For Peanut:
Today was my running club's 10 mile race and since I'm due in like 2 weeks, I decided to do the smart thing and volunteer instead of running it. It's a beautiful race that almost entirely on the water and today was a perfect day weather-wise for running so I was a little jealous of all the runners, but I can look forward to running it next year!
Since Peanut is a giant pain in the ass about me leaving early in the morning (translation: she whines nonstop), I brought her with me so she could whine nonstop while I handed out bibs and did race day registration. At least this way she wasn't keeping anyone awake! If you ever want a quiet dog, don't get a hound.
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| Hounds: Nature's way of reminding you of the merits of an "outside dog" |
Peanut attends quite a few running club events, so she's had a chance to suck up to people and she unexpectedly got to run quite a bit today. She did warm up runs, then she did a run/walk with me during the race, and then she did cool down miles after the race. It was a pretty good deal for me too because I only took her for 2.5 miles and she's exhausted! She was actually pretty well behaved (for her) and didn't even steal any hamburgers from the post-race cook out...she only stole some bun pieces that were left unattended.
When I ran/walked during the race, I was grateful that I hadn't signed up for the 10 miles. I've been getting strong Braxton-Hicks contractions during exercise, but not every time, but today was one of those "Wow, this is uncomfortable" days. Peanut seemed disgusted with my need to walk, I guess running with faster people can make her cocky pretty quickly.
For Faith:
We went back to the pumpkin patch today because the realtor who sold us our house had a party for her clients there.
We made crafts:
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| Faith is thinking, "I had nothing to do with these unimaginative crafts, Mommy cramped my style" |
Unfortunately there were a ton of flies in the barn and Faith got really scared, so we couldn't stay long. We went outside where the wind kept the flies away.
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| I'm taking my balloon for the road |
Faith likes trains, so we took her on the hayride (it's really a tractor, but they have it make train noises, so close enough). When we first sat down before it started moving, she was not a fan.
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| Uh, there are other CHILDREN on this train. Unacceptable. |
We tried to cheer her up.
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| Smile! |
Don't worry, the key to toddler happiness is seeing this:
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| No one ever expects to see this |
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| MONKEY!! |
Faith's real unexpected delight was winning a toy in the party raffle: what may be the world's creepiest robot chipmunk!
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| It randomly chitters at you |
It moves and sounds like a rodent, so I'm not sure how Peanut is going to take it so I figured this might be one of those toys that has to be put away when Faith isn't playing with it.
For my husband and myself:
Our lovely child has a fun habit: shoving things up her nose. She is really quick about it too, so I've actually gotten quite good at pulling things out with tweezers. We didn't realize she had a foam sticker (from the craft time at the pumpkin patch) in her hand and then on the way home, she shoved it...FAR up her nose. I could only see a tiny bit of it and she couldn't stop sneezing, so it was obviously bothering her.
It was a real delight to discover that two adults could barely restrain a panicking toddler, but after some struggle, I got it out! I really, really didn't want to have to go to the ER for a sticker-related issue so I'm glad we got it done at home. I wish I could get her to stop putting things up her nose, but I guess I can't expect a 2 year old to learn from experience and I'll just have to be better at never letting her have stickers when I'm not actively watching her. She's always looking for a safe spot to stash a sticker.
You can tell by her sweaty flushed face and messed up hair that it was a real battle:
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| I don't know WHY Mommy wanted to steal my sticker. |
Did your weekend have any unexpected delights?
oh, i thought her hair was messed up because you tried to cut it again.
ReplyDeleteNope, it's just caked in snot. Hard to tell the difference, I know.
Deletefunny how it still look better than anything you've done to it
Deletewell, since its like winter here in Maine already (50's during the day low 40's at night) it's now time for my boy to wear pants. While searching for a suitable pair to wear to Cirque de Soleil, we found that we have none. They were all capris. And since we aren't living in Europe, capris aren't really anything my 7 year old is going to wear. So we had an unexpected shopping trip to Old Navy and Target to get pants that fit. I guess he's grown a bit since last spring. Strange how kids do that.
ReplyDeleteKids would be so much cheaper if they just stopped that growing nonsense. :)
DeleteShe's excited about the monkey? She looks terrified to me!
ReplyDeleteHow could anyone NOT be excited about a giant monkey on a tractor??
DeleteUnexpected delights this weekend? My husband sat through 15 whole minutes of a chick flick. I call that a damn successful weekend.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty impressive!
DeleteWhat did you use on him to make that miracle happen - dramamine or whiskey?
DeleteAvery shoved part of a granola bar wrapper up her nose once on a seven hour drive across the state, we got it out with tweezers and a flahlight in the dark. Kids are great. That squirrel looks a little scary, I bet Peanut will love that.
ReplyDeleteOnly two weeks to go? Seems like you have been preggers forever.
I know, right? I'm pretty sure I've been pregnant for 2 years.
DeleteYou look like you've been pregnant for two years, if that's any consolation.
DeleteBeing held down while someone sticks tweezers up my nose sounds like the most terrifying experience imaginable. I would fear they were trying to adjust my brain. The last hayride I went on was for a field trip, but apparently it's also a haunted hayride, and they don't change anything for young children during the day, so the kids got to see things like evil santa drinking a beer. After that our school district outlawed hayrides for being too dangerous (unrelated). Good times.
ReplyDeleteOh and unexpected delights this weekend? Too many to mention. I really don't even know where to start.
ReplyDeleteunexpected delight: going back to sleep at 7:30am and staying in bed until after 10!!
ReplyDeleteMy contact lens slipped a few nights ago and shifted up to the top of my eyeball. It was stuck up under my eyelid. I wasn't able to get it myself because HELLO I need my contacts to see wtf I'm doing, so I had to enlist my hubby's help. He could just barely see the tip of it. Not enough to grab it. He's real squeamish about eyeballs anyway. I don't know which one of us was more upset by the fact that he had to use tweezers to get the contact. He nearly barfed and I nearly shit myself with fear that he was gonna poke my eye out.
ReplyDeleteThat is some horror story. Quit celebrating Halloween like that.
DeleteI think I saw a porno like that.
DeleteMy brothers were never known as kids to stick stuff up their noses, but they were known for getting into things. Like maple syrup. And margarine. On the carpet in the house. And be quiet about it. Sly suckers.
ReplyDeleteI think I saw a porno like that.
DeleteLots of surprises this weekend! I'll probably blog it since I have some great pictures. So to save you time from reading it, here is the summary. 1. Friend visiting from Malaysia, 2. My parents surprised me by coming for a visit, and 3. Last minute pumpkin farm trip. Almost forgot, 4. driving by a skateboarding riot complete with police in riot gear and a hovering helicopter.
ReplyDeleteI think I saw a porno like that.
DeleteHahaha sounds like a great weekend! Can't blame Faith for not wanting you to shove tweezers up her nose. When I worked with kids, one got a bloody nose. I took him to the nurse and she tried to put gauze up his nose and he started sobbing and screaming "That's how they suck out your brains!!!"
ReplyDeleteUnexpected this weekend? An awesome 20 mile run. I went out for 15 and fully expected it to suck - sore from hiking, no carbs at dinner etc - and instead it was awesome, I did 20.
I think I saw a porno like that.
DeleteYou a little warm these days? You're sitting in a tank top and everyone else around you has on long sleeves or sweatshirts! Unexpected delights were the two dogs you peed on my husband's leg when we took the shelter dogs running this weekend, he was so happy!
ReplyDeleteI think I saw a porno like that.
Delete"If you ever want a quiet dog, don't get a hound." Amen, sister!
ReplyDeletei'm cracking up that the toy is called FurReal!
ReplyDeletenot-so-unexpected is my parents who are staying at my house (until wed!). i get to answer all sorts of questions about why i run so much. how far today? why? didn't you just run 8 yesterday? i'm glad to be at work today!
I think I saw a porno like that.
DeleteI managed to change a headlight on my husband's car! Apparently his man-hands were too big to fit into the impossibly tiny space car manufacturers leave for us mortal humans (aka non-mechanics) to attempt to do something simple with our cars like change a light bulb. I still don't know how to change the oil or fix a flat, but dammit, I felt so bad ass changing that light bulb yesterday!
ReplyDeleteHoly shit, she shoved that sticker that far up her nose? My son once swallowed one of my bracelets. I shoved my hand down my sons throat to try and get it out but it was long gone. We went to the ER and I have to say that the x-ray was pretty cool looking. He pooped it out 2 days later. Kinda teaches you about the food cycle in your belly :)
ReplyDeleteI think I saw a porno like that.
DeleteWow. Ok, never mind my disappointment in how the photographer didn't capture the table falling over on me -- imagine how great it would have been if you brought the tractor with the stuffed gorilla to the race. Consider that your homework for next year. If the gorilla can drive the tractor, bonus points. If you can hook up Peanut to pull it, double bonus points.
ReplyDeleteI love this post so much. My brother went to the ER for a tic tac up the nose when he was a kid, so apparently, that's a normal thing? Maybe you should get Faith more clothes with pockets or teach her what pockets are for.
ReplyDeleteI think I saw a porno like that.
DeleteMy unexpected delight? Learning that newborn chipmunks are bottle-fed.
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