{"id":2839,"date":"2014-03-26T03:59:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T03:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2014-03-26T03:59:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T03:59:13","slug":"socks-sauce-lydias-new-swear-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/26\/socks-sauce-lydias-new-swear-words\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SOCKS!!!!&#8221; &#8220;SAUCE!!!&#8221; (Lydia&#8217;s new swear words)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a bunch of happy pictures today, but don&#8217;t let that fool you. I&#8217;m pretty sure I spent the whole day yelling at Lydia&#8211;and occasionally at Mary. While at Sugar House Park this afternoon, I listened to this mom talk sweetly to her children and felt insanely jealous. I thought, &#8220;Wow, that woman seems exceptionally cut out for this mom business. I bet she never yells at her kids.&#8221; And then I proceeded to feel horrible about myself, even though I fully realize that:<\/p>\n<p>1) I am nice to my kids on the playground too.<\/p>\n<p>2) Who knows how that mom acts when she&#8217;s tired and not standing in the sunshine?<\/p>\n<p>Which brings me around to the tired bit. I just don&#8217;t have any energy lately! It is so annoying. Today I decided to power through it and try to fold laundry, but I couldn&#8217;t even do that. With terrific effort, I managed to bring my kids to play group, the grocery store, Kid to Kid, and another park today, but by the end I couldn&#8217;t do anything but sit on the couch while the kids tore up the living room around me.<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;m tired because my coughing wakes me up at night. Like I said, it&#8217;s annoying, and I&#8217;m appropriately annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Lydia has invented her own swear words. Obviously, she doesn&#8217;t know what a swear word is&#8211;and I hope she hasn&#8217;t been in earshot when I let stuff slip&#8211;but she&#8217;s started yelling &#8220;SOCKS!&#8221; and &#8220;SAUCE!!!&#8221; when she&#8217;s extremely angry. I asked her what those words meant, and she explained that she says those words when she wants to hit. Lately, she&#8217;s been combining the words and the action&#8211;hence much of\u00a0<em>my<\/em> yelling, but I was mildly amused that she essentially invented her own swear words. My dad always used to say that swearing was for people who were creatively stilted in the language department. I think Lydia&#8217;s invention would have made him happy.<\/p>\n<p>On to the happy pictures and more happy news&#8211;Abe had ANOTHER great day at work. It&#8217;s kind of a miracle. When I met Abe, one of the first things I learned about him was that he hated his job, and the whole time he&#8217;s worked for Guardsmark, that sentiment has persisted. This switch to Qualtrics has been amazing.<\/p>\n<p>One thing he loves is his coworkers. For example, today he left the flashers on his car, and one of his coworkers noticed and sent a memo out on some company thread that Abe didn&#8217;t read. When Abe went to his car after work, the person who noticed (who parked next to him) was ready with cables to jump Abe&#8217;s car. He knew the car&#8217;s battery would be dead, so he got prepared to help&#8211;even though he didn&#8217;t know whose car it was. When you work with people like that, it&#8217;s hard to dislike your work.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Gardens for play group, 11 am:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2841\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2841\" alt=\"Liv and Mary swinging\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7058-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liv and Mary swinging<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2842\" alt=\"IMG_7059\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7059-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2844\" alt=\"IMG_7067\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7067-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2843\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2843\" alt=\"Paige pushed Lydia and Ada on the merry-go-round thing.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7063-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paige pushed Lydia and Ada on the merry-go-round thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sugar House Park, 3:30 pm:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2850\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7078.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2850\" alt=\"I must have read A Snowy Day to Lydia a million times. Watching her hit the tree with a stick made me recall &quot;A stick that was just right for smacking a snow covered tree,&quot; only this tree lacked snow.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7078-e1395805240493-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I must have read <em>A Snowy Day <\/em>by Ezra Jack Keats\u00a0to Lydia a million times. Watching her hit the tree with a stick made me recall &#8220;A stick that was just right for smacking a snow covered tree,&#8221; only this tree lacked snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2851\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2851\" alt=\"Cimbing this rainbow-monkey-bar contraption. At the top she panicked, but I stood below and she made it over. One thing I LOVE about Lydia is her caution. I know I should be cheering for her ability to surmount an obstacle, but I'm most proud of her sensitivity to her own safety. That's my paranoia right there, thank-you very much.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7080-e1395805254991-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cimbing this rainbow-monkey-bar contraption. At the top she panicked, but I stood below and she made it over. One thing I LOVE about Lydia is her caution. I know I should be cheering for her ability to surmount an obstacle, but I&#8217;m most proud of her sensitivity to her own safety. That&#8217;s my paranoia right there, thank-you very much.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2853\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2853\" alt=\"Hey! I just noticed that inadvertently took a picture of the mom who talked soooo sweetly to her kids. Doesn't she even look like a nice mom? I'm still jealous.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7082-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hey! I just noticed that inadvertently took a picture of the mom who talked soooo sweetly to her kids. Doesn&#8217;t she even look like a nice mom? I&#8217;m still jealous.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2852\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2852\" alt=\"Wistfully watching some kids swing.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7081-e1395805267164-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wistfully watching some kids swing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2854\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2854\" alt=\"I took these pictures of the girls swinging right before I gave Lydia a push that accidentally knocked her off the swing. We were both traumatized, but thankfully she was fine. I proposed driving home for a cupcake break, and that seemed to solve the problem.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7083-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I took these pictures of the girls swinging right before I gave Lydia a push that accidentally knocked her off the swing. We were both traumatized, but thankfully she was fine. I proposed driving home for a cupcake break, and that seemed to solve the problem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2855\" alt=\"IMG_7084\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7084-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a>For FHE, Abe built an obstacle course and dressed the girls up in their owl and monkey costumes. They had fun. I was supposed to give a spiritual thought, but I have felt less-than-spiritual (and I forgot), so we skipped that part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2856\" alt=\"IMG_7086\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7086-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2857\" alt=\"IMG_7088\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7088-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2859\" alt=\"IMG_7090\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7090-e1395805423725-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2860\" alt=\"IMG_7093\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7093-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2840\" alt=\"IMG_7095\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7095-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a bunch of happy pictures today, but don&#8217;t let that fool you. I&#8217;m pretty sure I spent the whole day yelling at Lydia&#8211;and occasionally at Mary. While at Sugar House Park this afternoon, I listened to this mom talk sweetly to her children and felt insanely jealous. I thought, &#8220;Wow, that woman seems &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/26\/socks-sauce-lydias-new-swear-words\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;SOCKS!!!!&#8221; &#8220;SAUCE!!!&#8221; (Lydia&#8217;s new swear words)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,21,31,37,40,41,53,58,63,67,68,75,77,81,87,95,108,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abe-sick","category-cooking","category-errands","category-fhe","category-floor-time-with-my-children","category-folded-laundry","category-lily-sick","category-lydia-pics","category-mary-pics","category-naps","category-new-testament","category-phone-call-with-mom","category-piano-practice","category-play-group","category-reading-to-my-children","category-scriptures","category-time-outside","category-time-with-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}