basketheads. [158.365]

M decided we needed "hats", so, she dumped everything out of her baskets and put these on our heads. Heh. Saturday was a rough day - M was being really difficult most of the day, and I was just hit with a wall of exhaustion and frustration. Some days I still really struggle with the…

busy sunday. [110.365]

Making playdough with M at her friend's birthday party this morning - she put a lot of flour in my lap! Today was a very full day. M's school-friend turned 2 today, so we went over to their house with another family from the school to celebrate this morning. It was a lot of fun…

convalescent friday. [108.365]

Spent Friday convalescing from my 3rd stomach bug of 2014, which was thankfully cut short by the leftover anti-emetics from my 2nd stomach bug, and thus unlike the first two, didn't require a trip to the hospital for fluids. It was still a super rough day, though, because M was out of school (her Montessori…

sprouting. [82.365]

We've been sprouting some seeds so that M can see how it works. A black bean and an apple seed. They were both taking off, so we decided to plant them today. We let M decorate some paper cups and filled them with dirt and planted our seeds. Here's hoping they actually grow - M's…

too much. [70.365]

This semester has just been stupid-hard: bronchitis, pneumonia, two different stomach bugs that have required trips to the hospital, sick kiddo, sick spouse, snow/cold days at kiddo's school...it's just too much when I'm trying to teach two classes and finish a dissertation. I'm utterly beat, and this is my "Spring Break", and I'm trying to…

fire drill. [57.365]

Some genius scheduled a fire drill today. The windchill was -4F. I mean, I know fire doesn't exactly discriminate, so we totally COULD have a fire when it's this cold, but man, I felt bad for the folks who didn't have coats! (I was in my office, so grabbed all my gear and bundled up…

every morning. [29.365]

Every morning, I prep diapers for M to take to school. We just use prefolds laid flat inside of Thirsties covers because they're cheap and practical, and we're really lucky that M's school is enthusiastic about cloth diapering (they're a Montessori school, so they SHOULD be, of course!) and doesn't mind that we don't have…