Conversation I Never Thought I Would Have When I Became a Mother

"I  found a green ball in the rocks!"
"Yes, you did!"
"Where did my green ball go?....Oh, in my nose."
We then had a nice conversation about why you don't put things up your nose and Aunt M's story about putting a crayon up her nose in kindergarten and why it is not a good idea.
Thank goodness for tweezers.
I'll never look at those little air soft gun balls the same.
Boys are very different than boy girls.

First Tooth Pictures

I tried for fifteen minutes to get a picture with her first tooth. She now has two.

Perspective

There have been SO many people say our kids look just like each other. Then other times someone will say they look like themselves and a little like the others. Or that they have their own look. It all depends on your perspective. I think they all look just perfect. That's my perspective. You can decide for yourself.

I once read a story about a mom who let her kids have chocolate chip cookies for Sunday dinner. Twice. After much whaling during church, she told her kids they could have the cookies if they were quiet. Dad however did not think this was the best idea. He decided to take it upon himself to cook Sunday dinner, which included lamb pilaf and lamb with couscous and apricots. It took him hours to make it and in the end the kids looked at it and him in dismay and hardly ate anything. The next Sunday he made chocolate waffles. I suppose the point of the story is it's okay to relax a little and let them eat cake. Or in my case M&M's on their heart- shaped pancakes. Which is what we had for dinner on Valentine's Day.

Pancakes

This morning we had pancakes. Not all that eventful. But to a two year old it can be. Dad made a pancake in the shape of the first letter of the kids' names. The two year old took a bite and promptly wanted the piece put back. It was too special to eat. He would only eat the round ones.

Tried and True

Here is a recipe for homemade

All Purpose Cleaner

It has been used by my grandma (a master cleaner) for a long time and I think it works great.

I have used it to clean counter tops, sinks, mirrors, floors, carpet, windows, walls and lots of other things. It has rubbing alcohol in it so it can be a disinfectant.

1 gallon minus 1 pint water

1 pint rubbing alcohol

1 Tablespoon ammonia (non suds)

1 teaspoon dish soap

You can mix all the ingredients in a gallon water jug then pour some in a spray bottle.

A little side note- based on experience- If you leave the mixture in a plastic jug, the ammonia will corrode the jug after awhile and make a big leaky mess on your shelf. A glass container would probably be better to put it in if you are going to store it.

Happy Cleaning.

Oh to be a Pirate

A conversation between a two year old and five year old:

"I love pirates, I love pirates!"

"You can't be a pirate because you have to go to school and work."

"Oh." (a very solemn, thoughtful Oh).

I have no idea where the love of pirates came from.

Then again, I have no idea where a lot of two year old thoughts come from.