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The Practicalities of Mother’s Day

I love Melody, for many reasons, but one is because she is so practical. For Mother’s Day this year, I offered to get her some unique jewelry that she would really adore, but she turned me down. She preferred to have a rain barrel and a new pitch fork.

So, the rain barrel was bought and gifted last weekend, and after just a little bit of work as a family, was installed last night. Of course, it hasn’t rained since then, but I am hopeful that the configuration will work correctly.

This theme stays consistent with Melody’s wish for practical Mother’s Days gifts, which started a couple of years ago with a compost bin. Both of these gifts are good for the environment, and sends a good message to our sons that it is important to walk the walk, not just talk the talk (like the know what that phrase means!)

What Large Socks You Have

I was sorting and pairing socks the other day, and made it through that chaos. Because Rett’s, Gus’s, and Kase’s sock are near the same sizes, I usually let Melody deal with those discrepancies. I separate my socks and Melody’s socks from the boys, and that is what I had done here. But Melody was later sorting my socks from hers, and came across a pair that was Kase’s. She asked me what that was doing in our group, and I told her I thought they were mine!

I can’t believe how quickly Kase and all the boys are growing up.

In other growing up news, Kase and Gus both have deodorant for themselves. I don’t know the frequency that they use it (if at all), but they do have it and some days, they do need it.

3 years of planning paid off

In August of 2008, Melody and I invested in a color laser printer. One of  the many requirements is that it would be able to work with an Apple computer, just in case.

In February of 2010, Melody and I invested in an external hard drive. One of the many requirements is that it would be able to work with an Apple computer, just in case.

In December of 2011, Melody and I invested in an Apple computer. Now it was time to see if the three previous years of purchases works out.

Happily, I can say they did. I transferred 108 GB (over 55,000 files) from the external hard drive to the new iMac 2 days ago. Last night, the printer installed wirelessly over our home network, and the first document was printed.

It is nice when technology works the way it is supposed to. Maybe tonight I will start cleaning the desk to get the old computer moved out and get the iMac set up and ready. Maybe.

Diapers are almost history

Rett has made some great progress in the last few weeks with his transition from diapers to underwear. Here are some of the highlights.

* He is asking to go to the bathroom. This is wonderful, and saving a bunch on laundry costs.

* On our recent trip ‘Up North’ we had no accidents in the van. Also, a few times he even told us he had to go, and was able to wait until the next exit! Yeah!

* While we were ‘Up North’ he slept in the same room as Melody and I. Because of his close proximity to us, he would wake up in the middle of the night, and let us know he had to go to the bathroom. Wow. Wow. Wow!

* He likes to go #1 standing up. It has caused a few dribble problems, and of course doesn’t help with #2, but doesn’t hurt his evolution to a diaper free world.

We are very excited, obviously, about how good he is doing. Most of the credit goes to Mel, as she deals with him day-in and day-out.

We have gotten rid of our day-time diapers, and hopefully are not too far from getting rid of those night-time diapers too. YEAH!