Construction Paper O' Lantern

PARENTHACKS.COM -- Clever - for children too small to paint or carve pumpkins, cut out eyes, mouths and noses (perhaps even more than one of each for mix-and-match creativity - or lots and throw a party) and the kids simply glue them to the pumpkin. More...

Already?

Rachel still mostly drinks from a sippy cup. The other day we gave her a small plastic cup with milk while she ate dinner by herself. Not too long before I caught her dropping pieces of salami to the bottom of the glass where they couldn't be seen.

That Explains It!

The other day Rachel and I were leaving. It was raining and people were walking a small dog up the street. The dog was wearing a yellow raincoat. Rachel said "We need to get one our for dog." And I said "We don't have a dog." And she said "Yes, we do." She tried to come up with a name and after a few second she said "She lives in Marysville!" I had to tell her that Barkley's not our dog anymore and she said she was and then started to get upset. No wonder she's not had any problems with us surrendering Barkley to the rescue agency, she thought that the dog just lived elsewhere. I felt pretty bad about that.

Baby Name Map

Here's a clever site - lets you see the popularity of baby names by different regions.