Darn it, blogger. What are you doing, switching your format? (Who am I kidding, I didn't know how to work the old version very well...why should this be any different??) :) Anyway, yup, this post is coming to you at 3:45 am. Grady has been UP since 2:30. It's warm upstairs, he's been sleeping well lately, and I had a feeling that this night was coming. My kids are generally really good about going to sleep, and both sleep 7 am to 7 pmish. However, when they aren't that tired, they don't seem to the normal thing of not fall asleep right away. No, they both tend to fall asleep at their normal time but then wake up in the middle of the night ready to go! So...I am finding myself with some time on my hands. (He's actually eating cereal and watching a Veggie Tales movie right now. Happy as a clam. But now I can't sleep, so here we are.)
Tomorrow is Miss Kingsley's 2nd birthday. Can anyone else believe that time has gone by so fast?! I sure can't. That little girl is getting smarter and sweeter every day. (That's not just my biased opinion either...she really is.) :) She speaks in full sentences and we can understand her almost all of the time. She and Grady are getting along so well, able to play and entertain each other for hours. I can almost put her hair up in a pony tail. (Well, I can, but it is out on all side about 10 seconds later.) :) Kingsley loves her B's (her stuffed bears..yes, we bought two because I don't think she could sleep without it), babies, wearing my shoes, playing with Grady, coloring, reading, bath time, and playing outside.
Tomorrow's plans include going to the local inflatable house for the kids to play for awhile, then out to dinner. (Kingsley's fave spot...Wendy's! Though Subway is a close second. So we'll ask her tomorrow), then finally brownie sundaes at home with the grandparents. Her gift? We were kicking around the idea of getting her a kitty. After much discussion...and me even putting a wanted ad on Craig's List, we decided to go with a FurReal FAKE kitty instead. :-D I will get her a cat someday...she's obsessed. Maybe....maybe....maybe even a dog. (Liz, if you are reading this, I just read your post about your new dog. Less likely now.) :) They just sound like so much work! Maybe I'll feel differently when I'm not still dealing with my kid's poop...I'll feel like I can take care of something else too. :) Anyway, we decided to wait until she would appreciate it more...maybe Christmas or her 3rd birthday. We'll see.
I am planning on playing dress up with her tomorrow. I'll post pictures. :)
Updates on my running...is has been going great! I can't remember if I have blogged about my plans yet, but so far I have signed up for a 10k (my original goal--Park to Park) and a 20k (12.4 miles...Dam to Dam). I just decided to switch the 10k registration to a half marathon.....and I'm going to add another long race to the mix as well. (Des Moines Half? Maybe Living History Day Farms race?) I am trying to get my brother on board with running something with me. He's open, so long as it's not a super hot day. (DSM half is in October and Living History Days is November.) It's so fun to have something to work for that's just for me and not kid, school, house, or hubs related. (Not that those things aren't great, but this is just for me!) And it's fun to do things that you never thought you would be able to do and have people be in awe of you a little bit. What can I say? I'm kind of a big deal. :)
Ok. For real. Back to bed so I'm conscious for Kings' 2nd bday. (I still say Mom's should get a present every kid birthday. They did the work! The kid was just born!) :) I guess that's what Mother's Day is for....in some households. ;)
Night!
