sick again...still

Here is how we spent our weekend. If there is an upside to having a sick child, they certainly are cuddly.



Meredith is battling an ear infection that she has had for over a month now. We're on our third antibiotic (amoxicillin, augmentin, and now cephrozil). As if going to the doctor three times in a month is bad enough, she managed to come down with something while she is on antibiotics.

This weekend also marked the return of my two goldfinch friends. I was delighted to see them back. They showed up last spring during nesting season because apparently the fuzzy stuff on the back of Greg's grill cover made excellent nest-building material and we've had a feeder out ever since.

Last but not least, I made another trip to Goodwill since it is 50% off kids stuff on Thursdays and I got all this for $13.

1 like new tonka truck

2 children's place fall shirts

1 brand new osh kosh genuine kids skirt

1 pair of children's place capris

1 pair of arizona sweatpants

1 almost new pair of stride rites

And here's a close-up of those hardly been used Stride Rites I got at a dirt cheap price of $3.99.

easter 2009

I'm a horrible mom. I am a holiday grinch. I didn't even get Meredith an Easter basket this year. At least the Easter Bunny stopped by Ben and Angie's house otherwise Meredith would have completely missed out on this holiday so THANK YOU both! And thanks for the Elmo book Jennifer.

We spent Easter down in Wanamingo and Ben and Angie's house. It was nice to have some good weather. Meredith got to spend some time outside playing in a real back yard.

baby animals at the zoo

I'm worried my child is going to be the bully on the playground. Why, you ask? Well, Meredith must have things her way or the highway. She is very possessive and even gets mad at our cat when she comes near her things.

Today we went to the zoo to see the baby animals. You can walk right up to the goat fence and pet the animals. Meredith got a little too possessive and would screech and throw a fit whenever a little kid came near the goat she was petting. On a day when traffic was backed up all the way to the freeway almost with people going to the zoo, getting a goat to yourself is a tough task.

It got a little embarrassing so we made our way through the farm animal area, and then headed back up to Discovery Bay where the dolphins and fish are. It was much less crowded there and there were no animals that she could stake claim to.

Here are those darn cute baby goats that she loved so much.

This one is kind of weird - she is looking at the grizzly bears.

Does this look like the face of a playground bully?!?

we welcome warm weather!

Okay, I realize it isn't exactly WARM out yet but I'll take 50's. This is the first time Meredith has gone down a slide. She was barely walking the last time we had warm weather so there will be a lot of firsts for her this summer. I seriously can't wait for some real warm weather.

That expression of joy on her face is priceless. Moments like that make being a parent so rewarding. Oh, and I'm digging the static hair :-)

"Thanks for a great time today, Dada!"