Author Archives: Jenny Wilde L’Heureux

Garage sales

I come from a long line of garage salers, auction salers & over all deal getters. Leo has even enjoyed garage saling for the last two summers. However I have never hosted or been on the non-buying side until this weekend. In an effort for my sister in-laws to get rid of most of their baby stuff (they both have 2 kids and aren’t planning on any more) & my husbands need to clean out our garage we had a multifamily sale this weekend. I had loaned a bunch of our baby stuff to one of my sister in-laws & now felt the pressure to give up some of these things so they wouldn’t just take up space. We are unsure if we can have another child & the thought of getting rid of everything felt like I would be giving away all hope for another child. In the end I let go of a few of the bigger items & was really excited for the Grandparents-to-be who scooped them up. However I’m a little sad they are gone but it was a great feeling that I could help someone else out. Even thought my sister in-laws made way more $ than our family overall both found that the $ made was not “worth it” but also found some joy in helping out others. They are in the mind set not to have another garage sale. Now I’m conflicted because if folks or myself feel like garage sales aren’t “worth it” will I still be able to enjoy them in the future? I sure hope so.

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Leoisms

Leo is a reasonably humorous little boy, and will hopefully eventually appreciate me capturing some of the funnier/sweeter/wackier bits he says here. If not, Paul and I will still be able to look back and smile.

Here are a bunch to start with:

6/11 — “That’s a mommy dinosaur. And that’s a Leo dinosaur.”

6/11 (playing with his farm set) — “Hi Daddy horse…I love you.” [*hugs*]

6/13 — “Mommy, garage sales are so much fun! But where did the trucks go?” Sorry, Leo, this one only had a puppy who gave kisses.

7/12 (after I dropped something in another room) — “Mommy, are you okay?” My heart melted.

7/12 (while making popcorn) — “Look at all these popcorns. It’s coming!”

7/13 (when asked to put on shorts after nap) — “How about leave that alone.” You need shorts on, Leo. “Leave that alone.”

7/13 — [cousin Lorelei:] “Leo’s my best friend! I’ll go play at his house.”

7/20 — [Paul:] “Leo, do you need to pee?”
[Leo:] “No.”
[Paul:] “Leo, do you need to pee standing up?”
[Leo:] “Yep.”

7/21 — “Mommy, we’re on the bed. Let’s jump like monkeys and eat cookies! Like Cookie Monster.”

7/24 — Leo couldn’t fall asleep tonight & wanted Mommy. I said we could rock-a-bye a little & he was my little chatterbox. Without prompting he told me “I love you. & Mommy rock-a-bye is so much fun” yes it is. :)

7/29 — “My Mommy & my Daddy. In Leo’s house. This is beautiful!”

Philly Road Trip Review

A few Philly trip highlights:

Philly road trip: day 2

Up at dawn, and Paul & I feel like we slept on the ground because we did. We are not as young as we used to be however Leo did surprising well & didn’t complain. All he wanted to do after waking up was get a ride in the stroller to the playground to find some kids. Then we were off to the dunes. My cough got worse—of course I would get sick while camping. When we got to the dunes we were all in awe. One of the highlights was when Leo saw all the sand & Lake Michigan he just screamed it’s a beach & took off running to enjoy it all. Even though the red flag was waving we still dipped ours toes in the cold lake. We even had fun running up 1/2 of the hill & playing trucks in the biggest sand box we have ever seen. Then Paul surprised me with a stay at a nice hotel since I was feeling so icky. I surprised him with driving the 2+ hours to get there. I never wanted a hot shower so badly. It was a great end to day 2.

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