A Full Day

The fun started today with B eating breakfast like he normally does.  When he finished, I went into the kitchen to get a wet cloth and came back to find him kneeling on top of the table, grabbing a Frosted Mini Wheat from John's bowl that had been left when John went to help H on the toilet.  Turns out I'd neglected to pull the chair out from his high chair, which allowed him to climb right out!

A few minutes later H and I were doing her morning jobs - getting dressed, making her bed, brushing teeth, and combing hair.  Having been asked if she wanted pig tails, braids or a ponytail, she responded "I'd like pink tails because I like pink."  It was an ah-ha moment for me: she LOVES pink, and she almost always wants pig tails; I'd just never noticed her cute pronunciation before.

During B's morning nap, we played hide and seek with H's princesses.  I tried teaching H how to play using "getting hot" and "getting cold," but that was getting us nowhere.  To use her words, "Mommy, I don't like to be hot.....Mama, I don't like to be cold.....Mommy, I don't like to be warm....I like to be just perfect."

This evening John took the kids to the playground.  B was playing inside a little three-sided shelter with benches around the sides, walking around using the benches for support, while H showed John something behind the shelter. John looked in after a minute, and saw that B had climbed up on top of one of the benches without any help and was standing on the bench leaning against the wall!

A full day and a fun day.

The World's Toughest Job

Have you seen this yet?

It's a pretty great description of the job.  Usually it's not quite as hard as it sounds and there's a lot of joy found in the job, but it is a lot.  

My mom has done the job for 36 years and I don't ever remember hearing a complaint come out of her mouth.  Plus, out of the billions who do it in the world, she's the best one of them all.  

Thanks for being my mom, Mom.  I appreciate you so much. 

Amber Rubarth

I'm usually one of the last people in the world to discover new artists or new songs, so if you've already known about Amber Rubarth for years, be nice.

If you don't know about her music, check it out.  We heard the song "How Did This Happen?" a few months ago on a TV show and wanted to find out who sang it. 

How did this happen again
When did the room start to spin
Out of focus and crash in the breezes
I thought we’d figured it out
Thought our hearts finally found
One love that trumped every reason

But bricks came piling up
And they blocked out the sun
Stopped our arms from holding each other
The walls we built to protect
Locked us in here instead
In the darkness, lonely and hungered
Both back to a life all alone

I want to get out
I want to get out
So I gotta give in
I gotta give in, now
I gotta give in
I want to get out
I want to get out
So I gotta give in
I gotta give in, now
I gotta give in

How did this happen again
Why did I fight to the end
In a battle I didn’t believe in
I thought we’d figured it out
Thought our hearts finally found
One Love that trumped every reason
One Love that trumped every reason
One Love that trumped every reason to go
Back to a life all alone

The tune is beautiful and the words, well, they're a very good reminder for me and my desire to be right.  A lot of her other songs are good too.