Ponderings on a Monday Night

So it was an exciting weekend here at our house. Brandon turned 18 months, Jason turned 504 months (aka 42 years) and it rained a ton which was needed badly because we are in a drought, unlike the rest of the country that has been covered in wet snow for three month. Brandon also had four (yea) teeth break through this weekend - all four canines. Or eye teeth. Or meat-rippers. Whatever you want to call them. He was remarkably cool about it. A little touchy about food this last week but all things considered really not bad at all.

So exciting and relaxing weekend - teeth, birthdays, rain. It all got me thinking about how huge the changes are in Brandon since his first birthday just 6 months ago and I realized that it was a good time for me to take stock of his current vocabulary and jot it down in his baby book.  I also want to be able to answer the question at his 18 month well-baby visit and not seem like an idiot parent who has no idea what her kid can say and do... So I wrote down the list of words he can say (in his way) and was shocked when the list went over 70 and is still growing (as I think of more.) It's amazing. I am amazed at him. 

And while I was making this list I was watching the Bachelor "Women Tell All" episode. I know. It's brainless and fake but whatever - they travel to cool places and you get to watch people fight over someone they don't even want. During the filming these chicks were fighting and crying over this guy and now 2 months later they are talking about how they never liked him or wanted him. Wha??? Editors can't FORCE you to cry and sob over a guy. So this also got me thinking... where do I want my blog to go. Should it be brainless entertainment like this show? Funny, lighthearted, things like pedicures and truck balls and how when you cut a strawberry it turns somehow from a very small piece of fruit to a huge bunch of bites like magic? Or should I go the other way. Real conversation. Express my opinion on real things? Is the blog more "simply suzy" or more "suzy's view?"    

What part of Brandon's word list should I be like?  Fun words like monkey (mon-mo) and shoes (shooooos) and santa (tan-ta) or heart-warming words like Mary (ma-ee) and please (peas, along with the sign-language, just about melts you) or serious words like no (noooo with raised eyebrows) or all done (spoken correctly with the sign and a desperate look to please let him move on to the next thing especially if what he's currently doing is sitting on his potty.) Or maybe I can be like his whole list. A mix of everything. And growing more all the time.

In Honor of V Day...

... some things I love this week:

1. Snow skiing on a sunny day with a fellow dare-devil. FANTASTIC weather this weekend and perfect snow conditions, what more could a girl ask for? I also discovered how dreadlocks are made: wild hair whipping in the wind + goggles-band + scarf = dreadlocks.

2. The Olympics. I loved the opening ceremonies. I think winter Olympics are my favorite!!! Bring on the ice skating and the moguls and the ski jump. How do they do that, by the way - the ski jump with the acrobatics in the air. Unbelievable.

3. The fact that my friend Nan had a bird fly down her chimney and I am not the only one with such weirdness happening to them! Mine was a pigeon, hers was a small bird... but still... birds down chimneys = common after all.

4. Blueberry coffee from 7-11. Try it. You'll love it. Not that I drink coffee anymore... I'm an herbal tea girl now. But, just in case I was drinking coffee a little bit, I might be drinking the blueberry coffee from 7-11. Maybe.

5. The Bachelor. I know it is trashy TV, but I love it. So entertaining. Plus they went to St Lucia for the fantasy dates and that is my favorite island. Seeing it made me want to go back for a visit. I could definitely stay at Le Sport. In case anyone has a free vacation just laying around.