Saturday, January 28, 2012

Future Author

Amelia wrote the story below in preschool (her teacher as the scribe).

      
Hansel and Gretel by Amelia Koning
She put him in a cage.  They put her in the cooking thing.
The End

Friday, January 20, 2012

Let the baby proofing begin!

Yesterday Liam turned 9 months.Writing this leaves me in shock. 9 months is a pregnancy time frame.  9 months is an academic school year.  9 months is longer then some celebrity marriages!   I have literally watch time fly as he turned from the infant I brought home in April to the little boy who always wears a smile on his face.

In his 9 months he has learned to crawl and climb onto EVERYTHING, even up stairs.  He puts EVERYTHING he comes across on his little adventures into his mouth.  He has started to walk around furniture and every once in a while, he will forget what he is doing and stand with no assistance. Liam LOVES his sister and thinks they are the same age.  He can wrestle with the best of them and has a bite to go with it.  He has discovered the joys of food, and this lazy mom feeds him most of the things we are eating.  Who needs baby food?  Not us.  He has started babbling Dada, Mama, Baba and will shake his head "no" if we ask for another word (Oh Lord, please don't let me have another highly strong willed child). Liam and Amelia have also started sharing a room.  It was an easier transition then I anticipated, and both have handled it well. He is the perfect 50% in head (18), weight (19) and height (28).

Best of all.....he is a total Mama's boy.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

What do we do on snow days?

We make snow angels.  We sled.  We throw snowballs.

We go on walks.  We play with the dog.  We enjoy the beauty of it all.

But best of all...
We drink hot chocolate. We listen to Caspar Babypants Radio on Pandora. We PARTY HARD!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Parental Obligations

When you become a parent, you sign on the dotted line for many parental obligations: food, shelter, clothing. LOVE!  However, it goes beyond that in many different ways.  One of which is the sibling bath photo. 

This obligation comes in two parts:
1) Getting the picture of your children while they are taking a bath together.  My parents did this a number of times throughout the years with my sister, brother and myself. 
2) Bringing these pictures out at opportune moments for child's embarrassment and parent pleasure. Examples include to their Prom date, when they introduce you to "the one" or face cakes for celebrations!

I have started my collection.