Happy 21st Birthday Aunt Kim!!
August has been a tough month for us, but things are looking up as we get ready to welcome autumn. Although sandal weather can last year-round in Austin, Pook and Bean celebrated the advent of the equinox by dancing around in their new sparkly red "Dorothy" shoes yesterday. Luckily, Daddy noted, these shoes are available up to size 12, so we can "enjoy" them for years to come.
Jooney has really started talking and it seems like he adds a new word every day. Some of his latest additions are just hilarious. He has learned how to ask for food: "Ma-ma! Unhh nummy nummy!" This is accompanied by him smacking and licking his lips. He is at the stage where he takes time out to poop, contorting his fat little face while holding on to an end table or a chair. He will come find one of us and say, "Puh, puh," and then pat his diaper. We've also realized that he knows all of the dogs and his sisters by name, though the only name he says so far is Oliver ("Oh-ber!"). I'm a little surprised that he doesn't immediately follow "Oliver" with "no!"
Actual conversation at Chase Bank last week:
Banker: "It's not letting me do this. Dagnabbit!"
Pook (wide-eyed): "We don't say that word!"
Mommy: "But what can we say?"
Bean (gleefully): "Dammit!!"
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
August 23, 2006
All About Bik-Boks
We have a book titled "The Listening Walk" by Paul Showers. It is an old, original printing from the 60s; Aunt Kim bought it at a library sale for about fifty cents. It is Beanie's favorite book of late, replacing "Inside, Outside, Upside Down," at least temporarily. Anyway, in the book, a little boy and his dad go for a walk and listen to all the sounds around the neighborhood. One sound is that of a lady's shoes as she walks, then runs, to the bus stop. She is wearing high heels. The sound that they make is "bik-bok."
It took the Bean all of about three seconds to realize that I have a closet full of bik-boks, and that if she asks nicely, she, too, can make that sound! All summer long, she has been walking around the house in heels, repeating "bik-bok" over and over with her feet and in her lovely sing-song voice. I was pretty incredulous last week, though, when I heard the sound of bik-boks and realized that Pook and Bean were standing next to me. Could it be? It had to! Jooney has discovered bik-boks!! Now he tromps around behind his sister, hands usually full of legos and food, bik-boks on his feet.
We had a great weekend. On Saturday we took the kids to the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market for the Sustainable Sustain-a-ball. It was a lot of fun! They got to play in a wading pool, eat snow cones, listen to live music, and sample chipotle brownies (very yummy!). We got to check out all the food and sustainable product vendors. In fact, an event rep snapped a picture of Pook and Bean in the Fuzzie Bunz tent while I was looking over the diaper selection. Hopefully it will end up on their website.
We have a book titled "The Listening Walk" by Paul Showers. It is an old, original printing from the 60s; Aunt Kim bought it at a library sale for about fifty cents. It is Beanie's favorite book of late, replacing "Inside, Outside, Upside Down," at least temporarily. Anyway, in the book, a little boy and his dad go for a walk and listen to all the sounds around the neighborhood. One sound is that of a lady's shoes as she walks, then runs, to the bus stop. She is wearing high heels. The sound that they make is "bik-bok."
It took the Bean all of about three seconds to realize that I have a closet full of bik-boks, and that if she asks nicely, she, too, can make that sound! All summer long, she has been walking around the house in heels, repeating "bik-bok" over and over with her feet and in her lovely sing-song voice. I was pretty incredulous last week, though, when I heard the sound of bik-boks and realized that Pook and Bean were standing next to me. Could it be? It had to! Jooney has discovered bik-boks!! Now he tromps around behind his sister, hands usually full of legos and food, bik-boks on his feet.
We had a great weekend. On Saturday we took the kids to the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market for the Sustainable Sustain-a-ball. It was a lot of fun! They got to play in a wading pool, eat snow cones, listen to live music, and sample chipotle brownies (very yummy!). We got to check out all the food and sustainable product vendors. In fact, an event rep snapped a picture of Pook and Bean in the Fuzzie Bunz tent while I was looking over the diaper selection. Hopefully it will end up on their website.
Monday, August 14, 2006
August 14, 2006
Boot Camp begins today!
Okay, not really, but Daddy has been saying that all weekend. We tearfully said goodbye to Aunt Kim on Friday and so today marks the first official day of "stay-at-home dad' -ness. Daddy thinks he is going to whip the lil' noggins right into shape - no whining, toys picked up, napping on command. He is very optimistic! This morning they are going on an outing to the neighborhood park. Our latest heatwave pushes the heat index to well above 100 degrees in the afternoon, so outdoor play has to happen before lunch.
Over the weekend, we visited the newly opened Premium Outlets in Round Rock. There is a great selection of stores, and it's only about a half-hour drive from home. Our only complaint is that the food court leaves much to be desired, and there aren't any restaurants nearby (yet). We did spot a very exciting development...an IKEA store is under construction! I haven't lived near an IKEA since 1994 in Virginia, so I am very excited!
Overheard Saturday, while Pook and Bean were cutting "dolly-dolls" from a Nordstrom's magazine:
Pook: "You have to not drop the little pieces on the ground because Egan can choke on them and dogs can choke on them, too, and they will die."
Bean: "But Eli have already died."
Pook: "Yup. That is a true fact."
Okay, not really, but Daddy has been saying that all weekend. We tearfully said goodbye to Aunt Kim on Friday and so today marks the first official day of "stay-at-home dad' -ness. Daddy thinks he is going to whip the lil' noggins right into shape - no whining, toys picked up, napping on command. He is very optimistic! This morning they are going on an outing to the neighborhood park. Our latest heatwave pushes the heat index to well above 100 degrees in the afternoon, so outdoor play has to happen before lunch.
Over the weekend, we visited the newly opened Premium Outlets in Round Rock. There is a great selection of stores, and it's only about a half-hour drive from home. Our only complaint is that the food court leaves much to be desired, and there aren't any restaurants nearby (yet). We did spot a very exciting development...an IKEA store is under construction! I haven't lived near an IKEA since 1994 in Virginia, so I am very excited!
Overheard Saturday, while Pook and Bean were cutting "dolly-dolls" from a Nordstrom's magazine:
Pook: "You have to not drop the little pieces on the ground because Egan can choke on them and dogs can choke on them, too, and they will die."
Bean: "But Eli have already died."
Pook: "Yup. That is a true fact."
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