Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Monday, July 28, 2008
A Nice Day
As I tried to leave, I asked Maddie if she was ready.
"No," she told me :" Mommy, you go. Go in the car. I see you later"
I was prepared to get dirty- not that we'd be milking cows or anything, but it poured yesterday and I was ready for mud, puddles and cow poo. I tried to put shorts on Madeline, but for the third day in a row, she asked to wear a pretty dress. OK. Who am I to fight with a 2.5 year old ?
We got a chance to feed some of the animals. Madeline was less than enthusiastic about doing it herself.
Next up was a tractor pull to see some more animals.
After the tractor pull we went to the playground to have a picnic lunch. They had a ... drumroll... a wooden train to play on- and play she did. She even refused food (!!!) choosing instead to sit in the caboose.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
More things I don't want to forget
' Come on Bandaid, lets go swimming "
and then
"Look at the frinklers, band aid" ( frinklers=sprinklers )
Friday, July 25, 2008
Preschool already?
She is 2 1/2, and I'm beginning to feel as if a structured environment would be wonderful for her right now. I'm trying to decide which type of school would be best for her. And by 'best' I don't mean which preschool will ensure her admission into Harvard- I'm just looking for one that doesn't make her scream when I drop her off. And doesn't drain our wallet.
Greg has already expressed apprehension at 'leaving her there' and has asked me more than once if I plan on staying with her. Um, kind of defeats the point. If possible, she'd re-attach the umbilical cord. She is all about Mommy mommy mommy. She needs to be around other kids with out me, you know ?
I wonder if Greg would be so protective if we had a boy. Just a thought.
Some of the schools have openings for this Fall, but no way. She, and truthfully, I wouldn't be ready. So I'm shooting for January or even Fall of '09. In the meantime, I am enrolling her in some Separation programs this fall. The parents stay with the kids for a set amount of time( 10mins, 1/2 hour, depending on the child and school) and then they leave( really we just go in the next room). I am even dreading that. So we'll see how it all goes.
In the meantime, here is my airborne girl playing 'Froggy Pond'
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
So I Don't Forget 2.0
m: Mommy Maddie and Daddy are fam-a-dee ?
me: yes
Maddie: Fam-a-dee kiss
And she gave me a kiss.
So cute
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Late Night
She got a balloon from a clown
And then did some running. I love the tongue sticking out of her mouth.
So by now its 7pm, her usuall bedtime, but since she woke up so late, we figured we'd stop by Greg's freinds house. They just got a new beagle puppy. When we get there, he's having a little party, and whats in the backyard- besides a puppy, another gril Madeline's age and people oohing and ahing over her ? A bouncy house ! So we let her go in...long story , well, long, I don't seem to have made it any shorter, she didn't end up going to bed until 9pm. And thats just what time she went into her crib. She actually didn't fall alseep until about 10pm... and got up at her usual 6am( actually it was 5:40 something, i round it up to 6am to make myself feel a little better about it) . She has been cranky the WHOLE day... and difficult to get to sleep. Lesson to me... stick to the schedule. She did have a blast though, and keeps talking about Daisy the puppy and the bouncy castle.
Oh and now I totally want a puppy.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Maddie at 2 years, 5 months old
I've signed her up for a bunch of programs this summer. yesterday was out first playgroup. Madeline was hmmm... lets say less than enthusiastic about sharing toys or taking turns. Normal for a 2 year old , right? Today we had the gymnastics program at the library where Maddies personality really shined ( that sounds wrong... so does 'shone' Forgive me, I'm tired) through. Neither Greg or myself are particularly outgoing, in your face, look at me type people, so it is not surprise that Madeline isn't either. She much prefers to do her own thing , in the background, without much fanfare. She's quick to concede if others bamboozle their way into her space. In the past its caused a little turmoil, but it always ended up OK. Not anymore- now that she's got her " I'm just about 2 and a half" pants on. She wanted to go down the slide, so she did. Then other kids wanted to go on the slide. I told her we need to take turns. Slighty upsetting, but we soldiered through. What sent her over the edge was her own doing. If she was halfway up the ladder, and some other kids started coming towards the slide, she'd come back down and let them go. Then she screamed and stomped up and down that she wanted to go down the slide. She did this repeatedly, with the same results. I wish there was a way to explain to her so she didn't get so upset.
The rest of the time went very nicely. I am so very happy with our library. They have such great programs for kids and its free . We signed Maddie up for the Baby Butterflies reading program and she is getting really into books again. She'll wake up every morning and ask to read a book" I sit next to you , Mommy," She'll say to me. At the end of the summer they have a party for all the kids, its really cute. I loved reading as a kid, so I'm hoping she does too.
Its so cool to see her imagination start working . Tonight at dinner,
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Fourth of July, 2008
After she woke up from her nap, we took her to the playground on the bay.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Its 4:20pm
I also remember times when I was not getting up at 6am, but just going to bed. Or sitting on the roof of our apartment building after a night out. Not a wild night, just a night of great conversation that you didn't want to end. We 'd just talk, watch the sun come up. We knew life wouldn't be like this forever... time stretching out before us with no definaitive road map . It was ours to do what we wanted with it. Its hard to believe that was 12 years ago. I already dated mydself in a previous post, so that's not ground breaking news, how I am thirty freaking five years old.
Man, I guess that is affecting me more than I thought, huh?