I have been surprised with all the feedback I have
gotten from my last blog post. I got
more comments than ever, lots of text messages, and Facebook messages. I hope that it touched someone in a special
way.
Ford started back to school yesterday. The morning was very quiet around here while
he was gone. John Brantley slept most of
the morning so I was able to get a lot done and have some “Suzanne time”.
Ford likes to cut paper.
I found some preschool safety scissors at Wal-Mart and he thinks he is
big business with those.
I got my 2012 blog book printed. Well, actually I had so many pictures that it
required 2 books. I sat down and had
them made at the same time and one of them came in the mail on Tuesday and the
other isn’t here yet… Go figure. I’ve
been publishing my blogs each year since 2009.
Since I am not a scrapbooker this is a good way to remember what all my
family has done.
On Tuesday Trey called and said he wanted us to come to
Jackson on Wednesday. This Mississippi
Gulf Coast was hosting a reception at the Trademark Center and Trey said I
needed to come. Now all of y’all that
are faithful blog readers of mine know that I am Type A, a planner, and I like
to have time to worry about things WELL in advance. Tuesday night is not what I call advanced
notice. It’s one thing to pack for
yourself, but when you also have to pack for a 3 year old and a 6 month old
that takes it to a whole new level.
Well, with a little persuasion from a friend who said I am not
spontaneous enough I decided to go! We
pulled out at 1:00 on Wednesday and were home by 10:00 A.M. on Thursday. We weren’t even gone for 24 hours.
Fancy and I went to the reception which had lots of good
food if you like the type of stuff that swims, which I don’t. He and I are pretty opposite. I prefer to be at home in my pajamas and robe
and he likes to go out and socialize. I
went. I had a good time, but after about
an hour I was done. I am not into
politics and mingling with folks I don’t know.
I was ready to go. I will be
making more social appearances this year with him since I am now a “stay at
home mom”.
We left this morning before 8:00 because the weather was
supposed to be really bad. I had planned
to stay until after lunch and go by and visit with my grandmother. But when I heard of all the storms I decided
we’d hit the road. On highway 55 they
have mile markers along the side of the road.
One of my few talents is knowing the location of most of those
markers. We were at mile marker 200 and
Ford said, “Momma, I need to go to the bathroom.” I told him okay just to hold on. Right after that I saw an exit for an old
rest area. I told him I’d pull off and
he could just go in the grass (yes, mother of the year… speaking of mothers I
am sure mine is dying after reading that!!!)
He said, “No, momma… I need to poo poo.”
Of course he needed to poo poo. I
absolutely HATE taking Ford in public bathrooms. I am a huge germ freak and I believe public
bathrooms are infested with many diseases.
I said, “Well, you’re going to have to hold on buddy.” I knew the Grenada exit was 206 and we could
make it there fast. Ford started saying, “Ohhhhhhhhh
Nellie, I really have to go.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh Nellie, I have to poo poo bad!” All I could do was laugh. Fortunately, we made it to the bathroom and
low and behold he didn’t have to go!
I am sure we were a
sight though. Both boys were in their
pajamas and I had on no make-up. No
make-up is also something that never happens!
I am boycotting it all day today though!
Ford needed to practice his letters.
Earlier I was making some casseroles to freeze for suppers
later on. I had the boys on the
floor. I looked over and it made me
smile seeing both of them playing. They
are going to have such fun playing together one day!
John Brantley has had terrible diapers for 12 days now. During this run of dirty diapers he has cut a
tooth. Yesterday his diaper failed to do
its job and we had to have a bath. I got
this cute picture of him during the clean-up phase.
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