Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Miracle Awakening
I work 3 days a week and on the days I work Anna Beth goes to a pre-school. On those days the usual routine is for Brian or I to fetch her from her bed.This way she can lay in ours while we shower so that she can wake up slowly.
She will lay in our bed with her eyes closed, appearing to be completely sound asleep. However, as soon as we turn on the TV to Calliou (her favorite morning show) she will sit straight up in the bed and stare at the TV. It is like we injected black coffee into her veins! She never says a word unless we begin to actually get her ready for the day at which point she will start to scream. As soon as she is dressed she gets completely quiet agian and will not even acknowledge us until Calliou goes off unless of course we are talking to her about the show.
What kind of secret messages are they sending to our kids through the TV that we cannot hear? LOL I am fully expecting her to one day tell me that she has to go to Calliou's mother ship and won't be home for dinner!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Great Husband Material dated- 4-6-07
Friday, April 06, 2007
Great husband material!
I work 3 days a week at 10+ hours a day, therefore I usually come home from work exhausted and not really ready to face a hungry 2 year old and husband. Not to mention the housework that awaits! It never fails, as I am climbing into bed at night my husband sweetly asks, "Do I have any clean jeans for in the morning?" This is the point where my hormones start to rage and my husband runs and hides in the closet! Not really but it he knew what I was thinking he might! Especially since we usually get to bed around 11 pm every night.
Just when my head is about to start spinning around, I come home to find that my sweet husband has cleaned the downstairs, folded laundry and started supper. The supper part is the most amazing part since the only thing that he can cook is tomato soup and grilled cheese, frozen pizza or canned pasta with ketchup. It is at this point that I sit down and start to cry and all he does is sit down next to me, pull me over onto his chest and rub my hair.
I really did marry the best husband material there is and am daily grateful that he found me!
Great husband material!
I work 3 days a week at 10+ hours a day, therefore I usually come home from work exhausted and not really ready to face a hungry 2 year old and husband. Not to mention the housework that awaits! It never fails, as I am climbing into bed at night my husband sweetly asks, "Do I have any clean jeans for in the morning?" This is the point where my hormones start to rage and my husband runs and hides in the closet! Not really but it he knew what I was thinking he might! Especially since we usually get to bed around 11 pm every night.
Just when my head is about to start spinning around, I come home to find that my sweet husband has cleaned the downstairs, folded laundry and started supper. The supper part is the most amazing part since the only thing that he can cook is tomato soup and grilled cheese, frozen pizza or canned pasta with ketchup. It is at this point that I sit down and start to cry and all he does is sit down next to me, pull me over onto his chest and rub my hair.
I really did marry the best husband material there is and am daily grateful that he found me!
Easter Egg Surprise dated- 4-9-07
Monday, April 09, 2007
Easter Egg Surprise
On Friday night I drove home in the snow! It is crazy! Seeing snow 2 days before Easter. I was wondering if I was going to have to storm the attic to find some winter clothes for Anna Beth to wear to the Easter Egg hunt the next day.
I did manage to find clothes for her to wear to the egg hunt but they were too small so her little legs just froze between her boots and her pants leg. She kept sticking her hands into our coats to try and stay warm. She just looked miserable until she realized she could pick up those Easter eggs! She smiled so big and charged ahead with her egg mission in mind. She picked up eggs and was tossing them into her basket so fast that they would fly out the other side. Brian had to walk behind her picking up the eggs that missed their intended target.
After the egg hunt we moved on to the inflatable rides. She was bound and determinded to go up a giant inflatable slide. She climbed up almost half way, looked back and tumbled down. Brian had to help her get to the top because even after her fall she had to go on the big slide. After arriving at the top, she realized that things can be larger than they appear! LOL She took one look and screamed all the way down.
This was also Anna Beth's first year to decorate eggs. This was an interesting process and also very dangerous. We have carpet in our dining room and I was just sure that I was going to end up with bright blue spots on my burber carpet. Anna loved to re-dye the eggs that we already colored. It was not good enough to gently drop them back into the dye. NO! It was like watching Peyton Manning hurling a football half way down the field!
Easter morning arrived and Anna Beth saw her basket sitting beside her bed. The first words out of her mouth was, "Wow". By the time that we had left for church she had had a chocolate breakfast and was doing her best to eat nothing but chocolate all day! I guess it helped her because she made it through Sunday school, church and lunch out before she crashed on the way home. Upon arriving home I managed to change her diaper, undress her and get her in the bed without her ever waking up. As soon as she did wake up at 5:15 that evening she pointed to her chest and said, "Oh, clothes off!"
Another holiday through the eyes of our girl and more memories to tuck away for future giggles and conversations!
Easter Egg Surprise
On Friday night I drove home in the snow! It is crazy! Seeing snow 2 days before Easter. I was wondering if I was going to have to storm the attic to find some winter clothes for Anna Beth to wear to the Easter Egg hunt the next day.
I did manage to find clothes for her to wear to the egg hunt but they were too small so her little legs just froze between her boots and her pants leg. She kept sticking her hands into our coats to try and stay warm. She just looked miserable until she realized she could pick up those Easter eggs! She smiled so big and charged ahead with her egg mission in mind. She picked up eggs and was tossing them into her basket so fast that they would fly out the other side. Brian had to walk behind her picking up the eggs that missed their intended target.
After the egg hunt we moved on to the inflatable rides. She was bound and determinded to go up a giant inflatable slide. She climbed up almost half way, looked back and tumbled down. Brian had to help her get to the top because even after her fall she had to go on the big slide. After arriving at the top, she realized that things can be larger than they appear! LOL She took one look and screamed all the way down.
This was also Anna Beth's first year to decorate eggs. This was an interesting process and also very dangerous. We have carpet in our dining room and I was just sure that I was going to end up with bright blue spots on my burber carpet. Anna loved to re-dye the eggs that we already colored. It was not good enough to gently drop them back into the dye. NO! It was like watching Peyton Manning hurling a football half way down the field!
Easter morning arrived and Anna Beth saw her basket sitting beside her bed. The first words out of her mouth was, "Wow". By the time that we had left for church she had had a chocolate breakfast and was doing her best to eat nothing but chocolate all day! I guess it helped her because she made it through Sunday school, church and lunch out before she crashed on the way home. Upon arriving home I managed to change her diaper, undress her and get her in the bed without her ever waking up. As soon as she did wake up at 5:15 that evening she pointed to her chest and said, "Oh, clothes off!"
Another holiday through the eyes of our girl and more memories to tuck away for future giggles and conversations!
Running In Circles dated- 4-11-07
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Gold Medalist at running in circles
Why are there days that you work your butt off (not literally of course!) and at the end of the day, end up with a stack higher than when you started?
There are days at work that I think that I might have been better off if I had never come in. That way I would not be as far behind as I am now! It is amazing to me that I can start the day with 2 small piles and at the end of the day I have 4 huge piles, a full trash can and a list from my boss of things that needed to have been done yesterday. Am I the only one out there feels like some of us should be awarded a gold medal for working in circles at a very fast pace.
It is like the days that I stay home with my 2 year old. There was a day that I spent the entire day walking behind her cleaning up. Twenty minutes before my husband was to come home, I started preparing supper and then ran in the living room to clean up the toys one more time. It was the last big push before Daddy got home! While I was cleaning up Anna Beth's toys, she went into the kitchen and emptied my silverware drawer onto the kitchen counter. Upon arriving back into the kitchen after cleaning up in the living room, I discover what she has done. I try to laugh and then start to clean up the new mess. I was just finishing up with the silverware when I walk back into the living room and see her emptying her toy box again! It was at this same time that my husband walked in the front door, so I just gave up, sat on the couch and pretended as though I had done nothing all day since that was the way that it looked!
Gold Medalist at running in circles
Why are there days that you work your butt off (not literally of course!) and at the end of the day, end up with a stack higher than when you started?
There are days at work that I think that I might have been better off if I had never come in. That way I would not be as far behind as I am now! It is amazing to me that I can start the day with 2 small piles and at the end of the day I have 4 huge piles, a full trash can and a list from my boss of things that needed to have been done yesterday. Am I the only one out there feels like some of us should be awarded a gold medal for working in circles at a very fast pace.
It is like the days that I stay home with my 2 year old. There was a day that I spent the entire day walking behind her cleaning up. Twenty minutes before my husband was to come home, I started preparing supper and then ran in the living room to clean up the toys one more time. It was the last big push before Daddy got home! While I was cleaning up Anna Beth's toys, she went into the kitchen and emptied my silverware drawer onto the kitchen counter. Upon arriving back into the kitchen after cleaning up in the living room, I discover what she has done. I try to laugh and then start to clean up the new mess. I was just finishing up with the silverware when I walk back into the living room and see her emptying her toy box again! It was at this same time that my husband walked in the front door, so I just gave up, sat on the couch and pretended as though I had done nothing all day since that was the way that it looked!
Viral Overload dated- 4-13-07
Friday, April 13, 2007
Viral load overload
My child is sick so often that when we go to the Dr's office all the nurses know her by name! No kidding! The front office area do not even have to look at the sign in sheet to see her name anymore. They just look up and walk over and pull her file.
This week it is pink eye, some viral cold and a weird rash that has covered her body. Now she wants to be stripped down so she can have easy access to scratch. How does she catch absolutely everything? And then we are so worn down that we catch it! There is a never ending cycle of illness that goes through our house. Someone, please tell me when this stops! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Viral load overload
My child is sick so often that when we go to the Dr's office all the nurses know her by name! No kidding! The front office area do not even have to look at the sign in sheet to see her name anymore. They just look up and walk over and pull her file.
This week it is pink eye, some viral cold and a weird rash that has covered her body. Now she wants to be stripped down so she can have easy access to scratch. How does she catch absolutely everything? And then we are so worn down that we catch it! There is a never ending cycle of illness that goes through our house. Someone, please tell me when this stops! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Now! dated- 4-23-07
Monday, April 23, 2007
NOW!
How do kids learn to be so demanding so early in life? My 2 year old's favorite new word is "NOW!"
This last weekend we were on vacation with my parents, sister and her fiance'. During that period of time my daughter learned that everyone was always watching her and she could manipulate them to the utmost. "No, now, I want that, Give it to me, Want some and my personal favorite, Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno!, were her favorites for the entire vacation.
She had put this into practice to the point that on the way, my husband and I were talking in the front seat and I could hear her in the back repeating a phrase over and over. I knew what she was saying however we were in the middle of a coversation and she was calm so I thought that I would let her learn to wait her turn. Finally from the back seat we hear, "MY SHOES ON NOW!" at the top of her lungs. She only became more frustrated when we busted out laughing at her.
We have been home for 24 hours and are in the midst of re-programming her. The only problem is that her other set of Grandparents are coming to see us this weekend so it will start all over agian! LOL We are now going back to mommy and daddy's favorite phrases which are, please, thank you, excuse me and bless you.
Why is it that they always act like little hellions in front of people that you care about their opinion. At home she always uses her manners and for the most part is the little angel that I claim her to be! I can only hope that someday when she walks away that she will do us proud.
NOW!
How do kids learn to be so demanding so early in life? My 2 year old's favorite new word is "NOW!"
This last weekend we were on vacation with my parents, sister and her fiance'. During that period of time my daughter learned that everyone was always watching her and she could manipulate them to the utmost. "No, now, I want that, Give it to me, Want some and my personal favorite, Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno!, were her favorites for the entire vacation.
She had put this into practice to the point that on the way, my husband and I were talking in the front seat and I could hear her in the back repeating a phrase over and over. I knew what she was saying however we were in the middle of a coversation and she was calm so I thought that I would let her learn to wait her turn. Finally from the back seat we hear, "MY SHOES ON NOW!" at the top of her lungs. She only became more frustrated when we busted out laughing at her.
We have been home for 24 hours and are in the midst of re-programming her. The only problem is that her other set of Grandparents are coming to see us this weekend so it will start all over agian! LOL We are now going back to mommy and daddy's favorite phrases which are, please, thank you, excuse me and bless you.
Why is it that they always act like little hellions in front of people that you care about their opinion. At home she always uses her manners and for the most part is the little angel that I claim her to be! I can only hope that someday when she walks away that she will do us proud.
Raising A Striper dated- 4-27-07
Friday, April 27, 2007
I am rasing a stripper!
Yesterday I was out on my front porch with my 2 year old . We are in home improvement mode right now so I was scrapping the old paint off the trim on my house preparing it for a new coat. My little one was talking and singing away right beside me when suddenly it got very quiet.
I was in a zone and was only aware of her presence and the fact that she was not hurt so I was totally unaware of what she was doing. The next thing I know, I hear her say, "mommy, diaper off." I of course say, "no" and turn around to look down at her. She is standing there completely naked from the waist down and her diaper is laying in the flower bed below.
As I realize that I have become that neighbor that is an embarrasment to the whole neighborhood, I look up and see several of my neighbors looking at us and laughing. My mortification only grew when my child looked and me, pointed her finger and said, "mommy, potty NOW!"
I took one good look at her and she took off running into the house. I was close behind with steam coming out of my ears. When I caught up with her I was even more humiliated to realize that it had been a dirty diaper!
I am rasing a stripper!
Yesterday I was out on my front porch with my 2 year old . We are in home improvement mode right now so I was scrapping the old paint off the trim on my house preparing it for a new coat. My little one was talking and singing away right beside me when suddenly it got very quiet.
I was in a zone and was only aware of her presence and the fact that she was not hurt so I was totally unaware of what she was doing. The next thing I know, I hear her say, "mommy, diaper off." I of course say, "no" and turn around to look down at her. She is standing there completely naked from the waist down and her diaper is laying in the flower bed below.
As I realize that I have become that neighbor that is an embarrasment to the whole neighborhood, I look up and see several of my neighbors looking at us and laughing. My mortification only grew when my child looked and me, pointed her finger and said, "mommy, potty NOW!"
I took one good look at her and she took off running into the house. I was close behind with steam coming out of my ears. When I caught up with her I was even more humiliated to realize that it had been a dirty diaper!
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