So last weekend was all mine. Two friends came to town and we hung out all weekend. We took a ridiculous road trip to Six Flags New England and spent a few hours in line but very little time on rides.
When I returned home, I found that the number of geeks in my home had doubled. DadWonder has brought KidWonder over to the darkside and taught him the way of the force. He now uses the force, has a light saber (I bought him a light up sword at Six Flags before I knew), and his favorite character is “RD2″.
How long before he has a passport and is dancing on the Deathstar?
Video to come of him using the force.
I’ve had people tell me on several occasion that they are shocked at how well they can understand KidWonder. I’m not surprised. With parents that don’t talk to him like a Teletubby, that speak to him as if he can fully comprehend a sentence, I am not surprised. What I am surprised about is people lack of grammatical skills. It may be small, but I have to refrain from correcting people when they say, “Your son talks so good!” by saying, “No, my son speaks so well.” Oh the irony.
My son will know the difference.
J. California Cooper’s Life is Short But Wide is another book club book. I didn’t make it to the meeting for this one but finished the book anyway. Even though I couldn’t put it down, I thought it was a long, dry tale of blacks in small town and how the times were killing them off in their quest for love.
This was my first time reading J. California Cooper. I loved the story. Any time I had a chance, I was reading this story. But I felt that the story had too much going on and was a bit long. The characters were well developed, almost too well. Considering that all the information was provided to give us a better understanding of one unspoken attraction, I don’t think that info was necessary. It was like several short stories strung together, which I understand is her forte.
The story structure was daunting and just made me want to get through the book. But the fact that I wanted finish the book says something, I guess.
Planning a wedding is so stressful. I knew that planning a party was hard, but this isn’t just any party. This is THE party. The best, most important “party” of my life. It has to have the right look, the right music, and the right food. I think the hardest part so far is pleasing everybody.
2008 Checklist:
Braces ?
Driver’s License ?
Fantasizing about my wedding ?
A time machine to take me back to 1999 when those things should have been happening – irrelevant because they’re happening now.
An educated, well-to-do, first family has gotten it’s invitation to the white house. Like they said on FOX NEWS, this family is a great example to have in the White House.
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The gap between the last and this post, that is. I’ve been up to so much. Where to begin…
Ah, yes. I took a trip with KidWonder to St. Louis way back in mid-July. While there I found the most beautiful wedding gown. I was lucky to find it because it was discontinued. I wish so much that I could show pictures here but DadWonder reads my blog. I’ll try to describe it <<DADWONDER, STOP READING NOW>> It’s a beautiful ivory gown with a chapel train and pick ups all over the skirt. In the creases of the pick ups are beaded designs that I’m going to try to recreate for clasp for my shoes. There is also beadwork at the top and it laces up the back. It looks so classic and I can’t wait for DadWonder to see me in. Well, I can wait until the wedding day…you know what I mean. If you want to see the gown on someone else (or on a dummy), go here.
When we got back from St. Louis, Dr. Maro put my braces on. It was a lot less painless than I thought it would be. I thought I would be holding an ice pack to my face for a week and begging for extra strength everything with a shot of rum. Not the case at all. The only discomfort I experience during the procedure was a result of a slip up
1. KidWonder’s rapping bird: On one of KidWonder’s shows (there’s about three) there was a rapping bird and a line caught my ear: “…I got my new socks, now let’s kick this pre-school!” Too cute!
2. Noggin’s in the toilet: For some reason, I keep seeing songs about going to the bathroom. “Wake up and Gotta Go” and “Last Chance to Make It” Seriously? I’ve eard of toilet humor, but toilet talent? I just don’t get it.
3. KidWonder’s Share Philosophy: “Mommy, I will give you some of my yummy snack…but wait…I can only get one out at a time. What if after this I can’t get anymore? That means this one might be my last one so you can’t have this one. Yay! I got another one! Mommy, I will give you some of my yummy snack…”
4. Has anyone seen CNN’s Black In America? Isn’t it about the best expose ever?
5. Wii, You’ve got it all wrong: I received a reccomendation from Amazon.com for Active Life: Outdoor Challenge. Wait. You want kids to sit inside and play a video game where they pretend to be outside? And that costs how much? Oh, right. It’s free when you don’t do it virtually.
Well, it was an interesting week. Kidwonder has been through a lot lately. On Tuesday he gradually started daycare. We found a lovely women, we’ll call her Miss Birdie, who does family care out of her home along with partner, Miss Kay. Both ladies are really pleasant and it’s been really great so far. They take the kids out everyday they can, which is great for KW. He’s gotten so antsy lately that he has to get out just to calm down. The first day I dropped him off at the park and he warmed up to Miss Birdie rather quickly. (My word of advice: Allow your child to meet with and interact with the the caretakers AND children at a daycare a day or two before you leave him there on his own.) 
This is KW on his first day at daycare. I know he doesn’t look happy, but it does get better.
On Wednesday, I went to try on bridal gowns at David’s Bridal. KW was not very pleasant after the first two dresses. He decided that he wanted Mommy even if she did look like a giant cupcake. Luckily, Grandpa was there as a distraction. I can’t show you pics of me in the dress, just in case DadWonder decides to take a gander at this here post. I will show you one of the dress I tried on though. 
And last, but definitely not least..Yesterday, KidWonder turned 1 year old! He had no idea that it was a special day , but enjoyed his time in the park,
time in DW’s chair,
and an ice cream cupcake.
All the things you need to have a great first birthday.
Riddle me this. Riddle me that. What could scare the blackest cat? Answer: Anything that can destroy 2 diapers, a wall, a changing pad, and a pair of socks.
Yesterday, I was changing KidWonder -a #2- and after I put a clean diaper under the dirty on, I noticed a small spring bug on his wipes container. Not thinking I immediately let go of his little, yet very strong, legs to squish the little intruder. Crisis solved, I turned to find poop all over the changing pad cover. Before letting go of KidWonder, I didn’t close the diaper back and he proceded to kick as usual and his feet ended up in the poo. The formerly gray heels of his socks were now covered in poo and were spreading it around the changing pad, the clean diaper, and all over his legs. As I am sure he heard my yelp of surprise, DadWonder was soon at my side assisting.
I removed the socks and both diapers. DW stiffled his wriggles while I cleaned the scene. I looked above his head at what I thought was another bug only to find that, somehow, he had managed to fling a chunk of poo at the wall with those strong calves of his. I must say, I never felt like more of a mom. Am I now a veteran? Eh…
So once the real crises was over, wall cleaned, socks trashed, pad cover hampered, and diapers Genie-d, KW was in his usual I-want-to-play, I’m-the-happiest-boy-in-world, “Dad, let’s play” self. All as if he hadn’t just blessed us with a very funny story to tell.
I commented on a story posted by a Swedish father about a U.S. situation where a mom was arrested for leaving her child asleep in the car while walking 30 feet away to donate money to the Salvation Army. He basically called it ridiculous to arrest this mother for leaving her child in a locked car.
My comment:
I am a mom who lives in the U.S. and I just want to clarify that this wasn’t about the safety of the child’s environment. You pointed out yourself how foolish and crazy people can be in your post about the baby left to die. We’re not boring like Sweden. People do crazy things, hence the rising number of child abductions in this country. So to leave a child vulnerable in a car for even a split second is very dangerous. Even with the doors locked. How many mothers have I heard on the news saying, “I was only gone for a second” or “I only turned my back for a minute”? Too many. Too many for me to ever leave my child unattended in any way, shape, or form. People in the U.S. are just too crazy. I live in a safe, suburban, small town ad wouldn’t dare test the mental stability of anyone. So you may call us idiots or think that the police were too harsh, but if you lived here and saw what we see everyday, I think you would have a different opinion.
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Just too funny.
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So I made chicken nuggets for Tom and myself and I guess Beany just wasn’t full enough from the bottle he’d had 2 minutes earlier. He snatched a nugget of Dad’s plate and went to town showing down!
