I've been sitting here in front of the computer for probably an hour now. I sat down with the intention of writing my blog post for the day, and I keep hemming and hawing about what I would like to write about, and then distracting myself with the internets. There's always the good old stand of simply writing about my day, but sometimes that's boring. I struggle to feel like that's anything worth writing about, or that it's anything worth reading for someone else.
Sometimes writing about my day feels like a cop out, like I'm too tired or rushed or lazy or uninspired to write about anything more substantive. And that is certainly true sometimes, but is it always a bad thing? Tonight I thought about sharing Carolyn's birth story, or writing about having quality discussion and trying to avoid argument, I thought about sharing my favorite baby items now that I've had two babies. And none of that felt like something I wanted to do tonight because I have other things I want to do with my time tonight. Right now my kitchen is a mess, and my living room is a mess, and I would really like to have those cleaned before Marty gets home. I always feel so happy when he can come home to a clean home. Also, if I'm being totally honest, we got some of these cardboard blocks for Peter's birthday, and I want to assemble them and build them into something fun for when he wakes up tomorrow. (AKA I want to play with his toys while he's asleep. #grownup) Long story short, I took so long avoiding writing something that would take a long time to write that I could have written it by now.
Peter and Carolyn were both tough today. She was sort of yelling at me all day, it's really a funny noise. Not really a whine, not a cry, just a yell. She has done that other times that she was teething, so maybe it's about that time again. Peter was tough again today, very easily upset, and he was oddly defiant and unresponsive when I would ask him to (or not to) do something. I'm not sure if I'm off somehow or if he's off. I did notice that I have neglected to use my phone pouch the last couple of days and I wonder if I need that reminder again for managing my screen usage.
Grandma K sent us a whole bunch of books for Peter's birthday and the package arrived today, what a fun surprise that was! Peter loved it. There's a book about trucks and tractors that he wanted to read about 10 times today. Carolyn was not so respectful of Peter's new books and kept TOUCHING them. How dare she. At least that's how Peter felt about it. It was very upsetting to him. All of that hard work teaching him how to share went right out the window.
Peter hasn't been drinking very well since he has been sick, and his appetite hasn't been great either, and I've been concerned about him not getting enough to drink so today we went to the store and I let him pick out any sippy cup he wanted. He chose one with Nemo on it. We watched finding Nemo for the first time just recently and he loved it. Having the cup worked pretty well today, I got him to drink several glasses full and that was much more than he's been doing lately. Part of me wonders if he's whiney because he's thirsty. I also wonder if he's hungry even though he's not eating quite like normal yet. I can tell that he lost weight while he was sick, he feels so much bonier than he did before. It breaks my heart to feel how wispy he is now. I literally tried to feed him ice cream today in hopes of fattening him back up, but he was so suspicious of it (because he has barely ever had it, much less had me excitedly offer it), that he wouldn't even taste it.
The good news is that bedtime seems to have gotten back to normal! Both kids were asleep by about 7:15 tonight. Happy day!
Alright, I have to go play with some blocks now so I'm calling this a post. Until tomorrow, adios!Labels: Blogging
