Hobbies

I'm in this fb group for moms. One thing I noticed is that most of the moms listed hobbies. How??  Just how??  I mean my hobbies are brushing my teeth and washing my hair. 

I can't even sit down to pay a bill. Or look at a mail flyer. Or go to the bathroom by myself. 

I have been looking at my paints dreamingly. And I can tell you... That ain't happening. 

I tried to sew a seam with her tucked under my arm.  She wants to see anything new.  She kept grabbing for the needle. After I repeatedly told her ouchie. So I poked her with one. I wouldn't make mother of the year, day, hour, or second. But she didn't grab again. 

We went through flash cards of alphabet and basic words, numbers, and colors. Sometimes I wonder if we are just dumping too much in but she kinda likes it. But then she points to a bat and says apple. I may have gotten loud and said, "NO, apples are RED and ROUND, people!!!"  And at the fabric store, she pointed at fabric and said "puppy". 

I guess the words, apple and puppy work when all else fails. 

I introduced J to bubbles today :). It was fun to see and hear her. She seems rather annoyed at the fact that they popped/disappeared when landing or touched. If they got in her face, she ran away and jabbered all kinds of silliness. 

She isn't very vocal in English yet, but tonight G ate a ice cream sandwich and the chocolate stuck to his fingers. He licked them, and J let out a very loud .."NO, NO, NO, NO".  Hilarious. I didn't think I talked to her much about licking her fingers, but apparently she has gotten the point. 

I took my my first night off. G kept J for the evening. She happily waved goodbye like she does for everyone. She is sssooo not attached yet. It makes me worried that I should be doing something more or maybe I'm doing something wrong. And yes, God knows that I fail but I'm trying so hard. I know she likes me... But I still kinda wanted her to miss me. 

I had such a great time just walking the mall with my besties.  And visiting the dollar store. You know it... It is what fits our budget:). Actually we (one of us) needed pool noodles for a project. So we bought 24 pool noodles and acted like silly kids along with the giggling. They told me stories of their naughty kids to make me feel normal and that I'm not losing my marbles. 

We ended with Krumpes Donuts and then Sweet Frog. Hmm. I may just make it to Friday.