seriously...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
An eye for detail
Sterling and James went out this afternoon to "run some errands", and by that I mean, "not-so-discreetly shop for Mommy's Christmas gift". So wherever it was that they went*, there was apparently a Santa walking out to his car at the same time they were. Fully-decked-out Santa, and Sterling says, "hey, James, is that SANTA?", and James, who glanced at the guy for a full 2 seconds, replies coolly, "naw, that's just some guy, the REAL Santa wears gloves". In his 2-second glance, he'd taken stock of the dude's entire wardrobe and noted the crucial missing gloves! They were parked right next to him, so they said hi as they got to the truck, and santa (he gets no capitalization.. he's just some guy) says, "hey dude, gimme five!", so James does, and then tells Sterling, "he didn't know my name!". How can you still believe in Santa yet be so grown-up?
*so there was a cover story for their little outing. They were supposedly getting ice cream, and IF Mommy asked, that was the story. James set 1 foot in the door and immediately started digging a hole by announcing, "WE GOT ICE CREAM. DADDY GOT STRAWBERRY AND I GOT CHOCOLATE". He's a sly one, that boy.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sweet talker
As always, James was snuggling with me this morning before "real" wake-up time. As always, he is incapable of *just* snuggling without talking. In fact, he can't *just* get in bed, he gets in bed, wiggles around for a minute or two, and then, regardless of how comfortable I am, insists that I assume snuggling position (with my arm flung over to the side so that he can use it for a pillow). So he did, but then buffered it a bit by pointing out that I smelled good. Apparently, my armpits, in particular, smelled like strawberry yogurt. I'll bet no one's ever given YOU that compliment!
So we're snuggling, and his alarm clock in his room goes off, which he completely ignores because he knows it will stop on its own... after like 30 seconds of annoyance. "James, it's time to get up, you have to get ready for school". "it's ok, Mommy, we can be late for school? let's just snuggle". Manipyoooolatah!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Update on the newbies
I cannot BELIEVE that we've had these rotten little buggers for 3 weeks now! 3 weeks of nary a full night's sleep, 3 weeks of pee spots (awesome when you're wearing just socks) and muddy footprints (what a CRAPPY time of year to have to use the yard every 30 mins!!), and 3 weeks of loves and kisses and super-cute rotten little stinkers. Sheesh.
These two have very much settled in and made themselves at home. James can't wait to get home every day and play with his new best buds (although one is more "best" than the other.. he's taken with Blue). We've started to figure these little guys out and their personalities are really emerging!
Blue (Bouncy Blue) has GOT to have some Jack Russel Terrier in him somewhere down the line. The boy's got some ups, and can nearly jump up on the sofa. He's very happy and peppy, and soooooper-sweet! He's also the boisterous one, and when we go for walks, he's the one who tries to nip Merle while we're running, screwing up our gait!
Mellow Merle is... well, the boy is just damned lazy. Sterling said the other night, "man, he makes falling down look like it takes energy!". Merle loooves to snuggle with me, and really likes a good tummy rub. He's actually a little nippier, though, than Blue, and I'm getting quite tired of dragging a dog around by his teeth on my pants leg. He can sleep through anything.. I carried him upstairs last night, and I swear he didn't budge. He also gets jealous... Blue is a LOVE, and comes up to all of us for some kisses, and when Merle sees this, he body checks Blue out of the way to get his fair share!
We've joked about the fact that Blue shares alot in common with Becky, and Merle with Moose (and the coincidence with the first letters of their names is kinda funny, too!). Merle has not yet met another dog or animal that he doesn't immediately like. Blue could take or leave (mainly take) other animals, but loves people to pieces.
More to come as we get to know our new family members... and hopefully catch up on some sleep.
These two have very much settled in and made themselves at home. James can't wait to get home every day and play with his new best buds (although one is more "best" than the other.. he's taken with Blue). We've started to figure these little guys out and their personalities are really emerging!
Blue (Bouncy Blue) has GOT to have some Jack Russel Terrier in him somewhere down the line. The boy's got some ups, and can nearly jump up on the sofa. He's very happy and peppy, and soooooper-sweet! He's also the boisterous one, and when we go for walks, he's the one who tries to nip Merle while we're running, screwing up our gait!
Mellow Merle is... well, the boy is just damned lazy. Sterling said the other night, "man, he makes falling down look like it takes energy!". Merle loooves to snuggle with me, and really likes a good tummy rub. He's actually a little nippier, though, than Blue, and I'm getting quite tired of dragging a dog around by his teeth on my pants leg. He can sleep through anything.. I carried him upstairs last night, and I swear he didn't budge. He also gets jealous... Blue is a LOVE, and comes up to all of us for some kisses, and when Merle sees this, he body checks Blue out of the way to get his fair share!
We've joked about the fact that Blue shares alot in common with Becky, and Merle with Moose (and the coincidence with the first letters of their names is kinda funny, too!). Merle has not yet met another dog or animal that he doesn't immediately like. Blue could take or leave (mainly take) other animals, but loves people to pieces.
More to come as we get to know our new family members... and hopefully catch up on some sleep.
Friday, December 04, 2009
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