Things I Will Never Understand

Why does my toddler love to eat Kleenex?

Where do the socks go?

Why are giggles contagious?

What does "Mooney" mean? Rowan repeats this word constantly and I just don't get it.

Why does my toddler react the same to me wiping his nose as he would if I were cutting his arm off?

Where do all the shoes go?

How is it possible that these two children came from the same womb?

Why is it that Rowan loves to put everyone else's toothbrushes in his mouth, but won't let me brush his teeth?

How can a toddler unroll almost an entire roll of tp in the 30 seconds it took for me to let the dog out?

How can "DatDoo" possibly translate to "water"?

Why does the diaper only leak on clean sheets?

Why don't they make anger management courses for toddlers?

How can they be so cute?

Why does Rowan and Aidan's "secret brother language" have to be screaming?

Why did we pick the drums and not a quieter instrument?

Where does the time go?

Rowan's Cast of Characters

Rowan has officially reached the "if I have a word for it, I will label it" stage. With it comes the expected toddler misperceptions and mispronounciations. One of my favorite misperceptions was the balloon: "moon!" "bubble!" "moon!" "bubble!" - which one was it? He couldn't decide!

But by far the best, is these three animals/characters:

"Goddy"

"Goady"

And then there's everyone's favorite:

"Poopy"

Tune in for more, cause you know there will be more!

Mini-Ringo and the Tribute Band

Check it out!

www.rubbersoulthetribute.com

Read the "Ringo Report" and look for the adventures of Mini-Ringo.

Rubber Soul

We went to Virginia (the city, not the state) to FINALLY see Rubber Soul: The Tribute. Quite conveniently, they were playing the home, sport and travel show, which was very family friendly. I believe we will soon become groupies. They were awesome - sounded and (almost) looked like the real thing. I had emailed the band beforehand to get times, family friendly status and told them to look for Mini-Ringo, who I assured them they would recognize. Of course, they figured him out right away. First of all we were the only ones standing up and dancing (Iron Rangers=no dancing). Secondly, it is possible that the tiny pink Ringo Sgt. Pepper suit gave him away. We ended up meeting the lads at the end of the show, getting a signed poster and having a little time sitting at "Ringo's" kit. Watch their website, they said they'd post pictures of him there too!

Aidan, jamming with the lads. (Yes, he brought his own guitar and drumsticks)

Aidan and "Ringo"

Sitting at "Ringo's" Kit

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There was no title for this post that could capture its silliness.

Too Toos

Objective: To capture the toddler at the train (aka too too) museum.

Result: Failure. Toddler fast, camera slow.

This last one has to be my favorite, Fitty barely got him in the frame.

You Old Sap

We took our yearly trip out to the Webster Farm for some maple syruping. Unfortunately, we got a late start and the boil down was done by the time we arrived, fortunately (for Aidan) we were just in time for the kids to lick the syrup out of the boil down vat. Rowan even ran his truck through the syrup. Mmmmmm....syrup truck.



Murphy, on chipmunk patrol as the kids clean out the vat.




Cedar and Aidan are sure not to miss a drop. The sugar high that ensued was...er...fun.



Sooty and sticky kids (Aidan, Ahna, Cedar)