bumps in the road

The pictures and video (below) are from yesterday. Before Monday morning went wrong.

brothers at play

bread baking party in the kitchen

caleb loves helping daddy in the kitchen

okay friends, i hope you don't mind, but i'm going to vent a little.
first off, i was so excited about my educational endeavors that i lost a little bit of sleep over it. i just couldn't wait to pull out my ocean themed sensory tub! i just couldn't wait to read some fun ocean books and sing some great ocean songs. Monday morning i was practically jumping out of bed with excitement (well...not really, still rolled out all sleepy eyed and groggily went in the shower) but anyway. here's what i learned, sometimes our best intentions can and do go all wrong!. haha. i should be laughing, but i'm not yet. i'm still trying to get over it.
we read a couple special ocean books (caleb was interested, somewhat) here and there. as much as a two year can be....
and he got all excited about that ocean sensory tub..but, things went wrong. even with the best supervision, and (gladly lucas was sleeping!) i somehow ended up with a broken tub and a bruised tooth. yes, i'm glad my tooth didn't fall out, cause i thought it might. and i hope it doesn't turn brown (i once had a grey tooth as a little girl, and it was a baby tooth so it fell out, i don't have anymore baby teeth....have you seen that blue shield commerical? the one where the man says...soo i lost my front tooth the other day? okay, well it is hilarious. and i felt like that man this morning.) i don't want to go into the gory details, but basically, a little two year old of mine (before mom even had time to blink) threw that pretty blue crystal rock in my direction; and it ended up smacking my tooth. real. hard. our little lesson ended in tears (on my end) a lot of you.hurt. mommy. ow. that makes me soooo sad! insert (real tears here). mama is going to go get some space before she blows up! and she'll be back in a minute. we do not throw things at mommy! i think i'll still stick to our 'ocean' themed age appropriate toys from now on....my little two year old is not quite ready yet (even with close supervision) the damage has been done (and more damage than just my poor little tooth). i'll stick to books, songs, and coloring pages, and gonna save those pretty stones for a way later date....or at least until my ego and tooth recover. i'm left feeling a little disappointed. and i'm thinking maybe my expectations were a little too high. maybe i was trying to do things more my way. and i should make sure i remember who i'm working with here, just a two year old! books, songs, water, and toys that can't hurt mommy are what we'll be doing for awhile now....

i also was disappointed with last night's dinner (that i may or may not have slaved over) and not sure i feel up to slaving some more tonight.

now hubby on the other hand, made delicious homemade bread. and delicious homemade oatmeal cookies. all before naptime (in a half hour) easy peasy. yesterday. he makes baking and cooking look so easy. he even created his own pasta dinner concoction on saturday night. i keep telling him he should open up his own restaurant. so it is a good thing one of us can cook (and obviously, i'm not talking about me here!).

i'm going to go bury myself in a big hole haha. i kid. but seriously. what a way to start a monday huh?!

oh yes, and here is that video i was talking about. depending on how things go, i may be the next one on it...
 http://youtu.be/Ke0Q5v0URTw

    big brother likes to watch little brother "hello lucas gregory giles" he says. lucas responds with a coo and a smile.

       good morning happy baby boy.

naps for all this afternoon <3

Hello Monday.