Not Necessarily

Last night Nate woke up in the middle of the night in a frantic hurry because he had to use the restroom. I started to assess him to make sure he wasn't sick.

Mom: "Nate, does your belly hurt?:

Nate: "Not anymore."

Mom: "It hurt before?"

Nate: "Well......it did earlier, but not necessarily when Gracie got home."

Necessarily. What 4 year old uses the word necessarily? I don't even think Grace used a word like necessarily at 4.


In other news, today was Gracie's Track and Field Day at school. In years past, the kids never really competed against each other for first place, second place, etc. because they were in Pre-K and Kindergarten. However, Grace, now being in First Grade, got to compete for the first time against her classmates. There was a 50 yard dash, a 100 yard dash, a softball throw and a standing broad jump. Grace has been working hard practicing for these events for the last several weeks at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Well, I am proud to say that she won First Place in the 50 yard dash, Second Place in the 100 yard dash, and she says she thinks she may have won third in the jump. She did compete against only the first grade girls, which there are 5 of, but we are still very proud of her and she is pretty proud, too.

Can't Believe

That Nate slept until 10am today! First day ever either one of my kids has slept that late. I was asleep myself, but I thought it sounded pretty quiet in the house. He did go to bed a little late last night, but it was only about 10 and he's gone to bed that late before. Little peanut must have been tired.

It's Over

The longest cold weather streak South Florida has had since 1940 (officially from the National Weather Service) is nothing but a distant memory. For the last 2 nights we have had to use the AC which makes me a little unhappy. I loved being able to use my heater, something I haven't done in years really. There's just something so warm and cozy about the heater. I love the heater smell, too. I really LOVE the cold air, even though it freezes me and I wear about 1,000 pieces of clothing. There's just nothing like it. On the coldest day we had, I think the high was around the mid to upper 40's which is completely unheard of here as a high temperture.

My body even subconsciously must love the cold. I must have tried to donate blood at Gracie's school's numerous blood drives, in the past, I don't know how many times and I have not been able to because my iron numbers were never quite good enough. This must have gone on for at least 2 years and every single time I am rejected. I went this past Wednesday to try yet again, completely convinced I would be turned away a few minutes later. To my surprise, my numbers were no where near being rejected this time. See, I need more cold weather in my life.

But really, I felt so blessed to have so much cooler weather. Usually one day here and one day there, but 12 straight in a row? Pure heaven on earth. Well, at least it was for me.

Fantastic

That's the word to describe the cold weather we're having. And yes, I will say cold, because, well, it is. Temps in the 40's and 30's is cold. Now I really don't care if its colder somewhere else, because it will always be colder somewhere else, and if the people who live in that somewhere else think its cold where they are, they should move and not try to one up me. I wear flip flops 99% of the year and I own a very light sweater. I don't own layers to layer up when its cold, so yeah, I am a little chilly. If I lived somewhere else where it was colder, I would buy more appropriate clothing. Usually we have this kind of weather for like a day or two, but since we're having nearly 10 days of this sort of weather, it tends to stay a bit chilly and makes me a bit chilly because I don't own anything warmer.

Anyway, I went off on a tangent because I know if I say it's cold here, some one some where will say, "Oh you're lucky. Its so warm there. You should be here where its X degrees." It always happens. And the intent of my blog is to say that I think its FANTASTIC that its cold. I just wish it was like this more often so I could be better prepared for it. I can't even believe it, I am soooo excited. I just love this weather. It feels so refreshing. It really clears my head. Last night we must have had a ton of houses in the area with fireplaces going because the firewood smell was so strong. Made me feel as I was someplace up north. The strong cold front is going to be lasting for more than likely at least another 10 days. Yay. This makes me happy. But a little cold.