This and That. That and This

Of Cows and Camping

There is a cattle farm across the ravine behind our house. The driveway to the farm runs behind our house and so, much to J.'s delight, we see all the cars, trucks, tractors and trailers that go to and fro. We don't actually see the cows unless we go for a walk down the bike path, but we hear and smell them sometimes. This afternoon they were especially noisy. While eating our roast beef supper this evening we saw a couple of stock trailers full of cows leaving the farm. J. asked what 'those' were called and we told him they were trailers. 'Trailers?' he asked and I knew where he was going with that question.

The other day we were out at Mom and Dad's place and J. got to look inside their camping trailer. He thought it was very cool and very impressive that Gong-Gong and Lao-Lao go 'camping' (even though he doesn't have a sweet clue as to what 'camping' might entail).

Anyway, I knew that when he asked, 'Trailer?' he was thinking about Gong-Gong and Lao-Lao's rig so I said, 'Yes, a trailer like Gong-Gong and Lao-Lao use for camping.' So then E. makes a very impressive cognitive leap and asks, 'Cows going camping?'. We told her that the cows were indeed going camping.

Of Teeth and Brushing

J. & E. took their first trip to the dentist today. It wasn't actually a full fledged dentist. It was a dental hygenist at the Heath Unit. She counted, brushed and painted their teeth (with floride, not paint). Both kids got two thumbs up way up for the condition of their teeth and their positive attitude toward having someone poke around in their mouths. I have to say that I was very proud of them.

Here are their post-dentist interviews:

Sticker Head Strikes Again

No, Sticker Head was not the one-time thing I thought it was going to be. She's back.....

This time the sticker came from The Home Depot and, like last time, the sticker struck without Mama's full knowledge. Yes, I knew she had a sticker and yes, I knew that it was going to get stuck somewhere while the child was sitting in the backseat as I drove, but NO, I didn't think to forbid head placement. Yes, like last time, we toured Walmart directly after the sticker was placed and so Mama was forced to endure many stares, snickers and giggles while shopping. Child was completely oblivious to extra attention. Unlike last time however, the sticker was not removed right after naptime. No, it remained in its location right up until it was time to prepare for bed at which time Mama had to soak the sticker with a hot face cloth to try and melt some of the glue and then cut fine, baby hairs at the forehead level in order to completely remove the sticker from its stucker. Unfortunately there is no video of the last manouver. By the way, she NEVER puts SMALL stickers on her head. NEVER!