tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23136848860625518712024-10-04T19:25:18.895-07:00Moments and memoirs from a Mommy geek.FourLeafCloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17436824658102750248noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313684886062551871.post-15813237458902678312009-05-15T13:08:00.000-07:002009-05-15T13:13:45.648-07:00

Y'know... sometimes going through labor and delivery is good for more than just getting the child....Case in point, I had an appointment at the dentist's yesterday for a filling. I saw the dentist coming at me with a huge - yes, cartoonishly huge - needle that she was intending on jamming up my gums.I wanted to bristle and pull back but started to sooth myself with "You gave birth to two

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I hesitate to make an official announcement or proclamation on this as I've withdrawing on blogging about my private life and relationship status... (See Fourleafclover blog)... I've become increasingly unhappy with the airing of personal matters on the Internet so I'm pulling back a bit.That said (or typed), I should make mention that Darth Single Mommy is back to just being Darth Mommy.

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So... it's been a long day with two toddlers that I can only lovingly describe as "handfuls" and they are happily sawing logs in their beds. I flop into bed and land on a wet spot.I run over the events of the day... Longlegs did pee his pants once... but he also spilt his juice.I'm so tired... I decide that it's juice... turn over and fall asleep on the wet sheets.

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Here is a listing of the magazines I get for free... if anyone else knows of any other publications that one can get for free - let me know!Melt Magazine - for the cheese loverWhat's Cooking - sign up for the free magazine at Kraftcanada.caHomebasics - Recipes and couponsLiving Well - More recipes, coupons and free samples

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Three years ago I evicted you from your first apartment and gave birth to you, my darling son. Happy Birthday my Little Longlegs, my sweet bean sprout. Every day is a new joy whether it's the sweet shrill song that is your high pitched giggle, you painting all over your face with black nail polish, your three year old's wisdom or you finding new ways to slowly destroy our house by pulling up

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When Longlegs had pneumonia when he was just some-odd months old I was pretty frantic. He had a high fever for x number of days and was breaking out in a crazy Dalmatian rash (I took pictures) and phoned my doctor for an appointment. They said she couldn't see him for another week. I described his temperature, how long it had been going on, the rash... she said she'd phone me back. Phoned me back

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Lois Lane is an opinionated, assertive journalist. She writes aggressively, from the heart and is unapologetic.I am so not Lois Lane. I think I am just about her direct opposite.Maybe I forgot to take some of my vitamins yesterday because man alive... reading that magazine was putting me in a royal huff! I was Miss Huffy from Huffington, wasn't I? My apologies, I'm not usually so forthright

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Okay... I feel like ranting a bit... so I'm going to let myself go... a bit. Loosen some strings, let this calm, cool and collected demeanor melt ever so slightly.During the kid's nap (term used loosely) I decided not to take my Gameboy DS into the bath with me (what's better for unwinding than a hot peppermint oil bath and dragon slaying?) and instead opted to finally flip through the latest

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Who is on a limited budget? *Raises hand* Who likes free stuff? *Raises hand*Thought I'd share some of what I discovered today.. while the offer is still good, of course. That and it's been an era and a half since I updated my blogs.Free Kirkland Diaper SampleFree Goody Hair BarettesJoin the Huggies Savings Club

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A picture in watercolours of my little Sweetpea and Longlegs; happy in crayonland. The scan sucks but... ah well. I'm just happy I finished it. I'm not going cry over spilt scans.

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Today was a poopy day. The poopiest in recent history. Woke up to find Longlegs with poop up his back and down his legs... poop like that I haven't enjoyed since he was an infant. It was more than mere baby wipes could handle. I hosed him off in the bathtub... I know I should have endeavored to wipe most of him off and then washed him in the tub but it was first thing in the morning, I'm groggy..

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Today's lesson in Mommyland: Sometimes you just have to put both children down for a nap (clean diapers, jammies they can't tear off, well fed... check, check, check) and walk away and ignore 40 minutes of "

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Sweetpea is a snotty sick little angel... so she went to be extra early with her new best friend, the humidifier and was glad for it. Longlegs earned a special treat and got to stay up late with Mommy. We made popcorn and watched nearly all of "The Wizard of Oz". Quite a feat for a 2.5 year old. His favorite scenes were when the Cowardly Lion cried (he kept asking me if I could make the Lion

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I had a dream last night that I started to breastfeed my children again. I just opened my shirt for them and they knew what to do. And thankfully, they didn't bite. After some sucking I felt that familiar tingle and my body started to produce milk again for them. It felt so good again and upon waking.... I missed it. Food from my body. I'll never know that joy again.Longlegs and I made "Chocolate

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So... I distracted myself from a childless Christmas afternoon (no, no... I'm not moping about it. They came back this evening are all bathed and are sawing logs in their bedroom as I type this) by watching "Pan's Labyrinth" with my father. Fantastic movie... I had never seen it until today. A heavy watch tho'... I brought my sketchpad with me and figured I'd get some drawing in while I

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Oh, my sweet angel loves. Another weekend is upon me and you are gone. Day in, day out: it’s just the three of us. You keep me going when I don’t want to go. Sometimes between breakfast, play, cleanup, potty breaks, accidents, wet pants, more play, lunch, poops, puddles on the floor, fights, whining, crying, more wet pants, hugging, naps, snacks, more play, bathtime, bedtime, bedtime stalls….

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I actually had this conversation with my one year old daughter this morning as I changed her diaper."Holy Spit, Sweetpea! Did you even digest that? And why can someone so cute make something smell so bad?""Gaaaaa!""Geez Luis.... there's poppy seeds everywhere! Holy Cow... how did you get all those poppy seeds up your lady bits, little missy?"*Shrugs* "Blaaa maaamaaa?""Y'know... Mommy doesn't

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If it's not busy night and there are no calls from work (I do tech-support from home for side income) then usually the bedtime routine, after bathtime, is milk... storytime... then put Sweetpea down to bed.Then Longlegs and I stay up, have a little snack, cuddle in the rocking chair under the "multicoloured blankie" and watch an episode of Fraggle Rock. He's enjoying it so much I think I have to

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One of those days where I feel like the world's worst mother. Ever have those?I spanked my boy. He was being quite obstinate and after about half an hour of screaming in bed at the top of his lungs and keeping his sister awake and my headache growing - I marched in there and told him if he wasn't going to be quiet in bed then he was going to get a spanking. And then because I said it - I

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I saw a sight today that made me sad.. you know, you try not to judge how other people parent their children... but I did it... I saw, I judged and I mentally "tsk tsk"ed and thought about how I would never do that. But then I snapped out of that mode and reminded myself that my opinions are my own and you can never truly judge someone... particularly if you've done nothing in regards to "

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Sweetpea had her doctor's appointment today. She's in the 25th percentile of the weight charts... the doctor laughed and said both my kids are long and lean kids. Toddlers with swimmer's builds.Sweetpea figured out the magic of using things as stepping stools. Now she can reach the bathroom countertop and the light switch in her bedroom.Today Longlegs and I played "Peter Rabbit and Mr.

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Well - I won something! I wouldn't have even known if Madam Diva hadn't poked me on Facebook and said "Lookee, lookee! You've been featured on Five Star Friday!" Honestly, I wouldn't have known.. I have sitemeters on both my blogs - but I never really check my stats of traffic.Apparently, the highs and lows of single mom-dom combined with my ability to weep and/or gush over my beloved offspring

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I woke up this morning and all Longlegs and Sweetpea wanted for breakfast was "Cheerios and Raisies (Raisins)" No milk.So we all sat on the family room floor and stuffed our faces with mutligrain cheerios and raisies, in our jammies while Canadian children's programing flickered on the television.I could see that today was starting to rev up towards being a very magical day.A quick visit from

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The day I was fearing is upon me.My Longlegs (two) has decided that it's alot of fun to run away from Mommy and out into traffic.Picture me, several times this past month, dropping my diaper bag and whatever else I may be carrying - holding Sweetpea (one) under one arm like a football, sprinting across the lawn/parking lot and grabbing Longlegs by whatever I can hold onto first - which the last

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