Life as a WAHM

I've been doing the Working At Home Mamma thing with a lot of work to do but not much of it getting done - at least during normal work hours. Since Dylan is up at 7 a.m. and goes full throttle until 10 p.m. (we get him in bed by 9 p.m. but it takes about 100 bedtime stories and the "putting to bed" of every toy and ball and car he owns before he will consider sleep), I have had little time to update the old blog or do much of anything else. In any case, I've been babysitter-less quite frequently lately, so Dylan has been at home "helping" me with household things, such as making the bed and doing the laundry. He loves typing on my computer and has learned where pretty much all of the letters are. In this particular video, he chokes a bit when it is time to perform and type the "D for Dylan," but rest assured, he knows his letters and points them out wherever he sees them - from license plates to signs to the most unlikely places. Whenever he sees a letter, he runs to get a closer look and tell me "Mommy, A for Arno!" (Arnaldo is his nonno) or "B for boy!" He's also gotten into the "What is that?" stage and points to everything. I never realized how many things I do not know the word for - and in my own language! I have to improvise like "That's a fork lift thingie with some kind of water spout function..." We got him on the waiting list for a state-run preschool for next semester. They will let me know at the end of January if any places open up. I know he will be two by then and it would only be part-time, but it's still a bit daunting...

Dylan at the computer from Michelle Marie on Vimeo.

P.S. In the video he is saying in Italian "I want to see!" and grabbing for the camera. His Italian has far surpassed his English and he speaks in whole sentences while in English he still speaks in words and phrases.