Apparently it’s been out for a couple days — the last day I know it worked for sure was Monday. And the phone company won’t be out here until next Wednesday to look at it.
Please use email or our cell phone to get us.
Colin has this new commanding tone of voice that pops out once in a while. It isn’t whining, which is probably the best part. But he sounds like he knows exactly what he wants…
“Stop it, Jimmy”
“Don’t get up, Mommy”
and so on… it’s so darn cute.
Since we had to cancel our vacation next week, I’ve been looking for some creative ways to keep the kids entertained. Since we moved, I’ve looked into swim clubs, but unlike our old neighborhood, where there were about 12 different ones, around here I only found two. And they both say that they have waiting lists to get memberships.
Well, I decided to try and get a non-bonded August membership at the club that offered them. I emailed the membership-whosit and got no response. I kind of forgot about it until a week later I got an email saying that they didn’t have any August memberships left…. but, I could get a pro-rated bonded membership if I wanted!
It took a couple weeks for the membership to get processed, but we got to go for the first time last night. The boys were great, very well behaved. We started out in the 1-foot baby pool, but we’re also able to go into the big pool, because the shallow end is just three feet deep, and that section is very large. The problem was actually that Colin wanted to do everything that Jim was doing (i.e., standing). But I got Colin to hold my hands and plop into the pool, and got him to go completely underwater too. And hopefully, Jim will get some swim lessons before the end of the summer too.
Before all that, I did a marathon laundry session, and worked on getting the office painted — everything is out now, and the second of spackle is up, and just needs to be sanded. I took the doors off, and I think it’s going to stay that way — there’s a good place for mounting the big gate right inside the doorway. This will really help with the overall circulation of the house. I just have to figure out how to deal with the door hinges.
Colin stuck his finger in a bowl of just cracked eggs, while helping me make brownies, and declared them “YUMMY!”
Last night was a disaster in the sleep department. Because I had one little iced tea around ten, I didn’t get to sleep until after one.
Colin woke up around four, soaking wet. So, I changed him, went back to sleep. He woke up again around five, just because. I got him to lie down, but then he freaked again as soon as I was back in bed.
All of a sudden it’s 8.15, and Don is back upstairs ready to leave for work, wanting to know if he can go get Colin to say good-bye. I told him fine, but warned him that since he’s could be facing disaster, if Colin has been awake and alone for any period of time.
Sure, enough, the diaper is off again, although it and the surroundings are dry. I was ready to put on his diaper but did the math in my head aobut how long he’d been dry, and asked him if he wanted to use the potty.
He said yes, so I toke him in and sat him down. Nothing happened. So I got him up and he turns around to face the potty, and claims, “I’m peeing”. And yes he is, standing up, just like big brother Jim!
We just missed our chance to try #2 on the potty, but that could be asking for too much at this stage.
