You can all give Zeke a hearty congratulations.
Today he cut his fourth tooth. It's the lower left, second from the center.
Amazing.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
A Scream
Yesterday I observed Zeke's best defense against too much brotherly love.
When Victor got too near to Zeke, Zeke let out a piercing shriek/scream.
That child has some great diaphragm support. Between the intense shreiks and the razzing, he'll be a great brass player.
And here's a bad story: Victor, to my horror, gargled his sacarament water on Sunday. It was horrible. I plugged his nose immediately so he'd have to swallow, but our friends who sit in front of us had a hard time keeping straight faces. And these are pious, mature people, mind you.
It was very embarassing.
When Victor got too near to Zeke, Zeke let out a piercing shriek/scream.
That child has some great diaphragm support. Between the intense shreiks and the razzing, he'll be a great brass player.
And here's a bad story: Victor, to my horror, gargled his sacarament water on Sunday. It was horrible. I plugged his nose immediately so he'd have to swallow, but our friends who sit in front of us had a hard time keeping straight faces. And these are pious, mature people, mind you.
It was very embarassing.
Madame Speaker
I'm not a Nancy Pelosi fan, but I have got to say that she looked beautiful at the convention yesterday. That blue was gorgeous on her, and I think I've grown to covet those multi-colored pearls she wears so often.
I guess she's a role model after all.
I guess she's a role model after all.
A Bad Trip to Target
This morning was foggy and misty and damp. We skipped our usual outing to the playground and headed to Target.
"But didn't you go to Target yesterday?", you may ask.
Yes, we did. But we only spent $22.51. What kind of a trip to Target is that?
Plus, the kitchen rugs I bought weren't the right kind and didn't look right, and the eyeshadow I wanted wasn't there.
Today we went to the other Target near our house to see if we could find rugs and eyeshadow. We found some better rugs and we found the eyeshadow. So far, so good.
We found some diapers on sale and some stacking drawers that I sincerely hope will help tidy my closet floor.
But we had some problems.
One: the toddler/multi-child carts at this store are different from the kind at the other store. The other ones sit two toddlers next to each other and still let you buckle a baby into the cart seat. They are a little creaky to steer, you constantly kick the toddler part, and a toddler can kick the baby, but they work just fine.
These carts, however, buckle two toddlers facing (more or less) each other. They are much less creaky, but they drift when you walk. Those are mere cosmetic issues. The real defect is that you can't buckle the baby into the seat in the acutal cart. The leg holes are blocked and there is no belt.
So even if you put the baby in the cart seat (facing sideways), baby is free to pull up on the cart handle or seat, creating a real hazard and causing you to hold the baby as you push the drifting cart holding the toddler who keeps yelling, "Go this way. No! Go this way! No! This way! Not this way--this way!"
And then, when you finally get to the one checkout line that is open (and full of shoppers), the diapers ring up to cost $2.50 more than they were marked. And when you ask why, they send a person to look, which holds up the poor people behind you. And the clerk shouts your issue into the walkie-talkie and another clerk takes for-ev-er to figure out whether you bought Baby Dry Pampers or Huggies (I hate Huggies), and finally tell you that you bought the wrong size for the lower price.
No, I didn't. I bought the diapers that were labled with the lower price.
Arrrrrrrrrrrg. So I tell them to take the diapers off my order. And the lady behind me is sympathetic when I apologize because the same thing has happened to her at Target.
I always check my receipt at Target because this kind of thing frequently happens to me there. Once, I found $30 of errors in the store's favor, due mostly to mis-labled items.
Do you ever sing the "Ooo Ooo Ooo, I'm really, really mad" song from Barney? (It's the only Barney song I can stand.) I did today. Well, not out loud--just in my head. But when I took a few deep breaths, the mad still didn't go away. It relaxed some, though, and that's good enough.
"But didn't you go to Target yesterday?", you may ask.
Yes, we did. But we only spent $22.51. What kind of a trip to Target is that?
Plus, the kitchen rugs I bought weren't the right kind and didn't look right, and the eyeshadow I wanted wasn't there.
Today we went to the other Target near our house to see if we could find rugs and eyeshadow. We found some better rugs and we found the eyeshadow. So far, so good.
We found some diapers on sale and some stacking drawers that I sincerely hope will help tidy my closet floor.
But we had some problems.
One: the toddler/multi-child carts at this store are different from the kind at the other store. The other ones sit two toddlers next to each other and still let you buckle a baby into the cart seat. They are a little creaky to steer, you constantly kick the toddler part, and a toddler can kick the baby, but they work just fine.
These carts, however, buckle two toddlers facing (more or less) each other. They are much less creaky, but they drift when you walk. Those are mere cosmetic issues. The real defect is that you can't buckle the baby into the seat in the acutal cart. The leg holes are blocked and there is no belt.
So even if you put the baby in the cart seat (facing sideways), baby is free to pull up on the cart handle or seat, creating a real hazard and causing you to hold the baby as you push the drifting cart holding the toddler who keeps yelling, "Go this way. No! Go this way! No! This way! Not this way--this way!"
And then, when you finally get to the one checkout line that is open (and full of shoppers), the diapers ring up to cost $2.50 more than they were marked. And when you ask why, they send a person to look, which holds up the poor people behind you. And the clerk shouts your issue into the walkie-talkie and another clerk takes for-ev-er to figure out whether you bought Baby Dry Pampers or Huggies (I hate Huggies), and finally tell you that you bought the wrong size for the lower price.
No, I didn't. I bought the diapers that were labled with the lower price.
Arrrrrrrrrrrg. So I tell them to take the diapers off my order. And the lady behind me is sympathetic when I apologize because the same thing has happened to her at Target.
I always check my receipt at Target because this kind of thing frequently happens to me there. Once, I found $30 of errors in the store's favor, due mostly to mis-labled items.
Do you ever sing the "Ooo Ooo Ooo, I'm really, really mad" song from Barney? (It's the only Barney song I can stand.) I did today. Well, not out loud--just in my head. But when I took a few deep breaths, the mad still didn't go away. It relaxed some, though, and that's good enough.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Holy Cow Is It Raining!
It seems that Faye's residual precipitation has reached the Piedmont.
It is POURING outside. Yesterday we had medium to light rain all day. But it's been raining harder and harder all morning today.
Good points about rain:
--It helps the drought
--It waters the lawn
--The sound is pleasant
--Zeke takes longer naps
Bad points about rain:
--Jeremy may have to mow the lawn this weekend
--We can't go to the park
--Victor broke my umbrella, so if we go anywhere, I'm going to get wet
--Going anywhere is a major production
--We get a little nuts by the late afternoon
--It can make our satellite TV go out
I like the rain, but we'll see how I feel when it's still raining on Friday.
It is POURING outside. Yesterday we had medium to light rain all day. But it's been raining harder and harder all morning today.
Good points about rain:
--It helps the drought
--It waters the lawn
--The sound is pleasant
--Zeke takes longer naps
Bad points about rain:
--Jeremy may have to mow the lawn this weekend
--We can't go to the park
--Victor broke my umbrella, so if we go anywhere, I'm going to get wet
--Going anywhere is a major production
--We get a little nuts by the late afternoon
--It can make our satellite TV go out
I like the rain, but we'll see how I feel when it's still raining on Friday.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Mr. Victor the Mailman
Victor started a new game.
He comes us to me with his hand out and says, "Brought some mail for you."
Then I take the (imaginary) mail and look through it saying, "Here's a bill. Here's a magazine. Here's a letter from grandma."
Then I open and read to him a piece or two of the mail.
It's a fun game.
He comes us to me with his hand out and says, "Brought some mail for you."
Then I take the (imaginary) mail and look through it saying, "Here's a bill. Here's a magazine. Here's a letter from grandma."
Then I open and read to him a piece or two of the mail.
It's a fun game.
Walking Backwards
When an ostrich wishes to avoid detection, so I'm told, it buries its head in the sand.
When Victor wishes to avoid detection, he walks backwards.
For example: Victor comes into the living room with some food in his hand. I tell him to take his food into the kitchen. He returns to the kitchen.
He then edges back into the living room, taking backwards baby steps.
I tell him to return to the kitchen. He pretends not to hear me. He seems to believe that he cannot, in fact, hear me as long as his back is turned.
We go through this routine whenever Victor knows that he is doing something naughty.
When Victor wishes to avoid detection, he walks backwards.
For example: Victor comes into the living room with some food in his hand. I tell him to take his food into the kitchen. He returns to the kitchen.
He then edges back into the living room, taking backwards baby steps.
I tell him to return to the kitchen. He pretends not to hear me. He seems to believe that he cannot, in fact, hear me as long as his back is turned.
We go through this routine whenever Victor knows that he is doing something naughty.
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