Lady Grey saves the day

I finally broke down; this morning I was too tired to survive, so I brewed myself a cup of Lady Grey tea. It does the trick every time (about twice a year for me). I recorded the vocals to "Great Speckled Bird" with my sisters on Saturday, got home a little after midnight Sunday morning, and rode an hour and a half to church on Sunday. That night, we got home from church at a decent hour, but we got to bed at an indecent hour. And then, we were up at 6:30 to drive New Daddy to the bus stop this morning, because his car was at work.

But, the children took really long naps this afternoon, and I got in an hour of shut-eye myself. So, here I am blogging at 11:30. Hah.

Here are some random, happy things that happened today.

1) At Precious' request, I expanded my mommy skills to include making a diaper for a baby doll out of construction paper and Scotch tape. Precious was duly impressed. She kept patting it, kissing it, and saying "diaper." Unfortunately, it appears that this doll is destined to be a plumber... do we need a photo?

2) Precious says "b-flat" while she bangs on the piano ("C" sounds like "tee"). I sing "B flat" on the correct pitch, hoping she will find the right note. Sometimes, she randomly does :). When I play, I always have company, either in the bass department, or the super-treble department. If I'm holding Bubby while I play, Precious holds her baby doll while she accompanies me.

3) While I was nursing Bubby on the couch, Precious was pushing her baby doll in the kiddie-rocking chair between the couch and the coffee table. The problem with this arrangement? Mommy's feet were in the way. The solution? "Excuse me" ("cue me"). When I move, "Thank you" ("ake you"). And she scoots past, only to repeat the same scenario about five more times.

4) While Precious was ripping her provolone slices into random shreds, I had the idea to cut the portion that was still in my possession into recognizable shapes. I cut her three rectangles, an assortment of triangles, a square, and a lopsided octagon. We counted the rectangles, and then I said something like "Let's eat a rectangle. No, that's a triangle. Here are the rectangles. One, two, three." And on like that. To me, that is homeschooling :D.

5) New Daddy once again proved his Super Dad skills when he put fussy, overtired Bubby to sleep not once, but twice tonight. The first time, he woke up because he needed to poo. It's weird, but it seems that when Bubby gets overtired, he will not go to sleep for me, but he will with someone else. New Daddy wrapped him up in my cozy fleece jacket, and away they went in the glider.