Because I like levity

I will share my favorite jokes:

1) Why did the chicken cross the road?

To prove to the armadillo it could be done.


2) How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Fish

3) Two muffins were being baked in an oven. The first muffin says, "Is it hot in here, or is it just me?" The second muffin says, "Holy crap! A talking muffin!"


Finally, as a fond farewell to our lame duck:

"But mostly, we'll miss the dancing."

So I've been tagged.

A ) Four places that I go to over and over:
Eeny's school, Robin's, Il Primo, Twist

B) Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
Ashley, Jennifer (Eeny's teacher), Mary, Thea

C) My favorite places to eat:
Il Primo, Cocoa Dolce (does that really count?), Caffe Moderne, LeMonde

D) Four places I'd like to be right now:
The cabin in Wisconsin, a home that's ours and big enough for all of us, Victoria, visiting Candy in Scotland.

E) Four people I think will respond:
Hmm....I don't know if four people read this thing. LOL Ashley, maybe, Hil and Beej if I'm lucky, and maybe one of the July mamas.

F) Four TV shows I watch all the time:
Chuck, NCIS, Scrubs, Heroes

I got tagged

Chantel did it. And I'm coming back tomorrow to fill out the requirements. But it's now past 10pm, and I gotta go to bed. *yawn*

It's too soooon!

Eeny has a loose tooth! Yes. He's only 2 months past 5, but he has his first loose tooth. He was talking about how when his 'tongue pushes his loose tooth and he keeps wiggling it it will fall out and a new tooth will push it out, too,' and I figured he was talking about his friend A, who has two loose teeth herself, so on a lark, I asked him if he had a loose tooth. "Suuuure I do." He let me wiggle it, and sure enough, it's loose.

Wow. He's growing up so fast...

A sneak peek

...at Eeny's first day of school:

This is him on the way out. I wasn't with it enough to get a pic on the way in. More to come. :)

Edited to correct the title. :rolleyes How annoying. That'll teach me to post things after 10pm.

Allergy test results

Hanky had his allergy test this morning. He had scratch tests done, and tested positive for oat and peanut allergies.

In a way, it's a relief. It explains everything he's gone through, from the patchy skin to eczema flare-ups, to the time his face started getting red and puffy while eating at Texas Roadhouse.

I'm sad that he has to deal with this, but hey, at least we know what we're dealing with now.

In other news, the allergist recommended Aveeno lotion to help with the sensitive skin. Um, what? DH called him back and the doctor wisely recommended another brand......without oats.

The Many Faces of Hanky

Hanky had an allergic reaction Saturday morning. He and DH spent the morning in the ER. His fingers and toes swelled like little sausages. He's on Zyrtec and Prednisolone now, and we're following up with the doc later this week.

I'm so bummed. I did everything "right". The child never had a drop of formula. Hell, he even lived with a dog for the first 4 months of his life. All of the good anti-allergen things were done, and he still reacts mysteriously to something that we can't immediately identify. It's frustrating.

He is also weaned. I nursed him for 3 years, 3 months, and 21 days. With his reaction, and the fact that I would have to eliminate a substantial number of things from my diet to continue to nurse him, in addition to the fact that I've been looking for an opportunity to move forward in our mother child relationship beyond the nursing dyad, I decided, with DH's support, to go ahead and wean. While this is not the circumstance I would have chosen, it is what it is, and he has accepted it with minimal fuss, and we're ready to continue on our journey together. I love my dear boy.




The 3 Year Breastfeeding Milestone Award

Yes, that's what it is.

Yes, that's spackle on the baby's head. The middle child apparently didn't have enough to do, and felt that covering his own head, and that of his brother with color changing spackle (goes on purple, dries white) would be a greeeeaaaat way to spend a few minutes.

I heard all 3 kids in the dining room and then realized it was way too quiet. We've repainted the living and dining rooms recently, and DH left the paint stuff cleaned, packed into the corner, and ready to go. The spackle (polyfiller for the Brits that aren't reading my humble blog :P) container is far from childproof. Ugh.

Fortunately, it came off the walls, the floor, and both of the little boys. The eldest, who was drawing in the dining room 5 feet away from the Spackling Offender didn't feel it necessary to tell me what was going on. Booger. :)

Life with boys is never boring, that's for sure. ;)

He learned a new word

Pollywog learned to say "Mommy". Every word out of his mouth today has been "Mamaaaah! Mommy!" Anybody wanna hold a cute little boy?