Our Neck of the Woods

In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve got snow.  I so wish we could go sledding but it’s about 25*, with a windchill of about 13* according to weather.com. A bit better than yesterday’s windchill of a measly 4*, but still a bit much for those under 3 I’d think. And the parents that have to accompany them in the great outdoors.

Today has given us a chance to just be lazy together, which is nice. I had to stop myself from declaring another pajama day because personally partaking in pajama days 2 days in a row just feels a bit too lazy. Even for me. 

Jeremy went to find some Xbox Kinect games for us at Blockbuster. Apparently we weren’t the only ones with this idea. There was zero game selection appropriate for children, so Noah has a few new DVD’s to add to his collection, and we have a movie for our date-night-in tonight. (For those of you who missed the Facebook status, the fire-in-the-fireplace-weekend-kick-off, did not so much happen last night.)

While the boys were napping, I got a chance to hop online and educate myself on streaming tv shows, movies (now that we have Xbox), and all things that are required to get rid of cable but still watch the same shows as the rest of modern society. I’m still not completely sure I am ready to take the plunge, but I haven’t completely discounted it either. I’m not big on TV other than (being as honest as Simon Cowell here…) Price Is Right (yes, I know…), the News, and maybe the occasional guilty-pleasure, completely mindless reality show (Jersey Shore, Teen Mom, Giuliana and Bill and let’s not forget American Idol). And, I am breathlessly awaiting the return of Army Wives. Seriously, I miss that show. A little Army Wives and a glass of wine on a Sunday night while the kids are in bed? I see nothing wrong with that.

Perhaps I’ll get a chance to get on Pinterest a little later and get my creativity wheels turning for things for the kids to do this next week. Goodness knows it’s going to be a busy one, though I am looking forward to catching up with some friends. Here’s hoping Jeremy’s work schedule will even out sooner rather than later and maybe we’ll even get a chance to get out of the house, see some friends, and perhaps join in a story time or two. Funny how when he carpooled with his brother to work every day and the car was home with me, I rarely ever used it. Now that he drives to work and I have no car, oh the places I think up that we could go! Ah, well, nothing a little planning and organization can’t fix. 

Anyway, that’s what’s going on in our neck of the woods (in case Facebook isn’t enough for you 😉 And, while I’m a far cry from my “blog every weekend to catch up” goal, but hey, what can you do?

Until next time.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

I have to agree with the old adage “Kids Say the Darndest Things”.  Last night was yet another reminder.  I love the quiet, special alone time I get when I am tucking my kids into bed at night. It’s nice to just snuggle and cuddle with sleepy Westin. It also makes for some pretty great and…interesting conversations with Noah.

I decided to sing “You Are My Sunshine” to Noah last night. It’s not a common song in our house, don’t ask me why, I guess I just kind of forgot about it. When I stopped at the last word in the line “When you’re not happy, my skies are ____”. Noah stops to think and fills in the blank with the word “beautiful”.  Missing the point of the song, I guess 😉

Then, he saw his stuffed dog that we made for his 2nd birthday at Build-A-Bear. His name is Meatball, which just happened to be Noah’s favorite word at the time. We talked about the day we made Meatball and I was trying to pick his brain to see if/what/and how much he remembered from that day. I’m always pretty impressed when he and I take a trip down memory lane. He remembers a lot! We were talking about how Westin was still in Mommy’s tummy. He asked me why and I told him because that’s where babies grow. Again, he asks why. At this point I am scared we are venturing into a whole different conversation and am getting very nervous that the “where do babies come from?” is coming. Anyway, he asks me why babies grow in tummies and I said because of God. Thankfully, he seemed happy with that and didn’t press for further details. Next, he asked if he gets a baby in his tummy. I said “No, only Mommies”. He was far from happy with this answer. Tears of sadness followed. Heart broken, bottom lip out, eyes dripping. Poor boy. It is quite a gift and a privilege, but I’m sorry. That’s just the way it is. Boys grow into men and men have an important part in the process too, you just don’t know it yet. 😉

Finally, last night, when Noah was all comfy and snuggled up in his bed, it was time for me to leave. I wasn’t done snuggling and talking with him. Evidently I was not getting out fast enough. Noah says to me “Do you want me to help you up?”

Oh how I love this kid. I can’t wait until both of them are talking and cracking me up.