You narrate

Don't forget to include the part where M finds a "walking stick" (more like a wand) for Fred.










I'll tell you the end. We make a mad dash to the car with a cold, wet and sad M in Daddy's arms.

We found one cache that day. All was not lost. to include the walking stick M found for Fred.

Good to know

These berries are slightly toxic, but apparently not so much so as the ones in Europe.

How do I know?

Guess who decided to sample the berries?

This hungry monkey did.
So I call poison control and because neither my neighbor nor I can identify it, we have to go the nursery to make 100% sure what it is. After a trip to the nursery, I know now that American cranberries are bitter, wild grapes are not red, birds will pick off the edible berries, but I still do not know what these berries are. The man at the nursery is not comfortable enough to give us a solid yes or no whether or not these mysterious berries are poison.

Our next venture is to the oh so fun ER. After several hours, we find that these berries are called bittersweet berries. I would provide a link, but I can't find it myself. If we were in Europe, she could have been sick. She will be okay, just may have some nausea and diarrhea.

I hope that M has learned a valuable lesson today: Do NOT eat food you find off the street!

My little boy is growing up

I was planning to wait six months to feed S'ang. WHO now recommends starting solids at six months. I feel that he is ready. He has been grabbing at our food for a while now. At first I attributed it to him just learning and discovering. At the table he watches us eat like a hawk. I have been giving him a spoon to play with while we all sit at the dinner table. He has been practicing eating like us. Lately, he has been getting pissed. I think he was suspecting that we weren't giving him the real deal.

I have been contemplating giving him solids for a couple weeks now. I went back and forth. I decided to go with my gut. I know my son best. He has been doing everything else earlier, why shouldn't he be ready for some chow? He is showing all the signs of being ready. No tongue thrust, sitting unsupported, and grabbing for our food. Not to mention one day I saw him grab some paper from the floor, put it in his mouth and actually try to chew. Diaper evidence proves that he swallowed.

Yesterday, we bought some ripe organic bananas. I smashed the bananas into a fine mush using some breastmilk to thin it.

M really wanted feed him so we let her feed him his first bite. He took it like a champ! No spitting it out.
Okay so its me feeding him this bite, but M got to feed him his first bite. Actually, I can see my hand on top of hers. So I admit we gave S'ang's first bite together.

He grabbed the spoon and sucked on it so I decided to let him self feed. He didn't get grasp the concept of dipping the spoon in the bowl. Instead he tried to suck the food from the bowl. So we dipped the spoon for him and handed him the spoon. He liked that! What he didn't like was when we would take away his spoon...until we gave it back to him with banana on it. He never complained before when we took away his spoon.


This evening was the test to see if S'ang was indeed ready for solids.

Just random pictures from today since we have some juice in the batteries now!

Okay...stolen post

from Nannyogg but what direction is the dancer spinning?
I say clockwise. I only made her spin once the other way around, but I had to tilt the computer and look at it with my right eye. It was for a split second, but she did spin the other way!

Under the Sea!!!!

You Are a Mermaid

You are a total daydreamer, and people tend to think you're flakier than you actually are. While your head is often in the clouds, you'll always come back to earth to help someone in need. Beyond being a caring person, you are also very intelligent and rational. You understand the connections of the universe better than almost anyone else.

What Mythological Creature Are You?

On the move!

More videos of my baby boy scooting. You can actually see him move towards his goal now.

Shhh...don't tell Daddy, it was a My Little Pony. I can't put him down unattended now. I will find him under the couch or stuck in a littler corner. Poor little guy.
And look at this little guy laughing. He is so easily amused

Want to hear M and me sing a duet?