Bean

  • The Farewell Binky Tour

    Last week Chris and I were at the end of our rope with the whining from Bean.  It was constant.  It was uncontrollable.  It was annoying.  And the worst part was that we…

  • Chocolate Covered Bean

    If chocolate cookies are wrong, Bean doesn’t want to be right. If binkies are wrong, Bean doesn’t want to be right. And if chocolate covered Bean’s with binkies are wrong, then I don’t…

  • My Headstrong Hillbilly

    This is Bean. He’s learning to dress himself. Well, let me be more specific. He’s learning how to UNdress himself. He walks around half dressed now, like a little hillbilly. But it’s not…

  • A Festivus for the Rest of Us

    This past weekend was the Winter Park Autumn Arts Festival.  Which to me means “FUNNEL CAKES!” and to my mom means, “SHOPPING!”  But with Bean being an actual human being with preferences and…

  • Flashback

    I found this video of Baby Bean when I was going through some old MC posts tonight.  It made me smile.  Then it made me cry.  Then I ate a Twinkie.  Then I…

  • Interpretive Toddler Style

    So, this afternoon I was laying on my couch taking a little break from unloading groceries and folding laundry.  Bean had been playing in his room for a while and I took advantage…

  • If You Give a Bean a Pumpkin

    If you’re standing in the grocery store line and you see plastic Halloween pumpkins for 99 cents, you’ll probably decide to pick up a little treat for your Bean. And since the grocery…

  • Laying Down on the Job

    This week, Bean’s daycare teachers sent me an email with a few pictures of him they took this week.  Isn’t that nice?  I got the email at work and it just made me…

  • The First Spark of Creativity

    Lately, we have been spending most of our free time right here. In our backyard. While Bean loves the swimming pool, what he would much rather play with are his school bus and…