Touche'

I have no real update for you but since you're willing to read this blog I thought I would give an update on the Sloth home.

Demand is turning a lot of new corners. She's proving to be rather intelligent, however she is still three and has her quirks. For example. When we came home from our trip she asked if she could sleep in underwear not nighttime diapers. We decided to support her decision even though we knew what the outcome would be. It's a 50/50 chance every time she goes to sleep.

Well one morning she quietly snuck into our room (as is usual) and we were pleased that she had stayed dried all night. She then climbed into the family bed, soon Mr. Sloth and Happy headed down for breakfast while she and I slept in. An hour later I was dressing Demand and realized that she was all wet. The following conversation occured.

"Did you go tinkles?"

"yes"

"You went tinkles!?"

"yes"

"When??"

"In your bed."

(Mr. Sloth and I in unison) "Demand we told you, you needed to keep the bed dry."

"You said I needed to keep MY bed dry"


So disturbing. Ok, feast on that for a while.

Europe and Stuff

Well, Mr. Sloth still needs to get me OUR pictures but I do have Obscure's pictures so how about we start there.

Here's a link to some of our pictures. Hopefully the captions are self-explanatory.

http://picasaweb.google.com/overtheline/SlothsInEurope?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeh27nSxdvORw&feat=directlink

If I haven't said before. Our trip was great. Don't get me wrong, traveling with two small children is just as hard as I thought it was going to be, but all the challenges traveling with children bring are worth the family experience. The look on Demands face when she saw the Eiffel Tower was priceless. She was jumping up and down. Nothing can take that away from us. She now points out everything she saw on her trip that she sees in pictures, etc now. She remembers EVERYTHING, even minute details we barely remember. Tonight at dinner she recounted how Mr. Sloth and Obscure played chess in the lobby of our hotel in Florence while I put Happy to bed.

Would Mr. Sloth and I loved to have gone alone. Yes!! But what a family experience. I hope it's the first of many to come. Enjoy the pictures. I'll try and keep them coming. More stories too!!

A Teaser

My apologies.

Various family 'issues' have occupied my time since we've been home. It looks as though we might be getting back into a routine soon though so I hope to update you on our big trip!

To satisfy your appetite for a few days how about "Things to do/not do while traveling Europe with children"??

1. Do not decide to climb to the top of the "Duomo" with a baby who hates to be carried and 3 year old who aspires to be a paraplegic. 483 steps. Once you're up you still have to come down.

2. Don't buy a luggage carrier from Target hoping to have it help with the load only to have it break your first day into the trip and then have to carry it all through Europe in order to get your money back. (I DID get my money back by the way.)


3. Don't forget to repack your husbands emergency change of clothes for the long flight overseas lest the baby vomit on him mid flight. (Baby's clothes still have mold stains from this incident.)


4. Do research on hotels more than one day before you are scheduled to arrive so that you don't have to walk through a cemetery in Paris two days before Halloween dragging all of your luggage and pushing two strollers in order to get to your hotel.


More when we have some pictures!

Home

Where to start.

It took over 30days, two 10 hour plane rides, two half hour plane rides, dozens of trains, countless metro rides and bus rides, two six hour car rides,a hand full of taxi rides, a seven hour time difference, and three days of jet-lag, but Demand is finally taking a nap.

Totally worth it.

Saturday night around 7pm Mr. Sloth and I walked into our home after about six weeks and declared to ourselves, "We have a beautiful home".

That comment may lead you to believe we didn't have a great trip, but that's not true. We had a wonderful trip. We had a lot of fun, learned a lot and spent exactly enough time away. No matter how much I love to travel, home is home. It's always nice to get back into routines and after living 4 (sometimes 5) people to one room for six weeks a 1,500 square foot home doesn't look so bad.

And when the CLEANEST place your baby can crawl is the floor of a Paris Hotel room our living room carpet doesn't look too bad either.

I can bath my kids at night if I want to, as opposed to thinking up some contraption or device to bath them in a shower. I know where our next meal is coming from even if it is processed or deep fried. I don't have to have five people showered, dressed with bags packed and heading towards a metro before we eat breakfast or find coffee.

I don't have to pay to use a toilet or change a diaper. Although if "I" got paid to use the toilet or change a diaper I would be rather wealthy by now.


Again, I'm not complaining about our trip I've just increased my gratitude for the things of home be them fine or ordinary. Unfortunately that is where I leave you now. Wondering how our trip actually went. By and "Early-Thanksgiving Week Miracle" both children are sleeping so it is my once chance to get anything done around the house. I shall now gladly fold CLEAN laundry that hasn't been worn five days in a row and I will wash dishes that I cooked on and my family ate on.

God, Bless America and thank you for my home!

This is my...

Before I forget and posterity loses out on the memory....


The other day Happy held a cheerio with both hands over his head, looked at, and then ate it.


"Take this all of you and eat it. This is my cheerio."


Just had to share.

Even more pictures....

Man I am ontop of things today! First a clean house, now three posts!!

First picture Demand is showing off the cute outfit she picked out that day. The next two pictures are a rare find. Demand fell asleep ON OUR LIVING ROOM FLOOR. Never, ever EVER has such a thing happend around here. Happy? Yes. Demand. NO! She was sick of course, guess that's what it takes. The last picture is of our SECOND snow fall of the year. Thankfully everything has melted and it looks like Autumn around her again. In the last picture note my snow covered tomato plant in the center.


Ok, I should go pack for our big trip!

 

 

 

 

More fall pics

Here are a few more pictures. The first on is of Demand at the park, always coy for the camera. The next picture is strictly for my mother, she always wants to know how I decorate for seasons. Here are the placemats and center piece I made this fall. The next picture Demand....demanded. She posed and said, "Take our picture,Momma!". The last picture is actually of Happy attacking Demand. It was a full blown attack and absolutely hilarious.

Enjoy! More pictures to come if the kids don't wake up from their naps! (Yes they are BOTH sleeping)