Lately: Listed in L's

Looking forward to:

• Josh and Noah camping out for an Under the Stars Family Campout in a local park this weekend.
  
• Our two nights at Disney World with both kids while we are in FL this Christmas.
  
• Taking Anna to her 2 year check up and her first dentist visit
  
• Our overnight getaway to another Nashville spot for Anna's b'day
• Redoing Noah's room now that I am mostly done with Anna's
  

Laughing about:

• How I curbed Noah's sudden bouts of peeing in his pants by drawing a line the sand. I told him not to let the pee pee be the boss and come out whenever it wants. HE has to be the boss of the pee and always get it to the potty first. And I told him if he can't manage being the boss of his pee pee, then I would be the boss again. Since he does not like having to go potty every time the thought occurs to me (which is quite often), he has successfully taken over that responsibility again and there have been no more accidents. Noah is so proud of being the Boss of the Pee Pee again. And seriously - how can you not laugh about a title like that?
  
• Noah wanting to get my parents a puppy
• How there are NO peanuts in Honey NUT Cheerios, but there ARE peanuts in the Target brand of chewy, gummy fruit snacks.
• How Noah got in trouble at school for relentless roaring. Yes, roaring. Apparently, a classmate has had enough of his daily dinosaur/bear routine at recess and Noah did not get the hint.
• How Noah apologized to Anna for roaring at her and making her cry - "I sawwy, Anna. I not be a bear anymore."
• How Noah, after watching me clean the front of the fridge, asked if I was going to sell it. That boy has a heightened awareness of my purging tendencies. When he couldn't find a toy today, he asked if I sold it or threw it away. (for the record - no, I didn't - he just wasn't looking in the right place - give mommy a little credit!)
  

Loving:

• MOPS
• Having girlfriends to gab with on a weekly basis, sometimes more
• Feeling mama-pride over my Noah who was Student of the Week last week
  
• Trimming the budget even more by canceling our home phone service
• Hearing more and more words from Anna every day - total vocabulary growth spurt
• My new cell phone which doubles as our home phone - it's nothing fancy but it is a step up from the phone I had for the last 3 years
• Cleaning out the fish tank. It's strange and sick, I know, but somehow I derive pleasure from vacuuming that bad boy at least twice a week.
  

Lamenting:

• Josh is out of town again this week - New Orleans
• Noah's Power Wheels car finally bit the dust - Now he actually has to pedal a bike
  
• We have a snake. It's dead on a glue trap waiting for Josh to come home and get it. But that can only mean there are more somewhere nearby. SHIVER!
• All the driving coming up in the next 3 months - I am not a good traveler
  
• Anna's newest bumps and bruises to her head - she is suddenly tall enough for the counter tops to take a swing at her as she goes by

Learning:

• My new cell phone - I can finally access the web on a cell phone and I celebrated that freedom by downloading my first ringtone ever - Sugarland's Stuck Like Glue
  
• To have confidence in my decisions, to say no and not feel bad or conflicted about it, to know my limits