We went to the fair in our area Thursday night. They had a petting zoo and Dash is all about some animals, so we’d thought he’d have fun. Turns out Dash was all about EVERYTHING, even the giant slide. He won some prizes, fed some goats, and went on a few rides, most by himself, but some with John. We had a great time.

This was the oddest petting zoo I’ve ever seen. They had turtles, a porcupine, an alpaca, a baby deer… just odd things you usually don’t see at petting zoos.

I don’t know how I got to be 30 and didn’t realize porcupines were so freaking big.

Kate had a lot of fun, too, Dash won two balls and she got to play with one, and she just enjoyed taking in the sights. And being cute. =)

Dash on the boat ride…

I don’t know if I mentioned this on here… We have a swimming pool, just a cheapo metal frame one that we put up and take down each year, and this year it sprung a leak. John couldn’t find it, the water got WAY low, and after some rain it got kind of wuggy. Dash wasn’t super interested anymore so we just let it go. I came home from work one day and John told me to go out there and look in the pool and when I did, there were 100 tadpoles in it. I guess a momma frog got in there and thought it would be a good spot to have some babies. Dash has had a BLAST watching them turn into frogs, and so have I. I need to do a post on the whole thing, everytime I go out there they’re further along and I grab a few pictures. About 75% of them have turned into frogs now and are climbing up the side of the pool and jumping off to their new life. I’m going to miss them when they’re gone, they’ve been fun to watch.

Here’s a picture I took last week, when I noticed they had sprouted legs…

And for good measure, here’s a pic of our friendly outdoor hummingbird. We have three that visit our feeder and they have no problem with me coming out there and taking pictures of them. =)

My conversation with Dash last week:

Me: Dash, can you name some of the planets?
Dash: Um…. uh….
Me: What planet to we live on?
Dash: Uh… Earth!!
Me: Good job buddy! Can you name some other planets?
Dash: Uh… who lives on Penis?
Me: (laughing) you mean Venus??

The End. =)

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Dash started preschool yesterday. =) He’s just going one day a week for now until he gets used to it, we’ll probably move up to two days a week in September. The teacher had playdough sitting out for them when they came in so he was off and running and just fine. When I picked him up, he kept asking me where Baby Kate was, I think he actually missed her. =) He said they read stories and colored and played, and the teacher said he did just fine all day so that was a relief. He’s getting so big!

Blogging has gone on the back burner, sorry!!

Since May 27th, let’s see. Kate turned one and started walking, not in that order. =) She got a little tykes house from my parents and a Melissa and Doug shopping cart and wooden fridge and pantry food from us so she was a happy camper. I love the shopping cart, it’s super sturdy and doesn’t tip easily. Dash loves it too.

I’m just going to start posting pictures. How about that? Everyone likes pictures. =)

These are from her invitation shoot, and I totally sent out zero invitations. =) I didn’t get them in time. At least I have them though.

Her cake:

Her cupcakes which I’m super freaking proud of. =)

Her shopping cart:

My birthday girl:

I made that hat, too. Super freaking proud of it as well =)

Dash wanted his own birthday cake and we got a smash cake for her anyway which I wasn’t super eager to use. I’m just not a big fan of the smash cake. Kate would have made a mess of it too, she’s all about using her hands for stuff. I didn’t want to mess up her dress nor did I want to make a mess at my parent’s house. And since Dash wanted his own cake, he got the smash cake instead. He was stoked.

I’ve posted this next picture on facebook and pretty much everywhere I can post a picture so I might as well post it here, too. =) My new favorite picture of my kids…

I think that pretty much covers the last two months. My external drive crashed and burned and I lost a crapload of pictures, but I think I can get them all back. I’ve sent it off to a friend who has a magic adapter and as long as the drive can still spin we should be ok. I had most of them backed up anyway but not quite all of them. Lesson to me to back my stuff up better. Now it goes from card to computer to DVD to drive. And it’s not getting deleted off the card or computer until all of those steps are done. Live and learn.

John’s leg is doing awesome, he has his last PT strength test next week and a doctor’s appointment right after that and then he’ll be released.

Weight loss is going good, down 35 pounds and about 35 more to go. Hopefully by this winter I’ll be back in my normal clothes and it’ll be like neither of my pregnancies ever happened. =) Minus the two rambunctious kiddos running around.

I’ll try not to go another 2 months without blogging, I know Kate is going to change so freaking much in the next 6 months and I want to document it, and if you think my blog is neglected, you should see her baby book. =)

Finally. Sorry. =)

First, the finished one…

And then the next one I’m working on, this one was quick and easy…

And finally what’s coming up next…

http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/

Specifically this one for Kate’s bed.

And John’s surgery went fine and he’s recovering well. It kills him in the morning when he’s gone several hours without pain medication but it’s manageable the rest of the day. Says the wife not going through it. But really, I think he’s doing well. His mom’s coming to stay with us this week, she’ll be here today to help with the kids. And I turn 30 this week! AHHHH! Not ready for that one.

Mr. Dixon…

Yes, those are feather dusters.

Baby Kate…

I’m going to try and take Easter pictures this weekend, hopefully I’ll have something to post Monday…

Happy Friday!

This has always been my favorite time ever in my kids’ lives. I love the stocky baby, footed jammies, crawling/sitting/standing time. I love snuggling her and having a good amount of baby to hang on to. And I love their independence. Kate started crawling for real on February 10th, about a day after I posted that “almost crawling” video, and started pulling herself up on things she can get a grip on the next day. She uses the wire tracks at the top of this toy to pull herself up. And doesn’t she look proud of herself!

So…close…

I found these online and thought a few little girls’ mommas would be interested….

I shouldn’t even post this. You know how they say if you’re trying to do something, like say, diet, that you should tell as many people as possible and it’ll keep you motivated? I don’t think that works with me. It’s like if I tell anyone anything I end up spazzing out on it and not doing anything. =) So I think I’m jinxing myself by even posting this.

So I’ve always wanted to quilt. I thought there was some mystical method to it that I just couldn’t figure out. I mean, batting? Binding? What? Too hard. But still. My MIL quilts (and does all sorts of crafty things) and I just think it’s so cool.

I’m a diehard Oh-dee-doh reader, meaning I have them in my feedreader, and they mentioned a website that’s doing a quilt-a-long. So I could learn to quilt via the internet? Step by step easy peasy? Count me in. =) They linked to Oh Fransson! and the quilt at the top of the page is the one they’re quilting a long.

So I bought my supplies and a few basics and I’m giving it a go. Apparently in this quilt-a-long she’s not going into great detail about how to use the tools because she did in their last quilt a long, but I’m just going to look it up and figure it out as I go. I’ll let you know if I make any progress whatsoever, which since I posted about it here, I won’t. =)