Not Me Monday

(Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.)

I didn’t throw away the panties Kate had an accident in because I didn’t want to try to clean them. That would be wasteful.

I would never sneak away from the baby when I took her to the nursery at church on Sunday so she didn’t see me go. I would of course say good-bye, since that way she knows I’m leaving and doesn’t wonder where I went. I also didn’t make another baby cry because he saw me peeking in to check on her later.

I also would never tell Kate to give Gabby a toy that she clearly had first, just so the baby wouldn’t cry. That wouldn’t be fair at all.

And of course, I would never bribe my children with food. So I certainly didn't get them McDonald's for behaving at the store. That would just be bad parenting.

Whatcha Gonna Do About This?

Gabby is starting to be defiant—yes my sweet little baby. She’ll watch me out of the corner of her eye as she stands in a chair, opens a cabinet, or takes my books off the shelves. It’s so interesting to watch her starting to test her boundaries. She’s trying to see what is accepted, frowned upon, and out right against the rules. She’s learning to move questionable behaviors out of the room where I am, so she’s less likely to get caught. At fifteen months of age she’s already being sneaky. With this, she’s starting to learn the consequences of her actions both natural and imposed. It’s a fun stage as she tests the waters, but isn’t trying to be outright deceitful yet—I’m sure well get there though.

Conversations with a three year old

Justin: Would you like to look at something on the computer?

Kate: Yeah. It’s www.com.

* * * * * *

Justin: So Kate, have you been to Panda Bear Preschool lately?

Kate: Not this week. Tomorrow though.

Justin: So what are you going to learn?

Kate: The kids are going to learn to pretend.

* * * * * *

“When I go to school, I’m going to have an office like Daddy.”

25 Random Things about Me

I’ve seen this floating around several places and I thought it looked fun. It actually took me awhile. I’m not a very random person.

1. I don’t have a favorite color.
2. I am way behind on my photo albums.
3. I enjoy sewing, especially quilting.
4. I’ve lived in 7 homes since Justin and I got married.
5. We lived in our house in Cincinnati for the longest—nearly five years.
6. I taught high school special education for five years.
7. Both of my children were delivered by midwives.
8. I went to the Wesley Foundation in college to find a husband because some great couples from my church met there.
9. Guess where Justin and I met.
10. I can quote quite a bit of scripture, but I can never remember the verses.
11. I named my oldest daughter after one of my students.
12. My first real job was working in the stacks of the library at the university.
13. I do about ten loads of laundry a week.
14. I sang in the school choir and in three high school musicals.
15. We had an exchange student from Denmark, named Sie, when I was a senior in high school.
16. I’ve never left the country and had never even crossed the Mississippi until we came to buy our house.
17. I am the bill payer in our family.
18. Justin and I got married between my sophomore and junior years of college.
19. I never finished the last act of Macbeth that I was supposed to read and present to my English class because my grandfather died.
20. On grocery day I bribe my children with McDonald’s.
21. It started last year when I had sciatica so bad I couldn’t make it through the grocery and make lunch too, but now I’m better and it’s our routine.
22. I love coffee with a touch of milk and some sugar.
23. Our yard is shaped like a piece of pie—it narrows to a point in the back. Weird.
24. My “foreign” language in college was American Sign Language.
25. I never learned how to ride a bike.

Random Pics of me:

Flurries

Snow, snow, snow. Not enough to play in, but it keeps coming slowly—making a lovely mess. To top it off the heat in our van seems to have quit. We’ll have to see what we can do about it, if it is ever warm enough to get out there and take a look. Hopefully it’s a simple fix. For now we’ll just have to be sure everyone is bundled up nice and warm before we head out for our errands.

Lookie!

Gabby and I stayed home from church today because she was grumpy and running a low grade fever--probably just a side effect from her MMR shot, since they told us we might see a fever a week later. While she was napping I played around an updated my blog settings!

Dreamin' of Vacation

I was never one for dreaming huge big plans for trips to Europe or an expensive car, but I have to admit there’s an idea that’s been flitting around in my head. I’m cold and I hate to be cold, so I would like to go somewhere warm. I also never thought I’d say this, but I’d like to go somewhere warm without the children. Just for a couple of days. We’ve been caught inside in the cold for quite some time now and we’re all climbing the walls—and neither of my girls have taken a nap in TWO days. The idea of spending a few days in the warm sunshine, while our two children are cared for by someone else… Hmm.

I’d like to go on a cruise. Justin of course thinks this is a great idea—if we go to Alaska. Who wants to be cold on a boat? I can be cold in my house. I don’t guess I’ll get my cruise. At least I can dream.

For tonight I'll have to settle for a bottle of wine, well not the whole bottle.