Sick Little Eli

Poor guy! I won't go into too many details, but the poor guy started vomiting in the car and was stuck in his car seat and couldn't lean forward to get out of the mess- so sad. Then I got him all cleaned up and he had another incident, followed by a few more as the evening progressed. I only mention all that to explain these photos of the boy. He kept telling us that he "didn't want to burp anymore." Like we had some control over the matter! He spent much of the evening sitting in the kitchen sink with his hands over his mouth, to keep in whatever might need to come out. Such a sweet boy!

What to do When Mom Steps Out of the House

I went out the other night for a little 'mom-time' and came back to find all three boys in bed and the house picked up - what a nice husband I have. I was shown this picture and an accompanying video of the boys and their slide. It reminded me of The Cat in the Hat. (Remember? Thing 1 and Thing 2 come in and make the mess, but they miraculously have it all cleaned up before mom steps in the door!)

A Few Thoughts...

1. Sorry, still no post-worthy footage of Scot crawling, but don't worry mom, I'm working on it.

2. We had our first discussion at the dinner table about chicken being made from an actual chicken and how it used to be alive doing chicken things. German asked what we thought was a great question, "Why does the chicken not say 'ouch' when we eat it?"

3. A suggestion: Find yourself 3-4 friends who have similar family sizes and food preferences as you and form a dinner swap/group. Three friends and I spent an afternoon together doing our usual thing- talking, visiting, disciplining children, etc, except that we each brought 4x the amount of ingredients for a recipe and then we prepared those meals and divided them out. I went home having spent the afternoon with friends and carrying four meals ready to be placed in my freezer- that was very fulfilling.

Scotland is a Crawler!

Our boy has been on his knees for about a month now, but has only been able to move by turning and rolling - until tonight! Scot totally skipped the army crawl and just started moving tonight. He turned 7 months yesterday and has proved to be our earliest crawler!