Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween
Tonight was so much fun! Collin and Nick had their party at daycare. When I got there to pick them up, all the kids were dressed up and looking so cute. Collin was a dragon and Nick was a wizard. Then we stopped by Grammy's to see Aunt Bella and Grammy and Grampa where Collin got to practice his Trick-or-Treating. By the time we got home to really go trick-or-treating he had gotten the idea. He went to some of the neighbors houses and then came back and hung out in the front yard with us while we handed out candy. He had a blast handing out candy to all the other kids. Every time a group of kids went up to my neighbors house, he went up and trick-or-treated too. He ended up going to Ms. Lisa's at least 3 times. Fortunately, she didn't mind. Nick sat on my lap and helped hand out candy too. He got lots and lots of compliments on his adorable costume. I took lots of pictures at Grammy's (with Grammy's camera) but we were so busy here I didn't really take any with our camera. I will post pictures as soon as I get them from my parents camera. The boys really did look adorable. I think Collin is going to be really bummed that all the Halloween decorations are going to go away. For once, I'm glad they start all the Christmas stuff so early because it will give him some new decorations to enjoy.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
A couple more pictures
Collin asked to hold Nick tonight so I thought I'd take the opportunity to try to get some pictures of the two of them. These are the best of the ones I took.
Clarks Farm
OK, I finally got around to downloading the pictures from when we went to Clark's Farm with Jane, Scott and Trent last weekend. Collin is still talking about going to the pumpkin patch with Trent. As soon as we got there, he took off running...
To the Old Woman in the Shoe slide where, the last time we were there Collin's friend Emma fell and knocked out two teeth. As we were leaving, there was an ambulance there because someone else had hurt themselves. It must be a regular occurrence. Its a really steep, but totally fun, slide.
Then we took a hayride. Collin sat down on the bales of hay and had a great time.
We arrived in the pumpkin patch where all the pumpkins were just the right size for Collin. He picked tons of them up and walked through the entire patch before he finally picked one.
They even had a little maize maze that Tim went through with him.
Here's a picture of me and Nick sitting in the middle of the pumpkin patch waiting for Collin to pick his pumpkin.
Collin even got to ride a pony while we were there but we didn't get to take any pictures of it. Here's a picture of him feeding the goats.
To the Old Woman in the Shoe slide where, the last time we were there Collin's friend Emma fell and knocked out two teeth. As we were leaving, there was an ambulance there because someone else had hurt themselves. It must be a regular occurrence. Its a really steep, but totally fun, slide.
Then we took a hayride. Collin sat down on the bales of hay and had a great time.
We arrived in the pumpkin patch where all the pumpkins were just the right size for Collin. He picked tons of them up and walked through the entire patch before he finally picked one.
They even had a little maize maze that Tim went through with him.
Here's a picture of me and Nick sitting in the middle of the pumpkin patch waiting for Collin to pick his pumpkin.Collin even got to ride a pony while we were there but we didn't get to take any pictures of it. Here's a picture of him feeding the goats.Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Another New Phrase
I don't know where he learns these things but tonight I was harping on Collin about something, I think it was not tipping over the baskets of folded laundry and he actually told me "Chill Out Mom"!!!! What???? Where did my child hear that phrase and learn to use it appropriately? I admit that I use it from time to time, but I didn't think I said it enough in front of him for him to pick up on it. Either I'm wrong, or he's hearing it somewhere else.
And when did he start calling me MOM? My child isn't 12, he's 2!! I went from being Ma Ma to being Mommy (which I love) to being Mom. I'm not ready to be Mom, that's what big kids call their mothers. He still calls me Mommy most of the time, but when he calls me Mom he sounds more grown up and he's 2, I want to keep him that way for a while. At least he hasn't learned to call me Mother in that sarcastic way that teenagers talk to their Moms when they don't like what they have to say. That will come all too soon.
They say you can't really appreciate your parents until you have kids of your own. So TRUE!! My hats off to you, Mom. I don't know how you did it because I know I wasn't an easy child. When I was a teenager, I couldn't understand why you had such a hard time letting me do some things and why you flat out said no to others when I thought that I had made perfectly reasonable requests. Now I understand and I feel sorry for my boys because I don't think I'll be as cool as you and Dad were. My boys aren't doing ANYTHING!! The world is full of really, really scary stuff. I want to protect them from all that stuff, even though I know I can only do so much. The best I can hope for is to teach them right from wrong and how to be good people and hope it takes. Man, kids should come with a manual on how to raise them.
And when did he start calling me MOM? My child isn't 12, he's 2!! I went from being Ma Ma to being Mommy (which I love) to being Mom. I'm not ready to be Mom, that's what big kids call their mothers. He still calls me Mommy most of the time, but when he calls me Mom he sounds more grown up and he's 2, I want to keep him that way for a while. At least he hasn't learned to call me Mother in that sarcastic way that teenagers talk to their Moms when they don't like what they have to say. That will come all too soon.
They say you can't really appreciate your parents until you have kids of your own. So TRUE!! My hats off to you, Mom. I don't know how you did it because I know I wasn't an easy child. When I was a teenager, I couldn't understand why you had such a hard time letting me do some things and why you flat out said no to others when I thought that I had made perfectly reasonable requests. Now I understand and I feel sorry for my boys because I don't think I'll be as cool as you and Dad were. My boys aren't doing ANYTHING!! The world is full of really, really scary stuff. I want to protect them from all that stuff, even though I know I can only do so much. The best I can hope for is to teach them right from wrong and how to be good people and hope it takes. Man, kids should come with a manual on how to raise them.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Sibling Rivalry?
Last night we were putting the boys to bed. We took Nick into Collin's room and read them both some stories. Then it was time to turn out the light and sing night night songs. Collin pitched a temper tantrum. I thought back to a post Kayris left the other day about how she threw a temper tantrum in response to Johnny's tantrum and it stopped him dead in his tracks. So I tried it. And it worked. Sort of. Collin immediately stopped and said "Mommy stop crying, it's going to be OK!" Mission accomplished sort of. As soon as I started my "tantrum" Nick completely FREAKED out. He let out this scream that I can only describe as gut wrenching. It was like the way he shrieks when he gets his shots, only worse! At first I thought something must have happened to him so I quit what I was doing and paid attention to him and he started smiling and laughing again. Tim said to try it again so I did with the exact same results. Nick totally freaked again. I don't know if he was scared of the way I was behaving or mad about not being the center of attention anymore. Either way, I'll try the tantrum thing again, but not when Nick is around.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
The Things Kids Say
Today in the car Collin informed us that he wasn't feeling well.
"I'm not feeling well again Mom"
"You're not?"
"No, I need to go to the doctor"
"Why?"
"I need to go see Dr. O'Cronin so he can make me better and I can get a lollipop!"
Like his mother, he's got a sweet tooth and he'll do anything for some candy, including go to the doctor.
Last night as we were grocery shopping we passed one of the Halloween displays and Collin got all excited "Look Mom! Candy Corn! I LOVE Candy Corn!" I'm not a fan of it so he must have had some at daycare or maybe since its featured prominently on the Micky Halloween episode, he just thinks he likes it. Either way, he has informed me that he loves Halloween. He's fascinated by all the decorations and points out bats, "piders", and pumpkins everywhere we go. Wait till he figures out he actually gets candy on Halloween, he's really going to love it then. Until he figures out that Mommy and Daddy control the candy intake and with all his energy it will be very limited.
"I'm not feeling well again Mom"
"You're not?"
"No, I need to go to the doctor"
"Why?"
"I need to go see Dr. O'Cronin so he can make me better and I can get a lollipop!"
Like his mother, he's got a sweet tooth and he'll do anything for some candy, including go to the doctor.
Last night as we were grocery shopping we passed one of the Halloween displays and Collin got all excited "Look Mom! Candy Corn! I LOVE Candy Corn!" I'm not a fan of it so he must have had some at daycare or maybe since its featured prominently on the Micky Halloween episode, he just thinks he likes it. Either way, he has informed me that he loves Halloween. He's fascinated by all the decorations and points out bats, "piders", and pumpkins everywhere we go. Wait till he figures out he actually gets candy on Halloween, he's really going to love it then. Until he figures out that Mommy and Daddy control the candy intake and with all his energy it will be very limited.
Just SHUT UP Award
And the award goes to..... My Wack Job Trouble Maker Neighbor
Tonight, after I'd been home for a half hour or so, my neighbor, good friend, and fellow board member, knocked on my door to let me know I had a "present" waiting for me. She had an identical one in her door. It was a letter from the neighborhood wack job trouble maker in response to a letter the board had sent to her about letting her pit bull roam the neighborhood pooping in other people's yards (which, if you don't know, is illegal in MD as well as being against association rules). Her response was to copy the letter and write on it "When the board starts following the rules, give me a call. Otherwise FU". She did at least have the courtesy to use the abbreviation as I wrote it rather than spelling it out but the intention is there and I'm beyond angry and though I've been venting all night, I still need to vent so here goes:
Dear Neighborhood Wack Job Trouble Maker:
How dare you use such language with me? I have done absolutely nothing to you. You broke the rules and you got caught (I'm not the one who complained about you). According to the rules, you get a letter telling you to stop doing what you were doing and if you continue and get caught again, you'll be fined. I didn't make the rules, they were in place when I joined the board. You have done nothing but cause trouble as long as I've lived here. That's right, I haven't forgotten that right after I moved in you left a letter in everyone's door about why we shouldn't vote for a board member in the elections that night because they were a horrible racist person. You made quite an impression on me with that nasty letter. Since then, you have complained constantly and the board has done its best to listen to your complaints and to try to appease you. You have personally attacked another board member to the point of slander! We begged you to come to a meeting, even going so far as to ask you for an agenda of items you wanted to discuss, so we could be prepared with answers for you and you didn't bother to show up. You have involved yourself in board business to the point of interference. You have sent horribly nasty emails to the board and your letter tonight was the last straw. You didn't even have the decency to knock on my door and hand it to me. I was home, my car was in my reserved spot and yet you took the chicken's way out and chose to slip it in my door. It's much easier to write FU in a letter than to say it to our faces. If you were as brave as your words make you out to be, you would come to a meeting and discuss your issues with the board as a reasonable person instead of swearing at us and threatening lawsuits. You want to get a lawyer and sue us, go right ahead. We have kept copies of all your nasty-grams and have followed our rules and by-laws to the letter. Who do you think is going to win in court? Obviously, you're stupid enough to think you would, but we already have a lawyer at the management company and they make sure that everything we do is in accordance with the law so good luck to you. If you are so unhappy, why don't you just move and go be someone elses problem. I'm just tired of dealing with you. I didn't volunteer to be on the board so I could be verbally abused. Keep it up lady and I'm going to the cops and you'll find yourself on the other end of a law suit.
Writing all that was cathartic. I do feel a bit better. It would feel so good to walk up to her and say all that but I won't stoop to her level. What goes around comes around and she'll get hers in the end.
Tonight, after I'd been home for a half hour or so, my neighbor, good friend, and fellow board member, knocked on my door to let me know I had a "present" waiting for me. She had an identical one in her door. It was a letter from the neighborhood wack job trouble maker in response to a letter the board had sent to her about letting her pit bull roam the neighborhood pooping in other people's yards (which, if you don't know, is illegal in MD as well as being against association rules). Her response was to copy the letter and write on it "When the board starts following the rules, give me a call. Otherwise FU". She did at least have the courtesy to use the abbreviation as I wrote it rather than spelling it out but the intention is there and I'm beyond angry and though I've been venting all night, I still need to vent so here goes:
Dear Neighborhood Wack Job Trouble Maker:
How dare you use such language with me? I have done absolutely nothing to you. You broke the rules and you got caught (I'm not the one who complained about you). According to the rules, you get a letter telling you to stop doing what you were doing and if you continue and get caught again, you'll be fined. I didn't make the rules, they were in place when I joined the board. You have done nothing but cause trouble as long as I've lived here. That's right, I haven't forgotten that right after I moved in you left a letter in everyone's door about why we shouldn't vote for a board member in the elections that night because they were a horrible racist person. You made quite an impression on me with that nasty letter. Since then, you have complained constantly and the board has done its best to listen to your complaints and to try to appease you. You have personally attacked another board member to the point of slander! We begged you to come to a meeting, even going so far as to ask you for an agenda of items you wanted to discuss, so we could be prepared with answers for you and you didn't bother to show up. You have involved yourself in board business to the point of interference. You have sent horribly nasty emails to the board and your letter tonight was the last straw. You didn't even have the decency to knock on my door and hand it to me. I was home, my car was in my reserved spot and yet you took the chicken's way out and chose to slip it in my door. It's much easier to write FU in a letter than to say it to our faces. If you were as brave as your words make you out to be, you would come to a meeting and discuss your issues with the board as a reasonable person instead of swearing at us and threatening lawsuits. You want to get a lawyer and sue us, go right ahead. We have kept copies of all your nasty-grams and have followed our rules and by-laws to the letter. Who do you think is going to win in court? Obviously, you're stupid enough to think you would, but we already have a lawyer at the management company and they make sure that everything we do is in accordance with the law so good luck to you. If you are so unhappy, why don't you just move and go be someone elses problem. I'm just tired of dealing with you. I didn't volunteer to be on the board so I could be verbally abused. Keep it up lady and I'm going to the cops and you'll find yourself on the other end of a law suit.
Writing all that was cathartic. I do feel a bit better. It would feel so good to walk up to her and say all that but I won't stoop to her level. What goes around comes around and she'll get hers in the end.
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