Check out the little i-pod shuffle clipped to her pocket......such a kid now!
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Parenting - What Not to Do
So, yesterday was an interesting day. In the morning, I was changing Jake's diaper in the family room. He was laying on Megan's sleeping bag (which she likes to lay in while watcing TV) and I apparently left his diaper off too long because he peed on me. I covered him up as quickly as I could with the new diaper, but it was too late and it got all over Megan's sleeping bag. She told me "wash it right now". So, I got Jake cleaned up, put him in the swing and went downstairs to wash the sleeping bag. I came upstairs to find Megan standing in front of Jake, pointing her finger at him and saying "don't pee on mama....only in your diaper, ok?" Her tone was definitely a scolding type -- not friendly.
Later on, I was making Apple Bread and Megan was helping by mixing up the dry ingredients. She was using a bit too much gusto, so I gave her a little bowl of flour to play with. I had my back to her as I was shredding the apples and when I turned around I saw flour all over her, the counter, the barstool and the floor. I must have had a shocked look on my face because she immediately said "Don't look at me!" I said, "Why -- because you're doing something you're not supposed to be doing?" and she said "Don't talk". Nice. Whatever....she had a good time.
Then, at dinner time, Megan had asked for a hot dog. So I gave her one in a bun. Jake was sitting next to her at the counter eating fruit and cheerios. I left the kitchen for a moment to let the dog out and put food in her bowl and when I came back, Jake had Megan's hot dog in his hand and had already eaten about 1-1/2" of the dog. I ran over there to get it from him and said, "Megan! Babies can't have hot dogs" And she said, "Jakie take it from me". Meanwhile Jake started freaking out because I took it away and I had to appease him with pieces of the bun.
So, what have we learned today?
1. Don't dilly dally when diapering a baby
2. Don't expect a 2 year old to be neat with flour
3. Don't leave a hot dog close to a ravenous 9 month old
Later on, I was making Apple Bread and Megan was helping by mixing up the dry ingredients. She was using a bit too much gusto, so I gave her a little bowl of flour to play with. I had my back to her as I was shredding the apples and when I turned around I saw flour all over her, the counter, the barstool and the floor. I must have had a shocked look on my face because she immediately said "Don't look at me!" I said, "Why -- because you're doing something you're not supposed to be doing?" and she said "Don't talk". Nice. Whatever....she had a good time.
Then, at dinner time, Megan had asked for a hot dog. So I gave her one in a bun. Jake was sitting next to her at the counter eating fruit and cheerios. I left the kitchen for a moment to let the dog out and put food in her bowl and when I came back, Jake had Megan's hot dog in his hand and had already eaten about 1-1/2" of the dog. I ran over there to get it from him and said, "Megan! Babies can't have hot dogs" And she said, "Jakie take it from me". Meanwhile Jake started freaking out because I took it away and I had to appease him with pieces of the bun.
So, what have we learned today?
1. Don't dilly dally when diapering a baby
2. Don't expect a 2 year old to be neat with flour
3. Don't leave a hot dog close to a ravenous 9 month old
Monday, March 26, 2007
Digging for Dinosaur Bones
Megan spent about 30 minutes discovering dinosaur bones at the Children's Museum. Unfortunately, I tweaked my back as we were leaving this exhibit by turning the wrong way when I stood up with Jake. It made for a long weekend -- poor Darin had to do everything around the house.
Chicago Children's Museum
We went to the Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier on Friday. Jake slept for the first half of our visit and then for the second half, he got his hands on anything he could reach. Here, he's pulling books out of the basket while Megan was drawing with chalk in the art room. He's starting to get some forward movement going....not quite up on his knees yet, but he's getting good at the army crawl.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
2 Megans
Big Megan and little Megan lookin' like a couple of Pink Ladies at the Sock Hop last night.
Rockin' Out
This is Megan's cousin, Lili. She went to the sock hop with us last night and was a dancin' fool. She'd dance a bit, then take a lap around the hall....dance a bit, take a lap, and so on and so on. Then, they had some root beer floats and we headed out.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Budding Photographer
So, Megan's latest joy is running around with the digital camera, snapping pictures of anything and everything. It's really interesting to see how her little mind works ...... the other day she was snapping away and I opened up the fridge to get something out. She came up in front of me and snapped a photo. Then, she opened up the garbage and took a picture of that. I won't post that one for your viewing pleasure :-).....I just thought it was kind of interesting to see the world from her point of view.
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