Beauty and Body

I finally went and got my hair cut last week. I was so tired of it just hanging there, all lank and boring all the time. I got it cut to just below my shoulders, with some chin-length layers. It feels lighter and more summery, and looks cute too. Whenever I am stressed out and feel like I have no control over my life, I cut my hair. Whether it turns out nicely or not, at least I can tell myself that it was a decision that I made and I was able to do something about it. Yea me!

I also went to the dentist for the first time in (pause for dramatic effect)... ten years! Yikes! I know, I know, how awful of me to put it off for that long. The dentist found all sorts of things wrong, and now I'll be going back next week to get one of my wisdom teeth pulled. I don't know if I can spare any wisdom. I'm feeling pretty low on smarts as it is!
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day and one of my spring break days. I decided to take a day for myself, so I took Stirling to daycare and layed out by the pool. Alas, I now have my first sunburn of the summer, and hopefully the worst I'll have in a while. This one is a doozy! I burned part of my chest and shoulders and stomach where I must have missed with the sunblock, and really burned the back of my legs, and my back where I forgot to put sunblock the second time I applied. Needless to say, I am pretty uncomfortable right now! I have been slathering on the aloe. Stirling tells me "mama owie tummy" whenever he sees the sunburn! No joke!

Rainy Day

The weather so far in 2010 has been very unusual. Generally, whatever rain we get here in Yuma happens during "monsoon season" in the summer months. This past summer was a little drier than usual and the rains finally arrived in January this year. We had a few days at the end of January that were so torrentially rainy that schools were closed due to flash flood warnings and becuase busses couldn't get through to some areas. We had another really rainy, stormy day this past weekend. I took Stirling outside to play in the puddles in the morning when there was a break in the downpour. He had fun splashing around and ended up soaked up to his knees. That afternoon I couldn't believe that he and RJ both slept throught the huge thunderstorm that passed right over us. It was so loud it was making me jump!

Birthday!

Tuesday was RJ's birthday. He took Tuesday and Wednesday off so he could have some down time to himself, and celebrate with a drive in the desert and some movie watching. Unfortunately, Stirling got sick and RJ spent his long weekend taking Stirling to the doctor and hanging out at home. Stirling has had a fever on and off for a week now, with a few of those days being all day long fevers over 101 degrees. I had to take Friday off to stay home with him as well.
Anyway, despite all the changes in his plans, we were still able to have a quiet little celebration for RJ. I made a cake with RJ's favorite springtime sweet- Peeps! The cake is supposed to look like a sunflower, with the Peeps as petals, and concentric circles of chocolate chips for the seeds. It turned out pretty well. Stirling helped RJ open his presents, and we ordered pizza for dinner.

Some people are just irritating

We had an interesting afternoon. We got home from work and one of Stirling's toddler friends was out playing with the older neighbor kids. We stopped to play, and as soon as I let the kids use Stirling's toys, all heck broke loose. These two older kids don't have many toys, and when they play with ours they get greedy and wild. Anyway, they were pushing our little friend Nathan on the ride-on dump truck and were too rough and ran over his toes his foot got pretty scraped up and started bleeding. After I told them several times that they were too big to be on our toys, they started playing with the T-ball set. The little girl wasn't watching and blasted Stirling right in the lip with the bat. It took a pretty big chunk out of his lip and he started screaming. It bled for over 30 minutes even with Stirling eating popsicles the whole time. I almost took him to the urgent care. While I was holding Stirling with a bloody lip, the kids started pushing Nathan on the dump truck again, this time at full running speed and pushing him down the sidewalk. So there was this little one year old careening along on a dump truck faster than the moms could run. My heart just about leapt out of my chest. Nathan's mom Felicia and I aren't thrilled about having these kids around. Especially since their dad was standing there the whole time not saying much of anything, just kicking our ball around and talking on his cell phone. I discipline kids all day, and I really don't want to do it when I get home. I was irritated. I know accidents happen when kids are playing, but this dad never corrects his children or follows through on his threats. I am still irritated.

Baseball!

Stirling is really enjoying his T-ball set. When he gets a good hit, he hits the bat on the ground and says, "oh yea." He also love playing with the neighbor kids whenever they are outside. We've got a couple of toddlers just about his age and a few older kids he likes to follow around. They played outside kicking and throwing the balls around earlier tonight.

Bet

Well, since U of Arizona lost to WSU in basketball yesterday, I am posting pictures... hmmmm, interesting that the bet between RJ and his dad has me doing the work. And would I have seen any of the winnings had it been the other way around...!?!!??? Well, it is good excuse to update my blog, and post photos of Stirling that are cute, but didn't go with an event or occasion. So, with no further ado... here is the payment for our sports bet!

Stirling is just at the cutest age. He is really fun to take to the playground now. He climbs all over the place and enjoys most of the slides. We've taken him to the fancy castle playground a few times now and it is so much fun, even for me. Stirling runs around giggling much of the time! He very nicely asks for a "han" if he needs help getting up or down.








I love listening to him talk. For the past few weeks he has been identifying Santa everywhere we go, and the Christmas lights on the tree are "pitty." This morning I gave him some sweet Amish bread for breakfast and with every bite he says, "mmmm, teat." To him this is a special treat and he has to check with me to make sure it is ok to eat it for breakfast! Another thing I just love is when we sneeze, Stirling has learned to say, "bess you."