February 2008
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So Leaping Day …
Posted by aunt mommy on 29 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: insane in the mundane
We actually didn’t do much. I used it as an excuse to bring out the sugary cereals for breakfast, and … that was about it. We did some leaping around, but otherwise it ended up as a regular day.
Some friends celebrated birthdays and struck out into other sorts of new territories. I … fixed my blog. ;) The software had been hobbling along for a couple of upgrades and I just finally threw the rest of it together to get to the latest version of Wordpress. Not sure how long I’ll stay here as I have my eye on a new bit of software that will let me stir this page up even more. But that’s for later.
Plans, now that I’m back and organized, include reworking the blog a bit, folding back in the pumping blog, updating the blog roll with friends and their bits and bytes. Getting back to Think Of A Something Thursday [TOAST] and maybe doing a Works For Me Wednesday once in a while.
Stay tuned!
Leapin Day Lizards! She’s back!
Posted by aunt mommy on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: family, insane in the mundane
Yes, I’m back and feeling all bloggy again. And it was a bit of a rough winter, unexpectedly weaning my toddler, holiday madness and all kinds of things. But I’m back and will be reworking the site into another bloggy format, incorporating all the pak-mam posts (Amanda, I know, I suk, I’m so sorry! I have your new address, and again, very sorry about your contest prize!) and tweaking a few other things. But I need to beta the new software first before I decide to roll it out or just do with what I have here.
No TOASTS this week; still getting back into the swing of things. Spent a hilarious amount of time trying to explain to the kiddo what Leap Year Day is; between that, the music critiques, and trying to get him to understand the concept of Sarcasam and why it’s rather inappropriate in a child his age, I’m pretty wiped this week. But more soon.
So, how are you going to celebrate Leap Year Day with your kiddos?
The littlest curmudgeon
Posted by aunt mommy on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: family, insane in the mundane
You read it in most parenting books, or hear it in amazed hushed tones from friends and family: “Shh! They soak it up like a sponge! Keep your voice down!”
But they don’t just hear things, they see them, too. On a recent business trip, I observed a 15 month old girl keeping herself amused in the air port, walking around, playing with her purse, holding her mother’s phone to her ear and jabbering at it. Hands free. She had the perfect shoulder tilt to hold it in place while walking and rummaging through her little purse.
My youngest still looks alert and says, “Hello, Ish me” whenever she hears “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell on my 80’s station. Which really amazed me when I realized I had stopped using that as a cell phone ring tone when I was eight months pregnant with her.
But the eldest … he’s been exposed to my musical tastes a bit longer, and it’s starting to show. Continue Reading »