Chugga-Chuga-Choo-Choo

We have been wanting to take the girls down to Jackson park to ride the steamers for about a year now. My parents were watching the girls while we rearranged our storage unit, and after we finished we met them down at the park.

My parents did not have the double stroller so they had Cecily ride in the bottom basket. She loved it! You also might have noticed that Michigan was playing that day...Rosemary was wearing her Michigan sweat shirt but got too hot.

Sprouts Day at the Fire Station

For September Sprouts we visited the Home Fire Station. Cecily has been really into fire engines for the past year- So you can imagine her excitement. We had a really awesome turn out and it seemed that a good time was had by all.

Cecily was quick to make friends with the fire fighters.

Cinderella Girls

The Car Seat

There comes a time in every mom's life when you have to upgrade the car seat. In talking to older women, this is a strange phenomenon, they barely strapped their kids in and didn't lose any sleep about it. Today's mommy loses a lot of sleep about two things... car seats and vaccinations. Well, it was my turn once again to tackle the car seat arena. The starting price of "the better ones" is generally in the $300 range (you can keep those prices climbing if you want "the best"). However, there are a few good seats out there in the $150 range that rival the top-rated models. I did my homework on Consumer Reports, tried to check around. It is generally agreed that Britax is the mainstream "safe" seat amongst moms. So I was hesitant when I found this seat (above) on diapers.com for 50% off. It was a $300 seat in my $150 price range-- marked down because it was last season's model. It got added points in the cute department, you usually have to pay more for pink. So, I called in a second opinion. My friend Sarah checked it out, and bought it for her daughter....which I would definitely call a stamp of approval.
Long story short... here is Rosemary in her 'big girl' convertible car seat, that she will use until she is 75 pounds... which could be most of her childhood and into her adult life (the girl is tiny).
The seat is made by Recaro. Thanks to all of you who make the seat possible by donating to the Birthday fund.

Sun Swing Snooze

Cessy Loves the Rain

These pictures of Cecily were taken in September when rain was still a bit of a novelty. She was so excited to see rain, so that she could wear her rain coat.

So Blue!

It was about 15 minutes before my book club was due to come over. The house was picked up. Cecily was quietly coloring with her new markers up at the table behind me. Rosemary was nursing. I took a sigh of relief. What a nice peaceful moment.



After Rosemary finished nursing. I stood up and looked at Cecily. I immediately had to cover my mouth. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or scream. It really did shock me when I saw a little child that was the cross between a brave heart warrior or a smurf.


I immediately put her in the bath. After I definitely took a few pictures. (Don't do this again, BUT smile for the camera... I know... but who can pass a moment up like that?)Once Cecily was in the bath Rosemary thought that she should join Cecily. So I told Rosemary that we would have to wait until Cecily wasn't so blue. Cecily then started singing the song from Madame Blueberry, a Veggie Tales movie. I asked her to sing her song for me in this video below.