Ainsley's preschool schedule has been difficult on Cedar. Her drop off and pick up times interrupt his nap times. When he doesn't have good daytime sleep, he doesn't have good nighttime sleep either. Sleep begets sleep.Some say, "Never wake a sleeping baby," but I've had to do that for the past two months. With Dear Darling's encouragement, I finally hired a babysitter to help. The sitter will come two mornings a week so that I can take Ainsley to preschool and then go to the gym and run erra... Read Full Story
Yesterday, I held 5 day old baby Austen. She was soft and delicate, tiny and sweet. I could have held her all night, although I enjoy my sleep too much these days. New babies are wondrous wonders.There's just something about holding a newborn baby that makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. As I held her, I remembered holding my own two bears at that age, although they were never that small. She was six pounds of love. I held her close and she fell asleep in my arms. I observed every perfect f... Read Full Story
Today happened to be one of the most beautiful days all year. I know, we have a zillion gorgeous days here, but today was just an unusually warm Fall day. I waited patiently for nap time to end so that the bears and I could go for a walk around the park. When they awakened, I got them ready to go and loaded them into the double stroller.Oh, what a lovely walk! Just when I picked up my stride with the doublewide, I hear, "I need to go pee." Ainsley had gone just before we left home and we hadn... Read Full Story
After all of the Halloween festivities, we decided to tone things down a bit by walking to our favorite park. Of course, we stopped at the playground before heading home. What a great way to end the weekend and say "Goodbye" to October. Read Full Story
This was our first time to go to "Boo at the Zoo." My bears, I mean Tiger and Dalmation, lovedtrick or treating so much yesterday that we decided to do it again today. Besides, we couldn't pass up an opportunity to spend such a gorgeous day at one of our favorite places. We had a wild time! Read Full Story
The huge snowstorm blew through and we had perfect weather today. My two bears enjoyed being a tiger and a dalmation for the evening. We trick or treated at the Gaylord St. shops and a few neighborhood houses. Ainsley loved asking for candy while Cedar just helped himself. Read Full Story
Our first snowstorm came in with a bang! We received close to two feet of snow and it isn't even Halloween yet. The good news is that the weekend will be much warmer for trick-or-treating.Ainsley was so excited about playing in the snow! She even asked to go skiing and snowboarding! She trudged through the snow, threw it into the air and sat in it giggling. She had a blast! Cedar toddled through the snow but wasn't sure what to think about the fluffy white stuff. After about five minutes, he ... Read Full Story
Let's just say that my little tyke liked his dinner so much that he even tried to eat the cup. He's pretty skilled at feeding himself with a spoon and loves to dip things. He got a fair amount of food on his face but you should have seen how much he got in his tummy. Read Full Story
