Our life in a list

• My parents are in France, and I'm so jealous. I also sent them with a rather large shopping list, and I'm feeling a bit guilty about that. But then I remembered that I forgot to ask for Madelines! What is wrong with me. I am a francophile I guess.
• Me + Tylenol with Codeine + not being able to eat = bad bad idea. I haven't felt so sick since I was pregnant with Aimee. And it renewed my zeal for staying un-pregnant. Not that it had waned.
• If you know of a way to get Katie to go poop in the potty, I will marry you. Well, I guess not marry, but I will be eternally grateful. That girl can pee in the potty all day with very few accidents, but she poops in her underwear nearly every single day, and I might go insane if I have to rinse out another pair of those disgusting things. Pull ups are too expensive, so she's back in diapers today, I couldn't do it. I must have had a revelation, because she just pooped in her diaper.
  
• Being a mom is about a billion times harder than I thought. I thought it would be so fun all the time. It is sometimes fun, but mostly hard for me. I am envious of people who have lots of kids, or even the same amount as me, and are completely sane. I am right on the edge.
• Aimee nods and says "uh huh!" when you figure out what she wants. It's so cute. She loves peek-a-boo too, its her favorite. She also gives hugs and kisses now, and I will not lie, I LOVE it.
  
• Katie loves to help me, and while it pains me to let her help sometimes I do it because she is just so proud of herself.
  

The New List!

I figured I should finally do this, since I'm going to do one of the things tonight.

25 things to do before I turn 26

1. Paint a wall a color I really like
2. Work on meal planning
3. Start Monday list-day
4. Exercise at least once a week
5. Only eat junk food on "free days"
6. Finish my swatch portrait wall
7. Read 15 books
8. Knit Katie legwarmers
9. Knit Aimee a hat
10. Take the girls to the coast
11. Do a special thing with Katie each month
12. Go swimming
13. Take a class at PCC
14. Go to a concert
15. Do not cut my own hair (except bangs)
16. Start learning french
17. Start learning sign language
18. Use more manual settings on my camera
19. Cover light over the table
20. Get to church on time
21. Keep the house cleaner
22. Fold and put away laundry as soon as it's done (or at least on the same day)
23. Take the girls outside more when the weather is nice
24. Go to sleep and wake up earlier
25. Eat more fruit

I'm excited to get started!

Sooooo funny part II

Last night Jon and I watched 30 rock, and then President Obama on Jay Leno, and I don't think I've ever laughed so hard. I missed about a minute of the interview because I was laughing so hard. You really should watch the whole episode of 30 rock, it is hilarious, but if not, here is a clip:
30 rock clip
You actually only have to watch 1min 30 sec or so of the two minute clip, you have time.
Then, watch the President HERE, and you only have to watch the first minute and a half of this too.
You can even skip ahead to the one minute mark and watch from there.
Honestly, 2 minutes of your time.
And you will thank me.
Or not, your choice.

Funnies

Did you call newspaper comics the funnies growing up? That seems like such a weird name now, but when I was little that was what they were called. If you called them comics, I would have had no idea what you were talking about. It's funny how when you're a kid, things are so absolute, and no amount of convincing can change your mind. I'm thinking of the time my dad told me cottage cheese was called college cheese. So I commenced calling it such, and my brother was so annoyed. Nothing he said, though, could change my mind. That still makes me laugh. And I love to laugh. So I will show you my recent funnies.

1.
Can you imagine looking down on your deck and seeing that? It makes me laugh every time I see it. Also I have a weird love for things that look like faces.

2. Esterday.
This is how Katie says yesterday. She also says esterweek and esternight. Example: Esternight I went to gramma's house. I love it.

3. This girl. Aimee is constantly making me laugh. She is honestly the funniest baby I know. And she loves to make us laugh. At least in between the temper tantrums. She's the kind that throws herself on the floor and often hits her head on something. But that cute face makes up for them.


4. I love love love this show. And I am a little in love with Alec Baldwin, in spite of the fact that I know he's a jerk. I don't care. He is hilarious. And I love hulu, because we can actually watch them.