Those days are over

One of the reason writing this blog seems tedious to me is because I wanted to keep the anonymity of my children safe. But in all honesty I think only facebook friends who get to see pictures of them on an hourly basis so that is silly. So the days of just calling them Bug and Bear are over but that lets me tell the stories of their names.

Bug is Noah Bug. We actually do call him Bug or "the Bug". He got the name a couple days after he was born when I had him swaddled in a green blanket and he had just finished eating and would make this this squished content face. We called it the "milk coma" but really he looked like a cartoon caterpillar. So he became the Noah Bug. I was pregnant with him through the floods of '08 which reeked havoc on our lives for a few weeks. Twice I had to leave work early to make sure I got past the road about to be closed. We bought a house then and I had to take a crazy way home to make it to the inspection and literally watched in my rear view mirror as the water overtook a bridge I just drove across. So as we sat in the sonogram room drinking bottled water because the flooding had tainted city supplies and heard "it's a boy" it just seemed fitting that Noah was the name.

Runa Bear is so fitting. She can be cuddly as a teddy or grumpy as grizzly out of hibernation. We alternate between calling her a care bear and making jokes about "don't poke the bear". The name Runa has Scandinavian and Norwegian roots like her daddy. The combined meanings mean keeper of nature's lore. I loved that the second I heard it. And where did I hear this name? On HGTV. Stop laughing. It was a reality house hunting show and the woman looking for a home was named Runa. The husband and I looked at each other and knew we had the girl name. Mind you this was during Noah's pregnancy before we knew he was a he. We re-thought Runa as the birth drew nearer. We were worried we were saddling her with a bully magnet. But most people seem to really like her name. It drives me nuts when it gets mispronounced (it's Roo-Nah but so many say Run-Nah) but hey I gave her an unusual name right?

So the days of anonymity are over but I will surely still refer to them as Bug and Bear because well, they answer to that.

Want to know what other days are over???? The days of diapers.

I have two fully potty trained kids now. And in about 30 days Noah starts public preschool and Runa starts private. I'm in awe of time these days. Another summer of fun comes to a close and now on to fall so quickly it seems.

Now about food waste. It really seems to have increased with the summer months. I throw out a lot of veggies we didn't get to, lettuce that browned, and it seems like dinner leftovers get tossed more often. I think this is because I make less baked stuff that keeps and we are eating more locally grown stuff that doesn't keep as well. So I certainly know what to research this winter.

I am slowly making my way through "The Way of the Bodhisattva" cover to cover. Not an easy read and not a feel good read either. More like "let's point out every way you fall short". I am collecting some notes as I go and will be sharing those.

Happy August.