Archive for January, 2007

Ice Skating, less than smooth

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

I am a sucker for Christmas. I love the holiday and will begin decorating on December 1st. I will leave our house lights on until we are the last house on the block. So as the holiday approached I starting tivoing all the family Christmas movies and specials I could find. […]

Her Bike: Chapter 2

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Her first fall.
Her first fall was actually in the house. She has been riding the bike around inside the house. She barely has room but she is making it work. I gave her a big hug and reinforced how good it was that she was wearing a helmet and told her to […]

Her Bike: Chapter 3

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

The bike is still inside the house. We don’t have a very good biking area and until the weather improves it will stay in our house. So Lainy Ann walks around the house cleaning everything out of her way (she puts stuff away rather than just shoving stuff), straps on her helmet and […]

Confession Time

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Alright ladies. I know a lot of my friends frequent my blog. It’s confession time: I talk about you behind your back.

I know it sounds horrible, but it really isn’t. Most of the time it is conversations with my husband about so-so’s child who did this and then the […]

Must Have Baby Stuff

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

I’m not going to presume to know what is right for you or your family. But we have had three children and I think I am getting pretty good at this ‘baby thing’. All of our kids have been different in their needs, demeanor and their parents experience.
So here is my list of […]

Sitting

Monday, January 15th, 2007

It didn’t happen overnight as I like to let myself believe. Instead it has been happening every day for the last 5 1/2 months. William has been growing up. He mastered nursing, then thumb sucking, sleeping through the night, cooing, kicking, raspberries, and grasping. But yesterday he sat on his own. […]

Induction, right or wrong?

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

My first two kids were born naturally. My water broke around 37 and 38 weeks and 12 hours later my babies arrived. The twins of course were induced since they were still. That took a long time since my body was not ready to deliver at 18 weeks, but it was uncomplicated.
But when I was […]

LeapFrog Dominoes

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

I am a walking talking advertisement for Leap Frog and their products. We have the DVD’s; Letter Factory, Word Factory, Math Circus, and all of the sequels.
We have the fridge toys too; Word Whammer, Fridge Phonics and Fridge Farm. We have purchased the radio and duplicates of these items for friends. […]

Santa Ana Winds

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Last night we lost power. It was pretty amazing. First the lights dimmed, then they shut off completely. I am always amazed how dark it really is without any lights, no digital clocks glowing, street lamps shining from outside. And so quiet; no hum of the several computers in our home […]

GeoTrax

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

GeoTrax by Fisher-Price
This by far is one of my favorite Christmas gifts. I say ‘my’, but it was actually a gift for my 2 year old son. I had been drooling over the GeoTrax as soon as I saw the commercial of family tranquility where the father plays with his son as the […]