Here it goes again!

Oh it's been so long since I've blogged...holy moly. Heck the last time I blogged I didn't even know I was having a boy! Well it's been a hell of a ride that's for sure. I had NO idea what I was getting myself into. But it's time to get blogging again. It'll be a good record for me and everyone else in the future.

This blog will be pretty Ian-centric...for that is my life now. I live and breath Ian.
One day maybe (hopefully) I'll find Joy again.

Well today we had fun in music class in the morning...Ian loves when the instruments come out. He's getting better and better and putting them away when it's clean up time. After that we went to the park and had fun in the water and sand. He did not want to go home! I did...I was starving...it was lunch time!

Thankfully he is currently good at taking naps...I just know I'm jinxing it by saying this! I really don't give him a choice though...naps keep me sane. Naps are like a heavenly dark chocolate. Naps are SURVIVAL!

I was talking to a fellow mom the other day and we were trying to figure out how in the world the human species has survived! I mean really...doing this mothering thing is SO HARD...it's amazing that we don't eat them or something (totally kidding). I think that that is why they are made so cute...you don't want to eat cute things! Another reason...and a huge reason to me that makes so much sense is that we as parents never used to raise kids by ourselves. We had family...grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles in the next teepee/or cave over. I grew up with a grandmother right down the street...so did Brian. SIGH. What I wouldn't give to have my mom living down the street!

Anyhoo...after Ian took a nice long nap...I discovered an AWESOME recipe for sidewalk chalk paint! Wow...someones a genius..whoever thought up this recipe. SO easy peasy and Ian LOVED it!

Take cornstarch
Take warm water...mix til it will drip off a spoon.
Mix in food coloring...and wa la...you have some STUPENDOUS sidwalk paint! It's child safe, environment safe, and clothing safe...so cool!
Who'd of thunk! Ok..maybe everyone else but me :)

Here are some pics!








Oh he got very decorated...we're hoping tatoos are not next!