Dad gives Zain his first haircut

the wind here is carrying some sort of allergen that has given me trouble since moving here. The past 3 years have been bad, with last year being the worst, pregnant and all - but I can really relate to my hay-fever siblings. It is quite awful - I know a sudafed would knock it out, but I am holding off as long as I can, because it gets into the breast milk.

So, today we stayed inside. mostly cleaning, and trying to get organized --

I love checking out oneprettything.com for crafty ideas and free patterns or tutorials, and found a good one for a kid's bedside organizer. I have some super cute fabric that I almost used, but then decided to save it for something else.
Zain graduated to the full-size crib last night, and I didn't like how the red and black bed skirt went with his green froggy/monkey side of the room. And since I can't figure out how to get the bed skirt to work on the bunk-bed, I decided to use it for the kiddie organizer.

This is how well it went:

Step one:
melt goo to your iron

Step two:
disassemble bed skirt

(now take a break to clean poo out of the bathtub)

Step 3:
reassemble bed skirt and nail it to the wall

Doodlebug art class day 2

Ezri's teacher sent us the pictures taken during class. The kid in the middle does not look like he wants to be wearing pink bunny ears.




We walked to class this time. Zain loved the stroller ride and playing in the hall while Ezri did her project. There was a big sign on the door:

Parents of anxious children must stay inside the building. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
I kind of giggled. All the parents had to sign and turn in a form saying as much on the first class. But, before being too critical, I reminded myself, you don't always know if you have an "anxious" child or not, or what might make them "anxious."
As far as I could tell from outside, there were only 2 minor meltdowns - and one parent leaving halfway through with a kicker and screamer covered in pink glitter. Each time I would hear a fuss inside, I would hold my breath that they wouldn't bring Ezri out covered in throw up.

It was so windy on the walk home, we almost lost her bunny. She was kind of grumpy after that. If you look closely at her ScoobyDoo, she wrote a big capital "E!"

Today, she jumped out of bed and told me "Get ready for class! Let's go to class!" I'm glad she is liking it.

April Fools!

Christian said he would take out the garbage . . . HA HA HA HA HA!! I should have known better. I am such an April fool ---