I could tell you about how the boys came home from day care SUPER CRAZY and I had the brilliant idea to salvage the night by getting a Maggie Moo's ice cream pizza just like in Team Umi Zoomi but then I learned Maggie Moo's can SUCK IT because the "pizza sauce" is STAINING red frosting and things spiraled so out of control the rest of the night that I hid in my bedroom blaring music to get a breather.
Instead I will tell you about how each morning this week, Alex has woken me up by climbing into bed with a photo album of my life with Jon before kids, looked through pictures, and asked a ton of questions, all while giggling and saying "Mommy look at this one, I love it!" It is one of the sweetest ways I've ever woken up.
And I will tell you how I finally forgave Ryan Murphy for abandoning Nip/Tuck in its final season but fortunately his talent for combining witty dialogue, juicy plot lines, and great music did not die with the end of Nip/Tuck and I am quite enjoying seeing him use this talent on Glee.
Twihards you will never win me over to the dark side but Gleehards you had me at Don't Stop Believing.
(even though I will always be bitter bitter bitter about that last terrible season of Nip/Tuck)
(and I will never ever buy another ice cream pizza)
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LOL. Ice cream pizza? The part about Alex looking through the albums is too, too sweet. When William looks at pictures of us pre-kids, he repeatedly asks, "But where was I? Where was I mommy? But where WAS I?" Nothing like the egocentricity of a 3-year-old!
The SUCK IT part of this post is hilarious.
You are hilarious.
Don't let your kids see our notebook from high school.
GLEE!!!! Every time I hear Don't Stop Believing I have the urge to spray paint my lawn.
I love the photo album bit about Alex, but all I can think is "Laura finally watched GLEE!"
Aw, how sweet with Alex looking through the photo album each morning.
WTH was Maggie Moos thinking about the pizza sauce?
Ouch, you know it's bad when you have to force yourself to notice the good things that are going on. At least Alex has given you this little treat to start the days.
Nip/tuck was awful this season, but I kept watching anyway to see if it would get better. Love the suck it comment ... that and "suck it up, buttercup" are 2 of my favorite phrases. Good luck for the rest of the week. You are a superwoman!
Oh, boy, the "single" parenting. When TH's mom was sick and passed away last month he was gone for thirteen days. Thirteen looooooong days. There were some pretty rough moments in there with a 4yr old who doesn't nap anymore and a 6 mth old who doesn't sleep at night, and work, and daycare, and a whole week off with just me and the two of them...
On the other hand after those two weeks I feel so confident in my parenting skills! TH still gets stressed when I work on Saturdays and he has the boys all day, while I'm so much calmer and self-assured on my weeks off with them now.
Twilight's ok. I'm still not completely sold on Glee...although I could watch a whole hour of the Sue Sylvester character every day.
I picked Ada up from preschool today with the great idea to get a treat with her, as one of those impromptu special her and me things (look, no babies, look only ice cream for ada!). This was all great during the trip to the ice cream store and the library, but later (in the post-ice cream crash) oh did it suck. And we didn't even have any frosting on our rug.
Love Glee, almost despite myself.
Oh God, how you have taken me back. When my first daughter was about 13, 14 months, I had gone down to part-time work. My husband is a firefighter, and was trying to pick up extra shifts, so I would be the only one there for a couple days at a shot. Oh my goodness those were long, long-g-g-g-g-g-g days! I loved your story about the photo album, too. There's so much stress involved with parenting and we're all trying to do the best job we can. I think we all need to pat ourselves on the back when we feel like we did/do a good job! Books and online articles help, as do blogs that let you share the frustrations and the joys. I like "Break Free of Parenting Pressures" by Debbie Pokornik. Lots of good advice -- including that the time, relationship-building and guidance you invest in the early years pays off bigtime in the teen years!
Ouch, and how sweet!
We did ice cream after daycare yesterday too: Baskin Robbins $.31 scoops.
Why have I never heard of an ice cream pizza. Do I live under a rock?
If, by chance, you have an iPhone, there is a Glee app that is a lot of fun. You get to sing, and it records you and you can join others, and, and, and....
Nooooooo to the pizza that is too bad.
But I love the photo album in the morning. What a way to wake up.
I have been the one traveling this week and have missed hearing about your adventures. I'm now catching up. Oh dear! Thank goodness for a weekend coming up. And if I remember correctly, you have fun plans for this weekend. That is great. You get LOTS of bonus points for trying to do the fun things...pizza ice cream, etc! You are superwoman!
The morning wake-up with the photo album is just too precious.
And you know I 100% agree with you about Ryan Murphy abandoning Nip/Tuck for Glee. I may never get you to squeal like a fangirl over Bella and Edward but maybe at a musical number or Sue Sylvester dig from Glee? I'll take it.
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