Bare-bottomed Butterfly

Jordan got this adorable butterfly wing headband from a good friend of mine along with a super cute butterfly outfit.  Jordan has taken quite the liking to the headband and wears it often.  This day in particular as I was getting her dressed for the day and was still in the process of taking her jammies off when she asked for the headband.  After I put it on her head she took off running through the house...bottomless.

She got quite the kick out of it.  So did I!

But how could I not?  Just look at her!

Bogart's bath

We give Bogart a bath and wash his bedding the first weekend of every month.  He always feels so refreshed and energetic afterwards.  Brandon took a video of it this morning that is pretty funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhr8CjZaeXY&feature=player_embedded

new stuff

I just imported pictures from my camera to the computer and realized I have LOTS to blog about and that's not all: I have stories to share that I don't have pictures of.  I won't bombard this blog post with everything.  I'm hoping to be able to do one post a day and get caught up.  I'll just go in the same order they were taken.

These two can have so much fun out in the yard doing absolutely nothing but just walking around.

We really have no yard toys just that rocket in the first picture and the bike in this picture but neither really get played with since they are too hard to get going on grass and we have very little side walk in the backyard.  When we are out on the main sidewalk we have a better bike (we got the red, blue & yellow one) with a 5-point harness and a handle for me to be able to push until Jordan learns to pedal.  It's awesome.  But usually when we are on the main sidewalk going for a walk we take the double jogging stroller.  The awesome bike normally gets used when we are walking the trail because it's easier to pack into the car and Amélie is perfectly fine riding in the Moby wrap (which is also totally awesome.  I used a Baby Bjorn with Jordan but the Moby is SO. MUCH. BETTER.)  Wow, I really didn't mean to get off on all of that.  The whole point was that we don't have any outdoor toys besides the rocket & bike that are difficult to play with in the backyard so it really makes Jordan have to use her imagination.  For now she is perfectly happy walking around the yard with Bogart on her heels.  She also has a huge bucket full of dirt (well, it used to be full, most of it has gotten scattered here and there throughout the yard) and some smaller pails and a shovel that she loves to play in like one would a sandbox.  I'm planning on giving her her own plot in the garden to see what she can grow...once the weather actually gets warm enough to plant anything!  They pushed back our Farmer's Market so it won't start until July this year.

We've enjoyed a few warm days lately.  We got to eat lunch outside one day!  AND I've been able to hang my laundry on the line twice now!

Free time

Where on earth did all my free time go?!  I used to think I didn't have much but nowadays I have even less!  In the very little free time I have I've got a big decision to make:  do I take a nap, knit, blog, or clean the house?!  (actually the list is longer as my love for photography and photoshop is growing and I want to spend more and more time learning about the two)  Last week was spent taking naps every free minute I had because I knew it was necessary for a speedy recovery.  This week, though I'd like to take a nap, I'm thinking I should avoid it so as not to get into a habit.  That leaves me with knitting, blogging, cleaning, or learn about photography and photoshop.  Right now I'm choosing to blog.  I really should choose to clean every time I get the chance because my house is becoming disastrous but I don't WANT to clean.

Does anybody have any good tips or ideas for me?  I'm in desperate need!  I want my house to get clean but I to do what I want to do and I don't want to stay up late to do any of it otherwise I'm a cranky mom (and wife) the entire next day.  Help!  Oh and tips too for getting up and ready in the morning.  Some days I get to dinner time only to realize not only have I not even gotten dressed for the day but I have not even brushed my teeth!  Disgusting I know, but I'm just being honest.  Does anybody else have the same trouble I do, or am I completely disgusting, disorganized and lazy?!  I'll take any advice I can get to help my days go more smoothly and productively.

I'm back!

I didn't mean to fall off the face of the planet as far as this blog is concerned but Jordan and I both being sick last week really did a number on me!  We are feeling a ton better now so I'm hoping to be back to blogging like I was before.

Here are a couple pictures I took last week:

Sweet little smile above turns to this in just one snap.

I love the way she all has her hands folded during these top two pictures.

Oh hi Amélie!

Jordan is finding that Bogart is quite comfy to lay on.

Bogart doesn't agree with the comfort thing though...look at that face!

But he likes to smell shoes and she doesn't so I guess they're even?

Yelling down to Daddy.  Doesn't look like Bogart appreciates her yelling in his ear either.

He's such a good dog!  We love him!

We woke up to snow last Friday...14 inches.  Then two days later we were out in short sleeves enjoying 60 degree weather; snow completely gone.  Now we hear it is forecasted to snow again tomorrow.  Good grief!

Jordan conversation

A recent dialogue with Jordan.

Jordan:  "Momma?"
Me:  "Yeah?"
Jordan (very matter of fact-like):  "Yeah."

Poor little Jordan is sick.  The doctor said yesterday, had we waited to bring her in until today, she would have an ear infection.  Plus she has a really sore throat.  She's been losing her voice, which doesn't slow her chatter down in the least!  The only thing that's been slowing the chatter down is when that nasty fever comes.  Her fever yesterday was 103.8.  The drainage in the back of her throat was so bad last night it caused her to gag on water.  It is SO miserable to watch your children be sick!  I can't stand it; praise the Lord we have hardly had to deal with it and I pray it stays that way.  Today she seems to be doing much better although her voice is still "gone," but she's back to avoiding naps and the fever has gone down to 100 and she's been able to eat and drink.

Brandon taught Jordan how to roll down a hill at the park last week.  Such fun!  I've really been wanting to get a kite.  I think she would be fascinated by it.

Amélie, now 2 1/2 months, just outgrew some of her newborn size jammies and is now in 0-3 month size.  I find this so interesting because my friend's son who is 5 months old now fits into 12 month clothes!  Such a difference!  Amélie weighs 8 lb 8 oz so she has gained three pounds since she was born.  

Oh!  We figured out why Bogart was so sick:  bad bag of dog food.  After he ran out of the special food the vet had given us after we took him in to get checked out we slowly began introducing his regular food and the diarrhea every hour started right back up again.  We remembered that we had just opened the bag of dog food right before he got sick so we opened a new bag just in case and he has been fine ever since.

I guess I really don't have too much to report.  We've not been doing much since Jordan isn't feeling well and since it's been snowing...still...in the middle of April.  Boo.

Here are some pictures from a couple of weeks ago when Jordan was helping me in the kitchen.

She loves helping in the kitchen whenever she can.

She got a lot of flour on her jammies!  It's an easy clean; it just dusted right off.

This silly girl:

Likes to do this with her books:

I often find books around the house sticking out like this of the dishwasher, fridge, drawers.

It's simple, yet goofy, little things.  Makes me smile every time.

prune cake

Ever since I made PW's prune cake Jordan asks for it on nearly a daily basis.  Here was our conversation earlier today:

Jordan:  "Nigh, night."
Me:  "Are you going to go nigh, night?"
Jordan:  "No. Eat prune cake."
Me:  "You want prune cake?"
Jordan, grinning:  "Ya."

I have no idea what nigh, night had to do with any of it but, I think I need to get some more prunes so I can make that cake again, don't you?  Until then, I hope she likes the oatmeal cookies I made.

Seriously, if you haven't made it yet, you need to.  It's an awesome cake!

Bogart