10 Things I Will Miss - Leslie

I thought I was going to have a really hard time with this week's topic.  Silly me.  Well, it IS a hard time in that it makes me a nostalgic, blubbering mess, but that's beside the point.

So, I guess I will just jump right in.  Here are 10 things that A does that I will miss when she grows up.  There are the duh things that just about any mom will miss, so I tried to put in things that A does personally instead of those.  I may have cheated and added a couple, though.

1. Ask me to scratch her back as she falls asleep.

Fiance has always been huge on having his back scratched.  His grammy used to do it to him and it seems as though that has now passed on to A.  I could lie there all night scratching her back and she would be perfectly content.

2. Her making silly faces.

Now, I know anyone would like the silly faces made by their child.  It's in the fine print of the parent handbook, after all.  However, I especially like A's faces because they come so naturally to her.  She's not just scrunching her face up and calling it silly.  Well, not always at least.  She is able to cross one eye at a time, and it makes for the most hilarious silly faces.

3. The way she says in her little voice, "Mommy will you play with me?" and "I love you, mommy."

Yeah.  I know, I know.  Duh.  But that VOICE.

4. The funny things she says.

For example, when I was getting her to bed tonight she said, "Mommy, do you know what Chinese cats say?"  "Uh, no not exactly.  What do they say?"  "We are Siamese if you please!"  "Do you mean Siamese cats?"  "No!  Chinese cats!"  Maybe that's not as funny now that I have written it down, but again, that VOICE.

5. The dimples right below her eyes when she scrunches her little face up.

She has her grammy's dimples on the apples of her cheeks rather than ones you normally see right by the mouth.  I know those dimples will be there forever, but there is something inherently cute about the way they look on her face now, which is little and toddler-y.  That combination definitely won't be there forever.

6. The joy on her face when her daddy flies her around the living room or carries her on his shoulders.

She LOVES to be airborne for some reason.  It scares the crap out of me, but it also makes my heart swell when I see just how happy she is in that moment.  Is it possible to be happily terrified without being happy that you're terrified?  If so, I'm that.

7. Her perfectly imperfect drawings.

She draws just like you would expect a three-year-old to draw.  But I love it!

8. Reading with her before bed.

Now this one is one of those that will probably not go away.  However, I know I will miss the way it is now.  We co-sleep and there is something very comforting about reading a book with her and then cuddling up to go to sleep.  Not to mention that I love how my love for reading is rubbing off on her.

9. How unbelievably excited ice cream makes her.

I mean, unbelievably.  Most kids are happy about ice cream.  This kid, however, is more than that.  The other day I thought she was going to break her face with her huge smile.  Yes, that excited.

10. Doing impersonations of her loved ones.

This is one of the more recent things she does and is quickly becoming my favorite.  My nephew introduced her to that song What Does the Fox Say? and that evolved into everyone asking her things like, "What does mommy say?" and "What does Papaw say?"  My favorite is when we ask her what her aunt Gretchen says.  Her response is always, "*mimicks high pitched voice* I'm going to let A have my Nook to play on!"

So there you have it.  The 10 things I will miss when A gets older.  I dread her getting older, but I absolutely love to witness the person she is becoming.  I am so proud to be her mom.

I'm not crying, I promise!

As always, send any new suggestions to thecaseofthemissingcheerios@gmail.com or leave them in a comment.  See you next week!

Cheerio Champ's book review~priddymomma

Hey guys!  Happy August!  Today, I have a book review from Cheerio Champ to share with you all.

Q:  What happens in the book?

A:  It’s scared.  David’s in time out and he’s sad.

priddymomma says:  David gets in trouble for breaking various house rules.  David’s mom finally puts him in time-out.  Despite the punishment, she loves him very much.

Q:  What was your favorite part?

A:  David’s playing with toys in the house. 

Q:  What was your least favorite part?

A:  David wanted to watch a movie, but he had to go to his room instead.

Q:  What was the craziest thing David did in the story?

A:  He watched a movie instead of putting his toys away.

priddymomma says:  The kid has a freaking chicken bone in his mouth at one point, along with other huge amounts of food.  The art in the book is hilarious.

Q:  Did David remind you of yourself?

A:  Uh...yeah.  Uh…yeah.

priddymomma says:  Uh…yeah.

Q:  Would you want to be David’s friend?  Why or why not?

A:  No, thanks.  He can’t be a good friend.  David’s mean.

Q:  Are the words hard or easy to read?

A:  Words are hard.

priddymomma says:  The words are super easy to read.  There’s never more than five on a page, and usually only around three. 

Q:  What do you think David and his mom will do after the end of the story?

A:  He put crayons on his wall.

Q:  What did you learn from this book?

A:  “No, David!” is a story and David hugs his mom.

priddymomma says:  What I’ve learned from this review would be that Cheerio Champ didn’t take any life-changing morals away from this book.  *sigh*

Q:  Do you think other kids should read this book?

A:  Yes.  I could read “No, David!”

priddymomma says:  And of course that means you should too!  I recommend it for ages 15 months to 5 years, as those are the ages of my kids and they adore it.  (Can you tell by the pictures of the pages that it has had a hard life?)

Thanks for reading!  See ya next week!

(A)Typical Tuesday~priddymomma

SURPRISE!  I get to be first this week!  Tori has some sick kiddos, so either you’ll hear from her later this week or you’ll have to contain yourselves until next week.  I’m sure you all know how it is. 

This week, we’re covering A Day in the Life.  It was an interesting day I took notes on.  I had planned to tell you all that my days aren’t normally like this and that they aren’t usually this hectic…but maybe they are.  What is NOT the usual, however, is my injury.  You see, I unwisely decided a bench in the middle of the mall at 11:30 p.m. was the perfect place for a Broadway Dance number.  It turns out that it is not.  I stepped down from said dance number and abruptly rolled my ankle.  Talk about your show-stopper!  Total drag, as I was on a date with the hubby at the time.  I’m recovering though.  Thank-you for your concern.  I’m an idiot.  I know.  Anyway, we were out late on a Monday night, so I got up late on Tuesday and had to deal with an injury.  All-in-all, I was fairly miserable.  Fun fun. 

Without further ado, here it is! 

Tuesday April 9^th, 2013

6 a.m.-Wake up after five hours of sleep.  Pee.

Injured so just remained in bed.  Hubby was nice enough to bring me food and drink.  Hubby leaves for work.  Read until Cheerio Champ wakes up

8 a.m.-Spent 1 hour in room with Cheerio Champ.  Playing, reading, and tossing around Spanish vocabulary

Got him set up to get ready and started on chores

9 a.m.-Got Princess Cheerio up and nursed.  One hour behind normal schedule.

Eat a few bites of leftovers from fridge while assembling breakfast for the kids

8:30 a.m. -Breakfast-granola, yogurt, and fruit for Cheerio Champ

Yogurt, fruit, and cheerios for Princess Cheerio

Princess Cheerio spits food in my face.

10 a.m.-Changed Princess Cheerio-poop gets on a block.  Don’t ask.

Cheerio Champ’s reading a chapter book nicely.

Cheerio Champ wants to be tickled.  Tickling occurs.  Princess Cheerio very upset she is being left out.  Princess Cheerio gets tickled.  The pattern continues until injured ankle is tapped and I am DONE.

Clean poop block

Cheerio Champ wants to sweep up stray cheerios

Take board book from Princess Cheerio.  Books are not food.

Put away dishes in drainer

Wash highchair tray and drainer of dishes and wipe down table and highchair.

Start laundry.

Sweep up cheerios Cheerio Champ no longer cares about

Give Princess Cheerio the baby doll Cheerio Champ took from her

Take Furby away from Cheerio Champ for the day for screaming the same nonsense over and over in my face. 

Thank Cheerio Champ for giving Princess Cheerio her baby doll back.  Watch kids pass doll back and forth for a while.

Cheerio Champ is upset about the cheerios he didn’t get to finish sweeping up.

Try to sneak a cupcake in the kitchen while the kids are playing

Everybody has a cupcake.

Clean up cupcake mess. 

Kids extra whiney.  Both are tired and both got shots yesterday at the doctor’s office and are not feeling their best.

Realize I need to pay power bill today.  Can’t immediately find power bill.  Find it in the bathroom…

On way back to computer desk, stub toe and jar injured ankle.  Cursing follows.  Small amount of tears.  Now fury.  Realize Cheerio Champ saw entire episode.  Now need to address behavior issue as he is kicking things and screaming a colorful word.

Fill water bottle and finally put away cereal from this morning. 

Limp to computer desk, only to have to look for the power bill again.  CHEERIO CHAMP is trying to eat it after taking it from Princess Cheerio, who was also trying to eat it. 

Princess Cheerio wants me to read Goodnight Moon and I tell her just a minute.  She begins slamming book against gate and falls and cries.  

Comfort her and read the damn book.  Cheerio Champ interrupts to tell me George Washington’s birthday (February twenty-two!). 

Put her down, only to have her slam book and cry again.  Now Cheerio Champ wants to read Goodnight Moon.  Tug-of-war.

Scold Cheerio Champ for talking meanly to Princess Cheerio.  Scold Princess Cheerio for playing with the vent.

Watch Princess Cheerio booty bump the door and giggle.  I giggle, not her.  She’s very serious about this booty bumping. 

Watch Princess Cheerio booty bump baby gate.  Tell Cheerio Champ not to booty bump baby gate.

Finally get soggy power bill paid online.

Tell Cheerio Champ to quit chewing on Goodnight Moon.  Tell him to put it back on bookshelf as he took it in his room to chew on it where I couldn’t see him.

Tell Cheerio Champ not to touch a birthday present for a friend.

Kids are yelling.

Kids are making rude noises. 

Headache.  Ankle is swelling more.

Getting set up for nap time.  Tell Cheerio Champ to leave baby gate alone.

Get Cheerio Champ set up with some presidents information he can look through (as per request).  

Pee.

Take book Princess Cheerio is eating.

Turn on lullaby music.

Come to find that I didn’t actually add laundry to the washer.  Trying again.

Ankle throbs and I almost fall.  Cheerio Champ laughs at me.

12:30 p.m.-change Princess Cheerio (finally dressed in day clothes) and nurse down for nap.

1:45 p.m.-Quiet time for Cheerio Champ

Elect not to exercise or homeschool…or do much of anything due to swelling in ankle.  Curl up in bed.

Hear Cheerio Champ in hysterics.  Rush in to find he has a new hopefully-not-hobby:  stuffing toys in his nose.  Toy comes out.  Lecture…and life goes on.

2:30 p.m.-change Princess Cheerio and curl up in bed again

2:45 p.m.-hubby calls.  Hobble my ass to phone in dining room.  Coming home early.

Finally get to shower and wash baby food off my arm from this morning

3:10 p.m.- hubby is home

3:20 p.m.- hubby changes Princess Cheerio and puts her in highchair while I assemble lunch

3:30 p.m.-late lunch for kids and no lunch for me.  Didn’t feel like standing any longer.

Hubby is nice enough to clean up after lunch 

Find out my brother and his girlfriend aren’t coming over after all.  Relieved in a way because my ankle aches, but sad we don’t have plans

Kids play/scream/beat me up while hubby makes egg sandwiches for dinner

5:30 p.m.- dinner.  I get some veggies and fruit to go with sandwiches.

I need desperately to lay down, so hubby is kind enough to allow me to.  He finishes dinner with the kids, cleans up, and bathes Princess Cheerio.  

I wake up to Princess Cheerio screaming in the bath tub.  I have napped for fifteen minutes.  Wooo!  I feel better for it though.

Hubby takes care of after bath routine with Princess Cheerio and reads her a story.  I play with Cheerio Champ a bit.  He tries to bite me during tickles.  

Nursing Princess Cheerio while hubby showers Cheerio Champ and reads to him and puts him to bed.

8 p.m.-Bedtime for Princess Cheerio.

Hubby is studying Tai Chi via DVD.  I collapse in a heap and drowse/read for twenty minutes before looking for a snack. 

Remember that there are wet clothes in the washer and throw them in the dryer.  Fold massive basket of laundry.

Play Mario Party 8 with hubby.

Feed cats.  Check on kids.  Brush teeth.

10 p.m.-bed.

10:30 p.m.-pee.

11:00 p.m.-pee again.

Can you relate?  What is a day like for you?  Any topic requests?  Comment or email us at thecaseofthemissingcheerios@gmail.com.  We’d love to hear from you!  Look for Leslie’s post on Saturday!