On our travels today, MonkeyBoy and I drove past a nudie bar with a giant inflatable monkey on its roof. MonkeyBoy excitedly exclaimed, “Look, a Monkey! You can play there!”. I told him that it wasn’t for kids, so he followed up with “Yes, it’s a play place for daddies. Girls [...]
Since I haven’t been feeling well, MonkeyBoy has been watching more television than is normal in our house. The other day I let him pick out whatever DVD he wanted to watch and he chose “Schoolhouse Rock”. I didn’t know if he’d like it, but he sat mesmerized for the length of the [...]
My dad called on Friday and asked if he could come to visit for the weekend. Considering they live 1000 miles away, it was an unusual request. Turns out he was flying for work and ended up stranded during his layover due to bad weather, so he rented a car and drove the four [...]
I was greeted this morning with a tackle hug and the exclamation “Happy Smother Day, Mommy!” I’m hoping MonkeyBoy just got the words a little mixed up and doesn’t think I’m too much of a smothering helicopter parent.
I ran out of anti-nausea meds, so I spent most of the day laying down. I [...]
MonkeyBoy likes to talk about the future and what will happen when he grows up. Sometimes he gets confused about what he’ll be. Last night he told us, “When I turn into a bird, I will poop on your window. And then I’ll fly away and poop somewhere else.”
Guess my parking under [...]
We’ve been swamped with work this week. MonkeyMan’s computer labs were broken and needed lots of attention. I had several major time-sensitive tasks at Job #1, more development tasks at Job #2, and then I was asked to make a cake for a friend’s daughter’s birthday today so my weekend is just now [...]
MonkeyBoy has started saying grace at dinner time. We all hold hands and then he recites The Simpson’s prayer:
Rub a dub dub,
Thanks for the grub.
Yay, God!
Amen.
Tonight at dinner he mixed it up a bit.
Rub a dub dub,
Thanks for the grub.
Yay, God.
Dot Com.
I think he’s definitely a techie like his folks.
And in the car this [...]
Not at all interested in Santa again this year. He refused to even remove his coat and clung to me like nobody’s business when I tried to set him on Santa’s lap. He told me “That was scary” when I stopped taking pictures. Of course, as soon as I downloaded the shots [...]
It’s MonkeyBoy’s week to take snacks again at preschool. You know what that means, more overachieving for me!
My parents are afraid the other mothers aren’t going to like me.
I started a new job today. It’s in a different unit within my same department and it’s in addition to my current job. So [...]
Today was the last day of a 30% off sale at Old Navy, so MonkeyBoy and I headed out this afternoon while MonkeyMan was attending a conference. MonkeyBoy has grown so much that he has poked holes in the feet of all of his footie pajamas, so I thought we might be able to [...]