Stinker!

We normally keep the baby gate between the living room and the kitchen closed. The cat food is just too tempting for Jude.

Occasionally Julia will open the gate without me knowing it. This is what happens when she does...

Notice how BOTH of Jude's pajama feet are wet? He was having a blast dunking his feet in the cat's water bowl!



I cannot turn my back on him for 2 seconds without him getting to something!

At least this was an easy mess to mop up.

She cut her hair!

We took Julia to go see "Tangled" in the theater on Saturday. It was a story about Rapunzel. Julia loved the movie.

Well, she took the movie to heart a little too much. This morning she took a scissors to her hair. When asked why she cut it, she replied "Rapunzel had to cut her hair to get away from the bad fairy godmother, so I cut my hair so the bad fairy godmother would not get me.".

Julia got lectured from several people about how she is not allowed to cut her hair or her brother's hair. She got the scissors by pushing a chair up to the cabinet, climbing on the cabinet and getting into her craft bag.

This is how her hair looked about 3 weeks ago before we got it cut.


This is how it looked 2 weeks ago, after we had haircuts. I thought it was a very cute bob.


This is how her hair looked this morning after she cut it!



Part of the hair I found on the floor...


Barrie, our hairdresser, was able to squeeze her in today to fix it. It is still cute, but I like it longer on her. It also makes her look much older!

Owls

A local nature educational center recently visited Julia's preschool. This nature center rehabs animals and the animals that cannot be released back into the wild get used as part of their educational programming. This program was teaching the preschoolers about Owls.

They brought two owls for the kids to see.



Julia was super excited about these owls coming and it was all she talked about for two days.

I would say she was into the program!



She was also excited that Mommy got to come see the owls too!


After the owl program was done, the kids sang some songs to the parents.




Jude was just thrilled he got to play with all the preschool toys. He wants to play with them every time we drop Julia off.

Bedtime

Jude and Julia are so different when it comes to going to bed.

With Jude, he waves bye, blows kisses and is ready. He will not even let me rock him at bedtime anymore! I will get a couple seconds of rocking before he will point to his crib and say "that, that". Once in his crib, he cuddles with his blanket and is happy. If he is not tired enough to go right asleep, he is content to just quietly play until he does fall asleep.

Julia, on the other hand, fights going to bed with every fiber of her being. When we finally do manage to get her in her pajamas and in her bed, she will repeatedly get out of bed. I know she is tired, but she refuses to go to sleep. On the nights she actually stays in her bedroom after being tucked in, I will discover the next morning that she has gotten out LOADS of her toys and played with them instead.

Julia can make bedtime very stressful some nights.

Table dancer?

I really hope this is not a career in the making for Jude!

A couple of weeks ago, Jude stripped off his diaper, climbed up on the coffee table, grabbed his butt and started dancing!! ACK!! Once I got my camera, he sat down and acted like nothing happened.....


Now almost every night, Jude will climb up on the coffee table and dance. Luckily, he usually has clothes on for it now. I think he just likes being the center of attention for once! He knows he has to do something dramatic to divert attention away from Julia.

15 month check-up

Okay, I am VERY late posting this.

Jude had his 15 month check-up almost a month ago. Pediatrician pronounced him healthy and happy! He weighed 25 lbs, 10 oz; which is about the 70th percentile. He was 32.5" long, which is around the 90th percentile. That is my big boy!! I think he takes after my family; tall and solid! I don't remember what his head circumference was and I forgot his little book to wright it down in, but I think it was around the 60th to 70th percentile. His length stayed on the same curve, but his weight continued to jump up. I am not surprised considering how much food this kid eats!

The pedi was pleased with his development and could tell that both kids were really active.

Ballet dancer

Julia is in Ballet class. She enjoys it. The parent's no longer stay in the studio with them during the class. We wait on the benches in the main part of the Rec Center. They did a mini show for us parent's a few weeks ago and I was blown away with all the moves Julia could do!

Piano playing

This is a picture from this summer, but this is still a common sight at our house! Both kids LOVE "playing" the piano. They will both get lessons when they get big enough, but right now Mimi is giving the lessons.

Recent crocheting projects

What little free time I do have, I enjoy crocheting. I no longer try to crochet blankets, because I don't have the time for that.

This summer/fall I started doing dishcloths. This is a bad picture, but you get the idea. I think I will give them out as Christmas gifts.


Then I got tired of doing dishcloths, and came across a free pattern for a prayer shawl. Jerrod's grandma has been ill off and on and I know she is frequently cold, so I decided to make one for her. I used a really silky, satiny yarn. I think it turned out well and she seemed to really like it.




After that was finished, I thought I would make a poncho for Julia. She picked out the yarn she wanted me to use and I made it. About the only time I got to work on it was the 30 minutes during her swim lessons. After several weeks, I finally finished it. I had her try it on this morning. Excuse the pj's and bed head, but it was early yet. I made it slightly big so she could wear it over heavier clothes.


I am making myself one out of the same pattern. Although, I will be using different color yarn.

I have a few more projects I want to do, but we will see if I find the time to do them.

So much easier.

After over 2 weeks, 2 urine collections, 1 culture, many accidents, and some crying, it was finally determined that Julia DID have a UTI. Started antibiotics and she is doing much better.

Julia loves the medicine and will ask to take it multiple times a day. This makes life so much easier than trying to force it in her. The only other time she need antibiotics, I had to wrap her in a towel, force her mouth open and force the medicine down her, all the while she fought me. It was like a rodeo ride!

I like this way MUCH better.

I have been very lucky with my kids and them being really healthy. Sure, they get the occasional cold, but this is only the second time in Julia's life she has needed antibiotics and Jude has never had to have them yet.

Maybe someday...

Maybe someday I will be able to leave the house without snot or food or any number of things the kids always manage to get on my clean clothes before I make it out the door.

Good thing I am not vain about my appearance. I just chalk it up to being a mom.

"Moooooo"

"Moooooooo"

Jude's loves mooing like a cow.

"Moooooooo"