On Monday, I attempted to take photos of the toddler holding still, smiling, with one fist held out.
I ended up with 87 photos like these (and luckily one that worked).
Dancing
Jazz Hands
Thinking about punching someone
This is his "say cheese" face
Be my Valentine?
Oh look, another week in iPhone photos.
Sunday:
Since when can my tiny baby climb LADDERS?
Caroline would party all day. E not so much.
What, isn't that how YOU watch football?
Monday:
Three toddlers all too busy to talk to me
Tempting, but no.
So healthy it's almost disgusting
Tuesday:
Tunnel of love
We ride the elevator at the mall UP and then DOWN, for no reason but he loves it.
Lounging
Wednesday:
These would look great with a set of 20's, Mom. (I have no idea what that even means)
Oh no, a T-Rex is attacking town hall!
Sitting in a chair: Ur doin' it rong.
Heeeeeere's CAROLINE
Best purchase of the year: $30 library cart from the education store at the mall as a bookshelf/ toyshelf
Thursday:
HUGE turnout at Stroller Strides for the franchise's 2nd birthday
Leading the parade at Target
Obsessed
Friday:
He told me he was going camping.
Really, Christmas Tree Shops? You think this is a DEAL?
No one is excited to be at BJ's, including me.
3rd birthday party planning is a go.
Saturday:
If my husband ever wonders if this is his kid, I will show him this picture
Five Guys, duh.
Apparently my baby WANTS to nurse with a blanket over her head. Weirdo.
For the rest of the weekend I’ll be watching terrible reality TV, arguing with a 3 year old over the exact length of nap time, and encouraging Caroline’s new habit of spinning in circles until she gets so dizzy she falls over. Mom of the year, RIGHT HERE.
Did you take any camera phone photos this week? Link up with one or lots using the linky below and grab the code (so it shows on your blog too!) over at Amy’s . It’s really fun!
Apparently the only things I took pictures of this week were my kids, so I hope you enjoy those.
Sunday:
Oh hi Mom, Let me just take that for you
I watched the Golden Globes with Twitter, which made it much more fun
I'm a cat lady at heart
Monday:
Caroline's new favorite part of Stroller Strides is pretending to ride the carousel
Dirty face. Happy kid.
First snow since Halloween.
Things Caroline likes: Baths. And everything.
Tuesday:
Caroline kidnapped this doll, perhaps because she thought it was her twin sister
We've upgraded from Nemo. I'm very happy.
Caroline's been wearing a lot of leggings. I think she likes it.
Wednesday:
This time she stole a wallet. I'm afraid I have a tiny klepto on my hands.
Stylin' in Mommy's sparkle aviators
I own a lot of ridiculous sunglasses
Thursday:
Running stairs at Stroller Strides is not my favorite
Not my idea of a fun game but Caroline loved it
You know your friends read your blog when they see the kids stacking blocks and go "Look! Block stacking! TAKE THAT BABYCENTER!"
Friday:
Cart safety fail. Again.
My beautiful, well organized craft area is now...not so much.
Toddlers are gross, man.
Saturday:
If you've seen Toy Story 3, you know this is near the END. At 6 am. Guess what time we got up.
What do you mean it's too early Mom?
Must be beautiful this time of year...all that snow. (FINALLY)
Happy Snow Day! I need to knit myself a new hat.
Our plans for today were rescheduled due to the storm, which means we get a day at home. I’d like to say it’s all hot cocoa and fireplace cuddles but a) my kid HATES hot cocoa, b) E spent most of the morning fixing the world’s most disgusting kitchen sink clog and c) there’s no couch in the fireplace room so we never use it. I have Really Big Plans to rearrange our entire first floor in the next few weeks and I’m looking forward to a day when we CAN have a fire and a movie at the same time. But first I need a baby gate for the bottom of our stairs – there’s a wall on one side but a bannister with spokes and a twirly thing at the bottom. (Terrible description, if you care you can look at my home tour.)(WOW, my house was clean. It doesn’t look like that AT ALL anymore.) Any suggestions?
1. In my quest to wean Caroline, I actually counted the number of times a day she was nursing and realized it was only 5ish during the day and 2 or 3ish at night. (I know that SOUNDS like a lot but in my head she was still nursing every 2 hours so it was a nice surprise.) The first thing I did was cut her down to one night feeding, which amazingly only took one night of rocking instead of immediately shoving a boob in her mouth in my attempt to get back to bed ASAP. The next thing I’ve done is cut down the rest of our nursing sessions to one in the morning, one before nap and one before bed. I figure even if she doesn’t drop all of those before I leave they can easily be replaced with a cuddle and a cup or bottle of milk. My next goal is to drop the morning feeding this weekend, which means I’ll need to stay in bed until at least 11 am. The suffering I go through for my children.
2. The WORST part about trying to discipline my almost-3-year-old is how much it affects my 1-year-old.Yesterday we had to leave the mall right after Stroller Strides because Evan ran off into a store and wouldn’t come back. I had to be that mom I hate being, the one who shout-whispers and threatens and drags her kid around by his arm. And because I had told him he would lose his chance to play on the playground if he ran away I had to follow through and take them BOTH home. Caroline is still too little to be mad for long but I am upset she is missing out on something fun because her brother has forgotten how to understand English. It happens at home too, when I have to put Evan in time out and she loses her playmate or when I have to take away toys because he won’t share.
3. I am actually looking forward to my weigh in this week. I just need to avoid any carb-related binges between now and Thursday night. Sidenote – If you ever join Weight Watchers, DON’T weigh in at NIGHT. It’s like the total opposite of the first thing in the morning, right after you pee, totally naked weigh in 99% of America does. I swear if I was weighing in at 9 am instead I’d already be down another 5 lbs.
4. I am still obsessing over what tattoo I should get for Caroline. My Pinterest board is filling up with birds and lace but I still haven’t figured out how to make those relate to her. Denae’s idea of a “C” as a bracelet is awesome, although another wrist tattoo is kind of boring. Maybe I need 2 new ones. Or 3. Or a zillion.
5. One of the things I promised E I would do this year is look for a sponsor or sponsors for BlogHer. I am definitely going – New York is really close and I already bought a discounted ticket – but it would be nice if hanging out with my interweb friends didn’t end up costing $1000+ this time. I have absolutely no idea how to go about it and am intimidated by literally every aspect of trying to find one. On the OTHER HAND, if I can get a sponsor for BlogHer I might be able to convince E I should also go to The Blathering, which would be the most fantastic thing ever.
6. I saw a preview for a new show on Fox last night that had Keifer Sutherland on a cell phone talking about how they were RUNNING OUT OF TIME in his raspy voice and I cried a little – both because I miss 24 a crazy-pants amount and because JACK IS BACK Y’ALL. Ok, so he’s playing someone named Martin but whatevs. He will always be Jack. OHPLUSALSO, IMDB has a 24 movie listed in his credits. I have died and gone to man-bag heaven.
I might have mentioned we really love the aquarium this time of year. It’s close, it’s fun, we have a membership and it’s always EMPTY. The kids love running around and I love the nice clean carpeted floors so they don’t hurt themselves. There’s a limited amount of trouble they can cause (KNOCK ON WOOD) and unless Caroline accidentally gets the crap scared out of her by a barking sea lion (oops) they both enjoy themselves.
Yesterday when the choice was either Finding Nemo from the couch or finding Nemo down in Mystic we went with the house-leaving option. One of these days Evan is going to start asking questions about why Nemo is locked up in a tank instead of living out a long and happy life on the reef – and when he does I will distract him with a cookie. It’s hard enough to explain what happens to Coral in the opening sequence. Hey Disney, could you QUIT KILLING OFF EVERYONE’S MOM? Kthanxbai.
Oooooh let's name the zones, the zones, the zones
I feel like this fish is judging me
Those BOOTS. I die.
Some of the creatures at the aquarium weren't excited to be in my pictures
Evan wants to know why the school of fish won't do impressions
On Caroline:
Sweater – Hand knit by me
Shirt & pants – Hand me downs (Gymboree)
Boots – Hand me downs (Target)
On Evan:
All of it – Children’s Place
I tried speaking whale to the beluga. I think I offended him.
Photobombed by a WHALE
On Mama:
Sweater – Express
Henley – Target (I think it’s technically a pajama shirt, which I totally forgot until just now)
Jeggings worn as pants (HORRORS) – Nordstrom Rack
Boots – Old Navy
Cuff – Rue 12 (too bad you can’t see it, it was the most interest part of my outfit)
This whale REALLY wanted to tell me something. Also, you can see my hair, which I actually did something to for the first time in ages.
Tired of real life fish. Time to go home and watch them on TV instead.
I’ll try to go somewhere more interesting next week so you don’t have to look at any MORE fish pictures. Maybe Evan will suddenly get obsessed with the Starbucks at Target or the clearance section at Old Navy.
