It’s bath time and when I stripped Keeghan for the tub, he ran away laughing, which is adorable and heartwarming because, after all, nothing sounds happier than a baby laughing. I was slowly following when I heard Ian shout, “Mommy, Keeghan’s peeing.” followed in a few seconds by the matter-of-fact update “now he’s putting his hand in it.”
Bath time is AWESOME.
A nasty stomach bug knocked us on our tushies yesterday. Except for Keeghan who had it about 24 hours before the rest of us. At any rate, what could have been a hideous nightmare turned into a peculiarly beautiful family bonding experience. Unable to do much of anything at all, we spent an entire day together. As wretched as I felt, I enjoyed spending the day with my dudes. Under any other circumstances, what went on here yesterday would have been absolutely horrific parenting, but we muddled through somehow, all as happy as our respective miseries would allow us to be. I hope this bug spares your family.
Ian has a new game, where I stick my arms out and he climbs up me and then slides down. He loves it and I have to admit it’s cute and fun but I feel like I should caution him never to try this on anyone who isn’t expecting it… particularly since I once tried to jump on my babysitter, Jane, when she came to pick me up to go see the Nutcracker, and I thought for years that I had broken her back. I was probably his age at the time.
“Mommy, that’s me, climbed ALL the way up.”
I realize we have been a bit slap-dash about these this week. Next week I’m sure we’ll do better. Or else, we will do worse and you’ll look back on these and they’ll look good in comparison. Either way, really. Oh, and if you have a short attention span or you missed them yesterday, here are this week’s stats. Also, that’s about as close as I’ll be getting to New Year’s Resolutions, so have fun with that.
I want to take a moment to shout about my workout buddy Jenn, who is doing SO AMAZINGLY WELL! She is about to outstrip me on every metric which is only remarkable because she has been sick for basically the entire holiday season. Instead of using that as an excuse to curl up with as much cake as she could eat, she has been super careful about what she eats and she looks AMAZING in her New Year’s Eve photos!
This is a sick, pitiful baby with a daddy who loves him enough to sit up and rock him until they both fall asleep.
Because no excuse for putting goofy things on our heads is too flimsy.
I hope the close of 2012 finds you well and happy! We have plans to spend the last few days of this year just like we did the rest of them- being a little too loud, smiling as hard as we can, laughing often, and loving always. We wish the same for all of you- may 2013 be full of good things, too numerous to count.
As you know, we stopped mailing the bulk of our holiday cards a few years ago and I’ve really never been one for the “Holiday Letter,” probably because I can’t imaging summing up an entire year in a format short enough to read in a single sitting. But, stay in touch, okay? We love you all.
1/2 lb of mini penne, cooked
1/2 cup plain, nonfat Greek yogurt
1/2 apple, chopped
1/4 cup shredded carrots
1/4 cup grated cheddar
Microwave the apple and carrots for about 1 minute. Mix all ingredients except cheese in a microwave safe casserole. Top with cheese. Microwave 30 seconds to melt cheese.
(If you have a round covered baker, or other small, covered stoneware casserole, add the pasta with liquid just to cover the pasta and microwave on high for four minutes, stir, do 3 minutes, stir, add apples and carrots and do 2 more minutes. Add yogurt, top with cheese, and give it 30 seconds. Also, I used chicken broth for the noodle cooking liquid. Easy peasy, and one dish cleanup.)
Keeghan: (holding a brush) Mwush. Mwush. MWUSH!
Michael: what is he saying?
Me: I can’t tell.
Keeghan: Mwush!
Me: wait- Keeghan, are you saying BRUSH?
Keeghan: Yes.
It must be so difficult to live your life surrounded by the painfully slow to understand…
Just a little fun with my dudes
