Parental Guidance Recommended

I'm apologizing in advance for the graphic content of today's post. This was just too fun not to share.

Adara came down the stairs today and announced, "I have to use the bathroom." I put her on the big potty but I did not expect anything to happen. (Potty training has been a slow process for us.)

A short while later I heard, from behind the closed door, "This poop is hard to get out!"

Then, after we sang a short song to help her relax, "Wow, it looks like a hot dog!"

Needless to say, I was very pleased. In retrospect, it seems almost depressing that this was the high point in my day. However, yesterday's high point was watching Adara play with a caterpillar. I rather wished she'd have left it alone; I was afraid for its life. But it survived, and she had a great time discovering.

Reality

(Inspired by a friend's post.) Adara knows, intellectually, that monsters aren't real. But she's still afraid of them. And she knows that toys aren't real because they can't talk, but cartoons can, so that makes them real, right?

Subtraction

Today at the breakfast table we were discussing the size of our family. Adara said, "When Naomi dies, I'll just be one baby again."

First Time Walking

This girl is super fun. She loves learning new things and she gets so excited. You can't help but laugh and rejoice with her.

Snow, continued

These are 6 week old pictures by now. They're still fun, though.

Shrinking -- those are two eyes on the snowman's face.

I like the mystery implied by the empty leash.

Adara almost looks Amish . . . or Mennonite. :)

Naomi wanted to join in the fun. I don't think this is quite what she had in mind.

Snow in the South, Baby!

It actually snowed here. We haven't left the house all weekend. I'm pretty sure the city doesn't own any snowplows, and now the roads are all covered in ice.

Other Tidbits:

The following is an actual conversation that Jon and I had the other night.

Me - "What are you watching?"

Jon - "It's called, 'Left Behind'. It's about the rapture."

Me - "Is it a documentary?"

Think about it for a minute.

Shifting gears completely -- the pictures below are the result of a gardening project. Jon bought a mushroom growing kit online, and, when he left town for a couple of days, I kind of forgot about the project for awhile.

Real Genius

I'd never seen this ancient Val Kilmer classic, but was sure I'd heard about it. It brings back memories of jr. high GT. What I especially liked was the moral: don't take yourself (smart kids, especially) too seriously. But don't get so lost in having fun that you fail to consider the impact of your actions on the world around you.

Personally, I'm still trying to lear that lesson. Anyone else need a refresher?