Riley and Avery

We had a lot of fun yesterday evening playing outside. Riley got out her bike, and she's doing pretty well on it lately. There were a bunch of adolescent boys out there riding bikes and scooter things and Riley wanted to follow them wherever they went. They were really good to her. One boy was coming outside and joking with his mother. I don't know what she said but the boy said "Be careful, there are young ears out here!" and when they got out hockey sticks and a tennis ball, one of the boys told the others to be careful of the little kids. We've been really lucky with how nice the kids are here. Last spring I was taking multiple trash bags out to the dumpster and one of the boys, maybe ten years old, asked me if I needed help with it. So there are very nice boys here. It seems that they are mostly boys here, but sometimes I see adolescent girls hanging around the boys, but not that often.

I am going to Baby Cotton Bottoms to pick up two Mommy's Touch pocket diapers for Avery. I'm really excited about them. They are supposed to be the cadillac of diapers, pretty much. I'm only ordering two for now to see what they're like, especially since Avery maybe had a little more than six months to go before we start trying to potty train. So no need to spend a butt-load on diapers we're not going to use that much.

Update: I picked up the diapers and have used them both already (well, she's in the 2nd one now) and we both LOVE them! If I were rich, I would buy a bunch of these. The fleece inside is so soft, when I put it on Avery, she touched her diaper and smiled and laughed. I guess it felt good on her bum. And when she wet it, the fleece wicked the moisture away, so it really didn't feel wet. And they're nice and trim. Pretty darn cool, I must say.

On to a different note, Rudi is getting fat. Don't tell him that I said so, but he weighed himself last night and he was 235. So he's at the gym as we speak. He thinks that he has a 60 lb tumor in his stomach, wouldn't you know it. Those of you who know, Rudi has always had skinny arms and legs, but I've been noticing lately that even his legs are getting fatter. I've been cooking healthy meals, so it's definitely something that he's been eating at work. He thinks he's been starving, hence the tumor talk. I told him to track every bite he takes, he'd probably be surprised where the calories are coming from, like I was surprised that I used to take in 800 calories a day in milk. Ah, those were the days! I think that Rudi was around 190 when I met him, so maybe I'm making him fat. :) But seriously, with two small girls, I would like him to be around for a while, but I can't be the food police and ambush him at work and monitor what he's eating, but he's headed for a disaster. He is now officially obese, according to the body mass index. His BMI is 33.7, 30 or more being obese. Of course, he's scared about it, so I try to be supportive, but what else can I do? I make sure that he makes his appointments with the doctor, I don't buy junk food, and cook healthy meals. What else is there?

I'm busy making Riley some Montessori activities. Well, I'm not sure if they're Montessori per se, but they are activities that her school uses and she really liked. Math stuff. With the liberal usage of glue stick and construction paper, I feel like I'm in elementary school again. It's fun. We'll see what she thinks of it when I'm done. She's already nosing around. I'll have to take the cards over to Kinkos to laminate them. Yippee.

I'm on a search right now for a toddler bed mattress. Not that I'm thinking about moving Riley out of our bed, but I am trying to create a reading nook for her. And if reading leads to naptime, then she's welcome to sleep on the bed. I've been searching craigslist and have found a lot of affordable toddler beds that some with a mattress, but really no listings just for mattresses. Oh, well, I can wait. Some of the toddler beds are about $30 for bed and mattress, so I might end up buying one and re-Freecycling the toddler frame that I already have. Who knows?