Scarlett is something I can't describe. She is such a mess, a little monster, but so sweet and lovable too. She will definitely be the one to try me, to push me, and to test every limit. She has no fear. Today in the store she said "hey" to almost everyone we passed. Most of them say something back. One woman didn't and Scarlett kept on "hey"...."hey"....louder "hey"...even louder "hey". Then "mommy that lady not talking to me."
The other day we watched the NYC Marathon. She noticed the runners had bibs on their fronts & backs and told me "Mommy you don't race with a bib number on your back. You wear it on your tummy." I was surprised & impressed that she put together what she was seeing on tv with going & watching me run.
Me....I dyed my yarn. It didn't turn out anything like I wanted. The tutorial I was following suggested pouring the dye over the yarn in the stockpot and when I tried that it didn't stay in one area...it spread throughout the pot. That makes sense to me, but I saw the pictures (in more than one tutorial) where they did this same thing and their colors actually stayed in individual sections, like pieces of pie within the pot. I don't know what I did different so that mine ran all through, but when I put in 4 colors it didn't look like 4 quadrants, it looked like I mixed 4 colors all together. Not the effect I was going for. I'll do some more research & hopefully next time it will go better.
And, I've signed up for a slot in the 2010 NY Marathon!!! Yeah, fat old me running the big one! No guarantee right now that I'll get in, but I have a chance. It's a lottery & I won't know until March. That means we're definitely putting off baby plans until March, and if I get the spot we'll wait until at least November. I'm also debating about running a marathon in GA in March or one here in April. If I run the one in GA I'll run the half here in April. I wanted to run one in Hawaii but I couldn't get flights to work out. I am really excited about this running...I did 10 miles yesterday & it felt great. I feel great today too...no soreness, no aches/pains, nada. Whew!
Monday, November 9, 2009
my big boy
Matthew is growing up so fast, a little more every day. It is amazing to watch him grow. Last week we got a couple of Christmas toy catalogs in the mail. As I thumbed through the mail while we ate lunch, he noticed them and said "mommy I want to look at the toy book." I promised him we'd look after naptime. After his nap he reminded me, and we sat down on the couch together with the catalogs. He pointed at each & every toy, on each & every page, and said "oh mommy I want that" or "what's that?" and then when I answered "well I want one of those." So cute! I remember anxiously looking through the toy catalogs as a little girl & I didn't think he was old enough for it, but he sure seemed to enjoy it.
He doesn't watch a lot of tv (especially that isn't PBS) but a couple of weeks ago I turned on Tom & Jerry for him and he loved it. But he called me during the commercials screaming "I want one of those!" and when I got in the room he told me by name what toy he wanted. The commercial was over so I rewound to watch it, and then told him that his birthday & Christmas were coming up so maybe he would get one. I wrote down the toy so I wouldn't forget. Several times since then he has mentioned it, without seeing a commercial, so I felt sure he would get one. Then he saw it in the toy ad & said "that's the toy I've always wanted."
Yesterday David took them shopping while I did some housework, and when they got home Matthew told me he saw a lobster claw and he wanted it but he didn't have his money. He asked if we could get his money & go back to the store to buy it. I was confused and asked David what was up...David explained & I told Matthew we would go back today. Apparently this toy was on the clearance aisle and Matthew asked for it. David told him he didn't have his money so Matthew asked if he could come home & get his boat (which is his piggy bank) and go back. David told him he had a Santa Claus gift card (yeah he got it last year for Christmas & we haven't taken him shopping yet) he could use instead of his money. This morning we got his gift card & went back. Walked up & down the clearance aisle 3 times...couldn't find the lobster claw. Matthew was upset, but I told him we'd look in the toy section. He seriously had his bottom lip out! They did have the other toy he had asked for....regular price $59.99, on the clearance aisle for $35. He played with that for a few minutes, then got back in the buggy so we could go to the toy section & look for the lobster claw. Meanwhile, I look & his gift card was for $35, so I decided if we couldn't find the lobster claw, I'd let him buy the other toy. I called David when we couldn't find the lobster claw in the toy dept either and asked him exactly where it was. He told me & we went back & found it. Matthew was so happy.
I was also able to sneak the other toy in & buy it without him knowing it. :) When we got to the checkout he was pretty impatient and was trying to give the cashier the toy & his gift card all at once, before the customer in front of us was finished. I talked to him about patience and waiting our turn, and he settled down. He was so cute paying for his toy all by himself. Hopefully he is learning lessons too...but I'm not sure a gift card is the best way. Probably would have been better to use paper money, but we had the gift card, KWIM?
It's small things but things I wasn't expecting to happen quite yet. I wasn't ready for him to shop and pay for something, I wasn't ready for him to pick out toys from the catalog! I'm not ready, but it's coming anyway!
He doesn't watch a lot of tv (especially that isn't PBS) but a couple of weeks ago I turned on Tom & Jerry for him and he loved it. But he called me during the commercials screaming "I want one of those!" and when I got in the room he told me by name what toy he wanted. The commercial was over so I rewound to watch it, and then told him that his birthday & Christmas were coming up so maybe he would get one. I wrote down the toy so I wouldn't forget. Several times since then he has mentioned it, without seeing a commercial, so I felt sure he would get one. Then he saw it in the toy ad & said "that's the toy I've always wanted."
Yesterday David took them shopping while I did some housework, and when they got home Matthew told me he saw a lobster claw and he wanted it but he didn't have his money. He asked if we could get his money & go back to the store to buy it. I was confused and asked David what was up...David explained & I told Matthew we would go back today. Apparently this toy was on the clearance aisle and Matthew asked for it. David told him he didn't have his money so Matthew asked if he could come home & get his boat (which is his piggy bank) and go back. David told him he had a Santa Claus gift card (yeah he got it last year for Christmas & we haven't taken him shopping yet) he could use instead of his money. This morning we got his gift card & went back. Walked up & down the clearance aisle 3 times...couldn't find the lobster claw. Matthew was upset, but I told him we'd look in the toy section. He seriously had his bottom lip out! They did have the other toy he had asked for....regular price $59.99, on the clearance aisle for $35. He played with that for a few minutes, then got back in the buggy so we could go to the toy section & look for the lobster claw. Meanwhile, I look & his gift card was for $35, so I decided if we couldn't find the lobster claw, I'd let him buy the other toy. I called David when we couldn't find the lobster claw in the toy dept either and asked him exactly where it was. He told me & we went back & found it. Matthew was so happy.
I was also able to sneak the other toy in & buy it without him knowing it. :) When we got to the checkout he was pretty impatient and was trying to give the cashier the toy & his gift card all at once, before the customer in front of us was finished. I talked to him about patience and waiting our turn, and he settled down. He was so cute paying for his toy all by himself. Hopefully he is learning lessons too...but I'm not sure a gift card is the best way. Probably would have been better to use paper money, but we had the gift card, KWIM?
It's small things but things I wasn't expecting to happen quite yet. I wasn't ready for him to shop and pay for something, I wasn't ready for him to pick out toys from the catalog! I'm not ready, but it's coming anyway!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Halloween & random
We took the kids trick or treating Saturday evening. We carved a jack o'lantern and tried to take their picture in their costumes. Matthew wouldn't look at me - he kept looking at David. David said "Matthew look at mommy." Matthew said "I want to look at you too." David said "No look at mommy." Matthew replied "Well I have two eyes I will look at both of you." David then moved to stand behind me and we tried to explain that your eyes can't look different directions at the same time.
We reminded the kids before we left home to say "thank you" when they got treats but at the second house we visited the lady was giving out bags of potato chips. Scarlett said "thank you" but Matthew held the bag up to the woman and said "I don't like these. I want some candy instead." I wanted the ground to swallow me up I was so embarrassed. When we left that house & got down the straight we promptly had the "you say thank you even if you don't like it" talk. I hated I didn't think of it before we left the house. Then when we started home Matthew asked if he could eat his candy. David told him he could have one piece and he said "can I eat my chip?" ARGH - that boy.
Tuesday Matthew got the show & tell bag at school. He was SO excited over it & immediately told me he wanted to put "puff" in it. Puff is a stuffed animal I slept with until I got married and now he's Matthew's. When we got home from school I had to help him get Puff in the bag. At naptime he wanted to sleep with Puff IN the bag. I told him no because I was worried the handles could be a choking hazard. He agreed to take Puff out of the bag to nap but immediately upon waking up we put Puff back in the bag. Today he was thrilled to take Puff to school to show his classmates.
This morning Scarlett & I played outside for a little while when Matthew was at school. We haven't raked leaves yet so she was running through them & would roll around in them. She had a blast. She loved scooping up big hand fulls & throwing them at me. Hopefully all of them will fall out of the trees before this weekend so we can do our raking & both kids can really enjoy playing in them.
I have a new project for tonight. I'm going to dye some yarn. I've been planning it for a while but didn't have all the supplies I needed. Well I finally have them & can't wait to play with chemicals in my kitchen. Seriously - I'll be putting my degree to work in a whole new way. :)
We reminded the kids before we left home to say "thank you" when they got treats but at the second house we visited the lady was giving out bags of potato chips. Scarlett said "thank you" but Matthew held the bag up to the woman and said "I don't like these. I want some candy instead." I wanted the ground to swallow me up I was so embarrassed. When we left that house & got down the straight we promptly had the "you say thank you even if you don't like it" talk. I hated I didn't think of it before we left the house. Then when we started home Matthew asked if he could eat his candy. David told him he could have one piece and he said "can I eat my chip?" ARGH - that boy.
Tuesday Matthew got the show & tell bag at school. He was SO excited over it & immediately told me he wanted to put "puff" in it. Puff is a stuffed animal I slept with until I got married and now he's Matthew's. When we got home from school I had to help him get Puff in the bag. At naptime he wanted to sleep with Puff IN the bag. I told him no because I was worried the handles could be a choking hazard. He agreed to take Puff out of the bag to nap but immediately upon waking up we put Puff back in the bag. Today he was thrilled to take Puff to school to show his classmates.
This morning Scarlett & I played outside for a little while when Matthew was at school. We haven't raked leaves yet so she was running through them & would roll around in them. She had a blast. She loved scooping up big hand fulls & throwing them at me. Hopefully all of them will fall out of the trees before this weekend so we can do our raking & both kids can really enjoy playing in them.
I have a new project for tonight. I'm going to dye some yarn. I've been planning it for a while but didn't have all the supplies I needed. Well I finally have them & can't wait to play with chemicals in my kitchen. Seriously - I'll be putting my degree to work in a whole new way. :)
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