Tuesday dogwalk...

9:12 The boy grabs his shoes from the basket and brings them to me so I will help him put them on. Time for THE DOGWALK! Welcome to a new feature on SDMOOSE. I hope to bring you reports from our dogwalks a few times a week. But will these reports be interesting enough to keep you reading? Stay tuned!


Here we are at the END of the walk. As you can see, someone insisted that the wagon go along today.

First we had to stop and talk to the neighbor on our way to the woods. She was putting about 4 packages in her mailbox "return to sender". Her 92 year-old mother apparently orders many things from the mail! Maggie loves our neighbor (treats) and The Boy is finally smiling at her. Today he played the fun trick of throwing something out of the wagon multiple times so she would pick it up for him. I thought MY kid wouldn't do that trick! Then he wanted out of the wagon and took off exploring down the road. So, I said goodbye to the neighbor and chased him down.

This is the first time the wagon has been "invited" along on the walk! It worked ok, in that the boy rode in it about 1/2 way. It slowed us down a bit and I think it maybe threw Maggs off a bit as she didn't do her thing that she is supposed to do on the dogwalk! Darn dog. The Boy yelled "DOGGY" a few times on the walk. Another first. Arrival home: 9:59. Time to get going to Ava's for another walk....it's going to be hot here today.

kkyoarrd trouuble

...ssoo iiwilll justt posstttapppiccture

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Tornado warnings...

This evening we had our first tornado sirens...warnings of the season. I was google chatting with a certain AAPH and I commented that I've been told that a tornado sound like trains, therefore I'm screwed. You see...we have grand central station running through our backyard. I hear trains running like every 5 minutes. She then said "yeah...I thought about telling you that, but thought the better of it" Nice friend!

ps. It's pretty funny to hear the cat MMMMMEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW on the baby monitor. She's doing it right now.

Happiness!

Kindergarten report card QUIZ

Hmmm...so the Husband and I were sitting around today watching the boy and trying to keep him from hurting himself with his climbing and running around. I said to The Husband "I bet his first report card is going to say_____________________" (chose from the following or add an idea of your own)

1. At least he's cute
2. I really appreciate his enthusiasm
3. Don't you ever feed this boy?
4. ? other ideas?

How well do you know us?

Another quiz!
1. Whenever I get into the car (the one with the satellite radio..we have Sirius) after The Husband has been driving it...what station is it ALWAYS tuned to?

2. The Husband recently had to make a trip to Urgent Care...why?

3. I-man's G'ma recently came for a visit. She bought him a clothing accessory. What is it?

4. I usually take how many pics of the boy on days I'm home with him: 1) 10 2) 100 3) 1000 4) what are you talking about? You never take pictures of the boy

5. I-man is currently most interested in which three of the following list: 1) bugging the cat 2) eating 3) walking the dog 4) climbing stairs 5) sleeping long stretches at night 6) taking pictures of me

what tree is this?

Return of the plant quiz!!!!!!!!!!

Amish Peanut Butter, part II (or...I man walks the dog)

The first title is just to get your attention.
This morning we walked the dog in the woods. Like we always do. But today I-man INSISTED on getting down from the front carrier to walk at about the half-way point. He didn't have shoes or socks on. He didn't care. Then he INSISTED on holding onto Maggie's leash for the rest of the walk. So, he walked the dog. He did really well and didn't let go. At one point he needed to be carried (of course!) but he kept holding onto the leash. Wish I had a camera today on the walk, but as I have said before...you can't capture every moment on film.....even though I try! Ha!

No thanks to all of YOU........

but I came upon a post idea....I was at WORK (yeah, I know...rare event) and was eating lunch (very important). There was a jar of Amish Peanut Butter sitting on the table. I thought...hmmm...what makes peanut butter Amish? Well, I'll TELL YOU. Apparently it must have corn syrup, peanut butter, AND marshmallow cream mixed together. Yeah..and if you look at that website you'll note that there are about twice as many dessert recipes as dinner recipes.

Needing inspiration

I'm not feeling very inspired. I thought perhaps I'd ask my audience what they would like me to blog about...work, life in the midwest, countdown to Saturday's NFL draft, more about the neighbor? More book discussions? More bird ids? Or should I just stick to pictures of the boy and dog? Now is your chance...give me some ideas.

Did everyone have this toy?

I knew this day would come...

Recently I-man has been very interested in feeding Maggie her food. Usually Maggs eats it so fast she chokes, but recently she leaves it for a few hours before consuming (I'm guess because she's getting food thrown to her by the boy. She must feel the D.O.G. food isn't quite as appetizing anymore) . So, it's been "cute" watching I-man go to her dish, take out a piece of her food and walk over to her and feed it to her. Piece by Piece. Yeah....you all knew that wasn't going to last. Today I fished a slightly soggy piece of dog food out of I-man's mouth.

A day with G'ma and G'pa

Last week I left I-man with his G'ma and G'pa for the day while I went to work. I came home to this scene. A nap going on 2 hours....snug on his G'ma's lap. Life is good!



Here is the breakdown of the day:
8:30-9am: oatmeal and bananas
10:15: yogurt and applesauce
10:30: change
11-12:14: nap after 3 oz milk
12:20-12:45: chasing cat
1: 00: Lunch: rice, chicken, veggies, banana, grapes, Water.
1:40: change. In a good mood
2:00: 6 oz milk
3:30: more milk
3:30-5:20: nap on G'ma.

Happy Easter

Photo project

New blog to check! A photo blog with my friend...www.carotevi.blogspot.com
check it out. Should be weekly photos.

Look at that belly!!!!

Pestering the cat is SO MUCH FUN!!!!!