And Then it Was Summer...

OMG!  Why so HOT?!  The A/C has nothing on this insanity- and BTW; in case you were considering having two children and then also adding summer to the mix- let me tell you one thing: JOIN.A.POOL!  Because this just won't cut it all summer long... 

Okay- I'm totally a sucker for super adorable family outings that incorporate fresh foods and the subsequent picking of said fresh foods.  Enter our Great Strawberry Picking Adventure (a photo/video montage):

Makes me wistful for fall...

Totally Tooting my Own Horn: TOOOOT! TooT!

I made this for my Dad's Birthday-  I was feeling a bit bake-ish and the man LOVES him some Baseball.  ToooooT!

Updates of the offspring variety

So, I know.  it's been a while but whatever.  I'm over it- blogging takes time and time is a luxury I haven't been willing to pay for...yet. 
Anyway- here I am, armed with video- of babies. 


So there was this:

and I was all "Holy Crap- the kid is walking- quick knock him down..."

But then... NOTHING. He never did it again. Or he did it again once or twice but

then decided that was enough and he'd checked the box, so whatever. No walking.  

At ALL! And despite my hair pulling and constant berating, no signs of being any 
closer to walking than that-MORE THAN A MONTH AGO!

But wait!

What's that you say!?!

Surely he must be close!?!

Nah. Not a step-
OH- But today he decided he will do this:

For hours...
Awesome.


You wanna know what else goes on for hours around here:

Yup.
If you asked me to make a list of the top three things that unequivocally equal parenting fail in my book- 
I'm fairly certain this would rank right between ax-murderer and Ke$ha


Double Awesome!

McD's Marketing and the Downfall of Civilization

First, I'd like to state for the record that my daughter does NOT watch commercial television and has never witnessed the abomination that is THIS:

But, Second, Your Honor- I'd like to state that the child is simply pleading for a second helping of the delicious fish and veggie dinner we were enjoying this evening...

...Don't judge!

It's a Girl!

I mean, we already knew that...for like years now.  But I mean she's REALLY REALLY GIRLLIE. Exhibit the first:

Carterella Gets Her First Haircut

It was time.  

We took Carter for his first haircut this weekend.
Because we are good Americans, we chose one of those obnoxious places that smack of primary colors and mini TV's with Dora! or ScoobyDoo!  or something equally annoying singing and dancing on screen.  We really weren't sure what to expect in terms of Carter's reaction, so of course it was the WHOLE FAMILY and CAMERAS and DORA and YELLOW WALLS...what!?! That doesn't scream Zen surroundings for a first haircut to you?
Anyway, it was relatively uneventful.  The timid hair cutter lady snipped (AT SNAILS PACE), Carter seamlessly followed the shiny scissors (Read [implements of DOOOOOOOM!]) and I hovered (as any good mama would do...).  UNTIL (dum, dum, duuuuuuuum!) the timid hair cutter started acting like maybe she was done- and I'm all "ummm, maybe you could bring it up a little higher over the ear here..." and " no, really- up OVER the ear".  And she's all giving me the stink eye and reaching for the blow dryer.  Since I'm new at this whole thing I was trying not to make the poor lady cry, but I was starting to get a little frustrated at the whole "doesn't look like a single hair was harmed in the making of this haircut" haircut.  And just as I was about to tell the meek stylist where she should put her scissors, she reached for her large jar of... wait for it... HAIR BOWS!  The woman thought my uber masculine son was a girl! and was resisting my encouragement to actually CUT the hair because he would LOOK like a boy!  Um, yeah.  So we cleared that whole thing up, and Carter got a quick and dirty boys cut.  We all got a lollipop and lived happily ever after.  The end.

It was an event.  I'm glad I packed tissues.