Minnow’s sitter has a Sesame Street Video…Sesame Street–Do The Alpahbet. I knew how much Minnow liked it as the video case is the first thing he goes for at the sitters. We were at Blockbuster this weekend getting movies–which of course we really never have time to watch, but we keep trying. Minnow loves to help pick out movies. He was looking through the family videos with hubby when I hear this shriek from across the store Continue reading
Kids
Pumpkin Patches
Since Saturday, we have been to two pumpkin patches–even though it’s been 90 degrees. Certainly insn’t pumpkin weather. But what does Minnow know other than despite all the sweat he had a blast. He got to do his first corn maze,
swing on his first tire swing 
and
pick out his first pumpkin
as well as take his ride his first horse. 
I am exhausted.
A Little Boy’s First
At our transportation musuem, Minnow has his first experience with trains. Needless to say he was in little boy heaven with all the “shu shus.”
How Quickly They Learn
After picking Minnow up from the sitters we stopped to get a frozen beverage–in all seriousness I wasn’t planning on sharing with him at all. He asked sweetly for some “pweeze uice”. So I shared. Well share is certainly the wrong word. As I asked if mommy could have it back–he shook his head so fiercely I feared it might fall off and did so each time I asked for it. Needless to say–I got it back when there was nothing good left…Next time I am so not sharing….
How To Torture Your Toddler
For months now (about 3) Minnow has been going to bed on his own and awake. He will sometimes cry until the other parent comes to hug him good night, but most of the time he just goes to sleep.
Now napping is another story. We didn’t have a nap routine. Sometimes he would fall asleep in the car others he would fall asleep with me while watching a little SpongeBob. This week I decided that whether he was falling asleep or not 12:30 is nap time. That is when he is tired and gets really crabby. So, on Monday it was 12:30. I took him upstairs and explained to him that it was sleepy time. He wasn’t having any of it. He looked at me and screamed–so clearly wishing he could say “you are absolutely crazy woman, I am not napping.” But he can’t talk so I could pretend I didn’t know what he was trying to communicate.
I let him cry for a few minutes and then took up 3 of his SpongeBob books. I figured if he wasn’t going to sleep that was fine but he was staying in his crib and read. He read for a few minutes and fell asleep. It was nice. I take the books out of his crib when he wakes up from his nap, since he doesn’t need the books at night.
To make this short story even longer…I took Minnow up to bed last night. He was sleepy and obviously ready for bed. He laid down and before I was down the stairs he started screaming. And not just unhappy to be in bed screaming, but someone was torturing him screaming. I waited a minute or two but went back up to see what the problem was…as the screaming only got louder.
The minute I walk into his room, he says “pweeze, pweeze, pweeze.” I look into his crib and the poor little guy is sitting in the dark, holding his books and trying to read in the dark. Mommy forgot to remove the books and the little guy just wanted to read.
Embracing Imperfection 