Boomdiada

So this is my hands-down favorite commercial right now. How can you possibly beat catchy music and the Discovery channel?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ
This came on last night while James and I were watching TV, and he, too, was absolutely transfixed throughout the whole ad. Then we both hummed it all night! It's so darned catchy!

Somedays, it doesn't pay to get out of bed

... not that it matters, because staying in bed was NOT an option this morning. I have to admit that in hindsight, I'm a bit embarassed by my outburst, but DAMN! James crawled his little bottom into our bed at about 5:30 this morning. Then he groused about the ceiling fan, at which point he was told in no uncertain terms that he was welcome to leave if he didn't like it. He settled down, and he's very sweet and snuggly, he truly is... but he never. holds. still. ever.
So for about the next hour, I'd just start to drift back off, and James would move. Or his hand would brush my face. Or he'd pluck at my waistband with his toes... stupid crap like that! You know how it feels when aaahh.. you start to drift off and you're half-asleep and you keep getting woken up? It's like a sleep hangover.. you're tired and wound down but can't do anything about it!
Finally after about an hour, I threw back the covers and said, "THAT'S IT!!" and stormed off to HIS bed (he takes mine, I'll friggin' take his!). HE said, "Mommy, what?", and I said "stay there, I'm tired of this, stay in my bed!", and this set him off BIG TIME. He sat up in bed next to Sterling and just wailed! I laid in James' bed for about 2 mins before I realized that this was just not going to happen, so I got back up, stormed into my room, and told him that he was done. No more crying. I'm still not sure why it worked, but it did, we all got up, and that was (mostly) the end of that. Son of a ...
What a wonderful way to start the day!

Just in case you haven't already read....

So Elizabeth (James' Auntie E) has started her own blog, the Gellin' McMellons, which I read quite regularly. She's quite the blogger, and there's a new entry like every other day! Granted, little Virginia Grace isn't yet mobile, so Blogging Moms of Mobile Munckins, don't let this get you down too much.. you remember was it was like to still have a few free moments here and there! Wow, in fact, not to get off on too much of a tangent, but looking back.. MAN! I *thought* I was busy then, but that was just the tip o' the iceberg. Criminey!

Anyhoo... she posted an especially funny entry this past week re: James...
http://thegellinmcmellons.blogspot.com/2008/04/never-dull-moment-with-james-woodruff.html

Everyone's a critic

Whew! I'm back home after a LOOOONG few days of travel (more on that later). Happy to see my men, especially the little one who's been breaking my heart with his little "I miss you"s over the last 2 days! Of course he wanted mommy to lay down with him at bedtime, and the stall tactics were even worse than normal, since he's been in withdrawal. He asked for a story, and I finally said,"ok, I'll sing you a song, but that's it". He requested "Girl", which is hard enough to sing along with when it's playing, let alone a capella! So, I warbled my way through as much of the lyrics as I could recall, dum-dah-dumming the rest. Sterling walked in, looked at James and asked in disbelief, "you ASKED for that!??!". We all cracked up, and when I could catch a breath, I asked James, "was that bad?", to which he replied, "no, GOOD!". Love is not only blind, it's apparently deaf, too.

Don't go breakin' my heart...

Man! Kids are just masters of manipulation! I told James I had to go to Minnesota tomorrow, and he looked up at me with the biggest hangdog expression and said in this sad little voice, "I'm going to miss you so much.", and then threw himself at me with a big hug! He honestly sounded like he was going to cry, it was so pitiful!
He was also very sleepy tonight, and downright crabby as bedtime neared... we had a meltdown. So, I read him a silly book, and snuggled for a few mins with him. I asked him, "would you like me to bring you something from Minnesota?", and he said, "yes, I'd like some special candy!", and I said, "oh really? what kind of special candy?", and he said, "the kinds that's spinny.. it's spins and it goes around and around... you can get it at Target!". Well, how helpful of him to let me know where I can pick this up for him! He said, "I'm going to dream about spinny candy".

I'm actually quite sad about having to go. Normally, I try to fit in my business trips during the early part of the week when Sterling's off anyway, and I really try to limit the away-from-home time when possible, but doggone if the only flights I could get where in the morning! So I'm heading out tomorrow, staying over for an all-day meeting with my team on Thurs (which I'm actually quite excited about!), and then ANOTHER night in Minnie because I couldn't get a flight out that evening! Good thing, though, I'll have time to find a Target!