MELMO!!! MELMO!!! COOK-COOK!!! OUCH!!!!!!!!!! (Translation: Elmo Elmo Cookie Monster Grouch)

So if you haven't guessed from the title of this post we went to Sesame Street Live today! Miriam had an absolute ball. Her eyes lit up when she saw the characters come onto stage, she clapped, she danced and even sang "Melmo Song" (Elmo's World song) All and all we had a wonderful experience. Our good friends the Gentrys went with us. Their little girl is a few months older than M. M & L have become great friends and constantly talk about each other - very very cute!.












(Here they are enthralled in the show)










I was a little concerned about going. M has not really ever warmed up to any "live" mascots or characters we have seen in public. But today no freak outs at all - in fact she even got to shake Tellie Monster's hand when he came up into the stands.

I had a slight moment though! At the beginning of the show I started looking around and got *very* teary eyed. I couldn't believe that I was actually taking *my* kid to see a show like that. I think I will call this an IF moment. Even after two years of Mommyhood I still have moments of awe - I have a baby (toddler!) and I am actually a MOMMY and how a very short time ago I wondered if that would ever happen. I am sure Ryan thought I was being an emotional nut job. But I am equally sure that my friend S (L's mom) totally gets it!

So all and all a wonderful experience - now if only the Backyardigans would grace us with a show in this area and I think M's world would be complete!!!!

This is one of my favorite pictures of M from the show I love her expression - totally joy!

A Skirt

Saturday morning Miri wanted to wear a skirt. I thought I had talked her out of it using reasoning statements like:

"It is too cold outside today" and "We are just hanging out at the house - no need to get dressed up"

She didn't say another word. Until......

Ryan went in to get her up from her nap and this is what he found.......

Please note that sometime before falling asleep she removed her fresh (and completely DRY) diaper before fashioning a "skirt"

While Daddy cleaned up the mess in the crib I cleaned up the mess on the baby - the whole time she kept telling me about her skirt.

We did end up going out to dinner that time and yes she wore a skirt! ;)

Aww Spring......

This says it all.......

Or maybe this says it better......



For a more complete look at our start of spring please visit our flickr page........

One Hour

One Hour - Doesn't seem like a lot of time does it? So what can one do in an hour.......

1. Watch a prime-time TV drama
2. Cook and eat a quick meal (and probably clean up as well)
3. Two loads of laundry

OR

One could:

Destroy a plant that was innocently soaking up sun on the front porch
Color all over the brick patio
Strew chalk all over the back yard
Pull all of her toys out of her sand box (twice)
Pure sand all over a picnic table and brick patio
Attempt to Jump on brick patio thus slipping on the loose sand and falling into sand box
Scream bloody murder - disturbing the whole neighbor hood
Watch Mommy pick up toys (for the second time)
As soon as Mommy's back is turned start to disassemble sand box (again)
Make a poopy diaper
Get a bath
Dump water all over the bathroom floor
Eat lotion off of legs, toes and hands ("Umm Good!")
Turn a somersault in the crib
Talk to all of her toys.........

What a fun hour!

So what did *I* do in this hour
Saved the other plants from certain death
uncover sand box
Drink a glass of milk and change into play clothes
pick up sand box toys (X3)
Pick up chalk
Cover sand box twice
Change a poopy diaper (under protest)
Administer a bath and lotion and redressing
Hunt down a blankie
Witness a somersault turned in the crib
Listen to the babblings of a toddler that is over tired.......

What can I say we are BUSY!

Spring has spring!

Finally! Springtime is here!!!! (Not officially, but close enough.)

Warmer weather. Longer days. Baseball season's just around the corner. Arena Football's coming too.

Oh and the ubiquitous allergies too.

Now if we can get Mother Nature's weekend weather sync'ed up with the weekends so we can finally finish cleaning up from the Ice Storm.

RW