Bedtime Silliness

"It is of critical importance that the family bedtime ritual is a stable, soothing set of steps to guide the childrens' transition from play to rest." - sleep experts

My kids totally disagree. They usually rile themselves and each other up right before bed. It is as if they held onto a slice of fuel throughout the day 'just in case', and now they have to burn it off as loudly and as quickly as possible.

These days, they usually do this by pretending to put themselves both to sleep in PJ's bed. They bounce and flop all over the bed, yanking on the blankets, and tossing around the pillows, all while loudly calling out "night, night" and booming with laughter.

It gets really loud and really wild. And they love it. 

Sometimes bedtime can be fun. 

XO

The Temperatures Are Rising (sick)

Ugh. The past two weeks haven't been too much fun around the Steinbach clan. We've been passing around a virus from one person to the next. It started with PJ and his request to sleep while on the way home from kindergarten...cause little man isn't one to sleep.



The next day we were off to the doctors; PJ got to stay home two days with Jelly Bean and I while fighting off a light virus, or maybe just really strong allergies.

The kiddos watching Frozen together. 

Right when PJ returned to "work" (his word), Jelly Bean started showing signs of a viral infection. But she was still pretty content, slept a little bit more but nothing serious, so I stuck to more natural remedies and lots of fresh warm, bundled up tight.

A walk, all bundled up on a cooler day.

Another walk on a much warmer day this week.

Little lady feel asleep on the floor.

But then last night she started to have a rattle or a wheeze or a - man, I really need to practice descriptive language for doctors - something in her chest. She was still happy and still eating, so I decided to wait until the morning to return to the doctors. 

Jelly Bean at the doctor's office.

Turns out that my still laughing, still smiling, still easy-going little girl has a double ear infection, a 'medium' bronchitis, and a "raw" throat.

Poor, poor, poor thing. 

XO

Coffee and Mobile Blogging

This marks a first for Pickles and Onions: a blog written from my phone. Blame the messed up ankle for this experiment.

I'd add a link there under "messed up ankle" to the appropriate blog entry but I don't know how.

I am a coffee addict. This late morning while we were getting ready for a trip to the local playground, the following conversation took place in House of Joy:

Me: I just need to make a cup of coffee to go.

Mr.: You are so American.

Me: I am not, I use a reusable mug.

Mr.: snort. (okay he didn't say that but he totally snorted)

Guess who enjoyed half of my coffee?

I'd add a picture here, but, yeah, I don't know how :D

Xo

Happily Married: Three Years!

The special days continue: the Steinbach clan is now three years old!

The Mr. is a big Quentin Tarantino fan and we both enjoyed the movie Inglourious Basterds.
So in honor of the infamous scene where the Americans out themselves by ordering three beers - don't know the scene? Check it out here if you want to cheat, but really you should watch the movie - we showed off our respective culture's "three":

Only thing is: the Mr. didn't get the reference at first...although my sister, brother-in-law, and I were all laughing about it. For a while. Like, minutes.

After more than ten takes to get a decent picture of us with our "three"s, he finally got the joke. And then he laughed,

and laughed,

and laughed.

Boy am I glad I married this one. Here's to the laughter sticking around.

xo