9/22/09
Blogging, um yeah...
I promised more blogging right? And I meant it. But then came ILLNESS and PLAGUE and PANDEMIC!!
I don't know if it was a cold, seasonal flu, swine flu, goose flu or just plain kick you on your ass so the kids can run amok around your feverish coughing body flu--but 75% of the humans in the house had THAT. It first began with Lori, then Micci, then they got better (no more moaning in bed, feverish), and of course then I got sick. Because I am the Mommy and don't actually get to lay in bed moaning feverishly, I took a bit longer to get better.
It all started Tuesday and I was able to get out of bed, upright and clothed mid-afternoon Monday.
I was too exhausted and sick to knit for the entire weekend--I know amazing! Thank heaven I had a laptop because the internet provided some relief from the boredom of being in bed. By Sunday I was tired of being sick already and texted Jamey to bring home medicine for me. Cough and cold and flu and what ever he could get--I had to get out of bed. Because, every time I got out of bed to get water or toast-the house was in more of a shambles.
So yesterday I was able to pull myself out of bed for a shower. Dude, I had to take a NAP after the shower. It was exhausting standing for that long. But the hot water helped clear my lungs and head.
Now today, TODAY is hobbit day. And Lorelei's FIFTH birthday. WHOA. Where has the time gone? My wee little baby is FIVE today. Crazy!
It was a very rainy, cool day today (wonderful way to start Autumn). I made pink cupcakes before we left on Lorelei's special day. We went to lunch at a place of her choosing (McDonald's), then to Target for presents (more about that in a bit), and then to Hobby Lobby--because SHE WANTED YARN FOR HER BIRTHDAY!!!! I am so proud.
In between Lorelei recovering and me getting sick (there was about a day)-she wanted me to teach her to knit. She is such a willing and patient student. I must say A LOT easier to teach than her brother. So from then on--she's been wanting to go to the yarn store to get her own yarn. (Yeah we are going to let her think Hobby Lobby is her yarn store for now. No need to get the girl hooked on high end fibers just now.)
So Target: she wandered the girlie toy aisles looking at all the toys. She stopped briefly at the Polly Pocket display and pointed to a largish box, "Mommy, Can I not get that?" Say What? Do you want that? "No." Then why.... By that time she wandered off, leaving me in my daze. She also selected a few stuffed animals that she wanted for her next birthday. But what do you want for THIS birthday. Eventually she selected a few Little Petshop thingys. Cute, cool, and she's not introducing new toys into the mix. Yay!! (We like to keep their toy categories to about 3 or 4.)
It was all about Lorelei today, but I gotta share a Micci story. At this point I see that Micci will either be a politician or a scam artist (I know whats the difference?). Phisto often tells me that my kids are criminal geniuses. And my main worry as a parent is to somehow guide all these smarts in to positive, GOOD, moral outlets. One thing Micci does to his sister is convince her over the months and weeks preceding her birthday or Christmas, that the toy she most wants, is actually a toy MICCI wants. So Jamey and I are left, trying to undo his brotherly brainwashing to deduce what in actuality SHE wants.
I'm so screwed aren't I?
Labels: birthday, Kid Antics, kid pics
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