The cats chased a fledgling bird into the house today.

Much excitement all around. I had to hold the cat back until R could shut him in another room, all the birds outside were loudly chirping, and the baby kept yelling "Baby! Bird! Baby! Bird!"

I scooped the poor thing up in a bowl. Seems like one of its legs was broken, and it had a moist patch of feathers on its chest. Once we left it alone outside its parents came by to check on it and it hopped right out of the bowl. Hopefully it will be okay, but I think I will be checking the back yard tomorrow before I let the cats out.

Learning through doing

In order to preserve a very cute shirt from the ravages of BBQ chicken and baked beans, the kid dined topless this evening. Little did I know that it would result in:

1. The kid painting her entire torso with sauce

and

2. The kid demanding a bath way too early in the evening.

You couldn't really fault her logic, as it was evening and she was already undressed. Clearly bathtime.

Neglect

Hmm... looks like the blog template I'm using is referencing something that no longer exists. Wonder how long that has been going on? Guess I need to do a little work...

In other news: more teeth. Not me, the kid. Four molars are emerging in one fell swoop. We were getting close to being weaned in December, but getting sick followed by vacation disruption followed by teething has taken us back a step. Hopefully once this is over we'll be able to get back to it. I'm ready, though I will miss being able to keep her in bed when she gets up too early through the use of boob.

Yup, definitely have a toddler now. The kid has learned "no." Whenever she's going to do something she knows is bad she'll even say "no no no no no" as she does it.

Happy Thanksgiving

I made two things to bring to Thanksgiving dinner.

1. Apple Cider Jelly Candy - Tasty, but would have been much better had I gotten better cider. I meant to, but forgot, so I had to make do with grocery store brand apple cider, which was scarcely better thank store brand apple juice. It made for pale candies.

2. Hot Jalapeno Popper Dip - Delicious, but add more cheese. I mixed in some Parmesan and I think it could still use more cheese. It was really good just on bread, but it was also good spread on the ham that my sister insisted on bringing (not that I don't love ham, or the ham bone my step-mom was kind enough to let me have, but it definitely was not a family tradition like my sister was convinced it was).