I've started working on Christmas lists. I'm presently trying to figure out how to convince my children that what they really, really want for Christmas is shirts, pants, and socks. I'm just not sure I can handle any more toys—plus the toys they want get more pricey as they get older. Thank goodness the babies will be perfectly happy with wrapping paper.
Sometimes I wish there was a way to have my family exist in the nude for a few days so I wouldn't have to do laundry. I love the feeling of being caught up, but then somehow, two days later, I've got another mountain of it to do.
A few recent comments from my hypochondriac daughter: "Mom, I'm worried about the swine flu. What if I get it? Kailee's sister said that if you get it, you could die. " (Kailee's sister is in 1st grade, so definitely a good source of info.) "Mom, what if I get alopecia and my hair falls out like that girl on the pageant show?" (We watched Toddlers and Tiaras on TLC for 10 minutes.) I almost told her that I know someone with alopecia, but then I decided against it. She's also been worried about radon for months now. And no, we don't have it in our house.
A2 has chipped a tooth. I have no idea how or when it happened. I know it will eventually fall out, but in the meantime, it looks a little weird. Do they fix something like that on toddlers?
I miss my old neighborhood. I miss having friends that I can call when I need help, or even just a cup of sugar on a Sunday morning.
And lastly, does anyone want to buy our old house? It's super cute and comes complete with aforementioned great neighborhood and friends.
4 comments:
you might get your dentist to file down the chip, if little A would even hold still for such a thing. I seem to remember one of my kids having a chip, but now I can't think of who that is so either it wore itself down, or it fell out. Gosh, I'm a bad mom!
The swine flu is currently running around the local highschool. That means the preschool teacher's daughter has it (didn't send Bam) and babysitters could conceivably be infected. Don't tell V. Just give her a little hand sanitizer she can keep in her backpack. Maybe if she feels she has a small bit of control over protecting her situation, she will mellow a bit. I totally think she should meet Trevor and see that his overwhelming coolness is much more important than lack of any hair. Are there symptoms of radon poisoning she could watch for--or would a little knowledge be a dangerous thing? Oh the joys of our babies worrying about big things! Remember when C went through her fear of natural disasters phase? Fire was particularly big on her list (the field trip to the fire station was very difficult for her) The best thing I ever did was talk to my 911 dispatcher friend and then tell C exactly what would happen if we had a fire. I guess she's my kid. I'm a total worst case scenario person. If I can work through how I will get through the worst if it happened, then I can calm down. Maybe it could help V too?
I happen to know a really smart dentist who could probably help you out with that tooth for free! (if you came to AL of course). sorry you haven't sold your house. I'm sure having 2 mortgages to pay isn't easy, that would stress me out, but the house is cute!
Two days for the mountain to appear sounds pretty good to me, we're more on the done in the morning, back at night laundry mountain plan.
I should take pictures of the mountains of laundry right now....I'm all for the nude plan!!
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