Guessing Game: In a galaxy far, far away

Guess what this is? I will give you two guesses. When I asked what it was, I got a very, "not true" answer. Very quick on his feet that Little Man is. :)


Hint: Not a "water squirter" or a "scanning thingy"

Star Wars Spelling

Translation:
R2D2
Anakin (I don't think I'm right either, but at least closer!)
Obi-Wan (V=U; sideways 7s=N)
Luke (G=C)

Whatever motivates them... Right?!

Preppy Girl

So, if she's this cute right now, imagine how cute I'd think she was with more than 3 hours of sleep!

Let's All Join Together!

I am all for getting rid of Daylight Savings time. It is a PAIN for those of us with kids. I mean, we worked so hard to get them to sleep in later in the morning and we have been doing well for the past month or so. Now THIS! Today, I had to go in and WAKE my boys for school. That is CRAZINESS! Coffee helped me, but poor kids, they are already ready for bedtime at it is only 3pm. I hope tomorrow is better, but likely not since I have a 7:15 meeting. I bet whoever scheduled that one 2 days after daylight savings is kicking themselves right now! :)

Come on Spring!

Sunday was BEAUTIFUL! The first weekend in several weeks when it wasn't cold and rainy. As a fun adventure, we went to the Flower Fields. I had never been and wanted to go last year. For one reason or another, I never made it, but this year...




The boys had a great time. Little Lady slept the whole time. It was warm and I actually got a little sun on my arms. I hope the rest of our weekends are this nice.

I am a Genius

This morning a friend came over for a few minutes to return some maternity things. I am not sure if we will use them again, or not, but at least we have more boxes to store now. :) Anyway, as we are sitting there chatting, Little Lady got pretty fussy. It was uncharacteristic. She is not sick, she was tired, but she was yelling. Now, she is 8 months old, and a delight of a baby girl. Her complaints are usually founded and if she cries, it is for a good reason. But, today, I just couldn't figure it out. So, I put her down and she cried for a bit longer than normal. Strange, but come on, what is a 6 minute cry versus a 2 minute cry? Then, after she fell asleep, and as I was prepared to leave her in the capable hands of Daddy (who was working diligently in the room down the hall), I heard complaints. And not complaints from Daddy. What is going on? There must be something. So, I gave her a full head to toe, changed her diaper, fed her, and still no reason for the fussiness. Then, as we were playing, I saw ONE drip of drool coming out of her mouth and it brought me back a few years to the boys as babies. Drool. Ah HA! Little Man and Squeaker drool= Normal. LOTS of Little Man and Squeaker drool= TEETH!

Little Lady does not drool much, if at all. So, this one drip hanging from her chin got me thinking. We are 8 months now, right? Could teeth FINALLY be emerging???? I know, obvious, right? But, I kinda forgot that she didn't have teeth yet. The boys both got their first teeth around 5 months or so. She is a little slow on the tooth growing, apparently. So, a quick look in the mouth and one of the two slow growing bumps has FINALLY erupted. There is a nice little line beneath all that saliva! One little squeak from her and something is clearly wrong. And, I, after exhausting all other options, figured it out. I am a genius!

Squeaker Says

Conversation at bedtime

Me: Good night.
Squeaker: Good night. Can I have a drink of water?
Me: Why do you always ask for a drink of water?
Squeaker: Because I do.
Me: If you give me a good reason, I will get you a drink. (Thinking he'd say "Because I am thirsty")
Squeaker: (beaming) Okay, um, hmmm.. because I always ask for water.
Me: Not a good reason. Try again.
Squeaker: Hummm, because I kick off my covers.
Me: Not a good reason. Try again.
Squeaker: Because I like blanket sandwiches. (being silly)
Me: Nope. Okay, you get one more chance. If you give me a good reason, I'll get water. If you don't, I am leaving.
Squeaker: Hummm, hummm, ummm, hum. (silence) Because I love you very much.
Me: (beaming) Okay, I'll get you water.
Squeaker: (giggles)