Riley and Avery

Riley really really really likes dyeing eggs. I tell you what, I think I'm going to buy a bunch of the dye kits and use them throughtout the year. What are they, less than a dollar each? And eggs are less than a dollar a dozen. Rudi will have egg salad coming out of his ears. Since Avery and I can't eat them, and I'm not sure if Riley even likes egg salad. Not like she's enjoy seeing her precious eggs mutilated to make a salad. She can actually use that wire ring that they give you, to put the eggs in an out of the dye. She's actaully really good at this egg dying thing. Maybe I can get her to make ukranian eggs when she's a little older...

We have this nasty little ice storm going on right now, a la Maryland. Everything is encased in ice. I found out the hard way that my windshield wiper blades are on the fritz. I need new ones. I'm not fond of patches of ice right in my line of vision.

So we all went to the NINO babywearing meeting yesterday. I have to say, it was loads of fun. We stayed for three whole hours. The older children went off to play by themselves, and they all knew each other, so they were a little rambunctious and made Riley nervous. Okay, they were downright wild. They had a whole plastic kitchen with a table and cabinet and such, and they were all overturned on the floor. Maybe kids like that should make Riley nervous, and it's a good sign that she didn't just join in their destructive behavior. I should have brought my wrap to the meeting since I've never gotten the hang of using it. Almost all of the women there were large women with ample bossoms. I felt like the little flat toothpick. So a lot of the information at that particular meeting was regarding larger babywearers and which carriers made boobs look too big. The actual NINO leader couldn't make the meeting because she just opened a cloth diaper/babywearing store, and business is apparently booming. The co-leader was there and she makes and sells mei tais and pouches, so she sold a few of those. I guess I'm used to LLL where no sales and endorsements are allowed during meetings, so the business part made me uncomfortable. Not that she was actively peddling her wares, but if people asked, she sold. And she brought about four dozen of her carriers, so obviously she intended to sell them if she got the chance. And a few women broke off and started to talk about donating eggs (we're not talking easter eggs here, people) so I thought that was funny. An older mother was the leader of that conversation, so maybe she used donated eggs. Who knows, and it's really not my business. One woman there had a baby at least eight months old and still put cloth diapers on like a rookie. Kudos for sticking it out that long when you're so bad at it. She used a snappi in a bummis super whisper wrap. Overkill, lady! I'm such a freakin' nerd!! The co-leader was extremely knowledgeable and had every carrier ever created and could use them in dozens of ways. She even showed me the mei tai hip carry. Thanks for showing me, but I'll never use it. Too complex. Avery even got in the back carry twice without a fuss. Sweet! Although she's still so small that he front carry is no problem at all, especially if she's tired. Wow, that's a long paragraph and I can't figure out how to break it up...

I thought there was something else I was going to blog about, but I can't remember, so I'll spare everyone my ramblings...ah, waiting for pictures to upload...

Oh yeah, my neck and back and shoulder are 90% better. I woke up the other morning and actually stretched my back and moved around and it felt so stinkin' good! Even though I had gotten less than six hours of sleep that night, it was the best sleep I've had in a long time. Ah, not to be in pain...