the couch cushins she had pulled off of the loveseat and was ready to go. Well almost... first she had to find her 'marker' which was a penny she threw before she jumped. She was having so much fun jumping all over and throwing that 'marker'. She even got me in on the action and I took a few turns. I got some cute video clips of her in action and some pictures too. But then it happened, as I was filming she took a tumble and fell into that row of dollhouse toys she had lined up. She immediately started screaming and crying, but after checking for blood and finding none I rocked her for awhile and got out her ice packs. She was better in no time but not without a mark or two. She has a big red spot that I think will turn into a bruise on her cheek and a mark on her butt/flank too. Poor girl. That was the end of our hopscotch game. Hopefully soon we can make a real hopscotch grid outside on the sidewalk. Spring... Are you coming soon?
Bedtime started tonight at 9 with me reading some books to Allyson followed by some crying that she wanted to watch TV and then silence. It was all over in 45 minutes! Yeah! I'll start moving it up to earlier in the evenings, but with the time change 9 seemed ok.
I'm noticing that my most frequently used blog label is "Sleep", poor me :(
This morning it was SUPER hard to get Allyson up, due to the time change. I don't think she woke up at all when I got her dressed, but when I carried her to the couch she woke up, started crying and ran back to the bedroom. Somehow I got her in her coat and carried her to the car. Once there she demanded I take off her coat. It wasn't freezing out and she has a big blanket in the backseat so I gave in. I tucked the blanket up under her chin and we were off. But before we got out of the driveway she had pulled the blanket (a fleece tie-blanket) up all the way over her head. She stayed that way the whole drive to daycare, about 15 minutes. She was not sleeping, just protesting being awake I guess. I carried her into daycare like that and she was excited to hear that her daycare lady's (I'll call her J) daughter was home for spring break.
I forgot to mention the other reasons for Allyson's sleepyness today, she was up WAY too late last night, it was around 11 (which before the time change was 10, but still late), then she fell out of bed. I had to rescue her from between the wall, bed and heat register. A couple of hours later she woke up whimpering, I reached over and felt that she was wet. Her pull-up was soaked, which is odd because she has been staying dry through the night lately, but luckily she was sleeping on top of one of her blankets so that was the only bedding that got wet (not all of my sheets/blankets). I changed her into a clean pull up and dry PJ pants and we both slept a little more. Morning came too quickly.
On the way home she was telling me about who she played with and what she did at J's house today. She said that we needed to play hopscotch when we got home. The way she said hopscotch was just adorable, I can't even think of a way to type it like she said it. So after supper, she set up the living room for hopscotch. She lined up all of her dollhouse furniture in a row by the couch cushins she had pulled off of the loveseat and was ready to go. Well almost... first she had to find her 'marker' which was a penny she threw before she jumped. She was having so much fun jumping all over and throwing that 'marker'. She even got me in on the action and I took a few turns. I got some cute video clips of her in action and some pictures too. But then it happened, as I was filming she took a tumble and fell into that row of dollhouse toys she had lined up. She immediately started screaming and crying, but after checking for blood and finding none I rocked her for awhile and got out her ice packs. She was better in no time but not without a mark or two. She has a big red spot that I think will turn into a bruise on her cheek and a mark on her butt/flank too. Poor girl. That was the end of our hopscotch game. Hopefully soon we can make a real hopscotch grid outside on the sidewalk. Spring... Are you coming soon?
Jumping on the love seat!
Getting ready to jump! Quite the line up, huh?
She made it... this time!
Bedtime started tonight at 9 with me reading some books to Allyson followed by some crying that she wanted to watch TV and then silence. It was all over in 45 minutes! Yeah! I'll start moving it up to earlier in the evenings, but with the time change 9 seemed ok.
I'm noticing that my most frequently used blog label is "Sleep", poor me :(
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