Horse Poo

Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!

"After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post."Philip Streifer, Superintendent of Schools, Barrington, Rhode Island




Birthdays for February the 21st:
1794 - Antonio L¢pez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico (1833-36)

Two girls, one wardrobe.

Gangster Lovin'

Never underestimate the stealthy skills of a 2-year old.

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Sweet, perfect, and sometime pukey.

Dang, it's still mommy.

In hopes of fulfilling NYC's slogan on Valentine condoms, "Get Some."

The "high" of Valentine's day mixed with toddler crayons.

"I want my yellow dress!"

Name that movie and Jon will write you a song.

By the way...

Becky had a dream the other night in which an evil baby was trying to attack her, and the only way to stop it was for her to chew the infant's flesh off its face.
Vote Obama!

You little...

We've managed thus far to rear a relatively well-behaved toddler without resorting to corporal punishment. I was hand-spanked occasionally during my formative years, and though I believe I developed into a modestly productive and mentally whole member of society, we're trying to avoid what we both feel is a less-effective method of discipline.
However, as our eldest matures, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find ways to encourage good behavior and create consequences for bad behavior. Just yesterday, after the little darling blatantly ignored her parents' instructions to stay off of mommy's sewing project, she was told to go to time out. Rather than the expected look of remorse and dread we were hoping for, she happily said, "OK!" and scampered over to the time out corner. She waited there for about 5 seconds and then said "Sorry, daddy...I said sorry."
So we're probably going to have to move to minimum time requirements. It could also be an opportunity to teach math. "You got out mommy's make-up. That's 5 minutes time out. You also spit on the kids at the mall. That's 15 minutes of time out. How many minutes is that, Sam?"
Daddy did Sam's hair. With mousse.

Lucy thought it was super-awesome.







It's been a while since we did one of these.

Presidential Prayers

Sam has been taking education courses at the local college and has learned the ideal environment in which to teach a dinosaur to be potty trained.

She has been praying herself to sleep at night in hopes that the Presidential candidates will "stop the bickering."

A blurry version of Sam's ideal man.

You're never too old or too young to use ProActive.

What you may

Look deep into my eyes...the gift you are sending Jon for his birthday should include chocolate-flavored furr balls

Sam and her evil clones.

Becky made these for some loved ones for Christmas. If you didn't get one, it's not because you're not loved, it's probably because you don't love enough.

As Sam tries to squeeze the cyber-life out of you with her death-grip Lucy is trying to save you with her angelic lazer-eyes. Blessed be the young ones.

Bag Tag

I was recently "bag tagged" which means I get to give my friends and family an inventory of the items in my bag. I still carry the diaper bag that the hospital gave us because it is the best if not the prettiest. Before I list, I bag tag: Jen H., Amber, Melissa, Chrissy and Mikelle.

All right Jen, you asked for it:

diapers

formula

toddler & infant clothing that has yet to be puked or pooped on

bag of tissues

4 used and dried up tissues

tampons in case of menstruation or bloody nose

baby formula

plastic bag for transport or disposal of biological waste

Lucy's growth chart from the doctor, which indicates that it's okay that 82% of her mass is cranium

slide whistle

gas drops

5 pens

3 baby bibs

yamaka

cell phone

bottle of Domaine Ste. Michelle, 2004

Sam vs. the Camera

(narrated by Sam herself)

heh heh heh. picture.

It's okay. Look!

Kitchen! That one's in my kitchen.

Pictures. Mommy & Mommy.

I wanna see the uderr mommy.

That one's making cake...brownies...cake.

I wanna see daddy-one. Can I play games now?

Cystic Fibrosis Cure

Our friends (Matt & Charla Schriever) have a little boy with CF and they are having a walk for the cure in May.

If you're interested in donating, go to this site: http://www.cff.org/great_strides/CharlaSchriever5094

Even if you can't donate right now, go to the site and watch the montage that Charla did about little Connor. It's very sweet and opened my eyes to the difficulties of CF.

Chomp-chomp-chomp? Yes yes yes.

Lucy has two teeth, though she still doesn't seem inclined to use them on anything but our fingers. She was fairly ill for a week or so, and the doctor prescribed an antibiotic. For all you parents out there, you should be aware that Omniceph can make your child's feces turn brick red, which can be very alarming. I didn't include a picture.

This is a picture form a few weeks ago when Sam was out hunting elk.