THE GREEN(wald) HOUSE … (growing rosemary & raising a little wolf)

I realize that I am starting to sound like a broken record, when every monthly update I talk about how quickly the previous month has gone by - but it seriously feels like I am living in some alternate universe where time goes by twice as fast as “regular” time…
Maybe this month it really feels like it since last month was so busy and I did Rosie’s update a bit late…

Regardless, another month is over - and Rosie is now just a blink of an eye away from being a 2 year old with a new little brother or sister… Speaking of the sex of the baby - the general population has not been shy about offering opinions - and it is about 75% thinking boy at this point…though I did have a dream last night that it was TWIN girls! Yikes!

We had a relaxing Mother’s Day last weekend - though Rosie decided to treat me with a 4am wake up call to celebrate Mother’s day - ugh - that was NOT fun… and she has been having trouble sleeping ever since. I think she had a nightmare or something and now she has been extra clingy at bedtime and waking a lot and needing Joe or I to come and cuddle her and comfort her several times in the middle of the night - so hopefully this will pass soon… Mommy needs her sleep before the new baby gets here…

Rosie finally got to wear her fancy dress - or as she calls it “pitty dress” on Mother’s Day - she is becoming a real girlie girl - wanting to wear a dress every day. I am not ready to start battling with her over clothes already… I have been trying to give her a choice between 2 outfits and let her pick which one she wants to wear - but then she usually wants to wear totally inappropriate shoes - and I have to steer her toward the ones I want her to wear - or just flat out say “no - you are wearing these”… Ugh - the mind of an independent (almost) 2 year old - already asserting her own opinions….

The weather here has been sunny and beautiful - mostly in the 70-80’s - with a few days of cooler weather and thunderstorms. We have been spending a lot of time outside, playing in the garden, in the sandbox, and just running around on the grass… (Rosie likes to narrate and say “I run around” as she runs around in the grass). Rosie helped me get the garden planted and we have tomatoes, herbs (including Rosemary, naturally), onions, beets, hot peppers, spinach, and a couple strawberry plants…not too much this year as we also joined our local organic CSA again and are expecting tons of fresh veggies from that every week…

I bought Rosie a little tricycle off craigslist for $5 - it was a great investment as she LOVES it - she always tries to ride the tricycles at her friend’s houses. I was going to wait to give it to her for her 2nd birthday - but I do not like to wait to get or give gifts, so I let her have it early…The seat lowers enough so her feet can reach the pedals all the way - and she has almost got the hang of how to actually pedal and steer… I think she will be flying around the house by the time her birthday gets here…

We have been having lots of fun on the playdates with our local mommy friends and their kids. We went to a small farm yesterday and had fun looking at all the animals…

Rosie has such a funny little personality and will frequently say “I’m funny” or “I’m silly” or “I’m goofy” when she makes me laugh - she loves to play “peetend” and will imitate all the animals - including flapping her arms as wings and saying “bock bock” to be a chicken - then she makes me “peetend” with her.

This is her “precious moments figurine” look…my big eyed girl….
She is such a sweet, smart girl, and she is so affectionate - she loves to kive hugs and kisses and my heart just swells with love when she climbs in my lap and says “cuddle mommy”. I love you my sweet girl - please start sleeping better for mommy - ok?