Electric menorahs in the midwest
We’re here – stuck in Indianapolis – I said this to the cashier today: we’re trying to get out, and she said why? If I have to tell you then you wouldn’t understand is what I thought but didn’t say. We got a duraflame log from the front desk and lit it in our fireplace. The biggest news around here was that we moved Tin’s schedule up by a half hour because it was too late for us in the evening. Woo hoo.
I bought an electric menorah at Target today. We lit the candle of the second night of Hanukkah via a flickering bulb that sits in our window overlooking the parking lot and the HVAC system. Joy to the world.
But we had us some fun despite. Tin is totally into the dogpile custom in our household so when I was on the floor then T laid on top of me then Tin came and laid on top of both of us. Dog pile!
Most likely we’re not going to get sprung from the midwest until next week sometime – as they say across the U.S. – get used to it.
Anyway, major accomplishments this week include but are not limited to Tin is going to bed without fanfare as of the last 24 hours, we say night night and do our ritual of reading, kisses, elephant lullaby and put him in his crib. Tin is drinking his formula and eating food like a champ – the effects of nutrition are amazing. Tin eschews store bought toys for remote controls, boxes, and magazines. Tin received two new books from Hanukkah Harry today – Goodnight Moon and Are You My Mother? and reading before bedtime began in earnest. Tin’s dry skin is being creamed away, his hair is growing like a weed now that he is off the Hawaiian Punch, and the other tooth he was cutting is starting to break the skin – hallelujah!
On the other hand, glamour has fallen from our grasp – T is running around with baby spew on her pipis, my tired eyes are a dead give away I am not getting sleep, Tin has gone from dressing pretty spiffy to this evening chilling in his pipis with a shirt and bib on, and we have come to prefer the inside of these four walls to venturing out to someplace like the swanky sushi restaurant in town.
It’s not even been a week since Tin came into our lives and yet, I can’t imagine him not being here.