Needsleep259’s Weblog

Today was a good day. It was a day not unlike others – ordinary, where we didn’t do much, but things seemed to flow so well. I got to sleep in until 6:45, which is late for Gia. We got into that, “I’m not wet” debate we have been having recently, then cranked up the heat as we went to fix her warm chocolate milk and Mommys’ hazelnut coffee. She ground the beans with my help and then we put a movie in, that she selected herself – Toy Story. Once settled as close as she could get to the tv without actually entering the set, she let me take her diaper off and put on “Fancy Pants”. In this case, fancy pants are Tinkerbell underwear. These were followed by Sesame Street underwear 25 minutes later, (oops), which were then followed by a Huggies pullup an hour after that, because today potty training wasn’t happening, even with the promise of a M&M reward.

At 8 I threw an apple strudel in the oven. Lest you think I’m that talented, this one came to us when a neighbor hit us up for a fundraiser. Maybe if it cost less I would have enjoyed it more, but it just didn”t live up to the ten dollar price tag. I was expecting so much more. Gia wouldn’t eat it at all.

Once dressed and outside, who do we see but Santa. For real!! There is a farm behind our house, and there was Santa, visible beyond the field. He was in a big, elaborate white carriage, being pulled by a humungous horse.  They made their way over to us, Santa and the driver, a Sam Elliot look alike, not that I  noticed though. And when did I start noticing older men? I guess the same time I realized the President elect was younger than me. But I digress, ahem…..

We made our way over for a carriage ride at their invite, only to find it cost $10. Of course we didn’t have any cash on us, so my dh drove off to the local ATM while we stayed and stared at Santa – at least Gia was. So we eventually forked over the cash and and had our ride. Best of all, now that Santa lives behind us and will be giving carriage rides to kids, we have a great incentive for good behavior in this house, because after all, Santa just may be passing by and watching!

So what else did we do? Stopped off at a neighbors and Gia jumped on their trampoline. We kicked a ball around our yard. We went for a walk with Gia toddling ahead. We went to the supermarket where I saw my BIL frantically beckoning his wife to stop yakking and fly out of the store. Guess he spotted me. My BIL thinks we are totally crazy for adopting Gia and him and his wife totally cut us off. Their loss, but I have to admit I don’t miss them, and we got a kick out of the fact they avoided us. After we got home Gia and her daddy went to feed Wilbur the mule in Santas yard. Wilbur races over to the fence when he sees us, knowing we’re good for a carrot and the occasional apple.  I made taco pie while they were inside, then they came in and it was time for the next show, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, another favorite. Now don’t think the child watches tv constantly – she rarely sees the whole movie, having way too much to attend to. Like coloring and dragging every toy she owns into the living room, bathrooms, and kitchen. Or hiding her blue sneaker that has been AWOL for three days.

We finish eating and do the cleanup dance, followed by the bath ritual, and then it’s bundle up and go outdoors for the moon patrol, then read some stories, right before going online to see Andrea Bocelli sing  good night to Elmo. We clean up the worse of the Gia inspired messes before it’s time for bed. But first we do shadow creatures with a flashlight on the ceiling, and say our good nights. After dh and Gia fall sleep, I sneak out to the kitchen to make some popcorn, and then settle down to read the Sunday paper, which we always buy on Saturday. I read the whole thing, and then sit down here and type away, instead of getting some extra sleep, because I would rather have this me time, and be tired tomorrow, then get some rest, and feel like I have no time to myself. All in all, an ordinary day, where nothing really happened, except we all hung out and had fun. These are the good days, that we can’t take for granted. I’m going to go to sleep now. I hope tomorrow is another ordinary day. Good night!