I’ve been a bad Mom. I’ve slacked off in my picture and video taking (okay, the camera has been acting up…), and I have not been keeping up with my blogging (much less my other blog, where I am documenting my 2009 goals). So, not only have I been a bad mom, but I’ve been a bad New Year’s Resolutions-er, too.
Time to get my ass back on track.
Well, not too much has been going on in our world; just living day to day. The main thing going on right now is that we’re trying to rent out our townhouse that is located in my hometown–about 65 miles from where we currently live. My mom and sis live there now (and have been for the past 4 years), but they are fittin’ to move out (my sis moves out May 9th), and we need to find renters asap! The problem is that getting renters in there to pay what rent is currently going for in that development–well–it’s been a problem. I’m afraid we’re going to have to:
- Cut the rent so steeply that we will be taking a huge loss every month (but still better than paying the whole mortgage ourselves).
- Move into the townhouse ourselves and rent out our condo that we currently live in, since its location is more desirable and we could rent it much easier.
So, still not sure what is going on with that! We shall see…..
Kwabena is doing well! The thing that bothers me (and Miss Marilyn!) is when he has his moments of not wanting to listen! I know–this is normal toddler behavior, but man is it frustrating! Getting him to pick his toys up is a hard one…but the biggest challenge is getting him to sit down and focus on eating dinner. For a while we tried instituting the “dinner-as-a-family” rule and it worked for a while (although still challenging getting Kwabena to sit still and just eat, already). But lately we haven’t been as consistent with family dinners, and it’s getting more and more challenging to get him to eat.
I often wonder if he’s getting enough. I know he’s not getting enough balanced foods–we just don’t each enough veggies! Crazy, considering we’re vegetarians. But, yeah, not enough veggies, or at least, not enough variety of veggies. Broccoli seems to be a favorite in our household, but how much broccoli can you eat in a freakin’ week?? LOL
Another thing I am having to work with Kwabena on (and I haven’t been doing this consistently), is to get him to hold his crayons/markers correctly. He does it sometimes, and other times, resorts to a clenched fist. Miss Marilyn points out that this is her only concern; she doesn’t want him to get comfortable with that grip to the point where it will be hard to break the habit. I try working on it with him at home sometimes, but I am guilty of not putting in as much effort as I probably should. Part of me feels like he will get it on his own time; part of me feels like there is too much other stuff I have to get done when I get home (e.g. dinner, clean up, bathtime, etc.); and the other part of me knows that Kwabena is usually hyper in the evening and getting him to sit and focus on tracing and pencil-holding at 6:30 or 7 p.m. is just not going to work well. Last week I tried it and the whole time I kept calling, “Kwabena….come back here….time to trace….time to color.” Too much effort!
This weekend he said something so funny! We were at Rocky’s pizza with my mom, niece, and nephew, and Kwabena was starting to get too silly and act up a bit. I asked him, “Kwabena, are you having good behavior or bad behavior?” He answered with a smile on his face, “Bad behavior.” I asked, “Then why are you doing this bad behavior?” He quickly replied, “Because I’m having fun!!!” My mom and I cracked up laughing! How much more direct of an answer is that?? 🙂
So not much more going on this end! I promise to write more often and keep this blog going. I think my problem is partly due to the fact that Facebook has become the way that people are keeping in contact, and it’s such a time-sucker! I have totally gotten roped into Facebook, and find that my computer time consists of chatting on there or checking people’s pics out, or being nosy with checking status updates, blah, blah, blah…..
Time to get back to the quality writing and documenting that I know is more fulfilling to me and to those that actually read this blog! 🙂
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