Things we learned while dog/house sitting

This weekend we stayed over at my sil's house and watched their, rather precocious, dog. It's a lot of work to cart two kids and all of the stuff that they need/are used to. Here are some take-aways from our stay.

*When at it's full height (being used as a side table) the center "screw" of a piano stool is very accessible to little hands

*Piano stools are heavily greased

*Regular hand soap does not get grease off of little hands

*Grease under the fingernails of an 18-month-old is extremely hard to remove

*Cabrini can play the harmonica while nodding and twirling

*Peter will happily watch Cabrini crazily play for around 40 minutes...from a safe distance

*Cabrini knows how to play the kazoo

*Kazoo is a funny word

*Toy trumpets are hard to play, but tambourines and maracas are not

*The Johnsons have a lot of musical instruments

*Doggy water dishes are just as alluring away from home

*Never underestimate the power of a cat-themed keyboard with a microphone to entertain a child and annoy an adult

*You can't count on a child sleeping or napping well away from home, even if she's slept and napped there before

*Never assume that someone else's pantry contains the same spices that yours does

*Decent red wine can compensate for a host of missing ingredients in a sauce

Cababy and Louisa, BFFs

We all had a play date the other day! We escaped the heat in Kayleen and Louisa's air-conditioned apartment and had a really fun afternoon!

Thanks to Kayleen, Louisa, Mike and baby-girl-on-the-way for hosting us!