Tuesday, February 09, 2010

see food


we're starting again. as you know, solids haven't been going well. and now that my baby is about to be 8 months, we've got to get serious here. hopefully, we're doing it right this time. for the last couple weeks, i've fed ben nothing but rice cereal. and sometimes, he opens his mouth when i put the spoon near it. progress! then yesterday, i finally went out and bought him a highchair! one that sits on the chair. woohoo! (thanks amy and laurie and bud and sarah!) no squirming out of the bumbo anymore. so then yesterday, because he was strapped down, ben had time to try both rice cereal and peas. i plan to not waver from peas until we've given him a good, long chance to get used to them. obviously, from these photos, he is not there yet.


Monday, February 08, 2010

printable valentines...

30 of them here.

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getting the jokes

ben's always been a fairly easy laugh but lately it seems like his personality development is working overtime. when i pretend to put one of his toys in my mouth, he laughs and laughs. when i make a suprised face or mad face or poker face, he laughs. he laughs at voice changes. it's like he's getting that we're joking around. and there's not too many things better than a baby laugh.

Friday, February 05, 2010

so what's with restaurants switching over from coke to pepsi? remember when you could go to tim hortons, boston pizza or swiss chalet and have a diet coke with your meal? sigh.




Thursday, February 04, 2010

uncle matt

LOST?

Lost
no spoiler alerts needed here - but are you watching LOST? is it something i should be blogging about (a day or two after it airs as i will probably be watching it late due to tupperware parties hopefully - haha)? because i got things to comment on. let me know if you're watching... (and if you're not watching...i recommend season 1)

if you ARE all caught up - you'll appreciate this 5 minute recap of the last 5 seasons:

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

something to see...

who thought that babies could be bored? i don't have the hard facts but according to my observations, ben gets bored. you know, spending the day between our living room floor, kitchen floor, and his crib - i can see how that might happen. therefore, we try to get out often throughout the day. ben seems to be fond of winners and they know us there now.

but anyways, he's also satisfied if something interesting is happening at home. on a cranky day, all whining was put on hold when pop showed up to paint with daddy. ben got himself a good seat next to the stepstool with extension cord in hand to watch the goings on.



and tim let his dad do the hard work on the ladder. haha.

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

back to science...

if you've been a long time follower of the blog, perhaps you remembers my various science fairs? the prep was always hugely stressful but it always ended up being a great day. (and here's one more)

well today i got to go back to my old school and be a judge at the science fair! my students that i taught for three years are now a couple years older and it was so awesome to get to see my former grade threes as grade sevens and see how far they have come. pretty cool.


Monday, February 01, 2010

pseudo post

when one is too tired for posting, a ben photo always works...right?