We got this fun pedal car a while back off Craigslist, but Noah finally fits it now. Very cool!
...and kite-flying with Daddy is always a hit.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Summer Fun
What's summer without a few bugs?
We got this fun pedal car a while back off Craigslist, but Noah finally fits it now. Very cool!
...and kite-flying with Daddy is always a hit.
We got this fun pedal car a while back off Craigslist, but Noah finally fits it now. Very cool!
...and kite-flying with Daddy is always a hit.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Yummy!
Amelia is our "eater," and always has been, so it's not surprising that we have so many photos of her in the highchair. Now that she has a few more teeth, she's had lots of fun with new foods... like BROCCOLI!
Noah is happy that she likes "the bushes" because his favorite part is the stems. He'll happily eat the defoliated leftovers. :)
In less than a month's time, Mia went from two teeth to six (PLEASE, let that seventh one pop through soon!!!) so mealtime is not always happy time... unless there are popsicles involved. These are my special recipe -- dark berries hide spinach really well! Can you tell she likes them?
Yesterday, Mia had her first taste of corn-on-the-cob. Turns out that having opposing teeth is pretty handy. She cleaned this cob pretty well, and another one tonight.
Noah is happy that she likes "the bushes" because his favorite part is the stems. He'll happily eat the defoliated leftovers. :)
In less than a month's time, Mia went from two teeth to six (PLEASE, let that seventh one pop through soon!!!) so mealtime is not always happy time... unless there are popsicles involved. These are my special recipe -- dark berries hide spinach really well! Can you tell she likes them?
Yesterday, Mia had her first taste of corn-on-the-cob. Turns out that having opposing teeth is pretty handy. She cleaned this cob pretty well, and another one tonight.
Pampers Gifts to Grow
I've had a couple of posts about Pampers Gifts to Grow points, listing free promo codes as I find them, and some hints and hacks I've figured out along the way. I'm a big fan of their rewards program, especially now that S&H is free on all the prizes. If you use Pampers and you haven't signed up yet, you should. The 8x8" Shutterfly Photo Book is my favorite reward. I've gotten 3 of those so far, plus some awesome Duck & Goose books, and a onesie, and I can't remember what all else. A friend of mine finally cashed in her points for a Jeep Stroller. So, rather than post here every time I find a new code, I decided to keep a running list, in the right-hand sidebar, of promo codes, including those I know to be expired. Personally, I like keeping track of the expired ones so that when I run across codes on other people's old web pages, I don't have to retry every single one to see which are still good.
Please let me know (by commenting on this post or anywhere) if any of my "current" codes are expired. Or if you have a current code that's not on my list... or if you have a one-time code from a Pampers product that you don't plan to use... or just comment for the fun of it!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
An Artful Morning
Noah started it. He's pretty neat and independent, so I didn't know what a big project we were about to undertake this morning.
But then Mia wanted to get her hands in everything... so we got out the fingerpaints.
It didn't take her long to figure things out!
Why is NOAH the one wearing a smock?
He does eventually get his hands dirty, but that's about it.
Where the paints say "washable," they should remind me that cleanup might require a head-to-toe bath!
Of course, bath made Mia sleepy, so during her nap, Noah had fun with some tracing and dot-to-dot activities that Tara helped me find here.
All this before breakfast. Well, before MY breakfast. Moms don't need to eat, though, right? :)
Amelia's 1st masterpiece:
But then Mia wanted to get her hands in everything... so we got out the fingerpaints.
It didn't take her long to figure things out!
Why is NOAH the one wearing a smock?
He does eventually get his hands dirty, but that's about it.
Where the paints say "washable," they should remind me that cleanup might require a head-to-toe bath!
Of course, bath made Mia sleepy, so during her nap, Noah had fun with some tracing and dot-to-dot activities that Tara helped me find here.
All this before breakfast. Well, before MY breakfast. Moms don't need to eat, though, right? :)
Amelia's 1st masterpiece:
Monday, May 31, 2010
and Happy Birthday, baby boy!
There's nothing "baby" left anymore, but you'll always be MY baby boy. :)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Snips and Snails
Noah is having a heyday with all the huge snails in our yard lately.
That means Amelia is Sugar and Spice, right?
... RIGHT?
That means Amelia is Sugar and Spice, right?
... RIGHT?
Trilingual Hopscotch
If you ask, he'll tell you he's turning "sam" (3, in Cantonese) next week. With purple frosting on his cake!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Catch Up Time!
It's been awhile. Did you give up on me? Finals season is finally over, but keeping up with the kids probably has more to do with my absence here. Lately "keeping up" seems to get harder and harder!!
Amelia is walking, as of last week. She still crawls when she really wants to get somewhere, but she can comfortably balance for 8-10 steps to get across the room. She can also climb steps! We moved the stepstool from next to Noah's bed (he can crawl in without it, but she can't!), so her favorite climb now is up to the bathroom sink, to smile into the mirror, grab for her toothbrush, and say "aahhhh" like we make Noah do to open wide. We brushed her TWO teeth THREE times this morning before she even got her diaper changed!
She's quite the eater too, but thankfully she's gotten a LITTLE bit more selective about which non-food things she puts in her mouth. Even better, in the past couple days she has learned to spit back out the things she doesn't want to swallow. Did I ever think I would be thankful for the day they start spitting things out?? She talks more and more, even though I fail to realize it most of the time. She can say MaMa and DaDa when she wants to, but this week I caught on that she was repeating "Thank You." Of course it doesn't sound like much, out of context, but she's definitely mimicking us.
Keeping up with Noah is just as much fun. Lately he likes to hop. Everywhere. He's doing great with potty training, and he LOVES to visit the potties of EVERY new place we visit. Including the toilet section of Lowe's and Home Depot. He can amuse himself for hours with screwdrivers, scissors, knives (plastic), and shovels. And I'm almost embarrassed to admit, he's getting pretty darn good at Wii Mario Kart. He LOVES everything purple, especially if it's candy. HEB is his favorite store in the world, and he has an uncanny knack for getting the 50-point stickers out of the Buddy Buck crane game there. He counts to ten in Spanish, and beyond 20 in English and Chinese. He amazes us every day with the things he thinks of and says. I'm so happy that he's starting to catch on to "No, Thank You" and "Mommy, may I ____ please?" ... and he still takes a nice, long nap most afternoons. :)
Amelia is walking, as of last week. She still crawls when she really wants to get somewhere, but she can comfortably balance for 8-10 steps to get across the room. She can also climb steps! We moved the stepstool from next to Noah's bed (he can crawl in without it, but she can't!), so her favorite climb now is up to the bathroom sink, to smile into the mirror, grab for her toothbrush, and say "aahhhh" like we make Noah do to open wide. We brushed her TWO teeth THREE times this morning before she even got her diaper changed!
She's quite the eater too, but thankfully she's gotten a LITTLE bit more selective about which non-food things she puts in her mouth. Even better, in the past couple days she has learned to spit back out the things she doesn't want to swallow. Did I ever think I would be thankful for the day they start spitting things out?? She talks more and more, even though I fail to realize it most of the time. She can say MaMa and DaDa when she wants to, but this week I caught on that she was repeating "Thank You." Of course it doesn't sound like much, out of context, but she's definitely mimicking us.
Keeping up with Noah is just as much fun. Lately he likes to hop. Everywhere. He's doing great with potty training, and he LOVES to visit the potties of EVERY new place we visit. Including the toilet section of Lowe's and Home Depot. He can amuse himself for hours with screwdrivers, scissors, knives (plastic), and shovels. And I'm almost embarrassed to admit, he's getting pretty darn good at Wii Mario Kart. He LOVES everything purple, especially if it's candy. HEB is his favorite store in the world, and he has an uncanny knack for getting the 50-point stickers out of the Buddy Buck crane game there. He counts to ten in Spanish, and beyond 20 in English and Chinese. He amazes us every day with the things he thinks of and says. I'm so happy that he's starting to catch on to "No, Thank You" and "Mommy, may I ____ please?" ... and he still takes a nice, long nap most afternoons. :)
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