Mei Tai

Well, folks, I did it! And me is very proud of me. Here is Supergirl in her new Mom-made Mei Tai baby carrier. Whew! A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into this one. Now I just have to learn how to use it!

The Mouths of Babes

This morning as I was getting ready for my day, Superboy decided to break it to me:
"Mom?" he says, "Your chin looks like scrambled eggs."
"It does? What do you mean?"
"I mean, it looks like a rose, only a little more unbeautiful."
The truth is finally out, and here it is! The proof is in the pudding.

Yesterday, he brought me a picture "of [me] and Supergirl at the beach" he'd cut from a magazine. Just as he was showing it to me, he stopped mid-sentence and said, "wait...wait...this needs a heart..." My sweetie little boy. Here it is after the adjustment. As you can see, Supergirl is growing fast. And don't I look great in my bathing suit? I've been working on my figure...

Bad Manners

My goodness. What would Judith Martin think of this?

Thankfully, due to Superboy's placecards, we might have just a little bit of class. Maybe there's hope for us, after all.

Gymnasium

The Boy and I checked out a local gym recently, and he got to try all sorts of fun stuff. I really think it's gotten to a point with these two perpetual-motion contraptions I call my children for me to get a faster camera. These are the shots that didn't come out as complete blurs, but he also got to try vaulting off the springboard, jumping on the trampoline, and paddling about the foam pit.

Efficiency

Guess it was gettin' to be too much trouble to reach all the way into the box.

Happy Happy Boy Boy

Would you believe he did the whole kitchen floor for me? Truly, some days it seems my blessings virtually stand up and count themselves.

Uniform

Here is Superboy in full-uniformed glory. It took all I had not to follow him around hugging and smooching him, he looked so adorable, but I did control myself (a little) in the interest of preserving his superhero dignity. He has a flashlight tucked in his right pocket (which you can't see), and a green tube peeking out of his left pocket (which you can). Actually, the green tube is a kaleidoscope my mother gave to me when I was a girl, which tickles me no end. The Boy was using both items for very important things, but I couldn't tell you exactly what.

And the boots--oh, those boots! There was a short run of days last summer, difficult days for both of us, when all hard-won potty training victories paled in the face of a serious slip-up streak. One particular afternoon, after not quite making it in time...again... the Boy was sitting tearfully on the grown-up potty, bare legs dangling and festooned by his damp and dirtied "Cars" briefs, feet ornamented by--those boots. Which just made me love him all the more.

Let Us Eat Cake!

It was like a dream mini-vacation for a 4-year-old: a playgroup field trip to a specialty cake store! Okay, so it wasn't exactly "Ace of Cakes" (I'll admit I disdain most reality shows, TV malcontent that I am, but I kinda like that one...when is it on again, anyway?), but who cares? The kiddos sure didn't. And this place makes a mean cactus-shaped cake.

As Supergirl and I looked on, Superboy learned all about running a cake business and then got to bake, frost, decorate and inhale his very own cupcake. Around the time the first shot was taken, Supergirl crowed, "CAKE!!!" I thought I was imagining it, but then the woman standing next to us turned to me and said, "Did she just say 'cake'"? I didn't know the Girl even knew what cake was.

Here Kitty Kitty

Supergirl and Nemo seem to have felt a special kinship almost since she first joined our family. Funny how that happens between some people and some cats, isn't it? They've had their spats, to be sure, but their relationship just isn't punctuated by the kind of issues that, say, Superboy and Boris had back in the day (although those two boys are now very close). These days Nemo and the Girl have something new to do together: they've figured out how to PLAY, much to the delight of both of them. I don't think I've yet reported that Supergirl's first truly and unmistakably intelligible word was a very well-enunciated "CAATTT!" That oft-uttered word has since been joined by others, but, well, more on that some other time.

Onion Quest

Oh NO! Where is the one with the HANDLE?????


Hello? Oh, hello? Hello? My special little onion friend, where did you go? Yooo Hooo, where are you? Hellooooo in there!