Entries from February 2010 ↓

I’m sorry I left ya’ll hanging. I really do have a real post to put up but that would mean I would need a computer and brain power. Of which I’ve had neither, the last few days. If only it were as easy as finding weight loss links like http://www.weightlosswand.com/. My life would be stress-free, my house would be clean and dinner would be on the table! But I promise it’s coming!

Last night we went pants shopping for Forest. Forest has slight sensory issues. He hates seams that rub, decals on shirts, sock seams, thick seams on his fleece pajamas, anything remotely tight on his waist, etc. We literally tried on 30 pair of pants. We came home empty handed. Finding pants for him is harder than finding Waldo or hgh.  Anyway, we also tried on about 20 pairs of shoes. We came home empty handed. He laughed at me and said “Well, at least  you don’t spend a lot of money when you are shopping with me.”

So, I’m finally at season 3 of Everybody Loves Raymond. I can’t believe there are what, 6, more seasons?! I watch during the day while I fold laundry or whatever and sometimes we watch in the evenings together. Tonight we are watching the one where Frank’s Dad gives out condoms to the trick-or-treaters by accident. It’s gut busting hilarious! Seriously one of the best ever! Ack, my sides! All this laughing is going to tighten my stomach muscles so much I won’t need any weight loss products for the next 100 years!

Parenting is a journey of raising up and letting go. Thankfully, the letting go occurs gradually over time, even while the raising up is still going on. It’s a good system, this raising our children, for them and also for us, as parents. It allows them to gradually gain Independence and for us to adjust to them needing us 100%. We are constantly in this state of raising and letting go and usually it happens so gradually that we can’t mark the times that it happens on calendars or journals. But then there are those obvious moments of significance where we can place our finger on the moment. And those are the moments that the gradual growing are made completely obvious, sometimes all at once, and your heart is filled with wonder that it’s come to this. And when you look back, you can see that it has been happening for some time but you just didn’t see it, or want to see it.

It’s been a monuments week in our family this week; as I had two such moments.

The first being that I weaned Fancy. Fully and completely. 21 months of breastfeeding to add to the 30 I have already completed with the boys. That makes 51 more months of breastfeeding than I ever anticipated. I feel like it’s come full circle. You see, when Forest was just a tiny babe, I had absolutely no interest in breastfeeding, ever. I got really squeamish at the though. Really, really squeamish. I didn’t understand it at all. I had no plans of breastfeeding him and to that end, he was exclusively fed formula in the hospital. It wasn’t until the second day that he was home that he actually nursed. I was taking a shower and he started fussing. I got out of the shower and he latched on. The rest is history. Those 4 days of formula were the only days he ever got formula in his life. Although I breastfed him for 15 months and enjoyed it, and also breastfed his brother 15 months and enjoyed it as well (although it was marred by thrush that I had for months on end), I feel like breastfeeding with Fancy has taken it to a completely new level. She was such a picky eater and really needed it to survive. I guess that is why we did it for 21 months. The time had come for it to be over, though, and as happy as I am to get my body back, I have to admit that it was very tough for me to say good-bye. She could very well be my last child (we’re still partially undecided) and I felt so nostalgic about it. What started out to be a duty, ended with a depth of love that I will never be able to compare to anything else. Full circle.

The second thing. Well, I don’t have time to write it all out in this post any more than I have the time to write about the kitchen sink or relacore, so I’ll just keep you waiting in anticipation (the thousands that read my blog). But it’s a major step in our lives, let’s just say that.

   We are big fans of the Winter Olympics over here. In fact, as I mentioned in a previous post, we turned the cable on just to be able to catch the Olympics. After all, they only come on once every 4 years! We have made some exceptions for the kids’ early bedtime so they could watch some of their favorite sports take place. I have to admit that I, myself, have burned the midnight oil taking the sports in. Especially figure skating. *happy sigh* I am such a sucker for skating….

   A game we saw advertised pretty heavily during the commercial breaks during the Olympics has been (surprise, surprise) Mario and Sonic At the Winter Olympics. Of course, my kids want it. (And I have to admit, that even I, am getting sick of our same old, same old games.) I went to check it out at buy.com and found it on sale (of course!). It looks like a pretty great game. Like Wii Fit, it incorporates the balance board, which means they’re active and moving, not just sitting like lumps on a log. It also has single or multi player capabilities which is a huge bonus. It looks super fun!

  Does anyone here have that game and if so, is it appropriate for 4-6 year olds? I’d love to hear more!