Jack turned two months old yesterday. What the heck?!
Our reward for making it this far? A mega-blowout and a case of thrush. woot.
But in spite of that, we think he's just about the best thing ever. See for yourself.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Arts and Crafts Thusday: Color Hunt
We ventured downtown for a color hunt. Our target: red and pink. Our photographers: Lincoln and Daniel. Here's what we found.
soda pop truck
Lincoln's flip flops
Pink Bubble Gum
Petunias
Mosaic Mural
Sign
Fire Hydrant
Litter 
FaucetThis was a ton 'o fun (aside from the part about keeping Daniel out of a busy street). We'll be doing it again soon.
New Park Wednesday: Boys' and Girls' Club
This is our new favorite local playground. It's on a quiet street, has lovely shade trees and the boys love the playground equipment. Best part? It's within walking distance.Tuesday, May 19, 2009
LA Times on state of maternity care in the US
On Sunday, the LA Times ran an interesting article that focuses on the problem of rising rates of c-section and labor induction to discuss the “perinatal paradox”: as we continue to rely on more and more costly and risky interventions like c-section, too many outcomes for women and babies are worsening, instead of improving.
Food for thought.
Food for thought.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
new park wednesday: Nielsen's Grove
This summer, we're going to be trying out a new park every Wednesday, and post a review for the blogosphere. Up this week is Nielsen's Grove in Orem. The Grove has walking trails, beautiful landscaping, a decent amount of shade, a fishpond, and great playground. We highly recommend it!
And if you go soon, you can see these cute little ducklings!Do you have any recommendations for us? Where are your favorite places to play in Utah County?
weekly rhythm
I have always wanted to be an organized person. Waaay back when I was 10 years old, I made a detailed daily schedule at the start of the summer. It started at 6:00 am and kept me busy doing all kinds of good things all the day long. I was very good at sticking to this schedule, until about 10:00 on the first day, when I bagged it all and sat down to watch cartoons for the rest of the summer. The next summer I tried again, and my beloved schedule lasted two days. The next year was the same, and so on and so forth. I'm what you might call cyclically-organized.
These days, my schedule has taken on a different form-- and frankly it doesn't really feel like a schedule, more like a rhythm or ritual. Maybe that's because the smallest block of time I'm willing to schedule rigidly is a day (there's a part of me that needs flexiblity). Anyhow, for a long time, Monday has been family night, Tuesday has been my laundry day, Friday has been movie night, and Sunday the Sabbath. I'm talking a couple of years here, which is a heckuva lot longer than I ever succeeded at my summer schedules.
And then my friend Kate over at the ever-so-thoughtful blog, Simply Mother, wrote about the different days for different things idea. I, too, love the idea of different days for different things. It just seems to be such a nice and orderly way to live. And the boys love to keep track of the days of the week and what we should be doing. I figured it was time to take things to the next level. Here's our new weekly routine (which is basically the old with a few new things thrown in):
Monday: Park day with friends in the morning. Family night in the evening with a yummy treat!
Tuesday: Homemaking day. Laundry, cleaning, bread making (I make four batches of dough-- eight loaves-- and freeze them. I put one out to defrost every night and then shape it into a loaf and bake it in the morning for almost-effortless fresh bread every day).
Wednesday: Out-n-About day. I'm going to try to keep all our errands and running around to Wednesdays. And to appease the kidlets, a picnic lunch at a new park every week.
Thursday: Arts and crafts day.
Friday: Library day and Pizza/Movie night.
Saturday: Morning Turn-outs with Dad and family projects/activities in the afternoon.
Sunday: The Sabbath. Church in the morning, breakfast for dinner and a penny walk in the afternoon.
Oh, if only there were eight days in a week! Then I could have a lay-on-the-couch-and-read-and-eat-ice-cream day.
I'll keep you posted on how long we manage this. What about you? Do you have any special routines?
These days, my schedule has taken on a different form-- and frankly it doesn't really feel like a schedule, more like a rhythm or ritual. Maybe that's because the smallest block of time I'm willing to schedule rigidly is a day (there's a part of me that needs flexiblity). Anyhow, for a long time, Monday has been family night, Tuesday has been my laundry day, Friday has been movie night, and Sunday the Sabbath. I'm talking a couple of years here, which is a heckuva lot longer than I ever succeeded at my summer schedules.
And then my friend Kate over at the ever-so-thoughtful blog, Simply Mother, wrote about the different days for different things idea. I, too, love the idea of different days for different things. It just seems to be such a nice and orderly way to live. And the boys love to keep track of the days of the week and what we should be doing. I figured it was time to take things to the next level. Here's our new weekly routine (which is basically the old with a few new things thrown in):
Monday: Park day with friends in the morning. Family night in the evening with a yummy treat!
Tuesday: Homemaking day. Laundry, cleaning, bread making (I make four batches of dough-- eight loaves-- and freeze them. I put one out to defrost every night and then shape it into a loaf and bake it in the morning for almost-effortless fresh bread every day).
Wednesday: Out-n-About day. I'm going to try to keep all our errands and running around to Wednesdays. And to appease the kidlets, a picnic lunch at a new park every week.
Thursday: Arts and crafts day.
Friday: Library day and Pizza/Movie night.
Saturday: Morning Turn-outs with Dad and family projects/activities in the afternoon.
Sunday: The Sabbath. Church in the morning, breakfast for dinner and a penny walk in the afternoon.
Oh, if only there were eight days in a week! Then I could have a lay-on-the-couch-and-read-and-eat-ice-cream day.
I'll keep you posted on how long we manage this. What about you? Do you have any special routines?
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