The Knightons: November 2009

A Little Meal Planning

As I look at our menu for tomorrow's meal, I've decided I need to do three things:

1) wear pants with an elastic waist,
2) go for a morning AND an evening walk and
3) skip breakfast AND lunch.

The kids have been very eager to help with our Thanksgiving Day preparations. The family room is clean. The kitchen is clean. The living room is clean. The kids have been especially cooperative today. I love it. I wish every day were the day before Thanksgiving.

Doug cleaned cobwebs in the hallway. I even took the time and cleaned the light fixtures in my hallway (I must confess, I can't remember the last time I did it. Should have taken a before and after, but I'm far too proud for that). I wish I had a maid, but she would have to be mute because I wouldn't want her telling everyone about all those little things that I just never get to, like those darn light fixtures. Quite frankly, I hadn't realized how filthy (that's my mom's word) they were until after they were clean. I thought, "Wow, that looks really fantastic. I should keep it up!" Then life happens. I'm destined to have this conversation with myself over and over.

I've always enjoyed a good deja vous moment.

Cutting the Mop

Somewhere along the lines I started a tradition of giving my children their first haircut on their first birthday.

It made sense and worked quite well until #6 came along with a full head of hair (at least compared to the first five).

When he hit about 10 months, I was so tempted to cut it, but I just couldn't break the tradition. It is very silly, but I'm kind of weird that way. As the year mark got closer, I began to get more and more comments about my boy's unruly hair. You see, when a toddlers hair is close to 2 inches long it can be quite difficult to tame...especially after a nap.

I even had someone tell me they could take him along with their dog to get groomed (I think he was only kidding...I hope).

I finally got the scissors out and chopped and chopped....

and chopped (lipstick is edible right?). It took two sessions, in fact. Not because he had so much hair, but because there are only so many props you can give a 1 year old before he looses ALL patience.