For the first time in about two months, Rick was going to pick Mallory up from daycare yesterday so I could have an afternoon to myself. Remember back in July, when we last tried this plan? I should have learned my lesson then (click here for the story).
I had plans to go get my hair cut & colored & made pretty but first I had to swing by the house to let the dog out. I had about five minutes to make this stop if I wanted to make it to my hair appointment on time.
I stepped up to the …
Category: coops
Freeze Frame
My little girl has been FUNNY the past couple of days.
First, here are some more of her new phrases:
Me too!
My turn
Want some? – this is said as she walks through the house with a bowl and a spoon, pretending like she is whipping up something tasty, and then she offers it to us with a sweet “want dom, mommy? want dom daddy?” Tonight she took it up a notch and asked me if Cooper wanted some, so she fed some to Cooper. And then she turned to the TV and tried to feed the people on TV.
Not a phrase but …
I'm back!
I made it home from Austin and successfully avoided the hurricane that was heading that way.
Here is what has happened last week:
Cooper usually went to my dad’s house for the day. One day when Rick & Mallory went to pick him up after bootball practice, Mallory and my dad got into an argument about who’s name is Mimi. My dad kept pointing to himself saying “Grandpa!” and then pointing at Mallory saying “MIMI!” and Mallory would get SO MAD and would point at him and say “NO – YOU MIMI!”. My dad said this went on for a few minutes …
Buhbuh, ME!
The latest funny thing to come out of Mallory’s mouth is when she is doing something (brushing her teeth, playing with her sunglasses, etc), she tries to show Cooper what she’s doing and says “Buhbuh, ME!” as in “Hey Cooper, check out what I am doing!”. Cooper never pays any attention to her but it’s still funny to watch her try to show off for him.
And tonight after her bath, she went running into her room and heard Cooper coming up behind her. She stopped at the doorway of her room and held up both of her hands and yelled …
Our little pish
Another little posting drought. So sorry.
Here is a collection of short stories from the past few days.
Mallory can finally stand up (with her head above water) at the sandbar on our lake. We went out yesterday with my sister’s kids and she wanted her boat coat off so off it came and I was surprised to see that she could touch. She had SO.MUCH.FUN. jumping around with Shane & Lauren. We went back out later when Rick got home and she showed off her new “pish” (that’s fish in Mallorian) skills. She got braver and actually ended up underwater a …
Out little pish
Another little posting drought. So sorry.
Here is a collection of short stories from the past few days.
Mallory can finally stand up (with her head above water) at the sandbar on our lake. We went out yesterday with my sister’s kids and she wanted her boat coat off so off it came and I was surprised to see that she could touch. She had SO.MUCH.FUN. jumping around with Shane & Lauren. We went back out later when Rick got home and she showed off her new “pish” (that’s fish in Mallorian) skills. She got braver and actually ended up underwater a …
Not for lack of material
Oh man. I am a bad blogger. Today was the first day in, um, forever I think, that I got ZERO hits on my blog. We have to fix that.
And since I already typed this out once today in an IM, I am just going to cut & paste here. This was my Wednesday night. Enjoy.
rick was supposed to bring cooper to my dad’s for the day
i was supposed to watch emily’s kids from 5.30-7.30 (overlap between her work & michael’s sked)
so M & i were going to spend the in between time w/ rick at his work
so …
While the girls were up north…
(Back story: because of Rick’s work schedule this weekend – our friends Larry & Cheri were going to help with Cooper duty. Cooper went to their house on Thursday morning and would stay there until Rick could get him after work on Friday. Then on Saturday & Sunday L&C would come let Cooper out. )
But here is how the weekend went down:
On our way up north Thursday, Rick calls to tell me that Larry told him that Cooper peed three times in L&C’s house and can I call Cheri and find out what is going on. Um, why didn’t you …
Almost in Trouble
From the minute I picked her up from daycare yesterday, I was prepping Mallory for the fact that she was going to sleep in her OWN bed. I don’t mind letting her sleep in our bed as a treat but the night before last (Monday night) she ended up in our bed all night and I got zero sleep.
So, whenever I’d tell her “you are going to sleep in your own bed tonight!”, Mallory would reply, “mmmooooo”, while shaking her head, “mommy bee-bee (which I am guessing means bed)”.
Well, when it was time to put Mallory down, she protested for …
My not-so-relaxing afternoon
Seeing as how my opportunities to come home from work and have a few hours to myself are about to disappear when football starts on Sunday, I figured I’d take advantage of Rick having somewhat normal hours and leave Mallory at school and let him pick her up. I thought I’d come home, take Cooper for a long walk in the woods, maybe fold some laundry and just relax.
Here is how my “relaxing” afternoon went:
Got home and as I’m unlocking the door, I see Cooper has the contents of our boat bag spread out all over the entryway. A chewed …