Little Dude’s Travel Gear Selection:
Current Weather conditions:
Quotable Moments:
“That’s a pickup truck. That’s another one pickup truck. One, Two. I not touch them, I just count them. One pickup truck, two pickup trucks!”
“Mommy, where are you?”
Distance traveled: 3.36 miles
Current Total Distance Traveled: 35.36
I owe the babies: $8.84
After a beatiful, sunny day which we spent on general maintenance and Spring Clean Up, our family embarked on a pajama walk. We enjoyed the dusk together.
Little Dude’s Travel Gear Selection:
Quotable Moment:
This actually is from after the walk, as we were putting Ian to bed…
“I am the walrus, coo-coo a-choo!”
Distance traveled: 1.19 miles
Current Total Distance Traveled: 30.24
I owe the babies: $7.56
Plum trees are starting to bloom in the neighborhood! I noticed Maple trees blooming too… sorry sinus sufferers!
The Little Man (“No, Mommy, I not called ‘little man,’ I IANY.”) was quite the trooper today. We walked to the store and back, and he did nearly the entire three miles on his feet. We insisted he be carried across the major intersections, and he requested about three more blocks of “up,” but he did all the rest!
Quotable Moment:
“Doggy, I hear you woofin’. I am eating my apple.”
Distance traveled: 3.08 miles
Solo Miles: 2.76 miles
Current Total Distance Traveled: 27.63 miles
I owe the babies: $6.91
And of course, no day would be complete without a stop at the playground. He really loves the twisty slide these days.
Heading out for the playground tour of Upland Woods….
We actually hit the Elementary School playground and the local tot-lot today. I’m not sure exactly why running around the playground and climbing everything in sight counts as a break when you’re two, but he walked a bit further than he’d normally be up for without saying “Mommy, carry me…”
Quotable Moment:
Ian: I wanna go different park, Mommy!
Mommy: (pointing) You don’t want to go to the playground over that way?
Ian: No, Mommy, I wanna go ‘nother one park.
Distance traveled: 1.16 miles
Current Total Distance Traveled: 22.95 miles
I owe the babies: $5.74
Off at a run…
Morning Park Ramble at River Farm Park: .48 miles
Solo Miles: 1.75 miles
Evening Park Walk: .51 miles
Current Total Distance Traveled: 21.79 miles
I owe the babies: $5.45
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| Spring at River Farm |
I am pleased to announce our second March for Babies fundraising auction!
View the Auction and Bid Now!
This is a Brand New, In package, Laila print nursing cover gift set from Udder Covers. Retail (from the Udder Covers website) is $37 + $9.95 shipping!
Here is the Manufacturer’s description:
“This 3 piece kit includes a Laila print nursing cover, Light Yellow Milk Bands™ nursing bracelet and 2 pairs of Udder Covers™ 5 ply washable breast pads!
Our Laila nursing cover is marked with our signature Udder Covers™ logo. It is pink and ivory and has a brilliantly quaint yet artistic floral pattern.
Milk Bands™ nursing bracelets keep track of which side you nursed from, what time and how long all on one wrist!
Our 5 ply 100% cotton breast pads will protect your skin from irritation by absorbing all moisture.”
100% of the net proceeds from this auction will be donated to the Joy Makin’ Mamas and Papas March for Babies Project!
Scott’s Run Nature Preserve is 18.7 miles from my starting point!
“You won’t find a closer waterfall hike to the Metro DC area. One mile from the beltway on Georgetown Pike, the Scott’s Run Nature Preserve is a little piece of wilderness saved from urban sprawl. Originally the Burling Tract, it avoided development in the 1970’s and was renamed the Dranesville District Park. Today it is known as the Scott’s Run Nature Preserve.
We have outlined a loop of 2.2 miles here, however the preserve has many interconnecting trails on its 384 acres. The Fairfax County Park Authority doesn’t blaze or name any of the trails, but there is little chance of getting lost. You can’t go any further north than the Potomac, and Georgetown Pike borders the property to the south. This hike has trails that range from the very easy to quite difficult.”
I hereby announce a series of March for Babies fundraising auctions!
Joy Makin’ Mamas who were in on the cake sampling for Heather’s wedding will tell you,this was some good cake!
100% of the net proceeds from this auction will go to the March for Babies in support of the Joy Makin’ Mamas and Papas team.
This cake is three layers tall- 2 9″ chocolate almond cake layers and one 9″ chocolate almond brownie shell. Each layer is filled with cocoa icing cream, and the entire thing is covered in a rich layer of delicious chocolate ganache. (The cake shown had blue polka dots piped onto the ganache and a wedding cake topper added. Yours will feature a smooth, elegant layer of chocolate ganache only.)
Some expensive bakery cakes are high-dollar items because of how they look, but this cake is so delicious that the bride and groom decided they did not want to freeze their “anniversary” piece- they ate it instead!
Complete strangers said they would marry me for this cake. Several said this was the best cake they had ever had, and many wanted to know where you could buy it.
You can’t buy it. It was a labor of love for a friend on her wedding day and was made at home by me- but I will make one for one lucky person who is willing to make a generous donation to
the March for Babies!
The winning bidder will receive a coupon good for one three layer chocolate almond cake. The cake freezes well for at least two weeks, and most likely as long as a month. Two weeks notice is required of when you would like to pick up your cake, so your coupon will be valid for a period of 90 days beginning two weeks from date of payment.
Doyou have a product or service you’d like to donate for a Joy Troupe auction benefitting the March for Babies? Please drop me a line!
We went out today despite the rain- we took advantage of a break in the precipitation to take a short, family walk.
Forsythia buds were spotted.
Puddles were stomped.
Love was expressed.
Quotable Moment:
“That’s a robin. He’s goin’ up a hill. Robin! That’s someone else’s hill!” -The Inimitable Ian
Distance traveled: .7 miles
Solo Miles: .96
Current Total Distance Traveled: 19.06 miles
I owe the babies: $4.77
No walk for us today because of the rain, although Ian requested one at the usual time today… have you ever watched “Deadwood,” where Calamity Jane tells the little girl “Oops, I owe you a penny” every time she curses? Have you considered owing me a penny every time I walk a mile to help make a day when all babies are born healthy possible? If everyone who’s ever enjoyed one of Ian’s beautiful smiles donated just $1, I’d exceed my goal! (And many thanks to our very generous sponsors, who are featured in the sidebar.)
Since I have no walk to chronicle, I’ll share a little story from our morning instead.
I made the mistake of telling Ian yesterday that if he peed in the potty every day for a week, I’d get him a present. (This boy doesn’t do what doesn’t interest him. Wonder where he gets that from. So potty training is sort of stalled at the moment.)
He woke up this morning yelling, “I want out, get a present!” So he got up and we’re discussing the present and what it’s for, and I draw him a little chart with seven boxes and a present at the end… and he nods his head as he absorbs all this information.
Ian: I wanna get dressed.
Mommy: Do you want to pee pee on the potty and get a sticker for your present?
Ian: No, I not.
Mommy: Okay, go get your clothes.
Ian runs off to his room, and comes back with a color coordinated pants/shirt combo, which I help him into.
Ian: I wanna go Rama’s house; get a present.
In other words, forget it Mommy, I know where my bread is buttered, and it has NOTHING to do with that potty.
