Every night when we tuck Carter in he blows kisses to Meg. Like a million of them. And lately, she has been blowing a million kisses back. It is the best when siblings are nice to each other.
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She loves it as much as I remember loving it. Today it was chocolate chocolate chip cookies for the HT. -
Zach's pinewood derby car got first place from his pack (2nd overall at our ward derby) and so he was invited to go to the district competition free of charge to race his super-fast car. Thinking I'd be a nice mom, I told him we could. (What I didn't realize was that meant we'd spend nearly FIVE hours at the mall on a Saturday afternoon – sans Nate, who was working – while the serious scouters made sure that all 72 cars raced 8 heats each. Yes, 72 heats total.) Luckily for Zach, when I was ready to bail, the parents of the winning car from our ward who also had gone (and were watching closely) told me Zach's car was doing really well and offered to keep an eye on him while I took the other kiddos to have some fun, and he got to see it through.
In the end, it was worth it – they awarded Zach the 3rd place medal for the Bears. He was so excited.
His buddy (also a bear) had somehow been racing with the Webelos, and didn't win anything, although his car had beaten Zach's before. We ended up being informed a few days later that if the other boy would have been in his correct group, he would have taken third place instead by just 1 second. The organizer told us Zach could keep his medal, though, since that was the official result.
When I told Zach about the email I'd recieved, he immediately said, "Well, I'm going to give the medal to Elliot, then, since he deserves it!" No hesitation, no sadness, no rationalizing, nothing. One of those great parent moments, although Zach doesn't really get why it's such a big deal. "It's HIS medal, mom – he earned it!"I couldn't be prouder if he'd have brought home the 2 foot trophy.
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In case you didn't know, that means, "I want to swing!" And we hear it, all day long, rain or shine, whenever she catches a glimpse of the outside world. This girl is so happy in the swing!
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Non-food items chewed on by Meg today:
Sand, rocks, a green crayon, Carter, my phone -
I swear we feed her…
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Ever read "Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy"? Care to guess if we have??
Meet our very own bumblebee boy – complete with the following self-proclaimed superpowers:
walking backwards power
jumping power
running really fast power (and running really slow power too)
flying power
and… art power.
(I have been informed more than once that he doesn't have any clean-up powers.)
We are very lucky to have him around.
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Meg's latest obsession: washing her hair. with any liquid available (including water spilled on the floor, anything on her high chair tray, or a split second's access to someone else's bathwater.)
If you're dying to see it in action [grandparents] here is a video of her taking advantage of me helping Carter with his tub racetrack for a second while she stood next to me… Download IMG_1529
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It isn't often everyone looks and everyone smiles. So no, we don't care that some of them don't have shoes on.
AND, did you see the tulip?? We are loving this early spring! -
Playgroup Easter egg hunt (turned out to be during spring break, and was geared more for little kids, but Zach volunteered to help Meg and Emma loves anything with candy so everyone had a good time)
dyeing eggs (only spilled the blue this year)
racing our dyed eggs at the park – down the hill, down the slide… freezing, but fun!
and Carter, proud owner of the only egg that didn't break!
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This girl loves them. And will keep them on, because she's sure she looks so awesome in them. She's right, of course.
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