Quick Takes! Jacobisms

by youngmarriedmom Posted on July 12, 2013

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Jacob has the quintessential toddler voice. Consonants are consistently mispronounced; syllables are added and removed on a whim; subject-verb agreement is spotty. I love every minute of it, and almost don’t want him to figure it all out. It will be for the best when he does, of course, but for now this child is a HOOT.

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Jacob: Mommy, did you put the holes in this blanket?

Me: Yes, I did.

Jacob: Did you use a drill?

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Jacob’s created something called a kiss bonk (pronounced, “tiss-bont”), which is when two people affectionately touch their foreheads together. Jacob likes to do this. So does Henry. So do I!

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When Jacob woke up one morning, Henry was already up and in the pack and play in the living room. Jacob’s first words that morning, “Where’s Henry?” I told him, and his reply was, “Henry will crawl backwards once he rolls over . . . and then ‘Beep! Beep! Beep!’ “ Because if that’s what trucks do when they back up, surely little brothers do the same.

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While our friend Sarah was holding him, walking down the sidewalk on our street: “You have to hold me very tight otherwise I will fall and die.”

WHAT?! After much reflection, I think he got the end of this phrase from this story about my recovery after delivering Henry, which I had recently been retelling.
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After housework all day on the Fourth of July, we had hot dogs and hamburgers for dinner, followed by cookies for dessert. John read through the ingredients on a bag of DoubleStuf Oreos to be sure they were Jacob-friendly (they are!). He then remarked that the only allergens listed were wheat and soy. Jacob raised his cookie in the air and toasted, “Wheat and soy!” Everyone in the room, of course, followed suit. When the second cookie came out, Jacob declared, “We havin’ a party!”

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Me, when saying good night: “Thank you for being a good boy today, Jacob.”

Jacob: “Thank you for being a good boy today, Mommy.”

 

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I could go on and on—but it’s more important to enjoy all these moments than worry about writing them all down!

 

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This Is Your Brain . . . on Motherhood

by youngmarriedmom Posted on July 10, 2013

Blogging has gotten spotty around here because I find I can only barely form a coherent thought substantial enough to write a single sentence. Between moving, caring for kiddos, work, my other blog, revising my novel, and passing a bug around our family (is “ironic” the right word for getting a 103-degree fever during a heatwave?), I don’t have time—or brain power once I manage a minute—to write down the couple of thoughts racing in my brain. It took a while, but I’ve accepted this now. Blogging may slow down for a few weeks, but that’s because I’m focusing on taking care of my family. And if I’m not making that the first priority, you shouldn’t be reading this blog at all!

 

In addition to blogging less, I’m going to try praying more. We’ve started to incorporate morning prayer into snack time, and I hope to add in evening prayer, too. I feel scattered lately, and the only thing that’s ever worked to give me peace in that kind of frazzled situation is prayer. I can’t seem to find the time to pray on my own, which is all the more reason to pray with the kiddos. Making it a habit with them, I hope, will hold me accountable to keep it up.

 

In the meantime, I wanted to share a fun little story about how off my brain has been.

 

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When we were in the store, Jacob had suggested I buy one with a school bus full of dogs on it. I realize now that I might as well have gone with his suggestion.

 

Oh, well. Thank goodness John’s familiar with proofreader’s marks. I adjust the printed part and wrote in my own message. Where there’s a will, even when we’re exhausted, there’s a way.

 

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31:22

by youngmarriedmom Posted on July 1, 2013

I did it, friends. I completed my first official 5K this weekend—and in record time. I guess it being my first would make whatever I did a record, but this is big.

 

I normally run 3.33 miles in 40 minutes. Saturday, I ran (given, without hills and without 90 pounds of stroller, car seat, and child in front of me) 3.1 miles in 31:22! I am so happy with these results.

 

I went into it wanting to run the whole thing, with only a vague idea of the time I wanted to post. I didn’t bring a watch, but ran at the pace I felt I could keep up for the distance, which I was familiar with from my runs in Prospect Park. I had Sarah, one of my best friends—and a longtime runner—by my side, and she was a great support. Just there, constantly beside me, not pushing, just letting me do my thing. She knows me well enough to understand that’s exactly what I needed. There was a point where I wanted to stop and take a nap, but I kept going. I’m so glad I did. Perseverance, you bear sweet fruit!

 

The event was well organized, and everyone seemed to be there to have a good time. In the parking lot, though, it seemed all the other runners were in much better shape than I was. I told Sarah that I didn’t intend to compete with any of them, and I made a concentrated effort not to get hyped up about times or anything before the race started. I simply wanted to do the same run I do a couple times a week in an official event and see how I liked it.

 

We ran a mile and a half down the boardwalk and then back. Once we saw a runner on the return trip, Sarah noticed that I sped up. “I thought you weren’t competing,” she said with a smile. “Ha! It’s subconscious,” I told her. It was also an adrenaline boost.

 

As we finished the race, we came up behind a very fit woman who had parked near us earlier that morning. When we saw her then, I said, “No way we’re going to beat her.” But you know what? We did! I don’t know what made that happen, but slow(ish) and steady sure does win the race.

 
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Now I’ve just about completed three of the five goals I set for myself this year:

 

– Run a 5K. (Check. Plus I ate a hot dog afterward.)

– Knit through my yarn stash. (I’ve almost finished a sweater.)

– Read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. (Less than 40 pages to go!)

 

That means I have two left:

– Read Anna Karenina.

– Sell my novel.

 

Eek! But if I did these first three, what’s to hold me back from the others? I am (runner) woman, hear me roar!

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