GOD bless Playworks

Bam has been going to Playworks (www.playworks-cdc.com) for a couple of weeks now. He loves it. Of course he doesn't like when I leave but the story is always the same. He cried a little then cuddled then played. He was fine.

Today was another good day. Bam has a best friend named G. G is a biter, meaning he will just walk up and grab your hand and bite it. He has bitten everyone and when I was told this I was worried that he would bite my little Bammie poo. Apparently I was wrong. He bit him once and Bam cried and that made G feel bad. So he hasn't tried to bite him again. Yay. I just picked up Bam and found out he danced with the other kids and at lunch time when he was getting ready to be served the teacher Ms Mary said, " Alright everyone settle down and I'll get the plates." Bam got up and went over to the play kitchen and came back with all the play plates and cups and started to set them out. She thought about just serving lunch on them since it was so sweet and nice. But she decided against it. He helped her put them back.

Lucas, my 4yo, stays at school all day, everyday. He loves it and for all the flack that daycare has gotten by so many people I applaud the good daycares. The ones that teach and encourage and open up the children to knew experiences. Lucas loves his teachers, Ms Margie and Mr John. I popped in to see how Lucas was doing and Lucas ran up and hugged me and then said ok you can go now mom. :(

Bam learned to close the door by himself...also he is now tall enough to reach the door knob.

Bam learned to close the door by himself...also he is now tall enough to reach the door knob.
Originally uploaded by jmeridth

Well it looks like we will have to be putting on the childlocks again soon. Lucas learned how to take them off pretty quickly. Let's see how long it'll last with Bam. :D

Shout out to Simply Creative Mel

http://www.simplycreativemel.etsy.com

Going to give a shoutout to Melissa. I needed an awesome Baby Shower invites for my Bestie's baby shower that is coming up in a matter of weeks. She not only had a lot of really great designs she also offered to print and ship them to me for a very reasonable price.
Thanks Melissa for all your help and hard work on it. :D

Christina

"Am I making myself clear now, mommy"

Bam is sick. Tuesday he went to daycare in the morning and when I picked him up he seemed fine except his eyes looked REALLY tired. Like more than usual. I put him down and he seemed fine just very sleepy.
Wednesday he wakes up with goopy eyes. Please oh LORD don't let it be pink eye. Thursday was worse but not red in the eyes just yet. Went to the doctor and he said it was looking like it but he also had a runny nose so it could be a sinus infection too. Treat him for both.
By the time I got him home and down for a nap he looked like a stoner on a bender. His eyes were red and droopy and full of boogies. We were given some eye drops for the pink eye.
Is it just me or is this really the worst way to have to give a child meds. Bam HATES the meds. Yesterday I had Jason to help me, and although he would fight us, between the two of us we were able to get them in. Then he would be held and rocked and loved to show it was ok. Today is different. I am wrestling my very strong 18 month old and practically sitting on him. I'm crying because he is crying and I know he is hating this. It is a bad feeling to know that you have to do something even though it hurts him. :(
As soon as I let him up after I finally get the drops in his eyes (not to mention his cheek, carpet, down the front of his shirt and my lap) he gets up and I open my arms for a hug. He takes this opportunity to grab the bottle of meds off my lap and proceeds to run with it. He then throws it into his toy box turns around at me and screams....As if it is a big proud proclamation of his anger. WOW...this kid is mad. So I go over and I hug and rock him and tell him I am sorry he is so angry but the medicine is going to make his eyes feel better. He looks up at me and just starts to cry....It broke my heart. But now he is up and playing as if it never happened. His eyes are clearing up and the world is bright and sunny again. I am his favorite mommy again. :D 1hr and 15 min to more meds. 1hr and 15 min to melt down again. :(

"it was a present from my grandson"

I went for a walk today. I dropped Bam off with Lucas at daycare and I headed to the park. It was awesome. I walked/jogged 4 miles. That is a rough estimate since my runkeeper gps lost me on the trails. I did awesome. I am hoping to work my way up to being a runner. But we'll see. Part of my time was spent talking to another walker. He was the sweetest old man. He was in his 80s, no need to say that I held the same pace as an 80 year old. We struck up a conversation over his running pants. They were the cutest light blue with rainbow stripes down the side and across the butt was written "sexy bitch". His grandson had recently come out to the family and bought him these pants. He promised to wear them in support of him. He turned to me and said "ya know what they are really very comfortable". We seperated on the trail and I just smiled the rest of the walk thinking about what I would do to support my children. They are still very young but in the future,what will my kids ask of me. That gentle man doesn't have to wear them but he chooses to. I hope to be that kind of parent supportive even if it means wearing running pants with rainbow stripes and the words "sexy bitch" across my butt. Of course first I have to find some in my size.


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I want this towel...totally me.

I totally apologize to Miss M. This is something that she stitched on a towel for her kitchen. I should have given credit to her and I neglected to. I am sorry about that. here is a link to Miss M's blog. I love it.
http://splendidmissm.blogspot.com/

We awe hunting fow wowk...HAHAHAHA

Seriously it feels like I am in a bad Looney Tunes cartoon sometimes. I am Job hunting again and although it seems like it would be fairly easy...it's not.

Bam has started going to daycare two times a week. We survived last week and although Tuesday was rough, Thursday he seemed to come out of his shell. I think he'll be ready to stay all day soon rather than me picking him up at noon. His friend Gabriel is cute and loves having a friend his size. They "read" books together and of course Bam has to "read" out loud. They cuddle together and my little musical boy loves to dance so they get out there and boogie together. Bam also LOVES to play in Lucas' closet. I have to go in there and knock on the door and he opens it like "Hello, Im in here. Can I help you?" All annoyed. Geez little boy, who told you, you could have a personality all your own.

Anyway the job hunting is going weird. I've seen a lot of really great opportunities. One, I would have been great for given my penchant for shoes, was a Merchandise Director for a shoe company. It was a high end shoe company that marketed stuff for Jessica Simpson and Santana but they also did some other stuff too. I would go and set up sales floors in department stores, get free shoes, inform sales staff of sales that were going to be coming up, get free shoes, have a region from ElPaso to San Antonio and south. But so worth it for the free shoes....well. Ya. Having to travel 1/2 the time isn't great when you have small kids. I did merchandising for Ralph Lauren before I met Jason and this was my dream job. Traveling and free stuff. COME ON win win.
The next one I applied for was for an Administrative Assistant for a law firm. And I got a call back. He was a one lawyer firm and it would be good hours, slower pace :(, and a lot less money. For a minute I thought I can make this work. No one else is calling so I have to take this one. Then Jason slapped me out of my downward spiral. I can do better. I know there is a job out there for me. Maybe not my dream job. Maybe not even close to what I was doing but something has to turn up....Right?