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April 15, 2004
April 15, 2004
Collin is 2 years, 9 months old.
Ireland is 4 months, 2 days old.
Where to begin? Well, first off, our computer is still sick and in the shop. Mark has been so busy that he hasn’t had time to take it in. This afternoon he went to drop it off and found that Gateway was closed - for good. I had heard that they were closing some stores due to outsourcing jobs overseas (GRRR!) but I had no idea it would happen so fast. We’ll have to take it someplace else so hopefully we’ll have it back within a week.
Just to get this entry posted, I’ve dug out our ancient hunk of junk PC from the basement and hooked it up. It weighs a ton and is so outdated I can hardly get anything done. Just to give you and idea, I’m working with Windows 95, it has AOL 4.0 and only has a 14.4 modem. I think we last used this thing in 1999. I had to dig up a spare mouse because the one with this old metal dinosaur is dead. I’m also going to have to take and save this to a disk and then take it to the library to get it posted since our cable modem is hooked through all the other computer wires. Also since this is Word for Windows 95, I’ll have to do a few things to get it transferred over to whatever the library uses. I’m sure it will come through as code until I can figure out how to fix it. Fun hu? I hate computer problems!
Aside from that, things in our neck of the woods is going very well. Being a mom of two little ones is amazing. Generally most days go pretty smooth, but we sure have our days full of bumps in the road. Organization and prioritizing is a huge must. I have to know what I’m going to be doing 10 minutes from now or else I feel out of sorts. On the days where I just wing it, it can get pretty hairy. Collin has adjusted well to not only being a big brother but also having to share my attention. He’s also learned what and how to pull me in his direction even if he knows I’m trying to do something for Ireland. I hear plenty of, "But Mommy!" and "But I’m crying!" and "But I want to!" The time during the day flies by so fast. I swear one minute it’s 8am and the very next it’s already 5:30pm and time to get dinner cooking. I’m exhausted by the end of the day but find renewed strength in the faces of my sleeping children each night. There are days I want to run away but they are few and far between and I still wouldn’t trade what I have for anything in the world.
I’m so glad the nice weather is here. It helps when I can shut off the darned TV and get Collin outside. He loves to be outdoors with sidewalk chalk, his trucks, cars, bike, garden tools, balls, sticks, rocks, and whatever else he can play with. He’s also into not just playing outside but playing in anything he can find outside. Water, mud, dirt, dust, weeds, bugs, worms, grass. You name it, he’s digging around in it. When we come into the house he’s filthy dirty. I usually just stick him straight into the bathtub for a quick scrub. He loves to look at worms and anything with 4 or more legs and loves to follow ants to see were they are going. He’s definitely your typical 3 year old little boy!
He’s really into imaginative play and telling stories. He’s been doing this for quite sometime now. Some of the stories and tales he makes up have us rolling on the floor. He’s known all his numbers, shapes, and colors for along time now, but he’s just recently learned how to hold up his fingers when counting. When he wants something he’ll say, "Hey mommy! How about you give me one…two…three…(slowly and carefully holding up each tiny finger) ice cubes for my drink?"
Collin still loves to help out in the kitchen and insists on helping out with dinner. His favorite job is putting things into the microwave and turning it on. He’s great at doing this but he believes that every type of food has to be set for 12 minutes. He’ll say something like, "Oh, I’m going to put this cheese sandwich in for twelve minutes." Since I always assist him, I catch it before he turns it on, but I’m just waiting for the day where I have a river of melted food pouring out of the microwave.
He also loves to help out around the house, no matter what it is were doing. He calls it doing hard work. He’ll ask me, "Mommy? Can we do some hard work today?" He gets this from all the times he’s helped me pick up, clean, fix, or move something and I tell him that I appreciate his hard work. He’s really a great kid and a big help to me during the day.
Ireland is, shall we say a spirited little gal. I love her to pieces but there are days where I wonder who possessed my baby girl. She’s definitely a completely different baby than Collin was. I do not want to compare my children, but I’m just going off of what our experiences were when Collin was an infant. He was pretty much laid back. He slept long was calm most of the time and was pretty serious. He studied things in depth and you had to work your tail off to get him to crack a grin. Ireland sleeps, just not that much, is riled up most of the time, and gets pissed fast and easily. BUT…she gives the biggest grins. Ear to ear smiles that just knock my knees out from under me. She "talks" more and loves to be touched and held. She’s way more social than Collin ever was at this age. It’s really neat to see how your children really are their own little beings. They look alike but they sure don’t act alike. They each take in the world and their surroundings different and will probably have different thoughts and views about most things. I love this because it allows us to experience so much more. Allows us different experiences with them and different ways of viewing things ourselves.
More to come…stay tuned!
~Jennifer
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