skinning a cat

so as to not end up in an asylum one day - i took liam to a more social environ than our living room.

we went to the early years centre at the college for 2 hours (!!) this morning. admittedly liam (in the winter) doesnt have much interaction with kids his own age. the park is simply not an option when it is below 0. so off we trotted to a large playroom/classroom filled to capacity (20) with kids 8 months to 5 years.

remarkably well handled the kids played without much incident. also really without much interaction. toddlers mimic play beside other kids not so much play WITH them. so liam would sidle up to a kid and play beside him/her, occasionally steal a toy or 2 and then tell one of the mommies or "teachers" in the room to come play with him. ehn. we'll keep trying.

i just dont want him to end up skinning the cat one day.

ten on tuesday: 10 best games

i dont play computer games really so bear with me...

1. scrabble - i kick ass at scrabble
2. battleship
3. connect four
4. some card game we played at the cottage it was complicated but fun
5. peggle
6. trivial pursuit
7. taboo - ooh loud times
8. twister - nasty fun (better when you are drunk)
9. solitaire
10. tetris

Next week: 10 Favorite Things to Complain About

peeing on the potty

and so the potty training ACTUALLY begins again.

we had a good start. and stop. and start again.

well we have peed on the potty and got a round of applause plus a rather catchy song "peein on the potty" with a tango beat, offically 3 times now!

oh dear god let it stick this time.

i'm sooooo sick of diapers.

buckets o' birthday fun

Liam turned 2 yesterday. i'm still shaking my head and wondering how i ended up with the cutest (sorry but he is!) and the smartest (yes i'm allowed to brag) child in the whole world. fyi - when it comes to liam i am prone to sweeping statements like that. they are all true however.

thank god we chose to keep this one small. one other child and all of his uncles is enough to get liam spinning like a top. add some presents and chips and he didnt go to bed til 9.

as usual liam was spoiled silly but we are well equipt for our big boy room now! we'll be making the big move in a couple weeks.

going postal

seriously "festive" (cause they aint all xmas) cards are overunning me this year. some how i have ended up sending like 70 cards this year??!!

what the heck?

thank goodness i chose to cheat on the family card and have **Fostmo print them out and all i had to do is address them. cause frankly signing my name, peter's and liam's too and THEN addressing them is just too much work.

so dont be disappointed when your "festive" card doesnt contain my scrawl.

merry festive something or other and all the jazz!

christmas-izing

and whispered:

oh mommy it's so beautiful

i see santa

mommy.....

santa is coming

pure joy.

lil pink nips

or
it's really no secret that my SO is a hottie mctottie but i dont think i've mentioned his lil' pink nips before.

they are so sweet and cute i'm gonna package them up and make some strange japanese candy out of them. (this is all for you baby)

this would be the canadian peanut butter version. hehehe

mommy what you doing?

mom what you doing? where you going? mom. mommy. what you doing now mommy? i pressed the button for you. i want my yoyo please. old mcdonald had a farm...i pressed the button for you. i pressed it. i pressed the button for you. what's this mom? how 'bout the brushes mom? cut it cut it cut it. cut cut cut cut. keep almost moving mom. mommy went away. mommy what you doin'? keep almost moving mom. no. look at them. it's beautiful. it's crayon. look at them. it's beautiful mom. it's mine. it's mine. it's mine. look at them. they're beautiful mom. they are beautiful crayons. look what i made. look what i made for you. i dont see santa. something else. something in the book. the boogie man? no. what's in the book. i want a picture mom. i want a picture. mom. mommy. i want strawberry jam. i want strawberry jam. rip it mommy rip it. look i made for you mom. look what i made. it's beautiful. look at the beautiful picture i made. he's got long toes. look athe house. it's beautiful.

the ENDLESS CHATTER....

i will never complain if it's quiet EVER AGAIN!

confessions of a madonna fan

yeah i'm listening to madonna.

surreal life

november is a big month. full of birthdays!

Papa is the 16th.
Peter's is the 20th.
Shan's the 21st.
Liam's the 25th.

so as we come up to birthday week (!!) i am reminded how important birthdays actually are.

Liam turns 2 in 6 days.
I remember so clearly seeing the line appear on the pregnancy test i swear it CANNOT be that long ago. but i'm sure that every mother feels this way.

i often sit back and watch nana (Peter's mom) watching her son (who i'm sure she can remember the exactly moment she found out she was pregnant too) play with and laugh with his own son. it must be surreal.

i am stunned that is walking (haha running), talking little man is that tiny little blip i saw on a ultrasound 2 years and 7 months ago. if the next years go anywhere near as fast i will be looking at my son with his own and shaking my head at the speed of life and how bizarre it all is.

frickity frick frack

no secret that i hate dentists. its nothing personal just a fear and loathing thing since childhood.

so today after having a filling replaced and the freezing wore out of my half paralyzed face i am literally writhing in pain. the gum ,tooth and entire mouth is throbbing and aching and feels as though someone (i'm not naming names dr. m) put a white hot poker swirled it around my mouth (for good measure) and then shoved it up into my sinus cavity.

advil oh thou art my only friend...

has he even seen that movie?

like a scene out of a bad 90's comedy --

liam held the sides of his face walked up to me and said

"oh no oh no my crane oh no it's gone"

flirty

without a doubt in my mind -- LIAM IS A MARTIN.

he flirts with EVERY woman everywhere we go. he shouts hello to them - tells them about his day and then dazzles them with a charming smile. many older women think this is the cutest thing - however i am sometimes not so impressed with the introductions and explanations.

good morning lady

hello and how are you today?

we are getting liam's big boy bed

you are a big boy.

yes i am tall and big. this is momma she's big too.


THANKS LIAM!

the santa threat

i have to say the best part of this age is the threat of santa. liam is just starting to get who Santa is and what the hell he is all about.

so seeing as all the stores started decorating for christmas back in august we've had plenty of time to put the santa threat to good use. the giant blow up santa's and multiple santa statues littering the stores are a superb for getting the child to stop with the NO WAY! which FYI is liam's stock answer. TO EVERYTHING! and to stop the whining.

whoever thought of the naughty list and the lump of coal is my personal HERO!

dammit the truth of my bad mama status is revealed

staples is not a store i frequent and is a tough store to convince liam to go into but i never knew the best way to get him in and out is a simple yet effective security camera.

and he shouted

i'm on the fucking television

yucko-o!

i wont eat a water buffalo

nooooo

not a water buffalo

not for breakfast

yuck-o!

thanks liam.

artsy fartsy

i used to paint. i used to be quite crafty in many ways. over the years many (all) of these talents of mine have fallen to the wayside for work, life, etc. generally speaking, being too busy has been my excuse. but now as a SAHM i have a couple hours luxury ME time (aka nap time) each day.

so i started painting again.

it's going ok. i forgot more than i care to admit and now am struggling with composition. when to say enough and when to keep adding until it feels complete. not as easy as you might think.

i've always preferred simple compositions and well simple and beautiful is often more difficult than a mess of objects and colour.

the painting is a gift for someone. and i hope they appreciate that it may not be perfect or even my best work. but it does come from my heart and well i am using my ME time on their gift (dammit).

NO! recovery

liam and i are recovery after a relatively (i'm told) short (though it felt like FOREVER) viral infection. weee!

back to his old self liam's favourite word is NO! again although now that he was coddled and given everything he wanted for a week NO! is followed by a million other NO!'s and a thousand NO MAMA!'s.

needless to say this is not sitting well with me.

the terrible twos havent officially begun (OMG only 13 more days) i am sure that liam has hit his NO! stride. i doubt we will hear a positive word from his mouth until he is 30 and has a child of his own screaming NO! in his face.

WTF it's thursday??!!

ok i dont know where i've been. ok i do know. it's called toddler FSC** hell.

**Fever Snot Cough

in toddler FSC hell - there is no sleeping. there is no eating. there is ONLY crying and whining and snot and complaining and coughing and more snot and more crying (mommy this time).

so without a moment to myself on the verge of mental and physical breakdown i came on here to say....


i'm tired. i'll be asleep until 2009. (yeah i WISH)

knittin and bitchin

i started knitting. yeah i'm 80. i also watch coronation street. it's official - i am an OLD LADY. get out the blue hair dye and the box of perm from shoppers.

officially my first project is not going quite as well as i'd hoped but it is going. i would ideally like to have 2 baby blankets by christmas a girl one and boy. i MIGHT have one done. so those of you who are preggers and having the munchkin around the xmas or new year just hold off a couple weeks, mmmmm k? no? please?

got the fever!

yeah i'm singing the song too. not happily though. Liam has had a low grade fever that has made him mister grumpy pants and mister not sleeping pants all weekend. short or no naps up all hours and waking up for day at 5:30am.

so miss smarty pants me decided this morning to go to michael's craft store. bad idea. but then i was among good company i think everyone in there this morning was a mommy with a grumpy talkative and grabby toddler. i promised him if he was good boy we'd go to the "kitty cat store" (pet smart) cause he loves animals - pet stores are hard to even drive by without him noticing anymore. so he was ok in the store not exactly good but he didnt scream just said "no" a million times and "how about this?" about a thousand times and then grabby multiple items off every narrow aisle and close display we went down so that by the time we were checking out he was screeching "kitty cat store" at the top of his lungs.

"kitty cat store" was a HUGE mistake. he LOVES cats. and doesnt want to leave the kitty cats at the store. even when i tell him we can't take them home cause they are someone elses.

and he LOST IT! freaked out. right out front of the kitty cat store.

yeah i'm done. naptime for mommy too.

** update: he only slept for 30 mins. at least i think he slept amybe he just laid there. anyways no sleep for anybody. woot.

just like any other male

liam will listen to and do everything this girl says.

i could be standing right beside him shouting his name but

the pretty blue haired girl with the big blue eyes and perky raver girl gettup

asks him to do ANYTHING and he does it.

without even hestitating

ahh liam's first crush.

of course nothing will change as he gets older

he'll still ignore his mother

and end up being lead around by some cutie girl

asking him to run on the spot or flap his arms or....