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weekend's over. :(
May. 31st, 2009 10:55 pmI had such a good time shopping this morning! Evelyn woke us up entirely too early, and so I got up with her and let the boy sleep. That way, I didn't feel too bad when I woke him up a little later to do a little Sunday shopping. ;) It was so lovely that I just might try to add that to our weekend routine. Evie isn't really that hard to shop with in that she's a pretty good kid most of the time when we're out, but it's sooo much easier without her.No lugging her in and out of a car seat or in and out of a buggy or distracting her with crackers. The kind of shopping I do requires brain power and she can sure drain my supply of brainyness in a hurry when she wants to.
Actually, our whole weekend was grand. I think that M and I have unreasonable expectations about what we need to accomplish at any given time, and therefore, we always feel like we're behind on everything. This weekend, we were all about staying home, doing a little bit of house work and spending time with each other. It was nice. We weren't stressed out about getting anywhere on time, or getting X Y or Z large projects done. We were just hanging out. M spent a lot of time alternating between the basement and the garage with Evie. She loves going to his workshops with him, and this weekend, she graduated to the ability to sit in a chair or on a stool while he does a little bit of work, instead of just being carried around looking at stuff. (Both the garage and the basement are pretty dangerous, what with the gigantic woodworking tools and the sharp things and the random junk sitting around, so she's never been allowed to walk around near his stuff.) She did walk around today and get in big trouble with Daddy for throwing sawdust up in the air. He yelled at her and she cried. It broke my heart to hear this story because while I am completely on board for her getting in trouble for misbehaving, especially in the basement and especially when throwing sawdust (mixed with the dust of other materials, like ebony, that are harmful to inhale) and especially when said throwing of dust ruined the fresly painted surface on one of M's instruments in progress... it still makes me sad to think of her crying over it. Poor baby.. and poor M, who probably felt much worse than she did.
On Friday, Evie and I went up to see my niece's graduation from eighth grade. Only, they don't call it graduation anymore. They call it "promotion". Uh, okay. I've never had to sit in bleachers for a promotion of any sort before, but whatever. I can so not believe that W is fourteen years old, and heading to high school this fall. She's as old now as I was when I met her mother for the first time, when she was dating Scotty. That fact is completely not relevant except I just now thought about it. Anyway, we had fun. Evelyn adores being at Granny and Grandpa's house. I think it's because my parents let her do whatever she wants to. ;) Want to go outside? SURE! Want to blow bubbles? YES! Want some gum and chocolate? OKAY! Want to drive the golf cart? WHY NOT? We spent the day hanging around the house, and doing a little weeding and cleanup from the yard sale last week.
My new laptop arrived on Thursday evening so I have been a happy camper since then. It is so much nicer to have the internet at my fingertips while I am trying to get Evelyn to fall asleep already. I am looking forward to having it during the day as well. Maybe I can start commenting a little bit again. I kept running out of time before--stealing enough time to read during quickie computer checks, but not able to sit down and think of something to say.
And, that is all I have for tonight. I have got to start posting more often so I don't get out of the habit. I am feeling rusty already.
Actually, our whole weekend was grand. I think that M and I have unreasonable expectations about what we need to accomplish at any given time, and therefore, we always feel like we're behind on everything. This weekend, we were all about staying home, doing a little bit of house work and spending time with each other. It was nice. We weren't stressed out about getting anywhere on time, or getting X Y or Z large projects done. We were just hanging out. M spent a lot of time alternating between the basement and the garage with Evie. She loves going to his workshops with him, and this weekend, she graduated to the ability to sit in a chair or on a stool while he does a little bit of work, instead of just being carried around looking at stuff. (Both the garage and the basement are pretty dangerous, what with the gigantic woodworking tools and the sharp things and the random junk sitting around, so she's never been allowed to walk around near his stuff.) She did walk around today and get in big trouble with Daddy for throwing sawdust up in the air. He yelled at her and she cried. It broke my heart to hear this story because while I am completely on board for her getting in trouble for misbehaving, especially in the basement and especially when throwing sawdust (mixed with the dust of other materials, like ebony, that are harmful to inhale) and especially when said throwing of dust ruined the fresly painted surface on one of M's instruments in progress... it still makes me sad to think of her crying over it. Poor baby.. and poor M, who probably felt much worse than she did.
On Friday, Evie and I went up to see my niece's graduation from eighth grade. Only, they don't call it graduation anymore. They call it "promotion". Uh, okay. I've never had to sit in bleachers for a promotion of any sort before, but whatever. I can so not believe that W is fourteen years old, and heading to high school this fall. She's as old now as I was when I met her mother for the first time, when she was dating Scotty. That fact is completely not relevant except I just now thought about it. Anyway, we had fun. Evelyn adores being at Granny and Grandpa's house. I think it's because my parents let her do whatever she wants to. ;) Want to go outside? SURE! Want to blow bubbles? YES! Want some gum and chocolate? OKAY! Want to drive the golf cart? WHY NOT? We spent the day hanging around the house, and doing a little weeding and cleanup from the yard sale last week.
My new laptop arrived on Thursday evening so I have been a happy camper since then. It is so much nicer to have the internet at my fingertips while I am trying to get Evelyn to fall asleep already. I am looking forward to having it during the day as well. Maybe I can start commenting a little bit again. I kept running out of time before--stealing enough time to read during quickie computer checks, but not able to sit down and think of something to say.
And, that is all I have for tonight. I have got to start posting more often so I don't get out of the habit. I am feeling rusty already.
