Heard around my house lately:
“Why, you’re just a cheerful camper!” Doesn’t have quite the same ring as happy camper…
“Momma, your new necklace looks like a yogurt covered raisin to me. Every time I see it I think of puke because I HATE yogurt covered raisins.”
Pierce was pretending to be a lion. I told him as we were getting ready to leave, “Say goodbye, Mr. Lion.” He turned to his Daddy. “Good-bye, Mr. Lion!” He talked about that one all day. He thinks he’s hilarious. I rather agree.
Pierce has a pair of Sponge Bob pajamas. My children have never watched Sponge Bob, and don’t know who he is. (If they never find out, that’s okay with me. Wretched show.) From the moment he got the pj’s, he’s called the Sponge Bob on them Charlie Brown. Every time he wears them, he is adamant that he be called Charlie Brown.
Ellie has an amber necklace. Whether they are all they are claimed to be, I do not know. But they’re cute. Ellie’s necklace disappeared a few days ago. We don’t have so many square feet that things can stay missing for long. I’ve looked and looked for the necklace, but didn’t find it. Finally yesterday, I tipped the recliner over the see if it was in the mechanism under the chair. It fell out when I tipped the chair over. How?! Now if my old watch would just show up… Lost things drive me bonkers.
I was asked the other day if Ellie was my firstborn. THAT provided an amusing conversation.
Mesh water slings are worth their weight in gold. I made myself one to keep Ellie close and still be hands free, bought two puddle jumper life jackets for Charlie and Pierce, and we can go to the pool without anyone trying to drown themselves. Amazing. The photo below shows the shoulder I made on it; I’ll see if I can get an action photo next time we’re out.
Water sling shoulder: front
Water sling shoulder:back
I’m making a ring sling for a friend. I bought undyed fabric and am using a glue resist and dying it. My word, it’s a lot of work. Taking photos for a step by step blog post for it. I’m almost afraid to do that – the last time I did that, it was for a batch of soap. It was the first and only batch of soap that wouldn’t come to trace properly so far. It set up fine in the end, but there’s something about proof you’re doing something to make it all go south!
How funny!!!
“You’re SO SKINNY Mama!”
Me: Really, you don’t think I’m a little bit fat?
“No, you’re A LOT fat Mama!”
I’m thinking someone doesn’t know what skinny means.
Love it!
I’m interested in the water sling you mentioned. I have an Ergo for my 2.5 month old, but I’m afraid to get it wet because of the chlorine in the water. Do you have a link to a tutorial or could you post a pic of the sling or you wearing Ellie in the sling? Thanks!
This link http://www.mamasaywhat.com/diy-mesh-water-ring-sling/ has some good information. I made a Maya Wrap accordion type shoulder for mine, shown here: http://www.sleepingbaby.net/jan/Baby/shoulders.html and I used athletic mesh from Hancock Fabrics and small nylon rings from http://www.slingrings.com/proddetail.php?prod=smnylon. If you need more info, email me from the email button on the upper right corner and I’ll gladly answer any questions! I’ll add a photo of of the shoulder to my blog post and see if I can get a photo of Ellie in it as soon as I use it again.
Love the water sling ! You should go into a business making them ( if u had the time )
This is all so funny Sis!
CT has a pair of sponge bob pj’s also. The boys all think he is dressed up as giant cheese when he is wearing them, since they have no idea what sponge bob is either! Too funny.