I feel old. I know I'm not. But I still feel o-l-d-e-r. I have a son who just got to experience "the puberty video" at school with his 5th and 6th grade peers. His take on it, "Mom, it was so annoying. They laughed every time they said the word p*nis." This coming from a child who has seen his mother give birth in his living room twice, after which he declared, "I am NEVER having BIRTH with anyone." He read the books years ago about growing up and body changes, so the video information was not new to him. But he wanted to know "they sent me home with deodorant, can I use it?" We determined the answer to that is NO, as he sniffed his underarm and decided it smelled like absolutely nothing. =) Now if we could use the deodorant on his feet...that might be another story.
I was looking at
my friend's new updated website and realized that I don't have anyone in cloth diapers. For the first time in 4.5 years. Which is cool and awesome and all that, but last time I checked
Blueberry isn't making underwear for 2 year olds. Boring...no shopping for me!
As far as babywearing goes, he's almost past that too. I still have my
Kanga and all the rest are in the collection for the evening meeting of the
local Babywearing Group. But they are not getting any day to day use. It's a good thing the youngest is still nursing, otherwise I might be at the point in my parenting where all anyone wants from us is to call for delivery pizza and drive them to Blockbuster to rent more games for the Wii. That doesn't sound too bad. More time for
knitting I guess. And I suppose I could aways start watching Lost.
Maybe you aren't as excited by shelving as I am. Maybe you already have a kitchen with adequate storage AND countertop space, then. Here's my new reorganized wall behind the sink with IKEA shelves stained in Antique. Baskets for vitamins and things, bread crock and Bee House, maybe even wine glasses on the top. Very useful and workable, a big change from before. 
And room even for canisters underneath. Huzzah! I'm loving my kitchen more and more!
Here is my fabulous new pantry in glorious, glorious Deep Blue. With fabric for a curtain chosen from IKEA. (It will be sewn into a curtain and hung as soon as I get a small tension rod for it.)
A shot of the door too. Which I never would have thought to paint without a gentle kick from my painting pal. Awesome!! I decided whatever didn't fit back on the pantry shelves in an uncluttered fashion will have to go.
And the new curtain and rug in the playroom/back living room. Small touches with big impact. I'm still working on finishing some things and staining the shelving in the rest of the kitchen before the big reveal....
Teeth brushing is not a favorite activity with the children in our house. So we decided to let Grandma have a go at it. And to let them stand in the sink.
So I finally broke out the paint I had chosen for my kitchen. Here it is! 
This is with the refrigerator pulled out....
The corner by the sink, also with the fridge still pulled out. I will take some final photos after getting some groovy new stuff at IKEA this weekend. Wheeee!!!
I totally stole these from Sabbath. I was going to make strawberry rhubarb pie, but the idea of little mini pies was way more appealing. Quicker too! 
Then they fell apart while baking and resembled something that Salvador Dali would have created. Tasted awesome though!!
