basically bertram & vivian

Dang, no, but there should be!

2012-02-06T18:05:27.820-05:00

Dang, no, but there should be!

Why is there no checkbox for "totally awesome...

2012-02-06T14:00:44.347-05:00

Why is there no checkbox for "totally awesome"?

2012-02-06T14:00:04.360-05:00

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I love this post. I can relate to so much here, e...

2011-05-22T22:25:50.839-04:00

I love this post. I can relate to so much here, even though I was not a watcher of MTV and still don't really understand music videos (much to my husband's chagrin.)

Glad to see you here.

omg, clan of xymox. I loved them.

2011-05-17T13:10:17.833-04:00

omg, clan of xymox. I loved them.

"Yes blog more" says the avid blog reade...

2011-01-30T14:47:35.657-05:00

"Yes blog more" says the avid blog reader i keep up with you, parental unit #2, bert and vivi via the blog. Once it warms up maybe a picnic with Sadie, Zeke and Max they are all growing fast.

funny- as I clicked over to your blog from mine to...

2011-01-06T21:34:59.565-05:00

funny- as I clicked over to your blog from mine tonight, I thought, oh I'll just check once more. If there's nothing new, maybe momma's moved on to other things. And lo and behold! Nice to see you back.

Of note: in the cars photo Mr Bert seemed to be aw...

2010-06-13T22:01:15.554-04:00

Of note: in the cars photo Mr Bert seemed to be aware that this was a cute activity, or maybe just a chance to play "with" Vivan and 'drove' up beside her to be cute.

Vivian is still working on here computer skills, but she's much happier if she has a stylus to tap randomly on the screen.

In the flopped over a bench photo it's important to note that it took Vivian a LOT of work to achieve the flop, her feet are dangling above the ground. But successfully imitating Mr Bertram was undoubtedly worth the effort.

I haven't gotten her to say atomic elephant ye...

2010-06-13T21:55:14.197-04:00

I haven't gotten her to say atomic elephant yet actually. Mr Bert has picked it up though.

Rainbow was one word that seemed to have popped out of no where. Particularly because on one was saying rainbow at the time, she just spotted it and identified it on her own.

When Sam was merely 3mos, our go-to insta-calm son...

2010-03-02T11:59:26.081-05:00

When Sam was merely 3mos, our go-to insta-calm song was Weezer's "My Name is Jonah". It would repeat and repeat and repeat and a fussy baby would be rapt in music appreciation and tired parent would rejoice.
--Abby

Just read your Feb posts. Vivi is so big. I too ha...

2010-03-01T22:33:58.457-05:00

Just read your Feb posts. Vivi is so big. I too have accepted that my son will not be potty trained anytime soon. I am so tired. Wish I could write more sense. But I miss you all. Perhaps I should update my blog- aptly named Horrible Correspondent.

Melissa

A. can listen to "The Marvelous Toy" by ...

2010-03-01T13:38:44.014-05:00

A. can listen to "The Marvelous Toy" by Tom Paxton over and over and over. I am embarrassed to say that I rarely listen to music any more, but one song I listened to repeatedly when I first had an iPod was Let Go by Frou Frou, from the Garden State soundtrack. It's particularly awesome when you can hear the different tracks in each ear.

I think you have given yourself very good advice. ...

2010-02-16T22:10:31.555-05:00

I think you have given yourself very good advice. And I hope you are giving yourself a break over the whole "doing it all" thing- it's not possible. So we just do the best we can, I guess.

I think I suggest getting out the trains 3 out of ...

2010-02-14T22:55:21.057-05:00

I think I suggest getting out the trains 3 out of 4 times, but Bertram does love them. The most fun for me is to let him go wherever he want's with the track, and then when he's done I try and figure out how to connect it all back into loops with no changes (or minimum) to his layout.

I do also help out by making sure to hand him a bridge when he's gotten to a crossing, or make sure he's got plenty of curves nearby when he's about to run into the wall or toy box. but mostly he's in charge.

Oh and I'm wrong I see parts of all three tracks in the photo, but not all the fancy parts used.

No figure 8 even, that's a complex shape that ...

2010-02-14T22:47:29.761-05:00

No figure 8 even, that's a complex shape that needs extra curves and a bridge or crossing piece. Just an oval.
But now our tracks and options have exploded, actually this photo on Xmas is just two of the tree tracks we now have.

no need to cut it- and definitely don't do hai...

2010-02-04T22:09:14.002-05:00

no need to cut it- and definitely don't do hair bands! If you can find classic goody plastic barrettes- the ones that were around when we were babies, and have little shapes on them, like bows and poodles-buy them. They work.

Powdered, flowered, and confettied Bangled, tangle...

2010-02-04T07:27:34.692-05:00

Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied!

Here's a photo in response to your photo! http...

2010-02-03T09:34:45.477-05:00

Here's a photo in response to your photo!
http://www.bshort.org/pp/index.php?showimage=27

that would be 20 minutes a day, or even 20 minutes...

2009-11-10T23:48:25.847-05:00

that would be 20 minutes a day, or even 20 minutes every time we passed. Not just one 20 minute session.

I considered if we should do a last minute switch to Vampire, since pore Mr Danger had just hit his teeth on a chair earlier in the day and had bloody teeth. So maybe he was a Vampire Construction Worker.

5 inches? maybe only 5 inches laterally, but 18 i...

2009-11-10T23:43:24.826-05:00

5 inches? maybe only 5 inches laterally, but 18 inches in some directions.

and of course we happen to have a high chair ready this time, we were still waiting as long as possible to acquire many things last time due to space concerns, and just plain old lack of time to go get them.

Pleasantly Mr Danger moved on to his Junior chair without even missing a beat.

And unfortunately Mr Danger is still not really sl...

2009-11-10T23:39:53.025-05:00

And unfortunately Mr Danger is still not really sleeping much of the time.

And when he feels like he needs more attention, he...

2009-08-02T23:20:10.586-04:00

And when he feels like he needs more attention, he goes up to Vivi and says, OK little lady time to sleep ... close your eyes, he's very sweet he will sing, and rock her swing (a bit to hard to actually help bring on sleeping in general)

Unfortunately for Mr Danger it does not work, Vivian if tire will sleep on her own, so if she's up she's probably not going to be coaxed; and the attentions of her big brother are hugely entertaining to her, she would not want to miss that.

But I try and give him the attention he is looking for, so I guess it does work out in the end. You've got to reward being sweet.

aww too cute!! Vivi has grown by leaps and bounds...

2009-07-14T16:28:07.635-04:00

aww too cute!!
Vivi has grown by leaps and bounds

Yes, that is kind of hilarious in a dark way.

2009-05-28T12:44:49.388-04:00

Yes, that is kind of hilarious in a dark way.

Hey richard - As precious as she may be, I don't...

2009-05-27T21:15:29.457-04:00

Hey richard -

As precious as she may be, I don't think Bertram's little sister is for sale. Check your automated software settings, okay?

xo,
A Fan of Vivian