While I hear a lot of:
“Throw her in the garbage”
“She has to go live at another house”
“Put her in time out”
“I hate her”
“BAD” S!”
I also am hearing more and more of:
“LIttle sister!”
“S, I love you this much”
“S, want to play . . .”
And every once in a while I catch this happening:
S is 18 months old already! I know I say it every time, as does every other parent, but time really flies by! It seems like both yesterday and years and years ago that I had a baby.
Here’s our little climber after getting herself up on the chair to reach a paper towel on the table.
Wrote a whole post and lost it. Hate that! Therefore this one will be short. Had tons of basil last year, didn’t realize you could freeze pesto, found a great pesto recipe, possibly from here, that uses almonds instead of pine nuts. Oh and I got an awesome food processor. Pesto freezes really well. You’re welcome.
PESTO:
1/4 c almonds (toasted at 450 for 5-10 mins)
3 cloves garlic
1.5 c fresh basil leaves
1/2 c olive oil
1 pinch nutmeg
S + P to taste
Combine all in food processor.
R is out of town for M’s real birthday, so we celebrated early this weekend. On Friday night, R put together her new big girl bike! We set it out by the fireplace (like Christmas morning). On Saturday morning she went out to the living room, then came in to our bed like she always does. We were all in bed for about five minutes before she asked whose bike was in the living room. She was excited to learnt that it was hers! Unfortunately the front rim was bent so we had to exchange it and we haven’t put the second new bike together yet. She did get to ride the first bike for a little bit before we exchanged it.
We just went with the Target Hello Kitty bike, but it seems a lot sturdier than I imagined a bike with training wheels would be. I think it’s going to be great! She also got some rocks that say “M’s Rock Garden” to add to her rock garden and a set of puppets. A few more presents will come on her actual birthday.
We had a rainbow themed birthday party in our backyard on Saturday which I wrote about over at CTWMs today. I tie dyed shirts for all the kids to take home. It was a great time. While it was a lot of work, I loved having people come to our house and M really seemed to enjoy it! We had the tent (castle) and tunnel out. We had a station for making noodles necklaces. We had tons of bubbles and hula hoops. We had a swing set and soccer nets. We had a basketball hoop and a sprinkler. It was lots of fun!
R has been in Canada (Vancouver area) for the past 19 days, but hey, who’s counting? We’re so glad to have him back home. Check out these adorable outfits he got for the girls. I took about 20 photos and this was the best one.
S is just about 17 and a half months old. I keep saying that she’s less verbal than M was at this age, but when I look back at a similar post, I see that she’s not too far off. And she can scale the couch and the coffee table quite easily, which M could not do at this age. Here’s the word list that I’ve been able to collect over the last few days:
Help
Up
More
Izzie
Mama
Mom
Dada
Bird
Squirrel
Car
Dog
Pup pup
Water
Lawn Mower
Ball
Cracker
Blueberry
On
Off
Duck
Poop
Hat
Bowl
Eyes
Shoes
Yes
Uh-huh
Boo-boo
Quack
S had her first pigtails this past weekend!
M took this photo!
Looks like Miss M had her first pigtails right around the same age!
We traveled to New Hampshire for the fourth of July again this year. It’s a lovely tradition that includes a children’s parade, small town parade and as always lots of food, family and fun. This year there was a ton of rain, which was actually kid of nice. It did hold off for our super early morning strawberry picking. M was a champion picker and had a great time. Then it rained quite hard for a few hours, cleared up for the children’s parade and regular parade and then rained really hard for the rest of the day. We had beautiful weather for the farmers’ market on Saturday. M got her money together and used it to buy her first thing – a jar of blueberry jelly. She was quite proud of herself. She had a great time playing with her cousin E, as always. She had such a great time that she did not want to leave and there was a pretty epic fit when it was time to go, including kicking, screaming and a forced entry into the car. Not a super fun way to end the weekend visit – boo.
M took this photo!
This week over at CTWorkingMoms.com, I’m finally giving credit where credit is due – to my dad and husband for picking up some real gems off the curb for the kiddos! Hope you enjoy.
M is getting older and I’m no longer able to rationalize my bad behavior by saying she won’t remember this. Anything I say or do or any poo-poo face I make could stick with her forever. I’d really like to keep my attitude toward her and the rest of my family a little more in check. It’s good to get a look at yourself through the eyes of children sometimes.
The True Story of What Was 