What a week...we'll skip all the gruesome details and just get to where the Muffin meets the road, I mean hose. Geek #1 and I introduced her to the joys of splashing in a sprinkler today since our fair city had cooled to a mild 93 and we didn't feel like setting up the baby pool.
She, of course, loved it. Loved seeing it, feeling it, drinking from it, getting to soak her hair, clothes, and diaper, loved dancing in it. We had as much of a blast watching her. Lovely.
And then there was the other water adventure. The one where Geek #1 decided to find out why she was being so mysteriously quiet this evening as he was checking work email and I was cleaning cat barf out of the rug. And where was the darling? In the master bathroom - already a bad sign.
But when I followed my partner's hysterical laughter I understood both the quiet and the hysteria. Muffin, dear, dear Muffin, was soaked head to toe - again - from dipping her head in the toilet. Then she must have decided to help clean and stuffed an entire bathrug into the toilet bowl. Luckily (I guess) only one would fit.
And in all this mess, where was the toilet lock - the one designed to keep her out of the bowl? In her hands while she chewed on it. But don't take my word for it, we've got photographic evidence. 
Again, there are some things they just really don't mention in all the baby books.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
The Agony and the Wet-stacy
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
OMGWTFLOL autistic!
Just a quick note. I took Fiona to the new universal access playground yesterday and there were a gaggle of autistic kids there. One was wearing a Knights who say Ni Monty Python and the Holy Grail shirt.
Funny? Oh heck yes.
Did you laugh? Not until I got home.
Going to hell? Absolutely.
For those of you who don't understand the joke... look at this.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Busy business
Most of our pictures for April look like these - either Fiona is completely absorbed by an activity (for 5 minutes) like with her new Thomas train or she's moving - fast! We've visited so many parks in an attempt to wear her out and provide interaction with other kids that she is bored if we're not at a park. Silly us.
Of course, once at a park, she'll spend 20 minutes or so on the swings while assessing the situation, watching the other kids, and figuring out her next plan of attack. She's both brave (or maybe fearless) about climbing anything and cautious about new people and new places (sort of).
Of course, the big question right now is...what is she getting into and where in the house is she??? Geek #2 better go find out...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Time Marched On...
...without a new blog entry for a month, apparently. We'll just leave it as - hey, we're busy parents in this crazy world. If a lag of a month bothers you, tough.
No, can't do that, must elaborate. We went to Minnesota for spring break, returned to hectic work schedules, hosted one set of grandparents, and are preparing for more work hecticity with job hires and finals (sure, its a word, it appears on the Internet!) and another grandparent visit this weekend.
Of course, we're preparing by trying to recover from a cold/flu combo, a cold and poison ivy combo, and a new tooth, respectively. Yikes, and we're the ones who are okay.
Basically, we're learning we are so grateful for not being single parents having to deal with the scheduling and illnesses alone. Of course, we become much more pathetic, whiny folks when combined, but oh well, it is family bliss.
Well, blissful except for the potty training parts where Muffin uses a diaper, takes it off, and smears material around or takes the diaper off first and then pees. Sigh...thank goodness our carpets were already highly damaged!
Anyway, just a note to say hi to our fans, all two of you. Cheers!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Disc Golfing with a Muffin
In the last month or so I have taken to playing disc golf with some of the folks from work. Though it can be just as frustrating as ball golf, it's a heck of a lot cheaper (and geekier). After playing in Kinston on Saturday with the fellas, V and Muffin accompanied me on the course for an early Sunday round. The top image is the Muffin sitting atop of the third "hole". She likes to watch the discs fly and then bang on the chains.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Not the Mail Man's Kid
Thought I'd post these together so those of you unfamiliar with Geek 1's baby pictures can compare him to his child. This is apparently him on his second birthday. And here is Muffin at 16-17 months. She's got most of his looks and his outgoing nature. And her utter lack of fear of heights did not come from me!
We're very excited about the upcoming Minnesota trip - we can't wait to meet Muffin's new cousin Michael and to show the grandparents all the new tricks. Yesterday she stood on the keyboard drawer in my desk in order to reach a cup of pens and scissors - scary stuff!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A Workaday Life
Mama Geek here:
So, brother Ben starts his days at 5 am. Daddy Geek is asleep on the couch with Muffin who woke up from her sound sleep with a nightmare.
And now that is almost 11 pm and I've just finished writing a test for the kiddos at the university, I can head to bed. My day started relatively late, at 7 am - well, really at 6 am with a nightmare about teaching, ugh. Tomorrow, during my 'rest period' - AKA Muffin's nap-time - I'll get to grade the tests from the kiddos at the community college.
This is the life of working parents?!?!? Dagnabbit, no wonder we're all so tired as a nation!
I'm not even sure if this post will be coherent. Don't care, either. Nope, going to bed...oh, but I'll post some pics of Muffin first.