in my attempt to keep to a "bed time routine" i've been making sure the tv is off when the urthling gets out of the bath. i put on music. last night i asked thebcman to get the tv off for us. when we went up front he had Kingfish playing loud. needless to say the urthling (being the music lover that she is) started to dance and get all riled up ( Read more... )

weekend started out with thebcman not having to work as early as originally planned, but with me getting insomnia and being up at 4.

CAWfee-had breakfast with aengus909 and chien-we made biscuits and gravy at my house.

was never able to get the urthling to nap. i crashed around 8.

today we went to the Renaissance Festival. saw otterdancing. the urthling had a very good ( Read more... )

had a nice weekend.  thebcman had a staff meeting sat. morning. loaded up the car with recycling and dropped him off at work. had the urthling help me do recycling.  i then had an hour and a half before i needed to be back to pick up thebcman .  we went to Prairie Park Nature Center where the urthling spent an hour looking at the animals and getting to pet the ( Read more... )

the urthling's nursing patterns are changing, and not just me doing night weaning ( Read more... )

1) the urthling-especially moments like last night. i asked her to help me make pizza dough for tonight. she helped push the buttons on the microwave and the food processor, she helped pour the sugar and yeast in the water and then later the yeast into the flour and she helped kneed it. when i set the dough to rise she spent a good 15 minutes ( Read more... )

last night i went to the Leavenworth County Fair. i took the urthling along and 4 grad. students from 3 international and one homegrown kansan.  showing the students rural american culture ( Read more... )

been pretty dull lately (that's good ( Read more... )

thanks to oldturtle13 for this link.  i had a good chuckle over the bit about the kid wanting the yogurt but not eating what was fixed for dinner. as i was reading that my thought was-why not give the kids the yogurt? he's not old enough to understand and at this stage you want them to eat!  this led me to some mental rumblings about parenting and the like ( Read more... )

didn't get out of my pj's until 10. not getting too much done except laundry and cd's ( Read more... )

had a very nice memorial weekend.

got watson to the vet sat. morning. vet said he was looking good for a 14 yr old dog. talked about cleaning his teeth and over-all health of a geriatric dog.

came home got the kitchen clean and then we headed into KC for the Jiggle Jam. we had a good time despite the fact that somebody was grumpy until TMBG was ( Read more... )