1. Lily has been using her big girl booster seat in the car instead of the 5-point car seat. She is completely blissed out about this! As soon as our car is in park she unbuckles the seat belt and hops out of the seat with a huge smile on her face. She also loves that she can lean up and hand us things.
2. Cameron is still getting used to the whole big boy bed thing. Even before the new bed he had started resisting bed time. He tells me, “I tan’t, mama. I tan’t go to sleep. It’s too tricky. I want you sleep wif me.” He’s usually pretty content after a few songs in bed though and we don’t usually see him again until around midnight when he comes groaning into our room. I am going to stand strong and continue to take him back to his room and lay down with him in his bed instead of pulling him into our bed. His bed is actually pretty comfortable as long as there is an extra pillow in there for me to use. So, I take him back to bed and lay with him for awhile until he falls asleep. Sometimes I fall asleep too and then sneak out of his room the next time I wake up. He usually comes back to our room around 5:00 so back across the hall we go until morning. It’s doable. Not perfect, but doable.
3. I am very frustrated with these running injuries that are plaguing me right now. First the shin and now my knee. My left knee was really sore during the last 6 miles of the marathon in January but felt pretty good since then. I ran for the first time since the marathon last Monday and had to stop after 2 miles because of my knee. It started to get stiff at around 1.5 miles and I finally called it quits a half mile later. It was sore for another day but hasn’t felt too terrible since. Dr. Google tells me that I’m suffering from illiotibial band syndrome which is a common runner’s injury. I understand that it’s also a difficult recovery. Super.
4. I’m really itching to do some home improvements. I think my main goal is to plant a tree in our back yard to help with shade in the evenings. Our back yard is like the surface of the sun in the evenings and it really just plain sucks. I want to plant a big ‘ol shade tree back there. Next up would be the kitchen counters and adding hardware to the kitchen cabinets. A new kitchen floor would be nice too. My BIG house project is gutting and renovating our master bath but I’m doubtful that will ever happen.
5. Hey! It’s Friday! Date night with my hubby tonight and then it looks like it’s not going to be absolutely freezing all weekend!
We also love the booster seat thing. I was even plotting how soon I can switch Marisa to one (not for a long time according to my math given the fact that she is not near a big as Matthew at this age…)
Boys and sleeping. I tell you Matthew still kills us dead with bed time, sleeping through the night, bleck.
Again you know I hope the injury stuff goes away quickly. Sorry
I hear you on home improvements. I have lots of plans and little moola. If you ever need help, let us know. Kevin is pretty handy
YEAH FOR DATE NIGHT
Good for you guys having a date night!!
Your knee thing sounds a lot like what I went through last June. Not fun.
I’d love to help rip up your bathroom. We need to start convincing your hubby.
I had the knee thing too. Rub a rolling pin up and down your leg to massage it. It hurts in a really good way as it works out the tension. Mine happened b/c my hips were out of alignment, which translated down to my knees. Maybe you are crooked too.