Routine

There's not a whole lot going on at the Dunham house right now. Just normal, routine stuff. I can't say that this bothers me, it's actually really nice being "bored." The only thing that could possibly be "boring" is how much of a stinker my 2 year old is--and I believe I am finally coming to terms with that. I can't wait to see what Anna's like in another few years. I'm betting, if nothing else, she will be a "free spirit."
We finally got the child a dresser for her room. The first night she shut her arm in one of the drawers and couldn't get it out. The second night she threw her clothes all over the place. I made the mistake of laughing about it (sound familiar, Deborah?), so she proceeded to do it every night for a week before I finally gave up and put them back in the closet where they were before. I did manage to get a picture one night when I went to check on her before I went to bed (below). As you can see, she wreaked some havoc, then fell asleep right in the middle of her destruction. Notice how she has her favorite pair of shoes on. I have taught my young grasshopper well.














So, without her clothes to occupy her during bedtime, she has taken to using her PB chair as a fort---only to fall asleep under it where I found her as I went to bed later on.

What a piece of work! I wouldn't have it any other way (okay, maybe sometimes I would).

"Well
behaved" children are so boring, and a "perfect" life is so one-dimensional (not to mention, unattainable). I love the life that I have, and I am so grateful for it--chaos and all.

Speaking of chaos, I have started potty-training Anna again. She's doing pretty well, but I must admit, my heart is not in it. Her doc recommended that I start now while it's summer. *sigh* She was walking around yesterday holding her bum because it was so numb from sitting on the potty so much. She pees and poos in it fine if I pump her full of fluids and "recognize the signs," and she doesn't seem to "regress," I just think she is totally ambivalent about it in general. When I praise and encourage her, she doesn't seem to care at all. Oh, well.

This pic is mostly for my in-laws. Steven and I were Wii bowling the other night and noticed that all our Miis that we created were sitting together in the bowling alley. Ha, Ha! Steven was the one who told me to put the picture on here. Starting from the left is Deborah, Chuck, me, and Steven.