May 5th, 2011 by Busy Mommy

Nolan probably won’t learn how to use a spoon and fork completely on his own till he’s graduating high school because I don’t let him feed himself a lot- why?

I know I probably should, but I just don’t have time to clean up messes like this on a daily basis.  He took an entire bath after this one.  It’s so much easier to just stick the food in his mouth myself and save myself the mess.  But whenever possible I throw caution to the wind and let him eat on his own.  It’s times like these as I sponge down the entire dining seat after he leaves that I think to myself “thank goodness for whoever invented wipeable plastics!”

May 5th, 2011 by Busy Mommy

I think this last rain we had- probably a month ago now- is most likely the last rain of the season- Nolan loves his Frog Rain Boots and he got a chance to do some splashing around.

May 5th, 2011 by Busy Mommy

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Nolan and I had our first hike together in at least a few months recently.  We had a great time- he actually did a little of the hiking himself, and after a climb up 2 switchbacks at different intervals, he was pretty pooped and fell asleep almost instantly on my back for the rest of the hike. I can tell you- he is HEAVIER than when we last went.  And even though I’m now 27 lbs lighter than our last hike, it still felt HEAVIER.  And it certainly couldn’t be even partially due to my being out of shape could it???  It has to be all Nolan’s fault.