The last two days the neighbor girl has come over to " play", usually because her mother isn't home and needs a place to hang out. She is only 8, not really ready to be left alone.... I am starting to think that you can tell what a child's home life is like by watching what it is that they act out when they play. I already knew that this child was not being raised the same way I am raising mine, honestly I don't think any two parents do it the same way. It was sad to me however to watch the kids play, yes a total of 6 children, in my backyard. I seriously felt drained by the time she left. She is 3 years older than everyone and the game consisted of her chasing people around with a light saber yelling,
" Get back in your room!"
" Get in bed!"
" I didn't tell you to come out here!"
" Get over there!"
" Stay in there!"
And various other phrases that were along those lines. I don't know how the other kids tolerated her. Ok, so Victor didn't. Victor sat out and watched and finally informed her that she was "being Miss Bossypants" and he was going to find something else to do. Sadly she is larger and louder than everyone else so it was hard for them to ignore her and play another game. I couldn't take it any longer and introduced them to Tug-o-War. It kind of makes my heartache for her if this is what she is dealing with all day and thinks is normal. I would like to think that I don't yell at my kids that much, that they spend their play time just yelling at other people.
I also observed my 16 month old sucking Jello off his tray, loudly.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
My changing world.
Right now I feel like there isn't really all that much going on, yet if I stop and think about it there really has been some big changes in the works.
A dear friend of mine decided to get baptized out in Colorado, so Ethan and I had the chance to go out there and visit and participate in the service. Very nice. We also got to visit the Denver Colorado temple, beautiful... as all temples are, though I will always have a special place for the Washington DC temple in my heart. We watched a meteor shower in the mountains, I realized that I travel much better even when pregnant then my husband does, got lost trying to find a grocery store, realized that Pittsburgh really does have an incredibly impressive sky line particularly at night, and got to play Zombie Fluxx. Also realised that humidity really does matter and that I can stand dry heat much better than Pa rain forest weather.
My eldest son has been acting very emotional lately. At first all I could think was " what on earth is going on with you, it isn't like your world is changing." Then I realized his world is changing. Mom had been gone a lot in the recent past. There is a new baby coming soon so we have been rearranging things in prep for that. We have been practicing getting up and ready for kindergarten so we can get on the bus in time. That poor kid is having his whole world shaken up. Though I still think growling when asked to unload the dishwasher is unacceptable, no matter what your reason for being emotional happens to be. He has become extra cuddly and has gone back to taking naps with me after a very long period of just playing with toys quietly during nap time. He is such a good kid, I am starting to think that he is having second thoughts about going to school. This was originally his idea anyway. We talked about home schooling, he demanded to go to public school. I just couldn't bring myself to put him in preschool, I just couldn't do it, and most likely won't with any of my other children. I really enjoy having them around.
I sat and smeared tar all over the basement stairwell yesterday ( in a vain attempt to keep the water from coming in that way). My son just sat at the top of the stairs and talked to me while I worked for well over an hour. Granted the conversation included a lot of comments along the lines of... " We should go see Ice Age 3 again. I really liked that movie."," I love the part with the giant plant, plants don't have wires, that is silly."," Buck is a silly name for a weasel, weasels shouldn't have names." ," I think Optimus Prime would like to see that movie." I am going to miss his company.
Sometimes I honestly wonder why some people have children at all. I don't think some parents even like thier children. I do not in anyway mean that they are inspiring conversationalist who understand adult boundries. I am however stating that if allowed they can be so entertaining and fun to be around, at least mine are anyway. I love watching them pick up on new concepts, I really enjoy answering most of thier questions. I love witnessing the thought process when working out a problem. I know that some people have to put thier kids in day care or preschool, but for me, I don't understand why have children at all if you are going to ship them off to someone else to raise, especially at such a young age. Victor is only 5, and I am not sure that he really needs to leave yet.
I would chose my family over most anything, period.
A dear friend of mine decided to get baptized out in Colorado, so Ethan and I had the chance to go out there and visit and participate in the service. Very nice. We also got to visit the Denver Colorado temple, beautiful... as all temples are, though I will always have a special place for the Washington DC temple in my heart. We watched a meteor shower in the mountains, I realized that I travel much better even when pregnant then my husband does, got lost trying to find a grocery store, realized that Pittsburgh really does have an incredibly impressive sky line particularly at night, and got to play Zombie Fluxx. Also realised that humidity really does matter and that I can stand dry heat much better than Pa rain forest weather.
My eldest son has been acting very emotional lately. At first all I could think was " what on earth is going on with you, it isn't like your world is changing." Then I realized his world is changing. Mom had been gone a lot in the recent past. There is a new baby coming soon so we have been rearranging things in prep for that. We have been practicing getting up and ready for kindergarten so we can get on the bus in time. That poor kid is having his whole world shaken up. Though I still think growling when asked to unload the dishwasher is unacceptable, no matter what your reason for being emotional happens to be. He has become extra cuddly and has gone back to taking naps with me after a very long period of just playing with toys quietly during nap time. He is such a good kid, I am starting to think that he is having second thoughts about going to school. This was originally his idea anyway. We talked about home schooling, he demanded to go to public school. I just couldn't bring myself to put him in preschool, I just couldn't do it, and most likely won't with any of my other children. I really enjoy having them around.
I sat and smeared tar all over the basement stairwell yesterday ( in a vain attempt to keep the water from coming in that way). My son just sat at the top of the stairs and talked to me while I worked for well over an hour. Granted the conversation included a lot of comments along the lines of... " We should go see Ice Age 3 again. I really liked that movie."," I love the part with the giant plant, plants don't have wires, that is silly."," Buck is a silly name for a weasel, weasels shouldn't have names." ," I think Optimus Prime would like to see that movie." I am going to miss his company.
Sometimes I honestly wonder why some people have children at all. I don't think some parents even like thier children. I do not in anyway mean that they are inspiring conversationalist who understand adult boundries. I am however stating that if allowed they can be so entertaining and fun to be around, at least mine are anyway. I love watching them pick up on new concepts, I really enjoy answering most of thier questions. I love witnessing the thought process when working out a problem. I know that some people have to put thier kids in day care or preschool, but for me, I don't understand why have children at all if you are going to ship them off to someone else to raise, especially at such a young age. Victor is only 5, and I am not sure that he really needs to leave yet.
I would chose my family over most anything, period.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
And here we go!
I am really glad I didn't have any serious plans late in August as I just got Victors kindergarten stuff yesterday. They don't give you much notice and suddenly you just have to be there.... even if that is in the middle of peak vacation time. This probably just proves that I haven't had to deal with going to school for a while. School year? When is the school year? They have to go back? I think I am going to end up being one of those moms who is sad when summer is over. I am not even in school but I hate those "back to school" sale signs.
Today we must run to the library to return the ever so stimulating "Thomas the Train" movie we borrowed previously. It isn't due until Saturday, but I get to go to Palmyra New York on Friday. I am excited. I love temples. Plus I am going up early enough that hopefully I will be able to do stuff beside be tired while I am there.
So after returning from my trip on Saturday, I get to repack all my stuff and fly out to Denver! A friend of mine has decided that she wants to be a baptised member of the LDS faith. Ethan has been asked to preform the ceremony, which is quite an honor. And I just realized I really should be practicing piano, seeing as I was asked to play at her baptism. Sadly we can only be out there for like 36 hours of actual visit time. But we are going into the mountains to watch a meteor shower. Plus we get to go to the Denver temple. So within a week I will get to visit two temples. Woohoo! Sadly I really haven't been to any temples yet this year, maybe this will change the tone for the rest of the year.
Oh yea... and then I was just informed that the day after we return from Denver one of my not really cousins is getting married in Ohio and that we are invited out for the festivities. Still up for debate on attendance there. So as I said in the beguining, glad that I didn't have anything going on late in August.
I love traveling.
Today we must run to the library to return the ever so stimulating "Thomas the Train" movie we borrowed previously. It isn't due until Saturday, but I get to go to Palmyra New York on Friday. I am excited. I love temples. Plus I am going up early enough that hopefully I will be able to do stuff beside be tired while I am there.
So after returning from my trip on Saturday, I get to repack all my stuff and fly out to Denver! A friend of mine has decided that she wants to be a baptised member of the LDS faith. Ethan has been asked to preform the ceremony, which is quite an honor. And I just realized I really should be practicing piano, seeing as I was asked to play at her baptism. Sadly we can only be out there for like 36 hours of actual visit time. But we are going into the mountains to watch a meteor shower. Plus we get to go to the Denver temple. So within a week I will get to visit two temples. Woohoo! Sadly I really haven't been to any temples yet this year, maybe this will change the tone for the rest of the year.
Oh yea... and then I was just informed that the day after we return from Denver one of my not really cousins is getting married in Ohio and that we are invited out for the festivities. Still up for debate on attendance there. So as I said in the beguining, glad that I didn't have anything going on late in August.
I love traveling.
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