Laundryhead

You are probably wondering.. Laundryhead? Well, let me explain.
Do you even know how difficult is to get a decent username on gmail? My first choice, Littlebird was taken and so were my next 15 or so choices so I just plain gave up rather than have the username lilbird.najd.07-melissa. Something about that username just doesn't ring for me.

Well, as usual Donny, Woodland and I were dancing around the living room to some Elton John or was it John Denver? Always one to ham it up to get an extra giggle out of my baby, mid dance I twirled over to the laundry basket full of clean yet slightly wrinkled clothes and with great finesse dumped it on my head. Woody and Donny busted out laughing and before someone else on the planet took my username I typed in Laundryhead and guess what? I got it!

Today we went to the aquarium with my cousins John and Linda and their kids, known to Woody as Big Kid Cousins. We had a nice time although it was unusally busy there. Woody was a lousy tour guide and mostly just did what he wanted to do which was, in this order, run as fast as he could over to the splash zone where he played with the giant shape sorter, laid on the water bed and then went for a splash at the water table. Donny met us for lunch at a nearby BBQ restaurant and had fun quizzing Nicole on meanings of big words like biologist, fabulous and even supercalafragilisticexpealadocious.

Good friends, good family, we are loving every minute of this life!

Green Christmas

I tried really hard this year to be green about my gift giving. I began collecting baskets from thrift stores 3 months ago, man I had a lot of baskets! I filled them with green cleaners and cookies! I made 3:1 vinegar/water solutions with just a splash of orange or lemon essential oils and filled spray bottles that I got from the 1$ store. This makes an excellent all purpose cleaner for countertops and even mirrors and windows. I also took baby food jars and hammered holes in the top of the lid then filled them with baking soda, making green cleaning scrub. I also rooted spider plant cuttings from grandpa Cook's spiderplant and then planted them in cute little pots. This was a fun and useful gift that I think everyone appreciated.

What a beautiful day!

On days like this I love being a sahm. It is so sunny and warm outside, how can one not have a good day? Woody and I took the bus to town and had an enjoyable chat with a little boy named Wyatt (5) and his mom who were also on the number 16. We woke up late so I packed Woody's favorite breakfast, oatmeal with blueberries mixed in, and raced to the bus stop. We are very lucky that our bus service is free! AFter we transferred to the 1x that would take us to Pacific Grove we walked over to Monarch knitting to pick up a few buttons for the hooded tunics that I am making for myself and Woodland. Woody got a cool redwood tree and I got an abolone shell button. I will post pictures of these sweaters soon! Next I went to my chiropractic appointment and Woody hung out with Donny at the italian cafe for lunch. Everyone was in jolly spirits as the sunshine and warm air was a nice break from the recent storms.

Sweet friends

It is hard living away from dear friends and since we are only an hour drive away, Sarah and I try to get together at least once a month. I have watched her children grow and we enjoyed sharing our pregnancies together, her third and my first. Woody and Penelope were supposed to be born within 2 days of eachother although it ended up being 4 weeks! Sarah is my dear friend and we have so much fun together, we even enjoy nursing our babies for photographs!!

Woodland is 18 months old!

I never would have thought that my lil baby would be a full fledged toddler, we celebrated his one and a half year mark right before Christmas. Woody does about 10 baby signs (more, all done, please and thankyou, dog, bird) and he speaks about 10 words (mama, dada, papa, nana, bye, yes and no). His favorite toy he got for Christmas was from his Auntie Kaite. Its a set of those playmobil plastic blocks, kinda like giant legos.

His favorite things right now are cooking (yes, he really does cook), play on his pedal-less tricycle we borrowed from the fabulous toy lending library, and climb on his learning tower.