Apr 20, 2006

Roses are red,
Now I can do a flip,
Becky came though
with a mocha java chip!

And I must say, having a frappachino before breakfast feels VERY decadent. It's like having a sundae before dinner. Mmmmmm.

7:05 Drop off

7:20 Asleep in Bjorn. The boys were coloring this morning, look what Alex drew all by himself! This is pretty sophisticated for him, he didn't start drawing pictures until he was 4. And that brown line isn't a mistake, it's dirt:



8:30 And here's Adam today. He actually wore pajamas last night. We tricked him by pulling them out of Alex's drawer and telling him it was a dino shirt. Of course, this may bite me in the butt, he won't take them off this morning to put on real clothes. Oh well, I guess I should be happy he's not stark nekkid.



8:40 4 oz bottle - pretty spitty. On my floor.

9:00 Someone is awful cute today:


9:30 Change poopy. Not poop-tastrophe. Ok, we're off on a playdate. And no, not with Gavin. It's Noah, from preschool.

11:00 4 oz bottle

12:45 Back from the playgroup. Let's just leave it that Noah lives in a very nice house in a very nice neighborhood. Wowzers. And I did get Adam to put some clothes on it, albeit over his jammies. Playdate went well, Adam and Ariel fell asleep in the car.

1:30 Adam woke up, grumpy of course

1:45 Ariel woke - 4 oz bottle

2:00 Walked over to the strip mall to run some errands. I picked up Ariel's pictures, mailed a package, got advice on how to clean Adam's fancy-schmancy wool sweater and got food for the airplane tomorrow.

It's spring!


Not impressed #1


Not impressed #2

(notice the jammie top peeking out from under his shirt. I managed to get the bottoms off during a diaper change)

3:30 Got home - another 4 oz bottle.

3:45 The witching hour - Adam was cranky again, and Ariel just needed someone to talk to her. At least Alex was enterained, making more sludge in the backyard.

4:30 Pick up.

Well y'all, we're off to Texas tomorrow, have a good weekend and we'll see you on Thursday.

Apr 19, 2006

7:10 Drop off. Asleep for now. Yay!

Becky, here's the five month collage:


I went back to the other post with pictures and put numbers, so tell me what you want and I can order them for you before I go to Texas.

8:00 Princess Ariel woke up.

8:15 3 oz bottle

8:45 I was so tired, I could barely keep my eyes open. So I started getting ready for out outing to the library.

9:00 Actually leave. I have no idea what takes so long, but I always feel like I'm mounting an Everest expidition every time we leave the house.

9;35 Get to Starbucks. Hey, the library wasn't even open yet. Today was a mocha day. I think Ted forgot my whipped cream, but I've been thinking I need to cut it out anyway.

10:15 Crissy and Gavin met us for storytime at the library. I found another Frances the badger book for Alex, and a non-potty book for Adam (this week we have read "Where's the poop" - a lift the flap and look for the poop gem, "Everybody Poops" - too graphic for me, and "PJ and the Puppy" - also involves a potty, and papers for the puppy. Blech. Crissy of course, hung out with Ariel.



10:20 Crissy fed a 4 os bottle

11:00 Ariel asleep in the bjorn

11:45 Start walking home.

12:15 Get home - Adam asleep in the stroller.

12:30 3 oz bottle

12:35 Adam woke up, so I had to prop Ariel up with her bottle while I calmed him down.

12:55 I put Ariel in the swing and tried to put Adam back down for a nap. It didn't take, but Ariel fell asleep.



Alex was outside making, as he put it, sludge. We have given him permission to use the outside hose, on the condition that it is not mis-used:


2:00 Ariel woke up. I thought I had better change her diaper (again, I did change it at the library) and I had my first poop-tastrophe (ok, it was not quite a poop-tastrophe but I wanted to use that word). Somehow, the way she was sitting made it go all up her front. So I had to change her clothes, which weren't too bad, but definately not good.

2:15 Ariel hung out and played for a while:


And here's my second born:

Just when I thought his clothing thing couldn't get weirder - now he only wants to wear Alex's pants. Today, he wouldn't choose a shirt, so I choose for him, then had to wrestle him into it. And before he went outside, he requested his snowboats.

But moments later, he said, "Poopy, right back" and went and made a poopy in the potty - which I should warn you Becky was rather liquidy.

2:45 Ariel fell asleep in the bjorn, then I transfered her to the carseat.

3:00 Boys and I went out on the front porch with juice boxes.



Notice Alex's chin bandage. He also has permission to self-bandage, as long as it's not mis-used.


Our snowcrab is blooming. Isn't it purdy?




And this view, this fine afternoon:


3:30 Ariel woke up, 4 oz bottle.

4:00 We went back on the front porch to wait for Becky.

4:18 Pick up.

Apr 17, 2006

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We spent our Easter weekend with Grammie and Pop-Pop at their house.

The boys had fun painting Easter eggs:




While they were busy inside, Kyle hid eggs outside for the boys. They both had a great time finding them:


(and this is Kyle)


Hooker just waited for someone, ANYONE, to throw her a ball:


Alex and Adam found most of the eggs before Pop-Pop introduced the extra-special Easter hunt - finding hidden quarters in the garden with the metal detector. Alex was all over this, and helped dig them up with his bayonet (overheard - "Alex, get your bayonet ready!")


And here is SarahDon'tTakeMyPicture - Isn't she purty?


Brother and Sister pretending to like each other:


Meanwhile, Aunt Sarah was asleep on the couch. She had a long night before. I know, because I was there, bar hopping with the class of '96. Pretty crazy stuff there :P Of course, Sarah had gotten up at 7:00 to go to church, I didn't roll out of bed (with a slight hang-over) until 10:00.


Exuberant Adam!


Aunt Sarah cleans up good though:


Think they might be related?


My handsome hubby:


Grammie's pretty center-piece:


Adam insisted that he sit at the grown up table, which didn't have enough chairs for him. So he lap-hopped, first to Aunt Sarah, then to me, then to Grammie. We had cheese-grits and green beans and potatoes and croissants and some of us had ham:


Another brother-sister combo pretending to like each other:


Mom and daughter (they really DO like each other :P):


Family (trust me, Sarah looks better than I do):


See, why hasn't anyone told me how badly I need a haircut?


Darn-tooting cute kid:


Pop-Pop and Grammie:


Father and daughter:


And I just have to tell you, I have always liked my new minivan. But yesterday, I think I fell in love with it. On the way home, I was reading to manual to make sure the rear vents were venting correctly, I found a section on my Rear Audio Control. After a quick search of my glove box, I found a remote and suddenly we were in business. In my car, the front speakers can be playing something different from the rear headphones. What that means for us is, I no longer have to listen to the same Kindermusik CD over and over and over and over. I hooked Alex up to the headphones, it was as close as we've come to our dream dividing glass option. Though it was only a minor victory for me, Jeremy insisted on listening to Japanease Pop for a Beautiful Life Hour. Yes, it IS as bad as it sounds:


7:00 Drop off

7:20 Nap

8:00 4 oz bottle - pretty spitty (see Becky, we jinxed it)

8:30 Crissy and Gavin arrive, Crissy and Ariel have special baby time.

9:30 Nap

10:15 Wake up

10:30 Play time before bottle



Adam is always near by. And you can't tell, but he's wearing a St. Patrick's day shirt and Alex's shorts. His request over jammies last night:


10:45 Crissy fed 3 oz bottle

11:30 After much deliteration, we came up with our fabulous plan. We walked to a breakfast place for lunch. I had a Mexican skillet, Crissy had blueberry pancakes and Alex had mac & cheese. Adam scavenged off of Alex and me, and Ariel slept through the whole thing. She did wake up for the walk home though. Oh, and we saw Gavin's Daddy having lunch by the breakfast place and he was quite surprised to see up. Crissy thought he was possibly stunned into silence :)

1:15 Got home. I put Adam down for a nap while Crissy fed Ariel another bottle. Seems like Crissy did a lot of Ariel work today, so I treated her to lunch. Big gesture on my part, her pancakes were $4.50 and I had a $2 off coupon. But it's the thought that counts, right?

2:30 Ariel was a bit cranky, finally went down for a nap.

3:15 Awake - 3 oz bottle

3:40 Go out side to wait for Becky. Where is Becky? I called Becky to make sure I wasn't supposed to take Ariel to the doctor's office.

3:55 Pick up. So Becky, what do you think about the return of Flutter Bug? I was right, Jeremy had put her in our toy bin.

Ariel's Five Month Pictures

Becky took the day off, but she and Grandpa and Grannie Shirley, and of course Ariel, came up for lunch. Here are Ariel's five month pictures:

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7:00 Just played around with these:
This is my favorite today, I like it black/white too:


And I tried to color correct this one, the closest we got to a smile:
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