It’s the weekend! Hooray! And a holiday weekend to boot. Trent and I are headed off on our first trip together sans children in six years. No, I am not kidding. We are going to one of my favorite places in the world, New York City! I am so excited, although lately it has seemed like the universe doesn’t want me to go. This week alone we’ve had one case of extremely contagious hand, foot and mouth disease, one power outage, one babysitter who cancelled, and one trip to urgent care. OK, universe, I get it! But I will not accept it. NYC, here I come!!!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Here are some links to keep you company, followed by some of this week’s Instagram pics (you can follow me over there at crazy_bananas):
DIY cake toppers made out of pipe cleaners…this is about as crafty as I can handle right now, and I think they’d be pretty perfect for Lu’s birthday (which is in a week omigod!).
Maggie’s article on 5 Ways to Discover New Music is perfect for anyone who tends to veer off the mainstream path (other than the occasional catchy pop song or B. Spears of course).
Speaking of good new music, these two 14-year-old Kansas City girls covered Foster the People’s Helena Beat and just blew my mind. I want them to come babysit for my kids so they can learn how to be awesome. (via Afentra)
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Tate loves to read. He loves reading books more than eating, which is saying something, since that little guy will put down an entire pizza in one sitting if you let him. I’ve felt a bit guilty about the lack of reading time that Tate gets with me, especially in comparison to how much we read to Lulu when she was younger. But as everything is with two kids, it’s harder to find the time. So I was pleasantly surprised when Tate toddled up to me carrying a pile of books, handed them over and promptly sat down in my lap, ready to get to it.
Tate has a whole stack of books that he loves (top Tater Tot picks are Corduroy, Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Moo, Baa, La La La), but his favorite by far is Caps for Sale. This is endlessly entertaining for me, because it was one of my favorite books as a kid as well, and I fondly remember my parents reading it to me over and over, while I acted out the part of the monkeys who steal the poor peddlers caps. If you’ve never heard of it, the book premise is basically that a peddler who is selling caps falls asleep and wakes to find all of his caps have been stolen by a tree full of monkeys. He then yells at the monkeys and the monkey taunt him back by repeating everything he does.
The other day we realized that like myself and Lulu before him, Tate loved Caps for Sale, and loved acting out the parts where the monkeys make fun of the peddler. So when Trent heard us reading it before bed, he grabbed my iPhone and shot the video below. It makes me very happy.
Turns out, even though we didn’t read to him for 30 minutes each and every night, our little guy loves books just as much as his sister. That’s pretty rad.
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And just for fun, here’s an old video of Lucy reading the same book when she was about two years old (the Caps for Sale part is at 2:28). Yeah, I’m crying now. Mah baby!!!
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
/in Photos, web /by MeganIt’s the weekend! Hooray! And a holiday weekend to boot. Trent and I are headed off on our first trip together sans children in six years. No, I am not kidding. We are going to one of my favorite places in the world, New York City! I am so excited, although lately it has seemed like the universe doesn’t want me to go. This week alone we’ve had one case of extremely contagious hand, foot and mouth disease, one power outage, one babysitter who cancelled, and one trip to urgent care. OK, universe, I get it! But I will not accept it. NYC, here I come!!!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Here are some links to keep you company, followed by some of this week’s Instagram pics (you can follow me over there at crazy_bananas):
DIY cake toppers made out of pipe cleaners…this is about as crafty as I can handle right now, and I think they’d be pretty perfect for Lu’s birthday (which is in a week omigod!).
Maggie’s article on 5 Ways to Discover New Music is perfect for anyone who tends to veer off the mainstream path (other than the occasional catchy pop song or B. Spears of course).
Speaking of good new music, these two 14-year-old Kansas City girls covered Foster the People’s Helena Beat and just blew my mind. I want them to come babysit for my kids so they can learn how to be awesome. (via Afentra)
What the world needs is an infographic of Liz Lemon’s hair. (via the Fug Girls)
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Caps! Caps for Sale! 50 Cents a Cap!
/1 Comment/in Lucy, Tate, Videos /by MeganTate loves to read. He loves reading books more than eating, which is saying something, since that little guy will put down an entire pizza in one sitting if you let him. I’ve felt a bit guilty about the lack of reading time that Tate gets with me, especially in comparison to how much we read to Lulu when she was younger. But as everything is with two kids, it’s harder to find the time. So I was pleasantly surprised when Tate toddled up to me carrying a pile of books, handed them over and promptly sat down in my lap, ready to get to it.
Tate has a whole stack of books that he loves (top Tater Tot picks are Corduroy, Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Moo, Baa, La La La), but his favorite by far is Caps for Sale. This is endlessly entertaining for me, because it was one of my favorite books as a kid as well, and I fondly remember my parents reading it to me over and over, while I acted out the part of the monkeys who steal the poor peddlers caps. If you’ve never heard of it, the book premise is basically that a peddler who is selling caps falls asleep and wakes to find all of his caps have been stolen by a tree full of monkeys. He then yells at the monkeys and the monkey taunt him back by repeating everything he does.
The other day we realized that like myself and Lulu before him, Tate loved Caps for Sale, and loved acting out the parts where the monkeys make fun of the peddler. So when Trent heard us reading it before bed, he grabbed my iPhone and shot the video below. It makes me very happy.
Turns out, even though we didn’t read to him for 30 minutes each and every night, our little guy loves books just as much as his sister. That’s pretty rad.
And just for fun, here’s an old video of Lucy reading the same book when she was about two years old (the Caps for Sale part is at 2:28). Yeah, I’m crying now. Mah baby!!!