The Stitch

I know, I know. I'm HORRIBLE at summertime blog maintenance. Truth be told, I'm just too busy watching Tyra reruns and eating Bugles and Easy Cheese to bother.

But you ALL know better. It's actually peak Renaissance faire, wedding, costume convention season and we're starting to get pelted with Halloween orders. I'm not complaining - business is good, and when business is good, Mama doesn't have panic attacks. When Mama doesn't have panic attacks, Dada is happy.

So, that's what's keeping me from updating my blog. If you're all really hungry for dish, please check out Brian's blog - which he is doing a fabulous job keeping updated. Especially since we bought a new camera. I've been playing with it too, taking some shots of the Elizacritter and close-ups of Brian's flowers.

We took E-Beth to her 18-month checkup and she received her last set of vaccinations until she turns four. They really knocked her on her butt this time, with a 101 fever the next day.

Things I did not admit to our pediatrician:

* The morning of the appointment, Elizabeth's breakfast was supplemented with a wad of cotton candy - but only because she caught me eating some and threatened to publicly blog about it if I didn't give her some too.

* Pool time often counts as a bath (thanks for the great summertime tip, Jane!), and after messy dinners of baked beans, (which makes great hair conditioner), we frequently dunk her in the pool to wash the beans off.

* We have a poopy song. "P is for poopy, that's good enough for me. Poopy, poopy, poopy starts with P."

* She farts at the dinner table, and the sounds resonates LOUDLY on her plastic booster chair. It makes her laugh. It makes us all laugh. We shouldn't laugh, but we do.

* She is obsessed with her right nostril. Her right finger loves it dearly. This makes us laugh too.

Right now the VMS schedule is booked straight through to October, so if you're hoping to get a Halloween order in, you need to do it within the next couple of weeks, or it's going to be too late.

Busy season will be over soon, and I'll have a bit more time on my hands to update. I promise. I hope.