Veggie Tales

Me: Wow! You sure grew a lot of hair since the last time we were here. It must be all those vegetables you eat.
Fred: What’s your favorite vegetable?
R: Cabbage. Fred: (looks at me skeptically)
Me: He does like cabbage, especially purple.
Fred: You know, I heard that cabbage makes your hair grow well.
R: That’s why I eat it.


I thought Fred was just teasing, but thought I would troll the Internet to research the topic. Turns out that a mixture of boiled cabbage and lemon juice applied to the scalp is but one natural remedy to stimulate hair growth.


So, hairs to you, Fred for helping me learn something new. (Snorting with laughter)


Why do I have to be so nerdy?

Table Talk

Jeremy made some delicious soup last night-- kale, potatoes, chicken sausage. It was very tasty. We all ate it up. It also inspired some funny statements from Rowan. Pieces of kale kept covering the pieces of sausage on his spoon.

"This is camouflage meat."

"I see through your disguise, meat."

Mental Jukebox

Here's the playlist running through my mind lately. Like an ample bosom with no support, it's all over the place.

Courtney Jaye: Sweet Ride 

Metronomy: The Bay
Toe-tapping music, a video that makes you smile, the way he says "Berlin". C'est si bon!


Freedy Johnston: Bad Reputation
Love this tune. Actually, the whole album, "This Perfect World" is good. It's a great album to listen to while making soup on a rainy winter day. "...and it isn't just talk, talk, talk."


Maroon 5: Moves Like Jagger and Flo Rida: Good Feeling
Just try to keep still during these songs.

The Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You

Rowan Update

In less than a month, Rowan will be 4 years old. It's a hot topic of conversation around here. He's already put in his request for Transformers cupcakes (with matching napkins) for school and a chocolate Batman cake for the family party at G-Ma's house. I've asked him a couple of time about what he wants and he has not wavered once. Sounds like a good plan to me. 


Because I know you love them as much as we do, here are some recent Rowan quotes.


After his bath one night, my mom gave Rowan a hug and told him he smelled so fresh and clean. His reply: "Don't take all my fresh love."


"Mommy, I have x-ray vision. I can see inside towels. You know what's in there? Fur. Sheep fur."


Happy mirthday, sweet boy!

Raleigh is 21 months old!

I would have shared this post sooner but both children have developed the inability to go to sleep on time for the past week or so. Their routine has not changed so I am not sure what's going on. Maybe it's the weather. Dunno, but I hope things change soon! Now for the Raleigh update. 

Likes: "Love You Like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez - especially the part that goes "And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat"; Books - "Go Dog! Go!", "The Little Red Caboose", and "Where's My Mummy?"; Puzzles; Mushrooms, noodles, and pasta; Swings; Caillou and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse; Ring Around the Rosie

Dislikes: Veggie burgers (That's yuck!); Having her hair washed; Being told no and basically not getting what she wants when she wants it

Communication: Wow! She's a talker... like her mama. She likes to chime in to most conversations and speaks in 3- to 4-word sentences. And she has great manners. Examples of what we've been hearing lately: "Share toys, Bub. Please." "Shhh! Baby's sleeping, Mommy. Okay?" "Eat dinner now. Yay!" "More stickers, please!" It actually sounds like "Mo stickuhs, peas." It's adorable. 

Skills: Raleigh can jump! She made liftoff on Christmas Day. She is very good at stacking blocks and other objects in complicated ways. Her crayon skills are more controlled though she still likes to bite off the tips. Ugh. She likes to "read" to me and will join in if I am reading a favorite passage. She also likes to count images in books and can do it in Spanish, too. She is a good helper at school. She helps take care of the little babies, mostly by helping them hold their bottles.

Funny Girl: Raleigh loves to tell knock-knock jokes. Her favorite goes like this. R: Knock knock. 
Me: Who's there? 
R: Banana 
Me: Banana who? 
R: Neena na nee nee banana? (Translation: Orange you glad I didn't say banana?) 


Another classic gag that gets plenty of laughs... She will toot and then claim that Lulu, my parents' dog, or G-Daddy did it. She came up with this all by herself. 

So big! Clothes are still size 18-month for the most part but she can wear a couple of smaller 24-month size shirts. She is now wearing a size 6 shoe and size 4 diapers. 

Happy birthday to my sweet, smart, funny little girl!