Thursday, November 4, 2010

Background noise

I got a lot done yesterday, but at the end of the day it felt like I did nothing because I a) didn't get dressed beyond yoga pants and b) had movies going in the background all day.

But somehow, the house got cleaned, the dishes and bottles got washed, the pantry got cleaned out, Spencer got several timeouts, three loads of laundry were washed, folded and hung (okay one was folded and hung but at least all three made it through the dryer instead of sitting in the washer until I have to re-wash!), and I made a steak dinner with risotto (box, so sue me - Target risotto is actually pretty awesome) and brussel sprouts while feeding Henry and policing Spencer so he wouldn't get in Daddy's way while Daddy fixed the dern Wii.

I went through kids movies yesterday trying to find one that Spencer would enjoy, because he still doesn't watch movies (except Elmo Goes Potty - you'd think he'd be getting something out of that one, he watches it so much). So we warmed up on Diego and Caillou episodes on Netflix and then we watched Anastasia which I love. Him, not so much. Finally I turned on Newsies, which is one of my very favorite guilty pleasure movies. I love it. I can recite every word and sing every song and Spot Conlon, be still my heart. I still have my little-girl crush on him, even though I found and watched his other movies and he really didn't age well.

Henry has a very stuffy nose, which he was fine with yesterday but this morning he's none too happy about. I'm thinking about breaking out the saline because I couldn't suck anything out without it, but every time he sneezes he blows snot bubbles. No other symptoms so I think he's okay.

Now, coffee.

2 comments:

Mama Fuss said...

So did Spencer WATCH Newsies? Fuss won't watch anything that isn't at least partly animated (Stuart Little is the closest thing to live-action I can get her interested in). I'd LOVE for her to watch Newsies and learn to sing along... sigh. Love that movie.

april said...

he didn't WATCH it, but he didn't demand that it be turned off like he did the whole time Anastasia was on. He watches things like Imagination Movers, so I think it's the singing that keeps it bearable for him.