Real Moms

Real Moms (I've been Tagged!!!)

1) Real Moms always make sure their children are dressed in coordinating outfits that match and are appropriate for the climate.


2) Real moms make sure they never take embarrassing pictures of their children that might be used as yearbook photos later on in life. That would be terrible!!


3) Real moms are gentle with their children.



4) Real moms don't let their children blow out the candles on Birthday Cakes because they spit. Eeeew, germs and DNA!!


5) Real moms would NEVER cut their own child's bangs. Because they would just make a mess of them!!



6) Real moms don't make their kids work while they are camping. Because camping should be fun for the kids.


7) Real moms never let their children make faces or have an "attitude".


8) Real moms don't let their children walk or crawl around with things in their mouths. That's dangerous!!

9) Real moms don't have fun with their kids or show them affection in public. After all, they are our kids, not our friends!!



10) And most importantly, real moms don't have time for useless things like blogs. They are too busy dusting, knitting homemade socks, and growing their own wheat for their handmade bread. And aren't our children more important that communicating with friends and family? Sheesh, priorities people!!!

Stand Tall

Stand tall....

Don't you fall....

Don't go and do something foolish (like walking)....

You're feeling it like everyone, it's silly human pride...

Sometimes late at night
when there's nothing here except my Ocean Wonders Toy
I'd almost give my hands to make you walk my way

***Lyrics by Burton Cummings (some were changed to protect the innocent)***

P.S. 18-24 Month Pajamas - and they fit!!! She's not even 11 months. She'll be taller than me before she's 2!!

New-moan-ya

Well, well, well. After secretly guffawing at the rest of the family because they were all really sick and I wasn't, I have been smote by my comeuppance. I have pneumonia. It's not bad enough to lay me out completely (which might garner more sympathy and help from dear husband), but enough to make me tired and breathless and sore and all that. I think what I have is classified as "walking pneumonia" which is a milder form of it that seems to last FOREVER. I am actually sicker now than I was a week ago. Ahhhh, isn't life special?

The end result is I am extending my mat leave by at least a week, if not 2. Which I think is just as well, considering the school district is cheating me out of my last 3 weeks of mat leave. Too bad I had to get sick to get it.

In other, less whiny news, Kinsey finally got one of her top teeth. It's been coming and going for the past 2 weeks, along with her crankiness and bad nights (not to mention the horrific biting while nursing fiasco). She's also discovered that she loves finger foods. She's not too keen on me feeding her slop anymore. She wants to do it. So tonight all of us sat down and ate dinner together. And we all had the same thing (yes, even Aliya). We had fish and chips. Not the most nutritionally dense meal, but Kinsey really liked the fish. Imagine pureed halibut? Eeeeeewww!!

Kinsey is packing on the pounds now, and is starting to get a little chubby. She has a bit of a gut, but the teeny tiniest bum you will ever see. Gramma bought her her first pair of real walking shoes on the weekend and they are a size 4 1/2. She has absolutely huge feet!!! Or maybe her feet are normal size, but her el grande toe makes them seem big.

Well, that is really all that is new and exciting (well, exciting might be a stretch). Sorry I don't have any pictures to go along with this fabulous post. Probably better that there's no pneumonia pictures. That's just ugly.

TTFN

Erin vs the Exersaucer

You would think that folding up the exersaucer and taking out the seat would deter any child from playing IN it. But not Erin. She climbed right in and started playing. I wonder what she would do with a folder up stroller??