Nail Bitter

On days when I work my afternoon/evening routine is this: pick up Cedric from the development center, drive 20 minutes home, get home and feed Cedric a snack, make dinner, eat dinner as a family, and then clean up dinner. I get an adrenaline rush near the beginning that starts winding down while eating, and by the time the dishwasher is humming, I'm on the couch in a semi-state of vegetation.

During my "couch time", in which I'm usually accompanied by the husband, Cedric is left to entertain himself. His favorite means of doing so is to demonstrate for his parents his newly acquired gymnastic skills. This involves him climbing over the couch to stand on the end table, and then leaping back onto the couch cushions. It brings him such enjoyment and excitement. It makes me incredibly nervous! But as you can see in the video, he is somewhat cautious about it. I know that letting it continue is just setting myself up for an inevitable boo-boo, but I like tell myself that I'm allowing my little man to take appropriate risks.

Sore Throat and Freaky Flashback

Cedric with Uncle Jake

I have a terrible sore throat accompanied by a cough that makes people turn around looking for the old man, only to give a start of surprise when they see little ol' me. If you have home remedies, please post in the comment section. The only thing that makes my throat feel better is eating and drinking, so that's what I've been doing. I've probably gained 5 lbs thanks to this cold. Do you remember that annoying song Dora from Finding Nemo would sing, "Just keep swimming"? My version has been "Just keep eating. Just keep eating." Now that song is stuck in your head isn't it? You're welcome.

In other news Cedric is two! I know its not exactly breaking news, but it just dawned on me that now he is two, which means he will be three, which means I need to start looking at preschools. I needed to start looking at them yesterday. At least that's how I feel when I interact with other moms who have children in school. There is so much talk about programs, values, cirriculum, and how all these things help (or don't help) their kids reach their full potential. Whatever that is. Probably Harvard. I'm in way over my head folks. Deep down I want Cedric to go to a school that does help him reach his full potential. His dad says that preschool doesn't matter so much, where it counts is high school. He is probably right, but there are literally oodles of options and someone has to sort through them and pick one. Any volunteers? Joking. I volunteered for this just over 2 years ago.

Anyway, I was going through some old videos and came across this one of Cedric, this time last year. It took my breath away! My big boy, who says things to me like "I like bagels" and "Mommy, its a happy day for cake," could hardly even walk this time last year! It boggles the mind.

Happy Halloween

This year was Cedric's first time trick-or-treating and he did pretty well. He thought it was odd that we would go to people's houses and not actually go inside. There were a few incidents of me quickly grabbing his hand before he moved past the person giving out candy in order to make himself more comfortable inside. But when you think about it, Halloween is a weird holiday. He seemed to get the hang of things once he got his first piece of candy. Then he really got into it, pointing out the decorations, saying "Happy Halloween," and of course "trick-or-treat"!