Vote for Poncho

I've become smitten with ponchos. I think I was around this time last year too, but Annabel wasn't walking yet, so I couldn't get too excited. I did buy her a couple of ponchos preemptively because I like to buy things on clearance for next year. But now that the weather has gotten so beautiful, I've been putting Annabel in one of the two ponchos I bought (the other one is still a bit too big).

Ponchos are great because they're still a cover up, but not as cumbersome or heavy as a coat. But still warmer than a spring jacket for the winds that might kick up. Plus, they can be part of an outfit, not just something that goes over your cute clothes. I didn't really apply that here because we were just at home and out for a walk in our cul-de-sac, but I think it's still pretty cute.

Cutie patootie poncho-head! Plus, I think when she gets a little older, she can pretend it's a cape and be a super hero. Super Binkie! She can soak you in drool in under 5 seconds!

Heading back into the house with Ong Ngoai. See how cute the poncho is on Annabel? I just love how it looks like wings or something. I know, I'm weird and starting to be slightly obsessive about ponchos.

I've even gotten my friend, Emily, who has become a knitter/crochet-er/handcrafter extraordinaire, to make a poncho! How hard can it be? Of course, I can say that because I'm not the one who is going to sit down and make one. I don't have that kind of talent. Or patience. I'm going to convince Emily to open an Etsy shop with all her goodies!

So that is my ode to ponchos. Hope you were inspired!

Cheers,

So trendy

I read somewhere that shoulder embellishments are among the latest trends in fashion these days. Well I must be super trendy because the shoulders on most of my shirts are ao embellished:


What? Baby slobber isn't fashionable?

Cheers,
Cathy

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Why I could use a bigger house

This was at my dad's place, but now that he's moving, we had to move it here. It won't be sitting in my living room permanently (at least I hope not!) but not sure what else to do in the meantime. Any suggestions?




Cheers,
Cathy

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Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage

Do you like my shout out to the 90s with the Coolio lyrics? Hahaha, I crack myself up.

Anyhoo, yesterday I bought Annabel a Cozy Coupe from Craigslist. Have I mentioned before how much I love Craigslist? No? Well, chalk it up to my Mommy Brain condition then. We went to a birthday party a few weeks ago, and they had a Cozy Coupe, and we could NOT get Annabel out of it. Not even for birthday cake! So I would check Craigslist here and there to see if anybody had one. Brand new, they are about $60, and I would rather not pay that.

Lo and behold, I found one yesterday not more than a couple of miles from me for a mere $20 in barely used condition! And ever since I brought it home, Annabel will not do anything without it.

Here she is watching Sesame Street this morning. Her own personal drive-in!

The only thing is, she won't push herself in it. Either she refuses to figure it out, or she thinks it's too slow.

We went for a little walk around our street (she's not healthy enough to go to the park yet). See how Annabel isn't her usually blurry self? That's because she's not going anywhere.

So she decides that things will go much faster if she pushes the car. Look closely at the picture and you'll see she's actually BEHIND the car, not in it.

Finally, we give up and I tell Annabel to prop her feet up and I push her the rest of the way. There's not a good foot rest, so she hangs her feet out the door. We'll just have to remember to tell her this is a no-no in a real car. (it's one of Daddy's biggest pet peeves.)

So continues Annabel's love affair with cars... Thanks, Daddy. If she asks for a hot rod for her first car, I'm blaming you. However, I guess I should be thankful that she's not asking for a motorcycle!

Cheers,
Cathy

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For the love (or not) of veggies

I've been struggling with how to get Annabel to eat vegetables. She absolutely refuses to eat them! If I mix them in with her food, somehow that talented tongue of hers swallows the rice (or soup, or pasta or whatever) and pushes out the carrot or pea or broccoli or whatever. Or, she'll just push the whole bite out of her mouth. So, unless I go back to pureeing her veggies and just mixing it in that way, she won't eat any sort of vegetable. I guess I could do that, but I feel sneaky doing it. And I want her to experience food, the different tastes and textures. I know kids are going to be picky, but I want her to at least TRY new things.

She'll be two in less than two months, so am I trying this too early? Does she even understand that when I make a certain meal and she doesn't eat it, that's all she's getting? I'm not doing the short-order cook thing. Nor do I plan on making a separate meal for her different than what I'm cooking for Chris and me as she gets older.

Ugh, this is stressing me out! I know, it's probably a silly thing to stress out about. She eats plenty of fruit, so she at least gets the fruit half of the "fruits and vegetables" servings that she's supposed to get. I just would rather be pro-active about food pickiness and head it off at the pass... if that's even possible.

Does anybody have any advice for me? Should I just continue with the status quo and not pressing veggies until she gets a little older? Or should I go ahead and include them in every meal even though she rejects them? Post in the comments, please! I'm beggin' ya!

I don't have any pictures or video of Annabel rejecting veggies... usually my hands are full trying to catch it coming out of her mouth to minimize the mess. I'll try to remember to capture that, or maybe have Chris do it to post at a future date. It's pretty funny, when you're not her mother and irrationally freaking out cuz your kid won't eat veggies. :-)

So, in lieu of that, I'll post a picture that I didn't post before from one of those crazy snow days we had this winter. The weather's been so Spring-like lately, it seems a little paradoxical to do so, but I love this picture.

"No, Mommy. I won't eat those yucky veggies."

Cheers,

Wordless Wednesday 2

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Wordless Wednesday

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