My latest learning project for Ali has been learning states, thanks to a $15 Amazon Gift Certificate I won at Mozi Esme’s blog. I really didn’t think she’d be able to comprehend the idea that the little green shape on the map was actually a very large area in which we lived. However, she really […]
Ears and Deers
. . .yes. . .I know there’s no “s” after deer. But it didn’t rhyme without it. . . Although I thought Ali was all better at my last update, Ali and I went to the doctor this morning after all. She had been telling us all weekend that her ear hurt. She’s never had […]
Ali Was Feeling Underblogged This Week. . .
First of all, thank you for your prayers. Ali seems to be all better, and I, so far, have escaped contracting her snottiness. Life has been crazy-busy this week and only promises to be even more so for the next few weeks. But in the quiet moments, we’ve had a couple of laughs, courtesy of […]
You Know You’re a Mommy When. . . .
Ali has the full-on crud. Fever, snotty, terrible cough. I really need her NOT to be sick, and I REALLY need not to get it myself. I am giving a double baby shower on Saturday, and the last thing that says “Welcome to my home, pregnant Mommies!!” is a cough that sounds like a seal […]
My Day as a STAY AT HOME Mom. And Other Randomness.
Several of my friends have been discussing the virtues of actually staying HOME, hosted by Rachel G. I have to admit, I don’t stay home all day very often. Actually, pretty much NEVER. But yesterday, we were getting our carpets cleaned (Ali was very relieved and excited that we were getting her “food” (aka puke) […]
Dolly Parton: The All-Knowing Family Manipulator.
Instead of the silly boob jokes and twangy songs that we grew up knowing Dolly for, Ali thinks that she is the Book Fairy. Thanks to Dolly’s Imagination Library program where she sends every child a free book every month (if you sign up for it), Ali’s life has been excited and enriched by such […]
Blowoutfits
Nobody likes dealing with a blowout. (let me take a minute to define – “Blowout: bloe-out v. – an infant or toddler’s poop that exceeds their diaper in such a way as to leach out onto EVERY item of clothing that they are wearing, along with whatever they are sitting on and eating at the […]
If I Had Her Power of Association, I Would Have Done MUCH Better on Analogies on the ACT Test. . .
I’ve told you about Ali’s odd, yet “creative” ability to see somebody she knows in every picture. And I have also told you about how she asks to go look at our friend’s blogs by name. A few days ago, these two habits (or more likely “quirks”) converged. We were eating breakfast at the table […]
In Which Thomas the Tank Engine Drowns in a Puddle.
We bought tickets months ago to the “A Day With Thomas” event that comes to Calera once a year (although it is next weekend as well, if you want to head on over for yourself). Ali has never been, and with her unbelievable love obsession with Thomas, we knew that it would be a dream […]
Always Count on Toddler for a Real-Time Opportunity to Practice What You Preach.
Reading back over this before I post it, I am realizing that this is a very hyper post. Lots of run-on sentences and parenthetical asides. Maybe those cookies are having an affect after all. So be sure to read this post in a hyper-active, way-too-fast, I’ve-had-too-many-espresso-beans fashion. Ali and I went to lunch with Beth, […]