Talking Points

These are the things I’d probably tell you if I could chat with you in person…

This weekend, Eric’s baking has resulted in chiabatta bread, homemade pizza, the kitchen being cleaned twice in one day (maybe even 3x now that I think of it), and my oven being cleaned up.  I’m liking this hobby more and more all the time!

Karen’s clan and my parents came up last night and helped us eat the pizza Eric made.  It was good food and good times.  The children loved hanging with their grandparents, and we took some pics of McKenna in our little studio.  We took 185 shots (or something like that)…hopefully we got one or two good ones!

Megan’s poop has been green recently.  Maybe it’s the broccoli I’m eating a ton of these days.  Could be that she’s getting too much foremilk (that one came off the internet).  And given that I make a LOT of milk…it probably wouldn’t surprise me that she’s not getting to the back of the milk supply.  Maybe I should switch to one side per feeding and see if her poop changes back to yellow.  And hey, maybe that would eliminate a bunch of the spitting up that she’s doing, too.  Who knows?

I’ve also decided to stop pumping extra.  I have a lovely stockpile in my chest freezer (haha…look, a pun!) in the basement.  And anyway…even if I do feed her a bottle of the stored stuff, I’ll have to pump for that feeding anyway.  So I think I’ll just let my supply drop to only what she’s eating when she’s eating from me.  

I got new glasses and a haircut this weekend.  The glasses are just enough differently sized/shaped that it’s taking a little bit of adjustment.  But they are a bit sturdier, I think, that my previous pair. Maybe they’ll stand up to toddlers a little better than the previous ones.  Oh…and the haircut made me happy.  Time away…a trim to make my hair work with me again…a short head massage while she washed my hair…and I like the results.  Nice!

I took the twins to the mall playplace for the first time ever on Friday.  They LOVED it.  It was a bit busy, and the bigger kids at places like that do not pay attention to the little kids like they should.  But they had a blast.  It was a bit hard to keep an eye on them and an eye on Megan.  I carried her for a bit, but then I didn’t have a hand to help them climb on stuff.  But when I put her down, I worried to leave her in her car seat.  So apparently, I need a third eye, a third hand, or someone to meet me there and help me watch them all.  

I’m in the mood to start yarn crafts again.  I have really wanted to for about 2 months.  But I can’t figure out a) when to do it or b) how to keep yarn and needles out of the hands of my toddlers.  But I really think it’s time to start doing stuff like that again.  

And to end…some cute kid stories:

Two weeks ago, Erin’s affirmative response was “yah.”  Last week it was “yep.”  Recently, it’s morphed into “yeth” or “yesh”.  It sounds distinctly like Leon the Ladies Man…

Erin also gave herself a black eye yesterday.  Fell and donked her cheekbone on a chair in the basement.  She’s my bruiser!

Alex is such a snuggle-buddy.  Especially in the morning while we watch a little TV.  He just piles all his stuffed animals around himself and snuggles up next to me.  Love it!

My MIL got them number, color and alphabet puzzles for Christmas.  Erin does them all the time (and can do them all by herself, too).  Alex surprised me the other day when I realized that he, too, knew all his numbers.  I had no idea!  And in the alphabet puzzle, each of the letters has a picture underneath (F has a fish, for example).  “H” is a house.  Except that “H” has always been for “Holly” – my niece.  So now, when we do the puzzle with Erin…”H” is for “Holly’s House.”

I think that’s about all for now, though…so I hope everyone has a marvelous week!  Happy Sunday!

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