November 1st, 2007

Most grateful moment: We decided this afternoon to go out to dinner. We took the kids up to Applebee's, ordered, ate, and asked for our check. The waitress took a while to get it and when she finally came to our table, she said 'The two men who were sitting behind you wanted me to wait until they left to tell you this. But they paid for your dinner.' Tommy and I were completely amazed. She said 'There are still many good people in the world.' It was the nicest thing, so we decided to buy $30 worth of 'stars' that Applebee's is selling to raise money for a Make a Wish. What a nice moment!!!

One thing I learned today: I learned that I can take my kids on walks now. I have been so scared to take both of them outside because Jack runs away and Mallie hates her stroller/ carseat. We played outside this morning for over an hour. WHen Jack ran, I'd threaten him with a time-out and he's come right back to me. And Mallie fell asleep in her stroller! Finally- we aren't trapped inside anymore!

Best life tip of the day: Turn off the TV. I don't think we watch THAT much TV in our house during the day. But we definately watch more than we should. Today I decided that we weren't going to turn it on at all. We did so many things instead! We went on that long walk, collected leaves, made a leaf collage, played in the sink, read books, built a huge tower with blocks, looked at pictures, and a lot more. It was a great day.

One moment I wish I could redo: Every moment that I passed Jack's Halloween candy. I ate myself silly. It is completely disgusting and I have absolutely no business eating this stuff. But I can't help it!

Biggest laugh of the day: The biggest laugh of the day was about something disgusting. Jack woke up from his nap and was sitting on my lap at the computer. For some reason, he had a lot of gas. He calls gas 'poo'. Everytime he let some gas out, he looked at me and smiled and said 'poo!'....and at the exact same time I said 'toot!'. For whatever reason, this struck us both very funny and it happened several times before he was out of 'toots'.

Best Tommy moment of the day: When we got home from dinner, Tommy put on The Bearch Boy's "Barbara Ann" (because we were teaching it to Jack on the way home). We were all singing and dancing. Then Tommy asked Jack who we were listening to, and he said 'The Wiggles'....Tommy was impressed because, in fact, the Beach Boys do sound a little bit like The Wiggles (strangely). Also, I changed the lyrics of Barbara Ann to 'Birder Ann'. Mallie enjoyed it tremendously.

Best Jack moment of the day: Jack and I were making a leaf collage this afternoon. He worked really hard on it and sat for a really long time. He was using a q-tip to dip into the glue to put on the leaves. I would remind him 'Dip it in the glue!' and he would repeat me and say 'Dip it ee doooo'!!!
ALso, Jack is now saying 'Thank you much!' and says it all the time, without being prompted. I'm kind of proud of his manners!

Best Mallie moment of the day: Mallie did not want to go to bed tonight. So we had her in our bed, propped up on a pillow while we watched our shows. She was just sitting there, with her little hands clasped, looking at Tommy. When he would look at her or talk to her, she'd smile through her pacifier and make this noise from deep in her throat. She was TOTALLY flirting with him. She definately loves her daddy.