Voyages in Parenthood

I've got some cute pictures of Leda taken in the past week. Okay, so I have one or two pictures of Leda taken in the last couple of weeks! I've just been really bad about using the camera these days! I have no idea where she learned this. Really...neither Brock nor I sit like this. I don't remember ever seeing anyone sit like this. She will lounge there like this while watching a little TV (it only lasts for a minute or two, because she really doesn't watch that much TV!) This one I took tonight. We had our next door neighbor's mother over for dinner and Leda was showing off. She emptied this basket of all her toys that are normally stored therein and sat in it. Cute, huh? We did have fun over the past weekend. My friend Kim (Hi Kim! She comes here all the time to read, but never comments!) was in town for the weekend so we headed over to the Durhams for a visit with her and her boys, Ian and Sean. Ian and Sean had fun tossing the football, playing on the swing and ...

Muttley was the dog's name...from Dastardly and Muttley. It was gonna drive me crazy if Brock hadn't figured it out!

Cowboys draw line, reportedly fining T.O. what was that cartoon dog's name.. the one that had that great laugh - he'd always snicker behind the main character's back when something bad would happen. I thought it was a character from one of the Banana Splits show or Rocky and Bullwinkle... I can't think of the dog's name or the cartoon he's from, but I can hear his snickering laugh in my head as I saw the headline and read the article above! Anyone ever tell Dallas that a leopard can never change his spots?? Duh!

We don't know what happened this August. Seriously, how could we forget, in a month where we have THREE family members who celebrate birthdays, ALL THREE???? Yes, we are horrible, nasty people. We didn't buy the cards three weeks early and forget to send them until the day of their birthdays, nope. We just completely forgot all together. We are just bad people. Leda's not. Nope, not her...she probably has been telling us all month, you are forgetting birthdays, dudes! But, because we can't speak or understand Ledaese, we didn't do anything about it. Nope, Brock and I are just plain bad. So, here's the groveling... Please, Scott, Bob and Kurt...forgive us for our bad memories. We love you all and beg for your forgiveness for forgetting your birthdays this month. The cards are in the mail! And, yes Scotty, we will buy double the Boy Scout popcorn that we purchased last year, just to make it up to ya! ;-) Next year, we are going to be a WHOLE MONTH EARLY! (but that...

Is our old friend t.o. at it again? Couldn't happen to a better team! ;-) (hehehe snicker snicker snicker) (heck, let's throw in a wink wink and a nudge nudge while we are at it!) Seriously, did anyone NOT see this happening? I think the only thing no one forsaw was it happening this quick...geez, the season hasn't even started yet! (BTW, I'm with the guy who wrote the commentary...t.o. rates not enough to get capital letters from me either!)

I am really bad. I promised I would update over the weekend, didn't I? And I didn't, did I? Well, the weekend was busy. So busy, that I forgot to take along the camera to the party at the Durhams, so there are no pictures, of anyone! So busy that when Leda and I were "lounging by the pool" on Sunday, I didn't take the camera out to take a picture of the cutest little girl EVER! We did have a good time this weekend. We spent most all of Saturday at the Durhams for the party. Leda and Daddy went swimming with all the other kids and daddies (funny, but I do believe that not one mother got into the pool on Saturday - on the other hand not one kid except those under the age of 4 actually came out of the pool for more than enough time to eat dinner and get back in! Hummm, interesting observation! Anyway, it was a great time, as usual. Good food (a PIG! They got a PIG!), good drink and great friends. Leda had a blast! Sunday, Daddy went off to get wood and Mommy and Leda...

Been busy. Been work busy. Can't stand the computer. Computer's suck. Big time. I get busy with work, I tend to want to run FAR AWAY from the computer when I don't have to be on it. So, sorry for the lack of updates, but blame work. Oh, and lack of anything substantial in my brain to report. We had a visit from Grandma and Granddaddy this week. Leda was a little apprehensive at first, but it didn't take her too long to warm up to Grandma, which I am positive made my mother very happy, as Leda just wouldn't sit in her arms without crying or squirming to get down before Tuesday! Leda was actually going to my Mom without prompting by the end of the first day! In fact, she bonked her head (not too hard) on the table and I was sitting right there - she looked at me and immediately turned and ran to my mother for comfort! Yep, Chopped Liver, that's my name! ;-) And, we are pretty sure she said Mama on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she was chasing after my mother yelling MaMa...

The weekend was a whirlwind trip to Canada and back! Friday afternoon, we packed the car full of our suitcases, a pack-n-play, the nextdoor neighbor's kid's stuff, Leda, Duff, Caitlyn and oursselves and headed north to New York. Caitlyn's friend lives in Watertown, and since we were heading right past there, we dropped off Caitlyn off on the way. 5 and a half hours later, we were airing out the island house and trying to put Leda to sleep. She decided that we really didn't need to go to sleep until 1AM! Saturday morning we woke up to the beautiful St. Lawrence river. We spent a little time hanging out then showered and bathed, we headed off to Kingston, Canada via the Cape Vincent ferry. We were asked to bring some beer to the party we were attending, so Brock had grabbed enough to satisfy the customs limit, or so we thought! So we get off the ferry on Wolfe Island and as we are going through Canadian Customs, we are asked how long we are staying (just for the day), whe...

It's hot here. Darned Hot! Apparently tomorrow is going to be better than the past week, but I'll believe it when I see it. We spent all of about 15 minutes outside tonight, and only to check out the mama duck and her ducklings in the pond! First sight of ducklings this year (and the first set of ducklings in a few years, I believe). And, I got pictures and no duckling was harmed in the taking of them!* Click to see bigger sizes...much better viewed at largest size! And, we saw the fish...they are looking good! There are LOTS of em, too! And then we chatted quickly with our neighbor Susy...We have a bit of a mystery around these parts...the other day, Brock found a bowl of cherry tomatoes and hot peppers left by our back door. He thanked our neighbor to one side, she said it wasn't her, he thanked the neighbor to the other side, and she said it wasn't her. So we thanked Susy tonight, and she said it wasn't her! So, we haven't a clue who to return the bowl to or ...

Colleen and I have been discussing this for the past couple of days. How do you discipline a toddler. A child under the age of 2 or 3? One that barely has verbal skills yet? You know, they tell you how hard the midnight feedings are going to be, how hard labor may be, how the sleep deprivation is gonna hurt, but they don't tell you that the hardest thing of all is trying to tell a 15 month old that she shouldn't be pinching, biting, hitting, kicking and you better get your butt off that window sill now, young lady. Nope, nothing about how hard it was going to be - I mean, that might have been the deal breaker had we known how hard discipline was going to be. Oh, the kid is smart. Smarter than we should have to deal with, because we just aren't that smart. She knows how to push the buttons. We have tried a "naughty spot." We have picked the bottom step and we sit her there for about a minute. She will get up from that spot and within second go back to doing the sam...