A Cupcake For Cheesie

Since we formed our new group we've been as busy as ever. Really...just the way I like it! But recently we've been able to reconnect with some of our old friends we don't get to see as often. This weekend we went to a friend's birthday party where we built graham cracker houses. Mike built the structure then I decorated. I really decorated the hell out of this thing too. It was beautiful. So beautiful and tempting in fact, that when we got home and relaxed after an afternoon of 2 year olds hopped up on candy, we were horrified to find out Courage ate the house! Good bye house. I loved you for the 2 hours I had you. Thankfully today at Toddler Time at Krista's house we made new graham cracker houses. I didn't get to spend as much time on this one but Roonster and I are proud.


Rooney is really talking now. He knows all his colors and can even say purple. Sometimes his words sound the same but Mom can usually decipher what he is saying. He is also starting to count. Sometimes when he is chasing Dad he'll say 2-1-Go and sometimes he says 2, 1, 3, 7, 8, 9 but he is getting the concept. He has also discovered the dramatic arts and has taken to acting like a dog.

The other day while I was making Rooney a sandwich I was giving Rocco the cut off crusts if he did "sits" and "downs". As I went to give Rocco a crust I see Rooney next to Rocco in the "down" position and he was doing a little barking. So I gave him a crust. This went on for awhile until I ran out of bread. Later that night I made Rooney a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner. This is not something I was able to get him to eat in the past but I thought I should try again. He wouldn't sit down at the table to eat so I let him get up. I started cleaning up the dishes when he started doing his doggie noises again and was down on all 4's. I was able to get him to eat 1/2 of his sandwich this way. Not something I would normally look favorably on but sometimes you just have to go with what works.

Finally, I'll end this post with some random pictures from the week. With the new club we are making new friends and getting to play at cool new places. However, right before we left MOMS Club a picture was published of us in Renton Magazine. They did a story on MOMS Club so we became famous. Click on Renton Magazine to check out the article. We are on Page 12.