Just a Shell

I created this blog to record the little day-to-day happenings in the life of my kids. The things that I probably won't remember in a month, much less 10 years. But somehow, I got so sidetracked with this moving thing. I have been feeling like there is nothing for me to record. I don't talk to my friends often, because I feel like there is nothing to say. I feel like all that I have going on right now is trying to sell the current house and planning for the new house. And you know what? That simply isn't true.

Jack and Charlie don't know that we are moving. They aren't consumed with finding the perfect paint for the kitchen. They are still plugging along, growing and laughing, and I am missing it. I find that I am so impatient with them, so much in a rush to get them to go play by themselves, or take a nap, or eat their dinner, and I really am not enjoying them. Now, I will cut myself some slack by saying that this house selling business is very stressful, so obviously one would consume themselves with it. But I need to step back and enjoy life with my boys, too. So from here on out, I want to find something to record here everyday about the dudes. Can be good, bad, funny, sad, whatever. No one reads this blog; it is purely for me and my memories. So here goes.

Today we had a showing, so we had to be out of the house from 10:30 to 11:30. Now, Jack needs to be in bed by noon these days, or he ends up skipping his nap. As we were walking out the door, Jack tells me that he needs to be changed (and boy did he EVER). But I didn't want to stink up the house, or waste anymore time, so I decided we would do it at the restroom at Wal-Mart. Good plan, except the restroom was CLOSED. ugh. So, walked around with the stinky pants the entire time, but at least the kids were well-behaved.

As it wasn't even 11 yet, I decided lunch was in order, so we could stick to the timetable. We went to McDonalds across the street. Right away, we went into the bathroom to change Jack (and Charlie could use one, too). As I am changing Jack, Charlie is crawling all over the joint. It was a fairly clean bathroom, but still. The kicker was when he went to play in the toilet. Ewww, eww, eww. Got them both changed, all ok. Lunch went well, they ate great and it was fun, too. Charlie is so big, yet such a baby, and Jack is just too grown up. We had a good day.