Random Sunday – Packing, Shopping and Peekaboo

We’re packing right now for an upcoming vacation.  It’s the first time I've had to pack for more than a long weekend with my son.  I have to say, I can’t believe how much stuff is needed to take him with us!  I think he is going to end up taking up more room in my suitcase than I am.  And he’s only 21 months old!  The best part is that we’re going to buy some diapers once we get there so I don’t have hardly any diapers in the suitcase.  I can’t blame his space on that.  And I can’t even find anything that I figure I've over-packed on for him, so I don’t know that I can pare down what I have any.  Oh well.  What do ya do?

I also have to say I HATE shopping with my husband some times.  Other times he’s great.  This shopping for shorts (to go on vacation with) is about driving me nuts.  We've been to like 5 different stores.  None of the shorts we've found so far are good enough.  They’re missing pockets.  Or the pockets aren't right.  Or they’re not denim.  Or they don’t have his size.  That last one is the only decent issue on the list, to me.  Now, don’t get me wrong.  I understand wanting certain things in your clothes.  But, at what point do you give in and get the next best thing because what you want just doesn't exist?

I was sitting on my bathroom floor giving my son a bath tonight.  We have a corner garden tub so the walls of the tub are fairly high.  Tonight my son discovered he can play peekaboo by leaning down so he can’t see me anymore and then sitting up and going “Hi!”.  Then he’d laugh and do it again.  I couldn't help but laugh with him.  It was so funny.  Definitely a bright spot to my day.

Random Sunday - Hiatus, Worms and Vacation

Yes!  I’m back!  I know I've been on quite the hiatus these last few months.  In my defense, I've still been working on Grad School – which got rather intense there for a while, my son is turning into a VERY busy toddler, and I had a couple family emergency issues.  That’s on top of the mess things turned into at work for a few weeks.  But, I think the dust has settled and things are calming down, at least a little.  So, I’m hoping to get back in the habit of writing some each week.

Now that it’s spring (sort of) here in MN, my son has been playing outside quite a bit more.  He’s discovered worms.  What’s funny is that he likes finding the worms.  But he won’t touch them.  He doesn't really even want anyone else to touch them.  But he loves to find them.  He keeps looking for them just about every time we go out right now.

I am so looking forward to my vacation coming up.  With everything that’s been going on over the last few months, I need it.  And, considering the last real vacation I was on was before I was pregnant with my son – I’m well overdue.  Maternity leaves and layoff time does not count as vacation.  This vacation will certainly be an interesting one, too.  There will be four generations all together along.  My grandparents are going, as is my son.  I think I may need Family Circus uniforms made for this.  Regardless of what else happens, it will be interesting.