Wambling Wednesday

I'm back for another edition of Wambling Wednesday!!! It has already been established that I'm a huge dork so I'm not going to feel embarassed anymore and just dive right in....
* I came home the other day to find a Jehova's Witness flyer in my door. Seriously. We live 25 minutes from the nearest store and 10+ minutes up a mountain and down a long dirt driveway with a gate at the entrance.

* We are trying to "break" Little Man of wearing his diaper to bed. When we first potty trained him he was great - but I felt like he needed to wear a diaper at night just in case.... He was doing awesome, he woke up every morning to a dry, or at least near dry diaper. Well, then he got lazy. Now he doesn't want to take it off in the morning, he wants to leave it on while he slowly wakes up. He'll literally sit at the breakfast table and go potty in his diaper out of laziness which is maddening to me. SO I have lined his mattress with plastic and we have been putting him to bed sans diaper for the past couple of nights. I'm hoping it clicks with him soon that he doesn't like waking up to a wet bed.

* I have a MOUNTAIN of laundry today. It seems like Wednesdays are my first calm day of the week where I have a chance to catch up on things. I'm always stunned by the amount of laundry that can pile up so quickly.

* Brian tucked Baby Sis into bed last night but first lay down with her on the spare bed in her room to snuggle for a while. According to him this is their conversation:
Baby Sis "Dah-eee?" (translate-Daddy?)
Brian "What Sis?"
"Aht derr" she says, pointing to the living room (translate-out there)
"No, Sis. Can't go out there and play. It's night-night time."
"Dah-eee?"
"What Sis?"
"Papa"
"Yes, you went to see Grandma & Papa tonight didn't you??"
"uh-huh. Dah-eee?"
"What Sis?"
"Poopy."
"No, Sis. You're not poopy. Go night-night."
He said they went back and forth for a while and it was so cute. I wish you could just hear her little voice. She's talking so much more lately. I picked her up from the daycare at the gym the other day and the daycare worker told me they'd just gotten done having a whole conversation about how she was hungry and wanted to eat when I picked her up. "And the weird thing was that I could totally understand her" said the daycare lady.

Wambling Wednesday

It's time for MORE Wambling Wednesday. Yes, yes. I am OFFICIALLY a dork now. But you all knew that anyway so here goes....
* Re: my previous post - the toaster is fine. It just sparked and flipped a breaker so I am spared of having to purchase a new one.
* My kids both took really long naps today - and I hate to admit this - but it was GREAT. I took a bath, cleaned the house, ate lunch, read the paper. Wow. It's been a long time since they've both been down at the same time for a long-ish nap.
* Little Man & Daddy were wrestling the other night & Little Man bonked his noggin on the edge of the toy box and cried and ended up with a nice sized bluish goose egg. So he's been going around telling everyone "look what Daddy did to me". He told me today after Pre-School that his teacher asked him what happened to his forehead and that he went into great detail telling her that Daddy pushed him into the toy box. Great. Just waiting for the phone call from CPS.
* I've been cleaning like a mad woman. Got family coming tomorrow (Brian's mom & sister) to stay for a couple days and our small little house is not known for its cleanliness. It is, however, known for sticky handprints and crumbs under the couch cushions. And the occasional half-eaten apple found in a drawer.
* I forgot to bring my camera but we all went on a hay ride with our church on Sunday night then played in the gym and ate treats afterwards. Us grown-ups mingled and drank coffee while the rug rats ran around chasing basketballs. Baby Sis managed to grab about 5 cookies off the table that were just within reach. We had lots of fun. I love our little country church. It's so awesome that we can start a hay ride right from our church and head out to the farm fields. I think it's so ideal.
* I am so, so, SO excited that I get to run errands tonight WITHOUT my children. Love 'em, but hate shopping with them!! I am going grocery shopping to stock up for our company AND to look for Halloween costumes because it's 9 days away and they still don't have them!! Before becoming a mom I would've never thought that I'd be so excited to shop alone.

Wambling Wednesday

"Wambling Wednesday"??? Yes, I know. I'm weird. I was trying to think of something cute but the W throws me off. I was going to copy MckMama with "Wordless Wednesday" but for those of you who know me I am far too chatty for that. Wambling (as in Rambling) seems to fit me better, especially since I'm having all these rambling thoughts today...... AND since my kids are watching "Baby Looney Tunes" right now I have a certain wabbit on the brain.
Okay! So enough with the introductions! I am officially launching "Wambling Wednesday"!!

1. I love that my 2 kids are friends (and rivals) yet in that friendship they suddenly have a shared enemy.... ME!!! Just today, after his nap, after I told Little Man for the 10th time that he could NOT eat handfuls of chocolate chips he dissolved into a cranky fit and sought out his Baby Sis. They stood there, holding eachother, swaying back and forth like kids at a middle school dance while he wailed at the top of his lungs seeking sympathy. She patted him repeatedly as if saying "there, there, I KNOW! Isn't she mean?!"
2. Is becoming obsessed with blogging (and reading other blogs) making me a better, or a worse mother? In a way I say better, because I learn things and get support from the other bloggers.... But obviously it's making me a bit distracted as well - because just as I finished writing #1 I turned to share in my kids' laughter.... only to discover that what I thought was a cute game of chase around the couch was actually them unravelling my whole box of floss around (and around) the couch and themselves!

There was more but #2 has me feeling guilty for ignoring my children. I'll finish later!! OK I'm back...

3. Does anyone else ever chew up a treat only to then feel so guilty about it that you spit the treat out after you've got a good, guilty taste of it? I did that today with both chocolate chips and animal crackers. Sugar that I DO not need, but tastes so good...
4. I love leftover night. The kitchen will remain (somewhat) clean, and I do not have to throw something together with the kids underfoot. I love that I already have a nice pot of (leftover) chili waiting for me in the fridge. Ah... It's nice to actually enjoy my family instead of bonding with the stove.
5. I love the church that we go to since moving to our property out here in the country. (I feel like I should say that with a Southern twang). It already feels like home. Doesn't that say it all? It doesn't get any better than that.

Ok - I'm done Wambling for now.... gonna go play with the rugrats outside so they can burn off some energy. See ya next Wednesday for more!