Babies | A Thankfully Imperfect Woman

Sep 10

My Daycare Baby Started Nursery School Today :'{

Is it just me?

Do other daycare providers get teary watching their little peanut march off to school?

Mind you, it’s just nursery school, but sheesh…how did she get this old? It seems like just yesterday that Elena, at 3 months old, came to stay with me.

{Sigh}

I love these little peanuts.

I am very excited for Elena – she is going to have such a great time! The one advantage for me is that I get to enjoy some one on one time with her little sister. I know we’ll both enjoy some quiet snuggle time!

I had to giggle this morning as we were working on Elena’s little person for school…Nicole needed one too. So here they are…Elena and Nicole working on these two cute little paper people…with button eyes, crayon clothes, and twine hair. I felt the twine hair was perfect as little Elena’s hair usually shows up at my door in the morning with a rat’s nest in the back…with Elena in tow, of course! Remember The Winner of the Worst Bed Head Competition?

We had it all set up on our coffee table and there we were…all sitting on the couch with our projects. Elena picked out blue buttons for her eyes and little red buttons for a smile. Longer twine hair on Elena’s and short little pieces for Nicole’s (since her hair is just starting to really grow). Both paper dolls came out pretty cute. I wish I would have taken a picture for you…but alas, we were running like crazy people this morning.

Now Nicole is napping and Elena is just getting off from school and will be back soon. I can’t wait to hear about her day!

{sniff, sniff}

Our baby is growing up Jen and Blake! I know, I know…your baby. But I still count you guys as extended family, and I’m pretty sure your girls think they have 3 older sisters…and trust me, Alex, Sam and Gabi love your girls! And don’t get me started on Tim…little fingers…wrapped around…sound familiar?

Happy Back to School everyone!

Patty O

ps…Gabi started 7th grade this year. {sigh} Same height as me. {sigh} Size 9.5 feet. {sigh} Our baby’s growing up too. {sniff, sniff} 🙂

pps…thanks to Pinterest and Dr. Seuss for the photo.

Aug 19

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I Was Slammed by a 3-Year-Old

Yes, it’s another Elena story!

It was a baby day today. Of course there were giggles, food, naps, and a little overall insanity once the cymbals and other musical instruments came out and the marching began.

And then there were the foam noodle fights, which were interrupted by moments of silliness where she directed where we were to place the noodles: as horns on our head, as a long nose, big eyes, big cheeks (on the face) and many more.

But the best moment of the day was when I told Elena to go and get the brush from the bathroom so I could brush her hair.

She looked at me and said “Because you can’t get it?”

BAM!

She did say it very sweetly, as though she were concerned about why I couldn’t get it. And I know a 3-year-old wouldn’t actually slam me…or would she?

🙂

Patty O

ps…the image is from Pinterest…thanks Ian Hobson, age 5!

Jul 29

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RassaFrassafasdsdflk (Swear Words)

I just wrote a blog post about my weekend…

and I tried to click on Preview…

and it didn’t work.

So I clicked on Save Draft and it brought me to a strange screen asking if I was sure I wanted to do this and I pressed “Please try again”…after all I was trying to save the draft right?

WRONG.

It’s gone.

{sigh}

So here’s my new post.

Title filled with swear words and all.

Happy Monday.

Hrmph.

Tomorrow is Tuesday…

Or as Elena sang today…”Toooomorrrow—there’ll be sunnn” (only as a 3 year old can sing)!

Patty O

Thank you to Pinterest for the picture! Yes, I felt like Yosemite Sam in “I Hates Rabbits”…YouTube it…it’s worth it!

Jul 24

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Having Kids is like Living in a Comic Strip

Or on those really bad days… Having kids is like being pecked to death by a killer chicken.

On any given day you can take your pick…heck, on any given moment you can take your pick!

Some days your child lays down and screams like he or she is dying… Read more

Jul 20

Top 10 Things I Look Forward To…

So here it is…

My list.

The list of things I look forward to. This list is a combination of “bucket list” items and everyday items and “someday dreams” items. It’s not put into order by my most important item as #1, it’s more in timeline order.

As I sat down to write this list I realized there are so many more things I could put on here. The “little things”…like watching Gabi run cross-country races this fall, or her basketball games. Or seeing Sam off to her 2nd year at college…and the daily phone calls when she’s gone. Or the chances I get to see Alex, Tom and my adorable grandpuppy Louis (snorts and all). Read more