mr. Beau jangles
my little curly haired man
he’d just woken up. curls everywhere!
i got my hair cut on sat. trimmed actually. it styles better now. it was all dead and split. growing out my hair is as hard as losing weight. i always end up cutting it off/gaining. i am doing well with not cutting it off though.
my four articles in the magazine i write for are out. they’re awesome. 🙂
what else? i think i’m going to skip class and we’re going to run at the track instead. lovely family affair LOL. i don’t know if i can run the track but at least i won’t get run over. i tend to look at the ground when i run and i have really loud music on. it’s a miracle i haven’t been run over on the streets with no sidewalks. i do look up now and then and living in a small town helps. i try to keep my eye on the road better when i have Beau along but let’s face it. i’m a dangerous walker. and people wonder why i don’t drive. lol. i can barely keep myself alive walking.
anyway, we’re prob going to do that. i don’t like the women’s class. i like the co-ed class. the trainer is better and guys aren’t catty. and dennis is there 😀
the only issue is i won’t have "time off"-i’ll have to put Beau to bed. i like my nights where i don’t have to. it’s ALL ME all the time. i like time off now and then. he is very attached to his "Money" (that’s what he calls me.) thank goodness he finally slept better last night, though he was still up at some unnecessary hour. i think it was before 6 but not sure. i can’t see the clock without glasses.
i wish that child would learn to sleep in or play quietly in his room when he wakes up (both things his brother used to do.) darn him. people, if you ever think YOU have anything to do with your child being well-behaved, easy going, etc. think again. i raised both these boys and they are completely different creatures. Sawyer is the easiest kid ever (though we’ve had some attitude lately-4 year olds. ugh) Beau is HIGH MAINTENANCE. don’t ever look at your friend like she’s doing something wrong if her kid doesn’t seem as well-behaved as yours. we have so little to do with it. Beau does what he wants when he wants. we try to direct him, teach him like we did Sawyer but in the end, he’s not easygoing. he doesn’t sit nicely and play while mommy sleeps in. he’s getting better. we were actually able to let him out of the stroller at the fair and he didn’t bolt on us. but that has taken a lot of time. we never had these issues with Sawyer.
what i’m saying is, don’t look down on anyone. please. you might find karma bites you in the ass! LOL
BUT do be consistent. always. NEVER back down. when you say something, do it. i saw my sister lose complete control. all b/c she backed down so her kids wouldn’t whine. being consistent is key. one of my faves was talking about this the other day. she is so right. the most important thing you can do as a parent is consistency.
other than that, we’re all winging it. nobody’s perfect. i hope we can all raise great people in the end.
sorry i got sidetracked there.
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Supa cute!
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Consistency is key, so true. One thing my sister doesn’t understand is that you don’t have to do the exact same for both kids (because of temperments) but you do need to follow through with what you say. She sees us with the kids and she thinks the consequence should be the same for everyone not taking into account the age differences.
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Lovelovelove those curls! Savino’s hair gets the same way when he first wakes up, I can’t stand it! It makes my ovaries hurt!
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ryn: you’re right – neither of us really had insomnia – you had child-induced sleeplessness, and I had flu-induced sleeplessness! I like your comments regarding parenting – I think there’s too much judgment out there already – but consistency and follow through are so important. The more of that kids get at home, the happier I am in the classroom! 🙂 Personality-wise there are huge differences,
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I can def. see that among student siblings I’ve had, and between my own brother and I. Funny how we’re just born with certain personality traits.
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Look at those curls.
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I’m really consistent with both the kids – and they’re like night and day. I was also convinced that Vincent was going to be my easy child. He was SO easy. Then all of a sudden, he could crawl – and it went down hill. Now he’s dramatic and he’s a lot more disobedient than Hayden. He’s also 2… I better get an “easy” one now. 3rd times a charm, right?
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I so agree! A child’s personality plays a major role in things. Spencer NEVER woke up and played quietly in his room. Like Beau, he’s “high maintenance”. The first thing he’s always done is ran to our room. We’ve encouraged him to wake up a little before darting out, but he wants to see what’s going on. Super cute curls on him. 😉
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cute curls! 🙂 and you’re right about not judging others for the way their kids are… I’ve learnt that too, it’s not easy being a parent and sometimes kids are so darn stubborn and exhausting!! I sure hope Luke isn’t as stubborn as his big bro, we are constantly fighting because he is so hard headed, just like his dad! lol
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oh cuteness… girls love the curls… just ask ben, he would tell you. =)
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Beau’s curls slay me. XD I love those emergent personalities, even if they’re the ones that require a little more direction at times. 😉
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ryn: I started the surgery process two years ago, stopped b/c jerry wanted me to so he could do nursing school…and then i restarted the whole thing the beginning of this year. so in total…its been two years coming!
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Beau has cute curls. I don’t watch where I am going half the time when I walk either. Mike used to get really aggravated at me for that. RE: I didn’t do anything on my birthday except go to church. I was pretty depressed for most of the day, but hey – I made it through. And we had a wonderful revival all week long so it was a great birthday gift. 🙂
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Love the end of this. Nice insight. Sometimes taking care of kids is SO overwhelming.
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I think you have wonderful comments about parenting, and it makes sense to me that children from the same parents can have totally different attitudes and temperments. Beau’s hair is so beautiful.
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