Rachel Coleman

Monday night at 4 AM we woke up to poor Leah retching in the bathroom. Is it time for those nasty bugs already? She stayed home sick. Lucy was envious… that Leah stayed home, not that Leah was sick.

If there is one thing I can say about Leah, she always makes it to the bathroom when she is sick. Somehow she makes it. I remember one time when we lived in Studio City, CA and she was only 3 years old… I noticed around lunchtime that one of her shirts was hanging up in the bathroom. I asked her how, when and why her shirt got there. She told me she woke up in the middle of the night feeling sick; she ran to the bathroom and threw up. Some accidentally got on her shirt so she took it off and rinsed it out then hung it up. LOL!! Age 3 mind you! She didn’t wake us up, just handled it and moved on. I would never have known. Come to think of it, she was convinced after that, that “salad makes kids throw up!!” She only recently started eating salads again, 7 years later.

When I was a teenager I had the flu and couldn’t eat fajitas for 4 years! They were at one time my favorite food; I still have to think twice about eating them. Another time my grandma made eggrolls, but she had taken them out of the freezer and then put them back in (BAD move) – All nine of us kids got sick and most of us still avoid eggrolls.

When, you add morning sickness to the mix there are all sorts of wacky things you can never eat again. And more than food, there are songs that make you queasy! I can’t brush my teeth with mint toothpaste or listen to Amy Grant’s “Baby Baby” without gagging. (My sister Carrie said the Amy Grant thing is warranted with or without the excuse of morning sickness) My cousin Jen can’t listen to Shawn Colvin’s “Sunny Came Home” without running to the bathroom – yeah I gave her that CD for her birthday when she was a couple of months along.

This morning Leah stated that it’s never a good idea to eat chips, salsa, chicken chili and Oreos all in one sitting… LOL – OK, I’ll just stop there.

I know, I know – long time no blog! It has been CRAZY around here though. Not sure if it’s crazier than usual or if I just couldn’t get my head above it all. But (SIGH) we MADE it!!! We did the big, huge, fun Signing Time LIVE Concert Event and it was a blast! Backstage when it was over, Leah said 2 things;
1. “I can’t believe you let us get MOBBED out there in the audience!” (referring to when she and Alex distributed over 700 small green frogs to the fans in the audience during “Who Has The Frog?”)
2. “I can’t believe it is already over!”

I agree, I can’t believe how they got mobbed and I can’t believe it is over.. it aged me Not really, but I did have my 33rd birthday the following day!

So many fans came out for the event. We had Signing Time Fans who traveled from Alaska, Minnesota, California, Idaho, North Carolina and Washington!! For those of you who could not be there – I hope these photos will give you a taste of what we experienced!

It’s A FULL House!

Leah has decided to wear her Leah’s Farm costume for Halloween – there’s a freebie for me this year!!! Her costume was awesome, where DID Marcus find purple chaps?

Children in Farm Animal Costumes – you just can’t lose!

Our “Colors of The Rainbow” Winners Perform with us on stage

Our “What Are You Feeling?” Winners Perform on stage

Pin The Tail On The Tadpole

WHO Has the Frogs? WE DO!!!!

Dads Know the Silly Pizza Song Best!

Don’t FORGET The EXTRA CHEESE!!!

If you have read this far… you want to see ALL of the pictures don’t you? Just click HERE: SIGNING TIME LIVE PHOTO GALLERY