Molly likes to play with balls… volleyballs, soccerballs, beachballs, you name it.  Let’s just hope she inherits Doug’s athletic ability!

So Doug has been away at a conference this week, and Molly and I have had to entertain ourselves.  After Molly has gone to bed, I’ve kept myself busy watching the Ken Burns WWII documentary series on PBS.  I’ve also gotten a chance to catch up on some chick flicks including: A League of Their Own, The Wedding Date, The Painted Veil, and Cold Mountain.  (Ok, those last two aren’t exactly “chick flicks”, but they are Academy Award-worthy dramas which Doug refuses to watch!) 

So here’s my question for the ladies out there: Do you have a favorite chick flick?  If so, share it!  Two of my favorites are Fried Green Tomatoes and Beaches.  Major tear-jerkers!! 

~ Erin

Thanks to those who offered song advice on my “50 Songs” blog… I went out to iTunes last night and picked up the following tunes so far:

Send Me on My Way – Rusted Root
1234 – Feist
Wake Up Call – Maroon 5
This Love – Maroon 5
Shut Up and Drive – Rihanna
Bubbly – Colbie Caillat
Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
No One – Alicia Keys
Hey Ya! – OutKast
Click, Click, Click, Click – Bishop Allen
Better Together – Jack Johnson
Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira
The Story – Brandie Carlile
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Tell Me ‘Bout It – Joss Stone
The Reason – Hoobastank
Island in the Sun – Weezer
Read My Mind – The Killers
Look What You’ve Done – Jet
Fast As You Can – Fiona Apple
In da Club – 50 Cent
Where It’s At – Beck
Devils Haircut – Beck
Loser – Beck
The New Pollution – Beck
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
The Rockafeller Skank – Fatboy Slim
Lump – Presidents of the USA
This Is a Call – Foo Fighters
Someday – The Strokes
Undone (The Sweater Song) – Weezer

Yeah- my musical tastes are pretty much across the board (except for country or rap).  I’ve still got about 20 songs left to pick, so keep your suggestions coming!

~ Erin

So I come home from work and Erin is reading the “No More Diapers for Ducky” book about potty training while Molly is sitting on her potty. Erin tells me how she was working with Molly about 3 or 4 times trying to make going potty fun. Not a drop though. I just finish cooking a steak (mmmmmm steak) on the grill and Molly says “gotta go potty” in her cute little voice looking up at me. I figure Erin’s been working very hard on this and that I should help encourage Molly as well despite the fact there’s a delicious steak just waiting to be eaten. So she sits on the potty and I start reading her book. A couple pages into the book she is checking inside the potty. Whoo Hoo! We have lift off! Molly’s first potty! So Erin and I showered her with praises, high fives, and lots of stickers.

Yet another case where Erin does all the hard work (like when someone is trying really hard to open a jar and then hands it to someone else who opens it easily) and I come in and end up the undeserving hero. Well, Molly is our hero for the day! And now the potty training saga begins… Stay tuned for all the funny stories of poop being smeared on walls and running naked and peeing and all the other weird things that happen.

-Doug