So it begins
Posted by Maria
Springtime is on it's way. It's been nice enough the past couple of days to go for a walk. Tadpole isn't too thrilled when he's in the process of getting bundled up but loves it when he gets outside. It's still cold out but bright and sunny. I still have a couple of baby pounds to lose( more then I'm ever going to admit) so the walks are good for both of us.
The birds are starting to scope out the good nesting places. Timid Mommy is already protecting her spot. She's a cedar waxwing that deferred to the male that hung out outside our bedroom window as well as another female. Once the eggs were laid though, she was a spitfire. Even the crows didn't stand a chance.
Goofy
Posted by Maria
Upsy daisy, downsy daisy, upsy daisy do
Mama's silly, Daddy's silly, are you silly too?
Ah the things that come out of our mouth when one of the most important people in our life is 2 and half feet tall.
I’ve been Mommy-ified.
Posted by Maria
I was singing to Tadpole the other day when it hit me. I've been Mommy-ified. I was censoring the words as I sang the song that's he's been hearing since before birth. It's just not the same if the stuff hits the fan. Or Johnny calls the devil a son of a gun. And I'm sure that some managers would laugh an employee out of the office if they called it a gosh darn log-in page. If I don't know the words to a nursery rhyme I make them up. I see the note home now from his pre-k teacher. "But Miss Meghan, that's not the words my mommy sings."
I find my myself having long conversations and finding that a blown raspberry is now a perfectly acceptable answer. I've caught Tadpole giving me the look. The "Mom your nuts" look. I can't disagree with him. I'd probably have the exact same look if I saw a lady making up songs about unloading the dishwasher. Or had someone trying to stuff my hands into socks.
I've also found myself doing things that I thought other parents were joking about when the said that they did it. Or that their kid did that. A couple of days ago I was thinking about how the other parents weren't kidding as I was hosing my son off in the bathtub. I already chopped my hair to avoid getting scalped. His arms are longer now so I'm finding that having shorter hair just hurts more.
Good for the waist, good for the community.
Posted by Maria
I joined the Pound for Pound Challenge today. For every pound that is pledged sponsors will donate fourteen cents to your local food bank. I pledged a whole ten pounds. It only works out to a buck fourteen but the Food Bank of WNY can do more with that then I can. Even with coupons and sales. Nerdling is on board even if I did get the stink eye when I asked about officially pledging.
Finding A New Lily Pad
Posted by Maria
Nerdling and I are in the market for a new lily pad. The one we have just isn't working. Sometimes literally. The front door knob fell off the one day and I found ice inside today. A couple of months ago we found one that we liked and tried to feel out the sellers. And got a mass of frustration. First they didn't even bother with the offer, then they accepted it, oops the wife did but not the husband and now we have extra strength Tylenol involved. But it's still there. Still on the listing site. So we're giving it a second look. It needs some work but it's not so bad that we can't just move in. It has everything that we want. So who knows. Waiting for our real estate agent to give us a call back.