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Saturday, April 26, 2008
A Collection of Randomness...
We had a playdate at Thatcher's house yesterday, and Ethan was inseparable with the rifle and the car pumper. Thankfully, nobody else wanted them, so Ethan was at peace with all friends.
Chris brought me Godiva truffles and Ethan chocolate covered pretzels. He is just that sweet.
Last night, Ethan was most excited to get to wake up and play with the baby powder he found in the cabinet just before his shower.
This morning, he remembered he was excited about the baby powder.
Ethan spent a lot of time in the backyard throwing baby powder on Ranger. She still stinks. Ethan smells good.
Ethan: "Mommy, your eyes are black just like Ollie's!"
Me: (in my head: Not sure how I feel about having my eyes compared to the chihuahua's).
We found a grasshopper:
Ethan likes gourmet olives from the olive bar, and also snacking on fresh herbs from my herb garden.
I worked out today for the first time in about a month. I'm sick of all my workout DVDs, but also can't find one to buy that I think I will like. Loosing motivation for summer.....
Lunch is ready: Fish sticks, carrot sticks, and peas.
What a normal, normal life we lead....
Chris brought me Godiva truffles and Ethan chocolate covered pretzels. He is just that sweet.
Last night, Ethan was most excited to get to wake up and play with the baby powder he found in the cabinet just before his shower.
This morning, he remembered he was excited about the baby powder.
Ethan spent a lot of time in the backyard throwing baby powder on Ranger. She still stinks. Ethan smells good.
Ethan: "Mommy, your eyes are black just like Ollie's!"
Me: (in my head: Not sure how I feel about having my eyes compared to the chihuahua's).
We found a grasshopper:
Ethan likes gourmet olives from the olive bar, and also snacking on fresh herbs from my herb garden.
I worked out today for the first time in about a month. I'm sick of all my workout DVDs, but also can't find one to buy that I think I will like. Loosing motivation for summer.....
Lunch is ready: Fish sticks, carrot sticks, and peas.
What a normal, normal life we lead....
Saturday, April 19, 2008
When being a good mom means saying, "No"
I'm picking up the house this morning, when Ethan finds my purse:
He says, "Hey, I want to wear your purse!" and laughs. I try to rid myself of a rush of anxiety by offering up a quick prayer, "Lord, help me not to worry. I know he's just imitating what he sees", and take this as an opportunity for a life lesson: "OK, you can try my purse, but do boys wear purses, or just girls?" (yes, he knew the answer).
Then he straps it over his shoulder and exclaims, "Look! It's like a firefighter radio!"
Oh phew!...thank goodness it's a radio, and not a place to hold lipstick! He learned how firefighters strap a radio over their shoulder from a kids documentary about firefighters.l
Then comes the question of the day: "Can I wear this to the store?"
I look down at him, and he's looking quite.....less than masculine...unmanly....the opposite of boy. In a quick flash, I'm thinking about how we are not supposed to worry about what others think of our children when they are making independent choices (plaid with stripes, self-induced hair style with gel, etc...), but then again, what am I teaching my son about social boundaries? I would certainly know that my son was obviously carrying a firefighter radio and not a man bag, but everyone else would think, "That boy is....odd" (to say the least). And I could just imagine the whispering comments, the sly pointing, the downcast eyes... So, instead of instinctively yelling, "Yeah...NO!", I gently reply back to him, "Ummm, don't you think that one would be more fun to play with at home with all your other firefighter gear?" I'm glad it went over well. We had a great day, and now we are back home and he is one happy firefighter, radio and all...
It's a firefighter radio, folks. No need to stare.
What, your child doesn't have a Coach over-the-shoulder firefighter radio?
He says, "Hey, I want to wear your purse!" and laughs. I try to rid myself of a rush of anxiety by offering up a quick prayer, "Lord, help me not to worry. I know he's just imitating what he sees", and take this as an opportunity for a life lesson: "OK, you can try my purse, but do boys wear purses, or just girls?" (yes, he knew the answer).
Then he straps it over his shoulder and exclaims, "Look! It's like a firefighter radio!"
Oh phew!...thank goodness it's a radio, and not a place to hold lipstick! He learned how firefighters strap a radio over their shoulder from a kids documentary about firefighters.l
Then comes the question of the day: "Can I wear this to the store?"
I look down at him, and he's looking quite.....less than masculine...unmanly....the opposite of boy. In a quick flash, I'm thinking about how we are not supposed to worry about what others think of our children when they are making independent choices (plaid with stripes, self-induced hair style with gel, etc...), but then again, what am I teaching my son about social boundaries? I would certainly know that my son was obviously carrying a firefighter radio and not a man bag, but everyone else would think, "That boy is....odd" (to say the least). And I could just imagine the whispering comments, the sly pointing, the downcast eyes... So, instead of instinctively yelling, "Yeah...NO!", I gently reply back to him, "Ummm, don't you think that one would be more fun to play with at home with all your other firefighter gear?" I'm glad it went over well. We had a great day, and now we are back home and he is one happy firefighter, radio and all...
It's a firefighter radio, folks. No need to stare.
What, your child doesn't have a Coach over-the-shoulder firefighter radio?
Friday, April 18, 2008
Day O' Ethan
It wasn't intentional, but today ended up being pretty much all about Ethan....
We started this morning with plans to head up to Children's Place to get some shorts for summer. I told him where we were going, and he came back with, "I don't need new clothes! I like my clothes!" Unlike some kids, he's not all together particular about what he wears on any given day, so I let it go and didn't think he'd think twice about it. After Children's Place, we had plans to meet up with friends at Chick-fil-A to play.
On the way to the store, Ethan comes out of dead silence with this:
"Weeeellll....I am going to be a firefighter, and so I have to wear my firefighter jacket and THAT'S why I don't need new clothes. Now I can go to Chick-fil-A to play, OK Mommy?
A simple rebuttal about how he had to have some clothes to wear while he's NOT fighting fires was sufficient.
Here's how the Day o' Ethan looked:
Wake up, Sprinklers are on (that's a whole post in itself...)
New clothes
Play date with Jacob, Chick-fil-A for lunch
Intermission (fell asleep in the car on the way home)
Super cool wooden park with best buddy, Jace, for several hours
McDonald's dinner and play area with Jace
Shower and konk out.... Why am I so exhausted, too??
Here's one of the pair of shorts he got, which I think are so cute :)
We started this morning with plans to head up to Children's Place to get some shorts for summer. I told him where we were going, and he came back with, "I don't need new clothes! I like my clothes!" Unlike some kids, he's not all together particular about what he wears on any given day, so I let it go and didn't think he'd think twice about it. After Children's Place, we had plans to meet up with friends at Chick-fil-A to play.
On the way to the store, Ethan comes out of dead silence with this:
"Weeeellll....I am going to be a firefighter, and so I have to wear my firefighter jacket and THAT'S why I don't need new clothes. Now I can go to Chick-fil-A to play, OK Mommy?
A simple rebuttal about how he had to have some clothes to wear while he's NOT fighting fires was sufficient.
Here's how the Day o' Ethan looked:
Wake up, Sprinklers are on (that's a whole post in itself...)
New clothes
Play date with Jacob, Chick-fil-A for lunch
Intermission (fell asleep in the car on the way home)
Super cool wooden park with best buddy, Jace, for several hours
McDonald's dinner and play area with Jace
Shower and konk out.... Why am I so exhausted, too??
Here's one of the pair of shorts he got, which I think are so cute :)
Thursday, April 17, 2008
I love nights....
when Ethan is asleep by 8:00! It doesn't happen often, but we had a busy, fun day because of school and best pal, Jace, coming over to play :)
Now I'm going to settle in, relax, and obsess over the weather. I can hear the wonderful thunder rolling in, and the sky looks like this:
Now I'm going to settle in, relax, and obsess over the weather. I can hear the wonderful thunder rolling in, and the sky looks like this:
Monday, April 14, 2008
Angels and Air Mask
Ethan LOVES, LOVES his firefighter air mask! Here he says it's "perfect" and can't stop giggling at himself! Also, when I ask him a question that ends in "or what" (for example, "Are we hungry, or what?!), his response is always "WHAT!" Here I ask him, "Is it cool, or what?" The answer, of course, is, "WHAT!"
Sunday, April 13, 2008
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