I’m feeling listy and wordpress is messing with me, not allowing me to make bulleted/numbered lists. What’s up with that? So bare with me while I attempt to make a list anyway.
1. Jack, Jack, Jack. Where should I begin? I’ve been feeling the heat from the neighbor girls to switch to one nap. They both have and it’s been difficult to coordinate schedules for playgroups etc. And I have to say, I’ve been pretty reluctant. I NEED that afternoon nap. Probably more than he does. But after a rather difficult weekend of napping, I decided I should try to push back his morning nap and have a quick snack before going down. And he slept for 2 1/2 hours. By the second hour I had to go in there to see if he was still breathing. He never sleeps that long. Then he woke up and was READY to GO! Energizer bunny crazy boy. Then by bedtime, temper-tantrum extraordinaire. Oh, boy. What the hell was I thinking?
2. The little turkey has been testing me lately. Big time. Hit me in the grocery store yesterday. Yeah, that was quite the situation. Here I am clenching my teeth and talking sternly to him about timeouts when we get home mister. Meanwhile the shitster is laughing his behind off at me, grinning from ear to ear, waving at the lady behind us, and throwing his arms back to lay another one on me. Then he throws his arms around me and hugs me. HUGS ME. This child does not hug. He is waaay too busy for hugs. Drive by kisses, maybe. Hugs, never. Then I realize he’s not just hugging me. He’s lifting himself out of the grocery cart, attempting the great escape.
3. Later that day we had a playdate with Jayden. He threw a shoe at her. Got a warning. Then threw the other shoe at her. And had a time-out. Calmed down, came downstairs to play again. And threw a shoe at me. Why am I letting him play with his shoes?? Thank goodness they were only crocs.
4. Jack has a few new words. NONONONONO, stop, and don’t. And he barks like the dog.
5. I’m so ready for fall. It’s hot and I’m sweaty ALL of the time. I think I’m starting to scare the neighbors with how much time I spend in my bathing suit. It hasn’t rained in something like three months and our yard is brown or yellowish. It’s just dead looking. And it’s been 100 degrees every day for the past three weeks. The weather people/guessers were trying to tell us last week that it was going to be in the upper 80s this week. Now they are telling us a high of 95 every day and so far this week, each day has been right around 100. I’m ready for fall. Did I mention it’s hot?
6. I bought my seventh bottle of sunblock yesterday. Yes, you heard me right.
7. We have new next-door neighbors. They have a dog. And she/he barks just as much as Sophie, if not more. They’re from NY and I have not yet laid eyes on them. It’s sort of like that movie the Burbs. Remember with Tom Hanks? I’d put the link in, but WordPress sucks today and I can’t.
8. Ok, so I’ve been thinking that I’m hot shit around here. The recycling queen. We are one of the only families in the neighborhood with two bins. Which I find extreme gratification filling to the brim. Our two bins are almost always accompanied by a large stack of cardboard boxes, as well. And of course the bins are organized. Because I’ve stalked the recycling truck and watched how they have to sort them to put it in the truck. So I’m pretty sure I’m their favorite house. I’m nuts, I know. But whatever. Anyway, here I am, hot shit, recycling everything under the sun, seriously considering harassing my girlfriends (I know you drink diet coke! WHERE are your CANS! There is no bottle return in NC, people! Do NOT tell me you are throwing away CANS!), I DIGRESS. Anyway, so on Monday, the new neighbors put out their recycling (while no one was watching) and they had THREE bins. OVERFLOWING.
Ok, I think I’m done for now. Hope you all are having a great week and feeling a little relief from the heat. This is the point in the year that I pretty much start hating the south and dreaming of being back in the north. With those lovely chilly nights. Jeans and t-shirts during the day. Aahh. I’ll just have to wait until November. Pardon my disgruntled nature today. Have I mentioned it’s hot?
Did you say it was hot there? I think some of that heat is coming our way so don’t wish too hard for Michigan. Boy that Jack is a rascal! That’s what I love about him. Mr. Mischief.
Um, I’m guessing it’s hot there? :)
Morgan took 2 naps/day. One in the morning for 60 to 90 minutes and one in the afternoon for 2 hours. I was in NO way ready to get rid of one. I’d have ditched the morning nap long before the PM. Due to appointments and friends visiting one week in June, morning naps were thrown out the window. The result? THREE hour naps in the afternoon after lunch, she’s up until 8:30 each night and sleeps until 8 or 8:30 in the mornings. BEAUTIFUL!!
Morgan has been testing her limits with me recently. Whether it’s hitting, pitching a fit over something as simple as getting her shoes. It’s frustrating.
Not to make you mad or anything, but the last three days here in NY? Chilly. 40’s at night and high 60’s to low 70’s during the day. I’ve been wearing jeans and sandals for three days. Can’t say I’m hating it!!
And, this is a really long comment. I shall stop typing now.
I live in Texas and this year from February-July, the weather was NUTS. Tornadoes, rain, tornadoes, rain, floods, rain, rain, rain. So, in past years in mid-August I am cursing the heat and I refuse to even check the mail before 8PM but this year? I AM LOVING IT. Every time I step out my door and get hit in the face by a suffocatingly hot day (and then mmediately begin to sweat because hello humidity!) I actually smile. BECAUSE AT LEAST IT’S NOT RAINING.
But, there’s only so much heat even I can take and in another month or so I’ll be ready for our two weeks of fall to make their debut.
oh it drives me nuts when I see people with loads of garbage bins. We have blue, green and gray recycling bins and the garbage only gets picked up once every two weeks- and if it’s too heavy they won’t take it away.
The garbage system is hard core up here.
Toronto’s garbage gets dumped in Michigan- isn’t that crazy?
I have to say it hasn’t been too hot of a summer so far up here in the great white north.
the again- we have a.c. so if it’s super humid we just turn it on.
I love summer- but I’m with you- fall is the best.