Ernie at 18 Months

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(What kind of church party has THE GRINCH there?  And not Santa?  Insane.)



At least he looked suitably embarrassed afterwards!  (Yes, while I'm cackling madly.  And he and I were buds, so it's cool.  Kind of.)



Ooh look- baby belly became baby!  Hi, Ming Wai!



Sunday afternoons are a great time for 18-month-olds to strip off their stuffy Christmas dresses and FINALLY relax.  Ahh.

Ernie at 15 months

Mimi has her 18-month appointment this afternoon.  SJ had his 15-month appointment this morning.

Thinking of that made me look up E's pictures at 15-months.





Mmm....that's one yummy baby.  32 pounds, 33 inches.  Mmmm-hmmm.
Ooh, and here's another yummy baby.





Just a couple days till Ming Wai hit the scene.  Aunt LoLo, I believe, is stuck on my husband's chair.  Doesn't he look fiendish?  Good thing Uncle LoLo is busy cleaning that bottle.  Because everyone needs a clean bottle.

Fancy for School

Fancy Nancy has a friend in Ernie!

Tuesday's school outfit:
matching Sleeping Beauty shirt and jacket (from Grandma)
sparkly Hello Kitty necklace (from Nana-Great)
Hibiscus skirt (thrift refashion from Mama)
star beads bracelet (vintage, from Aunt Bert)
Candy Cane leg warmers (bloggy prize from Lera)
striped socks
(not shown in picture, teeny green shorts)

Mimi, as usual, is not impressed. Tough crowd.

From Ernie's POV

More fun with babies and food

Realized after reading a blog post today that I COULD make the infamous tofu pudding out of firm tofu, and thereby attain Coolest Mom Ever status, at least for the evening. (Ernie requests chocolate pudding at least weekly, probably because I haven't made it in a year. Mimi is banned from all dairy puddings, and doesn't yet know the sad state of affairs she's in, for the moment.)

Ernie announced that she needed to take PHOTOS of the wonderful pudding so I fished it out of the fridge, and Mimi came to investigate.

What's that, Mom?

Is that food? Is it? Is it?

Can it...go in here?

No yet. But it will. *cuddles initiated by ever patient baby*

It was a big hit for dessert after FHE- I'll write up the recipe :)

If you don't know this look...

then you don't know Mimi. Just hear this in your mind: "A muh. A muh." And you have her most eloquent request. How can you resist those eyes?

And, after months, it still cracks us up to hear her bright and chipper "day doo!" when you DO hand her something!

More birthday pictures

You've had a Birthday!

I was so glad we could drive south and visit my grandparents!  The girls were troopers- it's a tough trip, driving 3 1/2 hours each way in one day, and very little napping and weird meals and all.  They always do so well, and I'm grateful for that!

I got to talk with my Aunt Chris- long story, but this is the second time I've met her.  The first was about 3 years ago at my cousin's wedding, and was really just a "Hi, I'm Myrnie." "Hi, I'm Aunt Chris."  She's a wonderful lady, and has been a huge boon to Grandma and Grandpa, flying out multiple times in the past few weeks.  Oddly enough, she lives about half an hour from my in-laws, so I'm excited that we can look her up the next time we're down there!

And...see any family resemblance?

Ernie oversaw the present opening, but was a little distracted by the cake.

We all gathered at Grandma's current residence at a nursing home- we found a conference room with lots of chairs and set out the party supplies.  Luckily, we were on the main level- there was a HUGE hallway with a door at one end and a wall at the other.  The kids wandered up and down the hall, kicked a ball, and had a good time.

Yes- Mimi has a sticker on her back.  She and I wore our visitors passes in BACK- I'm fairly certain it's the only way they would have stayed on otherwise :)

More pictures over at the Flickr account- send me a line if you need the address or want to be added to "friends and family" so you can see our photos :)  (They're not secrets, I just got weirded out by how many strangers were "favoriting" pictures of my kids!)

A Day In the Sun

Huge, huge thanks to Dad and Rich for coming out to help today!!!

Also, huge shout out to the girls. They played happily, IN THE YARD, for 2 hours. No small feat. As you can see, by the end Mimi was done with entertaining herself. She wanted Mama, she wanted Mama's arms, and she wanted her thumb.

Piggies

Really?

Mimi has marker on her face most days now.

Here comes Ernie! (She's just fed a berry to the baby.)

Aww. Mimi doesn't look impressed.

Ernie is determined.

"You did NOT just do that to me."

Ernie Got a Haircut

"I look like Kiki!"

It's easy to brush!

Makes her dance

and when she raises her shoulders all the way, they can touch her hair.