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Toddlerhood is both fun and trying. On Friday night I felt like Mina was pushing and Brian kept trying to undermine my attempts at parenting, not giving me a chance to intervene and/or trying to tell me what to do or cut me off when trying to interact with Mina at dinner. That night putting her to bed was just terrible and took forever. It was really just miscommunication and me being tired/frazzled with things going on. Brian just was trying to help, while I was taking it as him trying to step in because he thought I was incompetant. You have good days and bad days.
On Saturday I spent the morning weeding/planting/mulching our front yard for fall while Brian hung with Mina on the front porch and back yard. I took out the dead/fried pine bush and put in an azalea - we'll see how that goes. I added some mums to fill space and get into the fall spirit, and it is all mulched. Sprinklers on a timer are out there now, and hopefully the worst of summer sun is past and we can keep that azalea going. My grandmother always had azaleas in her front yard, and I've wanted to do it too. We have some plans for the yard for next year. We got the landscaper bill and that check was written. Lots of ideas, and lots of decisions about timing and payment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717880462/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717881226/in/photostream
She has discovered sidewalk chalk and picking and eating our tomatoes (mostly green ones - heh).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717884608/in/photostream
We had Harvard Square haircuts and had fun with Mina at Curious George, the Urban Outfitters Photo Booth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717853414/in/photostream
Sunday was Brian's day - he did more work on the closet projects and I took Mina out to try and find her slippers (got em), a closet rug (got it), rain boots (nothing) and dance shoes (nothing). Her first class is 9/21. She has some shoes that are just too big, so it looks like I'll have to buy the first pair. We went to a birthday party for a friend of Mina's from school that afternoon. the kid's Dad and I were friends in High School, so it was a funny reunion. They have a cute place nearby so we walked. Brian and I are learning about the challenges of having a kid that is bigger and older in many ways than her peers, and what is average for her age. There are challenges in this. She wants to play with the big kids, but has some limitations in being fully able to do this. But she is bored with the babies. And the big kids (at least some of them) don't want this "baby" playing with them. She is just so outgoing, she seems almost confused about why the bigger kids don't want her playing their games. I feel so sad for her. Then there is the issue of her never moving and constantly getting into everything. Our home is set up to be safe for her to explore around and to do that, but other places are not. More and More Brian and I have been talking about how things will be a few years from now when she enters school. He had the experience of being extremely bored through his entire school career. I don't want her to be in that position, but I've always been a firm supporter of public schools. I think Waltham has a lot of things going for it, even our local school that has had some issues. We'll see what life brings!
Yesterday was her first swim class with G and I. She did great it seemed and she had a lot of fun. She's old enough that I think if we continue with the next session, we'd be moving up to the next age group. She was comfortable with the water and blew bubbles in there with her mouth. She was EXHAUSTED after, and took a good afternoon nap. She was beat in the afternoon; we took a walk with C and stopped at a local park where she had a bout of crazy toddler: wanting to take all the other kids' toys/cars/apples and wanting to climb all of the big things all by herself (she's not coordinated enough to do this safely, entirely). Oh boy. She did well at dinner though (NOODLES) and though she was up a bit late for her, we had a nice bedtime. I settled her down since Brian had to work on a build, longer than was anticipated.
Tonight is dinner with my boss - his direct reports are taking him out as his last day is tomorrow. Just so odd. We have no idea what our transition plan is or what kind of recruitment is happening or has happened. He is an Executive VP that reports to the Chief Medical Officer, so this is going to take some time. I realized that my review is due in November. So I'm assuming I won't get one this year, since there won't be anyone to do it? Suck. We shall see where things go here.
On Saturday I spent the morning weeding/planting/mulching our front yard for fall while Brian hung with Mina on the front porch and back yard. I took out the dead/fried pine bush and put in an azalea - we'll see how that goes. I added some mums to fill space and get into the fall spirit, and it is all mulched. Sprinklers on a timer are out there now, and hopefully the worst of summer sun is past and we can keep that azalea going. My grandmother always had azaleas in her front yard, and I've wanted to do it too. We have some plans for the yard for next year. We got the landscaper bill and that check was written. Lots of ideas, and lots of decisions about timing and payment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717880462/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717881226/in/photostream
She has discovered sidewalk chalk and picking and eating our tomatoes (mostly green ones - heh).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717884608/in/photostream
We had Harvard Square haircuts and had fun with Mina at Curious George, the Urban Outfitters Photo Booth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/9717853414/in/photostream
Sunday was Brian's day - he did more work on the closet projects and I took Mina out to try and find her slippers (got em), a closet rug (got it), rain boots (nothing) and dance shoes (nothing). Her first class is 9/21. She has some shoes that are just too big, so it looks like I'll have to buy the first pair. We went to a birthday party for a friend of Mina's from school that afternoon. the kid's Dad and I were friends in High School, so it was a funny reunion. They have a cute place nearby so we walked. Brian and I are learning about the challenges of having a kid that is bigger and older in many ways than her peers, and what is average for her age. There are challenges in this. She wants to play with the big kids, but has some limitations in being fully able to do this. But she is bored with the babies. And the big kids (at least some of them) don't want this "baby" playing with them. She is just so outgoing, she seems almost confused about why the bigger kids don't want her playing their games. I feel so sad for her. Then there is the issue of her never moving and constantly getting into everything. Our home is set up to be safe for her to explore around and to do that, but other places are not. More and More Brian and I have been talking about how things will be a few years from now when she enters school. He had the experience of being extremely bored through his entire school career. I don't want her to be in that position, but I've always been a firm supporter of public schools. I think Waltham has a lot of things going for it, even our local school that has had some issues. We'll see what life brings!
Yesterday was her first swim class with G and I. She did great it seemed and she had a lot of fun. She's old enough that I think if we continue with the next session, we'd be moving up to the next age group. She was comfortable with the water and blew bubbles in there with her mouth. She was EXHAUSTED after, and took a good afternoon nap. She was beat in the afternoon; we took a walk with C and stopped at a local park where she had a bout of crazy toddler: wanting to take all the other kids' toys/cars/apples and wanting to climb all of the big things all by herself (she's not coordinated enough to do this safely, entirely). Oh boy. She did well at dinner though (NOODLES) and though she was up a bit late for her, we had a nice bedtime. I settled her down since Brian had to work on a build, longer than was anticipated.
Tonight is dinner with my boss - his direct reports are taking him out as his last day is tomorrow. Just so odd. We have no idea what our transition plan is or what kind of recruitment is happening or has happened. He is an Executive VP that reports to the Chief Medical Officer, so this is going to take some time. I realized that my review is due in November. So I'm assuming I won't get one this year, since there won't be anyone to do it? Suck. We shall see where things go here.
