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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
1st day both the kids are at school for a full day!!!!!
Drop off went well, they smiled for pictures and no one cried (not me or the kids). Chatted with the crossing guard. Now trying to decide what to do with my first day of both kids in full day:-) Lets see, food shop? Clean? Spa Day? Nap? nice thing is I have 6 hours to figure it out:-)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Car ride home
Just a quick little post from our drive home from NC. 12 hours in the car is tough on anybody on a very active, never wants to sit still 6 year old boy its torture. (Actually it was torture for the rest of us.)
My darling children did a WONDERFUL job on the drive down. They played nicely together, William napped a little. Natalie had her MP3 player and a book and she was happy as could be (yes she takes after her mother in the car).
The way home was just too much for William to handle. I can’t say he was “bad” he was just rammy, and bored so he decided to amuse himself by bugging the heck out of his sister! He was in the middle row of the van behind me (the passenger seat) and Natalie was in the third row behind the driver, the chair in front of her was put down so there was space for her legs and some of our stuff.
The best way I can describe William on the drive is this way. Have you ever seen the movie “Gremlins”? It’s about this cute fuzzy little teddy bear looking “animal” that is sweet and kind and cute and cuddly---- until you pour water on him. When a Gremlin comes in contact with water it turns into this destructive, devilish, evil little monster. Now strap one of them into a car seat for 12 hours and that was William!
At one point I got his back pack and I took out some of his “things to do” and gave them to him and told him he had to do this stuff. So we had peace in the car for a whole 15 minutes. Then he started turning around “stretching” his arm, but in his “stretching” he would be touching his sisters foot, which sent her into a “knock it off, stop touching me” fit!
I said to him
M: William stops touching your sister
W: I’m not trying to, I’m just stretching (devilish little grin on his face)
M: Stop touching her when you stretch!
M: Find something to do! You have a whole backpack full of things to do for this long car ride and you are doing nothing!
W: I’m annoying my sister that’s doing something.
I didn’t know weather to back hand him or laugh at that point, so I just covered my mouth and tried not to let him see me laughing. Next year I think I’m buying a bottle of Benadryl and using it for the car ride. Not sure yet if I’m giving it to the boy or taking it myself but……
Vacations pictures and more stories will be posted at a later date:-)
My darling children did a WONDERFUL job on the drive down. They played nicely together, William napped a little. Natalie had her MP3 player and a book and she was happy as could be (yes she takes after her mother in the car).
The way home was just too much for William to handle. I can’t say he was “bad” he was just rammy, and bored so he decided to amuse himself by bugging the heck out of his sister! He was in the middle row of the van behind me (the passenger seat) and Natalie was in the third row behind the driver, the chair in front of her was put down so there was space for her legs and some of our stuff.
The best way I can describe William on the drive is this way. Have you ever seen the movie “Gremlins”? It’s about this cute fuzzy little teddy bear looking “animal” that is sweet and kind and cute and cuddly---- until you pour water on him. When a Gremlin comes in contact with water it turns into this destructive, devilish, evil little monster. Now strap one of them into a car seat for 12 hours and that was William!
At one point I got his back pack and I took out some of his “things to do” and gave them to him and told him he had to do this stuff. So we had peace in the car for a whole 15 minutes. Then he started turning around “stretching” his arm, but in his “stretching” he would be touching his sisters foot, which sent her into a “knock it off, stop touching me” fit!
I said to him
M: William stops touching your sister
W: I’m not trying to, I’m just stretching (devilish little grin on his face)
M: Stop touching her when you stretch!
M: Find something to do! You have a whole backpack full of things to do for this long car ride and you are doing nothing!
W: I’m annoying my sister that’s doing something.
I didn’t know weather to back hand him or laugh at that point, so I just covered my mouth and tried not to let him see me laughing. Next year I think I’m buying a bottle of Benadryl and using it for the car ride. Not sure yet if I’m giving it to the boy or taking it myself but……
Vacations pictures and more stories will be posted at a later date:-)
Monday, July 27, 2009
Garden
We got our first tomato and first cucumber from our garden!! They are sooooo good!
The kids and I split the plum tomato and I am in the process of eating the whole cucumber. I only planned on tasting it but it’s so good I ate the whole thing:-)
I have to send a big shout out to my Aunt who gave us her seedlings and to my hubby who planted and took care of the garden the whole time. Thanks!!!!
The kids and I split the plum tomato and I am in the process of eating the whole cucumber. I only planned on tasting it but it’s so good I ate the whole thing:-)
I have to send a big shout out to my Aunt who gave us her seedlings and to my hubby who planted and took care of the garden the whole time. Thanks!!!!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Dear Lord, please bless me with the gift of patience
The kids went to Bible school/camp last week and LOVED every minute of it. The church that runs this does an amazing job. Fun games, activities, singing, prayer….. I just can’t say enough about the program. The kids have their calendars marked for next year already!
So after a week of God Fun, Jesus Fun, and Bible Fun it was back to regular old Sunday morning Mass at our church. Natalie was fine; William on the other hand decided to be especially unruly this Sunday. He was having a real problem keeping his little body still and doing the things he was supposed to do (sitting, standing, kneeling).
I was on his case most of Mass, I had had enough as we were kneeling and he was sitting his butt back on the pew. I told him more than once to get off the pew and it looked to me like he was still on it. I told him one last time to which he replied
W: I’m not on the pew.
He was kneeling with his butt sticking out like it was resting on the pew, but it was actually about a quarter of an inch off of it. Now I’m really mad because he knows he’s annoying me and making WRONG choices but he’s doing it anyway.
Then when it came time for The Our Father he was acting up and wouldn’t hold hands and wasn’t saying the prayer. I waited till it was done and marched him back to the cry room, which I haven’t had to do in a really long time. I was really hoping I would run into a nun who would offer me a ruler on the way in, but I didn’t have that luck. I made him go sit in “time out” and talked to him a bit.
Church ended and as punishment he was not allowed to ride in Grampy’s car and he had to say The Our Father correctly for me. After about the 5th time he got it right and we were able to go to my parents for breakfast.
Later in the day William found me, he had a very confident posture going on, and a bit of an attitude in his voice when he told me
W: You know Mom, even though I was really bad in church today, God still loves me!
So after a week of God Fun, Jesus Fun, and Bible Fun it was back to regular old Sunday morning Mass at our church. Natalie was fine; William on the other hand decided to be especially unruly this Sunday. He was having a real problem keeping his little body still and doing the things he was supposed to do (sitting, standing, kneeling).
I was on his case most of Mass, I had had enough as we were kneeling and he was sitting his butt back on the pew. I told him more than once to get off the pew and it looked to me like he was still on it. I told him one last time to which he replied
W: I’m not on the pew.
He was kneeling with his butt sticking out like it was resting on the pew, but it was actually about a quarter of an inch off of it. Now I’m really mad because he knows he’s annoying me and making WRONG choices but he’s doing it anyway.
Then when it came time for The Our Father he was acting up and wouldn’t hold hands and wasn’t saying the prayer. I waited till it was done and marched him back to the cry room, which I haven’t had to do in a really long time. I was really hoping I would run into a nun who would offer me a ruler on the way in, but I didn’t have that luck. I made him go sit in “time out” and talked to him a bit.
Church ended and as punishment he was not allowed to ride in Grampy’s car and he had to say The Our Father correctly for me. After about the 5th time he got it right and we were able to go to my parents for breakfast.
Later in the day William found me, he had a very confident posture going on, and a bit of an attitude in his voice when he told me
W: You know Mom, even though I was really bad in church today, God still loves me!
Friday, July 10, 2009
They made it to Wheel of Fortune
Tonight I decided I needed to go get a pedicure. This is something I treat myself to about 5 times a year. Sometimes with friends, sometimes with my mom and sometimes by myself. Tonight was a “my feet are so yucky, I’m in desperate need of a pedicure” run. I didn’t make an appointment I just figured I’d go to the walk in place and take my chances. Ed got home a little later than I thought he would (apparently a few people at work had birthdays this week and they went to celebrate) and my normal place closed at 7. Since I pulled up at 6:30 I figured I was out of luck.
There are a few other places in the area so I drove around to them to see if any were open later. Out of the 4 shops I found only 1 was open till 8. So I went in to see if they had any openings. They did, I had never been to this one but I thought I’d try it.
Jeopardy was on when I got into the chair, I half listened to the show, was shocked when I knew the answer to one of the questions. I actually opened my eyes to see who the contestants were and was shocked to see it was not 5 year old week, since I had the answer correct. Next came Wheel of Fortune.
Now one of my best memories from hanging out with my grandparents' whether it was in NC or NJ was sitting down and watching Wheel of Fortune each night. Who ever was in the house at the time would be watching. There may have been card games going on, but we were all in the same room, having family time and kind of playing along to Wheel.
So this brought a smile to my face when the show came on. I listened a little then opened my eyes at something they said and the announcer was describing one of the prize packages. It was a trip to NY City (they were in Hawaii this week) and tickets to “Jersey Boys”!!!!!(never mind the Tony awards, you know you've made it "BIG" when you are a prize on Wheel of Fortune). Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been to see it twice and grew up on Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons. So now I’m really smiling thinking, wow it was fate that I happened to find this nail place open late and got to see this.
It’s couples week so the couple playing lands on the NY trip, now I’m rooting for them to win so they can have the privilege of seeing this wonderful show. It happens every now and then on Wheel of Fortune the person has the words spelled out in front of them and they mispronounce a word and lose!
We are going to the chapel and we’re GOING TO get married was NOT the answer.
We are going to the chapel and we’re GONNA get married is the correct answer!
So bummer they don’t get to see Jersey Boys but the next couple was happy and solved the puzzle.
Then when I was finished and heading home, I changed my radio station and guess what was on????? OH WHAT A NIGHT! Frankie is in the air tonight:-)
My feet are smooth and pretty and my daughter wants me to take her for a pedicure tomorrow. I told her I would call the “Grammy Salon” and see if she has any openings. I’m guessing there is an opening on Sunday morning after the Neirbo café’ is finished serving breakfast.
There are a few other places in the area so I drove around to them to see if any were open later. Out of the 4 shops I found only 1 was open till 8. So I went in to see if they had any openings. They did, I had never been to this one but I thought I’d try it.
Jeopardy was on when I got into the chair, I half listened to the show, was shocked when I knew the answer to one of the questions. I actually opened my eyes to see who the contestants were and was shocked to see it was not 5 year old week, since I had the answer correct. Next came Wheel of Fortune.
Now one of my best memories from hanging out with my grandparents' whether it was in NC or NJ was sitting down and watching Wheel of Fortune each night. Who ever was in the house at the time would be watching. There may have been card games going on, but we were all in the same room, having family time and kind of playing along to Wheel.
So this brought a smile to my face when the show came on. I listened a little then opened my eyes at something they said and the announcer was describing one of the prize packages. It was a trip to NY City (they were in Hawaii this week) and tickets to “Jersey Boys”!!!!!(never mind the Tony awards, you know you've made it "BIG" when you are a prize on Wheel of Fortune). Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been to see it twice and grew up on Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons. So now I’m really smiling thinking, wow it was fate that I happened to find this nail place open late and got to see this.
It’s couples week so the couple playing lands on the NY trip, now I’m rooting for them to win so they can have the privilege of seeing this wonderful show. It happens every now and then on Wheel of Fortune the person has the words spelled out in front of them and they mispronounce a word and lose!
We are going to the chapel and we’re GOING TO get married was NOT the answer.
We are going to the chapel and we’re GONNA get married is the correct answer!
So bummer they don’t get to see Jersey Boys but the next couple was happy and solved the puzzle.
Then when I was finished and heading home, I changed my radio station and guess what was on????? OH WHAT A NIGHT! Frankie is in the air tonight:-)
My feet are smooth and pretty and my daughter wants me to take her for a pedicure tomorrow. I told her I would call the “Grammy Salon” and see if she has any openings. I’m guessing there is an opening on Sunday morning after the Neirbo café’ is finished serving breakfast.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Feeding the ducks
Last Friday we went to a local park and after playing for a little while the kids wanted to skip rocks. They started to skip rocks then some ducks found us so we fed the ducks. SHHHH I don't think we are supposed to but the kids had so much fun. Then we couldn't get rid of the ducks, we had to go hid away from the water for a little while. Some of the ducks even followed us thinking we had more food.
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