You Change Your Mind Like a Girl Changes Clothes

I'm talking to you, Kitchen Valance. First you were balloony and I was so proud of myself:


Now you're an awning, and I'm so much prouder:

Red Vines

I just realized that I hadn’t heard any Eliza noises for a few seconds, so I went exploring. Turns out she had climbed all the way up the stairs, crawled to the pantry, gotten out the giant bucket of licorice, opened the lid, and started feasting.

April Fools

The best part of last night's dinner was not the meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato frosting:


Or the grilled angelfood cake and frosting sandwiches:


But the part where Liam finished his dyed milk and then asked for, "More orange juice, please."

Eliza's First Birthday Party

Oops

Look who I just found climbing the stairs for the first time.

I've Said It Before...

And I'll say it again: one-year-olds are totally rad.

Today is Eliza's birthday, which means, as of this morning, I'm done breastfeeding. I could take Tylenol right now. I could even take Nyquil! I could go on vacation and leave her with my parents. The possibilities are endless.

Eliza only weighs 16 pounds, so she's still my sweet little baby. She still smells delicious, and she still loves me more than anybody else. But she can play by herself and laugh at Liam all day long, and she has enough hair to do all kinds of fun things with. I love this age!

Happy birthday, Ellie! Thanks for the freedom.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wherein Wet Clothes Are The Least of My Worries

Me: Liam, why are your clothes all wet?
Liam: Because I just got a drink outside.
Me: What do you mean outside?
Liam: I got a drink out of the white thing outside.
Me: What white thing outside?
Liam: You know...that white thing that's connected to the house.
Me: Do you mean the hose?
Liam: No, the white thing!
Me: Why don't you show me?


Oh, that white thing.

Black Eyed Peas' Youngest Fan

A couple weeks ago a Black Eyed Peas song came on the radio and Liam said, "Hey! This song is from G-Force!" After it was over he asked me to turn "♫ tonight's gonna be a good good night ♪" back on. I told him I couldn't because we were listening to the radio, but I flipped the station anyway, and lo and behold, that song was on again.

Then yesterday he asked me from the back seat of the car if I would turn on his favorite song, "Bumble bee, bumble bee, bumblebumblebumble bee."

I wonder if it's time to start listening to better music in the car.

Mini Splash Pad

Even though I've been married to Ben for almost 8 years and he's been working in the swimming pool industry the entire time, I never would have guessed that he could build and program a water feature all by himself.

But check it out! He totally did.




Hopefully his next project will be a more permanent one in the backyard.