Holiday Weekends Rule!

Saturday was a good, relaxing, get-stuff-done sort of a day. Jay and Ryan did some errands together and then played at home together to give me some time alone which I desperately needed. Then the three of us spent the afternoon playing together.
Sunday was nice. We went to church and heard a great sermon on parenting. Then we came home and had some down time before heading over to Jay's parents' house. We walked to Sherwood Gardens and enjoyed the fields for a while. Jay and his brother Ben played Frisbee. Ryan and Jay's dad even joined in the Frisbee fun:-) Ryan was hoisted into a tree and he pretended to be a bird. "tweet, tweet" Then he and Uncle Ben wrestled for a while. We brought Ben back home with us so he could hit DC with us on Monday.
We visited the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum and Natural history museum. We spent a little time in the American history museum, but not enough in my opinion. I'll write more about our trip to DC later. I need to tend to see what Ryan wants...I have a feeling it's just for me to get off the computer and pay attention to him.

Bath Gone Wrong

I got out the old baby pool we got to give the dogs baths this morning. Since Daisy is in desperate need of a bath, but I don't feel like cleaning the whole bathroom after she gets one. I was going to fill it with water and let it warm up. Boy was I wrong about how this would go. First Daisy went crazy because she likes to attack the water coming out of the hose. Whenever I would point it in the water she would bark at me to spray it in the yard for her to chase. Once I actually got some water in the pool Ryan thought it would be fun to splash in it. No harm in that. He soaked his front, still no big deal. We will just change him when we go inside. It turns out splashing was not enough, so he dove in. He seemed a little shocked that the water was ice cold, but after a couple seconds he didn't care. He just sat there splashing and giggling. He played, splashed, kicked and jumped around in the water for a while. I think we will be getting our baby pool quite a bit when it gets warmer!
Poor Daisy is still outside because she is wet and it's obvious that she is not getting a bath until nap time.
Wet Boy

Sleeping Like a Baby

Have you ever heard the mom or dad of a newborn tell you that old line about 'sleeping like a baby' isn't true? I would have been the first to tell you this for the past year and 8 months. Until today. I'm hear to tell you folks that it just might be based in truth. Yes babies wake up every few hours, but when they are out- they are OUT.
I was vacuuming upstairs toward the end of nap time, so I decided to go into Ryan's room and give it a once over since it is the least vacuumed room in the house. I just knew he would wake up screaming because he HATES the vacuum. I thought well if I get any at all done it's better than nothing and if he wakes up it's the end of nap time anyway. So I went in and vacuumed his entire room and he didn't budge. He slept right through the whole thing. This boy will hear me running the vacuum from downstairs, run up where I am and scream with his arms in the air until I turn off the vacuum and pick him up. I'm not sure why the vacuum scares him so much. He couldn't wait to get his hands on the drill when daddy was using it and he was very intrigued by the power saw grandpa was using, but the vacuum scares him to death. Just like a man;-)
So, apparently Ryan can sleep through a hurricane. I guess this means Ryan's room doesn't have to go unvacuumed until a time when he isn't home and I am anymore. Phew!

Tagged Again

I have to say I find this tag a little ordinary, along the lines of what's your sign and favorite color(sorry if you wrote it, I don't mean to offend). So I am going to be a bit of a party pooper here. I'll do the questions so as not to completely ruin the party, but I'm not going to tag anyone else. If you read my blog and would really like to be tagged to do this game be my guest. If you let me know I'll even officially tag you.

1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video: including my Disney collection, which in itself numbers over 50, I'd have to guess about 100.
2) The last film I bought: My hubby does most of the movie buying in our house, but the last one that *I* bought as probably Baby Shakespeare
3) The last film I watched: National Treasure on DVD, of course, because I don't think I've been to a movie theater since before Ryan was born.
4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me: Singin' in the Rain, Newsies, name a Disney movie, While You were Sleeping, Dude Where's My Car (I watch this when I just want to laugh)

I really liked the other tag game better. It gives you a chance to get more creative.
Okay and let's be honest. I don't have 6 bloggy friends who have not been tagged.

Inspired-*edited*

Inspired by Leslie's most recent post about finding time for everything I am going to be limiting my time for blogging. This shouldn't affect my posts too much since most of my blog time is spent reading other people's blogs. I think I am relying too much on reading about what other people are doing for my adult interaction. I get super disappointed when there are no updates since I read last, but I'm drawn to my computer way too easily to check. Then I'm checking everyone's blog hoping that they updated. It's time for me to get back to basics people. I'm going to make use of that old fashioned device where you punch in numbers and a person is actually at the other end! Maybe I'll even be able to think about something interesting to say. Okay I'm not asking for miracles here, just interaction. I figure if I limit my blog time and actually talk to people that might free up my hands to do more around the house. Maybe one day I'll even be able to invite people over without embarrassment! There I go again, hoping for miracles...I guess it can't hurt to dream, eh.
I know I need to seek out some more "real" adult interaction. It's hard because when I am with adults I often don't really feel like I'm really there because I always have to keep my eye on Ryan. Like this morning my small group met one last time before our summer break, but I missed lots of the conversation because I was going in the other room so often trying to stop Hurricane Ryan from destroying the house. I've found that play dates are a fairly good solution because everyone has something to do and we can hang out right with the kids if we need to. I'm really excited I've found a new play buddy for Ryan with older siblings about Zach's age. Zach gets along with just about anyone, so I have no worries that he will be able to play well with them. Plus I really like his buddy's mom. She is in my small group. So, here's to playmates for Ryan, Zach and ME:-)
*I'm not doing very well. It's cold and dreary outside, I'm tired and I'm BORED. Ugh, Dr. Phil would say, "Bored people are boring." Maybe this bored person is just too tired to muster up the energy to do anything productive. Then again, maybe I'm just boring like the ol' doc says. I think I am going to bed at 8:01-right after the boys are in bed!*