G's Vocabulary Advancements:

baba: blankie, bathtub, bubble, puppy, baseball, grandma, mop, broom, and now as of tonight, kitty
bappa: grandpa
boo: pooh
boo: blue (stuffed dog)
apple: apple, oranges, grapes, strawberries
nah: cereal bar
up: ketchup
mih: milk
elbow: elmo

a HUGE day for milestones:

milestone no.1: G now says "Mine!, Mine! Miiiiiiiinnnnnnnee!!!!"
milestone no.2: G went potty on the potty chair!!! The 30-second elevator spiel: I was trying to get ready for work and G was pulling on my legs and wanting my makeup and wanting to brush his teeth and wanting to blow-dry and curl his hair...so I, a bit irritated, said "G-want to try to go potty on the potty chair?" he replied with a grunt (which is G for yes)...so I said "Take off your jammies and diaper and sit on the potty." He did those 3 things one after another, which gave me about 1 minute, 15 seconds to brush my teeth and put on my bra, I then said "wait for the potty to come..." he did...and voila! out came the potty and the giggles! Woohoo-success on the very first try!! I must be a really great mom...
milestone no.3: Today is E's last day at Shoreline! (mommy's having a hard time w/this one) After 3 days-a-week for 4 years, she's moving on to pre-kindergarten at Orono, followed by their summer program then the big-K in September!!! my, how time does fly.

oh, lord...no comment, really.

Toxic Syno-what?

Apparently when your 21 month old son limps, it's not because he stubbed his toe.
Nope, it's Toxic Synovitis--who knew?! G should make a full recovery from his sounds-really-scary-but-isn't-too-bad disease. You can find out more here.

what to do while mama's on the phone:

1. get stool/chair
2. push to sink
3. climb up
4. turn on hot faucet
5. get dirty cup from sink
6. drink hot water, spill on clean shirt
7. push faucet to side, allowing water to cover counter
8. scream in hmong at mommy when she intervenes

ps.

G's getting tubes! Yeah, tubes!!

thursday funnies:

'Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so?
There's a support group for that.
It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.'
--Drew Carey

what's for dinner?

m: e, what do you want for dinner since daddy won't be home tonight?
e: spaghetti o's and those green things I like the tops of.
m: wha?....oh, you want spaghetti o's and asparagus?
e: yes! but just the tops.

btw: they are organic spaghetti o's-would I ever allow any chef boy r'whoever in my house?! not a chance.

bar or pump?

scenario: g dumps e's bucket of markers out
e: nose to nose in his face says, "Damn it Grant!"
recap: 10 minute time-out, lots of tears, reminding next time she will get to pick between bar or pump and finally a replay for dad when he got home. We tried to think of some other things to say to our brother when he ticks us off....I think we landed on "Oh, fiddlesticks!"...we'll see how that goes.

m: Ella, can you please let the dogs in?
e: No, sorry, I can't because I need to finish chewing my gum.

silence...it is NOT golden.

silence is never good when you have small children, inevitably something is either being taken apart, colored on, just plain destroyed...or as we learned tonight, silence means washing one's face with toilet water. Yes, G walked into our bedroom sucking the water out of a sopping wet washcloth. Immediately I thought, "did I leave water in the tub?" (as Lou & Lou would tell us, major safety violation!) Nope. G managed to find a washcloth, lift the toilet seat, douse the washcloth, close the toilet seat and proceed to wash his face and DRINK the potty & poopie water. Seriously, dis-gust-ing. I'm not sure if the clorox bleach thingys I put in the tank are a good thing or not. either it killed the germs in the washcloth, or inside of my son?! totally gross.

just hangin' out with my favorite flag...

mardi gras beads, a tie and some deodorant....bring on the ladies!

in other words...

e: mom, there's a turtle on nemo that is 150 years old.
m: there's a turtle at the como zoo that is about that old
e: there aren't any turtles at the como zoo
m: yes, right when you walk in, there's that huge old tortoise. tortoise is another word for turtle.
e: mom, i know what tortoise means. did you know "hare" is another word for rabbit??