- Church was a bit wild today. ODD was asked last minute to fill in for the Primary Pianist. Considering he was sight reading most of the music he did a good job. Since he was playing the piano I took Wingnut to class with me. For the last month or so ODD’s been taking Wingnut to class with him so I could regulalry teach without the major distraction a baby is to 8-11 year olds. Wingnut did really well today and didn’t try to eat anybody’s shoes or scriptures so that’s progress from the last time I took him with me. Part way through the lesson the Primary secretary brought in a wailing Peanut. She didn’t know what had happened but apparently Peanut had been crying for a while and the secretary thought maybe I’d be able to calm her down. I shouted the lesson to my class over her continued wails as she sobbed on my lap. Wingnut saw me cradling Peanut and decided perhaps he needed some cuddling at that moment as well so he came over and began fussing until I picked him up and tried to make a little more room for him. Peanut wasn’t happy to be sharing the throne so making room was not really easy and all the while the wailing continued. We carried on in this manner much to the entertainment of my class, I’m sure, for another five or ten minutes until ODD, having finished singing time, burst in, swept Peanut away, much to her disappointment and protest, and left me, once again, with only a squirmy little boy on my lap. Of course once Peanut had vacated the premises he was more than happy to get down again and play on the floor. I came to find out after class that when Peanut came back to Primary for sharing and singing time she had wanted to sit by both ODD and her teacher. There was already a little boy in the seat she wanted so, naturally, that disappointment called for a complete and utter meltdown. Oh, the injustice! ODD couldn’t do much since he was playing the piano and Peanut was pretty out of control, as her emotional outbursts are apt to be, so that’s why she was brought in to me until ODD could come to my rescue. Being a mom is so fun at times like this.
- Wingnut is still not walking on his own. Honestly I’m pretty shocked. He’s been cruising for months and in January when the doctor suggested I try to keep him crawling until St. Patrick’s Day I actually laughed out loud and couldn’t imagine him crawling past Valentine’s Day. I hadn’t heard the 4 month recommendation before with Peanut but maybe that’s because I was living in CA at the time and I always got the impression my doctor was just happy to see my baby was being fed and changed regularly. Anyway, once Peanut started cruising it was a matter of a couple of weeks before she walked by herself. Wingnut is more than happy to cruise along furniture and hasn’t shown really any sign of a desire to let go and be free-moving until just this last week. I think Em’s post about the difference between her boys pretty much sums up my experience as well. Wingnut’s on his own time table and that’s perfectly fine with me. He’s beginning to take a few steps here and there but nothing terribly consistent. I’m sure it will happen when he really feels ready.
- I’m working on a new blog design. I’ve liked the simplicity of mine but lately have been feeling it’s a little too bare. I’m ready for a new look complete with correct names (sorry, NYDD is still up there coming on a year after the change) and updated likenesses. It probably still won’t be for a while because I have a lot going on and it takes more brain power than I have some days but I’m happy to have it in the works.
- The other day Peanut was helping me in the kitchen, telling me stories, and being goofy while we got lunch ready. As we were going over to the table to eat she reached around, put her hand on her lower back, and told me, “I think I threw my back out.” I almost dropped the food I was carrying to the table I was laughing so hard.
- I’ve started having Peanut do some chores. I’m going to try a few different methods to track what she’s doing each day but so far having her do some jobs has been a very good thing. I’ve been thinking for a while that she needed to begin having some sort of consistent responsibility and talked to quite a few people about ideas for jobs and tracking and motivation. I finally put it into action last week and am going to try a different method this week. She’s done really well so far and I’m proud of her for (usually) being willing to work.
- We took a last minute trip to visit our parents yesterday. ODD has been scanning some family photos for his mom so he wanted to pick up some more to work on. It’s been so cool to see some of these photos! Four-ish years ago we scanned all 8,000+ of his parents slides. It was fun to see a lot of his family members in them but most of ODD’s pictures were taken on regular film and were developed into prints so most of them weren’t included in the slide scanning. With this project we’re seeing photos of ODD as a baby that we’ve never seen before. This afternoon he even scanned photos of his parent’s wedding. These photos are priceless and we’re so excited to see them and share them with the rest of his family.
- We also helped my parents yesterday. They bought some new furniture for their basement (it’s awesome!) and asked if we’d be able to help move it since my brother was out of town, my dad still can’t exert himself that much, and our friend who is living with them right now broke his collarbone a couple of days ago while skiing. We were more than happy to help. My strength training has paid off a bit because I was able to heft the couches into the house with ODD and my parents helped us angle them down the stairs. I was quite impressed with myself even if ODD was chuckling at me as I proclaimed how strong I was. If you saw me you’d probably be laughing, too, but it felt good to help and I was proud of myself.
- I’m planning out the dress I want to make for Peanut for Easter. I’m excited about it but still need to find a pattern for it (not making up my own for this one) and figure out the colors I want to work with. Then comes the hard part: figuring out a time I can actually sit down and put it together. At least the ideas are rolling.
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I want to hear more about Peanut’s chores. What have you found that she can do… consistently? I’m having a hard time with that.
I’m always stuck carrying couches, dressers and stuff too! I TRY to be strong or at least APPEAR strong and it always is funny to the husband.
Your Sunday experience………..nice. If nothing else, it makes for a GREAT story, right?
I love your your random crap posts! They’re full of good stuff that you didn’t tell me during the week and it’s fun to hear. Good luck on all your ambitious goals. Thanks for all your help on Saturday. It was fun to spend time with you guys! We love you!
I love these! Church is so hard with kids most days, sometimes I wish that it was split up during the week again, then one parent could stay home with the kids while the other parent was gone to classes, I know it’s not convenient but I think I’d like it.
Please post the different things you try for chores with Peanut, I’d love to get some ideas!
oh man. that sounds like a circus act trying to teach your class with both kids. i’m sorry! luckily paul can take mabel to his sunday school class with him since he teaches the teenagers and having a baby in class livens it up a notch whereas i’ve been subbing the 7 year old class and she would just be a complete distraction.
mabel’s a big cruiser but we’re just pleasantly surprised that she’s even standing since both max and ava didn’t walk till 15 and 16 months. we thought she would have been walking by now..she’s taken at most three steps on her own but still feels content to hold onto things.