Case Life: just words

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

just words

oh I really don't like this computer.. I can't upload pictures and I am too lazy right now to boot up the laptop, so there will be no pictures on this post. Just a little update about what is going on in our lives since we got back from Florida. Dan has registered for school starting January~ I am so excited that he decided to do this! I had no part in urging him that direction, except he knew that when he did it, I would have no objection. He has kind of been doing odd jobs for his friend every once in a while, but is in the market for a full time job. He has taken a job that starts tomorrow, but in our minds is only temporary until he finds something better. He will be working for a security company. The pay is not great, but I am so glad that he is willing to do what needs to be done in order to bring in income, instead of just waiting around for the "perfect job" to come to him. Bailee has been going to kindergarten for about two weeks now and I can tell that she is already learning things I wouldn't have thought to teach her. She complains in the morning about going to kindergarten, but when we pull into the school parking lot she is fine and walks right to the line. I think transition has always been a hard thing for her, though. Sometimes she just says she misses me too much while she is gone, and that is very sweet to hear! Afton seems to be okay when Bai goes to school, because that is her nap time so 50% of the time Afton has been sleeping the whole time Bailee is gone! Afton is just a very different child than Bailee. She will entertain herself for a long time. (Bailee has never been that way) She is pretty chill while playing with other kids (unless she is tired) and just goes with the flow of what they want to do. When she is mad.... watch out. She will have maybe 1 tantrum a day (also very different than Bailee's 10 a day at this age) but Afton's tantrums are pretty big deals. I missed out on buying a couple shirts for killer deals at Kohls because Afton refused to put her dress on and stop screaming long enough for me to buy them! Then she continued to unbuckle herself from her carseat in Kathie's car and so it took another 20-25 minutes to get her in the car!! But when she is in a good mood, she has the cutest smile that lights up her whole face and she will giggle at everything you say to her! Bailee and Afton will come up with the cutest games to play together. I sit back and just try to keep the happy sounds of them playing in harmony stuck in my head because there really isn't a sound I love more right now! Yesterday they were acting out the movie "Annie" and I wish I would have recorded it because they were acting their characters out so realistically! As for what I have been doing since we got back... I have been struggling a little emotionally and I don't know if it is stress or what. I think I have mentioned to Dan a couple times that I need drugs for it ( jokingly), but I seem to be having more tantrums a day than my girls! haha I seem to lose patience with the girls and Dan in no time flat and then I will have a meltdown at the end of the day! While I am in the middle of my ranting and raving, I will even think to myself "why am I freaking out??" and I just can't stop it! I have had "meltdowns" before, but it was usually more like 1-2 times a year, not a day. I think it is getting better as I am a little more productive each day, but I sure hope it clears up completely. Bailee says to me almost daily "looks like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning!" oh geez.. well I am going to go and start canning peaches so I need to go do some prep work!!

2 comments:

Jaimee said...: Janelle!! I am totally with you... someone must have stolen both our patience!! I hope its a temporary thing and I'm sure you'll still being such a good mom and wife... you always are. I love and adore you and wish we were closer so I could just hug you. This too shall pass, right? I keep telling myself that... hope it's true! :P; September 7, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Unknown said...: I <3 you so much! I completely know what you mean about the tantrums. I have been having them more and more often lately, and I don't even have the excuse of having kids! We totally need together and commiserate our meltdowns and husband job situations with some chocolate or something!; September 8, 2010 at 4:38 PM

Bailee-isms

12/20/08 We were at the annual Case Christmas party. Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne were nice enough to buy us Sizzler lunch and then had a program at their home. Before I tell the story, I need to clarify that Grandma Betty is from England and still has her accent - which I love! Bailee wanted to ride in Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne's car from Sizzler but we told her no since her car seat was already in ours. Bailee: "I just want to go with them because I love them so much." Grandma Sue : " I know, and they love you, too." Bailee: "But Grandma Betty says it weiood" (wierd without the "r" sound)
11/10/08 We were "puppy sitting" for Dave and Sue overnight so they could spend a night in Midway. Part of Bailee's bedtime routine is that she gets to have "snuggle-wuggles" right before bed every night. Snuggle wuggles started as being a Backyardigans show but has evolved to being a choice between playing make believe with toys, a show, or something else she really wants to do before bed. Well this particular night I gave her the choice between Dragon Tales or going to the store with me and she chose the show. When it was over and I said it was time to brush teeth and go to bed, she started to cry and throw one of her tantrums. She said she wanted to go to the store with me, I then reminded her that she chose the show over going to the store. She replied very seriously that when she chose the show, she was just teasing me. Very smart response.. it didn't fly and she was not a happy girl going to bed that night
11/12/08 We were driving home from Dave and Sue's and Bailee said "What does 'age' mean?" Dan and I weren't quite sure what she said, so we asked her to repeat it and she did. We still weren't sure if she said "H" or "age." Usually she can explain what she is saying by thinking of another word or saying it in a sentence. We asked her to say it in a sentence or tell us when and how she heard it. She stammered a little, then said "You know, like my feet are big." Dan and I tried very hard not to laugh and she finally said "Like I am a big girl." So then I said.. "Okay, you mean 'age'. That is like how old you are, so your age would be 3. When someone asks you what your age is, you would say 3." So Dan said "Yeah. It is like someone asking you how old you are. What are you going to say when someone asks you what your age is?" and Bailee said, "That I am a big girl!" Maybe you had to be there or it was pretty late, but it was very funny.
Grandma Sue bought a doctors kit for the grandkids. It came with a couple of cards that showed what to do with the "tools" - kind of like directions. When we were cleaning up all the parts to it, Bai couldn't find the cards and she was saying over and over.. "where are the indirections? " I think she was mixing up the words "instructions" and "directions." It is very cute that her vocabulary is growing so fast that she just has a ton of information to sort through. I am biased, but I definitely think she is a smartie!
Bailee was trying to get Dan to fill up her aqua-doodle pen with water so she could color on her mat, but apparently Dan wasn't jumping on the task. He continued to get ready for work and gather his things when Bailee said very demandingly "Dad, when you are all done with this world stuff, will you please fill this up with water?!" It definitely got his attention and he filled it up with water and she went on her way.
Bailee was talking with her cousin, Aliyah, and her grandma Packer about places they have been and things they have seen. My mom brought up that Aliyah was in a whale's mouth at Storybook land and Bai was in a shark's mouth in Disneyworld. They were laughing about that and my mom said, "Weren't you scared in the mouth?" and Bailee looked at my mom with her index finger pointed at her and said, " Remember grandma, those things are just PRETEND!" My mom thought it was very cute how Bailee was trying to comfort her on the scary pretend things that are out there.
Bailee is pretty much a vegetarian and refuses to eat meat - except for chicken nuggets and taco soup). In colorado, they took out a lunchable jr. and she wouldn't eat the meat. Well, someone told her that the meat would make her jump higher. She had a couple bites of the meat and walked away. Sue asked "Did you like it?" and Bai said "yeah, I am going to see if I can jump higher now, though." She jumped and everyone cheered - Maybe she will continue to eat meat and end up in the olympics!
Bailee was riding home from a dinner in the back seat of papa Dave and grandma Sue's car. Her uncle Andy was sitting next to her talking to her when the sun came shining into the car all of a sudden and her grandparents both burst into song "Here Comes the Sun, do do do do.." Uncle Andy then whispered to Bai "Grandma and Grandpa are getting old." and bailee replied, "Grandma's not old, but Papa is."
Being the great English buff that he is, Bailee's uncle Jason was trying to enhance Bailee's vocabulary by teaching her some new words. One of the words was "plump." He told her about having a nice, big, juicy, plump apple. Then he went on to explain that it meant "big." Bailee then was able to catch on and said, "Like you, uncle Jason?"
When Bailee says prayers, she really lets Heavenly Father into her heart. She has said things like, "please bless that I can watch a movie tomorrow. Please bless that I can get tinkerbell makeup at the store. Please bless I can sleep the whole night in my bed. Please bless we will grow up healthy and go to heaven."
Bai was helping grandma Sue wrap some baptism gifts and asked her what they were for. Sue said that they were for her primary kids who were going to be baptized and when Bailee turned 8, she would also be baptized. Bai looked at grandma like she was out in the night and said " Oh, no, grandma, I am going to be a doctor when I grow up!"
We were leaving grandma Sue and papa Dave's so Bai went and hugged grandma and said "I love you, grandma." Dan told her to go and tell grandpa the same thing so she went and hugged grandpa and said " Papa, I love grandma."
Bailee thought her pee would be pink after she drank her strawberry milk. After I told her it would still be yellow or clear, she still had her hopes up. When we got home, she ran to the bathroom to go potty and we heard her disappointed voice come from the bathroom saying "Yep, it's still yellow."