Memories

With another baby in the house I find myself having little flashbacks of the boys as babies.

While I was feeding Cordelia the other day I suddenly remember the way Torii would grab my hand while I fed him. He did it every time.

I had to rock Rion to sleep a lot and he would hum or "sing" himself to sleep while I swayed with him in my arms.

And remember the way Rion used to sit on the floor? It looked so uncomfortable. He would sit on the floor with his legs out to the side and behind him.

True

I was looking for something when I came across this rub on that I was going to use in a scrapbook. It says, "Boys are God's way of telling you your house is too neat."

Memory

As my memory seems to slip more and more each day, I am continually amazed at the kids' memories. Today I went to Gateway Mall with Torii. I don't think I've been there with him since this summer. We hardly ever go there, yet he remembered that is where we had ice cream even though we were nowhere near the food court. When ever we go someplace it seems that one of the boys will remember something about being there before. When we go to Kirkwood they have to ride the coin operated cars. Target has the cookies. And Scheels has the taffy. I don't spoil them and get them treats each time we go out. That's the trouble. I treat them once someplace and they never forget it. And my bad memory doesn't remember so when I think I've gone to a safe place like Gateway, the boys remember something. Now they have discovered the Salvation Army bell ringers. They hear the bells and like a cat to a can opener they are running over there to get a candy cane.

Caught

The older the boys get the less I am able to get away with. Today I had to have a chocolate fix so I snuck a Snickers bar at Walmart. As we were driving out of the parking lot I opened my candy bar.
Torii in the back seat: "What do have mommy?"
Me: "Nothing."
Torii: "I hear something. What is it?"
Me: "I don't have anything."
Torii: "Let me see your hands."

Pretty soon I won't be able to tell the little fibs that I occassionally tell them. When I don't want to go McDonalds I simply tell them it's not open. And they believe me. When I don't want to watch Dora I tell them it's not on. This won't work much longer. Rion does recognize some words and once he starts reading, it's all over for me.

Bad Habits

Today we had breakfast with Grandpa and Grandma. When we were leaving the boys went with Grandpa and Grandma. Rion looked out the car window and saw daddy. Rion said, "Daddy's smoking. And I suck my thumb."

Quotable Torii

Torii was making me laugh all day today. Sadly, I can only remember two of the funny things he said.

He was helping me make muffins today and at one point he said Yessireeee.

When I was making supper he was playing with his toy kitchen and couldn't find something for it. We looked a little bit and I told him I couldn't find it. He said, "Well it didn't just walk away by itself."

Some privacy please!

When you become a mother, whether you like it or not, you forfeit your privacy. I rarely get to use the bathroom by myself. My kids could be totally focused on something, but as soon as they hear the bathroom door shut they are in there with me. They don't even knock. They just walk right in. I've tried locking the door, but that doesn't hold them back.

So I don't know what I was thinking when I went into the bathroom to try out my new pump. I had a manual one before, but this time I went all out and bought a nice electric one. So it makes some noise. First Rion came in. I think he liked it because it's sort of like a machine. He had to study it to see how it worked. Then Torii came in. He's interested in anything to do with the baby so he asked a ton of questions. On a side note, the other day he told me I gave milk like a cow. Thanks, that makes me feel so good. Anyway, I got rid of the kids and then Fred comes in. He asks if he can help. Enough already!

Hopefully Cordelia will take the bottle so the next time I go out by myself I can take my time and really enjoy myself. And will I ever enjoy myself.