Reverse Psychology..

For the past two months Liv has insisted on swallowing her toothpaste with flouride. It drives me nuts. We try and explain to her that it isn't good for her but no matter what, when she is done brushing her teeth, she swallows and then giggles.

So the other night, Ryan tried a new tactic. When she was brushing her teeth, he said to her," Now remember when you are done, make sure you swallow it."

Low and behold, she SPIT it out.

She does it ever since now. But each time we have to remind her to swallow it......

Whose head is that?

Proof of her recent hair cut.

Another Blonde?!?!

So much for thinking I would have one brunette and one blonde. I thought at least one of our kids would have something of mine........(they both got ry's eyes). Well Charlotte has almost lost all of her dark 4 inch long hair except for a 2 inch diameter on the top of her head. We thought it may be causing her to scratch because the strands were itching her "somewhat bald" spots. So we cut it....... Now her head looks like a typical 7 month old. She has a beautiful even layer of new growth BUT it is lacking in darkness. Very similar to Liv's hair now....

Oh well, I didn't think two blonde girls was in my forecast, but I kinda like it. It is actually exciting. I can see it now....... two sunkissed blondes making drip castles at the beach. FUN!!!!! And if it ends up getting dark again, that excites me too!


Either way, these girls are perfect. Oh I get so excited just thinking of them growing up and playing together........

Overheard: Tomato Halibut.

So I made Halibut the other night (and it was a huge success), but the whole time I was making it, I pictured Liv saying, Halibut this or Halibut that. When Liv says how about, it totally comes out sounding like Halibut.

Another thing she always says is Tomato (in a true italian accent) when she means to say tomorrow.


For example, "Halibut Tomato we go to the park. " Or "Halibut I eat that banana Tomato."

Overheard.

"But mom, I want to wear my Up Pants."

"What do you mean, Liv?"

"MY UP PANTS (holding her pajama shorts)"


Now this makes sense because her ceiling fan is her "Up fan", so pants that are only on the top half of your leg are called "Up pants".

Genius!

big shot.

two years difference.

concentration.

beading a hello kitty candy necklace.

Helicopter Museum.

Liv had a blast this morning at the Helicopter Museum. She ran around like a maniac with no fear. As we pulled up we saw some helicopters practicing landing/taking off.
The museum is a place we often drove past when we lived in west chester or ry worked there. I used to wonder why anyone would go there (haha- as a college student). Now as a parent, it is a treasure.

dinnertime. (Lo feeding herself)

lunchtime.

We got another....

tooth. Today I found Charlotte's second bottom tooth. Yay! Two down, 18 to go. ;)

Theory: If I can't see you, you can't see me.

good way to end the day.

Pink Balloon.

LoLo.

Allergy elimination acupressure.

I took Lo today to my doctor in Narberth whose wife also practices there and practices chinese medicine. We sat down for over an hour consulting and coming up with a plan. As of now, I have about 5 new isotonix vitamins to take and Lo has a homeopathic drainage dropper to help her body rid of what it still is fighting. We go back in two weeks to start the acupressure treatments.

I am feeling pretty good about this. It was interesting to hear her take on everything. She said there has only been one child she has worked on that she didn't see improvement on. That is promising. Afterall, lots of the world practices medicine this way. It is worth a shot.....

impromptu visit to meme and g-pops.

I woke up today and was missing on MY mommy and daddy. They were away for a week and we haven't seen gpop since our last date night a few weeks ago. I wanted to surprise my dad at work but my mom had to tell him because he was planning on going to the shore to work. We went to the church and Livj went to the preschool for a little. Then we all went to lunch and met great grandmom.

Liv loved the fact that there was an arcade right across from the restaurant. Her and Gpop went in to check it out. Both of the girls behaved themselves through the meal. Then liv and gpop disappeared to buy jelly beans. Liv was in all of her glory.

We had a blast!

Reading Terminal Market.

Today we strolled around the market enjoying the fresh, local goods. I don't know what it is but I have such an obsession with places like this. Put me in a farmer's market and I can just spend the day people watching, culture absorbing, and smelling the different foods.

Ry wore Liv in the Mei tai and I had Lo in the bjorn. Stroller free. Ry and I didn't have to say, do you have her? or where did she go? They each were attached to one of us.

Liv was so funny. She asked for jelly beans at one of the vendors. It was like an old school candy shop. She swore that she cold buy them with her own money (had 6 cents in her pocket). I bought her a quarter of a pound but she insisted on holding the baggy and waiting until we got home to eat them. She was so patient and persistent. It took about 30 minutes to pack up and get home. She held that bag tight. As soon as she came in, she then enjoyed them. (Such an aunt chrissy thing, if she were like me they would have been gone in one handful, before we left the market)

we got a tooth.

Well, oh well, I guess Charlotte's new tongue action (as you see in her videos) is because she felt a tooth coming through. This morning I discovered it.........;)