The kids have been getting on my nerves lately. Mae has slowly been turning into the screaming banshee that consumes most children between the ages of two and four. If I don't understand her the first time, she starts screaming at me. Our conversations sound mostly like this, "Eyewana eea naba." "Um, you want to eat a banana?" "EYEWANA EEA NABA! ( Read more... )

Everytime Sage watches the part of Toy Story Two where Jessie is remembering Emily, Sage turns to me and goes,"I love you, Mom." Soooooo cute.

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We got back from vacation on Sunday. Ben and I went to Little Cayman Islands while the kids stayed with a variety of relatives. Everyone was out of sorts on Sunday, but yesterday was slightly better. We ( Read more... )

It occurred to me today how often Sage, Mae, and I don't see another soul until we go to the gym in the afternoon. Every few weeks we make it to a playgroup or a MOMS Club event, but most of the time it's just us. I feel a little sorry for Sage. He sees kids at school, but he has no friends to speak of. The playgroup we go to is for kids Mae's age ( Read more... )

Sage turned five years old at the beginning of this month. To refresh your memory, he is in preschool at a school that provides some behavioral modification and occupational therapy for him. Between December and March, the teachers are evaluating their students for kindergarten readiness. They make a final decision in March and then kindergarten ( Read more... )

Ben and I were watching Sanctuary on the Sci-Fi network, on which there is a character who is supposed to be Nikola Tesla. I had heard of him before and asked who he was. Ben gave me a description of his discoveries and then I asked what a tesla coil was. Ben was surprised that I didn't know. Apparently, he had used one to make a speaker when he ( Read more... )

I'm starting to wonder how to celebrate Christmas without being Christian. It's already confused Sage and now it's starting to confuse me.

Sage is doing a little bit better. He's getting fiber supplements daily and milk of magnesia when he needs it. Mae has been having trouble as well, so I've started her on fiber supplments too. I've also started giving them water flavored with a little bit of juice rather than juice with a little bit of water. I think that something is constipating ( Read more... )

Ben had moles removed and one came back abnormal. Sage hasn't pooped in days and now needs an x-ray to figure out why. Mae's birthday is tomorrow. Trick or Treat is Friday. I am so tired I just want to lay down and die. AAaaaaaaaaahHHHHHHHH!

Things have calmed down around here. Mae is sleeping through the night with the help of some Motrin. Sage is still having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, so we've been giving him Benadryl when he wakes up the first time. What seems to be happening is he'll doze off and then wake up convinced that there are little fish all over his ( Read more... )

So, Mae has been waking up crying in the night for over a week now. I took her pacifier away nearly two weeks ago now, but I blame the problem on those two pesky molars that are coming through. She's been slobbering and chewing on her fingers for a while. Baby Ibuprofen has helped her fall asleep at bedtime, which was also a screaming fit. She ( Read more... )