More Tom Pease, please.

We’ve been sampling some music this summer.  Recently introduced into the rotation is Tom Pease.  As a kid I used to jam to Boogie, Boogie, Boogie with my jaw harp, and sharing that music with Maggie has been a real treat!  We’ve had the luck to catch Tom in concert twice this summer.  The first time, Maggie wasn’t too sure about things, but the concert this week was a big hit.

Even though Maggie spent half the concert running between friends & sharing Goldfish crackers, I think she really enjoyed it.  The best part, though, was after the show.  Maggie decided she needed to say “Thank you, Tom Pease”, which then prompted her to share her favorite songs with him: Many, Many Cows and Banana Slug.  And he sang them…just to her.  She was SO EXCITED!

She has been talking about it ever since. *sigh* It’s memories like these that just make me smile.

Gotta get me an Otter Pop!

It’s hot here.  If you’re reading this, well, you probably know us and live relatively close and so you’re probably going through the same heat wave we are.  We’ve found relief in Otter Pops.

 

100% fruit juice.  No high fructose corn syrup, but best of all… they’re super duper yummy!  The flavor stays even as they melt.  You know how the other freezee pops and flavor-ice get kinda watery because all the “juice” melts off and leaves you with basically an ice cube to chomp?  Not otter pops.  Maggie is a big fan – heck we all are!

Oh, and that haze in the photo isn’t a PhotoShop add on or a fancy lens or filter.  It’s the lens of the camera fogging up with the humidity… seriously it’s hot here.

Where o where have my blog entries gone?

Yea. So. It’s been awhile.  You understand, right?  It’s kinda like exercise - you promise yourself a week off as a little break, and then you’ll be back at it.  Before you know it that week manages to become another… and then before you know it you’re pregnant, state politics have you worked into a frenzy, you’re completely overwhelmed in all facets of life, and… oh… maybe that was just me. 

I thought about this place.  Really, I did! It just wasn’t the time to be doing this.  But, now that this growing little baby thing is 6 months along and we’re home for the summer, it seems like a good time. 

So today. Hot. Humid. We found this little guy eating our carrot tops in the garden.  Maggie was enamored.  You may recall her previous love affair with a caterpillar.  Dad relocated him to a spot far from the carrots & parsley.

Miss Independent

Little Miss Independent is turning 2 this weekend.  Two…already! I can’t believe it.  I mentioned earlier this month that she’s got a mind of her own, boy howdy does she ever have some strong opinions…what to wear, what to eat, where to go, when to go, what to watch, what we can eat, wear, watch, do…you get the idea.

Oh, and she does her own hair these days.

The shirt says it all, no?

Once upon a time things were all gumdrops and unicorns.

Once upon a time things were all gumdrops and unicorns. 
As parents we couldn’t imagine that our little girl would ever be that kid in public.  You know, the one who’s screaming and throwing a fit as his/her parents look on with dismay and try desperately to look less embarrassed then they feel.

Yeah. Uh huh.  Nice try folks.  We’ve hit meltdown city here…and I don’t think anyone’s booked us a return ticket back to happyland.  So it looks like we’ll be spending all of our Maggie time at home.  That’s right, we’ll be staying in this house until she turns 3, which is in 1 year and 17 days… that’s not too long not to take your child out in public is it?

Look at those eyes – scheming, planning…

For this.

Quality time

So we all got strep throat this weekend – again! Yuck.  It did give us a good excuse to stick close to home and spend some time together.