Summit vs. avacados (Video!)

We can have a video series on foods that Summit doesn't like. This video is a couple of weeks old now and I've since obtained a food processor and he seems to like his food much better now. Hopefully we won't be posting any more clips like this for awhile!! (it actually sounds like he is saying "no" when we attempt to feed him. huh, could this be his first word?) … [Read more...]

why I need a PDA

I just finished clipping my too-long toenails on Snickerdoodle who is sitting in my sink napping and I was musing over this week. It wasn't super bad or anything, I just managed to screw up like I wrote about in another blog. I decided to hi-light the best of the worst:-so TODAY, for example. It started out good, Summit woke up around a quarter to 8 so we put him in his swing to get an extra hour … [Read more...]

The bottom 5%

Who here is optimistic? Would you say that the bottom 5% is really just um... well, you optimists can come out and tell me how to say it more positively. It's not a 50-50 deal where the glass is half full. The bottom 5% and 10% are kind of bad for whatever you are making a scale of. Right? I'm not trying to be pessimistic, just realistic. So, what I'm getting at, what all the percent statements … [Read more...]

"Pulled a Heidi"

"You pulled a Monica," Phoebe tells Monica's mom about her on Friends trying to make 'pulling a Monica' something good rather than bad.Friends is so quotable. I feel like I "Pull a Heidi" sometimes, like when I have good intentions but my lack of foresight makes everything go down the crapper. Ben really likes mixin' chicken. This consists of boiling noodles, then adding cream of chicken and a CAN … [Read more...]