Mommy is crabby

As this blog is intended to chronicle our kids' lives. I feel the need to blog them a warning. I am crabby. I have been told this by my mother growing up and now by Scott. Example from today. The boys awoke earlier than usual, which for them means 0745 instead of 0900. Scott and I are spoiled, yes, but by them getting up early it meant that I didn't go for a run or anything and I had had multiple wakenings through the night from Jake, Sam and the cats. At this time of our life, most crabbiness gets taken out on household individuals in this order: cats, Scott, Jake, and Sam. So Scott felt the brunt of my aggravation this morning. I do recognize when I am crabby; so when I knew that the morning was only going downhill because of my mood, I loaded up Jake and Sam into the P&T's stroller and we took to the neighborhood. We live in a beautiful neighborhood and this morning was extra beautiful with quiet, lots of fall colors, and cool but not cold weather (mood elevating). We walked about a mile and then landed at the park where Jake played with a boy his age, Sam chilled quietly, and I was able to drink my coffee and socialize with some nice neighbors (more mood elevation). When we had returned Scott had a delicious breakfast prepared for us (mood back to euthymic level). As an aside, Scott impresses me with his cooking abililty. This morning he made an omlet of turkey, cheese, asparagus, and red onion. Great mix of flavors as Jake would say!

Jake and Sam, here are recommendations for how to predict my level of crabbiness or how to "keep mommy happy" as Jake says right now: sleep at least 7 hours, exercise once a day, hang outside for at least 15 minutes, socialize with adults, drink coffee, and reduce hunger level. I think that about covers it, right Scott? Interestingly, my work is not consistently the cause of my crabbiness. It contributes, but all of the above, if applied on a bad day of work, can still equal out in the end to happy mommy. Sorry, boys, I wish I wasn't so crabby. I'll work on it, I promise.

Take your toddler to work day

Well today was a first for me.  Our nanny showed up sick today.  With Mandy already at work I had to make some quick decisions.  She was well enough to take care of Sam by himself for a few hours but clearly could not take care of them both.  Fortunately I had clinic today and nothing I could not reschedule for the afternoon.  I decided that he should come to clinic with me today and charm the office staff while I saw patients.  I know this probably makes me a bad parent but sometimes when I just need to keep him out of trouble I let him watch the ipod.  Mandy actually bought it for me last Christmas but if you ask Jake he thinks it is his.   We intially used it during his potty training but he recently dropped it in the toilet.....Mandy did however buy the special warranty from Best Buy and it was replaced without any questions.  I put a bunch of his cartoons and Pixar movies on the ipod and he watched them for almost the whole morning and never caused any problems.  In any case the ipod saved me today and I definitely will get another if this one breaks.  Now if I can just figure out a way for him to scrub on the days I have surgery.........

One of the last times the previous ipod was seen alive.