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mom things:

• why is it that if I make a ham and cheese sandwich with mayo for Cailen I think it's an okay lunch, but if she eats the whole thing as separate pieces... a little piece of ham, a little square of cheese and a piece of bread with mayo on it I feel like it's not a substantial meal...(I did try to get her to eat a banana too, but that's besides the point) Is anyone weird like me? Does a disassembled sandwich feel like your kid is merely picking for lunch instead of eating? How bizarre... I gotta get over this.
  
• I love washing baby clothes. This time I tried to save myself the pre-treat stage by filling the whole washer with warm water and 3 scoops of oxy clean, I was going to let everything soak overnight. I went to check a couple hours later, and apparently I let the washer sit wrong. I left the lid open thinking it would fill and then stop, but it drained on me!! Now, I had a whole load of wet, unscrubbed stained baby clothes... and only ONE more scoop of oxy clean!! So I used that w/ detergent, soaked it, sent the cycle through and had to pick through and see what could be dried without rewashing. I had to rewash/scrub a few things, but the good news is that a dress that had an age old stain on it is suddenly stainless! Woohoo. Well, I just scrubbed ALL of my laundry, unfortunately there was a second load. My fingertips are blistered and I still need more oxy or pretreater or both, but the initial dish soap step is done (because the babies are sleeping!) I have a rack of wet laundry drying and waiting to be rewashed... I don't usually do things this way... Oh, the greasy butter stain came out of Cailen's shirt.... but the blue Oxy clean streaks that I got on that shirt are still there... If oxy clean gets almost anything out... what gets oxyclean stains out???????
• I'm blogging about ham sandwiches, laundry and stains...I better get a life!
  

Some tid bits...

• Today we went grocery shopping, what was the one item Cailen insisted on opening??? Think about it people.... the box of (generic) BUTTER (see blog below)!! What's with this kid? Was it coincidence? I think not.
• I changed Riley's diaper while she was on the floor. she seemed content so I let her lay there for a minute. I went to clean the table where Cailen was water painting with her baby doll. As I finished, I picked up the baby doll and walked toward Cailen. The baby on the floor started to wiggle. I freaked out for a second thinking I was holding Riley (as I usually am) and the baby doll was on the floor (as she usually is.) I thought the doll was on the floor and moving...had to do a double take. Weird moment.
• I bought fly paper today, though I think I've attacked most of the "racists" (see right hand column-the racist thing you will only get if you watch The Office...so get watchin' people! Diversity Day episode.) I think the population is starting to dwindle, but I will not lose anymore sleep over this war.

Best Friends...Sisters...a bond I've never known

The other day we were getting up early and trying to straighten out last minute clutter because we had people coming to look at the house. I put Riley down on Cailen's toddler bed so that I could put some laundry away. When Cailen woke up, she thought it was so cool that Ri Ri was hanging out in her bed. I was going to get them dressed so we could leave the house, but Cailen got so upset when I tried to pick up Riley. NOT because she wanted me to hold her, this time it was because she really just wanted to hang out on her bed with her baby sister. She didn't want me to change her (Riley's) pajamas either... her sentiment was "just leave her alone mom! I want to spend time with Ri Ri!" So here they are, hanging out in the morning sunlight... on the quilts made by Rachael (mentioned in former blog). They look like they are chit-chatting about life, telling secrets, and someday maybe we'll have a similar picture only they'll be sipping on a cup of tea and nibbling some double chocolate almond biscotti....(and wearing shirts-I think I just ruined that moment.)...sorry, I swear my kids do own clothes... it's summer! They are babies :)

Inspired by my special little Dough Ball...