Happy Friday Eve! :)

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Good Morning All! It's already hot and humid here, yuck.  DD1's friend is coming over again today, so I'll get the pool filled up and we can hopefully get at least a little time outside. I'm already so tired of summer, bring on fall! 

Yesterday afternoon I found some motivation and I cleaned DD's closet out. I feel bad because I threw away some "junk" that she probably wouldn't agree was junk (Fast Food toys she hasn't pulled out in years, scraps of paper, other random plastic junk she's collected from birthday parties, etc.) I freed up a lot of space, so I feel pretty good about it. Now if only she could be convinced to get rid of some stuffed animals...oh well. That's a battle I won't start right now. She does pull them out and play with them from time to time. I also got a gigantic box of a years worth of shredding taken care of. I'm really glad to have that done, our shredder broke 10 months ago and I had about 1/3 box at the point it broke. It was starting to overflow onto the floor where the box is and was driving me nuts. We picked up a new shredder last week and finally got that taken care of.

I got up early with DH's alarm this morning and made him a smoothie and his lunch. He tends to eat really badly (fast food breakfast, etc.) and I'm trying to get him to eat a little healthier. We're both overweight and need to get healthy together. His last lab work from his dr wasn't the greatest and it kind of freaked me out.  

Ok, I'd better go and get ready before DD's friend gets here. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.

[younglove316]

I'm debating if I want to try and make plans for today or just hang out around the house. Other than the zoo we haven't really done much so I feel slightly guilty because DD1 loves getting out and doing things.

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younglove316, I know the feeling, but try not to let the guilt get to you. They're still little and its good for them to have downtime, too! I try to get together with a friend, run errands(kids think the store is fun!), or go someplace twice a week.

[ashiscute]

Jul 14, 2016 7:34:22 GMT -5 @mommatotwo said:

younglove316, I know the feeling, but try not to let the guilt get to you. They're still little and its good for them to have downtime, too! I try to get together with a friend, run errands(kids think the store is fun!), or go someplace twice a week.

+1

It's too tiring for me to find somewhere to take all 3 somewhere every day. I aim for 3 days a week. My 5yo does get bored but my younger two are fine being home a couple days per week.

[younglove316]

Jul 14, 2016 9:48:36 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

Jul 14, 2016 7:34:22 GMT -5 @mommatotwo said:

younglove316, I know the feeling, but try not to let the guilt get to you. They're still little and its good for them to have downtime, too! I try to get together with a friend, run errands(kids think the store is fun!), or go someplace twice a week.

+1

It's too tiring for me to find somewhere to take all 3 somewhere every day. I aim for 3 days a week. My 5yo does get bored but my younger two are fine being home a couple days per week.

This is normally what I aim for. We did go to the store yesterday so I guess we got out twice I'm having a playdate here tomorrow so overall I guess it's been a good week once I think about it.

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Jul 14, 2016 10:23:01 GMT -5 younglove316 said:

Jul 14, 2016 9:48:36 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

+1

It's too tiring for me to find somewhere to take all 3 somewhere every day. I aim for 3 days a week. My 5yo does get bored but my younger two are fine being home a couple days per week.

This is normally what I aim for. We did go to the store yesterday so I guess we got out twice I'm having a playdate here tomorrow so overall I guess it's been a good week once I think about it.

See, there you go! I do my couple days a week (sometimes it's more, on occasion less) and then we try to do fun stuff at home. I get the pool or sprinkler out on most warm days, we try to go for a walk/bike ride a few days a week, a little craft of some type most days, and then DH and I usually end up going someplace as a family on most weekends, but not all. I used to stress about how much everyone else was doing, especially in the social media world where everyone's daily life is in your face constantly...but the older my kids have gotten, the less I stress over it. I recently read a really good article about the importance of kids being allowed to be "bored", that it's actually vital to them learning to be comfortable in many life situations and fosters them being imaginative and creative. It really spoke to me, lol.

[oreobitsy]

Jul 14, 2016 10:55:52 GMT -5 @mommatotwo said:

Jul 14, 2016 10:23:01 GMT -5 younglove316 said:

This is normally what I aim for. We did go to the store yesterday so I guess we got out twice I'm having a playdate here tomorrow so overall I guess it's been a good week once I think about it.

See, there you go! I do my couple days a week (sometimes it's more, on occasion less) and then we try to do fun stuff at home. I get the pool or sprinkler out on most warm days, we try to go for a walk/bike ride a few days a week, a little craft of some type most days, and then DH and I usually end up going someplace as a family on most weekends, but not all. I used to stress about how much everyone else was doing, especially in the social media world where everyone's daily life is in your face constantly...but the older my kids have gotten, the less I stress over it. I recently read a really good article about the importance of kids being allowed to be "bored", that it's actually vital to them learning to be comfortable in many life situations and fosters them being imaginative and creative. It really spoke to me, lol.

Yeah, I would say getting out for some errand or fun thing twice a week is good enough! And definitely it makes a difference if kids are used to being bored. There have been some days where I have had to remind my DS1 that he can play on his own (usually after we've had family visits)... he tends to want someone watching every second of his pretend play, which is pretty unlikely he'll have that in a school setting.

Today we have a grocery store run and library visit. I love going to the library, especially during summer reading time. It's so fun to see all the kids excited about reading and playing with our library's toys. I miss working in the library, and so library visits are how I tell myself I'm keeping up with my "industry" for when I do return to working.

[brachysira]

I agree that it's great for kids to be home, play outside, play pretend, ride bikes, hang out... We do things all the time, and I am exhausted, but my son is not yet 2 and still tends to destroy and mess up whatever my daughter is doing, and so it's even more exhausting to be at home trying to mediate and limit violence and develop prosocial behaviors. He's getting a lot more capable and so we have had some days playing at home that were nice and I hope to do it more.

Today I am going in to get the results of DD's OT assessment that she had b/c she does not ride a trike. I think they'll take her but will also say she's not too far behind. The therapy place looks fun although I have no idea what I'll do with my son while she's doing the therapy. For today, DH is taking off at 3 so I can go, and that means we'll have a couple hours with him that we don't usually in the late afternoon. I'm thinking maybe we'll go to the big aquatic center or at least fill up the toddler pool and he can take them outside while I clean.

[gwapes]

Ds is driving me nuts.

Just wear Underwear and pee in the toilet. Please. You HAVE to go to pre k. I need you to go to pre k 😭

Stop flushing toys down and clogging the toilet.

Stop climbing up into the spices cabinet and hiding them in your room while I shower/potty/takemyeyesoffyoufor5seconds.

Stop trying to smother the cat.


How do I get rid of the smell of curry out of my house?

[cam]

LO must be feeling lighter after his haircut because he is flying all over the living room now. Lol. Making supper at the moment. Soup. No idea why considering the heat, but it sounded good. Not like I need to eat it piping hot.

[cam]

gwapes, try baking soda (actually sprinkling it on the offending area if you know where that is). Good luck, not just with the curry smell.

[gwapes]

Jul 14, 2016 19:10:48 GMT -5 cam said:

gwapes, try baking soda (actually sprinkling it on the offending area if you know where that is). Good luck, not just with the curry smell.

So sprinkle b.soda everywhere? Lol seriously, it was only a tiny bottle

[teraiin]

I was out most of the day.

DS had his two month check up and shots. Since then he had wailed any time I set him down. I forsee a rough night.

[penguin129]

teraiin Sorry your DS had a tough time at the doctor. I hope tonight goes better than you think it will.

I was getting the house back in order today. We didn't get home until 1 am last night and there was a lot of cleaning to be done. I also had my Physical Therapy appointment today.

[younglove316]

teraiin I hope your night wasn't too bad!

[ashiscute]

Jul 14, 2016 21:12:27 GMT -5 teraiin said:

I was out most of the day.

DS had his two month check up and shots. Since then he had wailed any time I set him down. I forsee a rough night.

2 month shots were always the hardest on mine. I hope you had a good night!

[teraiin]

Thanks guys!

It took me awhile to get him down and he woke up more than usual. Poor boy was pretty cranky and not feeling too great.

But he's super smiley and happy so far this Morning!

[cam]

Jul 14, 2016 19:29:37 GMT -5 gwapes said:

Jul 14, 2016 19:10:48 GMT -5 cam said:

gwapes , try baking soda (actually sprinkling it on the offending area if you know where that is). Good luck, not just with the curry smell.

So sprinkle b.soda everywhere? Lol seriously, it was only a tiny bottle

Where did it get spilled/dumped? If carpet or something, sprinkle all over the area (a fair amount but doesn't need to be a whole white layer by any means) and let it magically absorb the smell. Vacuum up after a while (15ish minutes, longer if really strong smell). If it isn't 100% gone, repeat. That stuff is magical. Saved a brand new carseat covered in chocolate puke and a rug with dog puke smell right where I would always lay down on it.

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gwapes, I cant see how old your son is, but we're in potty training boycott camp here too. My girl turned 3 in May and was fully potty trained during the day by 2 years, 11 months and then a month in, has decided she's no longer interested. It's so frustrating. I keep trying to put her back in undies but she just keeps having accidents, she won't tell me when she has to go and will tell me she doesn't have to go when I ask.

For the curry smell, it sounds counterproductive, but try a few bowls of white vinegar around the house, maybe overnight so the kiddo doesn't get into them. It absorbs odor.

[gwapes]

cam mostly his room. We vacuumed but his room is still,....whoa. lol

@mommatotwo he's 3.5 . He was doing okay going, but he refuses to wear Underwear and takes then off when I put them on. He wears pull ups and when I suggest Underwear "no! Diaper!" (But he prefers to go naked) I think it's mostly stubbornness?

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gwapes, stubbornness is definitely what we have going on over here as well.

[cam]

gwapes, yeah, it may take several times vacuuming from all directions to truly get most of the curry even sucked up, then baking soda sprinkled on after that to absorb the odors that transferred into the material of the carpet. No sense doing the baking soda or anything else until most of the curry is out or you'll just keep fighting the same battle again and again. If you have a bagless vac, you can vac then look in the canister to see if you are still getting a fair amount (if so, repeat until you aren't really noticing any).