Visalia

Off to get 2 Teeth! They have only been missing for 4 years!

San Diego

Well, when we make a trip we try to do as much as we can. From SF, to Visalia, to Los Angeles to visit my Grandparents to SD!

We had fun with Papa Moses at the beach. We ate donuts, built houses and filled a never ending hole of water.

Frosting from the donut

I think Henry had a ball too! He was waving his arms like a double engine airplane all weekend.
The sun came out right as we were leaving! I enjoyed the cloudy weather and the salty air.

We had a wonderful time all weekend!

Miss you Georgia!

First Day of Preschool

This girl chose her necklace and bracelets and then was ready to go! We are doing an at home pre-school with this great website my fantistic friend Jessica found. Everything right there for you... free! Caroline talks about pre-school all of the time. On her first day, she said to me "I'm going to have a good time Mom." She also informed me that she didn't need sunscreen and she asked me what I was going to do while she was gone. I think she had a great time. She is getting so big!

Crazy Story for the Day

Yesterday morning I nursed Henry back to sleep on our bed. Afterward I noticed his Pajama pants were a little wet from peeing. It was early so I didn't want to wake him up, and I put a blanket underneath him and went about my morning. Later I checked on him to see if he was awake and he was oohing and ahhing over his toes. Well I picked him and he had pooed out of his diaper onto my sheets that I had just washed the day before. I picked him up and took him to the diaper changing pad and cleaned him up with wipes. As I was about to put a new diaper on- he pees. I gasp. He stops, yet before it has sprayed everywhere. I take his Jammie top off. Wrap it around him and go directly to the bath with a new diaper in hand. I turn on the bath and wonder why my leg suddenly got warm. Yes, he had peed again. At that moment I screamed and laughed and tried to believe really just happened. I did a whole load of laundry just in his mishaps. But do you see his face? He really is so darling.... even if he again peed on me last night as I was changing his diaper before bedtime. I think that was an ultimate record for me.

I love my kids

Henry

6 Months

Caroline

2 Years and 10 months!

A Feeling of Freedom

For the past 7 years (next week), we would have shared one car between the two of us. Last week we did an unsual trade and got a second car. I have dominated the ownership of the car for most of the years, and my sweet husband has sacrificed his clean suits, clean shorts, and time to ride the bus. For the past year we have done some pretty good trading off. With 2 kids now and doctor appointments, and Library times, runs to the grocery store and Aaron having to go to work with the ability of staying late... it got a little complicated.

I haven't gone out everyday of the week, but the feeling of 'I can' is refreshing.

Pie Baking Contest

I've never entered a food contest before, and I thought with the latest Fine cooking Magazine recipe, it wouldn't hurt. I knew these pies would not be your traditional pie.

I only tried it warm. It was tasty- yet a little doughy.

I didn't win.

Life goes on.

I tried their other recipe... Blackberry-Apple turnovers. Yum, too.

Firsts

Caroline went bowling with a friend for the first time last Friday. She was hungry part way through and insisted she had to finish her sandwich before she could play again. She loved it. She keeps saying "I'm going bowling with Daddy last night!" Meaning, she wants to go with him someday.

Henry's first time in a restaurant high chair. He almost lasted the whole time! :)

Henry's first tooth poked through the gums this morning. I'm kind of sad. I love his gumless smile.

Caroline woke up this morning saying she was cold. I was grateful for the overcast morning yesterday and today. I needed the cool down.

Hot

baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, heated, humid, igneous, like an oven, on fire, ovenlike, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, tropic, tropical, very warm

That is how I feel when I got out of bed the last 2 mornings. It only gets worse in the afternoon. And I don't feel cool until 10 o'clock at night. I'm ready for sweatshirt weather.

Red Light, Green Light

I try to talk aloud when I am in the car for Caroline and Henry's sake. I often say Red means to STOP and Green means GO! Randomly the other morning when I was getting ready, I heard her say "Green means go... Red means stop!" It just made me all warm inside. She does actually listen and digest what I say and teach. Yay!

Well, that warm feeling quickly died when 1/2 an hour later she was playing with a baby toy in Henry's room and yes, you guessed it. You pressed a button and heard an energetic lady say "Green means go, yellow means slow down, and red means stop."

Sigh... oh well, at least I buy GREAT toys, I guess!