Category Archives: Little Sprouts

This pretty well sums up the Buzzer’s opinion of Grammy! LOL He likes Nonno just fine. They went to the Science Center and got SOAKED playing with the water exhibits and walked across the suspension bridge together. Buzz only liked the bridge if it didn’t bounce too much. On the plus side, he has been SO GOOD about not touching things we tell him “no” about! He did get really stubborn about my essential oils. He tried to open one and got a big NO from both of the Big Mama types, then he fussed and fumed and grabbed the bottle out of the box again. Another big NO. Third time, he took it out and handed it to his Mama to put back. I loved that. Obeyed, but preserved some of his dignity. LOL He’s such a cool kid! … And then there’s my Honey Bunny! She lurves me :). I’m really enjoying the part where I can do only the fun stuff, then pass her off on her Mama when she stinks or spews or needs to go down for a nap! Hee hee!

Buzz got to visit the cockpit

There’s a BABY in my house! 🙂

Mama Buzz and Nonno took the kids and the poos for a walk.

I usually can’t post any pics with the Double Army Brat Mama Buzz watches while her Mom and Dad protect and serve; I don’t have permission from her folks. But in this one, she conveniently kept her face out of the image! I had 3 in car seats once upon a time, too. It makes my back ache just looking at this picture!

The pillow is just to cushion her head if she crashes. 🙂

Mama Buzz is both a gracious daughter, letting me in on all the little doings of our darlings, AND a fantastic multi-tasker. She managed to video while offering Bunny her first taste of solid food. Sweet potato. The body language is such a hoot … ew … weird … gimme more. LOL

The day I did this with little Corporal K, she just could not seem to get the hang of the tongue movement needed to push the food back for swallowing. She kept doing her nursing tongue thrust, which just shoved it all forward.

In frustration, she employed her favorite comforter, The Thumb. Lo and behold, that pesky food just went right back where she could swallow it. So The Thumb it was, for months.

She also found it comforting to stroke her cheek with her fingers while sucking, which when combined with spoon feeding, smeared baby food mush across her face on one side. Then, she’d wear out the thumb on one hand and switch sides, creating a kind of smeared European windshield effect … in orange or purple or green or brown … LOL.

She also developed a distinctive rhythm that the spoon wrangler had to maintain or baby hell broke loose. Spoon in, thumb in, smear face, swallow, thumb out (but not too far!) and open wide for more. Woe betide the poor sod who didn’t have a freshly loaded spoon poised in mid-air!

It was sometimes hard to feed her at all, what with laughing at her and all. No doubt scarred her for life. Still … wouldn’t it be grand if I had had a video-camera-cellphone back then so we could all laugh at her again and again?! I’m bad. I know it.

I realize this pic is from the 6th, not the 26th. Her today pics weren’t so cute! LOL And I’ve been saving this one for something special. I am sure you can understand why!

Please join me in doing a Happy Dance across the garden! Mama Buzz is bringing Lil Buzz and Baby Bunny to visit Casa Hyphen in JUNE!! Woohoo!!