I have had an earworm for a while now. I have had song Watermelon, by Billy Jonas, in my head for about a week. I usually hear it when it is played on XM Kids when driving the kids around. Billy Jonas is the singer songwriter that sings "What Kind of Cat Are you?", which was also got stuck in my head.
I figured that I would share the songs, to spread the love.
The Fisher Price Private Connection monitor is the best baby monitor that we have had. We hain't had any problems with interference. Also, the reception has been great even through multiple floors.
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Today my wife and I installed a closet organization system in our daughters closet. I is an Elfa closet system that we bought from The Container Store. We had installed these systems in two of our other closets.
The kids helped out as well. Or son, was measuring everything that was in his reach, but he was also very helpful handing me bolts.
I really do like the results, and it will definitely grow with the kids.
A while ago, I mentioned a study that states that bacteria gets transferred even with a 5 second exposure. A new study now shows that wet foods like apple slices are good even after 30 seconds, and hard food can stay on the floor even longer.
It looks like we were right when we were kids.
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I am surprised that I haven't seen a contoured baby bath. Our daughter tends to list to the side when giving her her bath. If the baby bath is contoured, like a racing seat, she would remain secure.
This is a pretty cool bedroom. They separated the two beds from a bunk-bed and built a loft. I am looking forward to doing something like this when the kids get older.
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Our daughter has decided that she is ready to potty train. Maybe she will like to see this hilarious video:
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We just got our son a "big kid" bicycle. After he helped me with putting on the training wheels, we went out for a ride around the park.
While out there, I envisioned him getting older riding his bike. I can see him riding around the park, while we play there. Then when he is older, I can see him riding his bike with his friends through the complex. Then I can see him riding around the block, not crossing the streets, when he is a little bit older.
I think that this is one of the major milestones of childhood, where they become more independent.
This page has a fun project that you can do with kids. Using 50' of surgical tubing, you can make a 120' water balloon.
The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that lists the worst gift ideas for Father's Day. I do remember giving my dad bottles of Old Spice. (I do need to call him later today.)
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I always try to keep my eye out for activities that we can take the kids to on the weekend. Sometime I forget the activities that I have seen, and end up doing a search while the kids are running around.
So I decided to add the activities to a calendar, to make it easy for me to remember. I will add ativitites when I see them.
If anyone else is interested, I have shared the calendar.
This is a great post that translates many parenting phrases.
(The comments have some pretty funny ones too.)
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Our son decided to draw on his window in the back of the van with a crayon. I tried various cleaning supplies to get the crayon off. None of them worked. Later on, I was trying to fix some of the squeaky doors around the house, and then I noticed that the WD-40 can states the WD-40 can be used to clean off crayon.
The WD-40 easily to rid of the crayon, but it left a cloudy residue. With a little Windex, the window came clean.
Here are some pictures of an installation of a model railroad in a child's bedroom. I would love to do something like this. I The kids would have so much fun watching an controlling the trains.
What I would want to do is have three connected track loops. One in each of the bedrooms, and one in the connecting hallway. I would install a switch in each bedroom which would cause the switch to change so the train would never be switched to that bedroom's loop.
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This article in the New York Times talks about some research into the "5 second rule". I guess the results show that bacteria gets transferred, even with only a 5 second exposure.
When I was a kid, there wasn't a 5 second rule. It was either the 30 second rule or "God made dirt, dirt don't hurt". Maybe if they said a chant like that, the results would have been different.
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Friday night at 8:40, our baby girl was born. She is a healthy, beautiful little girl. Mom and baby are doing fine.
A few weekends ago, we had a couple of birthday parties to go to. One of them was at The Jungle and the other was at Chuck E Cheese's. Both of these places have games that the kids can play and get tickets that can be redeemed for cheap toys.
The funny think about these places is that it reminds me of Vegas. Seeing these kids walking walking around with cups filled with tokens or tickets.
I am sure that the companies that makes slot machines also make these video games. I am sure that they want kids getting into these games, so they will feel comfortable with slot machines.
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According to the "schedule" the baby will be here two weeks from yesterday, but the baby has dropped, and may come sooner. Either way, the bundle of joy will be here soon. Wish us luck.
Here is a post that has a great spreadsheet of baby names. It allows you to sort names by gender, how it sounds or popularity in each decade from the past century.
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