Also, Bianca told Claire today at the park that she wanted to marry Lennon. She wants him to give her a really big, sparkly, pink ring and she wants to give him a big sparkly, red ring. Claire and the kids are leaving for Oregon for three weeks in the morning and Walderi is leaving for Brazil for a week on Thursday, so we will be all alone in this big house for a while. To make matters worse, Shelby is leaving for New York on Friday morning, so all weekend the kids and I are going to be all alone. Sad face. Next week Mia has theatre camp all day from 8 30 until 2 30 and I'm keeping one of Lennon's friends during the day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for a little extra cash, so we'll be pretty busy. The next week though, Claire and Amy are going to be out of town. I'm not sure what we're all going to do that week. Anyone have lots of extra frequent flyer miles? I'm sure the time is going to fly by. After all, most normal people don't live next door to a friend they can spend almost every day with without going crazy. We'll manage. I think it will be a nice break for everyone. Each day that passes brings us one day closer to Mia starting second grade. I wish every day that I thought I would be a better home school mom. I just don't think I'd be as good as I would want to be without putting all kinds of crazy effort into it. I'll just have to see how this year goes. I'm also waiting to see how Claire does with home schooling Mateus. I think that will give me a good gauge of how I would be. We have similar motivation levels.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Blibbidy Blab, Blah, Blah, Blah
Tawdee --color (as in he wants a color bath. we have these bath tablets that color the water. He usually wants pink.)
Birthday PIcs: Part II - The Beach
Lennon reluctantly about to share his tiddy taat towel with Bianca
These two babies absolutely LOVE the water. They are fearless.
Mia showing she is king of the mountain. The first thing we did when we got to the beach was build this little pool for the babies to play in so we could relax on the sand for a while. It turned out it was a major hit for all the kids.
Mia and Mateus showing off some of the seaweed they found. They thought it was pretty funny because they eat seaweed from Whole Foods.
Lennon "tiimiieen" (swimming)
After a long day at the beach these two cashed out in the car on the quick trip home. Luckily it wasn't too hot that day, so we were able to let them sleep in the car for about another twenty minutes after arriving home.
Mia made Lennon this cozy little bed after we got home. He was more exhausted than I've ever seen him, but still in a really sweet mood.
Long Awaited Birthday Pictures:Part I
Night before baking his special request strawberry Elmo cupcakes. I used the same recipe as I used for Mia's cake, only this time I did it right and they turned out super yummy, even without sugar!
These two LOVE helping in the kitchen.
The happy family, birthday morning.
Just lookin' cool in his truck from Gaga.
Mia giving her baby brother a birthday hug. She gave him that white stuffed dog as a birthday gift. She has loved it for a long time and decided she wanted to pass it along to him. He's also checkin' out his tool kit that came with his truck.
Lennon specifically wanted to go to Pignones for breakfast. What did he want? A cheeseburger of course. Here he is pioneering eating cheeseburgers with a fork.
A birthday kiss with Daddy
A Few More "Ennon" Words
tudeeaaii --Corduroy, the bear
tadeees --flowers
tudee tuck --fire truck
iddy --really
Iiiiii?? --Why (he asks this about EVERYTHING right now)
tsi tsi piiii --Sissy Pie (one of his names for Mia)
His word for pacifier is so similar to his word for Corduroy that I cannot think of it right now. I'll have to wait for him to wake up so that I can hear him say it. Strange that his words for Corduroy and pacifier are so similar. He's a strange guy.
He actually watched some of Elmo in Grouchland this morning while snuggling with Elmo. He set up pillows for both himself and for Elmo on his Sesame Street couch and snuggled with Elmo while viewing the movie. The Elmo live kept talking too much so Lennon requested that I turn him off because "Elmo tooo ooouuud, Mommyyyyy. Tuun off Elmo. Elmo toooo ooouuuud." He enjoyed Elmo's company much more when he was muted. He must get that from his father.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Pibey Man
Lennon thinks Spider Man is super awesome. He tells us "Pibey Man say BAM!" If I want him to eat something I just have to tell him that Spider Man eats it and it makes him strong and helps him say "BAM." He has a couple pairs of Pibey Man pajamas and thinks they are the coolest thing in the whole world. I don't know where his love of Spider Man came from, but it's pretty cute to see him so fascinated with something. He still won't watch the cartoon or anything. I never thought I would want my kid to watch more tv, but a little tv now and then sure is a nice Mommy break and this guy will just not watch it. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to parent him for now.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Life Lessons
Mia spent the day with her friend Chloe today. This is the friend who lives in Winchester. To give you a little insight - Winchester is this town here that is unlike any other town around really. As soon as you enter this town's limits you hear Disney birds chirping merrily. The parks are greener and the streets are wider. All the residents of this town just seem happier than other people. It's cleaner and safer and has better schools than any other town around. The houses are all much bigger than could possibly be necessary and all the people living in them have happiness that is multiplied by the millions.
Okay, okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. It is a really nice town. This is the friend who made Mia realize almost a year ago that we had less money than some other people. In particular, she was up set that our house was not four stories and that we did not have one, let alone multiple, fireplaces within our simple, Malden home. The friend and her family are all lovely and have never at any point made any of us feel less than they are. It was simply Mia's perception.
Back to today - when they showed up to drop Mia off this evening Lennon had gone to bed already. They had spent the day frolicking in the country club pool and lunching over white table cloths at the club restaurant. They almost had a double tennis lesson, but the timing was just slightly off. After all this, I imagined Mia would come home feeling even more financially inferior. Especially since we just told her last night that Shelby no longer had a job. I was expecting her to come home spewing all the wonderful activities they had done over the day and gushing about how wonderfully amazing the club was, etc., etc. To my surprise, The mother and Chloe walked Mia up to our front door, Mia took Chloe up to show her the pinkest bedroom ever and then I took the girls out back to show Chloe "the wilderness." Apparently, Mia had been touting the wonders of our backyard all day long. As soon as we rounded the corner and had a full view of the back yard Chloe said in awe, "Oh Mia! Your house is soo much cooler than mine."
Now, in no way do I want anyone to feel that their house in inferior or superior to anyone else's. I just thought it was a perfect example to Mia of the concept that I have tried to explain to her. Everyone has different things in their lives that they wish were different. Everyone wants what they don't have. It's hard to appreciate your own life sometimes, but just being aware that nothing is ever going to be enough is a good start. I hope that she can find happiness inside herself and not have to look to stuff to make her feel whole.
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