I just had a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios. Anna and Noah are home from school today, Eli is currently teething and crying in his Daddy’s arms as I type. I don’t really feel bad because he would cry in my arms, too and also, he did this with me all day long yesterday. The first three days of this week were really amazing, Eli and I had such great days, they reminded me of being at home with Anna and Noah when they were babies.
And then yesterday was so different. It wasn’t horrible it was just difficult. Eli is definitely getting his top teeth, maybe even five…is that possible? Anna and Noah are on fall break yesterday and today. Anna is taking pictures of her feet and the ceiling fan with our point and shoot and Noah is playing Wii.
Today should be a good day of Halloween festivities. Halloween is so much work between the costumes, the pumpkin carving, the candy…Yesterday I allowed Anna and Noah to have one piece of candy every 90 minutes between 10 and 4. I thought this would alleviate the millions of times they ask me for candy but they still asked right at the 90 minute mark “if they could have that piece of candy.”
Anna was going to be a witch for Halloween. And then she decided to be a cowgirl and then she decided to be a witch.
Noah was going to be carrots then a bear then a cowboy. I even bought cowboy things (hats, boots, sheriff boots!) for him and he wore them to a school function. This past Monday as we were getting ready for school he said he changed his mind, he didn’t want to be a cowboy.
“Sorry, Noah. I already spent a lot of money on your costume. You are going to be a cowboy.”
And then those gigantic, brown eyes filled with tears and he laid his head on my bed and just cried. My heart sank but I had to stand firm. No matter how hard it was.
So on Wednesday, when he went to his class Halloween party, he went dressed as an Army Soldier.
So much for standing firm. But like I’m going to deny him wanting to be a soldier “JUST LIKE HIS UNCLES.”
I’m hoping that my little family gets out for cupcakes today and I think maybe I’ll bake some pumpkin seeds just because my kids have asked for them. I have a pedicure this morning and hours and hours of work today. This day is planned, every single second of it. I’m going to do my best to enjoy it…every single second of it.
Happy Friday, friends.
I have been trying to convince my kids to spend less and less money on costumes and to be creative. It is sort of working. Dash is going to be Gandolf – from Lord of the Rings – but he kinda looks like Moses. We are going to have to get him a wizard hat.
Hope you get those cupcakes today!
How can “I have a pedicure” be buried within a paragraph?! I’d be yelling it from the rooftops.
I HAVE A PEDICURE!
(except I don’t, and I’m jealous).
I HAVE AN AFTERNOON IN MY HOUSE WITH NOBODY ELSE IN IT!
(which will be nice).
((but not as nice as a pedicure)).
enjoy!
I’m actually reading your Friday Morning Coffee while drinking my Friday morning coffee. This never happens, I’m so excited. When days get crazy like this you have to decided to enjoy it. Isn’t that crazy, but true? Pedicure…jealous.
Lyndsay, I know, I get three pedicures a year, sometimes just two and this one is an anniversary gift from Brian from our anniversary in August and I’m feeling like it’s such a big interruption in our day of busy but my toes are so hideous that even my shoes don’t want to be near them. Maybe that hour will be good for my soles AND my soul.
(I am excited, though.)
I think Noah and those big brown eyes could make me jump off a bridge if he asked me. Have you tried the cupcakes at the Chesterton Cake Shoppe by the Chesterton Tribune? The buttercream frosting is to die for. Hope Eli cuts those teeth soon. Have a great weekend.
Does Eli take a pacifier? If so, try this:
http://www.bonanza.com/booths/LankyLizards/items/RazBABY_Blackberry_Pacifier__amp__hands_free_Teether__3_mos
My youngest did not take a pacifier, but she LOVED this while she was teething. LOVED IT!
Nancy, I haven’t tried those but maybe we will. We are ordering cupcakes for eli’s baptism next weekend from our favorite bakery in CP but maybe we’ll try this place first. Thanks for the tip!
Angie, yes! He has it and he really seems to like it! Thank you for the tip! (but he won’t keep it in his mouth like a paci, just some nibbles…)
Livi wouldn’t keep it in her mouth either, but it was nice for her to chew on…and she loved it!
Is it wrong that I want to chew on it?
i’m laughing at your comment beth because i just looked those up and want to buy one for myself!! HAHA! since i already feel like i want to eat all the time maybe i NEED one. that would look odd though wouldn’t it? sitting at my desk at work with that in my mouth? but yum – the raspberry one looks even yummier
and no, you couldn’t deny him dressing up like his uncles…we’d have to call you all sorts of bad names if you did that
KIDDING! enjoy your pedi!!! xoxo
Absolutely not Beth…have at it
I put alot of effort into today, and then 2 of the 3 of my children came down with fevers. So now we are sitting at home, and I’m drinking a beer. I guess it could be worse…
Sometimes I really wonder how we (meaning us moms) do it all.
I hope for us (and by us I mean all of moms and our kids) a great weekend and fun Halloween.
Oh girl, enjoy your pedi! Lucky, lucky! *sigh*
I guess that’s one advantage to having a toddler that can’t communicate fully what she would like to be for Halloween— mommy picks the costume and that’s that! Haha!
I struggle when every single moment of the day is planned. I have to get myself psyched up for it even if it is things I enjoy doing.
Hope your weekend was great and that the teething is speedy… I think our daughter had about 8 teeth come in at once which is brutal but nice when its over you don’t have to go through it over and over again.