I consider myself a pretty fun mom.
Well, maybe I’m just a mom who used to be fun because I realized how much I do NOT like getting dirty or wet or whatever when Mallory wants to play.
So this weekend, when Mallory wanted to go swimming, I actually had to get in the water, because how can I expect her to get in the water if mom is whining “it’s too cooooold”? And when she wanted to “tickle my back”, I couldn’t say no because I didn’t want to get my hair wet – especially since I was trying …
Year: 2009
The Up North Trip
We are on our annual pilgrimage to visit my aunt & uncle “up north”. The kids were great on the trip up, Carson slept the entire time up which was fabulous. We also timed our trip so that we would get to see my grade school friend Mandy & her family. They discovered a great little petting farm near their house so we took all four kids there on Saturday. They had two mamma pigs and a bunch of little piglets – some of whom were trying to nurse, so Mallory said “Mommy, those piggies are trying to eat like …
The conclusion is, there is no conclusion
So, I’ve been peanut-free since the beginning of July and Carson’s “possible peanut allergy” rash cleared right up. Correction, I’ve been peanut-free since the beginning of July with the exception of one Nutter Butter inhaled before I remembered I am not supposed to be eating peanut butter but it was SOOOO good. But anyway.
Well…we went to the allergist on Monday to see about Carson’s “possible peanut allergy” rash.
And all we know now is that I still can’t eat peanuts. They did a skin test and it came back negative – but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have an allergy. It …
Digital Crapping
I know this will come as a COMPLETE shock to some of you, but I’ve thrown in the towel on traditional scrapbooking. I am completely IN LOVE with Adobe Photoshop so I’m going to try to scrapbook pages digitally (plus, I find it WAY easier to find a few minutes to “scrap” on the computer than I do hauling out all my paper materials…I think sorting through hard copies of photos is the hardest part of getting motivated).
Anyway, here are my first attempts. These are along the same lines as my paper scrapbook pages, basically photos with some titles and …
Carson's 4mo appointment
Carson’s 4-mo doctor’s appointment/check-up was today.
Everything is great. Meeting all the milestones he’s supposed to.
However, he is only 15.6 lbs (50-something percentile, down from the 100-percentile when he was born). They aren’t worried about it, and the pediatrician even pulled up Mallory’s growth chart and surprisingly her weight leveled off at her 4-mo appointment too – and then it shot back up at her 6-mo appt.
So he’s thinning out. But he’s still “growing” – to the tune of 4.5 inches in 4 months.
ETA: Mallory gained 5lbs in her first 4 months, and also grew 4.5″ in 4 months. They must …
I can't because you are a boy
Overheard this morning while I was talking to Rick on the phone.
MCB: “Dad. Dad? Hey DAD! Do you want me to do you a punytail (ponytail)?”
RB: “Um, OK.”
MCB: “Daddy, do you want me to do you TWO punytails?”
RB: “Um, OK.”
Me, via phone to RB: “Ask her if she can give you curls.”
RB: “Mallory, can I have some curls?”
MCB: “No I can’t because you are a boy.”
I am not a pizza!
I was calling everyone their name with “-roni” at the end this morning…Malloroni, Carsaroni, Momma-roni, Dad-aroni.
Mallory said “STOP THAT. I am not a PIZZA!”
Oh, and last night she found a small baggie with pretzels in it – she brought it outside and said “I need to eat these pretzels to feel better” (because she’d been in meltdown for about 14 minutes).
My sweet boy is back
Man – we had a rough couple of nights. I didn’t sleep at all Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights. Carson was up and pretty inconsolable almost all night those nights.
On Friday morning we got to daycare and realized he was burning up (I wrote about the 101.8F fever) so I brought him home with me and made an appointment with the doctor for that afternoon. He got diagnosed with croup (was/is going around his classroom) and they gave him a steroid shot to help calm down the swelling in this windpipes. Then he hardly slept at all – …
Discovery Channel
Rick finally found a camping buddy.
Rick & Mallory had an overnight in the backyard this past weekend. We did a bonfire with smores (that only I ate…Rick tried to roast chocolate on a graham cracker and Mallory just ate the chocolate). But we did sparklers and just hung out. It was way fun.
Mallory actually lasted all night in the tent. More power to her. ;-)
Big & Little
What you don’t see in these pictures is Mallory on purpose falling backwards. So she is the big STINKER, not big SISTER.
Wardrobe: Mallory’s shirt courtesy of Alli’s mom; Carson’s shirt, courtesy of Kyle, Ryan, Brooke & Jack’s mom