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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Oh, hello again
And just like that it's June. And not just June, it's past mid-June. So sorry for the absence. We've been up to lots of normal things, and some not so normal things. Charlie has some serious food allergies. And some asthma. We're adjusting. I just cleaned out my entire freezer and moved everything to the freezer in the garage, because the inside freezer is no longer freezing. I also threw away a bunch of produce that was frozen in my crisper drawers. A whole lot of fun for a Saturday night. I turned 29 this week. It was a nice day with family and friends, but I think our birthday date is rain-checked until anniversary time, and that's fine with me. Things are just busy. Usually summer doesn't feel this way, but it's off to the races during June. I'm looking forward to a nice quiet July.
I'm thinking about blogging only over at Bee instead of trying to maintain both blogs. Would you make the move with me if I gave things up around here? I'm sure it seems like I already have, but I'm trying to decide if I even want to make an effort with both or just focus my efforts on one. Feel free to weigh in. Hope your summer is off to a lazy start full of frozen treats (that stays frozen) and family fun.
I'm thinking about blogging only over at Bee instead of trying to maintain both blogs. Would you make the move with me if I gave things up around here? I'm sure it seems like I already have, but I'm trying to decide if I even want to make an effort with both or just focus my efforts on one. Feel free to weigh in. Hope your summer is off to a lazy start full of frozen treats (that stays frozen) and family fun.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sorry, April
April didn't even get a mention from me here. So sorry. I can pretty much sum it up by saying Pat worked a lot. The end. Seriously, 70-85 hour weeks were the norm for the month, and it was hard. But, we made it through, and hopefully things will be improving. Today he made it home at 8:15- that's improvement!
In other news, my kids are growing up a lot lately. Addie has been particularly helpful without Pat around, and also very compassionate. She's made me inspirational posters, written me nice notes, and been a great playmate to Sam. I don't think I would have made it through the last month without her, and I so appreciate her sensitivity to me. I also can't believe that we're almost at the end of kindergarten. Picturing not having her around all day next year is enough to put me in tears, so I'm trying to soak up the rest of half-day school and plans for a laid back summer. Addie received the first three Ivy and Bean books for Easter and read them all that weekend. She's a voracious reader, especially when she has books she's interested in. I'm hoping to start her in piano soon, but until I get my act together I should make time to sit down and work with her. I think it will be such a good thing for her to channel her efforts into.
Sam is still trying me regularly, but also making me laugh daily. I would love to just follow him around all day writing down everything he says. Last night he prayed that we wouldn't be captured. Today he told me that it's not good for people to switch brains. He also informed me recently that I shouldn't brush my hair too much because then it would be spiky and girls shouldn't have spiky hair. And I should never fill the bathtub too full because if I do, it could explode, and he doesn't want the bathtub to explode. I would love to see how his brain works. At preschool a couple weeks ago he told his friend Morgan who was the spotlight kid aka "zookeeper" that he would be her zookeeper gentleman that day, and he pulled out her chair for her and pushed it in after she sat down when it was time to go to the table. He can be so nice and polite when he chooses to be. He is anxious to spend more time outside, and is far too independent for his own good. A recent fight between the two of us involved his desire to stay home by himself. I told him it wasn't legal until he was 10. Then he asked me how many more days until he was 10.
Last week Charlie finally started walking more, and I think over the weekend we have turned the corner to full time walking. He is 17 months today, so I suppose it's right on time. ;) He loves to read books and he's started singing lately. Yesterday he found the end page of our "Down by the Bay" storybook that has the music on it so you can play the song. He came in to the piano and started singing and spinning around. It was pretty much adorable. Over the last month we've also discovered some more allergy issues Charlie has with a scary visit to the hospital because he was having difficulty breathing after eating a very egg-y German pancake. Now that he has finished the steroids and antibiotics, he's back to rash-covered skin, and I'm worried about what might be the next food to be eliminated. We will meet with the allergist the end of June to figure out where things are at, so hopefully we won't have any major reactions until then.
And there we are, all caught up. Just living the life around here, excited for the summer to come. Hope to check in again soon!
In other news, my kids are growing up a lot lately. Addie has been particularly helpful without Pat around, and also very compassionate. She's made me inspirational posters, written me nice notes, and been a great playmate to Sam. I don't think I would have made it through the last month without her, and I so appreciate her sensitivity to me. I also can't believe that we're almost at the end of kindergarten. Picturing not having her around all day next year is enough to put me in tears, so I'm trying to soak up the rest of half-day school and plans for a laid back summer. Addie received the first three Ivy and Bean books for Easter and read them all that weekend. She's a voracious reader, especially when she has books she's interested in. I'm hoping to start her in piano soon, but until I get my act together I should make time to sit down and work with her. I think it will be such a good thing for her to channel her efforts into.
Sam is still trying me regularly, but also making me laugh daily. I would love to just follow him around all day writing down everything he says. Last night he prayed that we wouldn't be captured. Today he told me that it's not good for people to switch brains. He also informed me recently that I shouldn't brush my hair too much because then it would be spiky and girls shouldn't have spiky hair. And I should never fill the bathtub too full because if I do, it could explode, and he doesn't want the bathtub to explode. I would love to see how his brain works. At preschool a couple weeks ago he told his friend Morgan who was the spotlight kid aka "zookeeper" that he would be her zookeeper gentleman that day, and he pulled out her chair for her and pushed it in after she sat down when it was time to go to the table. He can be so nice and polite when he chooses to be. He is anxious to spend more time outside, and is far too independent for his own good. A recent fight between the two of us involved his desire to stay home by himself. I told him it wasn't legal until he was 10. Then he asked me how many more days until he was 10.
Last week Charlie finally started walking more, and I think over the weekend we have turned the corner to full time walking. He is 17 months today, so I suppose it's right on time. ;) He loves to read books and he's started singing lately. Yesterday he found the end page of our "Down by the Bay" storybook that has the music on it so you can play the song. He came in to the piano and started singing and spinning around. It was pretty much adorable. Over the last month we've also discovered some more allergy issues Charlie has with a scary visit to the hospital because he was having difficulty breathing after eating a very egg-y German pancake. Now that he has finished the steroids and antibiotics, he's back to rash-covered skin, and I'm worried about what might be the next food to be eliminated. We will meet with the allergist the end of June to figure out where things are at, so hopefully we won't have any major reactions until then.
And there we are, all caught up. Just living the life around here, excited for the summer to come. Hope to check in again soon!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Some updates
Updates about my kids, because that's what family blogs are good for, right? Let's start with Charlie.
He is still a joy, and learning a few new words every week. It makes up for the fact that he's still not walking. He made his first joke on Thursday. I got him out of bed that morning and greeted him with my normal indoctrination, "binkies are for bed," and tossed his binky back into his crib. He looked at me and said, "Don't throw," a phrase he hears often during meals, and then chuckled with sparkly eyes waiting for my response. Sam is very showy in his hilarity, but Charlie is understated and I love it. Some other words he can currently say, "Sa-sa" for Sam, "Ada" for Addie, Mama, Dada, Papa, Elmo, awesome, more, blow, shh, uh-oh, car, home, Nonna, Grandma, bye-bye, go (or as he says it, go-go-go), hi-ya, and I'm sure there are a few more I can't think of. He is still completely enamored with Pat's dad, and when I ask him "are you mama's boy?" he looks at me and grins and says Papa. Those two are quite the pair.
Sam is currently just trying to be awesome. Today he wore a get-up of his "swimming gobbles" along with his baseball cap and looked hilarious. He constantly talks about Star Wars characters and likes to talk about all of the characters with their families. For example, he loves to play "the Han family" with Charlie where he refers to Charlie as baby Han and he is Daddy Han. He is also currently obsessed with having his own family someday. He talks about his future wife with phrases like "someday when I have my own muzzah" for his family, and it's hilarious. He is very interested in growing up and what it will be like and asks many questions, for example, a few days ago he needed to know how many more days until he is 17. And then he needed to know what he would do when he's 17. I told him he'd probably go on dates and have a little job so he had money to go on dates, maybe selling hamburgers. He replied, "that would be weird if I was a hamburger guy." He is already very focused on when he can learn to drive a car. He wonders what growing up is like, but sheesh, he's doing it more everyday.
Addie is becoming more and more of a reader. She is in the stage where she seeks out reading as recreation and is hard to interrupt when in the pages of a book. She is becoming more and more comfortable with friends, but I'm kind of lazy in the play-date department and really need to improve at letting her have friends over. Her writing is really fun to read. She loves "The Friend" magazine we get, so the other day she made her own version called "The Family." It was complete with some of her favorite features in "The Friend" like hidden pictures and some short stories. On the front she drew a picture of our family and she didn't draw any hair on top of Pat's head. The poor guy is learning about his progressing baldness from our daughter's pictures of him. It was pretty funny.
Ah, these three. They keep me on my toes, that is for sure.
I need to check in more around here, but it's hard to find the balance of both blogs. It will come, I'm sure.
He is still a joy, and learning a few new words every week. It makes up for the fact that he's still not walking. He made his first joke on Thursday. I got him out of bed that morning and greeted him with my normal indoctrination, "binkies are for bed," and tossed his binky back into his crib. He looked at me and said, "Don't throw," a phrase he hears often during meals, and then chuckled with sparkly eyes waiting for my response. Sam is very showy in his hilarity, but Charlie is understated and I love it. Some other words he can currently say, "Sa-sa" for Sam, "Ada" for Addie, Mama, Dada, Papa, Elmo, awesome, more, blow, shh, uh-oh, car, home, Nonna, Grandma, bye-bye, go (or as he says it, go-go-go), hi-ya, and I'm sure there are a few more I can't think of. He is still completely enamored with Pat's dad, and when I ask him "are you mama's boy?" he looks at me and grins and says Papa. Those two are quite the pair.
Sam is currently just trying to be awesome. Today he wore a get-up of his "swimming gobbles" along with his baseball cap and looked hilarious. He constantly talks about Star Wars characters and likes to talk about all of the characters with their families. For example, he loves to play "the Han family" with Charlie where he refers to Charlie as baby Han and he is Daddy Han. He is also currently obsessed with having his own family someday. He talks about his future wife with phrases like "someday when I have my own muzzah" for his family, and it's hilarious. He is very interested in growing up and what it will be like and asks many questions, for example, a few days ago he needed to know how many more days until he is 17. And then he needed to know what he would do when he's 17. I told him he'd probably go on dates and have a little job so he had money to go on dates, maybe selling hamburgers. He replied, "that would be weird if I was a hamburger guy." He is already very focused on when he can learn to drive a car. He wonders what growing up is like, but sheesh, he's doing it more everyday.
Addie is becoming more and more of a reader. She is in the stage where she seeks out reading as recreation and is hard to interrupt when in the pages of a book. She is becoming more and more comfortable with friends, but I'm kind of lazy in the play-date department and really need to improve at letting her have friends over. Her writing is really fun to read. She loves "The Friend" magazine we get, so the other day she made her own version called "The Family." It was complete with some of her favorite features in "The Friend" like hidden pictures and some short stories. On the front she drew a picture of our family and she didn't draw any hair on top of Pat's head. The poor guy is learning about his progressing baldness from our daughter's pictures of him. It was pretty funny.
Ah, these three. They keep me on my toes, that is for sure.
I need to check in more around here, but it's hard to find the balance of both blogs. It will come, I'm sure.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Toothless Wonder
Obviously, I'm yet to find the balance between the two blogs. Heck, balancing one is hard enough. This is the place for all things family, so it's not going anywhere, but I do hope I can make time to post about our comings and goings.
The big news around here is that Addie lost her first tooth on Friday. Pat and I went on a date and came home to this.
I was a little relieved that Chrissy got the job done while we were out. It had been dangling for a few days, but I guess a family trait has made the tooth roots extra long and requiring more of a tug then I was willing to give. She has loved the tooth fairy routine and all that comes with it, and she's very excited to smile at anyone who may notice the change.
We tried taking Charlie's binky away this weekend. It was a big fail. That boy is really cute.
Sam is busy playing lego's and begging for screen time. Always.
I'm in the same routine as most mom's right now- wishing for spring!
The big news around here is that Addie lost her first tooth on Friday. Pat and I went on a date and came home to this.
We tried taking Charlie's binky away this weekend. It was a big fail. That boy is really cute.
Sam is busy playing lego's and begging for screen time. Always.
I'm in the same routine as most mom's right now- wishing for spring!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Week in Review
Pat has been out of town since Sunday night. Gratefully, he gets home tonight. In the mean time, here's what we've been up to this week.
-Charlie fell out of his crib. He chipped a tooth, skinned his nose, and got rug burn on his forehead. He's a trooper and doesn't seem to be too affected.
-Sam and Addie are both very ready for Pat to come home. Tears have been close to the surface for the past few days. His crazy work schedule last week plus being out of town this week definitely adds up to not enough dad time, and it's becoming really obvious in their behavior. I'm trying to be extra understanding today because we're really all just done.
-Today I went to Addie's classroom to volunteer. As I went through different skills with each student, one thing they were working on was saying the pledge of allegiance. I kept getting teary-eyed listening to their cute voices say the pledge.
-Things are moving along with the new blog. Local friends definitely need to stop by- I should have a great give away posted soon.
-Charlie has been really cute with his words lately. I probably should've just given that boy his own post. He can say Papa and Nonna, much to Pat's parents delight. Yesterday Sam and Charlie were both having oatmeal for breakfast. Sam was whining because his was hot. Charlie looked at him and said, "bo" and then started blowing. Then he got on a roll and asked for more and said several other words during breakfast. It's fun to have him start talking more.
-Pat gave Sam a talk about being man of the house before he left. He told Sam it meant giving tickles to everyone. I think Sam took it to mean sleeping in my bed. Oy.
-I had great dreams of productivity this week, but didn't accomplish nearly as much as I wanted to. I felt like I spent the evenings pacing my house trying to figure out what project to dig into first. I sorted the kids' clothes, a definite undertaking. Beyond that, no big projects to note. Bummer.
Hope you have a great weekend!
-Charlie fell out of his crib. He chipped a tooth, skinned his nose, and got rug burn on his forehead. He's a trooper and doesn't seem to be too affected.
-Sam and Addie are both very ready for Pat to come home. Tears have been close to the surface for the past few days. His crazy work schedule last week plus being out of town this week definitely adds up to not enough dad time, and it's becoming really obvious in their behavior. I'm trying to be extra understanding today because we're really all just done.
-Today I went to Addie's classroom to volunteer. As I went through different skills with each student, one thing they were working on was saying the pledge of allegiance. I kept getting teary-eyed listening to their cute voices say the pledge.
-Things are moving along with the new blog. Local friends definitely need to stop by- I should have a great give away posted soon.
-Charlie has been really cute with his words lately. I probably should've just given that boy his own post. He can say Papa and Nonna, much to Pat's parents delight. Yesterday Sam and Charlie were both having oatmeal for breakfast. Sam was whining because his was hot. Charlie looked at him and said, "bo" and then started blowing. Then he got on a roll and asked for more and said several other words during breakfast. It's fun to have him start talking more.
-Pat gave Sam a talk about being man of the house before he left. He told Sam it meant giving tickles to everyone. I think Sam took it to mean sleeping in my bed. Oy.
-I had great dreams of productivity this week, but didn't accomplish nearly as much as I wanted to. I felt like I spent the evenings pacing my house trying to figure out what project to dig into first. I sorted the kids' clothes, a definite undertaking. Beyond that, no big projects to note. Bummer.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Six on Saturday
1. Dinner at Biaggi's last night did not disappoint. My parmesan and potato crusted tilapia was excellent. The accompanying couscous ratatouille was perfection. The company was fantastic. I'm wondering if Pat will share his leftovers for lunch today.
2. This past week has been a lot of single parenting. Pat's been working a lot. He's getting ready to leave for a week long work trip. I'm setting little goals for myself to accomplish while he's gone to hopefully make the time go faster. I find myself grateful on a daily basis for Pat as my partner in parenting- and my partner in everything else.
3. Yesterday while headed into Target I ran into an old friend. It's easily been 10 years since I saw her last, and it was so.much.fun. She's one of those people who has always been so genuine, and I could have talked to her all day. We were trying to fit 10 years of catching up into 10 minutes outside of Target, so I hope to see her again so we can have more than a Reader's Digest version of conversation. Those kinds of encounters totally make my day.
4. I've been on a roll getting things done this week. I think the sunshine has helped to pull me out of my funk a bit and remind me how good it feels to have a sense of accomplishment. Which is good because I have a lot I'd like to accomplish!
5. Addie left the funniest note for me this week. On one side it says, "Mom pleas put me in a balla class." On the other side it says "Dad plass get me a hors." I'm glad to know she's right on cue with dreams about dancing and ponies. She is a lot of fun right now. I love that girl.
6. I did it. I started the blog. You know, that other one I've made mention to and vaguely referenced as my big exciting project for the past several months? Yes, it's up and going. My first post has been published. I'm still feeling a little nervous, but also hopeful for the outlet this will be. How we Felt will still be around, but I hope you'll also join me at Bee a Little Better. I'm really excited! And all the credit at this point really goes to Hannah for getting things up and going and beautiful. I love it!
2. This past week has been a lot of single parenting. Pat's been working a lot. He's getting ready to leave for a week long work trip. I'm setting little goals for myself to accomplish while he's gone to hopefully make the time go faster. I find myself grateful on a daily basis for Pat as my partner in parenting- and my partner in everything else.
3. Yesterday while headed into Target I ran into an old friend. It's easily been 10 years since I saw her last, and it was so.much.fun. She's one of those people who has always been so genuine, and I could have talked to her all day. We were trying to fit 10 years of catching up into 10 minutes outside of Target, so I hope to see her again so we can have more than a Reader's Digest version of conversation. Those kinds of encounters totally make my day.
4. I've been on a roll getting things done this week. I think the sunshine has helped to pull me out of my funk a bit and remind me how good it feels to have a sense of accomplishment. Which is good because I have a lot I'd like to accomplish!
5. Addie left the funniest note for me this week. On one side it says, "Mom pleas put me in a balla class." On the other side it says "Dad plass get me a hors." I'm glad to know she's right on cue with dreams about dancing and ponies. She is a lot of fun right now. I love that girl.
6. I did it. I started the blog. You know, that other one I've made mention to and vaguely referenced as my big exciting project for the past several months? Yes, it's up and going. My first post has been published. I'm still feeling a little nervous, but also hopeful for the outlet this will be. How we Felt will still be around, but I hope you'll also join me at Bee a Little Better. I'm really excited! And all the credit at this point really goes to Hannah for getting things up and going and beautiful. I love it!
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