Urban Homesteading.
Why do we grow grass? What is grass good for? Why not Vegetables? Why do people spend hours walking up and down their yards, wasting water and using all these Horrid Chemicals to grow a lawn? Why not some flowers or tomatoes or even a wild flower meadow?
Square Foot Gardening.
Why not use your yard and grow something beneficial? Why not grow your very own organic veggies? Sure we don't really know how. But can't we learn? It's not too late to plant a little garden. Why does your yard have to look like everybody else's?
They did this kind of thing during WWII, called "Victory Gardens."
With grocery prices being what they are, growing your own garden could save your life, but definitely will save you money.
Toilette Water.
Today was a painful potty training day (Mostly for Mommy). She wet on her Daddy's side of the bed. Then She sat in the laundry basket and had another accident. Then she stood and River(Puddle?) danced in it. Later She took off all of her clothes. So I asked her "why?" She said that she was wet...She wasn't so I made her sit on the potty, thinking "Maybe she is telling me she will be. Oh, Great!" My phone rang, so I went to the other room to answer it, It stopped ringing before I found it. She may or may not have used the "Big Girl Potty." I never found out because when I made it back in there, I noticed her hair was wet, so was her stool, and oh wait! So was the toilet and the floor all round the toilet. She had been playing in the toilet (I know, bound to happen). So We also had a bath because I can't wash her hair and not get wet. I wouldn't expect to with her holding me screaming while I pour water on her head. If this was a normal bath time she would have gotten a condition only wash which is a MUCH calmer experience.
Then after she is all clean and dry she runs into the kitchen and comes back with a 2 cup measuring cup full of water and pours it right smack in the middle of the coffee table. I watch all of this because she is just TOO fast for me right now. I tell her to stop as soon as I realize that there is water in the cup but that was just TOO late.
I am exhausted. She is normally a bit busy but some days are best viewed after they are over. Then they are funny. Tomorrow I'll laugh...right?
Nugget.
We are feeling better. I gained 2 lbs. last month. I am not surprised. Nugget is forcing me to eat seconds...Hubby sized seconds. Plus snacks. He has also started waking me up at night. I haven't had any nausea and my contractions and such stopped after I went on antibiotics (only 2 days left). So yea! Everything is going well. Kinda weird But really great. I asked about having a VBAC and Dr. said I was a great candidate.
3 comments:
Oh no, you're *totally* living with a toddler!! (Puddle Dance hahaha!) Good news on the Nugget front though, so I guess it balances out. :)
And what is a VBAC? Remember my baby is 33.6 yrs old. Oh yes...do you remember the little paint stir stick I gave you? Defend yourself, Momma. She knows perfectly well what she is doing and you have told her your thoughts on the subject. Now inforce those thoughts. Every time. She is smart and she will stop acting like that if you swat her little bottom several times at a time. Make that her bare bottom. Those diapers are too thick for it to influence her thinking. Then, in a few days she can graduate to time out. Pick a place where you can see when she gets up (mirror) but she can't see you. She won't like that one bit. I have a timer...maybe you have one, too. You love her (and so do I) so you don't want others to think of her as an unruly child or one who imbarrasses you in public. Do it now, before you have baby Nugget to contend with too. I love you, too, and I hate for you to be stressed out. That last little picture of her is so cute. She does know how to put an outfit together, doesn't she... love, you know who
I don't know who MIL is, but I completely agree. Don't be afraid to spank her bottom if she needs it. It is more effective than getting onto her all the time or screaming at her. I didn't have to spank Bray very often, but Savanah deff figured out how to push buttons and manipulate. Thankfully she did respond well to spankings. I hardly spank her now, but still do time outs occasionally. It is much better to let her know you are the mommy and she needs to mind you now, than wait till she is comp. out of control. (I know it is not likely this will happen to B, but let's face it she is your daughter.) Love your Sis
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