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The only thing Vada wanted to do alllll weekend was to take the car to the carwash, but it kept raining. I love the rain when I’m not obligated to leave the house. Typing that sentence just made me realize that I am actually obligated to leave the house today. Almost every single morning I say to myself, “Today is the day! I am not going anywhere. I’m going to have a lazy day inside.” Ha! Maybe tomorrow? Maybe not though. I actually like running around doing stuff – it keeps me happy. What I would like though is for both girls to take a nap at the same time so I could take one too. That would rule.

At least when Vada’s napping (and when it’s only Liza and me up in the middle of the night) I can sneak in some adult television. I just finished watching the first season of Girls on HBO, which I totally loved. I actually looked forward to waking up at 3 or 4am with the baby so I could watch it… I can’t wait for the next season! It took me a while to decide what to watch next. I was thinking Boardwalk Empire but decided it might be a little too violent for middle-of-the-night, all-by-myself viewing. So I finally landed on Mad Men, which my friend Lindsay suggested. I used to watch it when it first started, but I stopped for some reason and when I tried to start watching it again I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I’m looking forward to the drama!

I’ve also been entertaining myself by listening to Harry Potter audiobooks. (Which has almost caused me to start using British phrases that would make me sound ridiculous in the U.S. Like yesterday I thought to myself, “Where are those bloody scissors?!” Uhhh….)  I’ve taken two trips to my parents’ so far this summer and the books on tape audiobooks really help to pass the time. Although I started the series over when I got it on tape audio, I’ve actually read the first two books and part of number three, but I haven’t seen any of the movies. I wanted to watch the corresponding movie after I’d finished each book, but I can’t find the old ones available for rent anywhere. (I’ve checked Netflix, Apple TV and Redbox.) I guess I could wait until they all come out as a giant box set and watch all the movies in a row? What’s a girl to do? ♥

I have been letting Vada get away with watching a little too much television lately. The fact that I am even writing this makes me feel like a deadbeat. (Hello, mom guilt!) I think we fell into this bad habit when I first got pregnant and felt so exhausted and nauseated for three months straight (that’ll do it, I guess) coupled with the colder winter months when it’s no fun to play outside.

Now, she only watches Nick Jr. and kids shows on PBS, which she has actually learned a lot from… things that I definitely didn’t teach her. For example, one day we were driving along and she points to a stop sign and says “look mama, an octagon!” Uh, excuse me? Didn’t get that one from me or daddy, that’s for sure. But the amount of time spent in front of the TV needs to be cut back a lot, so today I cut her off cold turkey. She whined a few times that she wanted to “watch her shoooowwwwwww ppllleeeeaaasssseeeee” but I just never turned it on. The funny thing is – without it, I actually found that I was more productive! (Apparently, I get sucked into Team Umizumi, too…) We listened to music while I folded and put away a ton of laundry in my room. She “helped” me with her clothes and jumped and danced on the bed. I did some more rearranging and organizing in her big girl room while she played with her stuffed animals. I put away all the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen while she colored. We put together a puzzle. So far, it’s been great.

So, aside from when I have to bring Vada to work with me at Eileen Quilts (I let her watch movies while I quilt) we are cutting way back on our TV watching. Like, I don’t even want it on during the day. At all. Period. It just feels better! Now if only I could monitor Greg’s TV-intake… ♥

Image from Hazel+Grace on Etsy

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