March in review & readers spotlight

Why is it that as we get older, time just seems to go by faster??? Good-bye, March! Hello, April! Let's take a walk down memory lane….

Chinese steamed buns

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Hope everyone is having a great weekend! We spent the weekend in Philly with our families, so it was non-stop action with 7 adults, 4 dogs, and a 19-mo old all together. So here's a light post before I hit the sack :).

Favorite part of being a Mommy

I really need to change my watermarks to something that's not blog specific!

We were taking a walk outside and he wanted to hold my hand, not because I asked him to while crossing the street or something. This is one of my favorite parts of being a Mommy -- his little hand holding mine!!

What's your favorite part of being a Mommy or Daddy?

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Boredom - to fight or not to fight

The most unexpected objects capture our 19-mo old's attention. For instance, this empty diapers box. I guess I knew it all along, having heard the running joke that kids are more interested in boxes rather than the contents. He climbed in it. Tried to climb out. He wanted me to rock the box back and forth like it was some kind of amusement park ride.

Inspired by Old Navy ad

Our snailmail mailbox was overflowing when I checked it last evening. It's just so easy to let mail sit in there for a week or so. What ever happened to the days when mail was delivered to your door? Is there a time-saving, privacy thing going on?? Anyways, I received a15% off $50 purchase to Old Navy and was inspired to buy when I saw their ad. Haven't bought anything, but here's what I'm thinking...

Not holding a grudge

After a long walk and playtime outside Sunday afternoon, I kicked my feet up, closed my eyes and (almost) fell asleep after dinner. Even though I was half-sleeping, I heard the hubby and our 19-mo (J) reading Blue Hat Green Hat together. J babbles in "sentences" now and was expressing his concern for the elephant in that book because a similar elephant breaks the clock in this Hickory Dickory Dock video. Oh, how the mind of a 19-mo works! They were having a great time.

Left: shorts (surprise) gifted by AdamAlexMommy! Tks again!

More photos to come on my photography blog

Mommy Mysteries 003

Sure has been a while since the last installment of Mommy Mysteries. See others here.

If you have Mommy (or Daddy) Mystery to share, please fill out out this form and be featured here :).


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Brushing?

I have a 19-mo old, and since he's had teeth, the pediatrician has said, you should brush his teeth at least once a day, or give them a good wipe. One pediatrician even scoffed at her own advice: "...and for at least 2 minutes...pfff! Just do it for as long as you can!"

Well, J sure is fast in turning his face away when we try to brush his teeth. He's really fast, and in both directions. I'm sure yours is/was too! So, that's a fail.

When I approach him with a washcloth, he let's me put it to his teeth, but then proceeds to clench down on my fingers. Baby teeth sure are sharp! Ouch!

New photos at capturng

Check out my first montage (or is it collage?) over at my photography blog, capturng.com!

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From sports car to practical car

The hubby's first car was an Acura RSX (they don't make them anymore?). It was a sweet ride with pimped-out spoiler, nice rims, body kit, and other JDI (Japanese Domestic Import) parts. I have to admit that the first time he picked me up, I said to myself "Nice car". I totally didn't think I was one of those girls. Oh, and it was a manual transmission, which is beyond cool in my book.

Recent instagrams

In case you don't have Instagram (lisacng), or don't follow me on Twitter, here are some recent snapshots of life taken with my iPhone. I'm also taking a photo a day on my iPhone for Fat Mum Slim's #MarchPhotoADay project. Click here for the daily prompts and to participate. I've posted my #MarchPhotoADay photos on capturng.com.

Imagine your 1-yr old potty trained

I was reading a new blog over the weekend and a post on Infant Potty Training on PowerLaunch was seriously the weirdest parenting thing I've ever read. It was also really intriguing.

Warning: the following material may only be suitable to parents and adults who are used to be around pee and poo.

I'm a step stool

Literally, I'm a step stool. Check out the flamingo/tree pose. Forgive the ugly t-shirt and sweatpants. I'm too lazy to pull out the actual step stool or chair to help our 19-mo old wash his hands.

Hope you're having a great weekend!

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What I learned from reading 100 blogs

I mentioned in my "Why I blog" post that I was participating in Blogelina's "100 comment" event. Well, I finished reading all 100 137 blogs and tried to leave specific comments on each and not just "great post". It was challenging, but I through the experience I got to read a lot of great blogs and met new people.

It was great to see the variety of blogs represented:

• Faith
• Couponing, deals, etc.
• Crafting
• Homeschooling: A Living Home School got me thinking with their reasons for homeschooling
• Parenting
• And only one site about fashion -- I could hardly believe it! Maybe because people are drawn to fashion blogs like moths to a light. But in a good way. Not in the *zaaaap poof!* way.

Vehicle buying decision matrix

A while ago, the hubby and I were considering buying either an SUV or a minivan. Initially, I shuddered at the word "minivan". I told myself I'd never own a minivan. Ever. But like all "I'll never" statements made before having our son, I had to seriously consider a minivan now because my needs have changed. Now you may say, you only have one kid, why do you need a minivan? Or, even if you had two kids, why do you need a minivan? Read my old post to find out, please.

Celebrate a blogversary, give to charity

One of my bestes bloggie friends, Nilsa from SoMi Speaks, is celebrating her 5 year blogversary! Will someone please tell me is it spelled blogversary, blogiversary, or what? Besides giving away something to readers, she's also generously giving to a charity nominated by a reader. How generous is she?! So, the more you enter (comment, share, blog), the more money will go to charity! Now that's a special giveaway. Check it by clicking right here!

Meet Baaaaab

Our 18-mo son (J) had a playmate with the hubby's friends' 16-mo son (K). And when they came, they brought the cutest gift for J! See how happy he is!

Apparently, uninterrupted sleep for the lesser evolved

[J sleeping at 3 months. Check out how his hair has evolved!]

Ok, ok, so the article Interrupted Sleep Might Be the Best Kind says that over time, technology and lifestyle changes have caused (those of) us (lucky enough) to adopt to an 8-hour sleeping schedule. It says that history (via writings and paintings showing people working at night --yea, the latter one is really convincing!) shows people sleeping in two 4-hour stints with an "awake" period in between.

I *am* surprised!

Last night around 11:54pm, I was ready for bed, but as always, needed to check Facebook and Twitter just one last time. What do I find but a new post by one of my bestes bloggy friends, fashion blogger Jasmine of AdamAlexMommy.

AdamAlexMommy: New Blog Post- C if U just got surprised by AdamAlexMommy w a prize- adamalexmommy.com/2012/03/surpri… #fashionblogger #surprise #thankyou

— AdamAlexMommy.com (@AdamAlexMommy) March 2, 2012

A surprise?! I was intrigued...

Why I blog

Would you like 100 comments on your next blog post? That was the subject line of an email I received from Blogelina. I answered in my head, Of course I do! What blogger doesn't want to say something worthy of another person taking the time to leave a comment (no matter the commenting system, hehe)? Blogelina organized multiple 100-blog groups to participate. Basically, each blogger who signed up would visit 99 other blogs and leave a comment (who'll leave the remaining 1, hmmmm). So from Mar 1 to Mar 8, that's what we'll be doing. Since 99 new people might be visiting this site, I thought I'd give a brief introduction, and hopefully not bore my regular readers and supporters :).

Here it goes: