Sam-I-Am

I was reading Green Eggs & Ham to Baby J and I realized 2 things about Sam-I-Am.

1) The whole book he totally peer pressures Dr. Seuss (or whoever that guy is) into trying his green eggs & ham. "do you want them in a boat, do you want them with a goat, etc.." He harrasses him the whole book. Dr. Seuss is screaming "I DO NOT like green eggs & ham Sam-I-Am!!" And yes, I did explain to the baby that this is an example of peer pressure.

2) Sam-I-Am is my best friend Heather. Whenever we go out and she orders something, a drink, food, ANYTHING, she harrassess me until I try it.

Heather: "Come on try it, please try it, come on try it, please try it, come on, pleaseee"

(this will go on until I finally say the below)

Me: "FINE, if you shut up I'll try it." :)

Sorry baby. Do you need ear plugs?

First, let me explain that in the 4^th grade, everyone was allowed to “try out” for chorus. And usually everyone who tried out, made it. I mean, we were only 9 years old. How bad could we be?!?! Well… turns out, a 9 year old can be pretty bad. According to Ms. Stevens! Long story short – I didn’t make it. I was manager. It has haunted me.

So, with that said, I want to apologize to my poor baby boy who has to hear me sing to him daily. Besides being out of tune, I can’t remember normal baby songs. I usually sing to him the following:

The Golden Girls theme song – “thank you for being a friend…. And if you threw a party and invited everyone you knew, you would see the biggest gift would be from me & the card attached would say. Thank you for being a friend…”

Police, Roxanne (sorta) – “Baaaaby, you don’t have to turn on the red light. Baaaaby, you don’t have to sell your body to the night.” I sing this a lot.

I also sing a lot of 90’s rap songs, but not the whole song. Just a line here & there. But, don’t worry, I do play him GOOD music from my ipod all the time. He does not just get to hear this glorious voice of mine.

Just cute pics of my 5 month old love nugget

Landscaping

So, we are getting there! We have sprinklers and some tress now. We are working in phases, so hopefully grass is next. In a few months or maybe next year, we will plant two small citrus orchards in the front. I can't wait! I am so excited for some grass. It will help cool the house and reduce the amount of dust in here. We will be able to lay on a blanket under a tree with the baby and he can run through the sprinklers eventually. So awesome! And maybe someday I'll be able to plant a little vegetable garden AND keep it alive! Keep your fingers crossed that my brown thumb turns green! :)

Grass & trees & sprinklers, oh my!