Nope, didn't watch the Oscars--it was TWD night. Tbh,and maybe this is a ffmc, there are few things I could care less about. I did see there was a mishap involving the Best Film announcement...oops!
B has a speech check-in this am and not sure what we'll do after that. It's supposed to be beautiful here all this week so I imagine we'll be spending some time outdoors.
Post by yummeecookee on Feb 27, 2017 9:11:36 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I am back to work today. I hate the first day back from vacation, where you have 362445 outlook emails =( So I will spend my day trawling through that.
So E has started saying "I don't like you". He said it more than once to me and DH. I know his teacher is not as warm as he would like and I fear he is going to start saying it to her and other kids. Any suggestions on how to tell him we don't say it?
Hmm. I feel like there's such a fine line b/n not making a big deal about it (so they don't keep saying it to get attention/a reaction) but also correcting them so they don't say it again.
B used the word 'dork' in the car the other day in reference to a driver I was complaining about. That's not really a word DH and I use so I assumed he'd heard it from a classmate or on the playground. I just got very serious and told him it's not kind, we don't call names, and to please not say it again. I haven't heard it since so either it made an impression or he just forgot about it.
Morning! Day after birthday party hangover today. The party wasn't even at my house and yet it's a huge mess. So cleaning is on the agenda. I'm going to take the girls to a cupcake shop later this morning to get S's free birthday cupcake. They are closed on Sundays. Last night I unlocked my new firestick so we are currently watching moana. Or more accurately it's playing on the tv being ignored while H is playing a "concert" with S's drum she got for her birthday.
Post by klongoria11 on Feb 27, 2017 9:28:48 GMT -5
Sunny41, when Cadence tells us so and so isn't her friend or mh or I aren't her friend I just tell her that that hurts our feelings and that it isn't nice to hurt other people. You can also try talking about how he is feeling when he says it.
Sunny41 , when Cadence tells us so and so isn't her friend or mh or I aren't her friend I just tell her that that hurts our feelings and that it isn't nice to hurt other people. You can also try talking about how he is feeling when he says it.
So E has started saying "I don't like you". He said it more than once to me and DH. I know his teacher is not as warm as he would like and I fear he is going to start saying it to her and other kids. Any suggestions on how to tell him we don't say it?
I would just tell him it's not nice, we don't say that. H has said it but I haven't heard it in a while. And re the teacher it probably won't be the first or last time they hear it.
Post by tallblonde on Feb 27, 2017 10:02:26 GMT -5
Oof Monday.
I watched last night but the only movie I had seen was Zootopia, but that won something! I went to bed before the drama though. What a crappy situation for everyone involved.
My mom has N today and J was not surprisingly overly excited about her being there at 7am, so it was a struggle getting out the door.
Matthew ran over Jackson yesterday with his powerwheel gator.. That was fun.. I was cleaning out my car and heard Jack whimpering, go around the back and he's under it from the chest down and Matthew's hunched over him saying "shh shh you okay shh shh" He kept holding his hands up to me saying "hands hands dirt hands" it was so sad. Matthew cried 10 times longer though about being put in time out for it.
Glad everyone was ok!
B tripped and fell onto C's bouncer seat the other day. He put his hands out to break his fall and they literally were up around C's throat. Meanwhile the top of the seat was practically touching the floor. DH and I were right there and both yelled (out of surprise, not anger--it was clearly an accident) and B was sobbing bc it had frightened him and he was worried he'd hurt the baby.
Meanwhile, C's just chilling in her bouncer, all smiles, kicking her foot for all it's worth and looking around like, why's everyone so upset?
Sunny41 no better advice then the others gave. But S has started replying to "I love you" with "No, you don't love me." which breaks my heart. I just tell him that's not nice and of course I love him, I will always love him!". But the other day he said it around MH and MH made such a big deal about how we don't say that, so now I think he's saying more often because of the strong reaction he got.
Morning. I'm at work with a killer headache. Not sure where this came from but I'm slamming my coffee and hoping the caffeine will help.
H is officially sleeping through the night more than not so I've finally decided it's okay for him to CIO when he does wake up MOTN. I never thought it would take this long and kept making excuses for him so hopefully we're on the right track now.
I have had to tell my kid 3 times in the class couple days we don't wipe our spitty hands or face on the furniture.
Spoiler alert: it's not Caroline I'm having to remind.
M does this way too much, too. If his hands are dirty from eating snack or anything he wipes them on whatever is nearby. I've got in the habit of giving him a paper towel when he snacks and making sure tissue is nearby all the time so I can remind him when I see he is about to do it. Kids man...
Post by lahdeedah88 on Feb 27, 2017 11:08:53 GMT -5
Morning everyone.
It sure is madness Monday here. M took a late nap yesterday and kept me up later than I wanted to be. I had planned to leave and head back home around 7am. I set my alarm for 30 minutes later to get a little more sleep. Still tired, but I'll make it.
Right after I left my moms, I heard my tire making funny noises so I figured it had blown. I have the worst luck with tires. I get nails all the time, and have to replace/repair at least twice a year. It wasn't flat, but something was definitely in it, so I headed back to my mom's to change it and she insisted on calling my grandfather to come help. That took way longer than I wanted it, too. I know I'm 5 months preggers, but I could have had that sucker off and the dummy on in 10 minutes. I am now at the tire place getting all new tires because it was time to replace them. I had just started pricing tires last week, so I guess I'm glad to get it done now, but that means we won't be home until 5pm or after. I hope M takes a nice long nap in the car later.
And also, I'm hungry. I sure do hope the rest of the day is uneventful and I have an easy ride back.
Post by klongoria11 on Feb 27, 2017 11:20:02 GMT -5
Awkward moment of yesterday's playdate: One of the Moms went and laid on a couch at the play gym and fell asleep. Luckily, her husband was there to watch their kids and another mom was there from dc with us, so I didn't have to stand awkwardly on my own.
Add me to the broken stuff list- my oven broke. Stovetop works still and I have no time to cook this week anyway. My solution was to remind my family to eat a big lunch today because there will be no dinner.
I think Atticus has bronchitis. He coughed up something green this morning. I have X's 6 month visit tomorrow morning so I'm going to see if the pedi can fit in a visit for Atticus also.
So tired. And really over everyone in this house being sick.
I have had to tell my kid 3 times in the class couple days we don't wipe our spitty hands or face on the furniture.
Spoiler alert: it's not Caroline I'm having to remind.
M does this way too much, too. If his hands are dirty from eating snack or anything he wipes them on whatever is nearby. I've got in the habit of giving him a paper towel when he snacks and making sure tissue is nearby all the time so I can remind him when I see he is about to do it. Kids man...
We're pretty good about wiping hands/face after meals and snacks, but his new thing is trying to blow up balloons (he found a leftover bag of them recently). Of course, this goes nowhere, so he eventually gives up and then just wipes the balloon or his hands/face--now covered in saliva--on whatever piece of furniture is closest. Usually something light-colored, natch.
Obviously the answer is to hide the balloons, which I did. But somehow they keep reappearing. I think he stashed some somewhere.
Also, I am suddenly aware of how much he touches the walls. Kid-sized prints *everywhere*. Fortunately we used eggshell paint b/c it's cleanable, but it's just one more thing I have had to add to my to-do list before we put the house on the market.
guster You're a better woman than me. I've all but given up on keeping the French doors clean. Between B on the inside and the dog jumping on the outside, they're perpetually smudged with hand- and paw-prints
lahdeedah88 What a lousy Monday! At least you weren't too far from your mom's went the tire went out, but still it stinks. Hope the new ones will last a long time incident-free.
I also spiraled a bit this morning on swing sets. Our backyard is like 4000 sq ft so a swing set would take up the whole thing so I don't know why I spiraled. All the more reason for C to become best friends with the girls next door since they have a sweet playground.
We want to get a swing set too. We are looking at used ones on Craigslist.
When I was looking I found a lot on Facebook garage sale sites. We wound up going new b/c by the time we factored in moving it, etc., the discount wasn't worth it to me for the ones that were in good shape. But there were some decent ones if you really spend the time looking.
Re: wiping face and hands on furniture, I keep a box of tissue on the end table and a pack of wipes in a diaper caddy under the coffee table. Atticus goes for those to clean up.
And I try to keep things clean, Pete shampoos and vacuums the couches, but I basically decided I'm prepared for everything I own to be ruined by the cat and the boys.
Someday when we get goats, ducks, and whatever else I can talk Pete into, I'm probably going to let them on the couch sometimes. I will totally cuddle goats while watching Netflix.
Guys, there's this old dude walking the parking lot staring at women when they are bending over to put things in and out of their cars. When I first saw him when I went it I thought he was just staring while going back to his car. Nope he's still here and walking around.
Chase had me up for 2 hours last night. About halfway through, DH made a half-assed offer to help as I was already walking out the door. I ended up sleeping in the guestroom because I was so pissed at him. He's always sick or working or SOMETHING lately, and I'm exhausted trying to pick up the slack.
Anyhow in mostly positive news, I took Chase to see the ENT this morning. It's strictly a pediatric office so I was able to talk with some other parents while we waited, and Chase crawled around and played with toys. The doctor said both his ears looked awful - inflamed, swollen, blocked with puss, etc. - and couldn't believe that Chase had been on antibiotics so recently. The doc said they weren't the worst he's seen but that he was really impressed with how Chase was holding up, because there was no way he wasn't in serious pain. He didn't do a hearing test but did ask if I'd noticed anything, based on how blocked up both ears are. I'd heard people scheduling their kids' procedures for May dates while we waited, but the doctor offered to squeeze Chase in THIS THURSDAY, which is more than I could have hoped for. So I'm cautiously optimistic that better days are ahead.
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