don't eat the pizza! and other adventures...

I'm blogging! At 10 am!  How is this possible?  A baby swing and an iphone.  BML and I are new to the iphone world, we didn't know what we were missing!  LTD gave me an itunes gift card for my birthday and one of the first things I spent it one was toddler apps since yay yay! already introduced them to sweet p during her visit.  He is now perched on the couch in "Fish School" learning his letters.  And sweet l girl is quietly napping in her swing.  AND!  Thanks to FTD my house smells delicious with a concoction of cinnamon and vanilla simmering on the stove. (check out this link) I have even brushed my teeth this morning, and last night I read a book!  Only 10 pages, but a book!  Oh quiet time...it's good to see you again.

Yesterday was a completely different story.  We headed to Whole Foods to grab something to eat as our refrigerator was completely bare.  Completely.  And Whole Foods has a parking garage under the store so its easier to maneuver both kiddos in and out.  Except that P refused to ride in the cart, so I let him walk provided he stay by my side the whole time.  It was an experiment, and he did pretty well!  We played I spy with all of the items on my list.  "Where are the bananas, P?"  and he ran to the bananas, I picked them up and he put them in the cart.  We had a little trouble with the eggs, but we managed to make out with them all intact.  We stopped at the pizza spot for some quick lunch - I picked P up to check out the slices and he promptly let our a huge sneeze and splattered the glass with snot.  sick.  the snot, and P.  oops. 

Like I mentioned last time, I spend a good amount of time at night on pintrest.com while nursing L.  Sometimes I spent too much time in the food section and pin all things delicious and bad for you.  But as you all know if you have been following, P loves to help bake, so it's a good activity.  But not good for dropping the baby lbs, especially since I am not doing a lot of exercising lately.  I did about 20 minutes of yoga a few days ago and my body is still yelling at me.  Anyway, a couple of days ago I found this http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/ with all kinds of activities and I thought, we could do that stuff, no problem.  It overwhelms me though with all the set up and I never have everything you need and I'm not great and knowing what I can substitute so we did the old vinegar & baking soda experiment.  Success!  We played with the eyedropper making volcano's for 45 minutes while L was sleeping.  I managed a couple pictures...

This last picture is us making FTD some art since she has requested some via twitter.  P is making his way toward L sleeping in her swing so I'm signing off...here he comes!  What a lovely 15 minutes...

can't think of a title

it's really hard to think of a clever title.

especially considering we haven't really been up to much.

which has been SO nice.

P man has been sleeping a bit better as of late,

so everyone is less stressed in the morning.

which means a happier family in the evening.

P even helps with dinner.

and still gets really excited

at the sight of hummus.

we celebrated mothers day, easily now my favorite holiday,

by staying in our pajamas for much of the morning.

little man slept in so we could too!

P (whom B calls the little prince when wearing these pjs)

LOVES being outside.

LOVES.

when the sliding door opens, this guy is headed straight for it.

hence, the attractive baby gate in the background.

my boys were pretty pooped after an afternoon

of exploring the garden center, playing in their fountains,

and planting our new plants.

i wish i had a picture of P after the fountain incident...

he was soaked through.  and loved every second of it.

then they got hot...

and sat down to watch some basketball.

later, at P's dinner time, he was told by his dad

to please stop throwing his food.

and this was the response we got.

excuse me?

i didn't quite hear you.

nope! still can't hear you!!

in other news. 

since pretty much all i have to write about is the family,

p man now only takes one nap a day.

but in the morning he still gets tired.

so he crawls up into my lap and we read.

i love every minute of it (sometimes up to 30!)

and yes, that is brown bear we still love.

see this post:  Brown Bear, Brown Bear

so, life is pretty good in our household.

the weather has been beautiful,

which alwaysputs me in a good mood. 

 little man is sleeping in -

BML has a whole month off of school,

its so nice to have him around some more!

until next time...

oh - i should at least mention

we did manage to take a vacation - just me and bml

while my parents took p.  we went off to the keys

and enjoyed watching the sunset at Lorelei's

and sleeping in until 8am!

but we missed little man, so we went back soon.

and i have no pictures to prove our vacation.

but it was awesome.

while we were gone, p enjoyed

swimming, golfing, walking captain and

entertaining the neighborhood.

for some reason, the pics won't load. 

maybe CMD has a couple he will share later.

ps.  baby girl aka sprout #2 is kicking

around like crazy these days...just when we were getting our sleep back.

it's sweet.  mean it.











just a little off the back please

b and i have conquered another parenting milestone,

we finally cut p's hair.  that precious, beautful, white blonde

hair.

that's all it is right?

hair?

it will grow back.  probably by sometime next week.

so without further ado...

ok, just kidding.  i took several before pictures.

as in, fifteen.  but i will spare you.

p is pretty excited about being naked in the bathroom...

little does he know he is about to lose some weight.

mostly in the back because someone called him a

beautiful little girl the other day.

not my baby boy! but i love those bangs.

so they stay.

b! not too short!

dad, what the heck?

there is no water in my tub, i am sitting in my bumbo,

and you are taking scissors to my hair.

they made up.

nothing makes p giggle like a little reading.

brown bear, and goodnight moon.

handsome little boy.

no worse for the wear. his mom?

i'm craving a cocktail but thinking of sprout #2

so i am headed for the fudge instead.

tomorrow p will probably be ready for a shave.





Brown Bear, Brown Bear

This morning P greeted us with his new favorite book,

Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?

I have it memorized.

Over the last couple of days P has developed an obsession with this book,

he finds it wherever it is and brings it to me to read.

And is intent on helping turn the pages.

I see a brown bear, a red bird, a yellow duck, a blue horse,

a green frog, a purple cat, a white dog, a black sheep, a goldfish,

a teacher, and children looking at me!

Side note: in the future I think I will spend a little more time "editing" our photos.

For instance, is it possible to replace pjs with jeans?

Also, I am spending too much time on the internet reading other blogs,

it is a strange world out there. 

We look forward to some family, friends

 & Florida sunshine in less than 24 hours!