The Grunter....

This is one of the funniest videos ever!  I know it's our kid and therefore we are biased, but it might be 'You Tube' worthy! 

And....no....Luke is not going to the bathroom.  This is just what he does in his spare time!  

Breakthrough....

Finally.  Luke is catching on to the 'sleeping through the night' idea!  Luke and Olivia are very different kids.  But, Olivia did like to sleep!  She caught on to the concept early.  So, I couldn't help but think #2 might go down the same path. 

Luke though....he likes to smile, laugh and giggle at 3am.  There could be worse things.  But, mama likes her sleep! 

This week was different.  For the most part, he now goes down at 7:30pm, sleeps until 5:30am, eats and goes back to sleep until 7am or so.  I will not complain about that schedule.  For now. 

However, one night last week, he slept from 7:30pm until 7am!!!  On a week night!  That meant I went to work rested! 

We put Luke to sleep in a 'sleep sack'.  The wearable blankets due to the whole SIDS thing.  We were a bit behind on the laundry and due to reasons I will not share with you (i.e. baby stuff) he couldn't wear the two we have.  So, I went searching for one from Olivia's baby days. 

This is the only one I could find.  And, he slept 11 1/2 hours.  I'm convinced he was channeling Olivia.  Just don't show him this when he's 16.  What he doesn't know, won't hurt him. 

Lord....Help Me

I am SO.....not ready for this.  Thank goodness, I have a few years ahead of me to toughen up my skin.  Or to find the best lock made by mankind. 

I'm sitting in a restaurant innocently having lunch and minding my own business.  Next to me are 3 rather innocent looking high school girls.  Who are secretly plotting their plans to 'pass one over' on the 'ol parents and sneak out, go to a party they shouldn't be at or all of the above along those lines!!! 

Now, Mom & Dad...if you are reading this, I know you are saying, 'what the heck is this girl complaining about!  We went through the same hell when we found out she stayed out all night at a party down the street when she told us she was spending the night at her friend's house.'  Paybacks is probably the word entering your head.  And, I was a 'good' kid.  I would like to think.

I also just overheard that these girls go to a private school near us that happens to cost $30k a year.  If you pay that absurd amount of money, shouldn't your kids behave!!  These girls are plotting how to get some kind of 'key' from one of the dads.  But, pondering how suspicious it will be if she asks for it.  Making comments joking around about how it will be the worst moment for their parents if they 'get arrested' and their parents have to answer that call you dread coming from the cops.  They are talking about having 'Nick' drive them around.  Should I tell themt that 'Nick' doesn't really have their best interest in mind??  :)  The amount of drop-offs required to make this plan successful is unbelievable.  Does more work = more fun? 

What are these girls thinking?  Do they think anything good is going to come of this?? 

I know, I know....we've all been here.  We all survived and our parents only had minor heart attacks along the way.  There is a BIG difference between raising girls and boys.  My boy is only 5 mos old and I already have this one figured out.  Olivia is going to be chained up or I'll find some way to stick a surveillance camera around her neck. DeeDee - glad you signed up for that 'tween' class.  You can coach the rest of us on raising girls post-millennium!! 

My stomach is in knots already......ugh! 

What do you get.....

When you have an island 21 miles x 1 mile, with 65k people and nowhere to go??  A bunch of couped up people ready to party!! 

I'm in Bermuda this week on a trip.  For the most part, it's been typical business.  However, in the last few minutes of our meeting today, 'customer' said that they had 2 extra tickets to an ABBA concert and wanted to know if me and 'employee' wanted to go.  The concert, after all, was in our hotel.  Who knew??  It certainly wasn't advertised when we checked in yesterday. 

Apparently, it's 'BermudaFest'.  Another thing I was unaware of.  Hmmm.  I have to say there was some hesitation from our side.  So, we went to dinner and decided at the last minute to show up an hour late to the concert. 

Wow!  I am SO glad I did not miss this.  For one, you cannot, no matter how hard you try, stay relaxed, serious, mad, sad, bored, enter-your-word-here, at an ABBA concert.  They are just ALL 'happy' songs!  Second, this was a true Swedish cover band that has been together for 16 years singing ABBA songs.  I felt like I was watching them live had I been over age 15 when they were around.  Third - unbeknownst to us...again.....Mike Watson, an original ABBA member and bassist was in the band.  As a special guest.  funny. 

And...last, but certainly not least....I got to experience what Bermudians do.  Because they are couped up on an island.  Did i mention this earlier??  I swear, there were people ranging from 6-90 in the audience.  And, they were all clapping, swaying, dancing, and singing.  It was hilarious.  All of them, that is, except the grumpy, grouchy 90 yr old man sitting on the middle aisle of the 3rd row that grumpily asked the happy-audience dancers to sit down mid-show because he could no longer see the pretty ladies singing on the stage.  By the end of the show, he lost his battle.  There were dozens of people dancing in the aisle and in front of the stage.  And, his grumpiness was a lost cause. 

So, that is how I spent my evening.  At an ABBA concert.  Far away from any other civilization.  With half the population of Bermuda (ok, maybe only a very small percentage) and a lot of Dancing Queens.....

This one's for you Jules!!!!!  And if you know Jules, you know exactly what I'm talking about!!!  Love and miss you!  Could not help but think about you tonight.