Another Bully "Attack"!

Dang it, Easton was terrorized by another bully this morning. :( We went to the mall's play area and as soon as we got there some young punk came up and slapped E across the back of the head. Easton didn't mind (pain-wise) but seemed a little curious and turned around to see who did that. Well then, the big stupid-head smacked Easton in the face! I was looking and looking to see what parent was supposed to be watching this child and found no one. Easton and I moved away to a bully-free zone. Later I watched the big dumb bully smacking around a little crawling kid a couple of times. Finally the grandma who was there with Big Bully came and said, "What are you doing?" to the bully and that was it. Sometimes I wish there was someone a little more "in charge" at those places. Sheesh. Easton didin't seem phazed by any of it, thank goodness. I just hate when he gets knocked around, you know? He was just standing there minding his own business, happy to get a chance to run around and play. Poor guy. I know it's part of life and part of growing up, it just sucks at the same time.

Easton, on the other hand, is behaving much better these days although we finally got the "Happiest Toddler on the Block" DVD from the library. We haven't watched it yet. I know "tantrum season" will likely last through the toddler years so it'll be nice to at least see what some of these techniques are. We must be doing something a little bit right because he's having fewer tantrums than before. Whew.

Guess what? Yankee Candle is having a 12 tarts for $12 sale this weekend (starting today through Monday) so we went to pick up some more tarts. With September literally around the corner we wanted to check out some of the more seasonal scents: Harvest, Spiced Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie, Autumn Leaves, and a Halloweeny one called "Tricky". Fun. Easton still enjoyed sniffing right along with me. We actually "re-tarted" the other day with the Pineapple Citrus Easton picked out and we're enjoying it. It's kind of coconutty/pina colada-y which the name did not imply. It is much more pleasant than the Cherry Lemonade perfumey stench we had before. We were in desperate need of a re-tarting (that's my made up word, if you couldn't tell). Anyway, we're happy just tarting along, I'm glad I got into the whole thing.

At the mall we also exchanged a maternity top I bought recently. I bought yet another chocolate brown item of clothing but decided I had enough brown stuff so we exchanged it for a lovely greenish hue instead. I'm still not "officially" in maternity clothes just yet but it won't be long, I'm sure.

And in other news, you may have noticed I changed my book. I'm now reading classy Jenny McCarthy's "Baby Laughs" just for some humor. I read all the official pregnancy books last time and am just looking for a smile or two this time around. But, speaking of "classy" I do have to admit I've taught Easton how to burp. Not Jason--this is all me. He fakes them from time to time and can now do it on command...see the video later. I'm a bad mom. And lady. :)

What else? What else? Since fall is coming and the weather is already cooling off around here, Easton got his first pair of slippers:

Isn't he cute? He really likes "La La" (don't know why he insits on calling Elmo that, oh well!). He didn't love wearing his slippers at first today but I put them on him again and he ran all around. I guess they take some getting used to. I also made a video this morning of E being E. There is one from last night thrown in there too. I threw them all together very hastily so you would only have to click once. Nothing is too exciting. The video from last night is Easton cleaning off a spot of his blood from the couch. Something or other happened to his toe (we don't know what) and he's been bleeding on and off from it. He saw Jason cleaning up and jumped in to help. Sweet. The rest is from this morning. Me and him hanging out at breakfast. Click here and then enjoy the rest of your day.