Posted by Carrie on 10 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel
Last night, Gabe got verrrrry emotional just before bed. He was cranky with Sam for reading when he wanted to be playing with him, and then when I tried to put him to bed, he got angry and agitated over that (in part because he had coughed his way through his naptime, making him [...]
Posted by Carrie on 25 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel, Samuel
We went back to the dentist today. Sam cooperated. Gabe…did no handstands, I’ll give him that. Sadly, that’s the only credit he can get for the visit, aside from not actually screaming in the dentist’s face that he hated him or wished him violence. It did end in the hygienist and [...]
Posted by Carrie on 16 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Familial things, Gabriel, Pictures and movies
Valentine’s Day was awesome.
Eric did himself proud! I was in culinary heaven from beginning to end. Now I’m all sad, because he’s away for the week for work; after this, we’ll have him home for one week, and then he’ll go away again for yet another week. It’s easier to [...]
Posted by Carrie on 08 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel, Items of Interest
There was this football thing yesterday. As is my wont, I called my dad and my brother to find out who I was supposed to be cheering for. My brother had no dog in the fight; my dad was cheering for the Saints because he’s from Maryland and there’s still apparently a bit [...]
Posted by Carrie on 25 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel, Samuel
SAM: ::pant, pant, pant::
ME: “Hi, Sam. How was school?”
SAM: ::pant, pant!:: “Water!”
ME: “Sink. What’s going on?”
SAM: ::pant, pant; glug, glug:: “Running!”
ME: “Why were you running?”
SAM: “I…heard…a noise! It went fzzzzzzz-chunk!”
ME: “What do you think it could have been?”
SAM: “I don’t know! Maybe a ghost knocking over something, or a skeleton!”
ME: [...]
Posted by Carrie on 21 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Gabriel
Fact: on MOPS mornings, I don’t ordinarily have coffee, since I know I’ll have coffee there.
Fact: I don’t ordinarily eat breakfast those mornings, either, since ditto.
Fact: I can’t cook without caffeine of some sort in my system.
Fact: I was on tap for a “hot dish” for this morning’s meeting.
Results: I had several large mugs of [...]
Posted by Carrie on 12 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel, Pictures and movies
Posted by Carrie on 07 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel
Remember how I said Gabe woke me up because his butt hurt? It’s getting worse, and he’s howling over it, but he won’t let me look at it (and he’s really rather strong and also determined), and Sam is on his way home from school, so we can’t leave, and there’s snow all over [...]
Posted by Carrie on 22 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Gabriel
A very brief entry tonight, as I’m trying hard to get myself into bed. You see, part of being able to get up early and get a run into the day is preparation. If I don’t start planning for a morning run by the evening of the night before, I’m not just not [...]
Posted by Carrie on 21 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Gabriel
GABE: “Mom?”
ME: “Upstairs!”
GABE (climbing): “Mom, I need to ask you to do something that’s not that important. But I need you to do something for your child.”
ME: “Um. What is it?”
GABE (holding out a Lego figure): “Put this gun in the guy’s hand.”
ME: “Sure. You know, he doesn’t have a head.”
GABE: “I know. [...]
