I am the cheese

The real cheese.


This child would have the camera instead of the nurse. I guess he's a misfit. :p

(Thanks for lending me your book, Lulu. :) )

Haha

Personally, I think four years old is a bit young for lame jokes.
He could wait 'til he was forty...or whenever he's moved out of the house.


Say "cheese!" (or not).

"Just so you know...we'll be posting a sign in the future..."

"that will say "no children allowed in the ultrasound rooms.""
(I wonder, what they will do when children need an ultrasound done?)
"Yes, I'm sorry."
"You really can't take all three kids in the room with you. It's small, and it's dark."
"They'll be fine."

Did I think taking all three kids for my prenatal ultrasound was going to be a party?
Probably.
Did I try to find a babysitter for them?
Probably.
Was it my fault one friend is in China, another in Vancouver, and the rest busy chaperoning a field trip for their kids in school?
Probably.
After all, it's probably MY fault that I don't have more friends. :p

The grumpy lady ended up taking Nathan and Melanie behind the reception desk and watching them while they colored. Matthew was in the stroller and fell asleep in the muggy room before half of it was up.
All's well that ends well.

Next time, if I go to the same place, I'll make sure I don't take all three...
or four...

Hard at work artist

This was a birthday present that Nathan had asked about a zillion times to do...

so I FINALLY let him do it.
The pieces had to be glued together by him too, which is great fun of course.
Then when the paint was dry he covered it in ALL the letter and number stickers.
Very cute.

Beady eyes

"Even if it's my friend's birthday today, can I play with my beads Mom?"
(He must think terrible things of me if he really thought no would be the answer. :p )


"Can you tie this into a necklace for me Mom?"
(Sure, if it's something I can do in less than a minute. :p )


"Uh!"
(That's baby garble for "up", which is his all-time favorite word!)

One WHOLE hour left 'til supper time

We had friends over all day...but then they left. And what does that leave us with now that it's raining and suppertime is an hour (AT LEAST) away.


The after visit blues, the after visit blues!

Nothing left for us to do but remember what's not true.

None of us have had enough sleep.
We're all gonna break down and weep.

I think it's time to to have a fight:

Nathan and Melanie proceed to smack their heads into each other, and complain that there is not enough room.
I point out the following free space available:

but there are no takers.
Sigh.
The after visit blues...

Fortunately, I felt inspired (even if ever so briefly). I hauled out some sheets from the closet and set to work

with a little help.

Now all the dogs

and cats

and other animals
have been set loose from the barnyard.
I imagine this will buy me at least 10 minutes of "no fight time".
Maybe I should have another 5 such activities up my sleeve.

Boofie Bear

Since Boofie Bear was missed last time, he gets the spotlight today. Even Nathan and Melanie call him Boofie Bear sometimes. I guess it's time I change his birth certificate, after all, I think Boofie Bear fits better than Matthew. Maybe I should run a poll for that.


Matthew just loves walking around, and really thinks he's a big boy now. Unfortunately, since he refuses to communicate in anything other than gestures or grunts, he has yet to convince everybody that he is a baby no longer.

Non-Compliance

I guess having a smile for the camera isn't always necessary...but some days it IS a lot of work to even get a face captured.
(I hope everyone feels tonnes of gratitude for my dedication in blogging pictures of the kids!)

The kids were playing so cutely that I thought some casual playing shots would be just the thing to spice up life.

As soon as Melanie saw the camera she hid her face and yelled, "No!!"

But Mommy Roze is very strong, so she gets a face photographed in the end.

It looked like such a fun battle to Nathan thought he ought to be difficult too!

After such a workout,

you'd think they were considering surrender and cooperation!
But that isn't the case.
They merely stopped hiding in order to explain "plan b" to me.


Run for your life Mommy Roze!!

(I ran!)