I hear the drizzle of the rain, Like a memory it falls...

This looks like an innocent little almost 2 yr-old doesn't it?
You know what he did with that bottle in his hand?
I bet you could guess.

It was a bottle half full of vanilla extract. Expensive vanilla extract that I absentmindedly left on the kitchen counter after making french toast for dinner last night.

This adorable little boy, opened up that twist on cap (something he's been doing for way too long, twist off should be HARD for a toddler not EASY.).


He dumped it onto the kitchen rug. The house smelled of vanilla. My 6 yr-old little girl asked me what I was baking. She said it smelled good.

I didn't think it smelled all that good. It made me sneeze and sneeze. If I didn't have a cold I bet it would have been even worse.

I threw the rug in the wash; made my son hold the bottle again so I could get the picture (seeing the world as a blogger is very different than it was as just a mom.) Then I had him help me wipe up the remaining mess on the floor.

He got a bit upset at me, until I gave him a banana. The boy would eat bananas all day long if I'd let him. But I don't need to make my baby constipated, so he gets frustrated with me when I tell him, "No More Bananas."

He's getting much better at throwing his fits. He never bonks his head on the tile floor. Very smart little boy knows not to completely lose control. Of course he hates it when I laugh at him, laying red faced on the floor. He always hops up to follow me after I get up and walk away.

I am grateful he isn't (yet?) a stubborn fit thrower.



See, he happily ate his banana. All thoughts of being mad at mommy were gone.

He is napping now..as is baby brother. I am so glad I have them on the same nap schedule. You know how tough that is with babes 14 mo. apart?

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We here in Phoenix, had the strangest weather yesterday. This is supposed to be the ultra dry season. May through beginning of July is dry as a bone. It is where that phrase, "At least it's a dry heat" comes from. Stupid phrase too if you ask me. When it is 115F, it is hot, so hot you don't care about anything else. When there is humidity, it doesn't stay that hot. It rains.

Anyway, I got lost there on a tangent for a bit. Back to the strange weather of yesterday. It was as if we had suddenly been dropped into the beginning of August. July and August are humid and hot here. It is the Monsoon season. The best part of the Monsoon are the thunderstorms.

I enjoyed the momentary storms yesterday and I took pictures! I thought you might enjoy seeing the contrasts:

This was the view from my front walk yesterday around 4pm. Isn't it great?

This is looking the other direction. If you look close you can see that the palm trees are being blown about.

This is of course how the sky looks today. It was at least 100F out when I took this picture, but isn't it a pretty sky? Look at the lingering clouds. So pretty.

Those are the pictures I wasn't able to post earlier. Just a couple of moments from life. Now off to the kids' band concert. The end of school is coming next week. Did I tell you I am looking forward to it? Have a great evening and DON'T tell me what happens in Amazing Race, my sister is gonna give me a copy so I can see it. Darn those school functions messing up my TV viewing LOL.

And since my husband jumped in quick on that last title/song lyric, here's another one! Ten points if you tell me the song! But I won't even list the points in my sidebar like Gina does. It is all about the personal victory.