Fancyness

1. I can cook again! After terrible nausea for months I’m back in the kitchen and excited about new recipes again.

2. neti pots rinses. Actually, no neti pot yet, just using a paper cup but I finally got the head tilt right and it’s been working.

3. a good fight/convo with the dh. There is so much more I want to discuss, like the excessive amount of time the tv and computer stay on but I’m trying to pick my battles more wisely. Right now my preggo self needs extra reassurance and love in spoken word and in cuddles;)

1. Lazy day
2. Finally started reading my birth books. Lots of good stuff!
3. DH’s delicious tacos but with homemade tortilla chips instead. yum!

I did popcorn and a movie at home with the kiddo today but seriously underestimated or forgot how cruel nature could be. Earth and a two year old? Yeah. I though whales, polar bears, elephants were right up his alley. Now I hope yelling “Watch out, mama E (elephant)!!” and “No bite Roar!” aren’t gonna haunt his dreams tonight. My favorite phrase was, “Shark, here, pop.” He was offering the shark popcorn so he wouldn’t need to eat the seal. I love that he is so compassionate. We recently read a book called Bear Hunt sort of by accident and it’s become his favorite thing to yell “run” or “watch out” when playing with his plastic animals. He seems to like having actions to play out with them but at the same time is so worried about their well being. I worried that the movie was too “real” and almost turned it off but he not only understood a lot of what was happening but seemed to catergorize it in a manner that wasn’t scary and was still able to keep it separate from his own world. He doesn’t seem the least bit worried about being eaten by a lion. I think I’ll keep the animal shows for when he’s a bit older but am really fascinated by his reactions to the animal kingdom. Even among a spider we saw in the back yard. It was eating a butterfly and SB would say, “fly away buf fly.” I’m wondering how other moms address the circle of life? I thinking he’s not ready for talks of death and all but didn’t seem to need much sugar coating when a lion took down his beloved elephant. Gosh, finding age appropriate things to say was quite a challenge too.