Chris Cooley Eats Here...

Chris Cooley is a Washington Redskins player (apparently). Today on Twitter, he wrote about having lunch at Moby Dicks. My friend Carolyn and I have gone to this one, because it is in between our two houses. I thought about Moby Dicks all day, and took the kids there for dinner since Mike had a work function.

It turns out that yes, he does go there all the time, and no, he was not there for dinner. The kids had a blast and we got ice cream from next door after. I was SOOOOOO proud of Connor on the way out. He ate some of his ice cream, but had a lot left. I asked him if he wanted to take it home, and he said yes, so I snapped the lid on, and we headed out. In the midst of juggling the stroller off the sidewalk, and grabbing Connor's hand, I tossed his ice cream on the ground. Like all food dropping incidents - it of course landed ice cream side down. I'm pretty sure that when that happened and I was a kid - I would have burst into tears. I quickly stared at Connor and apologized, and waited to see how it would play out. I figured that it was 50/50. He said that it was ok, and helped me throw away the smashed tub. WOW - what a big guy. He's so cool. I was really really impressed.

Battle Droids

Olivia is talking a little bit now. She says kitty, bowl, bottle, doggie, and no.

This morning - she was asking for a bottle and Connor got all excited. I asked him why he was excited, and he said, "didn't you hear baby sister?". 

I said that I had, and that she was asking for a bottle. He explained that no - she had said "battle droid", and he was super excited that this was in her vocabulary.

I guess baby sisters that talk about bottles are not cool, but if they can discuss battle droids with you, they move up in the ranking.

WARNING** iPhone may cause incontinence

I got mike an iPhone for his Birthday. This was apparently the best gift he has ever received.

He is "app" crazy - and got an application that makes your iPhone look like a light saber, and makes light saber noises when you swish it about and hit things. Yes, Mike has already hit me with it.

He let Connor play with it tonight, and apparently Connor got so caught up in it and excited that he wet his pants.

I'm not sure what else to say on the matter - but I should not have found this funny, but I really did.

Kharma comes full circle...

When I was little - I ruined a load of wash by having a crayon in my pocket. I believe it was red or pink...my Mom has discussed this incident numerous times over the years.

Today - I washed Connor's clothes with mine - and a mysterious green crayon has tainted a WHOLE load of wash.

Lessons I have learned today;

1. Kharma is a you know what

2. Check all pockets before doing wash in the future

Banned From Spicy Rice Super Donalds...

I forgot a good story from last week...all of us went to Spicy Rice Super Donalds (Chipolte) for dinner. Olivia and I went to the restroom together while Mike and Connor got in line. While I was sitting with my pants around my ankles, Olivia started throwing up all over the ladies room, she was like a sprinkler and just kept moving around.

By the time I got my pants on and got over to her, the restroom was a mess, and Olivia and I were both covered. NOT GOOD. I sorted out the bathroom as much as possible, but had to go have the, "uh, I think the restroom has a mess in it...maybe someone should go in there with a mop" conversation with the waitress. I think she took our picture and hug it up and banned us from Chipolte.

I announced that we had to go, and Mike was like "why???". I pointed out large quantities of yack, and told him we'd meet him in the car.

Olivia was fine - I think she just ate something that didn't sit well with her.

Poor nugget. Good news is that we were there again this week, and people didn't throw rocks at us or anything, so maybe they don't know that it was us.

Parenting People...Not Birds...

Ok...as promised, I will actually talk about my wonderful kids.

Below are some observations from the past three weeks where I was blog-free;

In no particular order...

*Olivia now has 9 teeth

*Connor is one of the funniest people I know, he has a wicked sense of humor

*We went to the library to get Connor another book. EVERY Star Ways book was checked out by someone else. We got on the wait list for about 5 books, but Connor had a hard time understanding that some other boy or girl had HIS books. We instead got a Star Wars graphic novel that is WAY too old for him, but I sit in bed with him each night and we read a little bit. And by read - I mean, I make up a story. He loves it

*Olivia is starting to not be a huge fan of her high chair - we need to invest in "Mushy Seat #2"

*Connor brought me his pink sparkly Bratz toothbrush last night and asked me if it was a girl's toothbrush. I told him no

*Olivia is starting to talk a little bit more - not much, but headway is being made. She says "bye-bye", ball, and "uh oh". It's very sweet

*Olivia can now make kissing sounds and pucker up for a kiss, it's pretty cute. Just be careful when you go in for the kiss though, she usually opens up her mouth wide at the last possible second and licks you. It's not pleasant

*Connor has now decided that he is not Master Yoda, but instead is a clone

*We went to the beach with Sarah, Declan, Alex, Mary, and Owen. It was a lot of fun seeing all of the kids together. Connor was very cute and was trying to share with Declan and gave him a  cheese doodle. Declan looked beyond excited until Sarah took it away. Declan is six months old, so maybe a little too young for snack foods, but I was proud of Connor for sharing

*We went and visited Connor's friend Nick. His Mom & Dad (Marianna and Tim) just bought a new house. Connor "borrowed"Nick's light saber and was super kind enough to lend Nick Olivia's light saber. He's tricky that one

*"Olivia's light saber?" you ask. Yes...about a month ago I went away for two nights on a girl's weekend. When I left, Connor had a light saber. When I returned, everyone had light sabers. I guess a new rule is to ban trips to the toy store when you go away

*Sam, Mo, and Athos are the most patient animals around. Olivia has mastered (for the most part) the calm cat petting technique that we have been working on and is mostly able to resist the urge to grab Mo's belly and not let go

Well - that's all for now, I must get some shut eye, but I'm back on the blogging train, and have much to write about.

Higher Math

(2 parent bird + 3 tiny eggs)/(2 finches + 4 tiny blue eggs) + 1 cat/bird incident =Bird Central

Ok - yes, it has been several weeks since I have blogged, and for that, I apologize. I also apologize because this blog is supposed to be about two awesome kids.

I'm tired and promise to write more tomorrow - there is so much to tell, but I had to share before going to bed!!

Ok - when we last visited the front door, it was covered in poop, and we had successfully (minus one cat/house incident) helped to bring three new baby birds into the world. They have flown off, and never write, not even a postcard.

In recent weeks, I have noticed a very nice finch family has moved in. I THOUGHT into the poo filled vacated nest. Our friend Joe came by tonight, and he is much taller than I am. We talked about the birds, and he pointed out that we had a NEW nest, right next to the old nest, and there were FOUR tiny eggs in there. What is up with the door? It's like a magical bird place. So three nests in all. So now, I'm back to using the garage once again.

I'm about to begin turning into the crazy bird lady again- watch out!!

More tomorrow - I promise!!