Why is blogging so difficult...

What's with the logging in and typing something fascinating for the so very few people that ever read my blog can have something new to read... what's so hard about that?? and yet... I have a hard time doing it...

perhaps it will be my new months' resolution. (forget new year... I need lots of do-overs! LOL)

until the next post (or next month...) .... have a good one!

What your baby needs!

So - my friend Adrienne just launched her new website and it's FANTASTIC! She's a nutrition guru and I glean information from her every chance I get -- though her primary focus right now is on preconception nutrition and I am NO in a preconception place in my life... If YOU are though... you seriously MUST check out her website and consider her new teleclass which is a 12 week course jam packed with nutritional information, advice, support and encouragement that is worth much more than what she's asking -- check it out... go... I'll wait...

Click here to view the details of the site and telecourse


So -- pretty cool site, huh? Now --- sign up! or... tell your preconception stage friends to check it out -- really -- they'll be healthier and happier for it. Did you know you can set the course of your child's health PRIOR to conception? Um.. if not, you NEED this telecourse! I'll tell ya more later when I have more time!

Insert wise and witty writing here...

As I lie in bed at night with my daughter nursing and/or encouraging her to sleep, I write such awesome articles in my head. Witty and wise, deep and inspiring. and then I fall to sleep and wake an hour later in a stupor - stumbling out of the pitch black room into the dimly lit hallway down to the living room where I watch something that was dvr'd long ago or back to my computer where I read emails and surf... no brain activity to post nor read anything inspiring or challenging.

I dream now of the days to come where I kiss her cute little forehead and say "night night, I love you!" and walk out of the room ~ off to enjoy a full evening of intellectual enlightenment from books, meeting friends out, having friends over... ah - but this time with her is fleeting -- already my first "baby" is 5 and rolls his eyes at mommy's gushy loving sometimes. :::sigh::: time really *is* flying...

High heels...??

Is this the craziest thing you've ever seen?? Though... I do have some friends (and family) who think owning certain shoes are the closest to nirvana you can get... but... babies?!

Peace Corps or Kindergarten?

Dear Andrew is off to kindergarten at Kumbaya Academy. No, that's not REALLY the name of his school... just what my more mainstream friends lovingly refer to his new (environmentally focused, experiential learning) charter school.

His back to school list had no pencils and pens, no paper, no notebooks, no crayons, markers, no glue. His list included woolens, rain pants, hat, jacket, muck boots to the knee, snow pants, parka, two hats (wool and fleece), two sets of mittens/gloves, sun hat, water bottle, water bottle carrier...

We didn't back to school shop at Staples... we went back to school shopping at Campmor!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Here's one of the only pictures of our entire family that we have. THANKS to my friend Jeana for taking it and for spending Andrew's birthday with our family!!

Elizabeth is wearing a size 6 leotard given to her by Jeana's daughter - though a bit big (Elizabeth typically wears 18m) she LOVED the flouncies at the waist and on the arms (though she did need them rolled up a bit... just a bit... LOL)

Happy Graduation Day!

Andrew graduated from pre-K today! He had a cute ceremony followed by a party hosted by a "real alive" DJ who played songs from High School Musical 2 and had Andrew dancing and singing like a "high school kid!"

Here are a few pics of the joyful event!

SAYING THE PLEDGE


DURING THE HULA HOOP DANCE


*VERY* SAD NOT TO HAVE WON A RED PEANUT PRIZE...



She's thrilled though to have found a peanut at all!


With his teacher, Miss Rachel



And once again... we failed to ask anyone to take our family picture...

Check out the music on the right side there...

My SILIL (that's a sister-in-law-in-law aka my brother's wife's brother's wife) is in the bluegrass/acoustical/gospel band Sorghum Hill -- and you can listen to a song if you just hit play!

They're FANTASTIC -- seriously - go listen while you hang out here!