Where the hell have I been?

It's been over a year. I can't believe I've been that lax in getting stuff posted but then again I can. Life with a little kid is busy, tiring and time for a blog is limited when you're doing it all alone.

I was cleaning off the computer desk top and found this sticky note that has been closed since last summer. So here is a glimpse from May 2005.

Just a quick note to let you all know I'm still alive and the blog is not dead either. Schedules and health still are an issue for regular writing, the only reason I can write now is that I'm on vacation and procrastinating on putting together the bulletin board for E's school, painting the utility room and the powder room, spraying to kill the ants that have invaded the abode and resealing the edges of the bathtub. It's a nice quiet E-free vacation at home. ba ha ha [The dresser mentioned here was a great source of pride to both E and me.]

I'd be working if I hadn't caught the cold E got when the was cutting teeth last week. 4 are coming it at the same time. Yes 4. The canines and the lower incisors. The fevers are gone, the crankiness has subsided and his appetite has come back full force. Of course now I am achier than normal and have a sore throat. Basically I don't feel much like doing heavy physical labor. The weather has also be working against me. It's the first week of May and we have had frost warnings for the last 2 nights. It's not getting above the mid-40's. SO DEPRESSING.

Since I last wrote my little guy has changed a lot. "Rhinoceros" has replaced "rhinus" and "Hippopatomus" has replaced "Hipparhinus". Yes his vocabulary has increased dramatically. Strangers don't believe his is just shy of 2 and a half. He can identify a handful of capital letters: A (the triangle letter), O (the circle letter), and E (the letter that starts his name), the others are there, but he has trouble from time to time getting them all. He can count to 20 if he concentrates, if he doesn't 6 follows 3 a bit too closely.

A few weeks ago we made jello and I was reading the directions. "We need 1 cup of boiling hot water and 1 cup of cold water." He blurted out "That's 2 cups!" Proof of genius? hmmm

He loves to help in any way he can. This weekend he was trying to kill ants using his toy hammer. I can just image the terror those poor ants experienced. It's kinder, I believe, to just kill them quickly with a hammer or a shoe or any other blunt object but to pound around them several times until they are petrified and unable to move before you finally end it for them it just seemed cruel.

Every Saturday and Sunday at the end of morning cuddles I say. "Here's the deal..." and give the run down of what needs to happen that day. It could be anything from a visit to the library or a trip to the city to cleaning house or some quality time at the park. This weekend as I was using the bathroom I heard little footsteps on the stairs and, "here's the deal...I'm gonna get my hammer and kill the ants in the bafroom." It was a struggle to keep from laughing loud enough for him to hear me.

Well I'm going to get back to work, the tea is gone and the clock is ticking I want to get SOMETHING done before I go to pick E up at 5pm.
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Since then E has had a birthday, can identify all 52 letters (upper and lower), can spell his first name, 4 and 5 are no longer forgotten when counting to 10 but 15 is often skipped on the way to 20. He's now completely potty trained and recovering from an ear infection.

Will try harder to post regularly this year. but now I must sleep.