World Breastfeeding Week starts Sunday, August 1. I have something fun planned for that week. Check back!

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And just for fun, here are some shots of the cake she made me for last week. The theme was based on a series of books my 12 year old daughter is reading. I haven’t read them so can’t really tell you anything about them. But the cake was delicious!

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This is Olivia. She’s mine and she’s 5.  A couple of weeks ago, as we were getting ready for church, Hubby noticed a couple of big holes in her tights. He was going to go to the store and get more, but come on. She’s 5. I told him he might as well buy about 10 pair so we are good for the next couple of months because she puts holes in them the first time she wears them. In fact, the offending pair she was wearing that morning had only been worn a couple of times before. To fix the problem, I put a pair of Ian’s old Babylegs on her. For those of us who grew up in the 80′s, these are like leg warmers. Well, not like. They are the exact same thing that we wore 25 years ago, but made for little ones. My use for them for Ian was that I could have him in just a diaper or underwear for quick access during the infant potty training, and still keep his legs warm. They work very nicely. They also are great for wearing in the cold months under pants. Those short little pant legs get hiked up a lot during baby carrying and especially during baby wearing. The Babylegs keep them covered and cozy.

Sorry. Back to my story. Ian’s Babylegs are a white, light blue and light brown argyle. Olivia was horrified to be wearing “BOY” Babylegs. Please just ignore the fact that her dress had blue flowers on it, so they were actually a very good match and looked totally cute. I promised her I would buy her some “girl” Babylegs as soon as I could, and that mollifed her…. a little bit. These are not something readily available, so we had to order them online. I ordered from my good friend Jennifer’s sister’s online store (did you follow that?) Sprouting Up. She sells all kinds of really cute stuff that I’d be buying tons of if I still had a tiny, diapered baby. Olivia doesn’t get the whole online ordering process. She expected that since we ordered and paid, we should have them right now. I have to say, Becky did a great job of getting them to me lickety split. Once they arrived, Olivia decided they went best with the skirt in the picture. She wore the skirt and Babylegs everyday for a week. Then, after I told her she couldn’t wear the skirt anymore until it was washed, she still put the Babylegs on under everything she wore. I finally got them into the wash yesterday… along with the pink skirt. Good thing she has a pretty new dress to wear to church tomorrow for Easter, or I’m sure she’d be wearing exactly what you see in the picture.