The simple answer is because I don't have time. The real answer is different from that. I can say that it's because nothing is new, but that's not true either. I have 2 little boys, and every day is new and different and exciting for us 3. And for Mommy too, I think, but I can't really speak for her. It would be pretty cool if I could talk her into keeping a blog also and explaining her side of things. But I digress.
The truth is that I don't do it because that would require effort and discipline and it would seem too much like work. I have no intention is adding to my workload, so this will have to remain an on-again-off-again guilty pleasure. And really, that's the only kind of pleasure worth having.
So it's been a month since I last wrote a post. It sure doesn't seem as though it's been that long. What's new? Monkey #2 has rolled over a few times, but he hasn't done much more than that. He sits up fairly well, but not well enough to do it alone for long periods of time or to pull himself up to it. And when he flops down, he flops down hard.
Monkey #1's vocabulary continues to grow. The phrases have become sentences, and he can carry on a conversation when he feels up to it. Sure, mostly it's about what the WonderPets have been up to, but it's a conversation anyway. He's gotten into trains and dinosaurs now, but the big semi's on the road still excite him. Yes, even though we see them everyday, on every drive no matter what, they still get him all riled up ("Dada! Dada! Big truck! The big truck is red!"). Today he started singing Twinkle Twinkle little star on his own. That's the first time. Usually he asks us to sign songs for him, and even when he knows the song he won't join in, but this time he decided it was up to him to liven things up. He also decided that he wanted a haircut today after watching me get mine cut. That's not the surprising part, though. The surprise was that he suffered through it patiently until it was all done. He still can't read, but he's learning a few words. He can recognize his name, so we've got a start. Speaking of starts. . .
I started Monkey #1 on cloth diapers some of the time. I only bought the equivalent of 4 diapers, so that's only enough for part of one day anyway, but at least it's a start. It's not as if they're going to save us any money though. The darn things were so expensive. Sure, it's a one time purchase, but I could have bought more than 500 good disposables for that much money. Well, 496 more changes to go and I'll get my money's worth!
There is one thing that I really miss from before the children came into play. Reading real books. Now, all I read is Dr. Seuss. I can't remember what the last book I read was, and the book I'm reading now is taking weeks to finish. And it's not as if were anything complex, it's not Tolstoy or Kierkegaard (not that I'd read Kierkegaard for fun anyway!) It's just a run-of-the-mill novel, and I just can't seem to get enough time to read it, other than when I'm brushing my teeth.
Which I should go do right about now.
