一地鸡毛 - 记在家妈妈的一天

我每周工作三天，既是工作妈妈又是在家妈妈。因此我能深切体会到在家妈妈的甘苦。
昨天我在家，一天是这样度过的。
早上7：10， 老二起床，跑到我房间，说：“妈妈，我要拉屎”。老二每天都第一个起床，所以她醒了，我的一天就开始了。
我立马爬起来带她去厕所。老二快三岁了，还带尿布，只有一早一晚能知道上厕所。
我一边帮老二穿衣服，一边就叫老大起床，上厕所，穿衣服，老大可以自理了。把两个小姐都搞好了我就让娃他爹带她们下楼吃早饭。
7：20 我开始给老三换尿布，换衣服，喂奶。
7：50 洗衣机洗上衣服
8：00 老大，老二已经吃了面包，喝了牛奶。我把老三放在摇篮里玩，自己一边洗脸刷牙一边监督老大洗脸刷牙。
8：15 一边给老大老二梳小辨，一边让她们看动画片。
8：20 我和娃他爹吃早饭，吃昨天剩的鸡蛋汤。
8：30 我准备娃的书包，娃他爹收拾吃的碗筷，洗奶瓶。
8：40 娃他爹带老大上校车，顺路就上班去了。
8：50 我开车带着老二老三去邻居家接邻居的孩子上preschool，邻居的孩子和老二在一个班，我们就轮流接送，这个星期是轮到我负责接送。
9：00 到preschool，好在今天不下雨，容易多了。给三个孩子解carseat，然后报着老三，赶着老二和邻居小孩，虽然parking lot 到教室只有30米，弄这三孩子还是很慢，花了5分钟。到了教室，帮两个小朋友脱外套，洗手，还一边抱着老三，离开学校的时候我已经一身汗了。
9：20 回到家，老三睡了，我赶紧准备午饭，面包夹熏肉，洗了点葡萄，都装好。
9：30 把洗的衣服烘上。
9：40 上了一会儿网，真的是一会儿。
9：50 带着还在睡觉的老三奔老大的学校，今天book fair，老师要求家长去帮着买书。
10：00准时到学校图书馆，她们班正在抽奖，一个小孩得了$5 certificate。然后大家自由选书，我一边抱着老三一边帮老大选书。选了两本，我去付钱，她就去听故事了。我又和其他家长聊了一会儿就回家了。
10：45 到家，老三拉了一大泡屎，我赶紧给他换尿布换衣服。
10：55 去preschool接老二。老二的preschool是9点到11点。
11：05 到preschool，晚了一点，我是最后一个。
11：15 送邻居小孩回家，我们也回家，进门先给老三喂奶
11：40 带着老二老三去学校接老大，老大11：45放学。接了老大就直接去练Gymnastic
12：00 到练Gymnastic的地方，我们开始吃午饭。
12：00 - 1：20 老大练Gymnastic，老二吃零食，我给老三再喂点奶。
1：30 回家
2：00 老二到家就睡了，我给老大讲故事，帮她写作业。
3：00 给老三喂米粉
3：30 老二起来了，和老大一起玩玩具，我开始哄老三睡觉。
4：00 收拾屋子
5：00 老三醒了，一边看着他一边准备晚饭。老三喜欢旁边有人。
5：40 娃他爹到家，饭菜上桌，米饭，香干炒辣椒。我们开始吃，娃他爹又煎了一下昨天腌好的鱼片。
6：10 吃完饭。把给邻居的new baby礼物包好。
6：20 带老大老二去老大学校，参加 Girl Scouts Sign up night。 娃他爹在家给老三喂奶，收拾厨房。
7：30 Girl Scouts 活动结束，带着两个小姐直接去邻居家看刚生的小baby，顺便送礼物。
8：00 到家，老大老儿吃水果和零食，我抱老三玩一会儿。
8：30 上楼洗澡刷牙
8：50 给老大老二讲故事。
9：00 老大老二睡觉了，我一边跟老三玩一边看电视。
10：00 给老三喂奶
10：30 我睡觉， 娃他爹继续斗争不想睡觉的老三直到12点
幸运的是老三一夜没闹，今天早上7点半才醒。

Inspiration : Four Simple Goals

This is inspired by blogger, Elsie's idea of creating Four Simple Goals for the remainder of 2010.

Here is mine

1. Balance life
People are always talking about balance personal life and work.
For me I've spent the whole summer at home with kids and my parents. It was the most wonderful time and I probably will never have a chance to do it again if I don't quit my job.
For the rest of the year I will spend more time at home than before I had Lucas, work only 3 days a week. I will try to be patient with all 3 of them, enjoy every minute with them. Thinking about every child will only spend 18 years with me, I feel like I soon will run out of time.
Work is still the same to me, but I will try to dress myself up on the three days that I work, and enjoy the 24 kids free hours a week, just like in the old no-kids days.

2. Eat healthy and live healthy
I still have 3o pounds to lose to get back to pre-3rd-baby weight, not even mention the pre-baby weight. I need to get back my pre-baby eating habit, and workout as much as I can to stay healthy and strong. At the same time I need to cook healthy for the family, encourage kids to excise to gradually establish their healthy life style. Don't wait until it's too late.
3. Keep pumping
Lucas is 4 months now, my goal is to nurse him at least until he's 6 months old, at most 1 year old.
4. Get organized
Our is too messy, crowded with junk every where. I need to clean up, throw away, donate, sell, and organize.

Look back

Three years ago I wrote down this following wish list in my blog.

Here comes my wish list:
Local scrapbook store membership (may get this for birthday)
circle punch
Corner punch
black and brown pens
Bronze color box
mod podge
3D glue dots
Double sided tapes
Foam stamps
Acrylic paint and brushes
Sewing machine

and lots of ribbon, lots of paper!

Well, I got most of the things in the last three years. Probably it's because nothing on my wish list is super expensive. The sewing machine was the only big ticket item, it turned out well worth the price. Because I developed another new hobby, sewing.
The only thing I never got was the scrapbooking store membership. I guess I don't even want one now. It's not because I can't afford it or I can't justify the cost, it's more due to lack of time.
With two kids, many hobbies, I really couldn't splurge a big chunk of time on scrapbooking, it's too time consuming. But I will still do small scrapbooking projects here and there. I definitely need to whip up an album for Olivia. She grows too fast.

Now here comes my new wish list. I bet I will get most of the things in this list in the next three years.

Hobby room for sewing, scrapbooking and doll collecting (long shot, not expecting in the next 5 years)
American girl Kit doll and her bed, desk, chair, and a couple outfits (I know I want them all, but we'll see how many I can find)

American girl Felicity doll and her bed, her horse Penny, and a couple outfits (Same as Kit, but easier because I already have a couple)

American girl Chrissa's sewing machine.

I also like Samantha, Nellie, Josefina, but I can live without them.

A trip to American girl place, (I'm so looking forward to this).


I know this list will cost more than 100 times what I wished 3 years ago, but it's nothing wrong to wish. I don't have to have everything I wished for.

A special summer

This year we're having a very special summer so far. Everyone I met started conversation by commenting how weird this summer is. It doesn't feel summer at all, most of the days are between 50s to 70s, you never need AC but need a sweater when it's getting dark. I'm not complaining a cool summer, just feel a little disappointed that you can't do much of water play, no summer dresses, no even craving ice cream. I'm also worrying about a possible cold winter. I'm not ready for fall yet, just give us a couple hot days to set up sprinkler and cook and eat outside at backyard.
With this weird summer, our garden, however grows pretty well this year. So far we have steady supply of green onions, cilantro and leek, which I use almost everyday. We also are having lots cucumbers and zucchinis since late June. Beans are ready to eat, too. I'm looking forward to tomatoes and peppers soon.
With tons of cucumbers and zucchinis everyday, I must find some fun way consume them. I so far made 3 cans of cucumber pickles. These zucchini recipes look nice and worth a try.

讲讲最近的生活 (2)

今天接着说。说完了吃喝说说玩乐吧。


最近上下班路上一直在听羽泉的歌，以前对这个组合一直不感冒，认真听了，喜欢羽凡的声音。不过不知道为什么，听他们的歌没有多少共鸣，没有陈楚生的歌能打动我啊。
今年的快女没有往年一样的大肆宣传，我也没有追着看，连前十的名字都不知道，也许是因为没有唱得好的，也许是因为我老了，也许是因为很久没看湖南卫视了，总之，我没有以前那么大兴趣了。如果再搞一次快男，可能我会再兴奋一次。想想陈楚生我还是很喜欢的。



最近看的书是：
1 Sew the essential wardrobe for 18-inch dolls / Joan Hinds & Jean
2 Ratio : the simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking / Michael Ruhlman.
3 Weekend sewing : more than 40 projects and ideas for inspired stitching / Heather Ross ; photographs
很久很久没有碰过任何专业书了，至少三年了吧，我是没有追求了。也很久没买书了，几乎都是靠图书馆借，可能因为还没找到值得我买的书吧，借来看看足以。现在很喜欢关于homade lifestyle的书。
已经照第一本书给Sophia的doll, Pair, 做了一身PJs和一个和Sophia match的dress。效果都比较满意，就是机器锁眼不是很熟练，所以买了新的梭子，准备再练练。给娃娃做衣服的优点是，１ 省材料，少浪费，如果做错了的话； ２ 见效快，毕竟小很多吗； ３娃娃要求低，不complain。
第二本书刚刚开始看，还没有什么尝试，不过准备试试pound cake。上星期公司potluck，同事做的pound cake很好吃，所以我也很想试试。
第三本书我是已经从头至尾细细研读了一遍了。这书可是我等了两个月才借到的。总的说还是喜欢书里的风格的，但是绝对不值得等两个月，新鲜的东西不多，都是东拼西凑的project。书里所用的fabric也不完全符合我的风格。但是这本书的illustration还是很独特的，这也是吸引我从头读到尾的原因。准备借鉴的project有一个拉链包，和一个flower dress。不过我可能不会用书里带的patterns。首先我要做的拉链包是给mini laptop的, 和书中的化妆包尺寸不同，其次我有些恐惧pattern，总是不信任别人的pattern，即使是的published, 也不相信，一定要亲手做自己的pattern。今天早上选好了一块粉和红花的亚麻，用来做dress，如果有剩余，就再给Olivia做个小水裤。
昨天去图书馆又去取来了一直在等的两本书，翻了一下还没有仔细看。
4 Printing by hand : a modern guide to printing with handmade stamps, stencils, and silk screens
5 Seams to me : 24 new reasons to love sewing / by Anna Maria Horner.


我的另一个最爱就是American Girl。因为Sophia, Olivia 还小，所以我还没有给她们买full size American girl doll。她们只有bitty twins。盼着她们长大，因为我是没有勇气给自己买个娃娃玩的，希望到时候和她们一起玩。希望年底可以给Sophia买一个Girl of the year，也希望我们可以一起去一次American girl place。我最喜欢doll的是Josefina。


还有我的新宠, Radley leather handbags。我是极其爱包包的人，即使不买新衣服，我也要买新包包。我喜欢大包，颜色鲜艳，样子简单，不喜欢过于繁琐的，不喜欢Coach,LV。 Radley 北美的店还没开，等待中, 等待Radley开店，等待去英国。


如果问我最近最有成就感的是什么，那就是减肥初见成效。重要的其实不仅是减肥，更是运动改变了我以前颓废的精神面貌，觉得自己有力量，有精神了，也快乐了，生活中的不如意都淡了。健康饮食形成习惯，也给家人很大影响, 一定要坚持下去，希望给孩子也做个好榜样。


现在我下一件要干的事情就是剪头发，长发都有七八年了，是时候改变一下了，现在就是想不好如何改变。

我们无处安放的青春

今天又温习了一遍小说，虽然作者的文笔算不上成熟老练，却真的打动人，因为这样的故事也曾经发生在我们身边，我们都曾经有过不安躁动的青春，曾经有过少年轻狂，曾经有过年轻的美丽，可惜美好的东西是稍纵即逝的，相爱的人是不能终成眷属的。可幸的是平凡人过平凡的生活是幸福的。周蒙最终是幸福的，虽然没有得到她的最爱。
小说中的人物真实，情节安排也似曾相识。电视剧我也看了，拍的不错。不过更喜欢书的情节。
演员，喜欢周蒙，戴妍，葛俊的扮演者，形象气质都和人物非常贴切。不太喜欢佟大为的李然，觉得应该找个更帅的，比如邓超，刘烨，李光洁。

I'm back

It has been too long, I almost forgot my password.
I didn't forget about it or abandon it on purpose. I just took a small summer break. Now I'm totally back to report our wonderful summer and show you my new stuff and girls' new experiences.
Here is what Olivia is up to, just started to interact with her big sister.
I'll come back with more later.

5.12.2008

写在开博两周年

很久没有写中文了,主要是因为懒.英文输入来的快而简单.可是总觉得不能自如的表达我的所思所想.所以决定这个纪念贴(非炫耀贴)还是用中文写.
2005年8月,为宁宁建了博克.一转眼快两年了.为宁宁建博克的初衷也很简单,一是鉴于她的快速成长,觉得应该以某种方式记录下来,也算是妈妈日记吧,不知道宁宁长大了会不会对自己的童年感兴趣,其二是用以交流,爷爷奶奶,姥姥姥爷,亲戚朋友都能看到宁宁一天一天的成长.现在看来,这些基本的目标肯定是达到了.现在如果让我写写宁宁8,9 个月时的样子,我可能码不出几个字,可是看看以前写的贴子,那时候的宁宁却又仿佛在眼前了.
去年将博克转到blogspot以后,我的记录方式和目标都发生了变化.可能是因为我的生活的变化引起的.宁宁一岁半以后断了奶(喂了太久),对我的依赖也明显减少,开始可以自娱自乐,尤其是晚上自己睡觉节省了我大量时间.记得宁宁刚开始自己睡觉的时候,我每天晚上都很茫然,因为一下子空的时间不知道干什么,头几天就是漫不经心地看电视,因为心里还是惦记着宁宁,怀疑她没有妈妈陪能不能睡好.这腾出来的时间和经历让我意识到,我除了是个妈妈还应该有我自己的生活.于是给宁宁建的博克变成了我自己的园地,我当然也继续记录宁宁成长的点点滴滴,同时,记录我的生活,我的所感所想,所见所闻.记录我的生活乐趣,记录我的追求和梦想,还有我的成长.

一个准妈妈写的...

字数不多,却令我淆然泪下

我的生命不够茁壮，我如何去孕育他（她）？
我的个性不够强势，我将来如何去保护他（她）？
我拙于与人交流，我如何去聆听他（她）且让他（她）懂得我？
我自己尚未真正在这世上立足，如何才能为他（她）去挣最美最好的人生？
我无半点生存智慧，如何才能教会他（她）面对纷繁复杂的世界？

My favorite colors

I love bright colors Orange, yellow and red.
Here are what I spent a fortune on today, in my favorite colors.
And this is a sneak peek of what I made last night, in my favorite colors
This is a corner of our house this afternoon, which has many cheerful colors.

Two peas blog Challenge

Why do you leave comments?
Let the blogger know that her blog is inspiring.

Why do you read something and choose not to leave a comment?
I don't leave comment if that single post has more than 200 comments.

Why do you comment on some blogs, and not on others?
There's no rules, I comment whenever the blog post inspires me.

Do you worry so much like me?

As a mom, I never stop worrying about Sophia.
When Sophia was little, I worried if she ate enough, because she was tiny when she was born.
When I saw Sophia ate more than 10 snow crab legs and still asked more, I started to worry about her big belly.
When Sophia didn't want to go to bed until midnight, I worried if she got enough sleep and rest.
When Sophia refused to get up in the morning after sleeping for almost 12 hours, I worried if she was playing in her room whole night instead of sleeping.
When Sophia just started to talk, I worried if she can handle two languages at a time.
When Sophia can understand and copy whatever you say, I worry if she copies dad's dirty words too fast.
When Sophia was bitten by other children in her class, sure I worried about her being pushed by older children.
When Sophia bit her friends to blood over a toy, I worry even more...

There are too many to list and the list is getting longer and longer.

Shopping is scary

I'm a shopholic.
Before I was a mom I shopped clothes for myself like crazy. I go to Banana republic more than once a week. I know the best route to go through all my favorite stores in outlet. I received mails from JCrew more often than receiving my paycheck.
Since we got the house, I found tons of excuses to shop, because we need everything for the house, furnitures, decors, etc.
Now, as a mom, I'm no different than other moms, addicted to Gymboree. Sophia has more than 10 pairs of jeans in size 2T, 5 pairs of tennis shoes in size 6 from baby Gap. I'm 100% sure she doesn't need that many, but I just can't help, they're too cute. As for toys, I used to buy all little people play sets on the market, I even searched garage sales for discontinued sets because I love them just like Sophia. But all a sudden Sophia lost interest in little people, however fell in love with dolls and doll house. Now my mission is to search doll house furnitures and figures.
Crafting is another outlet for me to enjoy shopping, my scrapbooking supplies has been growing from one box to one shelf, then to one walk in closet, but I only had one full size scrapbook finished. My collection of fabric maybe just a fraction of some other crafters but they will definitely last long enough for me.
Everyday, I drive an empty car to work, come back home with a car full of stuff. I don't know why we need all those stuff. I just feel happy when shopping.
Today was a big shopping day for me. I went to 4 B&M stores and made two online orders. Don't get me wrong, I work full time, I didn't take a day off or leave work early. I was just very quick. I got this trike for Sophia, this will help me losing some weight while using that handle.

Feeling great

Just because of the sunshine! This weekend will be 70ies which is super nice. I have a long list of things to do for weekend.

I want to take lots of pictures with natural light;
I want to bring Sophia to the park for some fun;
I want to clean up our patio and just hang out to enjoy the sunshine;
I want to go to the outlet for summer clothing and sewing inspirations;
I want to shop Joann for their great spring sale;
I want to go garage sales tomorrow morning;
I want to spray paint some frames;
I want to get rid of old furnitures and get new one;
I want to have a haircut for a change;
I want to do nothing but enjoy the spring breeze……

Trendy

I haven't been following the trend since I had Sophia. I don't have time to, or don't have the mood to. I buy whatever fits me, I wear whatever makes me comfortable.
My favorite winter outfit is cotton sweater + jeans + sneakers + wool pea coat + cashmere scarf + snoopy cavas purse.
After hibernating a couple weekends I went shoe shopping with Lyb yesterday. We both got two pair of shoes. I got a pair of Puma sneakers, and a pair of Converse sneakers. I love them both, so does Sophia.
It has been discussed at CKMB that it's been very trendy to make a layout of people's feet. Hehe, probably I'm gonna to catch this trend. Instead of making a layout of feet I'm planning to make one of our shoes.

How much is too much?

为人父母，没有不爱自己的孩子的，这爱是超越一切的。没有做父母的人是无论如何也不能理解的。但是，爱得太多可能就会成为压力。
昨 天妈妈给我讲了很多年前一个真实的故事。这对父母是大姨的邻居，他们和自己的儿 子，儿媳妇住得很近。一天早上发现儿子，儿媳妇煤气中毒了，昏迷不醒，于是赶紧叫救护车。开救护车的人糊涂，来救两个人只带了一个氧气瓶。父母毫不犹豫地 将氧气瓶给了自己的儿子。后来，儿子救活了，儿媳妇却丧了命。从此，儿子便不认他的父母，再也不理他们了。如果，当时是儿媳妇的父母先发现他们煤气中毒， 恐怕就是相反的结果了。
如果换了我，我也会作同样的选择。当然，遇到这种极端的情况的机率太小了。
我爱我的孩子，我希望她知道我有多爱她，但是，当这爱让她觉得压力了，我就应该把这爱收藏起来，让她轻松，快乐。