Late night ramblings

Sometimes I crack myself up. Most recently it was at 11:58p tonight as I crawled into bed. The room was dark except for the little booklight that Scott had left on for me. As I reached to turn it off, I put my thumb over the light, pointed it toward the wall, and in a feeble attempt at morse code started moving my thumb on and off while saying "S...O...S...Save...Our...Sleep!" Scott croaked out some reply like "I'm cracking up." The fun got even better as we started a chorus of coughing spells and, with the monitor on, Matthew was able to join in. It was like we were coughing in rounds. Then mine took a turn for the worse, and I was banished to the guest room. That's why I'm here. At the computer. It's like a siren song luring me into the craggy boulders of blogging.

OK...another topic. I want to know if I am the only woman who does this or if all my girly shopping genes were dropped on someone else. Every new season I walk through the mall/store, look at the new fashions and proclaim, "This season I'm going to buy a new _____ (coat, pair of boots, bathing suit, pair of jeans)!" Then I go even further and tell myself, "And this time I'm going to spend the money and invest in a nice _____ (coat, pair of boots, bathing suit, pair of jeans)!" And yet, the season comes and goes and I don't buy the intended item. So I get excited and think that I will buy it at the end of season clearance sale! Of course! But then I go to the sale and either say, "YIKES, even at 70% off that is more than I want to spend!" OR "If I'm gonna spend money, I'd rather buy something I can wear NOW!" And then the cycle begins again.

SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. So we nixed the new anti-itch medicine with the sedative because it seemed to have the OPPOSITE effect on Matthew. Yes, now my sleepless son can go a 24 hour period with two 30 minute naps and about 7 hours of combined night sleep. Good thing he is so precious (see photo with Easter Bunny).

My BBFF Rebecca is without computer this weekend, so someone else has to volunteer to fill in for her daily commenting. Think twice before you say "I do"...it's a demanding job...you have to be willing to encourage, support, share embarrassing stories of your own, and sometimes even comment TWICE!

The Mall!

We took our first trip to the mall today since coming home from Taiwan...just in time to see the new fall fashions!!! It actually turned out to be uneven shopping: Matthew's stores - 4, Mama's stores -2. Although I dreaded it, we ventured into the Disney Store. It's not that I have anything against Disney, it's just that, when I stand in the doorway and look inside the store, all I see is over-priced stuff that will sit on a shelf and need to be dusted. We went in long enough to snap a photo in front of a big pile of stuffed animals and watch a music video of a preteen singing about having a good attitude.

Then I took him to one of those little center court areas that has the little cars that move back and forth. (I'm not sure why this font is bigger than the rest). Anyway, I picked out the cool sports car, set Matthew in it, and he seemed to think it was pretty cool. So I decided to put in some money and let him try it out in motion. Well...the motion part was OK, but this car also made noise...LOTS and LOTS of noise. LOUD, LOUD noise. Cars screeching and hitting each other kind of noise. I freaked and knocked over the stroller. Matthew seemed a little stunned but eventually started crying. People were like coming out of stores to look because this thing was SOOO LOUD. It was like a bad dream where everyone has those crazy carnival mirror faces and they are pointing and laughing at you. We didn't even get our 75 cents worth before we slinked out of there.

Oooooh...the new stuff at the GAP is wonderful! The hue of red that they are using in scarves, bathrobes, sweaters, etc is BEAUTIFUL!!!