March 10th, 2008

Most grateful moment: Finishing the dishes after dinner and looking at the plateful of cookies I made and realizing I had nothing else to do for the rest of the day but sit on the couch, play with the kids and eat cookies!!!

One thing I learned today: That Garmin was rated an undervalued stock in our Better Investing magazine. Interesting to me because I was under the impression that it was overvalued and worried about the stock we own in it.

One moment I wish I could redo: I wish I had figured out a time to get to the gym. I cannot wait to go tomorrow morning after almost 2 weeks away! UGGGG!

Best life tip: Listen to your kids. I've been trying to give Jack time to explain himself and express what he's trying to say lately and some wicked things are coming out of his mouth. Very funny and very interesting. He just needs time to get them out sometimes!!

Biggest laugh of the day: I've had many laughs today....most of them at the expense or due to Jack. I guess the biggest one would have been when he was standing on the scale this morning. He started screaching and complaining and I asked him what was wrong and he said 'I want it to go up here (pointing to the MUCH bigger number that appears when I stand on the scale) like you!" This was both the biggest laugh and biggest insult.

Best Tommy moment: Watching him shovel the snow in the driveway tonight when he got home from work. He looked very cute in his work clothes and glasses shoveling away.

Best Jack moment: There were a few. This morning he ran into the kitchen telling me that he had found 'A ANT!!!' I didn't really believe him, since it's mid-March and 2 feet of snow outside. But I followed him and he pointed out a spider. It was cute how his mind works and how he's relating concepts.
Tonight Jack went up to Mallie and gave her a big hug and told Tommy, "I love my sister'. For some reason, I decided to tell him that he is Mallie's brother and he's my son. He must have thought I was being funny and meant 'sun' so he continued the joke and started going around to all of us and calling us the names of innanimate objects. He said, "Mommy, you a basketball." "Daddy you a motorcycle", etc. It made us laugh.
Jack is also rereading, from memory, his favorite story. He says, "Scooby dooby moooo. Fa La la la baaaaa, whacka whacka quaaaack- the duck snored'.
Also, Jack has been 'helping' Mallie play basketball. He puts the ball in her lap for a split second, then takes it and shoots it 'for her'. If he makes it he celebrates for her and tells her, 'Mallie you make it!!!' If he misses, he turns to her to let her know 'Mallie, you miss it.'
Finally, in a potty training moment this afternoon, Jack was nowhere to be found. Tommy went upstairs and found him behind the shower curtain, reading his 'Little Grover Has to Go' potty book....and going in his diaper. This is considered a step in the right direction (that he was at least in the bathroom) when he went to the bathroom!!!
Jack sings the song 'Camptown Races' like this: 'Camptown Races sing this song: BOO-YA, BOO-YA. Camptown Races 5 miles long, Oh Boo-Ya Day'


Best Mallie moment: I probably have said this before....but Mallie is getting SASSY!!! She is a very pleasant little thing all day and happy, for the most part. But a whole different side of her comes out when Tommy gets home. He is rough with her and she LOVES it. He'll hold her hands and make her arms go up and down and dance and she thinks its the funniest thing. He tosses her around his lap, upside down and sideways, and she laughs. And he holds her above his head and screaches at her and she screaches back and smiles from ear to ear. She shouts at Jack and tries to get his attention or scolds him when he takes a toy from her. She is getting close to crawling and is going to be a force to be reckoned with when she does!