P.S. Mitchell

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

One Big Lazy Blogger.

That's me.

I don't know if it's lazy or sick. Sick of blogging. I go through phases were I overload on facebook and blogs and then give up on both of them. The virtual world wears me out!

I am back in school in Athens all summer, so I have a fine excuse for not blogging. I am on an eternal quest to continue my education (sometimes I feel serious about that eternal part). So Mary and I are commuting the hour or so back and forth to Athens every week. My motto for the summer is "I can do anything for eight weeks."

Except blogging.

Maybe later.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Braves Game

We went to the Braves game with Paul's family last Friday night. Even though traffic was HORRENDOUS, some dude called me a B* in the parking lot, and the Braves lost ... really, it turned out to be an alright night!

Mary's first game!

The McGuires (and Eli's first game!)

Paul's game face. His losing one.

The Dads and the kids.

We watched Eli for Stephanie and Troy the next morning and I had to post a picture of his cuteness. He's the perfect round, chubby, happy baby. Poor guy was a little anxious about his mamma being gone, but apparently a combination of Mary and Finding Nemo will cheer him right up!

We love being close enough to Paul's family to see them more often. The three hour drive from Athens was not so fun! Now were an easy drive right up I75 to Ringgold and back. Mary thinks Grandma's house is a little bit of heaven on earth =). More kids, toys, and snacks than you could ever imagine! We love it!

Kangazoom

We spent one RAINY afternoon at Kangazoom last week. It's inflatable overload and we loved it!

Here's Kandis and her kiddies

Kenedee, Lauren, and Mary cruisin'.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

You Sunk My Battleship

Looks like Mary has figured out the object of the game.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Mary Days

A few weeks ago, after being out of town, I was having one of those weeks with Mary. She was waking up grumpy in the mornings and pretty much staying that way until she went to bed. We just couldn't get back into the swing of things after being gone. She didn't want to get dressed, then she wanted to get dressed. She wanted pretzels, then she didn't want pretzels. She didn't want to eat lunch, she didn't want to take a bath, she didn't want to get in the car. Everything we did was accompanied by plenty of crying and screaming. Nothing was working out for Mary that week!

As much as I tried to stay patient with her, I felt like I spent all day frustrated with her, trying to work through one breakdown after another. After a couple of days of nothing but tantrums and time outs, I was worn out! We were at the grocery store one afternoon and during our umpteenth tantrum of the day, I remember thinking "I'm done!" I had been disciplining Mary all week and I was done fighting her. I decided to let Mary make the decisions from then on out and I would just go with it. We ended up having what I called a Mary Day, just for her. She picked out dinner that night (Chef Boyardee baby) and I let her pick a movie to watch in her jammies. We made a bed on the floor in the living room and ate snacks in front of our movie until we were SICK of junior mints and popcorn. I remember how excited she was that night when she realized that we were doing something just for her and that she got to make all the decisions. I had no other responsibilities and all of my attention was HERS. She loved it, and the tantrums stopped. We had a blast(!) and I had my sweet little Mary back to normal!

Yesterday was another well deserved MARY DAY. I had been sick for almost two weeks and poor Mary toughed it out like a trooper. Wait ... what am I saying? She got to watch all the TV she wanted for two weeks! Not so bad for her. I definitely felt like a bad Mom though trying to distract her every time she wanted to play with me. It's pretty pathetic when your baby girl says "C'mon Mommy, come dance with me!" and you tell them to go watch a movie instead. So, I woke up to a sunny morning yesterday feeling fabulous, so I knew it needed to be a Mary Day. We ended up at the zoo and I left the stroller in the car so she could run the trip that day. I just followed her wherever she wanted to go and it ended up being so much fun. We rode the carousel and jumped in the bouncy house. I even let her look at the Black Mamba for 20 minutes instead of pulling her away to look at something more fun (why is that her favorite animal in the zoo?!). We stopped by Toys R Us on the way home just to browse the aisles and talk about all of our favorite toys. We came home with a new set of Disney figurines and read about 30 books before bedtime. I feel like a good Mom again! I sure do love Mary Days!

Too bad I don't have the stamina to do that every day.

and just to answer the question in everybody's mind these days - NO I am not pregnant. I was wiped out with the flu and the worst bladder infection of the century. That may be too much information for a blog, but seriously ... all these pregnancy assumptions are making me feel fat.