We were at friend's for dinner and there was a selection of desserts to choose from.  Chocolate cake, strawberry cake (fresh from the oven) and pie as well as ice cream.  I asked Lauren what she wanted.  She said cake.  I said, "Strawberry cake?"  Lauren looked at me with her head cocked to the side shaking her hand, "No, no, no mommy.  Cake is chocolate."  Apparently cake must be chocolate to be worth eating.

Then a few days later after lunch (and just before nap time) she comes up to me and asks, "Whatcha doin?"  I respond, "Drinking water."  She looks at me and says, "Cooking?"  "No," I reply.  "Yes" she says.  "Hotdogs and Pancakes.  Please?"

"I eat boogers.  They are yummy in my tummy. Beans and Rice for dinner mommy?" – Lauren

So does this mean she was hungry and eating what she had available or that she thinks beans and rice and boogers are about the same and equal in their yumminess?

Yup that is me.  I try and make a go of it, and then…two posts in 6 months!  OUCH.  There is so much going on, and often times I want to write something really well thought out and articulated, and after a long day and struggling with bedtimes and just trying to relax the thoughts fly from my head and my fingers like butterflies stretching their wings.  I feel bad for my youngest, his baby book is mostly blank.  I have notes here and there, but I don't even really know when you started crawling!  Early is all I know.  Before your 6 month doctors appointment.  First steps.  True first steps.  I think I missed them.  You took some proper steps in the grass last night, but you've been practicing when you think no one is looking.  I am going to try and do things a bit differently.  Perhaps more of a "status" or "tweet" style.  First new category; Quotes from the Backseat.  The funny, odd, profound, beautiful things my children and those around me say.