a time to keep: Yeah and No

Why blog? I don't even have a facebook account...it feels like it makes life so public. But then--blogging is kind of like a diary, isn't it? It makes me feel a little like Doogie Houser at the end of the day--collecting my thoughts and putting them down. I don't want to blog because I want my life to be public (though I don't mind wearing my heart on my sleeve, most of the time) or because I'm a narcissist, but because these days of our young family are so precious I don't want to lose them to a faulty memory. This time, this stage, these moments truly are 'a time to keep', and blogging is simply the most convenient way to keep them and share them.

I really didn't think I'd ever start a blog...but now that Mac has stopped calling firetrucks "fire knuckles" (he now calls them firetrucks, and I'm so sad!), I realize I'll forget that he ever did that if I don't write it down. So, the blog begins. Welcome.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Yeah and No

Mac--who was late in learning the word "no"--now knows it well and uses it often. Like, all the time. As in...he says no even to things he wants to do.

He also is suddenly saying "yeah" (when he's not saying "no"). Ugh--"yeah" gets on my nerves! He used to say "yes" or "uh-huh"...but "yeah"!?!? I don't know why it bothers me so much. It seems disrespectful I suppose. So each time he says "yeah" we correct him--"yes ma'am", "yes sir."

Me: Mac, do you want raisins?

Mac: Yeah!

Me: Yes ma'am.

Mac: Yes ma'am.

This is how every exchange goes.

Now I hear a sweet little Arden cry...unusual...so I need to check on the sweetums.