Computers vs. Babies

In the short 2.5 years since we have had children, computers have been an essential and daily part of our lives; from pictures on the web, to editing videos of Cassidy's first steps and even creating Blogs about our lives. Cassidy showed many talents with her way of finding shortcut keys that included how to go back several pages on the web with just a few clicks of the backspace. Who knew that one? We actually found a toddler sized toy laptop and had to buy it so she could have her own 'com-pew-der'. Well, did we expect any less from our latest addition to Team Noonan? Of course not. She has shown the same interest in the devices. She will drop her cute little bumble bee toy and dive at the keyboard any chance she gets. So Jeremy had no problem letting his latest bundle of joy mash on his keyboard while he locked the keys on his brand new mack-daddy laptop that he special ordered (aka, his 3rd baby). You see where this is going, right? All was good, until, oops, baby spew, right into the keyboard. Jeremy was no longer able to log in as the keys were jammed. After several attempts to clean it out, he finally called about a replacement keyboard and that fixed the problem. Babies 1 Computers 0

State Fairs

I talked with Ashley and my Dad this week, both mentioned going to the CA State Fair. Aww, the CA State Fair, what memories it brings. It is always the last weekend of the summer, Labor Day weekend, which somehow causes the temperature in Sacramento to sky-rocket to unbearable as everyone heads off to the giant asphalt of Cal Expo. For the record, it was 98 yesterday. We would head to the exhibit halls to escape the heat and learn one tidbit of new information that makes it worth going year after year. For 5 years Jeremy and I lived in NC, just minutes away from the fair grounds there. Now, August in NC can be just as hot as CA, so southerners have figured out that fall is a much better time for outdoor activities. I forced Jeremy out to the fair on several occasions, as being a Sacramentan (does that imply more that I'm from Sacramento??) it was a rite of passage for the end of summer to go to the fair. So in NC, it was more like an embrace of the fall. Fresh apple cider, the last of the season's corn roasted and then dunked in melted butter, BBQ....drool. But my whole 'memorable' life, I've had the choice to go to the state fair or not, so imagine my surprise as I now live just minutes away from Seattle, and yet, the State Fair is hours away. Everyone here talks about the fair in Puyallup. Puyallup. You're chance pronounciation is as good as mine. Oh, how I would trade my beautiful 74 and sunny today for 100+ and a chance to go to the fair in minutes!!

Musical Notes

Cassidy has always had a love for music. She loves to listen to different types (although she has preferred bluegrass, a tribute to her NC birth) and is fascinated by different instruments. So when she found a harmonica last week, it was no surprise that it became her favorite toy. It's cute the first few minutes, but loud harmonica does get tiring after awhile. So while she was in her 10th minute of playing loudly I decided to pull a Mom technique called distraction. I just happened upon a spider in the bathroom and knew that would get her attention. "Cassidy, come look at the spider." Sure enough the harmoica ended and Cassidy came running in to say "Hi, spider. How are you?" Ha ha, Chalk one up for Mom- but wait, what was that she just said. "You want harmonica, spider?" and the pitter patter of her feet running. Could it be? Yes, next thing I know she's playing harmonica to the little guy. Well, I wouldn't call it a backfire because it turned out to be one of the cutest things I've seen. By the way, I haven't seen the spider since. I'm guessing he decided to move to a quieter house.

Scary Monsters

Yesterday morning the girls woke up early but cheerful. So after a quick bath, it was time for getting dressed so Daddy could get to work. I came in carrying Cassidy's clothes and she screamed playfully, "Ah, you're going to get me. Scary Monster!" Seemed like a good game to me. So I started making the required growl noises, and marching around in slow motion while waving her little pants and shirt in the air. After a loop of the upstairs the 'pants monster' caught her and successfully got her shirt on. After the release it was on to more growling, giggling and racing around upstairs. Cassidy ran in screaming for Daddy about now, and I thought what a great way to let her know that everything is ok when you're with Daddy, by saying, "Ah, monsters are scared of Daddy's." After running away screaming I ran and hid in Cassidy's big girl bed, fully expecting to be chased by Daddy and Cassidy. So after several minutes of waiting with the covers pulled up over my head, I gave up to see what they were doing. So unfair to have her end the game! By the way, she did get her pants on too!