After supper tonight the weather was still somewhat nice outside, so we decided to go for a walk.
A walk is a very complicated thing with two toddlers. Someone gave us a bus toy. The kids fought over it whenever we’d go outside. Nothing else compared. It had all kinds of buttons you could push and [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Posted in Jessie, Matt, Parenting, Samantha on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK. So they’re a little weird.
Posted in Jessie, Samantha on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They’ve got some peculiarities.
If you give Jessie a wet wipe, she’ll wipe her hands, her nose, and……her tongue. I don’t know why, but every time we give her a napkin or a little soapy wet wipe, she’ll wipe her tongue off as part of cleaning up.
Sam freaks out whenever we give Jessie a time out. Not that [...]
Self Sufficiency
Posted in Jessie, Parenting, Samantha on April 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We’ve definately hit that toddler stage where they want to do everything for themselves.
Jessie insists on putting on her own jacket. Oh, how cute, you’re thinking. Yeah. Sure. She puts it on backwards. Then upside-down. Then her hand goes into the hood instead of the sleeve. She spends 10 minutes turning herself into a pretzle [...]
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blog
Posted in Jessie, Matt, Parenting, Samantha, Sleep, health on April 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s gorgeous outside today. I should be out there cleaning the rust off the Schwinn. The salt this winter (and my neglect) were not kind to the steel. It looks pretty decent except for the totally rusty wheels and the very rusty chain.
I could be baking cookies so that I’ve got something to snack on [...]
