The John Family Blog

Mikey and I discovered yesterday that our backyard is a popular hangout for the ladybugs in the neighborhood. Josh calls it our happy infestation.

Mikey wanted to hold all of them.

Yesterday I took Michael to the park to meet with his foster family and play. I've always been mystified by all the other moms that can let their kids run loose on a playground. I tend to hover over Mikey, never more than a few feet away. The moms at play group can attest to that. So, for the 20 seconds that I was not watching Mikey yesterday, he goes down a slide and face plants in the sand, biting through his lower lip. Ouch. I called Josh and we met up at the nearest urgent care.
Mikey slept on the way there and was running around laughing in the waiting area. He has a really high pain tolerance. He was totally fine until they had to give him a shot to numb the area. They had us wrap him up like a burrito and hold him down while they stitched him up. The doctor said he must be a good healer because it had pretty much closed up on its own before we got there. I take him in on Monday to have the stitches removed.

A few minutes before it happened

Josh entertaining Mikey while they prep

Our cute model

Mikey and I took it easy today - We tried painting. Mikey was a little more interested in painting his face and hands than the paper.

I've been following the blog cleanreads for awhile and they just moved. Awesome site for reading suggestions. Anyway, for their most recent book giveaway they wanted a shout out so that's why I'm posting this. The book is Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George. I've been meaning to read her stuff. I hear its great. Here is the link: homespunlight

I don't know about you, but the economy news lately is really stressing me out. Maybe we should just let our toddlers run congress. At least their sense of fashion would be better...