our little byrds: December 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

Boys and Girls

Here you see Addie in William's bed pretending to be the baby while Ila is tending to her needs as the mommy. Meanwhile, William and Robert are just being boys.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

The Most Confusing Potty Book Ever

Last week at out trip to the library down the street, I saw a few books about going to the potty and tossed them in the basket with the others. It wasn't until "Once Upon a Potty" became her favorite book that she wanted to read over and over again, that I realized a couple very disturbing things about this book. First off, the little curly haired child on the front cover was actually a BOY and it turned out it was a book for BOYS learning to go potty. I later saw the tiny print at the bottom, but my first realization was his wee wee. My next complaint is that the potty looked like a giant tea cup. Did they not think about the combo of using a giant tea cup as a potty and then illustrating the poo poo to look like chocolate soft-serve?! I think we just set Ila back in her potty training a few months. Lesson learned: fully inspect books you bring home from the library before it's too late.

* I would also like to apologize to her babysitter that night who was the first to read this book to Ila.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Now That's a Lot of Turkey

After traveling to Virginia Beach for three thanksgiving meals with families, then to Rodanthe for the weekend with friends while enduring an ear infection and very little napping going on, I think I might need a full month to recover. But oh wait, then it's Christmas time and we get to do it all over again! Ok, ok, I know I have a LOT to be thankful for, but right now I'm thankful I survived. Bring on the holly and Christmas cheer!