Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Let Them Be Kids

I follow a page on FB that overall I enjoy, but there have been a few things on it that really upset me. Overall I enjoy the page, they post tons of pictures, some of some really cute stuff. I am not going to name the page because I am not here to bash them, but to simply vent about the things I don't like.

Let me be a little more clear. This page sometimes posts pictures like this:




Aw, cute little girls right? Right. But really? When do little kids where fashion sunglasses and carry designer bags? Sure, Miss L loves to carry her purse, which looks like a fuzzy moose. She also loves her sunglasses that have Hello Kitty on them. And I love getting her dressed in cute little outfits with Princess Sofia on the front of her shirt and her boots that light up when she walks. I love looking at my little kids and seeing little kids. What is wrong with that?

Kids grow up so damn fast, why do we need to push it? And what are we teaching our children by dressing them in designer outfits with all the accessories? What is wrong with letting them stay little? And young? They will get to this place on their own someday, we really don't need to push them there any faster then it already happens.


My stylin girls

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Dead Plant

My plant died.

This really doesn't surprise me as I seem to kill off pretty much all the plants I try to grow, inside and out. I don't know why, I just really don't have a green thumb. The only plant that I actually was able to keep alive was this awesome one that a lady I used to work with gave me. It was small and had pink polka dots on its leaves (if anyone knows what time of plant this is tell me please!!!). As you might notice though, I am referring to it in past tense because my very mature husband flew his tiny little helicopter thing into it and the propellers chopped it up. Nice. Thanks honey.

This plant was really special to me though. And to be honest, when I had to kind of come to terms with the fact it died, I cried (I still haven't completely lost hope, and can't bring myself to toss it just in case). The reason this plant was so special is that it was the plant that Dr K gave me when we lost BB3. I have had that plant for 1 year 10 months. It has had some rough days when it needed water, or a little more sun, but it always pulled through. Unfortunately, I think I watered it too much this time. And because it is cold, there is no warm sun to set it in to try and dry out the dirt. I thought about re-potting it, but I haven't gotten to the store to buy dirt, and the stuff we do have is frozen. Even though it is cold, I set the plant in front of the sliding glass door in hopes of it helping. When that didn't work, I set it next to the fireplace, hoping to dry the soil without burning the leaves. Still nothing. My plant is dead.

Do you think it has hope???

You may say its just a plant, but it held a connection to my baby. So now I have a dead plant sitting in my living room that I keep telling everyone that its still alive and will perk up. I'm going to have to come to terms soon and toss it, but I just can't quite bring myself to do it. I lost my baby, and now I have lost my plant.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Growling

You know how I said in my last post that LL doesn't baby talk? Case in point:


Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Halloween Fun

A typical Montana Halloween includes freezing cold weather. We have to plan our costumes around snow suits, and keep the car running so we can take breaks between houses to warm up. This year has been unusually warm though. So warm in fact that Miss L only had to wear 2 shirts, a fleece jacket, tights, and sweats under her costume to be able to go trick or treating! I was loving being able to comfortably walk around too without shivering uncontrollably.

We got to get a little more use out of our costumes this year too. K had a school carnival, so the kids all dressed up for that, then he had a party at school so he got to wear his costume there, and of course Halloween night we went trick or treating.

The girls have been battling colds, but like I said, it has been really nice and warm here, so we were able to take them out for a bit. LL just hung out in the carrier with me, but K and Miss L had so much fun. And they all looked adorable!

Here they are the night of the carnival.

K as Dracula

Miss L as a Dopadah (her word for princess)

Our little monster LL (the best part... she growls. No baby babbling here, just straight up growling)