NOW we're in more trouble

Naomi's claims about being a victim of biting continue. The cat at a friend's house recently was accused. It being a living thing with teeth, this was more believable than some of Naomi's recent accusations. However, the cat hadn't bitten her.

Then, the other day, we were out looking at the bees collecting nectar and pollen from our rhododendron (photos to follow -- the thing is huge and in full bloom at the moment. I'm pretty sure we could support several hives of bees on that rhododendron alone!) and Hannah said, "Careful not to get too close, Naomi, or the bee will sting you."

Imagine Naomi's delight at finding that you could get stung by something! Well, then she claimed the bee stung her and so did an ant that she saw for about 5 seconds on our way back in the house. She hasn't made any further claims about stinging, but I'm just waiting.

Michael's party

I recently read about someone who'd given a potluck and asked guests to bring a dish with bacon. When I was sending out the evites for Michael's birthday, I realized that would be a great party theme for him.

So yesterday was Bacon-Fest 2008 for Michael's 30th birthday. We had bacon. Bacon dip, bacon-wrapped water chestnuts, bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with blue cheese, bacon pizza, baked beans (with bacon, of course), and chocolate chip/cranberry/bacon cookies. Yes, cookies. With bacon. We also had chocolate mousse, which didn't include any bacon, and turned out to be delicious. Someone also brought a baconless dish, which also disappeared completely...the ever-delicious and famous tomato/mozzarella/basil combo on bread.

I believe that we have had enough bacon for a little while.

The saga continues

This morning I heard loud weeping from the living room, which happened to be where Hannah and Naomi were playing. I went in to find Naomi crying on the couch.

Me: What happened?
Naomi: The train bit me!

Okay, this is a pretend train that Hannah and Naomi have been playing for a while. She told me it bit her on the cheek. Um....

So now she's scared of the pretend train. Yes, she cried when Hannah brought up the train again and told Hannah, "I'm scared of the train."

Well, I suppose I'd be afraid of a pretend train that bit me, too.

Really, though, I'm wondering where she got all this and where it's going to end up.

On our walk

This morning we walked to the local library, which isn't as good as the big ol' one in Bothell, but is walking distance and has books, so we're not really complaining.

We passed some of our neighbors loading things into their car and exchanged pleasantries about their vegetable garden and my pregnant state.

As we were walking away, Hannah asked, "How did they know that we're pregnant?"

She's referred, in the past, to the "we" who are expecting and the "we" who are going to have a baby, and I can see her point. All of us are expecting a baby to come, and once he or she is out, we'll all have a baby. But the "we" who are pregnant is a bit more confusing. I'm feeling like it's pretty much me...

Approved

There's a little Italian restaurant down the street from our house. It's only a few blocks. We visited it tonight. You never know what you're going to get, of course, especially bringing a couple of kids to a restaurant.

It was delicious. The pasta didn't have eggs in it (good, since then Hannah could eat it). The kids loved what they got. Michael and I loved what we got. They had desserts that the kids could eat.

Thumbs up all around.

Whoops, haha

I just discovered this post that wasn't published earlier for some reason. It's funny, so you should check it out if you have a minute or two.

Gardening

We now have a small strawberry bed in our new yard. I'll post pictures eventually, but for now, suffice it to say that Hannah insists that we check on the strawberry plants several times a day, to see if they're bearing, to see if they're doing okay, etc. It's very cute. She's on a crusade to get as much garden goodness going here as we had at the old house, which may take a while. She has high hopes, though!

I got each girl a round container to put a few plants in for a little garden of their own, and they are very excited about them. Hannah is especially excited, and is very diligent about making sure hers gets watered on a regular basis. They are both quite interested in making the snapdragons snap.