Nannyviews. Or not.

We had a nanny interview tonight but she didn't show. Yay! I didn't want to talk to her anyway, right?

But while we were waiting for her our girls were watching the thunder & lightening storm, and falling asleep their favorite ways.

I'll take C4's way, snuggled with stuffies, surrounded by blankies, reading a book, thanks:



Q3, as usual, took the hard way. She was crying (tired). Then we hear her say she was allergic to dairy. Then she conked out.

I walked in and couldn't see her



Then I found her hugging her new Owney suffie (thank you MeMe, they love those guys)



Then I found her feet.

More sleep photos

More sleeping in a chair



Look at her head ... she's upside down!

Kenilworth Photo Safari

C40 took the girls to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Friday morning while I was at work. I have never taken them there because I cannot remember the way there. Ever.

Both girls brought their cameras and took photo shoots.



Q3 took 3 photos of the flora and fauna, and about 37 of her dress. Upside down. Here is her best:


(here is what it really is)


C4 did better (I guess 19 months really does make a difference in photography, eh?), and she took some nice ones. One of my favorites:


And C40 took some really lovely ones. My favorite:



And, obligatory video of silly children:

I've been quite cavalier

But ... we've had our first H1N1 death at UMUC

Swine flu page

Hand sanitizer coming into work.

Garden Update

The butterfly bushes are in full bloom they look fantastic. Here's a shot of the flower, with a teeny tiny little bug working her way in. Usually we'll see a butterfly flitting from bloom to blossom, collecting nectar with her proboscis.



The tiger lilies ... I love the tiger lilies. I had to lie on my back to get a shot, of course, but they are just so fantastic. We started out with just a few, and we've been shaking down the stems each summer/fall to make sure the seeds fall and grow. Each year we've had more. Our little stand has about 30 blooms right now, just all firey orange.



The veggie garden is moving along ... The runner beans are working their way up the teepee (albeit slowly), the bush beans are planted, we have our first cucumber ready to eat, the garlic is all harvested. I thought it was a lot of garlic, but my friend Elizabeth thought it was not so much. Well, perspective, I suppose. But we got about 40 (maybe 50?) heads of garlic. That seems like we'll make it through the winter, right?

Swings

I've been a little lazy about picture taking. So, here is a mini video of the kids.

Q3 is moving her body like she gets the idea of pumping, even if she can't quite get the pumping. C4 mostly gets the idea of pumping. But when the camera gets on her ... she just goes silly.

Midnight snack ... again

C4 has been staying up ever later each night in an attempt to have a midnight snack. So when C40 and I were ready for bed last night ... C4 was still up.

I told her to wake us up at midnight and we'd get her a snack. That wasn't good enough. So I actually got her a snack (blueberries and strawberries) and told her to eat them at midnight.

Of course, she fell asleep, but at 3:45 she woke up, hungry, and she couldn't find her snack. It had fallen off the bedside table. After eating the whole thing, insisting she wanted the light on (I refused) she brushed her teeth (and found out it WAS too bright and it DID hurt her eyes to turn the light on) and went back to bed.

I feel as though this may not have been a wise idea.