Green Girl Officially Turns 1!

Green Girl is officially one year old!

There was no question in my mind about what to get her for her birthday - a baby doll.

Mattel Little Mommy Infant Doll

Originally I wasn't planning on getting her something so 'sexist.'  I have nothing against the different roles of the sexes. In fact I think it is very important to understand that males and females are NOT THE SAME. People who refuse to acknowledge that their child isn't actually gender neutral drive me crazy.  That is a different blogpost.  Anyway, I didn't want to decide for Green Girl that she wanted a dolly just because I wanted her to have one.

But she decided for me.  Green Girl loves baby dolls.  She sees one and she coos.  She kisses it.  She hugs it.  She cradles and pats it.  She carries it around and sings to it.  She learned none of these skills from Green Boy.  I would like to flatter myself and think that she has picked it up due to my mothering skills, but she isn't that smart.  It must be some innate mothering instinct.  It is adorable. :-)

However, Green Boy does have some influence on Green Girl's mothering skills.  After Green Girl has cooed and loved her baby for a few minutes, she plants it face down on the ground and starts driving it around the floor like it is a Monster Truck.  Complete with the "vroom VROOM VROOOOOOOOOOOM" that Green Boy uses when he is putting on Monster Truck freestyle competitions for our entertainment.

Graaaaaaaaaaaave Diggerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

I suppose this could be her attempt to make her baby doll gender neutral?

Well played, Green Girl.  Well played.

Snuggly Parts

Conversation while putting Green Boy to bed:

Green Momma:  I love you Green Boy!  Good night.  Sleep tight.  Don't let the bedbugs bite!

Green Boy:  No Momma! You have to touch me with your snuggly parts first! :-(

Green Momma (fearing an inappropriate anatomy discussion):  My snuggly parts?  Which parts of Momma are her 'snuggly parts?'  ...cringe cringe cringe...

Green Boy:  Your arms.

Hooray for all mommas and their snuggly parts!

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Diet Soda Cessation Update - #2

Back again for another update on my quest to stop drinking diet soda.

Sigh.

Green Girl now loudly exhales through her mouth after taking a drink of any beverage.  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!," she says with pride and joy.  I am not sure if she learned that from me or Green Boy, but it is not good.  Poop.

However, I have made a small breakthrough in my progress.  I posted on my Facebook wall about my need to curtail diet soda related obsessions and I had several co-workers echo my sentiments.  It doesn't help that there is a fridge full of carbonated beverages free for the taking at my place of employment (not complaining - merely stating a fact).  A fellow diet soda aficionado and I lamented that as long as free soda was there, it was just too hard to quit.  So I happily consumed multiple cans of free soda a day, feeling that I was at least in good company.

A week later, this very same co-worker and I were chatting in the kitchen and diet soda came up; partially because of my facebook wall post and partially because it was 9:30am and I was already on my second can of the day (at least this one was caffeine free).  However, she pointed out that since her client had gotten all up in her business last week and publicly lectured her about the dangers of diet soda that she just hasn't been able to bring herself to drink it.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!

Apparently she says that public ridicule and shaming are what worked for her.  Go figure.

"Nope, not me," I thought.  That is just silly.

And yet...on my third can of diet soda that day I hid it as I walked past her desk.  I. hid. it.  ????  I was shocked at my behavior.  Why was I suddenly embarrassed?  I thought public ridicule had no affect on me, though obviously I was wrong.

Instead of feeling sad or mad or guilty, I felt a little glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, I could kick this horrible habit.

And then I drank a bottle of water. :-)

Oh yeah!