I’ll get to the rest of our Christmas stories later, but I must relieve my conscience and confess start with this one. So, as I mentioned before, the plan was for Ali to get a Big Girl Bed for Christmas. So, when Ali woke up on Christmas morning (or, rather, when we got tired of […]
Christmas, Really.
Ali wants nothing to do with Santa Claus this year. She doesn’t want him visiting her house (unless he promises to be gone by the time she wakes up), and she CERTAINLY has no interest in visiting HIM at the mall. And, up until she actually opened one, she wasn’t a bit interested in presents. […]
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…
1. The Christmas Calendar This was my FAVORITE holiday tradition as a child, and my Mom was so sweet to pass it down this year, or rather, pass it down to Ali. It’s a quilted Christmas tree calendar with a pocket for each day in December up to the 23rd. It gets filled up at […]
Live Blogging From Rachel’s Stupid Moment of the Day!
We got home late for naptime, so I was hurrying to get Ali in bed, and telling her that she needed to go straight to sleep since naptime was so late. Also, I had to change her shirt, because she was wearing (in her words,) her “Blinkedy Christmas shirt.” Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer Had […]
United Mommy’s Union
United Mommy’s Union (UMU) New Policies and Announcements December 2009 Dear UMU Members, Merry Christmas! I understand that at this point, mere days before Christmas, you may not be feeling exactly in the Christmas spirit. Shopping, wrapping, parties, presents, feed-the-whole-family-Christmas-dinner planning, card-making, label-making, crafts with the kids, school functions, kids-are-out-of-school-so-you-can’t-get-as-much-as-usual-done, baking, decorating….it’s enough to substantiate […]
We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Bust.
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, Ali is very curious about my chest, insisting that I absolutely must have babies in there. If I deny the presence of babies, then I am barraged with question after question of wanting very much to know what exactly they are. I change the subject, I ignore, I […]
Lying Over Spilled Milk.
Teaching a toddler what lying is has proven harder than I originally thought. Ali is either a) really slow to understand the concept, or b) really smart and pretending she doesn’t understand the concept. At any rate, I’m hoping that we either a) made headway, or b) I blew her cover of plausible deniability with […]
Everyone Remembers Their First Crime.
Police Report December 2, 2009, 11:15 am CST Perpetrator: Alana Grace Aliases: Ali, Princess, Baby, Ali-Girl. Description of Suspect: Two years old, Curly hair, blue eyes, huge head, dimple on right side of face. Location of Crime: The Disney Store, Riverchase Galleria Stolen Items: Cell Phone, Car encased in rubber sphere. Description of Crime: Suspect […]
Somebody Read the Instructions Backwards When They Installed Our Brains.
When I first learned to write, I wrote everything right to left, mirror image. Mom and Dad had piles of notes I wrote them that were completely and perfectly backwards. In fact, (Okay, maybe not neatly, but easily.) Mom always thought that I was mildly dyslexic as a kid, and even current day, every now […]
United Toddler’s Union
United Toddler’s Union (UTU) New Policies and Announcements December 2009 To all UTU Members: Hello and congratulations on making it to another December. We know you don’t understand months and calendars and such, but trust us: this is the month that all toddlers dream of. The month where your parents are actually listening closely to […]