My new Scooter

Today, Megan got a new scooter from her grandma who came to visit. She had a great time learning to ride it which is still a work in progress.

Singing ABCs in the Intellitainer

Here is Megan in her Intellitainer which she received from her cousins two years ago. This was always a favorite, but has been in the garage for a while now, as Megan had out-grown it. Of course, that makes it her FAVORITE toy and she wants to play in it outside all the time. She climbs in and looks just huge in this toy. I remember when she was just barely big enough for her toes to touch the ground in it (see this post). Itty Bitty Megan!

However, now she can play with a new twist since she can now sing along. Here is a clip of her singing along the ABCs, one of Megan's favorite sing alongs.

Happy Mother's Day

What a great Mother's day I had. I have to say that since I have been sick, really the first and best present was that Chris let me sleep in -- 9:15 AM! Chris, being a morning person, often lets me sleep, but today I didn't even hear a thing. He and Megan brought me flowers and a Mimosa in bed when I woke up, and Megan and Daddy made waffles, eggs and bacon for a wonderful breakfast. (I asked for waffles, and apparently, Megan asked for eggs). She is getting to that decidedly independent age.

I got some cool digital scrapbooking stuff (a new budding hobby to go with the photography fun) as well as the magazine which I think is really cool with lots of good ideas. I never get around to doing anything with my hardcopy scrapbook stuff, so I am excited at the online version of this hobby!

But the best part of the whole day was something I just couldn't take a picture of (although my attempt is below!) When I tucked Megan in for her nap, she said "Happy Mother's Day Mommy!" And apparently, this made me look happy because she said it repeatedly for a WHILE! The baby monitor kept wishing me happy Mother's Day even once she should have been asleep.

At bedtime, I finally found the camera, but Megan had already been tucked in for "lights out" so her room was dark, and all you get is the audio.

A few side remarks: Chris didn't particularly coach her on this, and it surpirsed him too. Maybe it came from school though. After wishing me Happy Mother's Day, she also let loose a short chorus of "Happy Mother's Day, Daddy!!" Toooooo cute.

Dog Door For Sale & Such a GOOD Dog

Tonight, I was getting a few things out of the garage, and taking pictures of the ones I would like to list on Ebay. I could NOT actually get a picture of this sliding glass dog door WITHOUT a little girl in it crying "take my picture....Please!"

So anyone need a sliding glass dog door? Cute kid and dog NOT included.

When I say dog not included, I should probably take a minute to BRAG on our dear Zoey a bit. Zoey has turned out to be the most fantastic dog with Megan. Very (very!) patient, and tolerant. Megan is good with her, but she is still two years old and just has her moments. One of her favorite activities, for example, is "walking" Zoey. Since Megan's arms are the perfect length for holding Zoey's collar, she just walks Zoey around the house all the time!

But tonight, Megan decided to show Zoey what a good dog she was. She was so good, that Megan gave her a STICKER! (Note: this wasn't Zoey's first sticker award experience either)

Good dog, Zoey.

Goggles & Pigtails -- fun stuff!

She has hair AND pigtails. AND got to have a sip of Mommy's coke, (the HUGE cup) and we just thought this photo was adorable.

Plus, in this photo, she really doesn't look like such a baby anymore. Megan has become a big girl!

The "big girl" found the sports drawer, and these skiing goggles are her new favorites!

The Blog's new Look

I must admit that over the last few days I have been tinkering. I am never a "good" blogger, often going for weeks at a time before lots of "catch up posting". However, everyone at my house has the flu, and this has caused me to be a bit of an insomniac with my cough. So I decided to get creative. If anyone has feedback or good ideas, please let me know... However, hopefully I will be well and sleeping soundly in a short while!

Family Homan April 2008

These are a few of my favorite things

"That was a MEAN truck"

This past weekend, we had quite an eventful weekend. Megan's Nana and Papa came to visit, and brought her great grandmother Lele along for the weekend. Papa and Chris had a project to (finally) hang our television on the wall above the fireplace. We have had it over a year, and had decided to go with a wall mount to free up space to create a bar and give us more kitchen space.

This was already a large project, since it involved running electrical wire, adding outlets, moving the cable, and putting the antennae in the attic. Megan was a little confused when she could hear her daddy in the attic (or his voice coming from the fireplace). She was adorable and shouted "hi Daddy" at least twice into the fireplace. I don't think she really understood where he was, but the fireplace DID answer her.

Then, on Saturday afternoon the chaos took a turn for the worse when Megan and Nana and I went to the store. We were happily sitting at a stoplight when a '95 GMC truck rather plowed into the back of us (driving the nice little PRIUS) and then launched us like a pool ball into the car in front of us.

Luckily, we were all ok -- just a little bruised and shook up. Megan was mostly just scared and upset from the suddenness of it all, and cried.

When I got out and checked on her, she calmed down, turned around in her carseat and looked out the back window, and said "That is a MEAN truck..." It was so cute it was comic.

When the police and fireman arrived to make sure we were all ok, she just kept excitedly saying "fire truck! fire truck!!" The firemen invited her down to the station, and told her that was a better way to get to see a fire truck than this!

I must say that the PRIUS impressed me. The impact virtually caved in the whole front of the truck, but the PRIUS escaped with relatively minor damage. A broken tail light, and dented fender and rear trunk was really the brunt of the damage. A little work has to be done to the front from the secondary impact, but all in all the Prius gets an A+ for this outing...

Of course, Daddy and Papa had to stop their project and come check on all of us, so the television project stretched into the late evening. BUT there is now a working TV hung on the wall.

Another Garden Day (with Dad)

Daddy took Megan for a special outing to the botanical gardens Japenese Gardens. She had a blast. One of her favorite activities here is also feeding the huge Koi fish! It is a great view all around