totally jinxed him....

Oh dear, am I responsible for Jack's second ear infection??? Remember this post... Despite him having swollen glands (which i did call the dr about) and having asked him once a day for the last three weeks if his throat or ears hurt, nothing. I think I jinxed him.

Poor sweet Jdog... with a pain tolerance that could rival Rambo at dinner tonight he says, "the voices sound weird!" Uhhh, Jack, the voices? Are you hearing voices, honey?

Poor thing can't hear! Double. Ear. Infection.

am I that cool?

apparently I am! Ha! For some reason Jack, who has really not had a whole lot of separation anxiety before, is getting weepy for me at carpool and school and the gym.... and bedtime and lunch and no just kidding on the latter two! :)

Personally I am just sort of glad he has blocked out all the times that I sound like Kate Gosslin yelling at her kids and he still wants to be around me. I hope its not the sign of anything serious like that he'll be living at home until he's 40. When I ask him why he gets sad... he says i just miss you and want to be with you! I mean could you die of cuteness??? But buck up buddy your four... going on five and, well, school will probably not ever be as fun or stress free as now! We decided that I would make him a little smiley face to tuck in his pocket each day. When he gets weepy, he can look at my smiley face and be happy!

Thomas on the other hand went to his first Mommy & Me class and quite frankly it could be a just Me class and he would be fine... wanted nothing to do with me while he got his paint and play-dough on! Sat by himself for snack and story and then in the teachers lap for songs!! He doesn't even need me any more... and he's not even two!

the basil needs a snuggie

even the basil is cold... i came down to find a very sad (and shivering basil plant) poor guy... maybe they make a snuggie for them now? ;)

freakin' heater!

So the brightside of me says- thankfully the heater didn't go out while AJ was out of town this week. and oh, right people in Haiti are dying and would love for this to be their biggest problem... i know i know.

The bratty side of me says, damn you busted heater for making an already cold house EVEN COLDER... if I usually sit around in my fleece pants, fleece shirts (yes that says fleece shirts- with an s), socks, a snuggie (thanks, Er!), slippers and sometimes a hat, what should else can I put on!?

time for a hot toddy by the fire... who's in!?

ladies first.

for all the gray hair he has given me... I think it is only appropriate that occasionally he should do something that doesn't make me shake my head in wonder. Ha!

We have really been working on manners at our house... setting the table, clearing the table, pulling out moms chair, opening the car door, etc. I figure if you can open the car door for you, you can open the car door for me, no? Jack's really into it. I hope his future wife will thank me one day...So today, Mr. Independent (Jack) wanted to open the door to the house. "Sure, here you go...key goes this way." As he is walking inside he turns to me and says, "O0ps, mom, ladies first!" I melted. Like a little snowman on a hot day, I melted.... And then nearly dropped Thomas!

I am just glad he can hear. Sometimes I wonder if we should have gotten him tubes somewhere along the line... now i just realize that 'selective hearing' can even happen to four year olds... I am glad that this was something you decided to listen to! Ladies first. Always. Ladies. First.

complete opposites

my children continue to be complete opposites. Jack has had 1 ear infection when he was 3 months old.

Thomas is on number 7 in 20 months.

Mom's workin' on no sleep. Literally saw every hour on the clock last night. It's not pretty at our house today people. not pretty. at. all.

of course I think they're the best

I generally try not to use the blog as a "my preschooler is a black belt AND an honor student" outlet but more as a way not to lose my sanity/remember all the things my brain is trying to forget...For example, Thomas will now be referred to as Houdini and has figured out how to climb out of a buckled buggy at the grocery... yep, now that I am on to his tricks, I catch him before the floor gives him a knuckle sandwich again.

But today, I just can't help it! There are times when your kids take a 1 second break from torturing each other by stealing e/o toys and show you they really do love each other- and man is it sweet! For the past two days Jack has been bringing home these "surprises" for Thomas from school. I am just about to die. Yesterday it was a "Bear" (read: stapled pieces of paper- good thing he told be it was a bear before the big reveal!) and today he put a Curious George paper in an envelope at their writing station and wrote, "Tomus" on it, because "Thomas loves Curious George", natch! I wish they knew they would have SO many more toys if they were this nice to each other all the time!

I mean of course I think they are the best... they're my kids!