Oobleck

TV and the movies capture a postpartum woman's life as full of diaper changes, feedings, baby coos, and NAPS. Much of this is true, but when I try to make that last image a reality... 5-year old Maddy comes storming around the corner yelling "Mom! Are you serious?" (Yes, she is constantly asking me if I am serious, or telling me "you are not serious".) So, yesterday as I longingly thought about nap time and gave jealous stares to Reed's little sleeping face I decided I needed to do something more productive with Maddy's time. EVEN though I have tried to convince her how strong naps would make her. We did a science experiment... While I am not entirely sure how much science is involved in making goo... or Oobleck as it is called, I did try and fake my way through a lesson on solids and liquids and how healthy a nap would be after this experiment. Here are our results:

Sweet Little Boy

Siblings

Maddy's Photos

While Maddy is sitting on the stairs waiting for her dad... I'll share one of her photos from today. :)

Mad Maddy

Maddy is mad at me right now. So, she has decided to sit on the stairs and wait for her dad.

Tell Me More

Maddy's speech has been coming along so great, that it is hard to remember a time when she didn't say much. I reflected on that today though... We were sitting, hunkered down on the couch in this 15-degree weather watching TV, and she was going a mile a minute... on and on and ON about every thing she saw, or didn't see -or wanted to see for that matter. After about 20 minutes of this I told her I needed quiet. The minute those words came out of my mouth though I grabbed them back, and asked her to tell me again about the TV show.

Nana Anna Banana

My Nana will have been gone for 15 years tomorrow, but every time I look at these faces I know she is close.