The other day I found Caleb "measuring Anna" in the living room. He was speaking to her in his high pitched baby voice (no clue where he gets THAT idea from....) and he said, "Ohhhh wooooow Nannoooos, you're six inches tall! six inches tall! biiiiig giiiiirrrrl!!" (can you hear that in baby voice?) She was pretty interested in what he was doing. Oh, and she's more than 6 inches tall if you're wondering.
Annnd, not sure what he was measuring in the picture below. He loves the tape measure, and Anna loves to watch him.
We've been going to the park like mad. My children are in love with the swings. That's really all we need. Oh, and I've been packing a lunch lately, which is brilliant because then you can get crumbs all over the park ground and not your kitchen floor!!!! No clean up! AND, the kids love it!
Nannos
Beaners
Caleb pupper
Her hair is getting sooo long! And, she's holding a Christmas monkey. Grace is my "I need to cling to something and bring something with whereever I go" child. Sometimes I let her. Sometimes I don't. I'm currently trying to break her of her blanket addiction.
The other day I took the kids garage saleing, saling, sailing, sale-ing. .. that word is STRESSING ME OUT. How do you spell it?! Anyway, I'm glad I did because Anna needed some summer clothes, and I was able to find a bunch that looked like they were brand new. My FAVORITE.
Anyway, I left the kids in the car the whole time because there is way too much getting in and out when you're out and about, and, me getting them out every time would be absolutely insane (I would spend more time buckling than shopping). I brought some fun little snacks and candy along so they could have a nice time in the car. They did great. Anna fell asleep and Caleb and Grace stayed content. Phew. (and don't worry, I parked in places where I could ALWAYS see my van) Even though they had a fabulous time in the car ;), I still sort of had a "I'm a bad mom" complex during.
Towards the end, Caleb was asking if I could get him a toy because he could see all the fun stuff from the car. I'm usually a professional at saying "no" to his questions about getting things, but I was starting to feel bad about leaving him in the car the whole time. There was one garage sale where he saw a drum set. And, if you know Caleb, you know he LOVES drums-- loves banging on actual drums and loves making drums and drum sticks out of anything in the house (which can be highly annoying let me tell you).
So, as I got out of the car he said "MOM!! CAN YOU GET THAT DRUMSET?!?!!" And I said... "No." And then I went, and left, and there were no issues. A few minutes later I went back to that garage sale to pick up a small table and chairs my mom wanted for her house, and he said again... "MOM, CAN YOU BUY THAT DRUMSET!?!??!??!?!?!?"
Something crazy came over me. Suddenly I desperately wanted to buy it for him even though I had just spent my last dollar. So, I sat in my car looking through all the little places where change might be and also in my purse, and scrounged up enough money to buy the drumset. I gave the money to the previous owner in pennies and other change in a little plastic bag that had been housing the apple I was eating.
I've never had an impluse buy quite like that before.
And here it is. Like that it's pink and purple? Trust me, Caleb could care less. He spent the ENTIRE afternoon playing it. In the basement of course. I thought I'd regret it, but so far, I'm totally fine with it because it keeps him so occupied, and when I gave it to him he was the happiest little boy in the world. Oh, and like his seat? The laundry basket works pretty well.
-Melanie
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