Wonder what the mother of a two year old does on a Wednesday? Well you start out waking up to a mess. Today it was nuts all over the kitchen floor - we didn't get up until 8:30 and J had been up already for a while I suppose and got hungry. After a proper breakfast (oatmeal and maple syrup cause we are out of honey due to me loosing the ATM card two days ago-- so we have no funds aka no money even for milk! So use a credit card - well that would be great if the bank didn't cancel it for unauthorized usage when they saw my ATM get eaten up and then didn't understand Brad when he called and the bank subsequently cancelling both cards - did they not think we needed access to our money? We use usaa so no branch to go to either) but I am off track - so then after aimlessly letting J play in his room we headed off to the park. Which is VERY nicely located right next to a small lake with ducks and the library (so I can kill 3 birds with one stone while J works on mutilating one poor duck)



A very proud big boy using the big boy slide.
J was ecstatic to get to touch a duck - they were all sleeping in the sun when J managed to creep up - then of course run them all into the water.

He really wanted to check these out but i didn't' let him - because....
after wiggling his bum to toddler story timeand doing the hoky poky... J decided he wanted to leave story time early - I said we can sit and wait till the teacher is finished then go read more books - J then walked away from me then marched back and hit me across the head. I then picked him up and said time out - and we are leaving - well he started to cry and scream ....all..... the..... way.... home. Lovely. I will never tolerate being hit by my son - he knew better, and knows if he ever acts up out in public - we leave. Weather I'm ready to or not I really feel that he needs to have a punishment bigger than a time out when in public so he knows the behaviour I expect of him. It upset him more to leave his books behind than a time out - so we left the books. Hitting is a strange thing, it is demeaning, but I have myself smacked J's bum out of pure frustration on the way to time out - or in time out. For a while it worked - but not anymore - so I have recently gone back to time outs and ignoring him. So i know he hit me out of pure frustration too - he really wanted to go read and finish singing/story time. So that was our drama of the day.
Eating lentils and rice - our staple lunch. then it was off to nap - for 3 hours. I slept too - heaven.
Checking the mail is almost an outing - and today J got a great Easter card from Aunt Mary and Uncle Bill - with STICKERS! This kept him occupied for like an hour. Thanks guys!
J and his new fish - thanks to Nee Nee J is now the proud owner of a fake nemo, two live goldfish and snails. He likes to pretend to eat them. He really likes being able to watch them eat or often he just sits and watches them for 5 minutes a couple of times a day and talks to them. Very cute. So we also sat outside for a while and enjoyed one of the first warm days of spring, and listened to the baseball practice of the boys next door. Brad has headed off to a game, and J is now watching DVR'd Wiggles. It is still light and almost 6:30 - tomorrow is a day care day - I am hoping the credit card is working by then - we need milk or else Brad may start to get serious withdrawals from his much loved morning espresso.