What do you see?

One of our library books this week was Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? I’ve never really loved that book, but I checked it out so Rose could have something more on her level to enjoy and comprehend. Jay really liked it too. One morning when he wanted me to read it again and I was busy/sick of the repetition, I jokingly said “white guy, white guy*, what do you see? I see a strong boy** lookin’ at me!” A little while later, I was in the kitchen and I heard Jay reading his Star Wars visual dictionary a-la-Brown Bear. I only recorded a 30 second clip, but he literally went through the whole entire 50 pages, from one character to the next. It was awesome.

We love this White guy.

*white guy= storm trooper
**strong boy=rebel in Star Wars…In case you forgot.

This sweet Rose got a painful diaper rash this week. I looked up ways to combat diaper rash with cloth diapers, and discovered that I had been doing everything wrong. Ahh! One of the many suggestions was to leave the waterproof cover off and let the bum air out a bit in plain ole cotton, changing it every time it’s wet. Well, Rose normally wears sleek snap-on pocket diapers so I’m not very good at getting the, uh, old-school diaper to stay on her little hips…

…we’ve had some issues…

…and a few leaks out the side. I think the 2-day airing that her bum got helped some. The all-natural, cloth-diaper-friendly cream came today, so hopefully her bum will feel all the way better soon. I have been laughing my head off every other hour when she comes walking up with her demi-diaper sagging sideways. Kids are so at the mercy of their parents, poor things.

Oh yeah, and we ordered some stools for our tall counter this week. We’ve eaten every meal at the counter since they came. It’s so easy and convenient for our family of four! The kids look so cute and tiny perched on top of those tall stools. Rose is a whole lot less messy when her food is closer to her face.

Stools! And yes, there are 17 bananas on our counter. Soon after this picture was taken, Jay climbed up on the new stools and ate 3 bananas! I may never have noticed that they were gone, except he left 3 peels scattered across the counter top.

Why do we have 17 bananas, anyways? I’ve been buying them up when they’re on sale and freezing them for banana shakes. I got the idea from my friend and OHMAN, theses shakes are yum. Per person: 1 frozen banana, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, 1/2 teaspoon of cocoa powder (the bitter kind—have faith), and enough milk to make it blend into cool satisfying creaminess. It tastes like a milkshake, but it’s HEALTHY! We’ve been drinking those at lunch most days in this summer heat.

Are you tired of these yet? I’m not! It is fascinating to watch the sun slip below the horizon. It happens so fast! Every night I vow NOT to take a sunset picture, but so often I just HAVE to so I can share the glorious joy. I wonder if the people across the street (that’s their roof in the dark patch) wonder why I keep leaning out the window and aiming a camera at their house. Hmm.