Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Christmas Tree
Brady decked out in his new Babylegs from Cotton Babies....putting the final touches on our Christmas tree.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Haircut
It has been quite a long time since my last post....however I believe this morning's events merit formal documentation. The day started like pretty much any other, Brady up at 6:30 am asking for "dinnow" (aka dinner aka breakfast). We had just one errand to run this morning before taking Brady to get his hair cut. We arrived at the salon 20 minutes after it opened and it was PACKED. There were 3 other children ahead of Brady. Okay I thought- no problem. I'll just let Brady play with the toys until his turn.
In the back of my mind I knew we would be getting dangerously close to both lunch and nap time. Plus he had not eaten snack. But he was in such a good mood and Drew was sleeping.... 30 minutes later it was our turn. Now this is not the first time Brady has had his hair cut. Nor is it the first time we have gone to this salon. It is designed specifically for children. They have cars and trucks you sit in while getting your hair cut, they have a TV with the ability to play a different movie in front of each station, pretty much anything a kid needs for distraction.
The instant I set Brady down into his police car chair he was hysterical. By this point, Drew had also woken up, was hungry and crying. I tried bribing Brady with fruitsnacks, singing, counting (which he loves to do). Nothing worked. He proceeded to cry in hysterics the entire time he had his hair cut. I actually had to hold him on my lap and hold his head so that the poor girl cutting his hair could finish. And the winner for Mom-Of-The-Year goes to....
He stopped crying the instant she was done. So I paid and got us out of there as fast as humanly possible. I got everyone buckled in and Drew had also finally stopped crying. I had been craving a latte all morning long. But there was no way I coud chance a stop. Drew was bound to break down crying of hunger again soon.
We pulled in the garage at 11:30 am. At this point I had eaten a couple of peanut butter crackers for breakfast, but nothing else including no latte. I was starving, but so were both of the boys. I instantly shoved 3 sugar cookies into my mouth. Some might call this emotional eating. I refer to it as Mommy Munching. It happens when you are so busy wrangling kiddos that you do not get to eat yourself. So when you finally shove something - anything into your mouth - it isn't exactly what we would put on the top 10 Superfoods list.
Both boys have eaten and they are down for nap (phew). I have Christmas decorating to finish, diapers to wash, 3 loads of laundry to do....and I haven't had lunch yet (where is that darn latte). Luckily there is a pre-made salad in the fridge for me. Or maybe I'll just go eat a couple more cookies!
In the back of my mind I knew we would be getting dangerously close to both lunch and nap time. Plus he had not eaten snack. But he was in such a good mood and Drew was sleeping.... 30 minutes later it was our turn. Now this is not the first time Brady has had his hair cut. Nor is it the first time we have gone to this salon. It is designed specifically for children. They have cars and trucks you sit in while getting your hair cut, they have a TV with the ability to play a different movie in front of each station, pretty much anything a kid needs for distraction.
The instant I set Brady down into his police car chair he was hysterical. By this point, Drew had also woken up, was hungry and crying. I tried bribing Brady with fruitsnacks, singing, counting (which he loves to do). Nothing worked. He proceeded to cry in hysterics the entire time he had his hair cut. I actually had to hold him on my lap and hold his head so that the poor girl cutting his hair could finish. And the winner for Mom-Of-The-Year goes to....
He stopped crying the instant she was done. So I paid and got us out of there as fast as humanly possible. I got everyone buckled in and Drew had also finally stopped crying. I had been craving a latte all morning long. But there was no way I coud chance a stop. Drew was bound to break down crying of hunger again soon.
We pulled in the garage at 11:30 am. At this point I had eaten a couple of peanut butter crackers for breakfast, but nothing else including no latte. I was starving, but so were both of the boys. I instantly shoved 3 sugar cookies into my mouth. Some might call this emotional eating. I refer to it as Mommy Munching. It happens when you are so busy wrangling kiddos that you do not get to eat yourself. So when you finally shove something - anything into your mouth - it isn't exactly what we would put on the top 10 Superfoods list.
Both boys have eaten and they are down for nap (phew). I have Christmas decorating to finish, diapers to wash, 3 loads of laundry to do....and I haven't had lunch yet (where is that darn latte). Luckily there is a pre-made salad in the fridge for me. Or maybe I'll just go eat a couple more cookies!
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