Kate put herself to sleep for her nap today. She does this from time to time at night, but never ever for nap time.
Yay!!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
A tragedy
Of dachshund proportions.
Today we went to watch the Weiner Dog Races in Buda. It was amazing. More than 600 dogs were registered to race and there were little dogs everywhere. It was a sight to see.
We watched about 10 or 12 heats, each one with seven dogs. When they opened the gates, a few dogs would come charging out, leading the others to chase, but often one dog would get distracted by all the noise and just mill around near the start line, requiring an official to pick him up and take him close enough to the finish line to see his owner. Usually from there he could have a glorious finish.
As great as watching those little legs run was watching the antics of the owners trying to convince their dogs to run run run. They had squeaky toys, treats, the whole deal.
The tragedy? I forgot the camera.
Today we went to watch the Weiner Dog Races in Buda. It was amazing. More than 600 dogs were registered to race and there were little dogs everywhere. It was a sight to see.
We watched about 10 or 12 heats, each one with seven dogs. When they opened the gates, a few dogs would come charging out, leading the others to chase, but often one dog would get distracted by all the noise and just mill around near the start line, requiring an official to pick him up and take him close enough to the finish line to see his owner. Usually from there he could have a glorious finish.
As great as watching those little legs run was watching the antics of the owners trying to convince their dogs to run run run. They had squeaky toys, treats, the whole deal.
The tragedy? I forgot the camera.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Woohoo!
Karen is coming to visit with Emily and Hope in three weeks. Yay!!!
I have a huge list of things we're going to do. Go to the playground, the farmer's market, ride the Zilker Park train, go swimming, run through the sprinkler on the front lawn, eat tacos and bbq. It's going to be great.
And the children's museum! How could I forget. And we're going to ride the bus to get around! (Because I don't think we can fit three car seats in our little car.)
I have a huge list of things we're going to do. Go to the playground, the farmer's market, ride the Zilker Park train, go swimming, run through the sprinkler on the front lawn, eat tacos and bbq. It's going to be great.
And the children's museum! How could I forget. And we're going to ride the bus to get around! (Because I don't think we can fit three car seats in our little car.)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Our first parenting award
We got our first bad parent award today. We've been having Kate nap on our bed even though in the last few weeks she's been getting more mobile. I knew that at some point we wouldn't be able to have her napping there. Today was the day. I heard her stirring after only an hour, so I was quite sure she would fall back to sleep. Instead, a few minutes later a thump followed by a scream. She's fine, and landed on her feet/bum, but it was scary for all of us. Now we have to adjust to her going down for her naps in her crib. It's going to suck for a few days.
And I'll miss snuggling with her on the bed before she falls asleep. I wonder if I can fit in her crib.
And I'll miss snuggling with her on the bed before she falls asleep. I wonder if I can fit in her crib.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Phriday Photo
(I know, I've been a slacker. But we had a flea issue to deal with around here and it totally threw off my week. Apparently, it doesn't take much.)
Friday, April 11, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
What's Cooking Wednesday
I was going to do a food theme today, but I feel like you need three things to establish a theme, and I didn't quite make it to the third. So, it's not a theme. The theme was going to be purple food, but the missing thing was the raw beet salad I was going to make. I'll make it later in the week.
Our purple food is Blueberry Lemon Loaf, from a recipe I found on All Recipes. It's pretty tasty, although I put in extra juice and zest, and I would reduce the zest to the amount called for the in recipe.
The second purple food are mulberries. There are mulberry trees all over our neighbourhood, and the one closest to us has some ripe berries. There are others that aren't quite ripe yet, so we'll have mulberries for a few weeks. Of course, we sang 'Here we go round the mulberry bush' multiple times while picking them. We might even have a mulberry pie in the next week or so. It's very fun to forage in the city. If only rhubarb grew here, I bet Rhubarb-Mulberry pie would be delicious.
Our purple food is Blueberry Lemon Loaf, from a recipe I found on All Recipes. It's pretty tasty, although I put in extra juice and zest, and I would reduce the zest to the amount called for the in recipe.
The second purple food are mulberries. There are mulberry trees all over our neighbourhood, and the one closest to us has some ripe berries. There are others that aren't quite ripe yet, so we'll have mulberries for a few weeks. Of course, we sang 'Here we go round the mulberry bush' multiple times while picking them. We might even have a mulberry pie in the next week or so. It's very fun to forage in the city. If only rhubarb grew here, I bet Rhubarb-Mulberry pie would be delicious.
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