My 3 year old is full of funny statements-as most are at this age. I have to say, I'm often very proud of my little guy when people give him something like food, drinks, or a toy. He almost always says thank you-or no thank you for that matter.
But for whatever reason, when we go somewhere-like to someone's pool for a swim; when we are leaving and he's asked to say thank you (for swimming in their pool) he won't. And it's a fight to get him to say it. Most likely it's because-when he get's a physical item he knows he's expected to say thank you, or no thank you. However, when it's an activity, he's not quite there yet to understand that is also what he expected to say.
So on the way home from an afternoon of swimming, I was explaining this concept to him, and he said the best thing a mom could ever hope for... "Ok mom, I'll try my best."
And I wanted to freeze time, because-that's all every mom ever hopes for, is their child's best... and just when did he stop being my little boy and start growing up.
To those of you with newborns who are wishing the sleepless nights and endless hours of rocking your baby away... it goes by so quickly... one day we'll wish for an opportunity to come back to this time, when they were little and still needed us (and wanted us for that matter.)
1) The Researcher/teacher: The one who is used to having control in all situations and whatever she says is right because she's researched it...on the internet. And she tells us all about how this is the way to go... because the internet said so. NOTE: this person does NOT have to be a teacher in real life.
2) The Grammar Police: This person can also be a grammar freak, and will point out people's horrible usage of the English language-EVERYTIME. And you're doing it right now to this "poorly" written article.
2) Ms. Popular: This is the person who everyone likes, and let's face it, we all want to be her-a little bit... sometimes. Her shit doesn't stink, I swear... She could bottle it up and sell it to us and we'd buy it-she accepts paypal right? She usually has a large following of moms and she could say something really offensive and people would just smile and nod. And we all hate her just a little bit.
3) Woe is me: Everything that could ever go wrong in this person's life, has, and she'll tell you about it and why she's got an messed up life, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
4) The Single mom: Love this woman. Much respect to you.
5) The Whore: The one who goes out and has an affair instead of talking to their husband. And then bitches about the lack of intimacy in their life. Again no judgement. Maybe he really is a lying, cheating, douchebag, I don't know.
6) The Shit Disturber: This person will just post hot topics to provoke people, they WILL add drama to the board. They like it. They will start the drama. They'll also likely piss you off. Unless you are this person.
7) The one with the cutest baby: Yah, the one that posts a billion pictures of the same photo, just in different angles? We get it, your baby is the cutest baby alive. Now stop it.
8 ) The one Upper: The one whose baby will always meet their milestone first-you could have a 10 year old and this person's 2 month old would still beat them. Kind of like Penelope from SNL...that is better than everyone at everything. Stop it. I've yet to meet a child who could not roll over at 5 years old. Babies will get there, in their own time.
9) The attacker: This person lives to makes people's lives hell because they 
Balls! Today is a day that has called for alcohol. Moms of two, and more... amaze me. After todays fiasco with our cat (that's another blog post in and of itself about tantrums), we went to a crowded pool (one for kids) with my two kiddos and another moms two kids (3.5 and 1).... she saved me from my 3.5 year old... took them both in the water and entertained them.
I get beyond stressed with my oldest in social situations because he hasn't learned to defend himself (not from lack of trying) and cries when another kid is a kid and takes away what he's playing with. So I was stressed trying to defend him, advocate for him and let him fend for himself while baby wearing... in 35 degree (95 degrees for you Fahrenheit people) weather. I also felt bad I couldn't just play with my oldest in the water (I LOVE water) and was so grateful to my mom friend... she truly rocks.
One thing friends... MOM it forward. If you see another mom struggling... offer help in a non judgmental way. We all appreciate the gesture, even if we don't take the help.
I rarely read forwards because, lets face it... they mostly suck and get you to send it to X number of "blah blah blah" or "blah blah blah" will happen. But not this one, so I thought I'd post it before it went viral.
I learned quite a few things from it and I hope you do too!
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
(I didn't know that!)
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mould.
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelettes rich add a couple of spoonful's Of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed.
Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies.
Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic,
And at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert.
Simply chop them up with the food chopper.
Peel, core and slice a few apples.
Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped
Candy bars over the apples.
Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!!
Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove,
Set heat to med-low and heat till warm.
This keeps the crust crispy.
No soggy micro pizza.
I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag.
Seal, mash till they are all broken up.
Add remainder of ingredients, reseal,
Keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly,
Cut the tip of the baggy,
Squeeze mixture into egg.
Just throw bag away when done -
Easy clean up!
Expanding Frosting 
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store,
Whip it with your mixer for a few minutes.
You can double it in size.
You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount.
You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread 
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated,
Place them in a microwave with a cup of water.
The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper keeps weeds away 
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil.
Wet some newspapers.
Put layers around the plants overlapping as you go,
Cover with mulch and forget about weeds.
Weeds will get through some gardening plastic,
They will not get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass 
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip
To pick up the small shards of glass
You can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away ! 
To keep squirrels from eating your plants,
Sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and
The squirrels won't come near it.
(Wonder if this works with rabbits?)
Yes it works with bunnies and raccoons too.
Flexible vacuum 
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge,
Add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum.
It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and
You will not have a clingy skirt or dress.
Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place pin in seam of slacks and ...
TA DA! ... Static is gone.
Measuring Cups 
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup,
Fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup.
Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter,
And watch how easily it comes right out.
Foggy Windshield? 
Hate foggy windshields?
Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car.
When the windows fog, rub with the eraser!
Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelopes 
If you seal an envelope and then realize
you forgot to include something inside,
just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two.
Viola!
It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs.
It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth.
It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought
but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass,
fill it 1/2 inch with Apple Cider Vinegar and
2 drops of dish washing liquid;
mix well.
You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants.
They eat it, take it 'home', can't digest it so it kills them.
It may take a week or so, especially if it rains,
but it works and you don't have the worry about pets
or small children being harmed!
(This I will definitely try!!!)
INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS 
The heating unit went out on my dryer!
The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that
he wanted to show us something, and he went over to the dryer
and pulled out the lint filter.
It was clean.
(I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.)
He told us that he wanted to show us something else;
he took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it.
I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.
The lint filter is made of a mesh material.
Well ..the hot water just sat on top of the mesh!
It didn't go through it at all!
He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh and
that's what burns out the heating unit.
You can't SEE the film, but it's there.
It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free ...
that nice fragrance too.
You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box ....
well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen.
This is also what causes dryer units to potentially
burn your house down with it!
He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very longtime
(and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and
wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush
(or other brush) at least every six months.
He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!
How about that!?!
Learn something new everyday!
I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that.
So, I thought I'd share!
Note:
I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it.
The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water
in the mesh screen.
I washed it with warm soapy water and a nylon brush.
I had it done in 30 seconds.
Then when I rinsed it .. the water ran right thru the screen!
There wasn't any puddling at all!
That repairman knew what he was talking about!
I have been absent forever! I thought i would share with the lovely people online my journey when i discovered my baby was sitting breech at 32 weeks.
My two previous midwife appointments pegged baby with "head down" presentation, so I was surprised when my main midwife told me, "I think he's breech." I dismissed her, thinking she was crazy-but later found out she was VERY correct.
The day after my appointment I had a 3D ultrasound and found out indeed he was presenting breech-frank breech to be exact. I was discouraged but not panicked-not at this point.
So I was taking a hypnobirthing class at the time and the instructor suggested I see a certain chiropractor who has an impeccable journey in turning breech babies... and so my journey in chiropractor adjustments 3 times a week and acupuncture began.
To be continued....
