Fashion Plate

I have had enough of hearing Danny ask where his belts are hiding, so I bought Amelia her first big girl belt. It has gone everywhere with her today, whether she was wearing it or not. Doesn't take much to make this one happy.

If you missed the mohawk - it's baaaack

And, I love it. It's kind of hard to see it in this light, you will just have to trust me.

A day at the track...

Railroad track, that is. We decided to forego Leo's morning nap to take Amelia, Ari, Noah, and Leo on their first *real* train ride. We drove to the train station, rode the train for 20 minutes, got off and got some ice cream and got back on the same train 30 minutes later. A good time was had by all. And, if anyone finds a insulated bag with three cheese sticks and three capri suns near the Prarie Crossing Metra Station, please email me :)

My cuties...today

Nothing especially exciting happened today, we had a visit to the ENT first thing, a quick visit to Daddy in the parking lot, a little playtime with dolly when we got home, lunch and then (keeping my fingers crossed as I type this), both to bed. Here are a couple of shots of our lunch/play time before the house went quiet.

It's all about good parenting...

For a few minutes of peace, I have been known to give my children anything to put in their mouth, as long as it wont kill them (we wont talk about the peach pit incident from yesterday...). If a remote control and Hi-5 allows me to go to the bathroom *alone*, so be it. It didn't do that much for me, however, I still ended up putting my makeup on in the car.

Double Duty

Now that Leo can sit up, baths have become more fun for all. I discovered those wonderful bath hats to keep the water out of their eyes and they make for some cute pictures - like two little poker players. You might think it is weird that they look like they are really playing together, but they are. They are starting to enjoy *each other* rather than the kissing/hugging/entertaining being all one sided. That is what really makes my heart melt, thinking about them holding hands one day and running around the house while I go and get my ear plugs.

Father's Day

It was Leo's first Father's Day and we forgot to take pictures before he went to sleep - doh! Of course, we didn't take any on Mother's Day either. We did have a wonderful Father's Day, just ask Danny. The best part is Amelia wishing everyone a "Happy Daddy's Day" and bringing in cards and presents. You just enjoy everything more through their eyes.

Too cute...had to share

This was too cute, I have to share, even though it will probably be for my enjoyment only. It's one of those things that "you had to be there" for. After lunch, we were playing a little - Leo was on the floor and I was on top of him, giving him kisses and giggling with him. Amelia was on the coffee table right next to me "swimming" (as she put it). She had no shorts on so her delicious polkies were calling to me. I reached over and took a "bite" out of her upper thigh. She was quick to protest: "Thats not for dinner!". Do you think that stopped me from having seconds?

FOOD!!

It's been an all liquid diet for Leo for the last 6 months and I am not sure how well he has taken to the change. We have been trying cereal since Friday and this afternoon was the first time he ate without screaming. He does love those cheerios though...half the fun is searching for them. That used to keep Amelia busy for *minutes* - a whole load of cheerios and an excersaucer, worth every penny. Speaking of Amelia, she is so cute with the whole feeding thing. She gets every part of it. She knows he can have only one cheerio at a time, so she checks his mouth with her finger (just like the mama) and gives him another one. I always have that fear in the way back of my head that Amelia is going to give him one of her pretzels as she is sitting next to him reading. I can just hear her little voice if I would warn her not to give him anything..."Mommy...Leo doesn't eaaaaaaaat pretzels! Silly Mama!!". Apparently, Leo thinks he can eat string cheese. Good thing Amelia wasn't around to see that.

Ladie's Man

I know I am biased when it comes to my beautiful, perfect, always well behaved children. So, you can imagine how suprised I was when a complete stranger took to Leo so quickly. They might have some issues - cultural differences and all - but an older woman has never been a bad thing. Leo seemed happy and that is all a good mother wants.