What you talkin' about, Bean?

here are a few beanisms for the day.

************

i'm in the kitchen cooking dinner. bean walks in. she looks at me and declares, "i'm SO hungry i can't believe myself!!!"

************

bean talks... a lot. so, i have to admit that sometimes i shut her out so i can concentrate on something else. (she doesn't even seem to notice!) the other day i was feeding sprout in the family room and she was playing in the living room. i hear her blah, blah, blahing in the back ground as i spend time with my boy. then this phrase enters my ear:
"you can look at something with your mind ability!"

huh??? i really wish i had heard what else she said. it may have been quite enlightening!! ;)

************

ah, and now for the potty segment of beanisms. (bean is basically fully potty trained, hooray!!)

the other night i asked her if she was was going poo. she said, "yes. i'm going poo-poo and pee-pee mommy and that is good because then we both get to wipe!"

(the joy of potty time with todders. you have to help them wipe when they poo because they can't really reach to do it properly themselves.)

************

have a fantastic weekend everyone! (can you believe that sunday is june 1st already?!?)

The 2 Month Sprout

sprout is now 2 months old! mommy's big guy went to the doctor yesterday. here are his stats:
weight: 13 pounds 2 0unces (90th percentile)
height: 23 inches (50th percentile)
head circumference: 41.6 cm (90th percentile)
so.... i guess he's a stocky little man? ;)

he got 4 shots and one oral vaccine. bean never got an oral vaccine before so i wasn't sure what to expect. ummm.... let's just say he didn't care for it. the nurse put some in his mouth and he smacked his lips a little. i thought that meant he liked it. WRONG. the nurse went to give him some more and he started crying. then screaming. by the time we got it all in him he was sputtering and coughing. is it bad to say i was some what amused by this reaction? because i kinda was. i mean, that was supposed to be the easy part! apparently he didn't get the memo? ha! ;)
the shots pissed him off even more. he actually looked mad! ha ha! and bad mommy forgot to give him some tylenol before we got there so he was quite uncomfortable when he woke up from his shot induced nap several hours later. he slept most of the day. in fact he's slept most of this day already too. (not that that is terribly unusual)
doctor said he is growing well and looks very healthy. hooray!

*he is cooing and babbling up a storm. he "talked" the whole time we were at the doctor's office (when he wasn't screaming at the nurse). it was pretty cute.
*he also seems to love his tongue. he is constantly sticking it in and out of his mouth.
*he looks like he is on some type of hallucinogenic drug when he sees a ceiling fan. it cracks me up!

so that is the 2 month sprout. tune in in about 2 months for the exciting adventures of the 4 month sprout and the 3 year (oh my!) bean.

Bath Time

who likes his bathy?? who likes his bathy wathy??
sprouty does!!

he is so happy at bath time. he doesn't even mind me pouring water over his head to rinse his hair! by the way, the wash cloth covering his boy parts slipped off right after i took this picture and he peed across the bath room. you should have seen the delight in his face then. seriously, i think he thought it was funny! ahh, boys!

Afternoon Stroll

walking by the water with gramma and grampa on a beautiful sunshiny day- what could be better than that? (probably the part where she threw rocks into the water for a half an hour!)

this is another picture from our saturday. we did a lot on saturday. played with the giant ball, played in the new sand and water table, had a picnic, played on the playground, walked (and threw rocks), got ice cream, and fed and pet some animals. and that was all before dinner! no wonder she slept so well this weekend. :)

in totally unrelated news, bean can zip up her flower sweatshirt all by herself. she's done it twice now. it probably isn't all that exciting, but i'm terribly impressed by this.

Weekend Fun

we spent the weekend at gramma and grampa's house. bean had a fabulous time. we had a picnic near the lake, played on a couple of playgrounds, fed and pet some animals, swam, and had a party. she was completely wiped out at the end of each day! sprout did his usual- slept through almost everything.

here is a super cute shot i got on saturday. this is bean trying to blow up her giant ball all by herself. she found the valve and put it in her little mouth and started blowing- i didn't know she knew that that is what you do to blow up a ball. anyways, this is a GIANT ball so clearly she didn't blow it up, but she sure enjoyed trying! (we got the pump that we use to blow up the air mattress out and used that to blow it up, in case you were wondering)

i took over 100 pictures this weekend so you are bound to see more this week. i can't help myself- my kids are TOO cute!! ha ha! :) i hope you all had a fantastic holiday weekend!

Once Again With the Beanisms

not too many this week. well, really only two. it has been a busy week and mommy has forgotten to write some of the good stuff down and now it is lost forever! but here we go....

************

whenever bean gets a little exasperated with either daddy or i we here this:
"honestly daddy!" or "honestly mommy!"
it kinda comes with its own facial expression. not quite an eye roll but getting close. boy are we going to be in trouble when the teenage years hit!!

************

bean is lying on the floor. she is moving her arms and legs along the carpet.... kinda like what you do when you make a snow angel.
"whacha doin' baby?" i ask her.
she smiles up at me, "makin' carpet angels!!"

************

sprout says, "goooo. ahhhhhmmm. ahh-ooooo"
i don't know what it means but it sure sounds cute!!

************
have a super duper weekend everyone!!!

What's the deal?

here is a picture of bean playing with her bestest friend, bubba. they have know each other for basically their entire lives. (they met when bean was 4 months old and bubba was about 1 1/2 weeks old) they are so sweet together and bean loves being around him. so you think that she would like other boys too. well.... not so much.
see, when we go to the park, if there are boys on the playground, she won't play. they try to talk to her and play with her but she just walks away from them. she will sit on a bench next to me and wait for them to leave! if there are girls there she will play and even tries to get them to play with her. so why is she scared of boys?? i just can't figure this one out!!

Last Night

bean went to bed at 8:00pm.

sprout ate ate 8:05pm.

sprout checked email with mommy and bean got up around 8:30pm.

daddy got bean back to bed (miracle!) without my assistance at 8:40pm.

spout and mommy played and talked. (sprout likes to say "gooo", "ahhh", and "oooom". he also makes other random noises, some of which are quite amusing!)

sprout went to bed at 10:00pm.

mommy went to bed at 10:30pm.

sprout woke up at 4:05am to eat. (4:05am! that is 8 hours between feedings! AND he only ate half his bottle. i think we are on our way to sleeping through the night people!! woo hoo!)

mommy goes back to bed at 4:30am.

sprout wakes up at 6:40am and comes to bed with mommy.
bean wakes up at 7:11am. mommy must get up too. but i can't complain, it really couldn't have been much better, could it? :)

Mother's Day Gift

so, i got my mother's day present today! (don't give to much credit to the husband. i had to ask for it... then i still had to order it myself!)

it came in this pretty little box wrapped in purple tissue paper. it wasn't just a ring box though. look! there is my new mother's ring packed in dried flowers! it was so pretty and it smelled wonderful too.


the ring is two bands that are intertwined. one band for each of my babies. one with bean's name, one with sprout's name. isn't it great!

and i love what the company (nelle and lizzy) says about the ring:
you will be able to arrange the bands so that all the names show, but as your hands move, the rings will shift positions as the bands are all interconnected. our rings are meant to showcase those you love, but in a subtle way. your will find yourself moving the bands throughout the day and thinking about the people you love.
and it is true! i've been fiddling with it all day and you can't help but think of your babies when you see their names. it is my new favorite piece of jewelry!

*********

and full disclosure here... i don't deserve any gifts that imply that i'm a good mom.....
i put sprout in his bouncy seat and left the room (to deal with bean). i did not buckle him in. (you can see where this is going right?) i heard him start screaming. i ran into the room and found him lying on the hard wood floor. yes, my kid kicked and squirmed himself right out of the seat and on to the floor! fortunately i make babies with durable heads- he has no bumps or bruises. but he did appear to be quite angry about the whole situation. (and i feel like a complete horse's behind.)

Best Shot Monday

here it is monday already. somehow the days go by at an unbearably slow pace but the weeks just whiz by. how is that???

well here is my best shot of the week. sprouty-kins was sitting in his bouncy seat watching his sister read books to him. the light from the window was so nice i had to take some pictures. i think this one is my favorite. he looks all sweet and angelic, don't you think?

it was a pretty good weekend. we got a lot of flowers planted- and i'm pretty sure we spent too much money on them. (yes, they are pretty and i LOVE flowers but if they don't survive the heat of the summer it won' t have been worth it.) bean was a good helper. she pulled weeds, dug holes (mostly in the right places), and watered everything.

i hope you all had a lovely weekend! don't forget to visit tracey so you can see more great shots!

More Beanisms

bean is on the floor in the living room. sprout is on a blanket next to her. i go into the kitchen to check on dinner. when i come back bean has her feet on sprout. (gahh!)
"get your feet off your brother! that is not nice!" i demand.
she looks at me and says, "but mommy, i'm pretending that he's an ottoman!"
sigh.

************

bean wants to know if it is snack time. i tell her to go into the kitchen and look at the microwave. she says ok and runs off. i ask her to read me the numbers on the microwave clock. she says "one, E, upside-down J"
i think for a second.
"do you mean 1, 3, 7?"
slight pause from her. "no mommy, upside-down J"
"no baby, that is a 7."

************

we are outside. bean wants me to push her on the swing. that is all i have done all day. my shoulders are aching.
"i'm sorry honey, mommy's shoulder's hurt too much to push you right now."
she puts her hand on my shoulder and says, "that's ok mommy, we will buy you some new shoulders."

************

fun with pronunciation!

spectacular: sounds kind of like this "speck-tac-klee-er"
formula: sound a bit like "form-lee-ah"

apparently u's sound like long e's? who knew?! :)

Handsome Dude

i think that says it all.
:)

(kudos to mommee for sharing the outfit with us!!)

Mommy's Special Helper

you know what i like about toddlers? they don't know that what you are telling them to do is work. you can convince them that you are allowing them to do something special that only "big" people get to do. they think it is oh so awesome. they feel all important. and best of all you don't have to do the chore anymore!
bean is now doing dishes. she loves to play in the water, so i figured i might as well make it "productive play". ;) mind you it is only the plastics that i'm allowing her to do- no knives, heavy pots and pans, or glass items.so i'm not completely out of this particular chore. i still have to do half of the dishes, but half is definitely better than ALL!

if you know of any other household chores i can pawn off on my daughter just let me know. ha ha!
(it isn't a form of slavery! it is supposed to build their self esteem, right??)

Here's what made my day...

the lovely kimberly sent me this lovely little award. it says i made her day. the fact that she gave it to me made mine! thank you, thank you!!

so, who makes my day? well, all of you! but i think that mommee is in need of a special pick me up right now, so i will officially bestow it upon her!

Getting Closer

i almost got it this time! that is almost more "silent laugh" than smile but it is still darn cute! eventually i will get the full on smile, i promise!! :)

Best Shot Monday

bean got little gardening gloves and a trowel for easter from my mother. so, when we had a nice day this past week we had her help us plant some flowers. she picked out these impatiens herself (of course she did, they're pink!), so we had her plant them out by her swing set. she helped dig the holes, put dirt around the plants, and watered them. the only thing she wasn't too sure of was the fact that there were worms in the dirt! she can be such a girl sometimes!!

she really likes to do the watering. the day after we planted she asked if she could water again. i said, "of course!" she took her little watering can out and sprinkled the flowers again and again. i finally had to tell her that you could water flowers too much and we put the watering can away. well, she wasn't done. she found a cup and a bucket of rain water. she filled the cup and wandered around the yard watering the dandelions!! ha ha!

head on over to tracey's to see all the other best shots this week. have a terrific monday!

Happy Mother's Day

i hope all you mommies out there are having a wonderful mother's day!

mine started out at 2:15 with the bean screaming my name. then again at 3:15ish she was screaming and insisted on coming to my bed. 3:30ish she insisted on going back to her own bed. 3:50ish sprout is hungry and needs to eat. 4:20ish i'm back to sleep, finally.
then, at 7:30 sprout is up. i bring him to our bed (it always puts him back to sleep). 8:00 bean is up. she wants me up. i tell her no. 8:10, bean wants me up! i tell her no. 8:22, bean wants me up to make breakfast. i tell her no. daddy rolls over and tells her to "hug mommy and say happy mother's day." she says, "no. i don't want to. i'm going to ruin her day." lovely! cycle continues until 9:00 when sprout decides it is time to eat.
so i feed sprout. then bean wants pancakes. only pancakes. so i get the recipe out and make pancakes. i cook pancakes while bean and daddy eat them.

oh the life of a mom! ;)

we'll see how the rest of the day goes. hopefully bean doesn't want to "ruin" the whole thing. :)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!!!

Weekend Funny

hmmm. me thinks someone is a wee bit suspicious of yon birdie.
he he he!

Beanisms

"what animal is this?" i ask bean this afternoon.
she looks at me thoughtfully and answers, "a wack."
"a wack?!?" i say.
"yes, a wack!" she responds.
"are you sure it isn't a yak?" i ask her.
she laughs and says, "yes!"

***********

at dinner tonight sprout started to fuss a little. bean looked slightly annoyed. she turns to her dad and says:
"(sprout) isn't a very good baby." she gives her head a sad little shake and continues, "i think we will have to send him back!"
(he he he he!)

***********

bean is jumping on the large arm chair in the living room. she is rambling on and on about a bunch of nothing. when i heard this come out of her mouth:
"that is fear, and fear is a kind of blanket."
huh???
she says the oddest things sometimes!!

New Favorite Thing

here is bean singing. she is "playing" rock band with daddy. she isn't singing the song that he is playing on drums though. she is singing one of her new favorites, funky mama!

last week the lovely maggie had a contest. the winner got funky mama's new cd, moo juice. and, holy cow, we won! bean was SO excited when she found out she would be getting a package in the mail. she couldn't wait. when the package arrived on saturday, she wanted her prize now! (i don't even think she understood what it was at that point, she just knew that it came in the mail and it was hers!)
so, we listened to it in the car sunday. she was hooked. every time we get in the car she asks for "potty train" or "sippy" or "freeze dance". (we get the most requests for potty train. it is so funny to hear her say "mommy, i want potty train!") it is a truly great cd. i highly recommend it to anyone looking for music to entertain their children! and yes, you adults will find it fun too. :)

so, anyways, here she is singing "can you hear me? yes, funky mama!" into the microphone. too darn cute for words! (i so wish i had taken video!)