School Play

Hayden was in a school play last month called "Stone Soup". He played Soldier #2, and he played it well. He had seven lines to memorize and he didn't mess up a single one. I was very impressed.

Look! Grandaddy caught the toddler! It was the only way to get him in a picture with his brother.

Proud Auntie Shilo and Soldier #2

Jake wanting the camera. I eventually gave it to him to keep him quiet and he took a lot of pictures of my lap and his arms. Good times.

We are very proud of how hard he worked and how seriously he took being in the play.

Happy Easter

One of the perils of working in retail is missing out on holidays. Our celebrations were short. The boys had already colored eggs once so Hayden wasn't interested in coloring more, but he was kind enough to stop in for a picture.

Jake enjoyed candy for breakfast. It's fun watching him now on holiday mornings. He almost understands what's going on.

That Lego set completes Hayden's Space Police collection. He also enjoyed candy for breakfast.

I tried to get Jake to stop dipping his entire hand into the egg dye by putting his egg in the whisk.

Even with the 'throw the egg as hard as you can into the cup' technique, Jake's eggs turned out pretty darn cute.

Happy Easter everyone!

Interpretation Gone Awry

Have you ever ordered flowers for someone, had them delivered, and then wondered how they looked? Well, this weekend, I was lucky enough to get a new nephew. My sister Jen decided to order some flowers for the happy new parents at the hospital. She thought she'd be safe choosing a Martha Stewart design, but she was wrong. The first picture is of the lovely flowers from the website, the second shot is what they received. Now I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that the card holder and vase make the arrangement look more like a Village Inn milkshake. I understand the need to replace out of season flowers, but seriously? When are carnations out of season? And who thought replacing them with green spider mums was a good plan? And it seems to be half the size of the desired arrangement.

And if you think that's bad, wait until you see what happened when my mother used the Internet to order flowers............

Now, I will give the florist credit for using the exact same type of flowers (see that, other florist? there seem to be carnations in this arrangement), but those little round mums are black. Maybe in bright sunlight you could pass them off as purple, but in a hospital room they look like creepy, fake, Halloween type black mums. What says 'Congrats on the new baby!' like creepy black flowers? Any other flowers, that's what.

So the lesson today kids is this:

Walk your buns into a Flower Patch, find an arrangement yourself, and take it in with you when you go to see that super freakin' cute new nephew.

Thanks TMZ, Now I Know I'm Not Crazy

(photo courtesy of TMZ)

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who cannot get past the fact that Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter looks just like Elijah Wood

At Least His Arm Feels Better

Thanks Jake. Lesson learned. Keep baby powder under lock and key.

Light Reading

Hayden fell asleep a couple of nights ago studying "Star Trek-The Next Generation: Technical Manual".

Nerds Rule!!!

A No Good Very Bad Day

Do you ever have one of those days where you feel like you weren't made to be a mother? Like, mothering is too difficult for you and no one should have put you in charge? I had a day like that yesterday.

Jake broke his arm.

My 22 month old baby broke his arm on my watch.

He loves to climb on everything and I've been desperately trying to find ways to keep him from climbing onto my counters. But he got onto the counter (for the fifteenth time that day) and slipped and fell. I feel so lucky to have the new hospital so close and a great group of pediatricians at my disposal. They fit us right in and took great care of him. The injury happened right before pick up time for Hayden so I had to call Shilo to pick him up so I could run to the hospital. And it was Shilo's birthday. I still feel bad about it. She's a good Auntie.

He broke his long arm bone near the shoulder. It's too far up to cast so he has a sling. He wants out of that sling so has an Ace bandage too.

I love him and seeing him in pain has been difficult. It's funny how kids get over stuff so quickly though. He has already figured out how to navigate the stairs one-handed and how to drink a juice cup, hold blanket and eat toast while watching Sesame Street.

I hope I recover almost as quickly. Right now I'm working on getting my mommy confidence back.