Chutes and Ladders with ADD?

How frustrating! I've suspected for some time that my little prince charming has ADD or something similar. He bought a game of Chutes and Ladders with his AWANA bucks last night so this morning I decided to teach him to play. He honestly can't stay still long enough to spin and move his piece! We've tried twice so far and failed both times. The first time he was more interested in flinging game pieces. The second time he wouldn't participate but to spin the spinner. I ended up playing both pieces and it's no fun alone! lol

Long weekend

It was nice to have a long weekend with my husband. We mostly lounged around the apartment but at least we got to spend some time together. It was nice to have 4 days with him home!

Where does he get this??

I can't believe my Little Prince Charming just told me to "shut up" when I told him to stop jumping on the bed! I'm heartbroken! We don't talk like that in our household so I have to wonder where he's picking it up. I told him if he says it again he loses his Harry Potter privileges. He didn't like that at all, and I don't think it's nearly harsh enough, but he is only 3 years old.

Cuteness

My Little Prince Charming brought me one of his stuffed Mickeys. I cradled him like a baby and sang Rock-a-Bye Baby to him. I gave him back and whispered "he's asleep now" so my adorable little prince whispers "ok" back and takes him from me. he holds him like a baby and lays him down in a chair! What a good daddy he's going to be!

My night out

I really had fun with my friend last night. We went to a bar, which I never do as I don't drink even a sip of alcohol! lol It was a tiny little tavern with a few tables, a wii, and a fireplace. Very homey and laid back. We never got to even sit down because it was packed to capacity! After standing there an hour with my diet coke, we decided to get an order to go! We went back to her house and sat and watched tv and ate our cheeseburgers. We talked and talked and talked. If I didn't have to get back home I could easily have spent hours with her. I don't do this nearly enough!

A night out

It's not very often I get invited out by a friend without kids so tonight is rather exciting for me. In fact, i don't remember the last time I went out for dinner without my Little Prince Charming, unless it was with my mom! I know it's just cheeseburgers at a "hole in the wall" bar, but I'm excited to meet up with an old friend.

My Little Prince

My big boy just loves to blow out my candles when I have them lit. Whether or not I want them blown out at the time is another story. Just now he blew out my wonderful honeydew scented votive from Partylite (I put the website in my links if you're curious-I highly recommend them!), and I asked him for a hug. He said ok and hugged me. Then out of the blue he said "I love you mama" for the first time. I mean, this is the first time he said it first, on his own, without being prompted. It was incredibly sweet. I am so in love with this little person!

Tuesday

We decided to get SubWay for lunch today since we needed to go grocery shopping and we have one conveniently located inside our local WalMart. The man who put my meat on my sandwich simply folded it to fit...not in half so it was evenly distributed or anything, just folded it so that it fit on my 7 inch sub. I say 7 inch because he didn't cut the bread evenly either. He then hands it off to the guy who put the condiments on it. I asked for mustard and lite mayo. He squeezed the mustard to the point where it looked like it threw up on my sandwich. I don't like mustard that much! Then he uses regular mayo. It was a good sandwich and I was glad to be blessed enough to buy one instead of going without food at all, but it was still annoying. But it set the tone for the rest of the day. Now, tonight, I'm on my way to take my son to AWANA. He is going with a burnt vest and a shriveled up patch because his stupid mommy had the bright idea that since we don't have an iron, a hot fry pan would work to attach his patch. It burnt right through, left a stain on the counter, and may very well have ruined the pan! I hope the Alpha Course goes better.

Weekend

It's finally Sunday, and the start of the weekend for us. My husband works Tuesday-Saturday so Fridays don't mean the start of the weekend for us, Saturday does. Sunday is his first day off, unless he decides to work (which he does at least 2x a month). Monday is our family day so I'm looking forward to seeing what we have in store for tomorrow. Today we got a new computer for the studio (that I'm using right now and I LOVE it!) and a few other things. The Little Prince got to ride the horse at WalMart, along with the Woody Woodpecker airplane. He doesn't want to go to bed tonight. I guess he had so much fun today he didn't want it to end. It's always harder for him to go to bed when his daddy's home anyway. He doesn't want to give up his daddy time.

partylite

So I have this friend who sells partylite candles on the side and she had an open house today. Nobody but me showed up! She had probably 50 people invited and several confirm. I am upset on her behalf. I realize it's Valentine's day, but you know by reading my previous post that that doesn't mean anything to me. I think that if you confirm an invitation that you have a responsibility to meet! If your plans get changed and you can't make it, then I think the polite thing to do is to call and let the hostess know! She had candies and cakes and coffee all made for the guests that were supposed to have come. There are some wonderful specials coming up too! I was impressed by the March specials and I think I will end up booking a show to see if I can meet the requirements for it.

squishy floor

Maintenance was called about our closet floor and when he checked it out he found the boiler had sprung a leaky valve. He said it was spraying out onto the floor which is right on the other side of our closet wall. He got a shop vac and started cleaning up the water, but when it was full he went and got another, bigger version. After he sucked up as much as he could, I put a fan in the bedroom and pointed it in the closet to help clear out the air. Unfortunately, it's already started to smell so I can't sleep in there tonight. Probably not for a few days, until it gets completely cleared out. So the bedroom is a disaster now that everything in the closet is now on the bedroom floor. Boxes of paper, knickknacks that haven't been put out, etc. And with my asthma, I can't go in there to organize, clean, or straighten! I am starting to think we'll move when our lease is up.

My apartment

I loved my new (since this summer) apartment when we first moved in, but over the winter I've noticed a few undesirable issues. The parking lot was never cleared of snow and ice...oh they had someone come in about 3-4 times this season and shove the snow from the main driving area into the yard, but only 2 times did I see him plowing the parking places. and one of those times it was because another lady that lives in the building caught him and called him on it! My husband has trouble with his knee due to arthritis and a surgery that we believe was not helpful in the least (and maybe even harmful to him!) and over-balancing on the ice isn't good for him. He's been in pain for most of the snowy days because of it. i think he may have caused some more damage slipping around out there.

One day he came out of the bathroom after shaving and said that the hot water line to the sink just busted! There was water all over the entire floor. It took me about 2 weeks to get the musty smell out of the bathroom. Now the closet floor is flooded because of the rain and melting of the snow. Every time I step in there I squish through the carpet and leave a footprint shaped puddle.

Valentine's day

I didn't realize that Valentine's day was coming up! We never really celebrated it. We never saw the point in picking out a specific day of the year where everyone celebrated their love for each other with sappy poetry and fattening confections. Isn't that what anniversaries are for? Besides...

There is the claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. And...

I think it sad that we celebrate romance and love on a day that is the anniversary for the slaughter by Al Capone in Chicago 1929. How can these two things coexist? Ok so maybe I'm more of a romantic than I care to admit, but really! 7 people are killed and we celebrate with sugar and love poems.

My Little Gentleman

So I had a meeting with a potential customer this morning and my Little Prince was an angel! I thought he'd be too silly showing off for new people to remember his manners, but they had a baby with them! He was entertaining the 6 month old and while yes, it was silly, he stayed out of trouble! He sometimes ends up hurting himself while acting silly. When the family left he waved and said "bye bye, friend!" My heart just melted! I don't know if I can survive the cuteness!

Choir practice

My Little Prince Charming lived up to his nickname tonight when the sitter didn't show up and he ended up in the sanctuary with me for a few minutes during choir rehearsal. He sat quietly in the front pew watching us practice at the piano on stage until my mom showed up to take him with her. There were other kids there and there should have been a sitter, but she forgot! She's a high school senior and has a test coming up so when she went to her study group, she forgot all about coming back to watch the kids! She promised to be there next week, but this is 2 weeks in a row she didn't show up so I don't think I'm going to bank on it.

Unfortunately, after we got home and I put him to bed, he pooped in his jammies. I don't understand why he won't do it in the bathroom. He knows how to poop, he knows he's supposed to do it in the toilet, he just won't! I don't know how to make him. I'm so very frustrated at this I cry sometimes! I know he'll get it eventually, but until then this is what I live with!

Back to the Easter program. I ripped my friend's Easter cd onto my mp3 player. I haven't listened to it yet, but hopefully will do that tomorrow between appointments. I have an adapter in my car so I can listen to it in there too.

I need to make a todo list. I have all these things in my mind but don't always get thru them because I get sidetracked. I just need to put a little notebook in my purse or something. Of course I'd probably be too sidetracked to look in it!

hodgepodge

I didnt think I'd fall off the blogging wagon so quickly! I wanted to update with a sentence or two at least every day. It's quickly-VERY quickly-fallen by the wayside as with so much else I do.

I'm proud of my Little Prince's accomplishments. I just wish he'd still take naps! He gets so grumpy and whiny and won't do anything I ask or tell him to do. Especially if I mention the word nap. Right now he's upset with me because I won't give him jam. I told him he can have some on bread but he doesn't want bread. He only wants the jam. I certainly will not give him a jar of grape jelly and a spoon! So he's very upset with me right now.

We took some pictures of my sil's salon today for her website. I'm looking forward to taking more pics Friday of her coworkers and a group shot. I have fun with posing people.

Tonight is choir. We're working on the Easter musical, which sounds like it will be quite a production! I'm really looking forward to seeing how this turns out. The music is not difficult for experienced vocalists, but unfortunately, our director has about 2 dozen novices to work with! I told her I would sprain my voice if I tried to do that trill she wanted us to work on! She laughed and told me I'd get over it!

I got my first call for shooting a wedding today. I'm excited about meeting with her and showing her my portfolio. I hope I get the job!

Well, I knew it was too good to last. 3 days seems to be the limit for Little Prince Charming's goodness time line. I took our friends out to eat tonight and he was the one acting up. The other kids were great, except for when we got to BK the other two boys complained that they wanted to go to McD's. But it was mine that ran around the lobby screaming in glee and running on the booth benches. He complained even more when we got home and I wasn't lying down with him...how can I be upset with that?

A good day

Little Prince Charming has been so so very good these past couple days. Today we went grocery shopping and he was so good sitting in the cart that I let him have a ride on the horsey before we left. He got a little grumpy when we got home and I wanted to watch my show and not Bear in the Big Blue House, but he got over it pretty quickly. I made him some muffins this morning and he's eaten almost all of them. For supper he got himself an apple, a couple baby carrots, another muffin, and some juice (I poured it for him). Oh, and a banana. I'm glad he's making healthy choices! Of course, if there was a bowl of candy next to the bowl of fruit, I'm pretty sure his choices would have been different.

Proud mommy moment

I've been saying the Lord's prayer to my little Prince Charming nearly every night since he was born. Well, tonight he decided to say it with me! When I realized what he was doing I spoke slowly and clearly so he could follow along. It was so sweet I very nearly cried with pride. He was proud of himself, too. The shining in his eyes gave me a moment of clarity. I'm raising a potential father. How I treat him and what I teach him directly affects the way he will behave as an adult. A moment like this is worth it. All the mistakes I've made with him. The yelling and the spankings...I feel bad afterward but this moment, this instance; nothing else mattered. I am so proud of him.

My first post.

I have never had a blogger page. I have a journal for my pregnancy journey into parenthood, and I have joined social networking sites that have blogs built in, but this is my first post here. I wonder how I'll like it.

I'm sitting here wondering where to start cleaning my apartment while my 3 yr old son, Little Prince Charming, continues making a quagmire of the living room with the tiniest bowl of granola. It's truly amazing how that stuff can spread. I've already vacuumed up his first 2 messes of granola. I think I'll leave this one till he's really finished.