Monthly Archives July 2008

Bowl hats and Boston accents

Apparently the new in way to condition your hair for the toddler set is to use a bowl that previously had pasta with margarine in it. Case in point my little monkey Monday night. You know the same evening he was eating his toes. Here he is all shiny and conditioned. 

If I smile they can not be mad at me

Could you be angry with that face?  I do not think so! Especially if the little guy is sitting there chanting "hat" over and over as he proudly dons his new chapeau.

Soon after this we took away JSL’s new hat and gave him some crackers. Who knew crackers could be so exciting?Check out his reaction here: 

We are still trying to figure out where the Boston accent comes from. Perhaps I should test this and ask him to say "park the car" and see what happens.

Once the crackers were gone, it was time to use the miracles of soap and it’s surfactant quality to rid the grease build up in JSL’s hair from his new beloved hat. After tub time all three of the boys had some fun romping around. 

The boys being boys before bed time

Right before NHL and I went to read more of a Magic Treehouse book we decided to familiarize JSL with a real hat. 

Sporting a real hat

 Wonder what is in here?

So in review:  JSL not only has a thing right now with eating his own feet, he also loves to put anything and everything on his head and scream "hat" at the top of his lungs.

Ah, to be 14 months old and love the simple things in life!

 TheAngelForever

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Weekend full of teething

This weekend it was teething festival here in Angel Land. Not only did my little niece S cut her first two teeth while visiting, but JSL was also hard at work. Friday night into Saturday two tiny points of his upper one year molars finally showed their face. Sunday into Monday JSL was up most of the night. Yesterday he had a low grade fever and sure enough I believe molar four has now graced us. He has been working on these suckers for quite some time. Hopefully having them cut will relieve the pressure. Now I just hope that the fever is gone because it always makes me nervous with him after our adventure and hospital stay in February.

Obviously I have no photos of the teeth, but I am including more attempts at photos of the three cousins from the weekend. Many of you may recall my Mission Impossible post from earlier in the month. Please note these are also to keep Nana happy since she checks in here!

Both of the boys love their little cousin S. NHL and JSL enjoyed showing her all of the new toys at Nana and Papa’s house. 

The boys with cousin S

Watching JSL and S play was too funny. They played follow the leader often, and would get into baby spats over toys. JSL was usually a gentleman and gave his little cousin what she wanted. 

The little ones play at Nana and Papa's

Sunday morning before going home S gave all of us a big scare. She had egg yolk for the first time and had a horrible allergic reaction. Thankfully after some antihistamine you would never know that she had anything happen. It was quite scarry for all of us here, and especially for Aunt M who was away. While we watched to make sure the medicine worked the kids played. 

Cousins play together

Nana had to work during the day and requested once again a photo of all three of the kids. As you know from the previously mentioned Mission Impossible, this is no easy task. Here I present all of the kids together in one way or another. BTW – the program I used to make the collage chopped the parts off, so this was not the best view of these photos. 

Technically all three kids together

Cousin S loved to show everyone she was "So Big" and JSL loved to laugh and dance for the turkey that Papa had. All was good in the land of teething kids. 

Happy babies!

The best thing that happened this weekend. I now know what to get my sweet little niece for her first birthday. She loved the Fisher Price Little People, so I have already told everyone that we are getting her some of those.

TheAngelForever

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Bloggy Giveaway Carnival Time – Summer 2008

Once again it is time for the quarterly bloggy giveaway from BloggGiveaways.com (running from July 28th to August 1st). I had planned on joining in on the last one, but ran out of time with all that was going on. I am all ready to go this time. Welcome to everyone visiting, please take a moment to look around and please come back again. I love meeting new bloggy friends and especially enjoy comments!

 Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival Button

This time around I am giving away some chocolate goodness that will not melt with the summer heat. Up for grabs for one lucky reader is the following:

 Part of my bloggy carnival giveaway

A magnetic note pad with M&M and M&M note cards. In addition to this I am going to make the winner their choice of address labels and I will be knitting up an M&M cloth designed by Enid Danforth that you may view here. Not sure what color the cloth will be, I have to look at my yarn stash. Of course if the winner would like to select a color this may be an option if you are willing to wait a few extra days for the custom cloth. Or, if the winner  would prefer one of my DW cloths that can easily be arranged in many different colors choices.

Some DW cloths I made

I will open up this giveaway to anyone. To enter just leave a comment in the comment section telling me one thing that you love about the summer (this must be included or your entry will not count). Be sure that I have an e-mail address that I can contact you for mailing address after the giveaway is over. I will use random.org to generate a winner from the comments. This giveaway closes at 8:00 pm EST on Friday, August 1st.

Only ONE comment per person, otherwise you will be disqualified.

Bonus perk –>  If over 300 comments come in (there were 442 last time I did the Bloggy Carnival), I will also toss in a Target gift card for at least $5.

Thank you for stopping by TheAngelForever. If you are new here please feel free to bookmark my blog or add me to your feed reader. Best of luck and happy giveaway hunting!

 TheAngelForever

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To cut or not to cut . . . that is the question

I love baby hair. There is nothing softer and sweeter than baby hair and it is never quite the same after it is cut.

*sniffle* *sniffle* . . . . Can you see where I am going with this?

Here is a clue:

Crazy hair - Front view

And clue two: 

Back view

JL is starting to demand insist that JSL gets his hair cut. I am in denial that my little guy is ready for a hair cut. When it is washed, combed nicely, and lacking breakfast in it (as in the photos above) JSL’s hair is very controlled. The problem lately is JSL is starting to use his permanent napkin as we call it in our family. He finds it hilarious to put his dirty, greasy, slimy, nasty hands through his beautiful and curly blond hair.

I suppose I will give into JL and allow the little guy to get his hair cut before he is two!

 TheAngelForever

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