The vast bulk of my conversation in a given day lately has gone something like this:
P: Mama, I have a surprise for you!
M: Oh, how exciting! What is it?
P: (mysteriously) It’s a surprise
M: Ok! Can I have it?
P: Yes! Here it is! (hands me an invisible package)
M: Ooh! What is it?
P: Unwrap it!
M: Ok! [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Pop Quizzes
Posted in comedy, housekeeping on April 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I love you best
Posted in add another chunk to the therapy fund, coparenting on April 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ex calls Phoebe up to several times a day, usually for no more than a minute or two. I generally put him on speakerphone so it’s easier for her to manage the phone, and so I can monitor the conversation.
The other day they were talking and I heard her say “I love you best”. [...]
The Mama’s A Total Doofus Award (or, Silver Linings and Clouds)
Posted in comedy on April 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We made oatmeal cookies today and I forgot to put in the sugar. Oops, yuck.
However, I told Phoebe she could have as many as she wanted, and that she could have them for breakfast (raisins and oatmeal and no sugar, how bad can it be?), so I was really popular for a while this afternoon. [...]
Today we…
Posted in good mother on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
• Made (more) playdough
• Played Concentration, Go Fish AND Old Maid
• Did mazes and counting and numbers in Phoebe’s ’school’ workbook
• Repotted phlox (I know, it’s supposed to be ground cover and I put it in a container. So sue me.)
• Took a long walk/tricycle ride with a cousin who made dandelion jewelry for Phoebe
• [...]
Dismal
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Gymnastics is at 1pm. Phoebe loves it. She hasn’t been for several weeks, maybe more than a month, due to illness, traveling, various reasons.
Today:
10:30am-11:45am : Several times I remind Phoebe that gymnastics is today. She toys with the idea of not going, and I tell her that I think if she goes she’ll really like [...]
Great Legs
Posted in comedy on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I was preparing to get into the bathtub with Phoebe today, she looked appraisingly and said thoughtfully, “I like your legs. I like the curve of them”. I was touched and pleased, obviously, and deeply thankful that she didn’t say, “I like the jiggly wrinkly parts,” which seemed highly likely.
No, no photos this time.
Posted in add another chunk to the therapy fund, housekeeping on April 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m considering buying a new comforter. The old one is at least 10 years old, and has been through a lot. Oh, and Phoebe threw up all over it yesterday. There was really a spectacular amount of vomit, especially from a kid who had ingested almost nothing all day. Poor kid.
I felt very guilty afterwards [...]
Playdough and Dirt
Posted in coparenting, mama-kid activities on April 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the day before our monthly 600-mile round trip to visit Phoebe’s father. At least, that’s why he thinks we go. We really go to see friends and visit the place we lived until 9 months ago until I ran screaming from the state in a frantic bid for escape we moved to my [...]
Gardening
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We started a garden today. By which I mean, we went into the backyard with some rakes and a little hand tiller and destroyed a tiny patch of grass.
Meanwhile I seem to have gotten the hang of posting pictures, finally. It involves an alternate web browser, which doesn’t thrill me, but c’est la vie.
It’s a [...]
