Five little speckled frogs...

Langston couldn't remember all the words to the "speckled frogs" song that he sings at school (& I was informed "they were eating bugs, not flies, mom!"), so I googled the title of this post & got the cutest webpage. Check it out, moms!
Cullen's ABCs will certainly be bookmarked in our house!
Btw, the pic is L. & pals, at school, with his favorite teacher, Ms. Ann. She is wonderful!

You know what I mean...

Since the "sah mommy" & "dishing on my hubby" posts, I've had emails & comments that have been worth blogging about themselves. Here's an article from my friend, Jessie, who knows what I'm blogging about. :) I'm thankful for you, Jessie; I've never met a mommy who does the "mommy thing" more like I do than you. It's comforting. And who else have I met via a conversation about the meaning of names in Hebrew & both our kids not sleeping? :)

Washington Post article on S.A.H. parenting

Bath tub crayons

Cute, quick, easy, cheap, fun toddler project.

1.Grate 1 bar of Ivory soap using the smallest holes on the cheese grater. (I did this, not L.)

2.Add 10-15 drops of food coloring & 2 TBsp of warm water to soap.

3.Add more water, a TBsp at a time, & stir 'til it looks like a thick dough.

4.Press the mixture into sections (4 or more) of an ice-cube tray & freeze for at least 30 min.

5.Pop the crayons out & let them dry for a day or two (I vote 2; ours were a little squishy after only 1).

**We divided up our soap & added about 4-6 drops of different coloring to each little pile. We ended up with 4 different colors that way (& only used 1 bar of soap). L. has already used them (& loved 'em). I'll post a pic soon. It was fun times. :)

family nap

Our after-lunch routine consists of me trying to get Zora down 1st so that I can read to Langston (& have a moment of one-on-one time) for 10 min. or so. Sometimes it works. When it does work, I put Z. in her crib in my room & let L. fall asleep with me in my bed. (Usually Z. wakes up an hour or so later & I nurse & rock her back down. She takes a pretty long [3-4] hour afternoon nap bc she's such a catnapper in the a.m. OH! And I leave her in the bed with brother for her last part of nap sometimes...that's how I got those cute pix. Don't worry, I check on them constantly when they are in bed together! I also think almost 20lb. Zora could handle most things that 32lb. Langston could do.)
So, this is L's drawing of our "nap time" or "family nap," as we sometimes call it. **Notice dad's running cap & bike helmet hanging from the bedpost. That does not please mommy.** Mom is reading to Langston. Langston is "covered up with blankie & saying, 'ahhhhh.'" Zora is asleep in her crib. "Peace is taking a nap," as Todd Parr writes in The Peace Book. :)

boo! the monster family

These are the drawings that Langston drew (in anger?) to "scare" me...bc he was angry at having to clean up his room. Boo, mom! (I admit that I did a little, "AHHHH!" when he showed them to me. He was then satisfied.)

walking on sunshine

Langston is a man of great taste. He loves all kinds of music. (Which is great bc so do mom & dad.) He & I were listening to some awesome 80's stuff the other day & he drew a pic of "Walking on Sunshine" (Woe! Woe! Woe!) complete with "music notes." Then he wanted me to sing the song (by reading the "music"). :)

dishing: my hubby

I would like to add to the "sah mommy's...do it in one day" post that the reason I didn't write about dishes is bc my wonderful husband has (since our "talk") taken up lots of dish duty. He does them (his way) most everyday. I VERY MUCH appreciate this. It may have taken us 2 kids & 5 years, but I think we are really beginning to hone in on "the needs of the other."