Matching my Stalkers...

Ok, so I've started looking at WHO is visiting on my little map.

These are the people I think I have nailed down

Kaycie - you come in as New Salisbury, IN

Jean - you come in as Oshawa, ON, Canada.

Me - I come in as Lawrenceville, GA which is 40 east of my actual residence....Becca, I'm going to assume you come in as Lawrenceville as well since you live a mile away

Kate - I'm still figuring that one out. I've seen Norcross mentioned and Duluth.

Sarah - Still figuring you out as well. - Hollywood, MD( figured it out)

There's some random family member in TX

Another random in FL

Another random somewhere in NJ.

Who is in REX, Georgia!

Oh, and there's Kanae over in Japan. "HI Kanae"

I'm curious, how accurate are your 'locations'?

The Fish and the Kitty

Nora got a fish for her birthday. We talked about it for weeks ahead of time to get her excited. If you asked her what she was getting for her Birthday she said 'dirday daddy fish'. You see, Rich was going to take her to get the fish.

The big day came to go get her fish. We went to the local pet store instead of a big box chain. (save the home owned stores in a bad economy) Nora kept saying 'MY FISH!'

Sadly, sadly, sadly.....they were out of Beta fish.

As Nora put it 'Missing the fish mommy, me sad'

Mommy and Daddy promised to get her a fish as soon as possible and we went home to set up the tank. To explain to Nora we called it a fish house, this seemed to be a suitable explanation.

The fish arrived home on her Birthday as promised and he loved his new tank. I kept asking Nora what the fish's name was.

First, she told me his name was Brown. (HMMMm.)

Then I asked her if fish's name was dolphin.

Nora: " No mommy, fish name Foofa!"

Well ok then. Can't believe she actually came up with a name all on her own. Foofa is actually a character on Yo Gabba Gabba, but it's not a cartoon we let her watch. This makes the name choice even more curious to us.

Nora has become very involved with Foofa, she feeds him, tells him morning, has conversations with him, there's definitely an attachment.

This is where the evil kitty comes in.

It seems that the kitty, Phoebe, gets too close to Foofa at times. Nora screetches 'NOOOOO FIFI!!! MY FOOFA!!!!" (Loki, the oldest cat could care less about Foofa)

Not to worry, we thought ahead and got a tank with lid.

Foofa is safe.

String!

OH the things we forget!

Rich was reminiscing with a friend at the party last weekend about 'moments in parenthood'....this story came up.

It was a regular day, I don't remember what day of the week because it's been so long. And let's face it 'mommy brain' has long since wiped my storage hold for remembering to negative fifty.

I do remember that Nora was in the crawling, getting into everything, chewing on things phase so probably 9 mths old.

Mommy was in the compulsive vacuuming, no sleep, holding things together by a thread phase as she still wasn't sleeping through the night.

That said.

Rich calls me from the nursery with the 'Um hon, can you come here a minute?'

Me thinking, 'what, it's just a diaper, I'm comfy on the couch'

Walk, walk, mutter, mutter underbreath down the hall'

Rich saying 'what is that!' Points to Nora's exposed bum.

Me 'What the hell!? How did she get that!'

Rich, 'It's not tape worm?'

Me, 'no it's dental floss'

Yes folks a piece of dental floss was half hanging out of my daughters backside! How does a parent approach that! We sort of looked at each other and squirmed.

A whole host of questions ran through our heads...Would it tickle? How much longer was it than the 5" we were seeing? Could removing it hurt some internal body part? Is this something you go to the emergency room for? How would they classify that medical claim 'String out the Rectum'....I'm sure it would stump the insurance company.

We opted on the side of, let's see what happens. The whole string was only about 9" long. Nora was fine she just gave us a weird look like 'change my diaper already!'

This glorious moment in parenting once again brought to you by Rich and Amanda.

The Husband and the Cheerios.

et me tell you a different story about a container of cheerios.

A husband got mad and threw a container of cheerios on the floor...where he left it. (note: the anger was in no way directed a the wife)

The nice wife pointed out that if the container had exploded she would of had to pick them all up! To which the husband replied that 'NOOOO, he would have picked them up'

Wife laughed to herself and started her day. Refusing to pick up the container as the husband should.

His dear wife walked by with a basket of laundry later in the day. She did not see the cheerios and kicked the container.

The lid was actually off from the throw earlier in the day.

Cheerios now scattered across the master bedroom from the wife's sure footed kick.

To which the wife said "DAMN IT!" and the toddler mimicked 'Damn it'.....

AWESOME moment in my day.

Parental Education

More tidbits of conversations with Nora.....

We go on family walk about twice a week just to wear Nora out while mommy and daddy have adult conversation. Sometimes just Daddy talks Nora on a walk while mommy is busy at night working.

Rich: Hey Nora what that!? (points in the sky)
Nora: Moooon!
Rich: and what's next to the moon?
Nora: OOOp it her! (Jupiter)
Me: Seriously! Seriously, could you geek my daughter out more?

The things my scientifically minded husband will teach this child scares me! Only because mommy is so artistically minded that I won't understand what she's saying!

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It's been raining ALOT lately, a truly ridiculous amount. Nora loves to splash in puddles and run in the rain. Yeah, I let her, it wasn't cold and it's fun for her.

Leaving the gym yesterday....

Nora: Mommy, it wet! Spash! (jumping in a parking lot puddle)
Me: Splash! That's a great puddle baby.

Nora looking at me quizzically, 'No pig mommy, water!'

Me: Well, yes there is no Puddle piggy but it's still called a puddle.

To clarify for those that don't know...there's a Nick Jr. show with two pigs called 'Toot and Puddle' and of course her word association is with a pig, not a wet divot on the ground.

Did you know?

That everyone poops!

Conversation with Nora in the car on the way to preschool this morning.

"Mommy my poop!"

I look back to see my child holding her crotch in her car seat. I have figured out that she tells you this when she goes pee in her diaper. Too late!!!

'Nora did you go poo poo'

'No poo poo now.' (Well yes, because you just FINISHED) Mommy, daddy poop?'

'Yes daddy poops'

'Andew poop diaper too? Kapy poop? (me "yes") Poppy poop, Nonni poop?

'Yes baby everyone poops, but big people poo in the potty'

'Poo potty?' (giggles like this is the craziest thing mommy has ever said)

and just so she made sure she started asking if all her friends at preschool poo'd too.

Do you think the potty training is going well? She's got the concept, now if only there was some follow through!