is this wrong???

DUELING IPHONES...

*please note...this post may contain language unsuitable for children ;)

ok...i'll admit it...i became "that mom" during our recent trip to florida. i reached a point (toward the end of the trip at least) where i said...fuck it...let these kids do whatever will keep them quiet! hey...at that point, i was just looking for a little peace and quiet on vacation :)

prior to heading to FL, i had ONE kid's game on my phone....during the course of the week, i added FIVE more...ALL for jacob! one of the games is an animal memory/matching game. i figured things had reached a high point, when he started asking "i play animal game now?" upon waking up in the morning! seriously kid...what'd you dream about playing the animal game, making that the first words out of your mouth in the morning?!?! not only that, but jacob had started demanding to play on the iphone! he would SCREAM for the iphone! OMG...what kind of fucking monster had i created! i decided i couldn't cut him off cold turkey before our flight home. after all, that iphone could be the only thing keeping him quiet on the LONG 2.5 hour journey! so...i gave in...and fed the addiction. i know....i'm an enabler!

and let me tell ya something....it's a good thing....because that stupid animal game (along with others) kept him quite content on the way home...and i'm sure it kept everyone else around us happy too :)

you'll be proud (maybe?) to know that upon returning home, i slowly weaned jacob from the iphone! now...if i could just get him addicted to the concept of toilet training!?!?

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a child's perspective

as many of you know, my parents have sold their house in reston, va and will soon be moving to sunny florida! they decided not to take ANY furniture with them, which left MANY things to be doled out between my sister and me. amongst many other things we've inherited through this move (ie...soap, shampoo and diapers to name a few), we are going to be the owners of my parent's bed and their family room furniture. in preparation for the movers to deliver these items today, derek and i moved as much of our existing crap out of the way last night. seeing as we have A LOT of crap and NOT A LOT of space, our dining area has become home to our "old" family room furniture. it's quite a mess as you can imagine!

this morning, andrew came downstairs and the first words out of his mouth were "HOLY COW!" after the initial shock of the mess, the following conversation took place...

A: mommy, are we moving?

Me: no honey. remember we are getting nanny and papa's furniture. we had to move our things to make room.

A: it looks like when we moved in here. it's messy. i'm glad we're not moving. what would i do without brendon, sarah, abby and timmy? (these are kids on our street)

Me: and what would mommy do without mrs carnell. she's mommy's buddy. (our next door neighbor)

A: yeah. and we can't ever move because what would i do without timmy's soccer goal! we're gonna have to live here forever! ok?

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