This was the month of some notable runs outside with the kids in the BOB and "fights" with Cal about his pants -- he didn't like very many of them, but had (in his head) valid reasons for not liking them. The posts on the 16th and 17th were fun to see again. My clear favorite this month was the helmet post on the 1st -- it was CLASSIC and is still used today!
September 1, 2012
is gearing up for a run with Ella Bella outside this AM... one of my favorite things to do!
September 1, 2012
was just informed by Cal that he needs to wear a helmet while he rides his motorcycle so he doesn't bump his "Grandpa-size head." It is big!
September 2, 2012
asked a pantless Cal this morning after he sprinted excitedly up the stairs if he had his new undies on. His response? "Yeah, they fit my BIG, ENORMOUS buns!"
September 5, 2012
Ella, dressed "like a princess" (per Cal) for her first day in Miss Morgan's class.
September 6, 2012
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| Princess Ella (9/5/12) |
September 6, 2012
had a rough morning with the kids (one in particular... name starts with a C... born first) and hopes it's not an indication of how the rest of the day is going to go.
September 8, 2012
hears some footsteps upstairs but can't tell if they're big or little just yet... still happily amazed my feet have been the only ones in this house up and about until now.
September 9, 2012
just had this exchange with Cal, initiated by him:
Cal: "Mom, I broke my orange table. It cracked in half."
Me: "Your red table in the toy room?"
Dan <in the distance, clarifying>: "No, the orange lap pad."
Me: "How did you break it?"
Cal: "I stood on it."
Me: "Why did you stand on it?"
Cal: "Because Ella and me wanted to play a game."
Me: "What game?"
Cal: "The 'Fall-Down' game."
Me: "Ahh." <but of course>
Cal: "Mom, I broke my orange table. It cracked in half."
Me: "Your red table in the toy room?"
Dan <in the distance, clarifying>: "No, the orange lap pad."
Me: "How did you break it?"
Cal: "I stood on it."
Me: "Why did you stand on it?"
Cal: "Because Ella and me wanted to play a game."
Me: "What game?"
Cal: "The 'Fall-Down' game."
Me: "Ahh." <but of course>
September 12, 2012
thinks our long-sleeve-and-long-pants-wea
September 12, 2012
must've watched a stair-traversing Ella open and close the gate at the base of the stairs 20 times on our way up for bedtime before taking matters into my own hands and picking her up and just carrying her, now crying the whole way.
September 15, 2012
worked with Cal to remove all pants that had one of the following from Cal's selection so as to make getting dressed for the day less tense: strings, big pockets, swishy and/or have sparkles (which I learned to be the gathering at the ankles).
September 16, 2012
learned from Cal this AM what mommy and daddy seagulls say to their kid seagulls: "Just get dressed without whining about it."
September 17, 2012
Cal to Dan yesterday, both eating a Tostitos "scoops" chip: "It's like a bowl... or a coffee filter."
September 18, 2012
had an early morning complete with a postponed run on the treadmill because of an early waker, Ella (pleasant at first) crying for me through my whole shower... and then some, whiny Cal in a soaking wet Underjam... again, cat food put in the water by my helper, and this feeling that my offshore co-worker wasn't in the office to get the work I sent to him last night done.
September 19, 2012
"You're not hearing me. I'm going to go for this run with Mommy, and then I'll play trains with you."
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| Ella in jogger (9/19/12) |
September 24, 2012
Cal to the 15-month-old in the play area at Chick Fil-A just now: "Hey, Little Buddy."
September 26, 2012
confirmed this AM that the sweatpants with no strings, no pockets, no "freckles"/"sparkles" and that don't fall past his ankles should be wearable by Cal without a fight. Mommy: 2, Cal: 31
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| Cal in jogger (9/29/12) |
September 29, 2012
Cal squeezed into the BOB for a 3-mile run with me this AM!
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Ella, pre-5K (9/30/12)
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September 30, 2012
Ella, helping me find the Start line for this 5K at Nequa this AM. We just found it but can't figure out which direction we start running!
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| Ella, post-5K (9/30/12) |
September 30, 2012
Happy Ella in the gym post-5K and post-banana this AM.
September 30, 2012
got the scoop from Cal just before bed about how your heart thumps faster and louder when you exercise (yeah, he said that) and how he had to be careful not to wake Ella up with his loud-thumping heart. So I asked him if I could hear it, to which he responded, "yes" and proceeded to tap his belly hard with his hand and ended with, "see."
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