Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
OT - Random Thoughts
I've Bolded Key Elements so you can skip what BORES you!
Pop culture - saw Wordplay and Casino Royale while Bruce was away this weekend. Recommend them both.
Note - Bruce was AWAY THIS WEEKEND!!!!
I am not meant to be a single parent. In fact, I am quite sure that my little lovelies pray hard for their father's health every night for fear they would be left with only their mother.
Everything worth watching on network television is on hiatus. Hello, HBO and the Sopranos! You are coming back in the nick of time.
Owning your own business. Pearls definitely takes a back seat when consulting kicks in. No one should fear I will ever be the cover story on Entreprenuer magazine. However, knowing how many small businesses fail, I firmly believe self-discipline has to be the most critical element between success and failure rates of people owning their own business. The second most critical element has to be flexibility.
Speaking of the small business and consulting -- Doing your taxes when you are dealing with both is somewhere on par with getting your wisdom teeth pulled. Having turned it into a game with a spreadsheet, I cannot imagine how boring life would be without my Excel. Is there anything I can't quantify in those little boxes??? Ah, who remembers the naming process for Genevieve? You don't think we did that without several spreadsheets do you?
Frank Rich compared Alberto Gonzales to Fredo Corleone in today's New York Times! Politics aside - How hilarious is that??
Cherry blossoms are on their way! The precursor blossoms at the Pentagon were out late last week, any day now we'll be taking the girls down to the Tidal Basin for our annual pilgrimage.
Last Thursday, Juliette made her bed, made Evie's bed with Evie, made my bed. And when we got to the play area at Chik-fil-A, she told the big kids who were playing rough to be kind to Evie, because she was just a little kid.
Evie has mastered pedaling - thus she will soon be getting a bike of her own.
Bruce came back this afternoon. Hurray! I can honestly say I can't recall the last time I was so happy to see him!
Pop culture - saw Wordplay and Casino Royale while Bruce was away this weekend. Recommend them both.
Note - Bruce was AWAY THIS WEEKEND!!!!
I am not meant to be a single parent. In fact, I am quite sure that my little lovelies pray hard for their father's health every night for fear they would be left with only their mother.
Everything worth watching on network television is on hiatus. Hello, HBO and the Sopranos! You are coming back in the nick of time.
Owning your own business. Pearls definitely takes a back seat when consulting kicks in. No one should fear I will ever be the cover story on Entreprenuer magazine. However, knowing how many small businesses fail, I firmly believe self-discipline has to be the most critical element between success and failure rates of people owning their own business. The second most critical element has to be flexibility.
Speaking of the small business and consulting -- Doing your taxes when you are dealing with both is somewhere on par with getting your wisdom teeth pulled. Having turned it into a game with a spreadsheet, I cannot imagine how boring life would be without my Excel. Is there anything I can't quantify in those little boxes??? Ah, who remembers the naming process for Genevieve? You don't think we did that without several spreadsheets do you?
Frank Rich compared Alberto Gonzales to Fredo Corleone in today's New York Times! Politics aside - How hilarious is that??
Cherry blossoms are on their way! The precursor blossoms at the Pentagon were out late last week, any day now we'll be taking the girls down to the Tidal Basin for our annual pilgrimage.
Last Thursday, Juliette made her bed, made Evie's bed with Evie, made my bed. And when we got to the play area at Chik-fil-A, she told the big kids who were playing rough to be kind to Evie, because she was just a little kid.
Evie has mastered pedaling - thus she will soon be getting a bike of her own.
Bruce came back this afternoon. Hurray! I can honestly say I can't recall the last time I was so happy to see him!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Getting ready for our ballet performance today
Yep, it is the last ballet class for Evie and Juliette today. We will post pictures later today or tomorrow.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Baaaaddd Mommy
Much of parenting occurs within the confine of your home. The private mommy. This mommy is only marginally referred to in group settings - "Mommy is grumpy" or "Mommy made popovers for breakfast."
Then, there is the semi-public mommy that can be found at the park, at the grocery store, the museum. People observing this mommy only see her once. People make flash judgements on this mommy all of the time. "She is such a good/bad mommy.....she does x, y, or z right or wrong"
Then, there is public mommy. You run into her every other day at school drop off or you play together publically. There is a fair amount of angst in my life over public mommy. This is where the real "good mommy/bad mommy" perception comes into play.
Why do I care what people think? I know, I know, I shouldn't but I do.
Minor bad mommy example - I went to a party and remembered flowers and my appetizer, but had no photographs of my children. A group of men wouldn't have cared, but this was a group of women.
Bad mommy.
Major bad mommy example -- sending a child to school with pink eye. In my defense, she had been on tobramycin for a day. The teachers let her into class, then she started clinging to me like it was the first day of school all over again. You could see it written all over their faces "Why is she insisting this poor ill child stay here?"
In my further defense, this child had sucked more one-on-one time with mommy in the past four days than since last year before school let out. We did art projects, stickers, played outside, ate treats, together ALL WEEKEND LONG. ALL WITHOUT HER SISTER!!!! We had already dropped her sister off in her class and she saw the golden opportunity to have MORE ALONE TIME WITH MOMMY. She felt fine, and was fine after I left. But up until I snuck away, you could see it in the teacher's eyes...
BAAAADDD Mommy!!!!!!
Then, there is the semi-public mommy that can be found at the park, at the grocery store, the museum. People observing this mommy only see her once. People make flash judgements on this mommy all of the time. "She is such a good/bad mommy.....she does x, y, or z right or wrong"
Then, there is public mommy. You run into her every other day at school drop off or you play together publically. There is a fair amount of angst in my life over public mommy. This is where the real "good mommy/bad mommy" perception comes into play.
Why do I care what people think? I know, I know, I shouldn't but I do.
Minor bad mommy example - I went to a party and remembered flowers and my appetizer, but had no photographs of my children. A group of men wouldn't have cared, but this was a group of women.
Bad mommy.
Major bad mommy example -- sending a child to school with pink eye. In my defense, she had been on tobramycin for a day. The teachers let her into class, then she started clinging to me like it was the first day of school all over again. You could see it written all over their faces "Why is she insisting this poor ill child stay here?"
In my further defense, this child had sucked more one-on-one time with mommy in the past four days than since last year before school let out. We did art projects, stickers, played outside, ate treats, together ALL WEEKEND LONG. ALL WITHOUT HER SISTER!!!! We had already dropped her sister off in her class and she saw the golden opportunity to have MORE ALONE TIME WITH MOMMY. She felt fine, and was fine after I left. But up until I snuck away, you could see it in the teacher's eyes...
BAAAADDD Mommy!!!!!!
Sunday, March 11, 2007
An Ode to Babysitters
There is nothing better than having your child wake up the morning after a parent night out and demand to know where the babysitter is.
Where is Miss Sarah?
Where is Auntie Beth?
Last night as Bruce and I were getting ready to leave, Evie was literally pushing me with all of her might, "Go away, Mama." Other parents might be disturbed by this, I say "Ok, see you later baby, " and give her a kiss.
"I am not a baby, I am a big girl, Mama."
Was the last thing I heard as I walked out the front door.
Last night was a big event for the girl's school, and it was interesting to see other parents sneak away to get home to put their kids to bed so the babysitter wouldn't have to. I contemplated a late night run to a movie, a bookstore, anything to not have to go home.
Alas, it was daylight savings time and considering my sleep track lately, we went home and crashed. Only to be woken to "Where is Miss Christine?????"
Where is Miss Sarah?
Where is Auntie Beth?
Last night as Bruce and I were getting ready to leave, Evie was literally pushing me with all of her might, "Go away, Mama." Other parents might be disturbed by this, I say "Ok, see you later baby, " and give her a kiss.
"I am not a baby, I am a big girl, Mama."
Was the last thing I heard as I walked out the front door.
Last night was a big event for the girl's school, and it was interesting to see other parents sneak away to get home to put their kids to bed so the babysitter wouldn't have to. I contemplated a late night run to a movie, a bookstore, anything to not have to go home.
Alas, it was daylight savings time and considering my sleep track lately, we went home and crashed. Only to be woken to "Where is Miss Christine?????"
Monday, March 05, 2007
Juliette, Evie, and the Snow Bear
We made a snow bear to celebrate last week's storm. There is only a 3 inch snowball of the snowbear left as of today.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Sorry, Ju Ju!
Evie is becoming quite a prolific talker. Juliette is the best at translating the Evie dialect, but Bruce and I probably catch 60-80% of what she is telling us.
She loves to make up songs about school and her life when we are taking turns singing in the car. This is some of her most incomprehensible speech. Every once in a while I'll catch a line about Mrs. Huggins or Eli or Tyler (she never sings about Helen, Juliana, or MacKenzie) but whatever she is singing, it is hilarious to her. She'll laugh hysterically halfway through a line of a song that even Juliette can't interpret.
This morning I caught her with her second favorite toy - bat - over her shoulder, approaching her sister from behind. Muttering "Sorry Ju Ju!"
She loves to make up songs about school and her life when we are taking turns singing in the car. This is some of her most incomprehensible speech. Every once in a while I'll catch a line about Mrs. Huggins or Eli or Tyler (she never sings about Helen, Juliana, or MacKenzie) but whatever she is singing, it is hilarious to her. She'll laugh hysterically halfway through a line of a song that even Juliette can't interpret.
This morning I caught her with her second favorite toy - bat - over her shoulder, approaching her sister from behind. Muttering "Sorry Ju Ju!"
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