for the record, no minors were hurt during the taking of these pics...

boy: Your hair looks nice today.

girl: Uh, yeah. That was MY bagel you're eating.  And, btw, why are you wearing a pink beaded necklace?

boy: The food here is SO good!

girl: Did I shave my legs for this? I wonder if I'll be home on time for Idol.

boy: hey! Mind if I sit next to you? I feel this connection...

girl:  Are you f*ckin' kidding Me??

For some reason, these pics remind of every first date I've ever been on.  Just sayin'.

hey batter-batter, SWING! or 25 million dollar contract T minus 20 years

So this was kind of like the time when Milo wandered around and then got very serious and still and my mind went all "toddler tiara psycho mama-like" and I thought, "let's capture this moment 'cause we're totally going to look back at this and say 'see here, this picture? This is where it all started...'"

21 months

Today marks month 21 of baby turned toddler of the adventurer de Milo what is he doing NOW?  These days the picures I'm taking are of a little guy that finds new uses out of old things...

balance and strength with unstable things...

exploring new areas of the car things...

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and experimenting with the next level of toys things...

 Y'know...I almost kinda sorta miss this stage...

Really? 21 months?? This mama is about to have a 2 year old...

tick tocking away...

It's Friday, ya'll.

Tonights dinner?

  Beef Vegan Hotdog, unwashed organic apple, stale farm raised and locally grown raisens, and stale baby Toddler Mum-mums smeared with full fat natural peanut almond butter. With a side of Mardi Gras beads (don't ask) paired with an iPood  that I paid 20 dollers for wtf was I thinking t-shirt.

We like to get wild from time to time whilst being nutritionally somewhat wine-buzzed  conscious.

wordless wednesday

philosophizing

So I've been back in the World of Work for a couple months now and I'm "getting" what all those working moms flex their jaw and tongues about when they scream/cry/silent treatment about the whole work/life balance.  Specifically, being a parent AND working outside the home. There are, indeed, pros and cons to the decisions that we are FORCED to make alongside the decisions that we WANT to make. There isn't  Perfection, just What Works.  For Now.

Today's gratitude:

a young boys cont'd quest for my sanity

Do they sell knee and elbow pads and helmets and mouth gaurds for 20 month olds? And padded parking lots and over the counter valium and  sippy cups of chardonney for moms that aren't ready for this kind of mobility?

cheese and rice...