The Adventures of Ernie and Meghan

Happy Birthday to Daddy (and Mommy too!)

2009-03-03T18:45:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Daddy! Mommy said we could make you a cake! We wanted to make 2 cakes, since it's Mommy's birthday too but she said we couldn't because she didn't want the house to be condemned... whatever that means.

Look Daddy, it's your favorite- chocolate!

Mommy said not to touch this, but I just can't resist! She'll never notice.

No Mommy, of course I didn't touch the mixer. Why do you ask?

Baking is so much fun!

And now for our silly faces....

Work it for the camera, babies.

Why yes, Ernie, this cake is quite delightful! It has a delicate crumb, airy texture, and a rich, yet not overpowering chocolate essence.

Hey, if Ernie passes out can I have his cake?

Dude- I was totally kidding about the cake. Chill.

Birthday Family Picture!

Sesame Street Live!

2009-02-15T19:09:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody, guess where we are.....

We're at Sesame Street Live! Grandma and Grandpa bought us tickets for Christmas and we are so excited!!!

We have our Elmo and Oscar shirts on, we're sitting in our seats, and we are ready for the show!
But first Mommy makes us say 'CHEESE'!

You will take a picture with your momma or she will gnaw your face off with her huge beaver teeth!!!!!

More smiles...

Family portrait time

Getting two kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time is a bit like herding cats...

Okay crazy camera lady, enough already. We are at the theatre, dahling.

Ernie and Meghan were both absolutely mesmerized...

...or maybe they were just hallucinating after watching this for two hours:

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for the tickets!

Meghan's First (and hopefully last) Stitches

2009-01-27T06:56:00.000-08:00

Here's one of those baby/childhood milestones they don't tell you about in the books... Meghan had her first stitches on January 18th. I was hoping that this was one of those things we could put off until she was about 9 or 10 years old, but it seems that Miss Meghan is ahead of the curve on this one. What happened, you ask? Well, she was walking. On a flat, level surface that was (miraculously) free of toys. Then she tripped and hit her head on a corner of the wall, busting open a nice gash on her forehead. So now my poor child, who had already inherited her momma's pigeon-toed clumsiness, will now have her momma's misshapen, lumpy, injury prone forehead to match. Oh, and when it happened she was within my arm's reach- I was fast enough to keep her from hitting the floor, but not fast enough to keep her head from hitting the wall. Can I have a side of mommy guilt with that order of stitches, please? Thanks.

But let me tell you, our girl was a trooper! She sang her ABCs all the way to the ER (which gave mommy much reassurance that her little brain was okay). Then once in the ER she was running around, climbing all over the place, and doing her best to injure herself again and give mommy a heart attack. She was given some drugs to mellow her out before they stitched her up (and you haven't seen funny until you've seen a 2 year old 'drunk'!). Miss Meghan then proceeded to have several inebriated phone conversations with Papa- "Hello Papa. How yooou? Good? Okay, bye! Hello Papa. How yooou??? Good? Okay, bye!".

So, 5 stitches later, Miss Meghan is now well on her way to recovery. Hopefully she won't be left with a Harry Potter-esque scar on her forehead- but if that's the case, oh well. Bangs are so in this year!

Say cheese Meghan! Momma needs to blog about your childhood head trauma!

Barbie band-aids and bangs are emerging as 2009's big trends! Note, even the dolly is wearing it!

And of course our animal friends needed band-aids for their boo-boos too...

There is a boo-boo epidemic in St. Louis! Page Dr. Ross to the ER STAT!

No, I did not stage these pictures for the blog (although I think it would be funny if I had).

2008 Year in Review

2009-01-22T13:41:00.000-08:00

The 2008 Year in Review:

The Good:

Ice cream!

Ernie's 3rd Birthday!

Family Vacation!

Big water slide at Alyssa's birthday party!

Baby dinosaur sleep-over party!

Meghans's 2nd Birthday!

Christmas Pictures!

Sledding in the Snow!

The Bad:

Meramec River Flooding!

We hate you Easter Bunny!

Daddy's car all gone :(

The UGLY:

It's a scratch, not a pick. I swear!

I was tagged to do this by Leanne- Momma to the fabulous Olivia (see right). I'm tagging Becca, Becca, and Becca- quite possibly the only person in the world who updates her blog less than I do. :)

I be two!

2008-12-26T09:05:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody- it's me, Meghan! In case you didn't know, I'm 2 now. Actually, you probably didn't know because my Mommy is like soooo slooooow about updating this blog. I mean really- it's not like she has that many other things to do and I never whine, complain, or want to be picked up 47,000 times a day or anything. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and take over this blog myself. It helps that my Uncle John and Auntie Kim got me this lap top. Now I just grab my sippy cup and head down to Starbucks for free wi-fi.

Look at me hard at work.

So let me give you all the dish on my party. Listen people, you won't get this scoop on TMZ or E online- only right here!

So first things first- the dress. So I'm like walking the red carpet here and everyone is snapping pics and yelling, "Meghan, look over here!", "Smile pretty", "Who are you wearing?", and "Put your dress down like a lady!" just like I was Britney Spears or something! Oh I love the limelight!

The dress is from the Nonna Collection at Kohls- it's Fab-u-lous!

So moving on to presents- I got the chicest little leopard ensemble from Aunti Carrie and Uncle Keith (surprise!). Of course I had to put the hat on right away.

Check me out- I look fierce! Ree-ow!

And check out my lellow umbrella from Kathy (my Uncle Mark's girlfriend). She understands that a lady must always be properly accessorized!

My favorite daycare teacher, Miss Amy, came to my party too. I love her so much!

Okay, enough love people- we all know birthday parties are about the cake!

Here I am waiting for the masses to sing to me, Queen Meghan, on my special day. My Momma made me the cake and cupcakes because she loves me and wanted me to have a special birthday, not because she was over-compensating for working full time and having mommy-guilt issues. Plus, we all know my Momma loves her some cake. Seriously Mom- put the cupcake down until after the singing is over.

Let's see the cake and cupcakes again, shall we.

Alright Momma, you can sit down and stop threatening Martha Stewart now- the cupcakes are awesome, but she's really not afraid of you. Besides, aren't those 'Ocean Breeze' tealight candles on top of my cake because you forgot to buy birthday candles????

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Hey look everybody- it's Bert and Ernie!

Hahahahahaha!!! I'm so funny, aren't I Elmo?

Because I have so many adoring fans, one party just wasn't enough. I mean seriously- you wouldn't expect Suri Cruise or those goofy looking Dragon Tails (Lopez) twins to have only one party, would you?

Of course not! So here's my Second birthday party- Chicago style!

This time I had a Dora cake and real birthday candles. (Are you taking notes, Mom? That's b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y c-a-n-d-l-e-s)

My Chicago peeps love me- here I am hanging with my cousin Alyssa.

And my crazy Tia Norma!

And Uncle John too- I mean seriously, these people can't get enough of me!

So that's the scoop from my party. I hope you enjoyed it. I know you want more, but I can't stay here and blog all day, people- I'm two now! I have big important things to do, like go pee-pee in the potty and throw some screaming fits.

See you later alligators!

Love, Meghan

Mom of the Year... no, I'm serious this time.

2008-11-11T16:50:00.000-08:00

I am officially nominating myself for Mom of the Year 2008. Check out these cupcakes I made for the daycare and preschool Halloween parties... and oh, yeah I made 84 of them. That's eighty-four, hand decorated, homemade cupcakes. Martha Stewart fears me and my awesomeness.

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-09T13:13:00.000-08:00

In honor of my +1 year anniversary of NO BLOG POSTS (bad, bad mommy! But I talk about that in another blog...), I give you the Halloween Extravaganza! Or, as I like to call it, what happens when you give children unlimited access to candy and let them stay up as late as they want. Let's roll footage....

Every year when we were kids my mom would make a big pot of spaghetti and we'd have all our friends over for dinner. Then the kids would all go out trick or treating and return to our house for the candy horse trade/happy hour. This was my attempt at starting the same kind of tradition for our kids, made better by the fact that since they are only 2 and 3 years old Mommy and Daddy can commandeer all the good candy and give the kiddos the dum-dums and pretzels while we eat the Snickers and Kit-kats. Oh, shut up- you know you would do the same thing.

Why I don't update this blog more often...

2007-10-14T12:17:00.000-07:00

Enough said.

Ernie's Celebrity Look Alikes

2007-10-11T20:05:00.001-07:00

Meghan's Celebrity Look Alikes

2007-10-11T19:52:00.001-07:00

Okay seriously, explain this to me....

The Perils of Unprotected Sex- A Cautionary Tale

2007-09-03T19:32:00.000-07:00

We used to have nice things. We used to be able to walk across the floor without sticking to it. We used to be able to walk from one end of the house to the other, in the dark, and not have McDonald's toys impaled on our feet. We used to be able to sit on the couch and not get cookie crumbs stuck to our butts (okay, well maybe that's not strictly true). We didn't always smell like sour milk. But 2 years and 2 babies later, and all of a sudden we are living in a frat house. It smells, there are all sorts of odd and sundry activities going on at all hours of the night, and we keep a lot of liquor on hand. Every surface in the house has been peed on, pooped on, or puked on. It's like Animal House with sippy cups instead of beer bongs. However, there is an upside to all the mayhem. We have discovered that you CAN actually ferment milk in a sippy cup. Baby cheese, created in small, artisanal batches, now available at your local Farmer's Market along with Couch Cheez-Its (of unknown vintage). Gotta pay for college somehow ;)

A Day Out with Thomas!

2007-09-02T20:59:00.000-07:00

Ernie and Meghan got to spend a day out with Thomas!

More pics to come soon!

2007-08-23T19:39:00.000-07:00

Today on the medical school campus where I work a 7 month old baby died because she was left in a parked car for 4 hours in 95 degree heat. Her mother is a pediatrician and her father is a researcher. I do not know who they are, because the names have not yet been released. I may know them, at least by reputation. What I do know is that I walk through that parking lot every morning on my way in to work. This morning I went in early and I took the shuttle bus. I wish I had been late or walked or someone had seen her earlier. Meghan is only a few weeks older than the baby that died and I can't look at her without thinking how horrible it must be to lose a child and especially in such a way. I look at my baby girl, all sweet softness, and I rub her satiny cheeks, kiss her rosebud mouth, nuzzle her velvety soft head and I think please god help me to protect her, take care of her, never let her down, never forget her, never overlook anything, misunderstand anything, never make a mistake! I look at Meghan and I see a baby trapped in a car, in the sun, sweltering. I wonder, did she wake up and realize she was all alone? Did she cry? Did she want her mother? The knee jerk reaction is to think how stupid someone must be to forget a child is in the car, but to me it is a reminder of how we can all be just one stupid mistake, one miscommunication away from tragedy.

I have to go check on my sleeping babies one more time.

Summer Fun

2007-07-08T13:14:00.000-07:00

Fresh From the Cabbage Patch

2007-05-05T21:50:00.000-07:00

A Day in the Park- Ernie

2007-05-05T21:45:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to go to the park with Mommy and Daddy and Meghan! I had to do everything! First, I went on the see-saw with Daddy.
Then I had to climb up high!
I did it all by myself! Do you see how high I climbed? Note Daddy's nonchalant stance and the fact that Mommy is busy photographing. Did I mention how high up I climbed?
Ernie up high! (For those planning to alert DCFS after seeing this alarming series of photos, please note the size of child in relation to the playground equipment and, using gravity as a constant, extrapolate the maximum velocity said child would reach if, given the characteristic lack of fear in the average 2 year old, he should decide to take a header off said playground equipment. On second thought, let's not.)

Whee! Slides rock!!!
I do again! (and again, and again, and again.....)
Swings, not so much.
Now I'm driving the bus.

Seriously dudes, the park rocks. You should like totally get your mommy and daddy to take you.

A Day in the Park- Meghan

2007-05-05T21:40:00.000-07:00

I went to the park with Mommy, Daddy, and Ernie.
I went on the slide.
It was very exciting.

Happy Birthday Dear Ernie

2007-04-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday my dear, sweet, Ernie. Two years have gone by so fast, and my little angel baby is now such a big boy.
I hope you enjoyed your day of choo-choos, cake and presents. Your nap-free day of juice and pops and M's. Your 24 hour, no holds-barred, sugar-fueled rave. A 2 year-old's fantasy camp.
You are pure sunshine and joy and all that is right in the world. You are a treasure to all who know you and love you. And you have quite a fan club.
You also have a mommy who is completely unbiased in her opinion that you are the smartest, most adorable, most charming, sweetest, and most completely loveable little boy in the whole world.
So happy birthday my dear, sweet Ernie. I hope you enjoyed all the cake, and presents, and fun. And thank you for giving me the greatest gift in the world by making me your Mommy.

Top 10 Most Underrated, Overlooked, and Unappreciated Things About Being a Mommy

2007-04-02T19:23:00.000-07:00

10. Hearing your 2 year old say "dammit" and being happy it wasn't the F word.
9. Farting and blaming it on the baby. (Daddy likes this one!)
8. You can serve toaster waffles and fried hotdogs for dinner and kids think you're a gourmet chef.
7. Having a constant supply of snacks in your car (Teddy Grahams, animal crackers) even if you do have to eat them off the floor.
6. You can look like you just crawled out of a dumpster and everyone will be too distracted by your radioactively cute children to notice.
5. Baby handprints (and face prints) all over your floor length mirrors and sliding glass doors
4. Saying "night-night" to the dogs, the stuffed animals, the choo-choos, outside, the basketball hoop, and the bathtub.
3. How enjoyable it is to interject comments about baby poopy, pee-pee, boogers and farts into adult conversation.
2. Mommies can fix everything (at least your kids think so).
1. Picking a really big booger out of a really tiny nose.

A blog????

2007-04-02T18:55:00.000-07:00

Ernie and Meghan now have a blog (well technically, their PR mouthpiece Mommy has a blog). Why a blog you ask? Is it because:
a. I am an uber-hip techno mom. Coming soon: Baby podcasts!
b. All the other cool Mommies are doing it and I felt like a slacker
c. Ernie and Meghan's hordes of obsessive fans (read: grandparents) demand more updates, more stats, more pictures!!!!

Okay, if you know me at all you know that the answer is mostly c with a little bit of b thrown in. Answer a is completely out of the question.

So enjoy. I can't promise how often I will post, but I will do my best to keep these pages full of chubby baby goodness for your viewing pleasure.

Lisa

Meet the Stars of the Show

2007-03-31T21:06:00.000-07:00

Name: Ernest Franklin Reinwald
Height: 36 inches
Weight: 35 pounds
Nicknames: E-man, E-dogg, Busy E, Monkey
Turn ons: Choo-choos, puppies, Elmo, baths, whole bags of cookies
Turn offs: mustard, loud noises, time outs

Name: Meghan Elizabeth Reinwald
Height: 25 inches
Weight: 17 pounds
Nicknames: Miss Meghan, Meggie Moos, Butterball
Turn ons: Bottles, clean diapers, thumb sucking, gazing into the mirror
Turn offs: poopy pants, teething, having my boogers sucked out