Voyages in Parenthood

Since this will probably be the last post before I come back completely relax (yeah right!) from the seashore, I thought I would leave you with these gems...funny things that Leda says. And, these are the things we CAN laugh at within her presence. There are lots of things she says that we can't laugh at or else she will think that she can continue to say them. Case in point: Brock and I having a pseudo-argument about his selective memory - I told him "bulls@*$". Leda proceed to repeat the word several times. It was funny, but we couldn't laugh at her. Thank goodness she hasn't said it again since. Of course, it's only been 24 hours and we haven't been in the presence of Priests, Nuns or Grandparents, so give it time! I am sure it will come up again! Anyway, some of our favorite: ___________________________________________________ The Chicken Nugget store: If we are going out to dinner, we are going to the Chicken Nugget store (because this is the only thi...

Okay, I lied, I have a post...provided by Leda this morning while on the way to daycare. Brock is off working today, so I had to take Leda to daycare this morning. On our way, we were sitting at a red light - just as it turned green, a white van sped on through the red light for the opposing traffic - guess it was a good thing I wasn't ready to go immediately upon the light turning green! As I muttered under my breath about the jerk who just ran the red light, Leda asks me what am I saying. I explain to her that the white van in front of us just ran a red light. Leda knows her red lights and green lights, you see.... Leda: Red means Stop. Green means Go! Mommy: That's right. So when you go on Red, you break the law. Leda: That truck is bad, Mommy. Mommy: Yes Leda, he's definitely bad. Leda: Let's go get 'im, Mommy. You need to give him a Time Out! Out of the mouths of babes! At least she is starting to learn!

It's summer. I've changed the colors. I have not a lot more to say! Yet... We are off to the seashore for a week starting on Saturday. Plenty of photos to be posted and probably some more to say after a week at the beach!

This is a word I would like struck from the English vocabulary. I would like it to be abolished completely, never to be heard again! If someone had told me that the "Threes" would be the year of "WHY?" I might have made reservations on a deserted island for the year. Every time I tell Leda to do something, not do something, or she asks for something or she asks a question, and I answer, the next question is always "WHY?" No Leda, you can't have any desert because you didn't eat your dinner. Why? (well, let's see, BECAUSE I ALREADY TOLD YOU WHY!) No Leda, you can't swing anymore because we have to go take your bath. Why? Leda, come with me so we can go play. Why? Everything is WHY! I love her to death, I really do, but the question Why? DRIVES ME NUTS! Probably because I sound just like my mother did after the 1 billionth Why of the day...Because I said so! That probably drives me crazy more than the question! UGGGGGGHHHH! Sorry Mom! ;-) (of...

Ha, no, but the weather knocked out our electricity for about five-six hours last night, so I couldn't write and post a blog like I promised! Here's what I wrote by candlelight last night. ___________________________________________________ I promised a blog and a little power outage ain't gonna stop me! Well, it can't stop me typing my post by candlelight to be posted when there is electricity to log onto the Internet. Funny thing about wireless routers, they need to be plugged in to work! So, I find myself sitting here, by candlelight, in my bed, with my windows open (because that thunderstorm that knocked out our electricity, well it was a doosy and our electricity has been out for about an hour now, but it also knocked the heat right out of here - cause, man, it was DARN hot these past couple of days. I have a picture I took of our weather station that showed the outside temp at 100.5 degrees today! See: I'm telling ya, it was hot!) Anyway, back to my open windo...

I know, I know, I've been really BAD at not posting anything. Too darn hot and busy to update the darn blog. I promise, I'll update tonight, at least give an idea of how our weekend was! We had fun, regardless of the heat! (or, probably because of it!)

Last night I got home from a "girls weekend" in Savannah, GA. The girls of which I speak were my girlfriends, Jennifer, Karen, Kim and Kate. It was awesome! Since we arrived home late in the evening (after 9), Brock had kept Leda awake to welcome me home. I told Leda I brought her a gift from my trip and she looked at me with all seriousness and said, "you brought me donuts?" I kid you not! Needless to say, I did NOT bring her donuts, but a t-shirt from Savannah. She was as excited about the t-shirt as she might have been about donuts, which was good, because there were no donuts! We had an awesome time! Jennifer, Kate and I flew down on Friday and arrived in the afternoon in Savannah where Kim and Karen picked us up (Karen had flown down the night before and stayed with Kim). We headed into Savannah, got a little lost, but found our way pretty quickly to the Westin which was our home for the weekend. Lovely hotel, across the river from River Street. There was a fre...