In case you hadn’t heard about it, there’s a little internet party going on called Socktoberfest. I think the name really speaks for itself. It’s not an exchange, it’s not a contest, it’s just a celebration of hand knit socks. This is totally my kind of web-a-thingie. A celebration. About socks! With no commitment! Go read more about it at Lolly’s blog. The best part? I’m pretty sure there won’t be any drunks doing the duck/chicken dance. I will be celebrating by plowing away at the two pairs of socks currently on the needles. You just saw the Jaywalkers a day or two ago, and I’ll show you the others in the near future.
Hoookay. Let’s look at some kid pictures. We’ll start with an extremely sad one. Sophie has been having some bad days lately. I think it’s a combination of teething pain and the nasty little cold we’ve all been fighting. I did finally drag her in to the pediatrician today just to make 100% sure it’s not her ears or anything else I might be missing. He didn’t find anything, so at least I know I’ve done everything I can. A few days ago, I broke down and fed her some Tylenol late in the afternoon. Doping up a baby is never easy, but this time she put up a huge fight and somehow we ended up with this:
I promise, I was just as miserable as she looks. To get her clean and to make up for the awful experience, I immediately stripped her down and put her in a nice warm bath. Within seconds she was crawling around giggling, trying to catch the toys. Here we are later that evening, all cleaned up and feeling a little better about ourselves. I love this picture, dorky glasses, pajamas and all.
Here’s a picture of Julie with her birthday present from us. It’s a running bike. No pedals, they just ride along on it Flintstones style. Supposedly, it’s better at teaching kids how to ride bikes because they can focus on learning their balance without worrying about the pedal motion. Julie keeps asking Joe to buy the pedals for it, and that cracks me up.
I thought I’d provide just a bit more evidence that I do spend time on the floor playing with my girls, or really maybe I just love these pics and think you may too. Sophie trying to stuff the Fisher Price Farmer dude in her mouth. This was late a couple of nights ago – she’s been staying up all manic and resisting any and all attempts to convince her that bedtime is long past. She’s with Joe in the living room right now, ’cause I needed a break.
More happy hugs from my little girl.
Alright, I’m gonna go see what I can do about getting her to bed.
I LOVE those pictures!! The tylenol one of Sophie is priceless and I love seeing your face on the blog too (it’s not just about the kids…LOL)
We took the pedals off the kids’ bikes until they figured out their balance. It works really well.
Apparently kids in Sweden learn to ride bikes that way too.
I hope Sophie is feeling better soon so you can get some rest. It’s so hard when little ones are in pain and nothing you do makes it better. Especially when you are trying everything you can think of.
So nice to see I’m not the only one with a “what’s bedtime?” babe right now:-)