We had the baby baptized on Saturday down at Jack’s mum’s church. Granny Wyles gave Sammi a little crucifix necklace and wanted her to wear it. Sammi is at the stage where anything within reaching distance is grabbed and sucked on. Needless to say, I was a little uncomfortable with the idea of a tiny little perfect choking sized necklace around her neck. (I just don’t understand baby jewellery.)
Anyway, I put it on, but had it tucked under her dress. When we sat down Mum asked, “Where’s the necklace?” I told her it was under the dress, to which Mum replied, “Oh, but it’s blessed. She’ll be all right.” I said (loud enough that the lady behind us heard), “God smites people all the time for no reason. It doesn’t matter that it is blessed.” Then Jack said, “Yeah, she’ll just be choked on a blessed item.” Mum didn’t think that was very funny.
Now I could drift off into my crazy babble about religion and our confliction on how to introduce it to Sammi – but I will spare you all at this time. Someday, though, the religion rant is coming – just you wait…..
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Happy Birthday Jack!
Well, we are settled into our hotel room for the next few days. It is a suite and has a washer and dryer. That is great because now I can keep using the cloth diapers! When we went to Kansas we used disposables (except at night) and I couldn’t wait to get back home to the cloth diapers. Disposables suuuuuuccccckkkk!!!! I don’t even know how people can use them, they are so annoying. The cloth ones work way better – and I’m doing laundry anyway. I only have to do a load about every three days, so that’s not too bad. I am also counting on the studies that say cloth-diapered babies potty train earlier. Anyhoo – out of all the brands of diapers and covers we have tried we like the mother ease and kissaluvs the best. (Christmas is coming….. www.mother-ease.com and www.kissaluvs.com/fittedclothdiapers.htm) We are already in the medium sizes and I gotta start searching for good deals on the larges.
The other thing I miss is my pots and pans. I have an awesome set of the Calphlon infused anodized cookware and I hope it doesn’t get lost in the move over!
Today is Jack’s birthday – so as soon as Sammi wakes up from her nap we are going to go buy a new pair of sandals with the anti-microbial insoles to prevent another smelly feet incident on the flight over!
The other thing I miss is my pots and pans. I have an awesome set of the Calphlon infused anodized cookware and I hope it doesn’t get lost in the move over!
Today is Jack’s birthday – so as soon as Sammi wakes up from her nap we are going to go buy a new pair of sandals with the anti-microbial insoles to prevent another smelly feet incident on the flight over!
Friday, June 16, 2006
So Much To Write….So Little Time
I haven’t abandoned the blog – we are just running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to get our inventory/packing done, visas, etc. The movers come on Monday.
I have a lot of funny stuff to write about. Maybe when we are in the hotel I’ll have time. At that point there won’t be anything for me to do, really, except wait. So, hopefully it has access (and by access I don’t mean dial-up!)
The trip to Kansas was really fun, except of course, harvest started so Dad had to work a lot instead of hang out with his new little granddaughter.
I really have to get busy now, but I will tell you the smelly feet story. On the flight out I kept smelling this bad odor. I checked Sammi out to see if it was her, but it wasn’t. I didn’t think it was because since she only eats at Mama’s Breastaraunt it isn’t too bad anyway.
Then I saw this lady sitting on the other side and one up look down at Jack’s feet. Ah-ha! The source of the odor: Jack’s feet in his sandals. I told him his feet stank and he said he knew. Then, brilliantly, I said, “Hey, I know. Use a diaper wipe on them!” Well, folks, this is NOT something you ever want to do. It activated the scent instead. I almost threw up, but then decided to laugh instead. So, there was this horrible smell wafting up from our seats and me laughing like a wild hyena for 10 minutes. (It still makes me laugh –hahaaaa, “scent activation.”) The funniest part was that lady got up and left her seat. She walked to the back of the plane. That cracked me up the most!! Jack said it was like a dirty, old, mangy dog. You can get him wet and in the end he isn't any cleaner - just a wet, dirty, old, mangy dog that smells even worse.
I have a lot of funny stuff to write about. Maybe when we are in the hotel I’ll have time. At that point there won’t be anything for me to do, really, except wait. So, hopefully it has access (and by access I don’t mean dial-up!)
The trip to Kansas was really fun, except of course, harvest started so Dad had to work a lot instead of hang out with his new little granddaughter.
I really have to get busy now, but I will tell you the smelly feet story. On the flight out I kept smelling this bad odor. I checked Sammi out to see if it was her, but it wasn’t. I didn’t think it was because since she only eats at Mama’s Breastaraunt it isn’t too bad anyway.
Then I saw this lady sitting on the other side and one up look down at Jack’s feet. Ah-ha! The source of the odor: Jack’s feet in his sandals. I told him his feet stank and he said he knew. Then, brilliantly, I said, “Hey, I know. Use a diaper wipe on them!” Well, folks, this is NOT something you ever want to do. It activated the scent instead. I almost threw up, but then decided to laugh instead. So, there was this horrible smell wafting up from our seats and me laughing like a wild hyena for 10 minutes. (It still makes me laugh –hahaaaa, “scent activation.”) The funniest part was that lady got up and left her seat. She walked to the back of the plane. That cracked me up the most!! Jack said it was like a dirty, old, mangy dog. You can get him wet and in the end he isn't any cleaner - just a wet, dirty, old, mangy dog that smells even worse.
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