I know. It's Thursday night. I totally forgot what day it was and that I try to post on Thursdays. I blame pregnancy brain. When I was pregnant with Caleb I would forget something, and everyone would say "Oh that's just pregnancy brain". I'd usually say.... "No I'm ALWAYS like this" but then I started taking advantage of it. You know, same as going to the bathroom all the time. I've gone to the bathroom ALL THE TIME my whole life, but I thought being pregnant would be the PERFECT excuse to go a lot. Before it was just weird "You have to go again??" someone might ask, but when I was pregnant people were much more understanding. Although, I also thought when I was pregnant I wouldn't have to go even more than normal (I didn't think it was possible) unfortunately, I was wrong. A person CAN go every 10 minutes. Anyway, back to pregnancy brain. I actually am starting to believe it's a thing. I forget EVERYTHING lately, and it's super frustrating. I have always been forgetful, but lately it's been ridiculous. I am starting to wonder what getting older is going to be like when I'm already having significant memory issues. Oh well, I hope to have a lot of kids, and hopefully one of them will take care of me ... or they can trade off if I'm too difficult .... or Ben can until he's too old.
So, how am I doing while Ben is away? Glad you asked! Better than expected. On Tuesday my parents and I took the kiddos to the beach. I figured if there were 3 adults to 2 kids, we'd be good.
This is what the beach looks like when you go on a cloudy and windy morning..... empty! Now, I know I didn't get down by the water, but there was pretty much nobody there (the people you do see are my parents if you're wondering). We were a little worried when we exited the car and almost blew away, but the wind died down pretty quickly. Before we left, I was picturing our beach trip turning sour when I thought Caleb would get sunscreen in his eye and then wipe his sandy hand on it while squinting in the bright sun.... oh, combined with crying from the sand being too hot. BUT, when it's cooler and cloudy, you have WAY less issues.
My dad walked Grace all over the place, and she even fell asleep. She has SUCH an awesome grandpa. (he walked with her twice for a loooong time each time) He even rescued the sandal she took off!
And here's Caleb enjoying playing in the sand. I tried to build a sand castle, but every time I would put a piece up, he would knock it over...... Oh, and now you can see how empty it was. Although, it did get sunny as the day went on, and more people showed up around lunch time... apparently their children don't nap =)
And, one day this week I found out Gracie looooooooves the water! She's so stinkin sweet I can't even handle it!!
Caleb is terrified of the water...well, of swimming. So, I'm debating my options to break him of this phobia since being afraid of swimming is just not ok. Basically, he likes getting his feet and legs wet and will dump buckets on himself, but going into water is apparently terrifying. Do I take him to a pool and just go for it and he'll snap out of it and think, "OH, this is SO fun!" OR, will that make it worse? Do I wait until next year? Will waiting until next year make him scared forever?! Do I give him swimming lessons and let the lifeguard deal with his meltdown!? Do I push him in a pool on "accident" ??
I JUST DON'T KNOW. (ok, I know the last one isn't a good idea....)
Please advise,
Melanie =)
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