Category: Jen

My kids are really well behaved. YAY! But they do have some annoying traits. Let me share some with you, ok? OK!\
Max:\
He says, “Mommy?” I stop what I am doing and look at him, “Yes?” Then he doesn’t say anything for a minute. 60 seconds. Oy. Usually after the 15th second, I return back to my task. Max will then say, “Mommy?” again and we start over. He seems lost in his thoughts or distracted by something else, not merely ignoring me, but it happens every single time. Ask Kevin, he’ll back me up.\
Brian:\
He asks me to read video game instruction booklets, because they have bright, pretty pictures on the cover. These aren’t entertaining in any shape or form. I want to hide them from him, but that seems mean.\
Kevin and I are totally perfect and not annoying in the slightest though. It’s true.

According to an article at CNN, if I got paid for being a good stay-at-home mom, I would be earning \$138,000. Woot!\
Only one more week until my mom comes to town to watch the kids while we’re in Paris. Whee. I am excited to see my mom. Still so much to do before our Paris trip, not the least of which is finding a good book or two. Kevin doesn’t want me to take our hardback Harry Potter books since they are so big and heavy.\
New Supernatural on tonight. YAY for fun tv!\
I need to lock Kevin in his office for half an hour so he can upload some videos to the site I want him to share with you all. He’s just too busy sometimes.\
After dinner one night Max said, “Oh yea, I need to take a puppet of a Roman soldier dressed in a toga to school tomorrow“. I ran and got Kevin, who dropped everything to draw a soldier for Max. YAY!\
Max made a sign that read, “No surgery for intersex kids.” Hmm, I think someone needs to pre-check his reading again.\
Brian continues to be super cute, and I love that Kevin’s second instinct was to take a picture:\

Kevin ended up taking Brian with him, so YAY!\
Yesterday I woke up early to help Kevin gather all of the stuff he needed for the trip and to see them off. After goofing off for a couple of hours, I took a nap. An 8 hour nap. I think I have proven that I am the Olympic champion of naps! Woot. I went down at 9:15 in the morning and got up at 5:07 in the evening. It was so nice. (Duh.) After I woke up, I cleaned the sun room, living room, play room, and family room, and organized toys and books.\
Today I woke up early even though I had planned to sleep in. Since I woke up on my own, it was ok. I again goofed off for awhile then tackled the dining room and Max’s room before resting for awhile. YAY for being in charge of my own schedule.\
I should feel guilty for how much I am enjoying being by myself while I clean. But I am not! My weekend alone is now half over. Sad. At least the list of chores I NEED to get done is now half done!

Yesterday I sweet talked Kevin into agreeing with me staying home while everyone else goes to Ohio. (By sweet talk I mean that I looked pathetic since my face was throbbing from my earlier dentist appointment and simply asked if he minded.) That would mean three glorious days home alone. I was so relieved and happy that I cried.\
Today, Brian has a runny nose and a slight cough. I am way too considerate of others to send him to Ohio if he really is sick. So, I may be crying again real damn soon.

• Extended Relief Midol, good for 12 hours. Kicks 8 hour Midol in the ass.
• Kevin for taking care of me, Max for being creative, Brian for saying Max as “Batty”
• I got to sleep in until 7:30 this morning- woot!
• We changed my mom’s ticket for free.
• The dental bill is the same as our tax refund. Yay!\
  What’s on your list?

I went back to the dentist for my crown but I only got the temporary one today. Booo. And they had to “cut some tissue away.” Ewwww.\
Awww, Brian blew his nose by himself. How cute is that? And…. now he is wasting the entire box of kleenex duplicating the blow. I think the high-five I gave him might have been a bit too much positive reinforcement. Ha, he is handing me a tissue and demonstrating how to blow because he wants me to blow too. At least he is putting the used tissues in the trash.\
Apparently Friday Night Lights is THE BEST THING EVER, but I haven’t seen it. (The episodes are available on NBC.com.) Anybody out there watching it?

Cavity []{.disappointed .be .she’d .mom, .my .tell .don’t .shh,} + waiting until convenient time for an appointment = very expensive root canals. Doh!\
If you need me, I’ll be hiding in my room. Call Kevin instead.

A friend just posted this: My mom just called and my grandpa died.\
And all I can think of is, “Man, he must have really not wanted to talk to your mom.” Inappropriate laughter is the best kind. I was laughing so hard I squirted pear bits all over the computer. Oh man.

Hmm, I don’t think I’ve ever made a bad wife post before. (We’ll discuss reasons why at some later point.)\
Today is Kevin’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Kevin!\
I don’t have a cake for him. Bad me.\
In my defense, we were supposed to go to The Cheesecake Factory and I thought a birthday cake after cheesecake would be too much. But Kevin is feeling ill and wants to curl up with some leftover homemade beef stew instead. So, no cake. Sorry, dear. I’ll do better next year!

Happy pi day, everyone!\
Kevin comes home today- yay!\
I have an appointment at Max’s school today and I’ve got my game face on. Wish me luck! Super big thanks to Auntie M for pointing me in the right direction.