sleep is for suckers, but cameras are cool

Liam decided to reject napping so I put him in a carrier on my back hoping that would do the trick. After fifteen minutes of silence I assumed he had conked out.


I walked over to the fridge to get something to drink and opened the right side door. Then, as if by magic, the left door opened as well. I looked down and saw a chubby hand wrapped around the handle.

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Dash notices I have the camera

He makes his way over

closer

sits up on his knees to assess the situation

scales my body

closer

give it to me, mother

everything is exciting when you are small

I was cutting up some cardboard today to make some shapes for the boys to chew/throw/sit on/bang on things. Liam decided that the roll of duct tape was infinitely more exciting.

Liam has learned how to play the piano all on his own

and this year's "summer" is one where in the middle of July Dash is wearing a sweater vest.

teething

One of the delightful gifts the boys have given me is a propensity to clench my teeth at night. Something about the sleep deprivation, who knows really. But I've cracked a few teeth (!) and my dentist recommended a night guard.

Sometime last night I woke up to boys crying, and fumbled the guard out of my mouth so that I could go see what was up in there. After some butt-patting and some shushing they calmed down. I crawled back into bed and shoved the guard back in my mouth.

Only it didn't feel right. My brain wasn't completely awake so I flipped the thing around, thinking I'd put it in backwards. Still wrong.

Then I realized I was trying to cram a teething toy into my mouth.

greeny

They don't like avocados. Or mangoes. Or watermelon.


But they adore kale.