I mean, really?!? December? I am not ready for December. Except for that we sort of are, since we did all our Christmas decorating this weekend. But I was thinking today - there is so much to do in the next two weeks, I just don't know if it's all going to get done! Of course I'll make a list, and then another list, and probably another list after that. And this is on top of the list I've already made. And it'll all work out in the end, because that's the rule - it always all works out. But man is it a lot of work to get there!
So I can't even remember the last time I posted. It was at least a week ago, I'm pretty sure, and I think actually two weeks ago. I was by myself last weekend and pretty much went to bed as soon as I possibly could once I got Jayden down and cleaned up the tornado that hit our house each day in the form of a wild three year old.
We had a good weekend. As I say all the time, we are very lucky that Jayden is such a good, funny, enjoyable kid. That's not to say that he doesn't push my buttons and drive me up a wall on a regular basis, but it's not all day every day so it's generally bearable.
Thursday night (Nov. 20th), I had a work event in L.A., so Carmen was on his own with Jayden. Then he took off Friday morning for NYC. Allegedly he was going for work, but he needs to be more careful about going to nationally televised events, because Jayden and I definitely spotted him at the Barclays Center watching the Duke game Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday night we got a pretty good shot of him, and Jayden was SO excited to have seen his daddy on TV.
About six rows up, in the bright blue sweater and red pants. I would like to mention that I do not pick out Carmen's clothes; he does that alllll on his own.
Jayden jumping up and down and shouting "daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy." Very cute.
Our weekend was pretty normal, swimming on Saturday and soccer on Sunday.
You might think Auntie bought this for him, but nope. I did. Because Auntie is just that awesome.
He's doing a "froggy" kick with his legs. He can't seem to figure out how to breathe without going vertical, but Ms. Stacy is working on it with him. He'll get there.
(I'm having trouble with this video. I know it plays, so hopefully it comes up on the blog. If not, I'll re-post later)
Checking out the 3D glasses that came with a 3D animal book. I have no clue if he understood what he was looking at or not. But we had a good time. This was also us downstairs in our pajamas watching Daddy and Auntie on TV at the Duke game. It gave Auntie a momentary rise in popularity, and when I sang the "sleepy song" at night, Auntie made a cameo. Pretty special!
Rolling the ball sideways. He did so much better at soccer this time. He's starting to pick up on the new skills and he's participating in warm up and stretching and everything a little more. He gets distracted so easily, but he's even getting better at that.
Running an obstacle course at soccer. Not the best videographer, but you can see how he even picked up the rather complicated footwork through the ladder. He was very proud of himself.
We also played a little basketball on Saturday:
It was a short week, and Carmen got home Monday, so things were back to normal by Tuesday. Jayden came to work with me on Wednesday; I thought I didn't have much to do, but turns out I had more to do than I thought. At one point Wednesday morning Jayden looks at me and says "Mommy, I shouldn't have come with you." We actually had quite a bit of fun, but I think he was frustrated, bored and hungry at the time. Oh well. Lesson learned.
Thursday was of course Thanksgiving. Jayden decided it would be fun to be awake at 6 am, so I was awake too. We ate yogurt, then I took him and Jasmine for a run since Carmen was still asleep. We got back and I started cooking at about 7:30 am. We watched the Macy's parade, which Jayden was really into. He loved the Thomas the Train balloon, and the singing and dancing too. We ate around 4 pm, which was only a little bit later than I planned. I managed to do everything pretty well this time - the only thing I wasn't so happy with was the deviled eggs I made for the lunch/snack, but I know the problem with those so I'm not so upset. We had so much food - way more than necessary for 2-1/2 people, but it's fed us with leftovers for the past three days, so it wasn't terrible. My husband and son don't eat pie (or really any sweets at all), so if anyone wants a slice of pumpkin pie, come on over!
Before the feast.
Homemade whipped cream on the nose!
We wear our sun-glasses at night, so we can, so we can... (I have no idea the rest of the words or even if I got the few words I think I know right, but hopefully you all get the reference.)
Friday we went to see the Penguins of Madagascar. I think I have finally convinced Carmen that Jayden is just too young for most movies. There was a "bad" Octopus in this movie which scared the bejeezus out of Jayden. I spent the majority of the movie standing up holding Jayden and telling him not to look at the screen. And we've spent the entire weekend talking about the bad octopus from the pinguino movie, why the octopus was bad and where he is now. Oof. Seriously not worth it. We also ran some other errands, and we got our Christmas tree!
A little blurry, but still cute. He's taken to running all over the place when we're out places. I think we're going to have to start requiring that he hold our hands or hold a cart or something. He'll take off running and he's not tall enough that we can see him. And in a store on Saturday he peeled out of an aisle and almost got run over by a cart. And it would have been entirely his fault. As Carmen pointed out, it's as if he doesn't really realize that he's a giant and he tries to do the same things he did when he was six months or a year younger.
Saturday was more chores and errands. We built a shed in our backyard for some additional storage and we did some other general clean up. In the afternoon we bought some plants to replace some in our backyard and we bought some more Christmas decorations. We maybe went a little overboard, but we decided this won't be an annual thing - we're just slowly building our arsenal of decorations for this house that is much larger than we're used to. And now that Jayden is excited about the holidays, it's a lot more fun to go overboard decorating.
Pushing the cart at the garden center. It's amazing how dangerous this was. We saved multiple plants from certain death, or at least crushing.
Relaxing on the couch after a long day.
The outside of our house. It's a little disco decorated, with the blue and green lights by the front door and the flashing tree near the front. But we like it. And it works for us. :)
The black and white version of our front porch. I love the wreath on the front door. It's fake, but I wanted it to last more than a year and a live wreath would die so quickly with the direct sunlight our front door gets.
And then today. Jayden slept until EIGHT IN THE MORNING. It was the best Christmas gift we've ever had. And it came 26 days early! I made fancy breakfast (nutella french toast, scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon), then we went for a long walk. It started sprinkling slightly, we came back and I went for a run in the sprinkling rain, which was really just lovely. And then Stacy, Kamal and her sister and her husband came over to watch the Packers-Patriots game. We didn't do anything but sit on the couch and hang out, but it was lovely. Stacy, Jayden and I played with bubbles on the front porch and Jayden ran in and out of the rain for twenty minutes. And then we decorated the tree with the ornaments this evening more dinner (our last dinner of Thanksgiving leftovers, not including the multiple dishes involving turkey that I will soon be making).
An example of things Jayden does that he's probably a little too big to do. Jasmine is very patient, but probably doesn't love a 38 pound 3-year-old sitting on her 9-1/2 year old spine.
This week is a regular week. Carmen will be gone Tuesday to Thursday. I have a work event Wednesday evening and Katrina wasn't available so we'll be using one of her friends. I spoke to her on the phone and she sounds lovely, but I know Jayden will have a moment. We'll see how it goes.
Hopefully you all had a good Thanksgiving and didn't eat as much as we did!
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