1383-20 May 28, 2006

Today Supergirl and I went out to lunch.  A family came and sat near us and mom, baby, little boy and little girl all sat while dad went to order.  First the kids were singing (too cute) then the daughter had a profound question.  "Mom, how many people are there in the whole world"  Brother answers "Probably like 1000 I bet."  "No," says sister, "there's more than that.  I think it's like one thousand and three hundred and eighty-three twenty.  Is that a real number mom?"  Before mom can answer baby pees on her through the diaper.  As mom begins grumbling little girl notices and says "What is it mom?  Oh, pee.  Don't worry mom, it's ok!  Oh, look!  It kind of makes a design.  It looks like a neat polka dot design."  I love kids!!!!  Can we have like 50, or 1,383-20?

 

A few changes. May 27, 2006

You may have noticed I made a few changes.  I changed all of our names, this may change as Daddy-O   reads this, tells me how dorky it is and makes me change it to something cooler.  I also removed my picture link.  Sorry, just trying to make life a little harder for all those superstalkers out there just waiting in our bushes for us to forget to leave the door unlocked.  Paranoid?  Maybe a little…

Help! May 25, 2006

Somehow in the past 2 months our sweet little daughter has turned into a monster.  Currently her favorite words are "no" Go Away" and "NOW"  Often used together.  I have heard "mommy, sit down NOW!"  "Want milk NOW!" "NO daddy, go away!" all within the past few hours.  What happened?????

Late May 25, 2006

For some reason I am always at least 5-6 days behind on here.  I blame it on downloading pictures, I can never keep up with that.  But here are just a few things I have meant to post…

First is cooking.  Supergirl is the next Rachael Ray.  She already knows her way around the kitchen better than me (just as she already can put on makeup better than me).  Ask her for a muffin pan, she'll get you one, butter, eggs, spoons, measuring cups, she knows it all.  So anways, a few weeks ago we made dinner for some friends and she helped:

 

(yup, we were having smashed peeps)

I also love to take her to the zoo.  It is a frequent outing for us, thank goodness the Zoo here is free!!!  Daddy-O finds our zoo trips ironic since I refuse to go to the circus because of the way the elephants are treated.  The zoos are getting better (I think or at least I keep telling myself that).  Supergirl's favorites are the elephants and she now requests to see the "allculls at da zoo" while using her hand for a trunk (a remnant of the old baby sign language days).  On our last trip she was most impressed with the elephants and the benches…

And last but not least, Daddy-O got himself a new toy (and our yard appreciates it)

Name that Plant, Part 2 May 21, 2006

So, after a not so successful round of Name that Plant I decided to try again…  Although I have been doing my research and have discovered the names of several things around here for myself, we still have a few questionable growths.

Plant #1

 

At first I started thinking, is this corn???  There is a lot of it in a strange place at one corner of our porch, I thought maybe they had a birdfeeder there or something.  But then I saw some growing in a flower bed at a church and am now wondering, what the heck?

Plant #2

 

Is this a weed?  Should I pull it?  Are the neighbors making fun of me for growing it?  Oh, and please ignore the tag, that belongs to the dead plant next to it.

Plant #3

I'm pretty sure I know what this is.

Plant #4

This too…

And, my peonies are finally blooming.  All the flowers here have been late-bloomers, it's kind of nice to fit in.

Big Girl Bed, Part 2 May 20, 2006

So far, things have gone well.  Nap time still need a little work but bedtime is relatively painless.  Occasionally, after I tuck her in she does get up, open her bedroom door, cry for about half a second, slam the door and go back to bed.  Just trying to make her point…  However, she does sleep with a bed-full of friends–

More 'Name that Plant' will be coming soon, please check back.

To my mom… May 12, 2006

Mom,

I don't think I ever really understood just what an amazing mom you are until I became a mother myself.  Only then did I realize I can only hope to become a mom like you.  You gave everything so selflessly.  Not once in my life have I ever felt like you were not there for me.  Even when I did not come to you I always knew in my heart you were there.  Always waiting, always loving me.  I remember so many special 'girl times.'  Like when Sam and dad were gone and we carried the tv to your bedroom along with a giant bowl of peanut m&m's and watched movies all day. I remember you trying to teach me how to two-step in our house.  I remember how you and dad so graciously and willingly opened our home to foster kids, loving them the same way you loved us.  I have learned so much by watching you, how to love, how to nurture, how to always have an open heart.  All of the most important lessons in life, which I am still learning from you so regularly.  It is always hard to be so far away from you, but I still know you are here, ready and able to talk whenever I need it.  Ready to answer my cooking questions with "I don't know, just until it looks done" or "I'm not sure, I don't ever measure it, just until it looks right."    Ready to listen to me vent about how the house is never clean, all the while knowing the many years you cleaned up after me.  I love you!!  I love you for being such a warm compassionate mother.  I love you for giving me enough confidence to know I can make it no matter where I am or what I choose for my life.  I love you for always having time to talk to me when I call even though you are doing a thousand things at once.  I love you for helping me when Supergirl was a newborn, reassuring me that I could be a mother myself.  I love you for being such a wonderful grandma!!!  We miss you more than you can know and we are always looking forward to our next visit.  I hope to see you soon!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Forever your daughter,

Things that come out of my mouth May 11, 2006

These are just a few of the things I've heard myself saying over the course of this last week:

"Honey, please don't eat the cabinet."

"There's no swimming on the table."

"Stop licking the refrigerator. "

"You should only pick your own nose, otherwise it's kind of rude."

A big girl bed May 9, 2006

Today Supergirl got a big girl bed.  I had one of those "I can't believe she's growing up so fast" moments while Daddy-O put it together.  Granted it is only a toddler bed, not exactly a 'big' bed but close enough.  We shall see how tonight goes, tomorrow we may be reassembling the crib…

Summer Grillin’ May 8, 2006

Only three days after grilling some chicken I notice a bird on our deck carrying a giant stick.  Upon further review I notice there seem to be quite a few large sticks directly under our grill that I don't remember being there a few days before.  I open our grill and…

 

I guess we won't be grilling again anytime soon.