I thought I’d have a real post today, but my brain keeps
skipping over little things. So here’s a bunch of little things again.
There are some of those words that you just can’t spell to
save your life. Mine? Nuisance. I don’t know why I have such a mental block
about spelling that word but if it wasn’t for spell check I would never get it
right. Sometimes I spell it so badly that spell check can’t figure it out
either. Unfortunately, for my job I write that particular word often. It’s such
a … nuisance.
They are remodeling the bathrooms in my building. Last week
and this week is my floor, so I have to go somewhere else whenever I need to
use one. You’d be amazed how you can decide it’s just not worth it sometimes.
Speaking of bathrooms! (like that segue?), Spencer went a
whole week with no accidents at kindergarten. We pep talk it every morning, and
this morning I went through the whole routine again while he was putting his
shoes on and he was all “mom, I know all this. I did it fine last week”. He
also has decided that he doesn’t want me making him breakfast in the morning
which I’m not entirely happy about even though it frees me up for makeup in the
morning. The breakfast at school is not satisfactory to me. No proteins! No
fresh fruit! But I’m giving him some of this week and then I think we’ll have
to come to a compromise.
ALSO. Spencer’s on the campaign to get me to buy him
prepackaged Lunchables for his lunch. ”But so-and-so has them!” I give him some
packaged snacks (Cheez-its, fruit snacks) but why do kids want Lunchables? They
aren’t even very good! I know, I ate them as a kid! (This is not a judgment on
parents who give their kids Lunchables. ) As with everything, compromise. I think
I’m going to start giving him one a week – maybe Fridays? Also, I’ve broken
down on Danimals (so much sugar! And he likes Greek Yogurt fine!) because he
asks for them for every lunch. I bought them when they were BOGO, but now I’m
just looking for coupons. And does anyone know a healthier alternative?
When is it that children start sounding like their parents?
I thought it was about the time you have kids, but yesterday the boys were
playing in their room, and Henry was talking and Spencer said “What?” and Henry
yelled “I JUST TOLD YOU SIX TIMES!” So.
After our super busy Saturday, Sunday was lazy and lovely.
The kids slept until 7:40!!! We cleaned house a little and then ran over to
Macy’s to check out their sale (I got a couple tops, a pair of shorts, a pajama
skirt and a nice dress for work) and Ulta (still no Milk pencil in stock) and
BB&B for k-cups. And then we were home for the rest of the day. I cut Henry’s
hair and the boys played in the shower. Afterward I put them in pjs for the
rest of the day (it was 3:45p). Spencer was not happy about this – he is very
much a boy of rules, and one of his things is that pjs are for sleeping in, not
for hanging out. You do not run to Panera in the morning in pjs and you do not
put them on in the middle of the day. But he dealt with his disappointment by
being allowed to watch tv all afternoon while we watched football (and I read) in the
living room, and I ran laundry. Okay, so it wasn’t a lazy day but it was a
home-most-of-the-day, which is obviously rare for us.
3 comments:
I know I said this re: birthday planning too, but you are SO my kind of mom. Refreshing to see someone giving their kids Lunchables instead of an all organic, super creative lunch artistically arranged in a bento box. WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT?!!
We give the girls gogurt but the simply gogurt kind instead of the ones with the cartoon characters with tons of dyes and crap. I *assume* it is healthier but I haven't actually checked.
Re: Lunchables I recently discovered something that is a lot like them but also had the appearance of using healthier ingredients (also unconfirmed) at target. I forget what it was called but they were really delicious and fancy enough to be an adult snack to be enjoyed with the hubby over a glass of wine.
I let him pick out Friday Lunchables and he picked some that are basically chicken nuggets. I make lunch for him every day but I wouldn't consider it artistic. In plastic because I can't see wasting that many plastic bags but not a pretty Bento box. He usually gets half a pb&j (with crusts, none of that crust-cut-off nonsense), grapes, fruit snacks and some sort of cracker - goldfish, cheez-its, etc. Sometimes a cheese stick.
I stick Gogurt in the freezer, but for some reason both my kids have issues with eating it regular - they can't get it up the thing to suck it up. They make more of a mess than when they eat regular yogurt!
I was letting Fuss have Lunchables for awhile, but I discovered this week that she's only been eating the crackers and dessert for lunch. No wonder she is so freaking grumpy. (I thought school was just wearing her out and she was tired.) No more Lunchables. This makes it hard, because she is NOT a sandwich person (neither was I, so I sympathize) but I'm like "what do I give you for lunch?" they can't heat anything up, which has always been her preferred lunch stuff (mac and cheese with fruit or soup and carrots, etc.) I'm getting ready to buy some PB kids sandwich cutters hoping maybe she'll eat a sandwich that doesn't look like a sandwich, but I still have the issue of what to put IN it (allergic to PB, not crazy about most lunch meat).
We started the year with the individual packets of cottage cheese and a fruit of some sort (occasionally apple sauce, but usually fresh) and that works, but she won't eat that every day, so I'm SOL.
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