Another Day at the Park

Here are a few pictures from an afternoon at the park earlier in August. I attempted a mini photo shoot. My sister-in-law's blog has been inspiring me in the photography department, along with a couple other blogs I stalk. Enjoy!

Life Lesson:Never Put Anything Smaller Than Your Elbow in Your Ear

Dedicated (that's right, this blog deserves a dedication) to all of those people over the past almost 5 years who have told me "I always wanted twins!"

As you can imagine, this one is a doosey. These things always seem to happen when I'm all alone. Doug was on his way home from his Boundary Waters trip and I was batheing the girls in the tub. I never heard any altercations, but it may have been as simple as "the look." All of a sudden, Grace was holding her ear and saying, "She poked me in the ear with that." "That" was the pointy end of a fingernail clipper. Seriously! I thought I could just watch and see what happened, but a little while later, Grace matter-of-factly said, "Mom, I know why my ear hurts, it's because it's bleeding." WHHHHHAT?!? I guess it's off to urgent care before they close. Did I mention Doug was gone?!? Thankfully we have grandparents around the corner. On my way to the clinic I'm thinking, "How in the world will I explain this one?" I always feel like they think I'm making these things up. Thankfully we had the same doctor I had this winter and during that visit he informed me he had 5 children. Surely he would understand! Just as I thought, he didn't even bat an eyelash at my story. Diagnosis: Perforated ear drum. (Boy, does that girl have aim!) There will likely be no long-term problems, but hopefully there will be some long-term life lessons learned.

Bloggie Bragging

I just have to tell a cute little story about Grace. We were at the doctor's office for the wee one's 22 month check-up and were being shown to our room. Grace said to me, "Mom, this is the same room we were in when we were here the last time. (said with extra enthusiasm) We always have this room. It must be because it's the only one that's available." Wow! Where does the time go. First I had this tiny little baby (well, actually two) and now they're almost five and able to use available in the proper context. Boo-Hoo!