Mental Health Day

Today was so neat.


I kept Cora home from preschool today (I know how awful of me and yes I know we are paying for it), but Cameron didn't wake up until 5 minutes of 8 when we would usually get up at 8.  Cora and I lounged in Andy's and my bed until Cameron woke up. Then she stayed in her pj's all day.  She said, "let's have a pj day!"  Speaking of pj's, when I was going through my closet I found the old navy christmas pajama pants that I bought last year after Christmas!  Score!  So anyways, while they watched tv, had cheerios and milk, and played, I started to organize the gazillions of clothes in my room.  Maternity clothes, too small clothes, too big clothes, the laundry that I had to put away.  It is all away and organized (for the most part).  It is difficult because my small clothes are definitely too small (like what I fit into this summer)but my maternity clothes are WAY too big.  So it is kind of awkward.  Anyways, to reward myself and to keep me working the rest of the day, we got in the car in our pj's and went to Dunk Dunk's to get coffee and donuts.  No we don't normally eat donuts but man that Boston Cream donut was D-E-L-I-CIOUS!  And the kids shared two donuts - the pink frosted with sprinkles and the red frosted with red and green sprinkles.  So anyways, they had lunch then they played while I cleaned up after lunch.  They have made up a new game called "hop race."  
This is how it goes, usually after a meal, Cora will start running around the dining room table and say to Cameron, "wanna play hop race."  They will hop/run around the table chasing each other.  It is SO cute.  I am so glad that they are so close and that we had them so close together.  
Meanwhile Cora had to go potty and I nonchalantly asked Cameron if he had to go potty.  Usually he says no.  But he nodded his head yes and said potty.  So I took off his diaper and he went nakey.  I put the potty seat in the kitchen and he sat on it.  He got up wandered around and about 10 minutes later went pee in the potty!  He has gone number two but he never peed in the potty.  Needless to say, this Mommy sang a song of celebration.  And while he sat there, we sang Bringing Home and Baby Bumble Bee which is apparently the FUNNIEST song to Cameron right now.  So I sang that probably 10 times.
My mom came over to give Cameron a haircut which he did great.  Apparently the key with him is to do it while he is very tired, not cranky tired, but tired and falling asleep.  Because he was half asleep the whole time (even when I by accident got his ear - ouch, he didn't even make a peep, I mean seriously this kid is funny).  After this, I put him in for a nap and he fell right asleep and from the kitchen I could hear him snoring on the monitor which was in the living room.  
While Cameron napped, Cora and I went back up to my room to do some more clothes organizing, sorting, folding, putting awaying, giving awaying, etc.  So I have three (no make that four because the other day I went through a too small bin and got rid of most of it) bags to donate!  Yahoo!  Simplify.  This is something I am not very good at it.  I love clutter or at least I tolerate it because my house is never filthy but it is not clutter free. 
Cora helped me put my shoes back in my shoe rack (some of them slip out which is kind of annoying).  She wore my heels (she might wear them more than I do haha), we listened to Pandora on my new IPhone and she watched videos of herself which she loves.


Cameron ate three bowls of cereal after his nap!  Talk about an early dinner haha.  He peed on the floor probably seven times.  But he did go number 2 in the potty (warning gets graphic: I had to pick him up and plunk him in the potty but he finished and sat there for a while so that counts right!?)  And when I put the cotton training pants (the underwear with extra layers) he peed in them and had no clue.  


Oh well.  Who knows, maybe he will take to it, maybe he won't.  But when I put his diaper on to go to bed he was like "no iaper" So I don't know maybe he is into it just not really getting the whole going on the potty concept. 


We had meatballs and pea pods for dinner dipped in a honey soy sauce I made.


It was just a good day.  I don't know what was so special about it.  Even though Cora wasn't sick, I am glad she appreciated the extra day at home with her Mama (even if she didn't get to see her father at all except at 6:00 when he brought her into the bed while he got ready for work).


And when Cameron asks to rock after I leave the room and I say yes it is because I know at some point I am going to say man I miss those days.  So I am cherishing them now.


God, you are good.

19. Coo me please(after Cam burps)

20. Kids running around after dinner

21. Real play while I tidied up my room this morning

22. The after nap or morning toots

23. Cora reading stories to Cam at night

24. Twinkle lights

25. A relaxed thankful attitude in December

Memories that I want to remember/1,000 gifts

10. Hank you Mama (thank)

11. oo that one (do that one, referring to a video on youtube haha)

12. guess what.  what.  I love you. 

13. funny bridge (whenever we go over the bridge st bridge the kids say funny bridge and laugh the whole time)

14. snuggles

15. full body hugs in the morning from Cameron

16. December being a whole month of Christmas

17. new babies (Leanne's in particular)


18.  Mike Tomkins youtube vidoes