Tonight we walked in the house and West said "this house is stupid." Not, like, meanly. He just learned the word stupid. It was pretty hilarious. I told Drew this when he got home, but I spelled out "stupid" to try to not encourage West with that word. West turned to me and said "No! I said this house is stupid. Listen to the words I'm saying!" *

This morning my train sat unmoving just outside of North Station for literally one hour due to signal problems. FML I hate commuting in the winter.

I have become a crank. This week I have called in to report 4 unshoveled sidewalks (to be fair, 3 of the 4 were in one phone call). The Boston sidewalk I reported was cleared and salted by the next day (it's state-owned property, so no excuses)! The Salem ones, at least the guy I talked to said "that sounds familiar" about one and "we've been ( Read more... )

West now lives a rich fantasy life with his stuffed bunny. Last night at bedtime Drew heard him say in bunny’s voice “it’s dark in here.” West replied to bunny “I should open the door some more.” Bunny replied “yes you should.” So West hopped up to crack the door open some more and scuttled back to bed when he saw Drew watching him from the stairs ( Read more... )

I think we are in the midst of the transition out of afternoon naps. Noooooooooooo! I need the two hours of quiet. Home with a semi-sick kid (just sick enough to not feel guilty taking a day off for him to rest and recouperate, except he's not actually RESTING, and he's not so sick as to cause worries). He has been talking nonstop and sometimes ( Read more... )

I speak in internet memes too often. West has started saying "it's getting spoopy!" every time it gets dark. Heh. It's actually kind of hilarious.

It is so funny the things West notices. Little things like while I was folding laundry the other day, he sat down to “help.” I was throwing some of the towels & sheets behind me on the couch to deal with last, so he took things from his little pile, threw them behind himself, saying “I throw it behind my shoulder.” At first I was like “what are you ( Read more... )

First 5 am trip to the gym ACCOMPLISHED. This is the first time I set foot in a gym since halfway through my pregnancy. It's been a while, but it feels pretty good to be done with my exercise first thing in the morning. I'm hoping this makes my evenings more relaxing from now on. And that it makes my pants fit better.

What a fantastic weekend ( Read more... )

West has started asking to look at books once he's tucked into bed for the night. I'm a softie so I lift up his curtain so there's some light and let him read himself to sleep. When I go in later to make sure he has a blanket on him I usually find a book tucked under his arm. That's our boy.