or Motherhood is Kicking My Ass
Wake at 6:30 a.m. (after 7 hours of sleep (the baby. I got less)) to small child crying and inch-worming way up the bed. Pick up child and nurse. Have child refuse to nurse. Pick up child and head to kitchen for bottle, checking diaper along the way. Dry. [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Another Day in the Life
Posted in Loganberry FrogMonkey on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Playgroup Riot
Posted in Loganberry FrogMonkey on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I get the email from this week’s play group coordinator. Hi – please meet this location, this time. My child and I won’t be there as usual as that is our nap time. Three others respond: That’s out nap time too. We won’t be there either. So I respond: It’s our nap time as [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Baby Crockett
Posted in Loganberry FrogMonkey on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Baby, baby Crockett, King of the wet Northwest…
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Yummy Crayola
Posted in Loganberry FrogMonkey, The Professor on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So today my DH in his infinite wisdom utter insanity desire to promote creativity gave our 11 month old son a pair of crayola markers and some paper. I at least had the foresight not to tell my husband the child was not developmentally ready for this as it would have taken much longer for [...]
Etta Chicken
Posted in The Ark on February 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We replaced the chickens formerly known as Polly and Esther with Henrietta. Etta, as she’ll be known unless Henry proves to be a better fit, is a black and white stripped Plymouth Rock hen. She’s a quick little bird. Has to be to get around Louise to the food.
Coq au vin, anyone?
Posted in The Ark on February 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We replaced our departed Thelma Chicken with Polly and Esther a sweet little pair of chicks we picked up at the feed store. We kept them indoors the first several weeks until they were old enough to go outside and join Louise in the coop. (Do not try this at home, children. Chicks stink.)
Louise didn’t [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Chicks on the line
Posted in The Ark on February 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Thelma died, Louise lived
Posted in The Ark on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
B found Thelma ass over teakettle in the hen house shortly after L was born. Against his carnivorous instincts and in line with my cardinal rule against eating pets, he buried her unceremoniously in the back yard where the marshmallow suddenly died the summer before. I guess he figured we wouldn’t do much digging there.
We’d [...]
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails
Posted in Loganberry FrogMonkey, The Professor on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Out working in the yard today, B sitting on the patio with L:
B: Do you care if he eats a slug?
H: Yes.
B: It’s just protein.
There is a reason women traditionally raise the children…
He likes me!
Posted in Loganberry FrogMonkey on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I’m nursing L the other day and I’m used to him pulling my hair, yanking on my shirt, clutching at my thumb. This time he stuck his toe up my nose. Kid’s talented, I tell ya.
Changed his diaper this morning and instead of pulling his toes up for their usual chew, he pulled his [...]
