What Sponge Bob has been hiding...

Potty time this morning: 

Lil Sergio is washing his hands (still groggy) and concentrating intently on the Sponge Bob foaming soap dispenser at the sink. 

Finally his rumbly little sleep voice pipes up...

...a combination of wonder with a hint of confusion,

(as in, "You're NOT gonna believe this). 

 "MOM. Sponge Bob is a.....CHEESE!"

 

 

Putting on my big girl panties...

Surrendering into my commitment: Pottytraining. 

My 20-month old daughter is in big girl panties-- no diapers, no pull-ups.

Big girl panties + big time risks = big time rewards!

And you better believe my Shaklee Basic G disinfectant is handy....

http://mygreenfamily.myshaklee.com/us/en/products.php?sku=00525

Happens to the best of us...

Ok, so the whole fam went down in flames last night with pollen or allergies or Lord-only-knows-what. I went from 60-to-zero in an hour with an obstinate sinus headache & throat so sore I couldn't swallow. Finally two Tylenol at 3am (horrors!) just to get a couple hours' sleep.

Sergio was so miserable he came home from work early for hugs. Natalia took two naps. Little Sergio got to sit in front of the tube all afternoon-- I'll be making a sizable donation to PBS Kids in the near future. And I renamed all three children Snotty, Sneezy and Grumpy. 

 

I've taken about 40 alfalfa tablets today, so now I'm feeling slightly human again. Plus gobs of vitamin C, B-complex, zinc, a couple of probiotics, and my regular multi. But honestly, the alfalfa is what always gets me out of the hole. For more about this mah-velous plant (it is magic, I swear!) check out http://www.alfalfa.org/ and http://www.shaklee.com/products.php?sku=20153.

P.S. I would include a picture of Natalia with boogers and snot smeared all over her face & hair, but it's just too disgusting and I'm fairly certain it would show up as her year book photo in 17 years. So this miserable child will have to do. Yeah, he pretty much illustrates all of us right now except his face is far too clean.

Oompa Loompa!

"Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous!" ~Willy Wonka

I heard it. I knew something was happening. The crinkle of paper gave it away, but I thought my 18-month old was just ripping up something trifling.  I didn't mind-- it's heavenly when she's occupied for more than 3 minutes at a time.

Momentarily I walk into the kitchen to investigate. I find Natalia has unwrapped 6 bars of my most expensive, organic dark chocolate and is chowing down for dear life. She looks like the little fat boy from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, covered head to toe in $18 worth of chocolate goo. Oompa loompa!

Maybe it's my just reward for being greedy and buying so much chocolate?  (But it was on sale!)