Month: September 2012

So yesterday was the Jewish New Year and we had a doozy of a day. The kids didn’t have school yesterday, so I arranged for Vince to have a playdate, Se Hyun was on Edda duty for most of the day while I worked upstairs. Se Hyun took Edda to the park and Edda cried the whole time, then the two came home and I could hear Edda crying on and off for the next few hours while I raced through my day’s work. I relieved Se Hyun at 3:30pm when I emailed in my last patent for the day and then Edda cried for me for three hours while I held her closely in her bed trying to get her to take a nap. Then took her downstairs and buckled her into a chair in front of the TV so I could get dinner going without having her follow me around the house crying and putting her hands onto the hot stove – grilled ham and cheese and broccoli. She cried a lot of the time. Then Jeremy came home and we served dinner and Edda cried some more. Jeremy and Vince went out to a cub scout meeting and Se Hyun helped clean up the kitchen.  Then 7:30 came rolling around and I took Edda upstairs (crying) and she went to bed peacefully (although without getting her teeth brushed, I can’t bear to brush her teeth when she is crying.  Then I came downstairs to discover the leak in the ceiling has developed into a small deluge.  Then I wanted to cry – but I just ate some snacks instead.  Sigh.  I think I’m going to go get a snack now.

I partied like a pug in a belly dancing outfit!

My beautiful pregnant friend. I can’t wait to meet the little guy!

Vince is learning to cook – the sous chef of Jeremy.  Spinach no less.  Vince will actually eat the spinach.  Often Vince cooks and then refuses to eat the food that he cooks. 

A few weeks ago, Vince accidentally broke a window in the house by throwing something he wasn’t suppose to throw around the house.  I had just come back from the glass place and told him that it was going to be more than $200 to repair the damage.  He acknowledged my comment, but then instead of apologizing or offering to pay for some of the damage from his allowance, he immediately asked if he could buy a new deck of Magic cards.  I told him that one of the life skills that one needs to learn is that you have to have your mom in a good mood before you ask for something.  So in order to get me in a “good mood” he started flitting about, feeding Edda, clearing plates and laying the charm on thick. 

I have never had a dog with hair instead of fur. With Boba’s parent’s blessing, I went ahead and groomed Boba myself. I thought I’d save them fifty bucks or so. Now I understand why most dogs go to the groomer. Boba now looks a little like a large rat and I got our deck covered in little poodle curls.

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Emy was in town for a John Cage festival and we attended a concert last night at the Freer Gallery. Margaret Leng Tan played a piece that involved singing into the open part of the grand piano. Apparently Ms. Tan is also known for being a virtuoso at the toy piano – which I find very interesting.