Fresh From the Cabbage Patch

A Day in the Park- Ernie

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

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

Happy Birthday Dear Ernie

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

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????

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

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