MonkeyBoy is feeling under the weather today. Yesterday he spent the afternoon chasing cats at his uncle’s while the men watched football, so we aren’t sure if he’s gained a cat allergy or just come down with his first cold of the season. There’s stuff going around, so I wouldn’t be too surprised [...]
Today was the first day of the new school year for MonkeyBoy. Nothing says “first day of school” like a goofy picture and a bad haircut. I may have to take the scissors to his bangs myself, I can’t do a worse job than the “professional” that hacked on his hair last week. [...]
The day started out with a morning birthday pool party for a princess-loving friend of MonkeyBoy.
I’m trying to make all our gifts this year, but ended up buying a few things for this sweet recipient. She received a do-it-herself sticker making kit, complete with stamped images of her beloved Disney Princesses that [...]
Two of MonkeyBoy’s friends celebrated their birthday this weekend and their mom asked me to make a cake for the occasion. The party was at an area sprinkler park and had a beachy theme. I was excited to be able to pull out my ball cake pan and came up with a beach [...]
MonkeyBoy had his six month leg follow-up appointment on Friday and it ended up running long, especially since I’d forgotten to take him (I blame pregnancy brain!). Luckily, I called when I remembered (15 minutes late) and they were able to still work us in. His leg was declared “healed, looks as if [...]
Just a few quick snapshots from the week. I’m working on Craigslisting things today in preparation for the big room swap of 2010. We’re moving four rooms around as we get ready for our new family member and I’d like to have it done this month so that there’s plenty of time between [...]
I’m finally feeling better, pregnancy-wise. You can tell I’m feeling better because I’m in the kitchen again. For the first 16 weeks or so of pregnancy, I couldn’t stand to be around food. We ate out a lot, because I could eat if someone would set the cooked food down in front [...]
I usually avoid the Dollar Spot at Target since we have plenty of toys and don’t need a bunch of cheap junk around. But yesterday I decided to spin through on a whim and discovered a plethora of dress-up costumes. MonkeyBoy’s imagination is really flourishing these days and I thought he might enjoy some [...]
Our plans to attend the county fair were thwarted by torrential downpours which lasted most of the day. So we moved on to plan B – a trip to “Chunky Jesus”.
Calling “Chunky” to set up a playdate.
Meeting up with “Chunky” for a car ride.
Whacking some sharks.
Defending his air hockey goal.
Defending the planet.
Counting tickets.
Enjoying his [...]
It’s been a trying day. With a hurricane nearing, the weather is cooler, windy, and thunderclouds are passing through. Since it was just overcast during swim lessons they were still held. With the wind, some debris had flown into the pool and MonkeyBoy spied something floating in the water (probably a leaf) [...]