About a month ago while grabbing Peanut from his crib, I notice something. It was one of those somethings that should be classified as a light-heartedly disturbing. Peanut was attempting to climb out of his crib. As I went about changing his infamous dirty butt I heard a little voice. It simple said this: It’s time for the big boy bed. Unfortunately the voice was drowned out by Peanut’s infectious giggles which are always distracting & we went about the rest of our hectic.
A few days went by & I went about my business of attempting to be Supermom & failing miserably. I didn’t think much about that tiny voice again. My thoughts were overtaken by diaper rash, filling sippy cups with milk, cutting food into bite size pieces & wrestle matches of Big Mama vs Little Peanut.
It was a Sunday around noon. Turns out it was one of those days that I will never forget. I put Peanut down for his nap. About 20 minutes later I realized that he wasn’t feeling naptime was busy banging his bottle against his crib. I mentioned to the Daddy that Peanut was not sleeping. I also reminded Daddy that Peanut possessed the necessary skills to climb out of his crib & ended the conversation with I’m taking a shower.
I’m sure you already guessed what happened next. My glorious hot relaxing shower was rudely interrupted by the following sounds: a loud thump, a toddler scream & a daddy’s frantic footsteps running down the hall. Of course I jumped out of the shower immediately & ran into Peanut’s room. It turns out my kid’s pretty tough & escaped without a single scratch or bruise. Needless to say we converted the crib to his toddler bed that day.
Parenting Rule #1: Kids are like bouncy balls. They hit the ground bounce right back up...Well, most of the time at least.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Bouncy Ball Kids (Parenting Tip #1)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Start of Some Lovely Life Lessons...
Hi! I A little more than 30 years ago my parents named me Lisa Alexandria Heneghan. I kept that name for about 20 years or so then “upgraded” if you will to a new last name. I spent most of my 20’s known as Lisa Alexandria Fox. At 28 I cashed in on Fox & have lived happily as Lisa Alexandria Norman ever since.
Yeah, I know. Who cares? Right….
I get that the chronological record of who the government says I really am means absolutely nothing to you & honestly, it means very little to me either. Believe it or not I do have a point I’m trying to make, but my husband is always telling me that I really suck at getting there. So, let me attempt to spare you any further details.
I don’t know about you & how people refer to you, but almost never does anyone refer to me as Lisa Alexandria Norman. I do however answer to any of the following (in no particular order) on a regular basis: wifey, JadeEsther’s Mommy, cost accountant, Christian, Zacharias’s Mommy, big sis, BFF, daughter & occasionally “Hey, you!”
All of these people are me, Lisa Alexandria Norman. & for whatever reason I keep coming back to the one thing. I have a crazy life which grants me oodles of great memories. Memories that I don’t want to forget…So, I’m just gonna have to blog about Lisa’s Lovely Life…
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