My Favorite Things:

A quick update: We're currently in limbo. Nearly all of our belongings are at the new house. We usually stay there during the day and come back to the old house to sleep as we haven't closed on the new house yet! Hopefully, all will go well and we can close on Friday then we can move the 13 foot family bed over and it'll be official.

Since I mustn't unpack quite yet, I'm amusing myself with ideas for decorating the new house. I'm thinking along the lines of "The Sound of Music" curtains or something else vintagy. Actually, I saw the above picture on Anna Maria Horner's blog (she's the designer of Garden Party fabrics and other lines) and found inspiration. The walls at our new home are a similar color and those splashes of color are perfect! I'm thinking of looking through the old fabrics from my great grandma to see if I have enough of any one to use for curtains, but I'm so excited, I think I'm coping quite well with not being able to unpack just yet.

We had a rough weekend with Juju, I knew she was cutting her other top front tooth, but didn't realize she was cutting another tooth at the same time, bad timing as she wanted held constantly for our moving weekend, but she's doing much better now that both teeth are through (yes, that makes 5!).

I keep dreaming of how this move is the perfect chance for a fresh start and to try to live my ideals out. So, yesterday I wrestled with whether to keep a TV out at all. We got rid of cable a year ago and our lives have been changed in many ways for the better. We use DVDs we own and from the library for Z when he wakes up or just before reading time at night. So, I wrestle, do we really need a TV? Could I live without it's help babysitting my 3 year old? He's playing next to his sister like a good boy right now (OK, now he's trying to get her wet with air raspberries). He could learn to entertain himself, right? I could make a tea cozy for the TV and cover it up when we're not using it. Or, I could be the adult and turn it off when he's watched one video. Then I wouldn't ever have guilt. Mommy guilt is such a horrible thing. Next week, though, I have the excuse of moving. For now, I'm gonna go play ball with my boy.

Jelly Telly!

I heard an interview on the radio with Phil Vischer, the originator of Veggie Tales. Check out his newest creation, Jelly Telly! A twenty minute kid's variety show on the web, currently for free. There's also a bunch of games, which Z loves. Check it out!

Cuteness:

I can't sing Juju to sleep because she sings with me and keeps herself up. So, I have to rock her to sleep in silence.

Z calls pepperoni "pizza brownies". We think he got this from his own strange accent in trying to say "Pepper-rownies".

I was holding Juju and when she laid her head on my chest, I said, "Awww!" My little parrot then said, "Awwww!" Several times after that when she'd lay her head on my chest she's say, "Awww!"


Quick Update:
We're between houses right now. We've closed on the old but not on the new. The owners of the new house have allowed us to move our belongings in early. I took them a plate of cookies to thank them. We're very excited to move in and to meet the neighbors. Met the first set last night (there's at least five) and they were super nice. They even have a two year old boy that Z got along with well. We caught them rocking in the toddler sized rocking chairs together on the front porch after playing in the rocks together.