Well, here we are again. The week is gone and I actually have things to say. Take a peek!
1. I hate hate hate bing sick. This week the ninja and I are sharing a supremely awful cold that just will not go away. Even now she is still stuffy and clingy. I'm most of the way better, but now the hubby has it too which means it may come back for me as well. Sometimes I need another me for a few hours so I can sleep and eat and shower. Anybody have a cloning machine?
2. I'm actually beginning to feel like we are moving lately. Things are being boxed up and disappearing to the new house. We've picked paint and hope to get started on that work this week- a lovely pumpkin for the living/dining and a purply gray for the hall and master bed. I'm still deciding, but I think a creamy butter yellow for the ninja's room will be lovely. It's all beginning to look like home.
3. I made chicken enchiladas for dinner one night this week and they were a hit! It was also easier than I remembered, so this means I should probably cook for real more often. So frequently my meals turn into mix and heat or fried veggies on pasta. Blah.
4. There was an itty bitty month old baby at church today and when she cried I leaked like I haven't in months. It's crazy what that newborn cry will do to a poor nursing mama.
5. With the hubby working nights I've actually had time to read lately. It's been nice, though many of our books have been packed already so I'm stuck re reading a few old friends. This week it's The Hunger Games trilogy. Catching Fire is a close tie with Mockingjay for the best of the lot. What can I say, I'm a sucker for dystopian coming of age tales.
6. Ninja baby has learned how to climb on top of our coffee table (Plastic bins-so classy) and it was the single most terrifying thing to come around the corner and find her trying to jump from one to another. I don't call her the ninja for nothing.
7. One of my friends is going from cloth diapering to disposable (sad news) due to a laundry/time issue. However, she is selling all her diapers (happy news!). I got a nice shiny purple one with Gandhi's "Be the change" quote on it. It's also got the breastfeeding and genital protection logos on it. It's really awesome, come warm weather I'll have to let the ninja wear it outside with only a shirt and shoes with it. The I can use it as a conversation starter.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Top 10 Signs You've Met A Crunchy Mom
Meeting mom friends is hard. First you have to put yourself in a place where moms hang out, like a park or library. Then you have to figure out if her kids are close in age to your kids so you two will have something to talk about(How many teeth? We just cut a big one. Oh, totally a strike, keep pumping and offering!). But before you can take it to the next level-the mom flirt- you have to see if she is enough like you to make the awkward friend dating worthwhile. Enter this list! The top ten signs you've found a crunchy mom.
1. Babywearing
You and your tot are out at the mall, and you see her through the crowd. Like you her stroller is nowhere to be seen. Instead she has her bub strapped to her chest or back in a soft structured carrier, wrap, or sling. You lock eyes for a moment over the sea of parents wrestling kids into strollers or using them for bags while kiddo walks, or pushing the empty stroller while holding the cranky baby. A connection is made.
2. Breastfeeding
This mom sees you nursing your little one and decides to join you on the park bench. You two bond over tales of nibbles and strikes. Covered or al fresco, this is a good starting point for a friend.
3. Cloth Diapers
Unless it's summer you might not notice this mama until you are in a bathroom jostling for the only changing table. You see the cloth and can chat her up about styles-pre folds or pockets? Rockin' Green or Charlie's soap? It's always fun to compare fluff!
4. Clothes Line
You are pretty sure she has a functioning clothes dryer, but you always seem to see her in the yard hanging things to dry. Including cloth diapers, of course.
5. Garden Grown
Most of your neighbors have a tomato plant or two, but this woman takes the cake. It seems like she has a fresh crop almost every season, even eating from her yard in the winter.
6. Birthy Goodness
She will tell anyone who will listen about her midwife, her doula,and her birth photographer. She may even offer pictures. Pregnant? She has a list of phone numbers for you to call.
7. Upcycling
Most people recycle, but she up cycles. Broken handbag? Patch it with scraps from the old shirt! Paint this old coffee can and you have a stylin' container for the garden shed. This mom can find a use for everything.
8. Knows the lingo
She understands this sentence: "We do delayed, but I think a lollypop party would be good for them." And this one " Well, it's raw vegan but not Paleo, I might be able to make it paleo if I try" and this one "I'm doing the Weston A. Price thing, and that with oil pulling did the trick-I don't even see my dentist anymore!" You get the idea.
9. Gentle!
No hitting, no biting, no yelling. Time in-not time out. She is a gentle parent through and through.
10. She tells you
"I guess you could call me crunchy" "I'm crunchy to the max" "Crunchy mama here!" It never fails, mostly because we can't hold it in much longer-we love to tell!
What do all of you think? Did I miss anything? Do you consider yourself a crunchy mama?
1. Babywearing
You and your tot are out at the mall, and you see her through the crowd. Like you her stroller is nowhere to be seen. Instead she has her bub strapped to her chest or back in a soft structured carrier, wrap, or sling. You lock eyes for a moment over the sea of parents wrestling kids into strollers or using them for bags while kiddo walks, or pushing the empty stroller while holding the cranky baby. A connection is made.
2. Breastfeeding
This mom sees you nursing your little one and decides to join you on the park bench. You two bond over tales of nibbles and strikes. Covered or al fresco, this is a good starting point for a friend.
3. Cloth Diapers
Unless it's summer you might not notice this mama until you are in a bathroom jostling for the only changing table. You see the cloth and can chat her up about styles-pre folds or pockets? Rockin' Green or Charlie's soap? It's always fun to compare fluff!
4. Clothes Line
You are pretty sure she has a functioning clothes dryer, but you always seem to see her in the yard hanging things to dry. Including cloth diapers, of course.
5. Garden Grown
Most of your neighbors have a tomato plant or two, but this woman takes the cake. It seems like she has a fresh crop almost every season, even eating from her yard in the winter.
6. Birthy Goodness
She will tell anyone who will listen about her midwife, her doula,and her birth photographer. She may even offer pictures. Pregnant? She has a list of phone numbers for you to call.
7. Upcycling
Most people recycle, but she up cycles. Broken handbag? Patch it with scraps from the old shirt! Paint this old coffee can and you have a stylin' container for the garden shed. This mom can find a use for everything.
8. Knows the lingo
She understands this sentence: "We do delayed, but I think a lollypop party would be good for them." And this one " Well, it's raw vegan but not Paleo, I might be able to make it paleo if I try" and this one "I'm doing the Weston A. Price thing, and that with oil pulling did the trick-I don't even see my dentist anymore!" You get the idea.
9. Gentle!
No hitting, no biting, no yelling. Time in-not time out. She is a gentle parent through and through.
10. She tells you
"I guess you could call me crunchy" "I'm crunchy to the max" "Crunchy mama here!" It never fails, mostly because we can't hold it in much longer-we love to tell!
What do all of you think? Did I miss anything? Do you consider yourself a crunchy mama?
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Weekend Update
I really have trouble keeping up with any project I start, and this blog is proof of that. In order to take an actual shot at keeping up with this and enjoy myself in the process I think I'm going to start offering a weekend update-a Sunday evening post. Hopefully I keep it going.
1.Sunday school started today and I got my first look at my class. I teach ages 2 1/2 through 5 1/2, but it looks like only six kids this year. They seem a good group-I'm excited!
2. We have been having awkward weather recently, it's been fall or winter in the morning and summer in the afternoon, followed by fall in the evening. Keeping extra sweaters and pants around for the ninja is harder than I thought and she hates it. She loves the cold and gets angry when I try to cover her up. I wish the temperature would stabilize a bit.
3. We are moving! It's just from one area of our state to another- about a half hour drive, but it's far enough that life will improve a bit. Public transport! Wood floors! No stairs! I've been at the house almost every day with the mister and the ninja cleaning and bringing boxes. Official move day countdown is t-3 weeks!
4. The ninja has a favorite bishop. We have had the honor of hosting Vladyka Jonah at our church for many services for months now, and we have even personally had him over for supper several times. Ninja baby has become quite attached to him. She recently saw another bishop visiting our church and continually pointed to him saying "Nope mama! Nope Nope!". Vladyka Jonah seems tickled though.
5. I am stuck in a meal rut and feel too tired to be creative, too hungry to plan ahead, and too bored of our meals to do much but complain. Any good vegan crockpot meals? It's what I really need to spice things up a bit and have a wednesday/Friday off from "Random probably sautéed in slightly too much oil vegetable served with pasta" that we have been eating. Even the mister-who thinks I make what Jesus eats in heaven-is getting a little tired of it.
6. I want to live in the magical land where it is fall year round and I wear nothing but just-below-the-knee length skirts, nursing cami's(or regular ones, one day I guess), knee socks, and cardigans. I have never felt so comfy while I looked this put together! It's nice to have a fall back outfit that looks nice but I can clean and crawl on the floor in.
Well there you have it, my first weekend update. Hopefully I get another post up before next Sunday. If not, see you then!
1.Sunday school started today and I got my first look at my class. I teach ages 2 1/2 through 5 1/2, but it looks like only six kids this year. They seem a good group-I'm excited!
2. We have been having awkward weather recently, it's been fall or winter in the morning and summer in the afternoon, followed by fall in the evening. Keeping extra sweaters and pants around for the ninja is harder than I thought and she hates it. She loves the cold and gets angry when I try to cover her up. I wish the temperature would stabilize a bit.
3. We are moving! It's just from one area of our state to another- about a half hour drive, but it's far enough that life will improve a bit. Public transport! Wood floors! No stairs! I've been at the house almost every day with the mister and the ninja cleaning and bringing boxes. Official move day countdown is t-3 weeks!
4. The ninja has a favorite bishop. We have had the honor of hosting Vladyka Jonah at our church for many services for months now, and we have even personally had him over for supper several times. Ninja baby has become quite attached to him. She recently saw another bishop visiting our church and continually pointed to him saying "Nope mama! Nope Nope!". Vladyka Jonah seems tickled though.
5. I am stuck in a meal rut and feel too tired to be creative, too hungry to plan ahead, and too bored of our meals to do much but complain. Any good vegan crockpot meals? It's what I really need to spice things up a bit and have a wednesday/Friday off from "Random probably sautéed in slightly too much oil vegetable served with pasta" that we have been eating. Even the mister-who thinks I make what Jesus eats in heaven-is getting a little tired of it.
6. I want to live in the magical land where it is fall year round and I wear nothing but just-below-the-knee length skirts, nursing cami's(or regular ones, one day I guess), knee socks, and cardigans. I have never felt so comfy while I looked this put together! It's nice to have a fall back outfit that looks nice but I can clean and crawl on the floor in.
Well there you have it, my first weekend update. Hopefully I get another post up before next Sunday. If not, see you then!
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