Veterans Day

 

Hoo boy. Cute, right? She was going out to the garage with Mike to get some garlic toast from the freezer out there. LORD she gets excited to go out. She feels a little warm, to me. I hope and pray she's not getting sick. I was looking at pics from last year and this was when they both started getting sick, on and off, for like months. I am not ready.

Challenge

 
I could be talking about many things. Maria is a challenge. It is going to be a challenge to post every day in November. My week just got a lot more challenging, as Anthony is sick and the JACKASSES at his school have instituted a SEVEN day sick policy - which means he can't go back to school until Monday. We are stuck inside today and Maria keeps saying "Walk? Walk? Walk? Walk? WALK? WALK?" until I think I'll lose my mind. In good news, she slept until 5:30. It's sad that that's the good news but what can you do?

Monday

 

Oh, Maria. I don't even know what to say anymore. We went for a horrible walk today, she goes to everyone's house and touches every single car we pass. She drops like she's been shot, screaming, if we see a dog. She wants to run away from me, but she won't ride in the stroller. She screeches wordlessly the whole way home from going to get Anthony, which today was Veronica's only opportunity to nap. She woke up at 5:00 this morning, which is LATE for her. If Veronica is like this, I told Laura today, I am not going to make it.

Screen

 
 
 
Oh she is a funny ducky. She is kiling us with the early wakings. I know Anthony used to wake up early but not at this age. She is her own particular kind of crappy sleeper. 4:30, 4:40, 5:00, it's AWFUL. I hate to focus on it, because she is doing other things too. She says "bless you" to herself when she sneezes, she is really good about me wiping her nose. She loves Veronica so much. She and Anthony had some nice moments this weekend, playing and chasing. But my God. This tiredness is brutal. So say a prayer for us that she starts to sleep in a little!

Saturday

 
 

Cute outfit from Colleen. She is SO TIRED here, it was shortly before bed. She got up at 4:40 this morning and it was MURDER.

Outside? Outside? Outside? Outside?

Sheesh. I opened the door to try and get some better light in the livingroom and she went mad with desire to go - you guessed it - OUTSIDE! We had our last Toddler and Me class today. Sigh. Some girl pushed Maria and then Maria spent the entire rest of the time pushing EVERYONE else in class, including a little tiny girl named Elle who wouldn't hurt a fly. It was kind of embarrassing and kind of just plain difficult. I was carrying Veronica around and had to just fly from person to person that she pushed, apologizing and making her apologize (ha ha). I told Mike, the teacher talked to every other mother in that class about the next session but me. So that's nice!

I like her little foot here