Busted

The mister, kidlets, mother-in-law and I went to the Renaissance Festival this past Tuesday. On the way up there, my mother-in-law was telling Tallulah about the night Tallulah was born.

mother-in-law = mil
father-in-law = fil

mil: We (mil & fil) were eating at Red Lobster and we got a call from your Daddy saying that the baby was on almost here. And on our way home we saw a lady pushing your brother in the stroller and Isaac was asleep.
me: (confused) what lady was pushing Isaac?
mil: Pat was.
me: (still confused) oh, but when did Jeff call? and when did you see Isaac and Pat?
mil: He called while we were at the restaurant and when we drove home we saw Pat and Isaac.
me: (still confused because Jeff did not call his mom and when Pat & Isaac were walking it was after 11 PM at night). But Jeff didn't call because you called our house and heard me in labor. And it was late when Pat got to our home.
mil: (she said something)
me: so you were stalking again?
mil: no, no, a prayer drive-by.
me: ok, so stalking?
I got this look from Jeff - he was amused but asked me to drop it.

In December of last year she was doing another 'prayer drive-by' and was pulled over for speeding. No ticket though.

Fae grows up

Tallulah has officially weaned - I think. She hasn't asked to nurse in a week and when I asked her if she wanted to nurse I would get the 'in a minute' answer. But the minute never came.

I asked her today if she wanted to nurse and she said, "I don't need to nurse anymore Momma. Penelope can have all my nurses."

I remember holding her in my arms right after she was born and I told our midwife that I don't remember how to nurse a baby. Our midwife said it would come back. Ah, but no need because Tallulah latched on by herself and stayed latched on for over four years.

I nursed a human for four years! Who would have thought that? I was the person that thought breastfeeding was absolutely disgusting and only poor people breastfed. It wasn't until I was halfway through our first pregnancy that I thought maybe I might be wrong. I did some reading, attended LLL meetings and decided to give breastfeeding a try.

My sweet Tallou.

6

boychik is 6 today. My sweet little bubs is growing up.

We have a busy day ahead of us with boychik at the helm.

Did you know Isaac totally rocks at Guitar Hero (II?). He unlocked a new level this morning. A concert arena outside.

Will be back later with pictures. famous last words

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch today. The kidlets had a lot of fun. Penelope was scared of the scarecrow though.

Isaac and Tallulah asked to make pumpkin pie, pumpkin brownies, pumpkin french fries, pumpkin cake and pumpkin eggs.

There were a couple of school groups there - kindergarten and first graders. And there was a little boy that looked exactly like Tallulah. Totally identical except they were wearing different clothes. It was wild. He was with his dad and the dad was staring at Tallou and I was staring at his son, but neither of us said anything. I really wanted to get a picture of the little boy and Tallou but thought that would be too weird to ask.

Our song (to the tune of Down on Grandpa's Farm)

We're on our way, we're on our way;
On our way to the Pumpkin Patch.
We're on our way, we're on our way;
On our way to the Pumpkin Patch.

At the Pumpkin Patch we will pick some pumpkins,
At the Pumpkin Patch we will pick some pumpkins
The pumpkins they go a lot like this (high pitched scream from the kids). . .

Tallulah added her own special verse -
At the Pumpkin Patch we will smash some pumpkins
At the Pumpkin Patch we will push some people
The pumpkin people go a lot like this - waaaaaahhhhhh.

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The Baldwin Project

This looks interesting.

The Search For a Good Child was linked on an e-mail group I was on. It's about Knights. Well, the search for one.

Isaac and Tallulah are very into knights, dragons, swords, slaying, etc right now. We are going to the Renaissance Faire at the end of the month and they are both over the moon. Isaac wants to go in to the dungeon and see the joust. Tallulah wants to be a princess and kill some bad guys with her sword.

Conflicting moment - gentle parenting versus squashing her imaginative play.

meh, babe is up.