{"id":6574,"date":"2013-08-09T23:54:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T03:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/?p=6574"},"modified":"2013-08-10T18:46:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T22:46:59","slug":"today-08-09-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/today-08-09-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Today: 08.09.2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today had no business being a good day &#8211; none at all.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the first of Luke&#8217;s 2-year molars started to break through. He came up to me screaming &#8220;hurt, hurt!&#8221; after naptime while holding the left side of his face. A couple of hours later I was finally able to poke a finger in (dangerous, I know) and felt the offending tooth. One started, three more to go.<\/p>\n<p>Adam didn&#8217;t go to sleep until after one o&#8217;clock last night. Even though he took a two and a half hour nap, I think he was over tired. We spent a lot of time playing outside yesterday and it really wore him out. Thanks to his late, late bedtime, I assumed he would be a miserable today.<\/p>\n<p>And Maggie is going through a &#8220;I&#8217;m-not-happy-unless-mama-is-holding-me&#8221; phase. As a result I have loads and loads (pun intended) of unfolded laundry. Doing the laundry one-handed is easy &#8211; folding it, not so much. I&#8217;ve also been missing my &#8220;me&#8221; time the last couple of nights. Normally she hangs out with Dave in the evening for a couple of hours, but lately she&#8217;s been boycotting that (I think she&#8217;s tired of watching baseball).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, like I said, today had no business being a good day &#8211; <em>but it was<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-09.47.30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6575\" alt=\"2013-08-09 09.47.30\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-09.47.30-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-09.47.30-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-09.47.30.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maggie woke up in an awesome mood. She even let me put her down in the stroller for her morning nap. I was able to read a magazine while Luke and Adam played together. They said hello (and bye bye) to every person that walked past our driveway. We don&#8217;t have a lot of cars that go by our house, but there is a lot of foot traffic. They were both excited to see the mail truck pull up, and the mailman honked his horn at them as he left. I&#8217;m pretty sure it made Adam&#8217;s day. He is pretty big on people tooting their horns when they leave, to say good-bye (he gets that from his Aunt Stacy).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.18.21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"2013-08-09 11.18.21\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.18.21-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam drew a picture of me. You can tell because it says my name on it &#8211; twice (and that is totally what my hair looks like &#8211; I really need a haircut). He insisted on drawing it inside of the garage so that the rain won&#8217;t wash it away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-10.41.07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6576\" alt=\"2013-08-09 10.41.07\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-10.41.07-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-10.41.07-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-10.41.07.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The boys played nicely most of the day. Here they&#8217;re doing an experiment in their water table. I filled it with water from the hose and then gave them some containers with colored ice in them. (Side note: Normally I try not to let Luke have his pacifier unless it&#8217;s naptime or bedtime, however he&#8217;s teething and it makes him feel better &#8211; so he gets a pass.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.25.17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6578\" alt=\"2013-08-09 11.25.17\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.25.17-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.25.17-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.25.17-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.25.17.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The experiment was pretty simple: Blue Ice + Yellow Ice = Green Water. I got the idea for this online, and they used food coloring when they did it. I was worried about it staining though and so I crushed up some of the pellets the kids&#8217; use to turn their bathwater different colors and it worked great. Both boys played with this for a long time and Adam has already asked if they can do it again tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.28.46.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6579\" alt=\"2013-08-09 11.28.46\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.28.46-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.28.46-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.28.46-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-11.28.46.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> When they weren&#8217;t playing in the water or drawing with chalk, they were riding around the driveway. This scooter was another of Adam&#8217;s birthday gifts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-12.04.39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6580\" alt=\"2013-08-09 12.04.39\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-12.04.39-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-12.04.39-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-12.04.39-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-09-12.04.39.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For some reason, Luke thinks it is hilarious to crash in to the front of the van. He did it repeatedly with the car and also with the tricycle. I&#8217;m really hoping he doesn&#8217;t have this same mindset when he turns 16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130809_104139.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6582\" alt=\"20130809_104139\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130809_104139-300x300.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130809_104139-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130809_104139-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130809_104139.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it turned out to be not too bad of a day after all. Sure, we had our share of tears (from all three kids), but overall, it was good (I didn&#8217;t cry once!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today had no business being a good day &#8211; none at all. Yesterday the first of Luke&#8217;s 2-year molars started to break through. 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