Friday Favorites

Winston:  This morning he walks into the bedroom and says "Mama can you take me go teetee?"  I ask him where his Papa is but he wants me to take him.  He waits for me to get up, hugs me, kisses me, hands me my glasses.  Then he takes my hand very gently and pulls me toward the bathroom.  It was the best wakeup.  I was needed and he wasn't cranky.  The best part though was getting hugs and kisses without asking.  My Sweet Boy.

Wednesday:  I bring the new kitten Octavio Littlefoot into the house and it chases the baby.  He runs and thinks the cat is gone then looks down and screams because The Cat Came Back!  OMG Mommy!  Ha!  Then I'm holding him in my lap and the cat tries to jump up in our chair with us and Wednesday starts to cry his poor pitiful cry (he is very happy, his cry breaks every one's heart)  and says "No No No Tat!  NOOOOOO TAAAAAAAT!"  Poor baby.  Scared to death of a kitten.  (then of course he watch the cat inside the play pen with him and never got upset).  

There are so many moments.  I want this blog to get going.  My goal now is 2 moments a day.  Just to start writing everyday.  Hopefully along with Twitter I can make it part of my routine.  

P.S.  

Random decision to write about my obsession with looking for books on Amazon.  When I need something mindless to do I go searching.  I have like 25 pages of books saved between my cart and my wish list.  It is the best!  I have an unnatural love for lists and books reviews as well so you can see how this activity could take up hours of the time I'm supposed to be sleeping at night.  My latest jags have been into newish poetry I'd like to read and books about the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.  I also love to find books for the boys there and then look them up with the online library catalog.  That way when we get to library I know exactly where I'm going and the 3 year old doesn't get too too bored (or LOUD or Wandery or you know 3-year-oldy).  

A big success recently in our house has been the Madeline books.  Winston loves them.  We watched the movie with real people first, then went to the library and found a bunch of books.  He loves Pepito and Miss Clevel and Genevieve.  I never read those books as a little girl so it's so fun for me to find them now.  (also please see Amalah definition of gender as per her newest Zero to Forty post).  This past week while my little brother was here we went to Half-Price books and I found a DVD with 2 episodes of the Madeline cartoon on them.  I think that was the best possible order for our multi-media Madeline madness.  He was mesmerized by the cartoon today at lunch. I think I actually did something right!  Yay Mama!

I only wish I new of more little boy characters who are as fun as Madeline, Eloise, and Olivia (besides Alexander, of course).  Aha!  More Amazon searching!  Onward Christian Soldiers, away!!