Stuck in the Car

Since it takes a lot to embarrass me and I still laugh about it, I will share what happened to me Thursday. Andrew and I were at the store and when we got back out to the car, the person parked on the passenger side of the car parked so close to me that there was no way I was going to get Andrew into his carseat. I don't even know how they got out of their car, maybe they are super skinny. So Andrew and I climbed through the drivers side of the car and got him buckled in his seat. I should tell you that Andrew knows how to open the car doors from the inside, so the child locks are on the doors in the back. So yes, you guessed it. As I was buckling Andrew into his seat the door shut behind me. I went to open the door to get out and remembered about the door locks and sure enough I was locked in. I then climbed over the front seats and into the driver seat. Andrew thought it was funny and we both had a good laugh, while I was climbing over the seats and into the driver seat. Oh the joys of parenthood...

But Mom, I can’t wait for dinner!

The other day, I was making dinner and Andrew was so hungry that he just couldn’t wait for dinner.  He pulled the stool out from the bathroom and climbed up onto the counter.  I told him dinner would be ready in 5 minutes (not that it means anything to an almost 20 month old).  I looked over and he had helped himself to anything and everything he could get his hands on.

He tried to open a banana but when that didn’t work, he pulled the cookie jar from out of the corner and ate the “I don’t know how old they were” crumbs of cookies.

He then moved onto the next thing he could see.  I saw him scavenging around for more food so gave him bites of what I was cooking.  I was finishing the potato salad so he ate pieces of potatoes, hard boiled eggs and pickles.

He then finished his plate and moved on. He found some left over cake and frosting on the cake plate from earlier and started eating the crumbs off of that.  You think we never feed this kid.  We do, so please don’t call CPS.

He crawled back to where he started and found some pretzels he left behind.

He then said “cheese” for the camera and dinner was ready.

Inspired

I went over to my neighbors house last night to give her her birthday goodie I made her and she introduced me to Becky Higgins.  Have you heard of her?  She is amazing!  My neighbor was showing me the Project Life scrapbook that Becky Higgins sells.  There is a different page for every week and you put in pictures and journal what you did that week.  Project Life motivates you to take a picture a day. What a great idea!  There are so many times I come across cute photo ops with AJ, that I need to take advantage of it.  I was so inspired that I went home and ordered one off of Amazon.com for our family.  I am not a big scrap booker, but I think this will be so fun to do and what a great way to document our year.  Every year Becky Higgins comes out with 2 different sets for you to choose from.  It includes everything you need.  I calculated it out and if you just bought the binder, photo sheets and journaling cards, you would save $1, so you might as well order the whole kit with her cute paper, stickers and other embellishments.  You can also do it online and order it in book form, but I am going to try it the old fashioned scrapbook this year.   My neighbor was telling me some days are hard so you take a picture of your car or a closet or a favorite food to document that part of your child's life.  I can’t wait to get it in the mail and get started.  What a fun way to preserve family memories.

 

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