Dance Baby Video!
Sissy Eats Her Cake Video!
My Big Brother (the one in the middle) and his cousins segregated themselves from the girl party by eating in the kitchen. Or maybe it was because the cupcakes were in there.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Sissy Turns One
Yesterday the family came over to help me celebrate my 1st Birthday. It was great socializing, dancing and devouring Mom's famous pumpkin chocolate-chip cupcakes.
Dance Baby Video!
Sissy Eats Her Cake Video!
My Big Brother (the one in the middle) and his cousins segregated themselves from the girl party by eating in the kitchen. Or maybe it was because the cupcakes were in there.
Dance Baby Video!
Sissy Eats Her Cake Video!
My Big Brother (the one in the middle) and his cousins segregated themselves from the girl party by eating in the kitchen. Or maybe it was because the cupcakes were in there.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Rescued from Bubba
Here are the plants I rescued from Bubba's Snipping Escapade (read below). I harvested my first 2 zucchini off the plant in the foreground! Whoo hoo. Had them an hour later in our lunch. Yums.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Overheard in the Backyard
Last Month-
Whilst I was working on some landscaping, Bubba asked me if he could "cut the grass with his scissors". (He'd seen his Dad doing some edging with pruning shears and wanted to help.
Mama: Sure. Go get your kid scissors.
Bubba gets his scissors and is heard happily snipping grass.
Later...
Bubba: CUT. CUT. CUT. CUT.
Mama finally hears what Bubba is saying...and realizes where he's standing...NOT by the grass, but by the garden barrel planted with 6 cherished and treasured cucumber plants.
Let me rephrase that...
..."by the garden barrel formerly planted with 6 cucumber plants". They are gone. Cut down to the ground by Bubba and his little kid scissors.
Sigh. I transplanted some zucchini and squash seedlings to take their place.
Whilst I was working on some landscaping, Bubba asked me if he could "cut the grass with his scissors". (He'd seen his Dad doing some edging with pruning shears and wanted to help.
Mama: Sure. Go get your kid scissors.
Bubba gets his scissors and is heard happily snipping grass.
Later...
Bubba: CUT. CUT. CUT. CUT.
Mama finally hears what Bubba is saying...and realizes where he's standing...NOT by the grass, but by the garden barrel planted with 6 cherished and treasured cucumber plants.
Let me rephrase that...
..."by the garden barrel formerly planted with 6 cucumber plants". They are gone. Cut down to the ground by Bubba and his little kid scissors.
Sigh. I transplanted some zucchini and squash seedlings to take their place.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Overheard in the Kitchen
Mama: Bubba! Your dinner is ready!
Bubba sits. Looks unenthusiastically at the dinner on his plate.
Bubba: MOM! This is NOT good.
Mama: You haven't even tasted it yet!
Bubba: I don't like spinach.
Mama: Yes, you do! You just need to try it.
Bubba tries it.
Bubba: MOM! This is NOT good. I don't like it!
Mama: Bubba. You should THANK Mommy for making you something good to eat.
Pause.
Bubba: Thanks, Mama. But this is NOT GOOD.
Bubba sits. Looks unenthusiastically at the dinner on his plate.
Bubba: MOM! This is NOT good.
Mama: You haven't even tasted it yet!
Bubba: I don't like spinach.
Mama: Yes, you do! You just need to try it.
Bubba tries it.
Bubba: MOM! This is NOT good. I don't like it!
Mama: Bubba. You should THANK Mommy for making you something good to eat.
Pause.
Bubba: Thanks, Mama. But this is NOT GOOD.
Overheard on the way to the Airport
Bubba: There's the air traffic control tower!
Mama: Yah! That's where the guys sit who tell the planes where to fly. I wonder how they get up to the top. What do you think?
Pause.
Bubba: I think they climb up on the outside and then break a window to get in.
Mama: Yah! That's where the guys sit who tell the planes where to fly. I wonder how they get up to the top. What do you think?
Pause.
Bubba: I think they climb up on the outside and then break a window to get in.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Bowling!
I love bowling! It's my new favorite sport!
Here I am with some crushing pin action!
Here's me and my cousin having fun.
Here I am with some crushing pin action!
Here's me and my cousin having fun.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Friday, May 02, 2008
Overheard in the Kitchen
The other day I had cut up some mango for the little man to eat.
I left the room for a minute and came back to witness this.
Bubba was bouncing two mango pieces on his plate, like action figures.
Mango Piece 1: My name is Captain Osimus!
Mango Piece 2: Well MY name is HOT PORRIDGE!
Pause.
Mango Piece 2: AND I'M GOING TO SMUSH YOU, CAPTAIN OSIMUS!
I left the room for a minute and came back to witness this.
Bubba was bouncing two mango pieces on his plate, like action figures.
Mango Piece 1: My name is Captain Osimus!
Mango Piece 2: Well MY name is HOT PORRIDGE!
Pause.
Mango Piece 2: AND I'M GOING TO SMUSH YOU, CAPTAIN OSIMUS!
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Overheard in the Car
Bubba: Do we have any peppermints, Mom?
Me: Nope.
Bubba: We need to get some peppermints and some gum.
Me: Gum?! You're not old enough for gum.
Bubba: NOT gum, GUUUUN.
Me: What do you want a gun for?
Bubba: To shoot BULLETS. I need a KID gun to shoot KID bullets.
Pause.
Bubba: You shoot the kid bullets, and then you put them back in and shoot them again!
Apparently, my kiddo is taking after his G-Pa.
Me: Nope.
Bubba: We need to get some peppermints and some gum.
Me: Gum?! You're not old enough for gum.
Bubba: NOT gum, GUUUUN.
Me: What do you want a gun for?
Bubba: To shoot BULLETS. I need a KID gun to shoot KID bullets.
Pause.
Bubba: You shoot the kid bullets, and then you put them back in and shoot them again!
Apparently, my kiddo is taking after his G-Pa.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Super Kid
Super Kid Special Equipment:
1 pair Fruit of the Loom® (normal mode)
1 second pair Fruit of the Loom® (modified skull cap)
1 Safety Goggles
Super Kid Actions:
Run wildly about the house, jump off furniture, laugh, scream.
Repeat.
1 pair Fruit of the Loom® (normal mode)
1 second pair Fruit of the Loom® (modified skull cap)
1 Safety Goggles
Super Kid Actions:
Run wildly about the house, jump off furniture, laugh, scream.
Repeat.
Overheard in the Car
Sucking noises from the back of the car.
Mama: Bubba, do you have Sissy's BOTTLE?!
Bubba: Yes.
Mama: Are you sucking on it?
Bubba: No.
Mama: What ARE you doing?
Bubba: I'm cleaning it!
Mama: You're cleaning it? With what?
Pause.
Bubba: With my tongue.
Mama: Bubba, do you have Sissy's BOTTLE?!
Bubba: Yes.
Mama: Are you sucking on it?
Bubba: No.
Mama: What ARE you doing?
Bubba: I'm cleaning it!
Mama: You're cleaning it? With what?
Pause.
Bubba: With my tongue.
Oldest Kidlet - He's pretty funny.
Yesterday morning I woke up lying on my side. My oldest kidlet was nose to nose with me and had a big smile on his face. He says, "Mama? Will you dress up as a clown today?"
So cute.
So cute.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Working Pretty Good
Yesterday Bubba wanted to know why Grandpa [Brian's step-grandpa] had died.
Bubba: Mom, why did Grandpa die?
Mama: Well, when you get old sometimes your body just stops working very well and then you die.
Bubba: But I'M not old.
Pause.
Bubba: And my body is workin' pretty good!
Bubba: Mom, why did Grandpa die?
Mama: Well, when you get old sometimes your body just stops working very well and then you die.
Bubba: But I'M not old.
Pause.
Bubba: And my body is workin' pretty good!
Nap Time
Bubba got out of bed and came out of his room during nap time.
Mama: Bubba go back to bed!
Bubba: But MAAAAWWWM...when I go to bed it makes me want to get up!
Mama: Bubba go back to bed!
Bubba: But MAAAAWWWM...when I go to bed it makes me want to get up!
Serious Slide
Last Tuesday we were getting ready to go to a MOPS park day.
Mama: Bubba, go get some shoes, we're going to the park today!
Bubba: Which park is it?
Mama: It's the one we went to before with MOPS. You'll recognize it when you see it.
Bubba: They have a slide there that goes up?
Mama: It goes up?
Bubba: Yah, you sit on it and then it goes up.
Mama: Wow, that's serious!
Pause.
Bubba: Yah, it IS serious, baby.
Mama: Bubba, go get some shoes, we're going to the park today!
Bubba: Which park is it?
Mama: It's the one we went to before with MOPS. You'll recognize it when you see it.
Bubba: They have a slide there that goes up?
Mama: It goes up?
Bubba: Yah, you sit on it and then it goes up.
Mama: Wow, that's serious!
Pause.
Bubba: Yah, it IS serious, baby.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
Bubba's Bunny Pizza
Recently we were waiting at a stoplight. Bubba looks over, sees Pizza Hut and says, "You NEVER see a bunny hopping on top of that restaurant, Mama."
"You don't?" says I.
"No, you NEVER do."
"You don't?" says I.
"No, you NEVER do."
Apple doesn't fall far...
So, I go into the kitchen (because I hear some suspicious chair scooting and clinking and lip-smacking noises) and find Bubba sampling from the sugar bowl! Where did he learn that?!
Never mind the completely slanderous and false allegations of someone (me) hiding the sugar bowl in the sewing machine cabinet when I was little. Preposterous!
Never mind the completely slanderous and false allegations of someone (me) hiding the sugar bowl in the sewing machine cabinet when I was little. Preposterous!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Bubba B-Day #3
As requested, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins with Blue Frosting!
Tossin' some hoops on my new rim. (Sorry, Mama doesn't know Basketball slang.)
Liebe is checking my gun safety techniques.
Me and Dad.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Friday, December 28, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Row, row, row your carrot?
Bubba singing recently:
"...row row row your boat
gently down the streaaeeeaamm
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a dream...carrot."
"...row row row your boat
gently down the streaaeeeaamm
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a dream...carrot."
Toddler Logic
Overhead, whilst Mom and Bubba were picnicking outside:
Bubba: Why did Liebe poop over there?
(Pointing at a pile of poo several feet away from us.)
Mama: Well, that's just what dogs do. They poo in the grass.
Pause.
Bubba: We should buy her a potty.
Long pause.
Bubba: She could flush it with her foot.
Bubba: Why did Liebe poop over there?
(Pointing at a pile of poo several feet away from us.)
Mama: Well, that's just what dogs do. They poo in the grass.
Pause.
Bubba: We should buy her a potty.
Long pause.
Bubba: She could flush it with her foot.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Christmas Wishlists
These lists are slightly influenced by the need for parental sanity and hopeful ability to continue navigating the mounds of toys we ALREADY have...
SISSY'S
-Baby Signing Time DVD 1
-Baby Signing Time DVD 2
-Little People Deluxe Christmas Story Playset
-college fund contributions
-these sweet shoes, size medium (6-12 months)
BUBBY'S
-a belt, size 3T
-art easel with chalkboard and dry erase board, something like THIS.
-bath crayons
-big roll of butcher or art paper
-a piggy bank
-a tool set with REAL tools, only kid sized
-college fund contributions
SISSY'S
-Baby Signing Time DVD 1
-Baby Signing Time DVD 2
-Little People Deluxe Christmas Story Playset
-college fund contributions
-these sweet shoes, size medium (6-12 months)
BUBBY'S
-a belt, size 3T
-art easel with chalkboard and dry erase board, something like THIS.
-bath crayons
-big roll of butcher or art paper
-a piggy bank
-a tool set with REAL tools, only kid sized
-college fund contributions
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Who's to blame?
Today we went to my cousin's pool party. They just shut down the kid's pool as we arrived. I guess some kid had an accident (in his pants) while swimming. But we had a good time anyway after all they had chocolate cake and cool presents.
Tonight when Dad was putting Bubba to bed, Dad asked:
Did you have a good time at the party?
Bubba: Yeah! But we couldn't swim in the kid pool?
Dad: Yeah. Because it was closed.
(pause)
Bubba: (Uncle) Matt pooped in the pool?
Dad: No, it wasn't Uncle Matt, it was some other kid whom we don't know that had the accident.
Bubba: It was Uncle Brett.
Dad: (uncontrollable laughter)
Bubba at a previous pool party. The water was good that day.
Tonight when Dad was putting Bubba to bed, Dad asked:
Did you have a good time at the party?
Bubba: Yeah! But we couldn't swim in the kid pool?
Dad: Yeah. Because it was closed.
(pause)
Bubba: (Uncle) Matt pooped in the pool?
Dad: No, it wasn't Uncle Matt, it was some other kid whom we don't know that had the accident.
Bubba: It was Uncle Brett.
Dad: (uncontrollable laughter)
Bubba at a previous pool party. The water was good that day.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Whenever We Sneak a Snack...
Whenever we grownups sneak a snack before tucking Bubba in for the night, he says, "What I do smell?" [Cute word order.]
That's a good nose.
That's a good nose.
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