Today's Words Of Glass

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post. So sorry to those who follow me, and have been curious as to my whereabouts :) I've been super busy with my freelance work. Between that and Lil Man starting pre-school, there hasn't been much free time to post. Actually there hasn't been a lot of free time lately for much of anything. But I'm hoping that we going to find our 'groove' soon with pre-school and family schedules. I was very emotional on his first day of pre-school. I think he shed a few tears, but honestly I think I shed the majority of them. After leaving him in his room, I made a quick exit to the restroom to bawl my eyes out and compose myself before walking out of the building. I clung to my phone like a life source in case they called me. But with each 15 minute increments that passed, I felt myself starting to relax. Before the 2.5 hours was over, I realized that the time really went by quick. We are on our 2nd fu...

In just a few short weeks, Lil Man will start pre-school. I'm not ready. When I signed him up, I thought I was ready. But the truth is, I'm not. I'm not ready for him to move on to this next phase in his life. I'm not ready to move on the the next phase in my life as his life changes so does mine. I freaked out when the school calendar came out. I suppose it was that moment when I realized that he was really about to go to pre-school. (on a side note, I freaked out a little with knowing that I will have to keep up with yellow day, camping day, orange day and the list goes on and on). What if my kid is the only one who shows up with the wrong color shirt?!?  And apparently I'm neurotic enough to worry about those things. But ever since the school calendar posted online, I've shed a lot of tears. I have been bombarded with an abundance of emotions. In fact, I haven't really had time to try to sort out everything that I'm feeling. I just know that there...

I don't know about you, but I think a little boy wearing a neck tie is beyond adorable. And if you are in the market to purchase one, I suggest you check out Necktie Emporium. . They have a huge stock of neckties including clip on, bow ties, pre-tied, junior and men sizes. And if you like them on facebook, you can save 10% ( https://www.facebook.com/NecktieEmporium ). I got this tie (pictured below) for my son. I was well pleased with the quality and the color. We will definitely get a lot of use out of it. Image Source  Their site even offers tips on how to size a clip on, plus illustrations on how to tie a neck tie. It's worth checking out.  Full Disclosure: Necktie Emporium provided me with a tie free of charge for the purpose of providing a review. My opinions are completely my own based on my experience.   

Today has been a trying day. I started the day off with a 7 mile run at 5:30am with a friend. That part was great, except that he is moving and this run would be our last early morning run. But then Lil Man had speech at 9:30am, and I totally forgot that Lil Man's service coordinator was coming. My house wasn't in the best shape (and neither was I). I had on some ratty clothes. And to top it off, Lil Man didn't cooperate. This was one of the worst sessions we've had in awhile. After his session, I walked them out to their car. As I turned around to come back in, I saw a laughing Lil Man at the front door. Yep, he'd locked me out - sigh. So there I stood outside, barefoot, and locked out of my house in front of his speech teacher and service coordinator. Double sigh. Currently, he's eating pretzels while I type this and we watch Sprout. I'm hoping for a decent nap from him this afternoon. I have freelance work to do, but I also need some down time mys...

Judge me, hate me, you're just not going to make me potty train my kid when we aren't ready. Diapers are my friend. Lil Man has been showing signs that he might be ready to potty train. But after a couple of days of lots of 'uh ohs' and the fact that he's starting to get frustrated, I've decided we aren't ready. Or maybe I'm just not ready? He's my baby. He's growing up. And maybe I'm just not ready for him to be potty trained? Or maybe, the truth is that diapers are just easier at this point. Regardless of the reason, the big boy underwear are back in the drawer. And the 'reward' M&Ms are now Mommy's snack. And we won't be doing the M&Ms again. Lil Man had a complete meltdown over getting ( 1 ) M&M. I knew better, but I thought, well that's what so many people say to use. So we tried. And yes, it was a TOTAL disaster. He went pee pee in the potty, and when he got just 1 M&M he went full blown meltd...

I will warn you as I am typing this at 2:30pm there is an open container on my desk.... chocolate cake icing that is. Let's begin with yesterday, during naptime (or what was supposed to be naptime), Lil Man pulled his shorts off, his diaper down and peed all in his bed. I will pause a moment for you to catch your breath after laughing. Thankfully Mickey took the brunt of it, and the rest of the bed was dry. After several times being told "Do NOT get out of this bed" he finally napped. Today, well today, as I was trying to take care of my morning business, Lil Man grabbed the bathroom cabinet door and slammed it into his head catching his brown bone. Sigh. Picture the scene as he is trying to climb up on me as I'm sitting on the toilet. Husband in the shower. Mom on the toilet with a screaming toddler climbing into her lap. Dog sort of running in circles whining at all of the commotion. One ice pack later, the swelling in his eye starts to subside. Hubby leaves f...

As you know, Lil Man and I love books. And we've recently added a new one to our collection. It's called  Bosley Goes to the Beach, and it's by Timothy Johnson from theLanguageBear.com . These books are designed to teach young children new words in various languages. We chose the English-Spanish version. But there are several options to choose from such as Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian and Japanese. I really enjoyed the story. It's about a bear named Bosley and his adventure at the beach. The story was well written and easy to follow. And the illustrations were excellent.  We were reading the Kindle version, and I liked how some of the key words were different colors which made it easy to point out in both languages. I would definitely recommend this book to friends. In fact, I couldn't mind having the entire series. And because of that, I'm giving away a copy to one of my readers.  One lucky winner will receive either a print or d...