Construction

Right across the street from our daycare they have torn down a building.
For some time trucks came every day to take away the construction waste until the area was clean again. Now they want to build something new there.
The construction area is right at our streetcar stop and this morning when Ace and I got out, I could see that they were going to dig a hole for a foundation.

I stopped at the fence to show Ace the machines. I pointed to the excavators and excavators with grabs and explained to him what they are and what they are doing.

In the past Ace has not been very impressed when I did something like that.
He could not have cared less.

This morning was different though. He looked interested in what was going on and listened to my explanations. When I pointed to the machines he got all excited. He clapped his little hands and even made a "comment" about things in his baby babbling. It was adorable.

That totally made my morning.

Humor me

Okay, a few words to explain things: I tend to have a strange humor.
It happens fairly often that I see and hear something and find it really funny.. or even that hilarious that I am still chuckling out of the blue days later when I think about it again... but people don't necessarily share that kind of humor with me, so maybe you won't find the following not funny at all.

So last night in the streetcar I overheard a random conversation between 3 teenagers (one boy, two girls) while I was on my way home.

Boy: Cypress Hill is coming! I got a ticket for just $24.

Girl 1: Wow!

Girl 2: Who cares?! Cypress Hill sounds like an alien on crack!


I love public transportation.. the things you hear and see there.. :-D

Sid the Science Kid

We don't want Ace to watch too much TV. But making sure that he doesn't, is actually an easy task (for now) since he is not that much into it anyways. A couple of shows he enjoys watching though, like Barney or the occasional Sesame Street.
But there is one show he really loves: Sid the Science Kid.
And I have to say that we certainly don't mind him watching that because this show is just awesome.

For those of you who don't know it:

The main character is Sid, a five-year-old boy, who wants to be a scientist when he grows up.
He wants to know everything about everything and with the help of his family, friends and his teacher he finds the answers to questions kids have about how things work and why they are a certain way.

This show is entertaining and educational and I just love not only how (scientific) things are explained, but also how the different characters interact with each other.
It is just wonderfully written in my opinion.
I am sure Ace enjoys the colors and the singing and dancing in every episode more than anything else at the moment, but it still makes me smile a lot when I see how my so active baby boy gets all quiet when we turn it on. He just sits there on the couch, very focused on what Sid has to say.

It is adorable.

We are now thinking of getting him the Sid doll for his birthday. ;-)

Mommy Modification

When I became pregnant, I knew everything would change: My life and my body.
I read a lot and talked to people who wanted to prepare me.

In the end:
I knew I would get bigger because of the growing baby inside of me and I knew that might cause me to get stretchmarks.
I knew pregnancy in general can leave you behind with wider hips and even a total different body shape.
I knew breastfeeding could be a hard job since it is a skill that needs to be learned.
I knew I had to expect sleepless nights from teething or just because..
Well, there are so many more things I could list here...

So now, 10 months later, I look at those things and hey, I guess I can't complain.
I did not get any stretchmarks.
I lost all the baby weight and 10 pounds more and I easily fit in my pre-pregnancy clothes.
Breastfeeding came to us naturally. It worked from day 1.
I have learned to run on 3 hour of broken up sleep if needed and still be able to function at work the next day.

There are couple of things that are still on my mind though.

What I am wondering is why people did not tell me about things like mommy brain.
I now have to write everything down or I will forget it. And I mean: Everything.
I guess, they probably forgot it. Lol

And what I am truly not understanding is why nature did not give us moms a third arm.
I mean since I had Ace I am able to multi-task somewhat. ME! I can now breastfeed, surf the internet and have a conversation at the same time. Or feed the baby, clean and talk. Nature enhanced me with a new skill I never had before. Why not throwing in a third arm that would grow during the pregnancy and complement that? Heaven knows, I could use it!