Bad Weather And Asthma Equals Time for More TV
I don’t watch TV all the time like my husband or Bear tries to do, Brad has the TV on from the time he gets home until the time he goes to bed. Yes, he does other stuff like cooking dinner but he has a TV in the kitchen and it is always on. Bear wants to watch TV all the time but we limit how much TV she gets to watch.
I’m always so busy getting things ready for the next day (lunches and Bear’s clothes for school). Since I get off of work early I do all the running around that needs to be done and start Bear on her homework or any studying she needs to do. Then there is playtime with kiddo.
After dinner it is time for Bear to take a bath and get ready for bed. I use this time to visit with Hubby.
After Bear gets out of the shower or bath it is time for books, TV and then bedtime! Hubby and I take turns reading her books and tucking her into bed every night. We have been taken turns putting her to bed since she was an infant, minus TV time for Bear but Brad would watch Sports Center in her room on the nights it was his turn.
If it is hubby’s night for bedtime duty, I will get my exercising out of the way and work on any bills that need to be taken care of and then it is bedtime for me. I really only watch TV on two nights. Thursday night I watch Grey’s Anatomy and The Practice. Sunday night I watch Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters.
But now I am going to have to make time for one more show – American Idol. I was sick yesterday and spent 2 1/2 hours at the doctor’s office with asthma problems. Ended up having an attack in the office, getting an x-ray, smoking on a “peace pipe” as I like to call it and getting a shot in the fanny. About 7 hours later I finally stopped coughing and I could breath better.
I was still a little short of breathe so I sat on the couch most of the time and watched TV. First Hubby and I watched Snow White with Bear as we took turns going into the kitchen so we could keep an eye on the bad weather, such a cute movie and it helped keep Bear’s mind off the bad weather we had last night. And mine, I am scared just as scared of bad weather as she is – I just can’t show it. See photos of the storm damage here.
After Snow White, I was flipping channels and for some reason stopped on American Idol . I have never been a fan before but last night I caught the last performance of the night by Michael Lynche’s of This Woman’s Work and let me just say – he totally nailed it.
Tags: American idol, TV
I Am Loving This Weather
This past weekend I spent most of my Sunday raking leaves and pulling weeds out of my flower beds.
Some of my plants and flowers have started showing signs of Spring. Yes it is hard work but I love it and the payoff is beautiful.
Rebecca playing in my bed of elephant ears last summer.
Tags: elephant ears, flower
My little Dancer
Rebecca has been taking dance going on four years now. She loves to go to class but most of all she just loves to walk around the house and “Shake her Groove Thing”.
I have to admit, she is pretty darn good. Hubby and I don’t know who she got her talent from, we both have zero rhythm.
My little mouse - first year of dance.
Bear loves to make faces while I am trying to take photos of her - Second year of dance.
My beautiful ballerina - Third year of dance.
Mallory, Blessed Mom's daughter also known as Bear's BFF - Third year of dance. They were in two dances for recital that year.
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What’s that smell?
When Bear was a toddler, hubby and I decided to make a rule about poopy diapers – You smell it, you change it.
The rule was working perfectly. No more fussing over who’s turn it was to change her diaper. After a couple of days of this I decided to just let hubby do all the smelling and changing.
I would walk by Bear and get a whiff of her diaper and just talk to her or play with her and act like I did not even notice the foul smell coming from her diaper. Some short time later, hubby would walk by and get a whiff of her diaper and go change it as I silently giggled to myself. It was pure evil – but I loved it.
This worked like a charm for a few days, then hubby asked me why he was the only one changing dirty diapers.
BUSTED!
Oh well – at least it worked for a few days!
Tags: dirty diapers, poopy
I’m A Teeth Freak
I admit It, I’m a teeth freak! Brushing and flossing every morning and every night;
I also brush my teeth after every meal and every snack. Yes, I am one of those people who brushes at work – What can I say, I like clean teeth.
My hard work and OCD about clean teeth has paid off, not a single cavity in 37 years. I have never had braces either.
My dentist teases me when I go in for my six month check up, saying how he loses money on me. I just laugh and say – HA!
My daughter on the other hand, would rather dance around with her toothbrush dangling from her mouth instead of brushing her teeth. She loves to use plax, mouthwash and flossers but can’t seem to keep herself from dancing around the bathroom and using the toothbrush for a microphone when she should be brushing. This is a nightly battle, my husband and I usually end up having to raise our voice to get her to stand still and brush.
Bear also loves going to the dentist for her six month check ups and asks, repeatedly, when she can go back.
Bear is not going to be as lucky as I was. We have already found out she will need a palette expander and braces across the upper front teeth to close the gap in her teeth after the expander – I am so dreading that, those contraptions look uncomfortable to me. She loves
the dentist now but may hate the orthodontist real soon. Poor baby!
I am proud to say that the Hanry household does not contribute to Arkansas
getting a failing grade in child dental health as our forum stated here.
Bear being silly and showing off her teeth.
Moody Mom: Wordless Wednesday
Rebecca and Arkie Mama’s daughter, Tootie, playing for the first time at Tootie’s first birthday party. Rebecca was 16 months old and is wearing the light blue dress.
How cute were they?
For more Wordless Wednesday see Arkie Mama.
Moody Mom: Happy Birthday Arkie Mama
Stop by Arkie Mama’s blog today and wish her a happy 40th birthday.
Young Cathy - AKA Arkie Mama.
Sorry Cathy, I just had to post this photo of you.
Moody Mom: What did she say
10 Crazy/funny things Bear has said this month:
Never give up hope mommy, never give up hope. (This is what she told me as
we were bug hunting in the front yard.)
Why does the paper make your work late at night?
Why does the paper not run photos of daughters? I want all my friends to see
me in it.
Oh lord in heaven help me!
I will die if I don’t have that last piece of pizza!
I don’t like anything that has Yuck on it.
I Repaired me a spot for my bear. (Instead of prepared)
So your sled is about 1,000 years old. (After I showed her my sled when I was a kid.)
Mom, why did you not wish for another daughter? I want a sister, I am lonely.
Kids need sugar
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