It's been a trying day. Teething, separation anxiety, and an obsession with pulling up on any and all objects, whether or not they support her weight, is not a fun combination.
My inlaws' house is so gross, guys. My standards of cleanliness is not even that high but imagine you bought a house 40 years ago and never cleaned it, painted or did any upkeep at all.
My parents' house is like this.
My dad never wants to fix anything because "money!" (which they have so not the point). My mom is a clutter queen and loves sh*t everywhere.
And cleanliness is just a step above sanitary.
And I don't mean the usual internet standard of "OMG. My MIL has mail on the table and only Cloroxed wiped the sink and didn't complete a full on bleachfest of the bathroom before our arrival. I found a kleenex in the trash!" level of dirty.
Has anyone ever done a spray tan, the booth kind? I know I'm about 15 years behind on this but I'm considering getting one. I'm curious if I'll end up patchy/streaky/orange.
I am making a photo book for H's grandparents, who just moved into assisted living. Looking back through photos is making me sad. I look fat in every single photo that his family has taken of me. Fat and miserable. There are hardly any photos because I don't allow people to take photos. The only real photos I have of my kids for the most part are selfies. We have not one single family photo of all four of us. Pathetic. I need to get a grip.
DD was so well behaved in her high chair at brunch today. I had fed her before we got there so I didn't have to worry about her making a mess. I gave her a plastic spoon I had brought so she wouldn't destroy the silverware. She held the spoon in one hand and a crust of bread in the other and just flailed her arms around happily the whole time, occasionally making a barking sound when she spotted a dog. I hope this continues because it would be nice to have the option of meeting other adult friends at restaurants again while having DD with us.
Post by antoniamarchette on May 24, 2015 20:18:28 GMT -5
It was absolutely gorgeous here today! Finally got my flowers planted and ds and I went on an ice cream date this afternoon. We are supposed to go to my inlaws tomorrow afternoon for a BBQ. H said he would take ds and I could stay home. I might just take him up on that!
Post by matildasun on May 24, 2015 20:30:50 GMT -5
We went to the pool tonight. Both kids can go in the big pool this year, so we didn't have to brave the baby pool. Thank goodness M potty trained himself a couple months ago. I drank 2/3 a bottle of prosecco. It was a beautiful night and everyone had fun.
We had asparagus and keilbasa for dinner. My husband cooked. Before we left home, I was putting the keilbasa in a bag and I asked him to cook it and then split it in half and cook it again. He thought I meant the asparagus. He dutifully sliced every asparagus spear in half and grilled it carefully. Lol. It was tasty though. I felt bad.
Eating an ice cream cone is a skill and I need someone way breezier than I am to teach it to my children.
This drives me crazy, and I am typically breezy. I usually end up licking their cones for them. A has old lady taste in ice-cream though (maple walnut, butter pecan, pistachio, coconut), so fixing hers was a trial for a while.
We had such a fun day! Birthday party for a friend from school. I had a prenatal massage while DS napped. Came home and we went down to my BFF's house. Her son is a year older, so DS had so much fun playing with a bigger boy. We ended the night with a dance party in their family room. And now DH is asleep on the couch and DS is conked out in his crib. He went to bed over 2 hours later than usual. If he sleeps in tomorrow, that would be so fantastic.
Post by rootbeerfloat on May 24, 2015 20:58:51 GMT -5
Great day! I had a facial, ate yummy Mexican food with my family, and bought new shoes. I just put on HP, so I could ignore the kids for a couple of hours
My only takeaway from the toddler hygiene thread, because I am still overinvested in dentist conversations, is how many people who are like "who cares if your kid hates it, you just do it!" are the same who use "my kid would hate the dentist, so we don't go" reasoning?
ETA: And if it's not clear I'm the I DGAF what you like, you're doing it mom. lol
I was just thinking about how some of those people were on the "no poo" train back when that was the "thing" as well.
It's not that different really.
I for the record, wash or at least rinse my kid's hair whether they want to or not, but I just can't get agitated over hair washing because common sense would dictate that OP is probably washing hair if it smells.
As a punishment for DS I told him he can't go out to eat with H, H's cousin and his wife (they are in from out of town for the weekend). It is also punishing me as I have to stay with him.
H is mad at me for sticking to the punishment and not going to dinner. I made a big deal about how if we let him out of punishments because it inconveniences us he will never really be punished and told him that if he insists on me going that he has to break the punishment with the kid and I was tired of him overruling me as a parent.
Secretly-- I know it is irrational but I really wanted him to break the punishment and overrule me this time but he didn't. The one time I really wanted him to. So now i am sitting here while they are at my favorite restaurant.
MIL: do you want some tzatziki? Me: no thank you. MIL: does B want some? Me: no MIL: he might like it Me: that's okay MIL: what about carrots? Me: only if they are steamed MIL: what about celery? Me: no he can't eat celery
MIL proceeds to place a plate of celery and carrots in front of B, along with a huge bowl of tzatziki. B abandons dinner and starts dipping a carrot into tzatziki and licking it off and dipping it over and over again. MIL thinks this is hilarious and keeps giving the plate back to him even after I take it away.
MIL: can he have a cupcake? Me: no because he didn't eat his dinner
MIL: do you want some tzatziki? Me: no thank you. MIL: does B want some? Me: no MIL: he might like it Me: that's okay MIL: what about carrots? Me: only if they are steamed MIL: what about celery? Me: no he can't eat celery
MIL proceeds to place a plate of celery and carrots in front of B, along with a huge bowl of tzatziki. B abandons dinner and starts dipping a carrot into tzatziki and licking it off and dipping it over and over again. MIL thinks this is hilarious and keeps giving the plate back to him even after I take it away.
MIL: can he have a cupcake? Me: no because he didn't eat his dinner
Rage!
Sounds like my H's family. My SIL took my six year old to the movies with my nephew, which was very nice. I kindly asked SIL to just stick with water for a beverage - DD1 had her water bottle with her. My kid came home with a bright red ring around her mouth and a guzzler size cup of fruit punch and was wigging out for the rest of the day because she is super sensitive to red dye (which SIL knows). I nearly put my head through a wall.
MIL: do you want some tzatziki? Me: no thank you. MIL: does B want some? Me: no MIL: he might like it Me: that's okay MIL: what about carrots? Me: only if they are steamed MIL: what about celery? Me: no he can't eat celery
MIL proceeds to place a plate of celery and carrots in front of B, along with a huge bowl of tzatziki. B abandons dinner and starts dipping a carrot into tzatziki and licking it off and dipping it over and over again. MIL thinks this is hilarious and keeps giving the plate back to him even after I take it away.
MIL: can he have a cupcake? Me: no because he didn't eat his dinner
Rage!
Sounds like my H's family. My SIL took my six year old to the movies with my nephew, which was very nice. I kindly asked SIL to just stick with water for a beverage - DD1 had her water bottle with her. My kid came home with a bright red ring around her mouth and a guzzler size cup of fruit punch and was wigging out for the rest of the day because she is super sensitive to red dye (which SIL knows). I nearly put my head through a wall.
It's 4am in Salzburg, Austria and I can't sleep. The flight over on Saturday night to Sunday AM was atrocious. Including the part where I was bleeding thought a super tampon AND a pad every 3 hours. Good thing I wore black pants :-| but now, mysteriously, my period is completely gone 24 hours later. Wtf body?
My only takeaway from the toddler hygiene thread, because I am still overinvested in dentist conversations, is how many people who are like "who cares if your kid hates it, you just do it!" are the same who use "my kid would hate the dentist, so we don't go" reasoning?
ETA: And if it's not clear I'm the I DGAF what you like, you're doing it mom. lol
I was just thinking about how some of those people were on the "no poo" train back when that was the "thing" as well.
It's not that different really.
I for the record, wash or at least rinse my kid's hair whether they want to or not, but I just can't get agitated over hair washing because common sense would dictate that OP is probably washing hair if it smells.
I can safely benefit of the doubt this...lol.
I have no idea what any of this means (the equation of not using shampoo on yourself with whether or not you wash your kid's hair if it smells).
I haven't read the toddler thread, but do we actually believe that "I don't do it because my kid hates it" means "I give my kid 100% authority to make decisions around our house"? I just take it to mean, "this is an issue on which I am particularly lazy and don't feel like fighting my kid on it." I will be the first to admit that I am far from consistent in the things I enforce and the things I don't and I doubt MMM would agree with the battles I pick and choose.
We've been at a neighborhood block party all night. The rain finally stopped! Just gave the kids a bath and I might go back for a while after they go down
Post by humpforfree on May 24, 2015 21:33:22 GMT -5
chickens987 I would think it's fine as long as you are cool with coconut flavor. The coconut will just be more pronounced I think when the rum is cooked down.