Morning, Noon and Night

Yesterday, when she was helping me clean up by recycling Pat's Diet Coke bottles Erin said "Mommy, Daddy drinks this stuff morning, noon and night!" I had to laugh!!

Erin at lake Tillery March 2007

Erin at lake Tillery March 2007
Originally uploaded by Rosalind Tedford.

Saturday we returned to Lake Tillery with the kids and Vivian. It was a beautiful day. We played at the spruced up playground and took a long boat ride on the lake. A good time was had by all. Sean is now using the 'roll across the room' method of locomotion. It's working for him so far. He's still not sleeping through the night, however, and his mommy is getting pretty ready for that day to come. Viv's trip was a great success and Erin finds my makeup routine in the morning sorely lacking after the fun she had with Aunt Vivi!! She'll be a Mary Kay girl, I just know it!!! She has learned to cheer for Barack Obama, which I consider a first step toward political correctness, in the Tedford-Morton sense of the phrase. Now we are just thinking about the fun that the Easter Bunny will bring!

TacoMorton.com and other Erin Stories

Erin has been sick the last few days with a fever but she nevertheless seems to find ways to amuse us. Here are a few of her recent stories.

The other day her grandmother picked her up from daycare after her nap. When asked if she had a good nap she said "No. There was dirt under my cot and I just tossed and turned."

She has recently gotten fascinated with the veins in people's hands, especially GrandJo's. The other day she asked why they were so big, and GrandJo told her that when people got old, the veins got bigger. Erin reached over and said "I need to kiss them." Today she looked at them and when mom told her again about her hands, Erin said "Hands that love children."

And lastly, her nickname for her brother is currently Taco Head, Taco Baby or even TacoMorton.com. Not really sure where that comes from, but it sure is cute.

Oh, and she's also learning Shakespeare. She started with 'Double, Double, Toil and Trouble' which she says with PopPop as they mix up paint. She's also saying "Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo." Can "All the World's a Stage" be far behind???

When The Levee Breaks, Dilly Dilly

Solid Food. Yummy!!!!
Originally uploaded by Rosalind Tedford.

So the other day I had one of those 'how the hell did I get here' moments. I was driving Erin to Grandma Bobbie's and she had a brand new Disney Princesses book from Costco (thanks Grandjo and PopPop!) It was one of those with the push buttons that play songs. On the radio came one of my favorite all-time songs 'When the Levee Breaks' by Led Zeppelin. Which would have been great, except the background noise of her Disney Princess book was playing 'Lavender's Blue Dilly Dilly....' and she was singing along with it. (Don't get me started on why that song was in a Disney Princess book -- it is neither Disney nor Princess related -- my bet is that is not under copyright so they saved on the royalty fee they would have had to pay had they used "Kiss the Girl" my favorite Disney Princess song). Suddenly I realized that I wasn't in Kansas anymore.....Zeppelin vs. Disney Princesses. That is what my life has become. But honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. And tomorrow, I'm moving all my Zeppelin CDs to the car. You can't start too early on these things, you know.......

Floortime Fun 3/4/2007

More Floortime Fun 3/4/2007
Originally uploaded by Rosalind Tedford.

So Sean is now the master of the rollover. He's got springs in his belly. Put him down on it, and he's over in a heartbeat. Now if he'll just sleep through the night, we'll be in business. Erin is working up to a full-blown performance of a song called 'Popsicle Toes' that she will only sing for GrandJo in the car on the way home from school, or alone in the livingroom. We heard a bit of it last night (with a show-stopping intro by GrandJo) and she's something else. I, of course, can relate to the stage fright thing as I am the only one in this whole family who hated to be on the stage. Perhaps she got the theatre genes from the rest of you. Check out the flickr site for more photos.

WFU Fight Song

God bless Erin -- she is diligently learning the WFU fight song. It's not easy. For those of you who know it, it has some tongue twisters in it....Red Ruddy Rheinish filled up to the brim...I mean, come on, how's a 3 year old supposed to master that. But, as I type, she is in her room in bed singing it to the best of her ability. The funny thing is that we have this bottle opener that plays the fight song, but at the end instead of saying 'Go Deacs' it says 'Go Deacons.' Proof that it was manufactured in China or someplace where they don't really get it. But as she is sitting in there singing she's saying 'Go Deacons.' Gotta love her enthusiasm. Let's hope she doesn't go to UNC or Duke and waste all this effort. Sean is doing great. Just about rolling over. And smiling and giggling with the best of them.

I Prefer Mozart

So Erin was in a jewelry store with her Grandma Bobbie last week and they were looking at music boxes. She opened one and it began to play "Eidelweis." The woman at the store asked if she had heard that before. She said "Yes, but I prefer Mozart." Are we turning her into a cultural snob?? Perhaps. Time will tell. But as long as she delights in the corruptions of great works of art that her Pop Pop has accumulated over the years, we'll keep her grounded. His latest addition: this Mona Lisa clock (a Christmas present from Bobbie). She has become a cheerleader for her baby brother's small accomplishments. Yesterday as he was laying on our bed he started making a raspberry and she says "good one Sean!!" Always the encouraging one......