Daddy Outnumbered: February 2011

Friday, February 18, 2011

Our little monkey who loves bananas

After some deliberation, I chose to make a monkey banana cake for Juliana for 3 reasons.

1. She loves bananas.
2. She's a climber.
3. She carts George, the stuffed monkey, around the house.

It ended up tasting like banana bread with frosting, but she enjoyed it anyway.

Trying and succeeding at bothering her sister with her dirty hands.

Sugar high is turning into a crash~

Tape Fixes Everything

Tape Solution #1

Daddy's sock had a couple holes in it after already being patched, and according to my experienced mother, a hole in a darned sock means rag time.

ConLai handed me one of those socks I had set aside on the couch for its death, so I stuck my fingers in the hole and tore apart the sock. This was her reaction.

To her dismay I had broken Daddy's sock. She was very alarmed, so she insisted I use tape to fix it.

I think she has prior memories of Mommy also tearing Daddy's shirt apart (while it was on him). It's a very frightening memory of her past, maybe that's been what her scary dreams are about - Mommy chasing Daddy around tearing his clothes apart.

Tape Solution #2

Things became suddenly very quiet (Mommy alarm #1) as I was washing dishes and my bedroom door was shut (Mommy alarm #2).

I pushed open the door and bumped into ConLai which spilled a container of cake sprinkles. She immediately started bawling. After questions with no answers, we assumed she either: 1- was sad the sprinkles spilled or 2 - was feeling very guilty for hiding in Mommy's room eating sprinkles with the door taped shut.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Bowling and Ice-skating

Anthony took me ice skating at Millenium Park. I am a horrible skater, but it is one of the most fun activities! He is actually quite a natural at it. That and dancing, you'd never guess.

There was a group of junior-high aged girls in a very tight knit circle. Anthony was the first to notice their lack of courage in branching out independently though they eventually did start skating two by two. We laughed about the fact that you'd never see a group of boys like that. Actually, that you'd never see a group of boys that age going ice skating.

An Amazing Idea - Edible flowers...chocolate at that. My wonderful husband picked these up along with a card and pretty necklace. How I ended up with this man, I still marvel at the thought.

We went bowling with our friends/neighbors for Sabrina's birthday. She beat us all both games. :)

It was the first time both ConLai and Matthias had been bowling. He found far more enjoyment in the actual bowling. She found far more enjoyment in the music and people.

Do you see what she's teaching her little sis?

When I picked Matthias up, he started boppin to the salsa music. I do watch him Tuesdays/Thursdays and no, salsa lessons are not in the agenda.

A Real Man

ONLY REAL MEN WORKERS ALLOWED BEYOND THIS POINT

HARDWORKING MAN GO THIS WAY

THE MAN WHO PROVIDES KEEP GOING

UR LADIES ARE AWAITIN JUST A FEW MORE STEPS

FOR THEIR HERO

Daddy has been working very hard in very cold weather. So we secretly ordered a new pair of INSULATED boots for him. This is how he came home the day they came in the mail.

Super bowl!

We had a really good time with friends from church watching the super bowl. I love those people. The boys had to fix the projector and Anthony was quick to volunteer to climb the humongous ladder. There are no pictures of ConLai b/c she spent the entire time running with her little buddies and up in the nursery watching their own version of the super bowl.