is there a difference in toothpaste or bacon?

so, i am brushing my teeth and wishing jeff was not out of town with our laptop....i really want to blog, and here i am back in the office on the main computer. it just is not the same....

today was a school day and i am totally amazed at how quickly izzy adapted. she just walks right in now, sits down at the table and let's me kiss her goodbye. and the past two weeks when i return to pick her up her cuddly and binkie are still in her backpack. last friday night after i put annie to bed we made chocolate chip cookies....she loves helping put all the ingredients in my awesome "thanks husband for a can do anything" artisan mixer last year for christmas. ** it was great having a little one on one time with her. while our cookies were baking we played with some of her puzzles and watched a movie. after putting annie down tonight i brought out a new puzzle from her birthday and we played together for thirty minutes. it truly ends my day with a smile to be able to bond with izzy alone sans little sister trying to undo whatever we just put together. (annie and i did have a three hours this morning together without izzy, i do appreciate this time too)

as for annie, she is taking more and more steps every day. like i said before they are two totally different children; annie is constantly on the move. she won't cuddle much, unless it is two in the morning, she wiggles out of your lap, and the thought of sleep interrupting her play time is unbearable. i remember just a few weeks ago my little incredible sleeper would sleep all night long without a peep. well, these past few weeks i am lucky if i don't' go to her twice in one night, tonight i have already been in there three times. i don't know if this is a phase or if she is testing me. i have tried to let her "cry it out" but like i said she is one determined child and it has not worked, only waking everyone in the house up for a good stretch of the night, and damn it i am too tired to do it. so if i can get her to make it until around 4 or 5 am then i will just put her in bed with me...thus, starting all my bad habits over....the ones i swore i would not make with our second child. maybe i should just think her molars are coming in and give her a good dose of tylenol before bed???

i finally convinced jeff to take a trip with us to the mall playground last saturday. not sure he will return, but he did get to see how much energy both girls burn during a short amount of time. annie was enjoying the padded surface and walking to and from each climbing, sliding, crawl through apparatus she could get too. jeff did give me a few "hey, don't be so bossy with other people's children looks" and made the comment when we were leaving it seems like a good place to get into a fist fight with another parent. i just calmly remind the "aren't you much taller than the height cut-off" kids to slow down and watch out for the babies. afterwards we realized it was the last night of the season at burgers-n-bock and headed over to central market for dinner. jeff choked (again) on the price of the small container of pre-cut fruit i bought the girls (maybe he should choke at the cost of his copenhagen habit, atleast the girls fruit is an enrichment to their little bodies). all in all, we had a successful night of dancing, chasing izzy, and relaxing outside before the weather changes...not to mention, daddy had some one on one time with US!

so, i have a few obsessions.....first, is my toothpaste/brushing teeth habit. prior to living with my now husband, i had three toothbrushes i would use every day. i would brush my teeth three times every morning and each time it had to be with a dry toothbrush (yeah, nutty). then jeff introduced me to some stuff called ACT and now i just brush my teeth three times a day with one toothbrush. i could only take the comments on my number of toothbrushes for so long......anyhoo, i found a new toothpaste, or rather two of them; crest pro health, day and night time toothpaste. if you are thinking of trying something new...give it a shot.

finally, for eight years now jeff and i have been battling over the right way to cook bacon.....crispy or limp???? i am a must be crispy person and he is a must feel mushy in my mouth person. he is also determined that more people are like him, however, being in the food industry most of my adult life i think i am correct in saying most people like their bacon crispy. PLEASE COMMENT ME AND GIVE ME YOUR CHOICE...THIS IS ALMOST AS IMPORTANT AS THE ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY.....well, not really, BUT IT MAY SAVE US A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS IN MARRIAGE COUNSELING ONE OF THESE DAYS. oh, and i would like to have hard evidence that i am correct.

oh, and if you have not already done so..... GO VOTE! this election is a make it or break it for us as a country.....so much more so, than eight years ago.

**side note, if you are reading this husband, this year i would really really love a new set of pots and pans. i think mine saw better days around five years ago.