Modoc Week 1

So we've been a split family for a week now. To make things easier, the kids and I have been at my parents' house this last week. They are renovating a small house for my Grandmother. She will be moving in at the end of the month. It is a mess over there, but that doesn't stop the kids from having a good time. Clara 'helps' out (aka- gets in the middle of everything) and Clay enjoys hanging around watching the action. His favorite vantage point is the baby pouch, but the next best place is the Johnny Jump-up...

In other news this week Clay has recently started eating solids. So far he's had sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, sweet peas, squash, apple sauce, pears, and bananas. All mixed with rice cereal and breast milk. I know that I am supposed to wait 4-5 days between introducing a new food, but I haven't been. So much for my 'mom of the year' award. He hasn't really gotten the hang of eating off a spoon yet. I sort of cram it in and he pushes it out, and I cram it in again; but by the end of things most of it usually goes down.

My favorite thing to report is that for the past 2 nights Mr. Clayton has slept through until at least 7:30. I don't count it as sleeping through unless the sun is up before he is. The consequential downside is that he is taking shorter and fewer daytime naps. Oh, how I miss those.

But at least he still is keeping a sense of humor about all of the upheaval.

Here is Clara flaunting it at Grandma Selma's new house. Apparently proper construction attire includes a red cowgirl hat... So that's what I've been missing...

Also on the Clara front, we've been inching our way closer to potty training success. So far she is pretty good about the pee-pee, but she keeps having accidents with the poop. Well, a couple of days ago she finally went poopie in the potty so to celebrate I took her to the local playground. And we were in luck; there was just one other child... a three year old girl. They played together great- running, sliding, and frolicking until... Clara all but peed on the girl! They were climbing through a tunnel and Clara stopped. I asked if her shoe fell off, but then noticed the tube was dripping! I was humiliated. The other little girl was right behind her. They came out to the tube and went down the slide before I could get her. I appoligized to the other parents since there sweet and potty trained little girl has just slid down the slide through the wet trail my 'darling' had left. They didn't seem as mortified as I was, but maybe they were just being polite. We haven't been back since... I'm so afraid I'll run into them again. The only upside is that was 3 days ago and she hasn't had an accident (pee-pee or poopie) since.

And somehow, even with everything else going on, I have managed to make some more clothes for Clara. Here is the latest. A dress I made yesterday. It is a size too big, but I wanted to make sure it would fit all summer and at the rate she is growing that still may be too small.

And finally, my parents' town of Monticello has about 3 resteraunts. Our favorite being the local Mexican one. And at the checkout of that resteraunt they have a bins of candy. It has become such a tradition of getting a tootsie pop after dinner that I don't think I could have a margarita without one. Well, Clara likes that tradition, too (the lolly pop one, not the margarita one). The only problem is that after a margarita I'm not always the most observant parent. So somehow I got her ready for bed and into bed without noticing that she still had her tootsie pop... let's just say we found it the next morning.

Don't worrry... it came out without scissors.