Thursday, February 23, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY! From Deenesh
A Big Happy Birthday to my out-going,
Globe-hopping,
Thanks for being such a big and important part of our lives.
Wonderful MOM!
Thanks for being such a big and important part of our lives.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Shower
There's always the problem of what to do with the baby when you need a shower.
Apparently, I didn't bring enough toys to keep her interest and the play mat was not quite enough to block the cabinet doors. She spent the entire shower opening the doors just enough to stick her fingers in and dangerously dance the line of getting them painfully smashed.
Needless to say, it was not the relaxing shower for which I was hoping.
Apparently, I didn't bring enough toys to keep her interest and the play mat was not quite enough to block the cabinet doors. She spent the entire shower opening the doors just enough to stick her fingers in and dangerously dance the line of getting them painfully smashed.
Needless to say, it was not the relaxing shower for which I was hoping.
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| Who me? No way. I've been here the whole time playing nicely with this toy. See? |
Monday, February 13, 2012
Valentine's Day Redemption
So, last year on Feb 13 I turned to Deenesh and said, "Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, are we supposed to do anything for Asher's class?!"
To which Deenesh replied something along the lines of "Tracy, they are 2 years old. No, we don't need to do anything."
Yeah, and then guess who came home with oodles and oodles of Valentines? Yeah, I think every single kid in the class gave a Valentine's.
And I'm also quite certain that all the parents spent that evening tsk tsking to themselves and saying things like "Poor Asher. What kind of mother does he have? What a failure." Yes, I am sure that each and every one of them noticed that single missing Valentine and have been talking about it amongst themselves for the last 12 months.
Well, this year I will not fail my child!!
And to redeem myself, I can't just get store-bought Valentine's. No, not that would not be enough. Did I mention that one Mom made A-DORABLE heart shaped crayons of multiple colors? I mean, c'mon.
So, supported by some fantastic bloggers who are far more creative than I, I was prepared this year!
Yeah. Check it out!
It took me a while to figure out the best way to do it - home printer? Order from snapfish? How to get the right size?
Ultimately, I used the collage 4 x 6 print at CVS with a red border (19 cents per 4 x 6).
I used a razor to make slits at his hands, and then inserted the lollipops.
All in all, I think it was probably about the same time and price as the store-bought Valentines. Time-wise, I had to make the slits, but I didn't individually address each Valentine.
A big thank you to the Valentine's geniuses by which I was inspired - click here to check them out.
http://www.filthwizardry.com/2011/02/giant-lolly-pop-valentines.html
http://24-7-365.blogspot.com/2009/02/lavish-me-with-praise.html
Seriously, I am so excited about these Valentines!
To which Deenesh replied something along the lines of "Tracy, they are 2 years old. No, we don't need to do anything."
Yeah, and then guess who came home with oodles and oodles of Valentines? Yeah, I think every single kid in the class gave a Valentine's.
And I'm also quite certain that all the parents spent that evening tsk tsking to themselves and saying things like "Poor Asher. What kind of mother does he have? What a failure." Yes, I am sure that each and every one of them noticed that single missing Valentine and have been talking about it amongst themselves for the last 12 months.
Well, this year I will not fail my child!!
And to redeem myself, I can't just get store-bought Valentine's. No, not that would not be enough. Did I mention that one Mom made A-DORABLE heart shaped crayons of multiple colors? I mean, c'mon.
So, supported by some fantastic bloggers who are far more creative than I, I was prepared this year!
Yeah. Check it out!
It took me a while to figure out the best way to do it - home printer? Order from snapfish? How to get the right size?
Ultimately, I used the collage 4 x 6 print at CVS with a red border (19 cents per 4 x 6).
So, once I cut them apart I had two 3 x 4 cards.
A big thank you to the Valentine's geniuses by which I was inspired - click here to check them out.
http://www.filthwizardry.com/2011/02/giant-lolly-pop-valentines.html
http://24-7-365.blogspot.com/2009/02/lavish-me-with-praise.html
Seriously, I am so excited about these Valentines!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Tara's Birthday was AWESOME!
I just hope that Tara enjoyed her birthday as much as we did!
Now, having Tara visit on her birthday clearly would have been the greatest way to celebrate it. But, I must say, having SNOW visit was a close second! (I say that the snow "visited" since it is already mostly gone).
The snow started last night - big, thick, chunky, beautiful flakes - and when we woke up this morning there was a nice little coating on the ground.
And then, as if the snow wasn't enough, Kiera chose to today to pull herself up to a standing position in her crib, and to really start cruising around (also in her crib).
And then. Then! She even started to make real progress on her forward crawl.
I know, awesome right? I guess she wanted to show off for Tara's birthday.
Now, having Tara visit on her birthday clearly would have been the greatest way to celebrate it. But, I must say, having SNOW visit was a close second! (I say that the snow "visited" since it is already mostly gone).
And then, as if the snow wasn't enough, Kiera chose to today to pull herself up to a standing position in her crib, and to really start cruising around (also in her crib).
I know, awesome right? I guess she wanted to show off for Tara's birthday.
Happy Birthday Tara!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
January Review - Part V
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| I LOVE that they are holding hands. |
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| Asher always wants what his sister has. In this case - having him imprisoned during meal time - awesome! |
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| Is it wrong that I convinced Asher to let me build with his blocks and just relegated him to knocking them down? |
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| Asher perfects putting the Russian nesting dolls away. |
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| This was an utter gender moment. Neither Deenesh nor I ever had tinker toys (I think my brother had some). A friend was getting rid of their set so I grabbed it. When I got it home, I looked at all the pieces and had no clue what I should do with them. Deenesh had much better success. I'll stick to the regular blocks. |
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| This has been one heck of a winter. |
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| Water beads! |
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| Rolling in the dough! |
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