White House Easter update

I got an email about the Easter Egg Roll at the White House...

Thank you for applying to the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll. We are sorry to inform you that you were not selected in the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll on-line ticket lottery.

Please visit www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll for interactive opportunities to participate in the event on-line. To purchase a commemorative wooden egg from the 2012 White Easter Egg Roll please visit: easter.nationalparks.org.

So what they're basically saying is "You can't come, but please come buy some shit online."

Update on "See My Bed"

We're kinda making progress with Boog sleeping in his own bed...

Night 2 he fell asleep on his own in his bed...but he woke up in the middle of the night and ended up in our bed...

Night 3 he fell asleep in the car and was then deposited into his own bed...but he woke up twice and climbed into our bed...The first time I put him back in his once I woke up to pee...The second time I just rolled him over into the middle lol...We woke up in the morning and I asked him what he was doing in my bed "Nothing" (sounds like nusing lol), asked him why he wasn't in his bed and he said the same thing...

Last night he got right into his bed but it was kinda early for us and he didn't want to go to sleep...he was fussy, I was tired, his dad was cranky and Boog just wouldn't stop whining, so I told him to come on...Once he fell asleep I got up to use the bathroom and put him in his bed...he woke up and climbed in the middle probably three times, each time I put him back in his bed. This morning he woke up before I needed to be up and got into the bed and asked for Barney...I told him if he got back in his bed, I would turn Barney on for him...he didn't want to, but finally did...and that's where he stayed until my alarm went off...

This is him laying in his bed last night...He made me cover him up with both of his blankets...and again this morning when he was watching Barney..."Cover me Mommy"

We'll see what tonight brings...

"See my bed"

Boog has always slept in the bed with me...He has a crib that we pretty much never used...Part of the reason for that is anytime someone other than me and the Boy takes it apart, they break a piece of it...same piece...expensive piece apparently...

So we've started getting his room in some semblance of usability and order...Part of that is trying to get him excited about his room and his bed...Which has been kind of working...He keeps wanting to show people his bed "Go downstairs see my bed" - downstairs really being upstairs lol...

The night before last, he said he was going to sleep in his bed...he didn't lol...we went in there and he laid down with the light off for a few minutes and then told me he wanted to go to my bed...

Last night we brought his mattress into our room on the floor...start out slowly and gradually move him into his own bed in his room...he was tired and trying to go to sleep, but it just wasn't working for him...the Boy laid down next to him on his mattress and he was out in literally two minutes or less...he woke up sometime in the night and climbed up with me...but i think that was more about being cold than anything else...his blanket he was using is small, long but not wide, so when he moved too much, he couldn't easily get covered back up...tonight, we try a bigger blanket and see how it goes...

This morning when he saw my sister Skippy, he tried to take her back upstairs to "see my bed" that was on our floor lol...

Free Kindle Books

If anyone is interested - these books are free on Amazon as of today. If you don't have a Kindle, you can get a reading app from Amazon for computer, ipod and other devices I believe.

Coming About - http://www.amazon.com/Coming-About-ebook/dp/B004JF4N2S/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_55

The Third Floor - http://www.amazon.com/The-Third-Floor-ebook/dp/B006BC7L26/ref=pd_sim_kstore_26

Katie's Hellion (Book I, Rhyn Trilogy) - http://www.amazon.com/Katies-Hellion-Book-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B005347RCW/ref=pd_sim_kstore_92

A Measure of Disorder (Mother-Earth Series) - http://www.amazon.com/Measure-Disorder-Mother-Earth-ebook/dp/B004SUOZHM/ref=pd_sim_kstore_77

Blue Hole Back Home: A Novel - http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Hole-Back-Home-ebook/dp/B005MT8RZO/ref=pd_sim_kstore_71

Taralisu - http://www.amazon.com/Taralisu-ebook/dp/B003YCPMGS/ref=pd_sim_kstore_92

Mad Money (Madeline Carter) - http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Money-Madeline-Carter-ebook/dp/B004SY5TLO/ref=pd_sim_kstore_88

Caraliza - http://www.amazon.com/Caraliza-ebook/dp/B0047GNEDS/ref=pd_sim_kstore_86

Sinistrari - http://www.amazon.com/Sinistrari-ebook/dp/B003YCPMFO/ref=pd_sim_kstore_53

The Harvest - http://www.amazon.com/The-Harvest-ebook/dp/B004PYD91Y/ref=pd_sim_kstore_47

The Riddle of The Stones (The Secret of Spirits Bay) - http://www.amazon.com/Riddle-Stones-Secret-Spirits-ebook/dp/B006AKW8R2/ref=pd_sim_kstore_40

Heart of Dixie - http://www.amazon.com/Heart-of-Dixie-ebook/dp/B005OL17UC/ref=pd_sim_kstore_33

See Before You Die: Patagonia (Aurora Night) - http://www.amazon.com/See-Before-You-Die-ebook/dp/B0077KP59C/ref=pd_sim_kstore_89

A Witness Above (A Frank Pavlicek Novel) - http://www.amazon.com/Witness-Above-Frank-Pavlicek-ebook/dp/B0045JK2XM/ref=pd_sim_kstore_85

Otherwise Kill Me - http://www.amazon.com/Otherwise-Kill-Me-ebook/dp/B003Z0D14E/ref=pd_sim_kstore_77

Saving Mr. Bingle: A New Orleans Christmas Mystery - http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Mr-Bingle-Christmas-ebook/dp/B00658M0MC/ref=pd_sim_kstore_49

A Line Through Chevington - http://www.amazon.com/A-Line-Through-Chevington-ebook/dp/B005HVZ9Y4/ref=pd_sim_kstore_20

Tycoon - http://www.amazon.com/Tycoon-ebook/dp/B00606315O/ref=pd_sim_kstore_7

Suffer a Witch - http://www.amazon.com/Suffer-a-Witch-ebook/dp/B005BFXEPC/ref=pd_sim_kstore_15

Color Me Grey (Book One of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles) - http://www.amazon.com/Color-Alexis-Stanton-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B003L202M0/ref=pd_sim_kstore_67

Sleeper Cells - http://www.amazon.com/Sleeper-Cells-ebook/dp/B00630Z8WQ/ref=pd_sim_kstore_68

Glimpse (Zellie Wells) - http://www.amazon.com/Glimpse-Zellie-Wells-ebook/dp/B003IKMOTE/ref=pd_sim_kstore_62

Falling for You (Pearl Island Trilogy) - http://www.amazon.com/Falling-Pearl-Island-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B003VIWUOC/ref=pd_sim_kstore_49

Divorced, Desperate and Delicious (Divorced and Desperate) - http://www.amazon.com/Divorced-Desperate-Delicious-ebook/dp/B0050KTQ0K/ref=pd_sim_kstore_22

44 - http://www.amazon.com/44-ebook/dp/B004RPN61E/ref=pd_sim_kstore_12

A Song for the Asking (A Kane Novel) - http://www.amazon.com/Song-Asking-Kane-Novel-ebook/dp/B004GEAOJI/ref=pd_sim_kstore_4?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

Remember, it's .gov and not .com...

So living near DC, I did something today that I'm not sure how I feel about it...

Nothing bad...but not something I thought I'd really care about doing...

I signed up for the lottery for the Easter Egg Roll at the Whitehouse...I feel like such a dork...

I'm not sure how Boog will feel about it if (big giant, major IF) we actually go...Pretty sure he'll be scared and freaked out...Who knows if he'll even unglue himself from me and the Boy...let's think about this from his perspective...it's a big ass crowd of people he's never met, at a place he's never been...and to top it all off there's a GIANT KRIGGER walking around...

Pretty sure it's not something I'll have to deal with, but it's fun to imagine...

LOVED IT!

www.scarymommy.com/a-real-mom/

One of the best ones yet...

Best part of the whole thing...

"Bottom line. What works for some moms, doesn’t work for others. We each have our own strengths, weaknesses, abilities and styles. I like to work, and we need my income. He has a great day, surrounded by loving caretakers who are excited to see him every day. I do the best that I can to spend quality time with him, we have our little special routines, and he woke up this morning calling out “Mama!! Mama!!”. So I guess I’m a Real Mom after all. {sound effect: sigh of relief.}"