Out of the running

I've never claimed to be mother of the year, but just in case my kids thought I was in the running I've really managed to dispel it in the last 24 hours! My brain is apparently on overload because I've lacked in several important "mommy moments". The first was yesterday afternoon. As I was waiting on my children to arrive home from school in the steady rain, I realized I had neglected to make sure they had taken umbrellas to school with them. Oops! Fortunately, being kids, they didn't mind terribly much. This morning I remind HT to go up and get dressed and he comes back and tells me that he is out of underwear. I go up to double-check, and sure enough it seems I'm way behind in laundry! The worst though, involved my daughter. She lost a tooth at school yesterday, and the tooth fairy FORGOT! This has happened to her before so she was fairly philosophical about it, but as the person who is supposed to "call the tooth fairy", I felt very badly.

There's baseball in the air...

...the airwaves that is! Today, WLW out of Cincinnati broadcast the first exhibition game. Nothing can make me feel like spring is close like the crack of the bat and Marty's voice on the radio! With the temps today in the 50's, it really feels like Spring and baseball season are just around the corner!

Ouch! Lesson learned

I am stubborn. While at times this can be beneficial, usually I find that it isn't. We have this very old chair in our dining room that sits at our computer desk. It came along in the marriage to my husband. I love this chair because I find it soOOOOO comfortable. Being a stay-at-home mom provides the opportunity to spend many hours at the home computer and a comfortable chair is a must! This chair has been slowly falling apart for about a year, but the rate of disintegration began increasing in the new year. My husband kept saying we needed to do something about it...get rid of it...find a better chair (he doesn't find it nearly as comfortable). I was stubborn though, and basically chose to ignore the problem. This morning, however, it could be ignored no longer. One of the legs began to come apart so I just put it back together in a simple manner. As I was sitting down I was having the thought, "I wonder how long this is going to hold," when I heard a creak. The chair fell into several pieces, I fell with it and managed to bang my head on the plaster wall in the process. Okay, I think it's time for a new chair. In the meantime I'll use a very uncomfortable dining room chair. And HT (5 years old) has assured me that he'll fix it when he's grown up.

Almost over

I'm happy that February is almost over. It's just never been a month that I was ever "gung ho" about. I think it's mostly the gloomy weather. The nice thing about March is that you've got a good shot at having some really decent days, and spring does officially begin! It's going to be a long month at school though, as there are no breaks or days off at all. I'll definitely be ready for spring, and spring break, when the time arrives!

Like mother, like son?

In our house, we have two bathrooms and three children. This of course means that there are times when a child has to stand in line and wait in order to use the bathroom. This happened this evening at bedtime. Our oldest was upstairs taking a shower, and I sent JC to use the downstairs restroom. I gave HT his nightly vitamin and then sent him to wait in line to use the downstairs bathroom after his sister was finished. From the next room I could hear her yell, "Keep the door closed!" I went in and reminded HT that he needed to keep the door closed and wait until his turn. He crossed his arms and announced quite sternly, "I am out of patience!" Gee, I can't imagine where he would have ever heard that before!

A great weekend

Everyone in our family had a wonderful weekend. The kids loved every minute of being overnight guests with my best friend, her husband, and their little girl. They couldn't stop talking about it after we got home yesterday. They were also exhausted which was wonderful! Early bedtimes for them! The adults also loved the weekend. We had some maintenance issues at the hotel but were compensated for those, and we all looked lovely in our formal evening wear. Lots of laughs were shared by all and we loved it!

On a lighter note

The kids have been excited as I've been packing their bags for the weekend. HT doesn't have preschool on Fridays, so he was home with me all day as I was getting everything packed. As I laid out the clothes in the living we discussed many things, including how much fun he was going to have and how long he would be gone, and he watched as I packed his bag. Later as he was getting out of the bath tub, I asked him if he remembered how many nights he was going to be gone. He replied, "Yep. Two nights and three underwears!" (I had thrown in an extra pair just in case. He is five after all). I was amused by his perspective on time-telling!