Eleanor awoke dry today.
Before you all start yellin’, “Whoopie!!!’ keep in mind the following. She hasn’t peed in the potty either. As far as I can tell, she hasn’t peed anywhere.
Holding it in is NO PROBLEM.
Letting it out is a big problem.
What do I have to do to get this old stubborn mule [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The dry diaper
Posted in Eleanor, tagged hardest thing I've done as a parent, Potty training on June 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
New changing table song.
Posted in Saralyn, tagged diaper changing, diapers, do your ears hang low, filk, silly songs on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To the tune of “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”.
Do your pants go squish?
Is it your most sincerest wish
That I take you to the table and I make a little switch?
You got your nickle’s worth so now I throw it in the ditch.
Oh, won’t you tell me, baby, do your pants go squish.
Feel free to sing [...]
The Kung Fu Hustle
Posted in restaurant review, tagged Bongo Bongo Soup, Dames Aflame, Kingsized, kung fu hustle, Tongo Hiti, Trader Vic's, waiters on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In honor of VBS ending, we went out Saturday night. Tony and I are, financially, very conservative people. We scrimp and save, we agonize over anything that costs more than $4, and we “make do” with a lot of things.
We don’t have cable.
We generally take vacations only to places where we can stay [...]
Plague
Posted in Eleanor, Saralyn, Uncategorized, tagged airborne, colds, coughing, plague rat, Sickness on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hey, What are you doing here? Don’t you know that we here at Casa Blogservations have the plague?
Didn’t you see the big black X on the door?
Ring a’ rosie?
The hunchback out front with the two-wheeled cart chanting “Bring out your dead…. Bring out your dead…”?
Plague. Rasping, rattling, slug in your lungs, black death. [...]
YEA! VBS is DONE!
Posted in Church life, Eleanor, Saralyn, tagged God's Big Backyard, toddlers, Trader Vic's, Vacation Bible School, VBS, volunteers on June 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It’s been a doozy of a week at Lake Kirkplatz. I’ve been the director of our church’s Vacation Bible School: God’s Big Backyard.
Full is one word to describe it.
Fast is another.
Oh, heck, let’s just make a list of words to sum up VBS:
Loud.
Exciting.
Musical.
Active.
Cute.
Draining.
Welcoming.
Enlightening.
And did I say fast??? Did I mention I carried Saralyn on my [...]
Elly at the Luau
Posted in Eleanor, Food, tagged aloha, birthday, Luau, party, Pineapple on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
She was super cute in her grass skirt and flowers.
And… she ate like a pig.
So did we all. We ate pineapple and pork and pineapple and shrimp and pineapple and Mai Tais and pineapple and lava cake.
We left no pineapple unturned in out quest for birthday fun for Chuck, Bambi, Sam and Jeanette. They seemed [...]
Harvest
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cat in the hat, Garden, green beans, turnips on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As Elly would say, ” I want Greeny Beanies!”
Your wish is my command little princess.
She likes to eat the Green Beens, yes, indeed.
She likes to eat them cooked with meat, she will eat them with her feet.
She will eat them boiled or raw; She will eat them with a slaw.
… Ooops. Cat in the [...]
Million Dollar Password
Posted in TV, tagged Million Dollar Password, spelling bee on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tony and I are watching the new Million Dollar Password with Reggis.
I hate it.
I liked the old show. These new “tension” musics, I hate ‘em. And what’s with all the new rules???
However, I also hate the spelling bee, too. Tony’s watching the finals on and off this evening. Every time a kids misses [...]
If you’re keeping score at home, tell me how to count this one
Posted in Eleanor, tagged Potty training on June 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, we had dry pants through the nap + 2 hours.
Then we had much sitting on the potty, zero pee produced, begging for a diaper, and a piddle on the floor (with out the panties on) and then the couch (sorry Princess Jazmin. Just walk it off in the front loader).
One step forward and two [...]
I’m sure I’m going to regret this…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Disney princesses, panties., Potty training, toddler on June 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m not sure how this happened, but Eleanor is ALL about the princesses lately. Princesses! She flits around the house saying, “Ima pwiddy pwincess!!!” and “leds go to dah soccer pardy!” (Don’t ask, it’s from a Super Why episode…). I honestly would be less freaked out if she were into bear [...]
