Saturday Spamathon

[mamabisme]

What's shakin' ladies?

[mamabisme]

I signed DD2 up for art classes and her first one is today at 11. This will be her first time participating in an activity that's just for her. She's always taken an interest in art and I think she is really going to enjoy it. Plus, it will be nice for her to do her own thing, minus big sister, occasionally.

DH took the day off work yesterday and got DS's room painted and entirely put together. Since we were team green we were waiting until he was here to do this. Anyway, the room looks great and he slept in there for the first time last night. He did very well. He had previously been in a RnP in our room (or newborn napper portion of the PnP before he outgrew it). So, this was not only his first time sleeping in the room but in the crib as well. He was up a couple times more than usual but I think that is because he went to bed a couple hours early (we had a very busy day and he may have been a little over stimulated).

[flyster]

Making pancake for breakfast. Later today we are going back to the dealer to have DH test drive the two types of Camrys. We might be picking a car today! I want to get it by next weekend so we never have to put LO in my old go cart of a car, even if its just driving the mile or so to daycare for drop off.

[mamabisme]

Apr 18, 2015 8:01:56 GMT -5 flyster said:

Making pancake for breakfast. Later today we are going back to the dealer to have DH test drive the two types of Camrys. We might be picking a car today! I want to get it by next weekend so we never have to put LO in my old go cart of a car, even if its just driving the mile or so to daycare for drop off.

Good luck! I hope it goes well, for you.

[osumegs]

That's awesome about his room, mamabisme. Hope the class is fun for her today as well.

DD had one of her roughest nights last night. She did sleep when she went down finally, but she fought sleep from about 8 to midnight, and then again when she got up for her MOTN feeding. She finally passed out on my lap this morning so I'm scared to move. I was very thankful this was a weekend so dh was able to help walk her to sleep (I take all weekday nights, but he helps on weekends)

[mamabisme]

osumegs, Sorry for the rough night. I'm glad your H is able to help though.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Ds is not screaming all day today but didn't sleep as well last night. Is this the trade off??!!

[anchovies]

I comisserate with you osumegs DS crap napped only yesterday. Then we attempted his crib which was unsuccessful. Down at 11:45, up at 12:50, down at 2:15, up at 2:45, then down at 3:30 in his RNP. He stayed in there for 2.5 hours. I feel like a zombie

[anchovies]

I gave a maybe RSVP to a coworkers DD bday party. She is 4yo and I have no idea what to give her. I think I might just do a gift card but after that horrid sleepless night, I might not go. Only if I can get a nap in with DS v

[lilyelayne]

Sorry for all the bad sleepers.
flyster hope car buying goes easily!

DH is going to play disc golf with his friends. I think DS and I are going to visit my mom. She had foot surgery yesterday.

[mommadozer]

Oh no, hope you ladies that didn't get much sleep can take a nap today!

I swear DH is working against me. He was on his way out the door and talking so damn loud. Uhhhh. BABY IS SLEEPING! What the heck do you not understand to use your inside voice. I swear the next time I leave him with DS sleeping, I am paying a marching band to walk thru the house.

Hanging out today, I may try to work on the finish painting in the office. Such a pain in the butt with crown molding. I accidentally got paint on the molding in a couple spots.

[misshart00]

What the heck?! Lately, nearly every time I feed, my other boob decides that it's jealous. I soak through my breast pad, my bra, and my shirt. The entire cup of my bra is nearly dripping.

[lotsofdotts]

Lots of spam today...

I made the mistake of eating broccoli yesterday. Brady farted so loudly last night that he not only woke himself up but also me, DH and the dog, who was sleeping in another bedroom! We did get a good laugh out of it.

We are chaperoning prom tonight. Brady is going with us since we have the early shift. The students are going to lose their minds when they see him.

Lastly, more tales of the shitty sub. Last night I ran into parents of one of my honors students. They informed me that the sub let their kid's class play Cards Against Humanity during class on one of our weather make up days during spring break since there were only a handful of kids there. I had to pick my jaw up off the ground. Luckily the parents understand that I didn't get a say in who was hired for my sub; however, I am way too controlling of my classroom to let this go. I texted my department chair last night and went off!

[misshart00]

Apr 18, 2015 9:28:35 GMT -5 lotsofdotts said:

Lots of spam today...

I made the mistake of eating broccoli yesterday. Brady farted so loudly last night that he not only woke himself up but also me, DH and the dog, who was sleeping in another bedroom! We did get a good laugh out of it.

We are chaperoning prom tonight. Brady is going with us since we have the early shift. The students are going to lose their minds when they see him.

Lastly, more tales of the shitty sub. Last night I ran into parents of one of my honors students. They informed me that the sub let their kid's class play Cards Against Humanity during class on one of our weather make up days during spring break since there were only a handful of kids there. I had to pick my jaw up off the ground. Luckily the parents understand that I didn't get a say in who was hired for my sub; however, I am way too controlling of my classroom to let this go. I texted my department chair last night and went off!

A. Do you wear a snazzy dress when chaperoning prom? I feel like I need to relive prom.

B. What the heck with your sub? Is this the same one who thinks he doesn't need to do lesson plans?

[lotsofdotts]

Apr 18, 2015 9:33:12 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

Apr 18, 2015 9:28:35 GMT -5 lotsofdotts said:

Lots of spam today...

I made the mistake of eating broccoli yesterday. Brady farted so loudly last night that he not only woke himself up but also me, DH and the dog, who was sleeping in another bedroom! We did get a good laugh out of it.

We are chaperoning prom tonight. Brady is going with us since we have the early shift. The students are going to lose their minds when they see him.

Lastly, more tales of the shitty sub. Last night I ran into parents of one of my honors students. They informed me that the sub let their kid's class play Cards Against Humanity during class on one of our weather make up days during spring break since there were only a handful of kids there. I had to pick my jaw up off the ground. Luckily the parents understand that I didn't get a say in who was hired for my sub; however, I am way too controlling of my classroom to let this go. I texted my department chair last night and went off!

A. Do you wear a snazzy dress when chaperoning prom? I feel like I need to relive prom.

B. What the heck with your sub? Is this the same one who thinks he doesn't need to do lesson plans?

Yes, we get to dress up for prom! We even get to have a yummy meal beforehand! I'm so excited. 

As for the sub, he is the same one that I have had the entire time. I don't know what to say about how stupid he is. Obviously, there are lots of things I don't know since I heard this from parents. I am sure I will hear all the stories when I go back on the 18th. 

[misshart00]

Apr 18, 2015 9:49:14 GMT -5 lotsofdotts said:

Apr 18, 2015 9:33:12 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

A. Do you wear a snazzy dress when chaperoning prom? I feel like I need to relive prom.

B. What the heck with your sub? Is this the same one who thinks he doesn't need to do lesson plans?

Yes, we get to dress up for prom! We even get to have a yummy meal beforehand! I'm so excited. 

As for the sub, he is the same one that I have had the entire time. I don't know what to say about how stupid he is. Obviously, there are lots of things I don't know since I heard this from parents. I am sure I will hear all the stories when I go back on the 18th. 

Please update us. I need entertainment.

[lotsofdotts]

Apr 18, 2015 9:53:03 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

Apr 18, 2015 9:49:14 GMT -5 lotsofdotts said:

Yes, we get to dress up for prom! We even get to have a yummy meal beforehand! I'm so excited. 

As for the sub, he is the same one that I have had the entire time. I don't know what to say about how stupid he is. Obviously, there are lots of things I don't know since I heard this from parents. I am sure I will hear all the stories when I go back on the 18th. 

Please update us. I need entertainment.

I don't think I told you all about my honors kids jumping out the window and running away. My best friend teaches in the room directly above mine. She said she heard her kids laughing and turned around to see one of her students sticking his head out of her window. He told her that kids were jumping out of my window and running around the lawn outside my window. How can he not control honors kids?! They will do the right thing most of the time. I can only imagine that they are so bored that they are doing things to entertain themselves. 

I'll make sure to giving an update as I find out more. At this point, I just have to laugh to keep from losing my mind. 

[aggiebug]

Apr 18, 2015 9:57:28 GMT -5 lotsofdotts said:

Apr 18, 2015 9:53:03 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

Please update us. I need entertainment.

I don't think I told you all about my honors kids jumping out the window and running away. My best friend teaches in the room directly above mine. She said she heard her kids laughing and turned around to see one of her students sticking his head out of her window. He told her that kids were jumping out of my window and running around the lawn outside my window. How can he not control honors kids?! They will do the right thing most of the time. I can only imagine that they are so bored that they are doing things to entertain themselves. 

I'll make sure to giving an update as I find out more. At this point, I just have to laugh to keep from losing my mind. 

Holy crap. That is nuts! How is he still a sub?

[hollydfromtn]

Sorry for all the crappy sleepers. D's actually had a really good night. He went down around 10:30, woke up at 3:30, then back down by 4, and then he was up for the day at 6:30. Also on Saturdays DH is starting a routine with DS where they go over to his parent's house together for breakfast and leave me at home every Saturday. It's wonderful! I was able to get 3 more hours of really hard sleep, since I wasn't listening for the baby to cry. It was one of those naps where you slept so hard you wake up not knowing what year it is lol.

In other spam we're getting ready to head out to the garden to weed the rows and till it again to get it ready to plant next weekend. This is our first garden by ourselves and I'm so excited. In a few months we will have fresh veggies for when DS starts adding in real food.

[michelle142]

If the weather doesn't start warming up consistently soon, I'm going to lose my damn mind. DS needs to get outside and burn off some of the seemingly endless 3 year old energy.

[michelle142]

Apr 18, 2015 9:26:50 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

What the heck?! Lately, nearly every time I feed, my other boob decides that it's jealous. I soak through my breast pad, my bra, and my shirt. The entire cup of my bra is nearly dripping.

Get some breast shells and freeze the leakage!
I get 1-2oz of leakage from the side I'm not nursing from. I bag it and freeze it.

[mels823]

So excited that it's the weekend and I can spend 2 whole days with LO!! we are going to a family bday party tomorrow and I know everyone will want to hold her but I am going to hold her as much as I can!
Took her to Wrights Chicken Farm last night and she was awesome! I love that place. Any other NE girls here that stuff themselves to the point of puking when they go there to eat? It was amazing!

[michelle142]

I keep telling myself "this weekend I'll put dd in her crib at night". I've been telling myself that for a month now.. but guess what? She's still in our room.

She's more than likely our last baby, so I guess I'm not ready to give up the closeness. Or something.

[aggiebug]

H is off painting at church and only one other guy showed up to help from our small group. I feel bad I would be there helping except I don't want DD among the fumes.

So I am at home with a baby who apparently wants to sleep all morning so I finished my reread of To Kill a Mockingbird.

[michelle142]

Does anyone else feel like they're drowning in laundry?
I'm doing at least a load a day. I don't know how I'm going to keep up once I go back to work full time!

And cleaning the house? Ugh. I'm so behind on everything. It's driving me nuts because I'm a neat freak.

[lotsofdotts]

Apr 18, 2015 10:42:21 GMT -5 michelle142 said:

Does anyone else feel like they're drowning in laundry?
I'm doing at least a load a day. I don't know how I'm going to keep up once I go back to work full time!

And cleaning the house? Ugh. I'm so behind on everything. It's driving me nuts because I'm a neat freak.

Luckily, my husband does the laundry. It is the one "big" chore he does around the house and is much better at it than I am. We are drowning in laundry with an infant, 9 yo DD and a 14 yo DS. The teenager changes outfits multiple times a day between school clothes, sports practices and PJs. Laundry never ends for us. 

[lotsofdotts]

aggiebug, I think my department chairs are hiding the issues from the admin because they don't want him to leave. If the sub leaves, my classes will fall on the chairs until I return. They have had a year from hell with long term subs since 3 people in our department had babies and one other was out for 10 weeks due to back surgery. This sub was the only one to apply for my position. It is sad. I work in one of the top 20 largest school districts in the nation, so you would think there would be a decent amount of reliable subs for the job.

[babycfeb2015]

Going to AW my DH he took the baby after the 7 am feeding and woke me up at 1030 with breakfast, sbux and flowers. I feel like a new woman! And I went out for a run after baby fell asleep

[lilyelayne]

Apr 18, 2015 10:48:34 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Apr 18, 2015 10:42:21 GMT -5 michelle142 said:

Does anyone else feel like they're drowning in laundry?
I'm doing at least a load a day. I don't know how I'm going to keep up once I go back to work full time!

And cleaning the house? Ugh. I'm so behind on everything. It's driving me nuts because I'm a neat freak.

Yeah pretty much every day once you factor in towels and sheets. I cried two days ago because I left clothes in the washer all day and night, so I had to re wash them. The dishes are what drive me crazy though, I feel like I'm constantly unloading the dishwasher.

I used to like to clean only two days a week, but now I've changed the routine to doing something each day. I couldn't get a big enough block of time, so 15-20 each day has been working much better.

Dishes are my downfall. I swear the next place we live will have a dishwasher.

[aggiebug]

Apr 18, 2015 13:46:06 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Apr 18, 2015 10:48:34 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Yeah pretty much every day once you factor in towels and sheets. I cried two days ago because I left clothes in the washer all day and night, so I had to re wash them. The dishes are what drive me crazy though, I feel like I'm constantly unloading the dishwasher.

I used to like to clean only two days a week, but now I've changed the routine to doing something each day. I couldn't get a big enough block of time, so 15-20 each day has been working much better.

Dishes are my downfall. I swear the next place we live will have a dishwasher.

Umm if I didn't have a dishwasher I am pretty sure we would primarily use paper goods because "downfall" would not be a good description of the mess of dishes in my kitchen.