Thursday, December 11, 2008
Sweet little hat, check!
We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our sweet baby girl. I haven't done much to get ready yet, except for compulsively "finger dust", but I don't think that really counts. I started crocheting last year because we have very long winters and my sewing machine scares me (I'll have to get over that though since I'm planning on making pajamas for the kids for Christmas). I was happy when I found a pattern for an easy (ding, ding, ding!) baby hat. It actually calls for a half-double crochet, but I can only single crochet (never have been a crafty person) so that's what I did. It didn't turn out too bad. Now a couple more months and there will be a sweet little head to go inside of it!
Say What?
It snowed on and off all day yesterday. I was a little slow getting going and by the time I was ready to start the day the kids were pulling their snow pants and boots out. What was a mother to do? Of course I let them go outside and play. It took the usual 20 minutes to get every one ready to go out and by the time I was ready to out with them I heard a knock on the door. It was Gianna. She was ready to come in. When I suggested that she came back out since I was going to be outside, this is the look she gave me. I just happened to have the camera in my hand because I was planning on taking pictures of the kids playing in the snow.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Paint Job
Now, I know the inside of our house needs a paint job desperately. I get that. I'm working on it (well, working on it in my mind). But, I've always thought the outside looked okay. After all, it is vinyl siding. So, why, oh why, did someone think that a bright blue paint ball on the side of our front door was necessary. Grrrr.....
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Dropped the ball
I completely dropped the ball on getting pictures posted from our great Thanksgiving weekend. I've been staying away from the computer as much as possible during the week and it seems like every time I sit down to post something I don't quite have enough time to think of anything worthwhile to say. :-)
Yesterday we had a great and very busy day. We celebrated St.Nicholas Day first thing in the morning with shoes full of fun goodies. The kids had put some leftover Halloween candy in Brett and my shoes before they went to bed, it was really cute.
Brett made a nice big breakfast and then Aidan had his karate test. He tested for his orange belt (white, yellow, yellow-stripe, and now orange in case you were wondering the order). He did great! Here he is doing his form. What a change since he started in karate less than a year ago. He is much more confident in what he does. We are very proud of him!
After the test Brett had to leave and go to direct the pep band at the basketball games and I took Emma to her make-up class for ballet (they canceled a couple of classes due to a parade and Thanksgiving). We came home, had lunch, let the kids play with their St.Nicholas Day presents. Emma and Aidan each got a computer game and Gianna got a playdough thing. After the kids played and I cleaned the kitchen from our yummy (but very messy) breakfast, we got bundled up and went out to see Brett at the basketball game. I love that we are so close to campus. We enjoyed a nice walk to the gym and had fun for the first 12 minutes of the game. Gianna (notice I didn't mention naps anywhere in our day) decided to act her age and so we left with her screaming, "But I will miss daddy!!!! Bye daddy!!!!!" at the top of her lungs. Motherhood sure is humbling.
We came home, took baths, video-called cousin Lauren, and ate dinner. Brett joined us as we were finishing up dinner. The kids went to bed and Brett and I hung out and deliberated what to do about Christmas presents for each other. We're soooo cool. He's getting a renewal membership to the Percussive Arts Society (which is something that is semi-required for his profession, but rather $$$), and I'm getting a new infant car seat! :-) I told you we're cool. We are really focusing on keeping things simple this year for several reasons and to be honest, I'm just absolutely thrilled about the present that will arrive later to sit in the infant car seat that I could care less that it might rate fairly low on most people's "coolness scales".
Right now the kids are snacking on a favorite treat of ours, popcorn and M&Ms, and watching a movie. Brett is at a rehearsal, and I'm enjoying watching the snow fall! I'm sure the resident snow shoveler (Aidan) will be up with the sun (or non-sun which is usually the case up here in the winter) ready to get the snow off the sidewalk. Unfortunately for him he didn't put the shovel away the last time he shoveled, but left is laying in the backyard, and it is currently being covered up by a few inches of snow. Oops.
Tonight I'm going to focus on getting ready for the week and hopefully will finish Gianna's scarf (finished crocheting Emma's already). I still have nightgowns and some pjs to make for the kids for Christmas but of course I can't work on all of that while they are awake so my time is limited. I'm putting those projects off for as long as possible because I'm afraid of my sewing machine and have to get over my fear every time I decide to do a new project.
I've rambled long enough. So I'll leave you with this quote from Gianna,
"Mom, what are we going to name our baby?
"Well, mommy and daddy will let you know what we name the baby"
"We could name her pink baby, but, nah...she's not pink.....oh, I know....we could paint her pink!"
Have a great second week of Advent!
Yesterday we had a great and very busy day. We celebrated St.Nicholas Day first thing in the morning with shoes full of fun goodies. The kids had put some leftover Halloween candy in Brett and my shoes before they went to bed, it was really cute.
Brett made a nice big breakfast and then Aidan had his karate test. He tested for his orange belt (white, yellow, yellow-stripe, and now orange in case you were wondering the order). He did great! Here he is doing his form. What a change since he started in karate less than a year ago. He is much more confident in what he does. We are very proud of him!
After the test Brett had to leave and go to direct the pep band at the basketball games and I took Emma to her make-up class for ballet (they canceled a couple of classes due to a parade and Thanksgiving). We came home, had lunch, let the kids play with their St.Nicholas Day presents. Emma and Aidan each got a computer game and Gianna got a playdough thing. After the kids played and I cleaned the kitchen from our yummy (but very messy) breakfast, we got bundled up and went out to see Brett at the basketball game. I love that we are so close to campus. We enjoyed a nice walk to the gym and had fun for the first 12 minutes of the game. Gianna (notice I didn't mention naps anywhere in our day) decided to act her age and so we left with her screaming, "But I will miss daddy!!!! Bye daddy!!!!!" at the top of her lungs. Motherhood sure is humbling.
We came home, took baths, video-called cousin Lauren, and ate dinner. Brett joined us as we were finishing up dinner. The kids went to bed and Brett and I hung out and deliberated what to do about Christmas presents for each other. We're soooo cool. He's getting a renewal membership to the Percussive Arts Society (which is something that is semi-required for his profession, but rather $$$), and I'm getting a new infant car seat! :-) I told you we're cool. We are really focusing on keeping things simple this year for several reasons and to be honest, I'm just absolutely thrilled about the present that will arrive later to sit in the infant car seat that I could care less that it might rate fairly low on most people's "coolness scales".
Right now the kids are snacking on a favorite treat of ours, popcorn and M&Ms, and watching a movie. Brett is at a rehearsal, and I'm enjoying watching the snow fall! I'm sure the resident snow shoveler (Aidan) will be up with the sun (or non-sun which is usually the case up here in the winter) ready to get the snow off the sidewalk. Unfortunately for him he didn't put the shovel away the last time he shoveled, but left is laying in the backyard, and it is currently being covered up by a few inches of snow. Oops.
Tonight I'm going to focus on getting ready for the week and hopefully will finish Gianna's scarf (finished crocheting Emma's already). I still have nightgowns and some pjs to make for the kids for Christmas but of course I can't work on all of that while they are awake so my time is limited. I'm putting those projects off for as long as possible because I'm afraid of my sewing machine and have to get over my fear every time I decide to do a new project.
I've rambled long enough. So I'll leave you with this quote from Gianna,
"Mom, what are we going to name our baby?
"Well, mommy and daddy will let you know what we name the baby"
"We could name her pink baby, but, nah...she's not pink.....oh, I know....we could paint her pink!"
Have a great second week of Advent!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Resting
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, which is why today I am resting!
We had a fantastic time with my parents and sister and her family over Thanksgiving weekend. It was crazy with cousins running around, turkey to eat, a son turning 7, and a train to catch! We all had a fabulous time. I think the only side effect of all the fun has been sleep deprivation. Unfortunately for my guests they will have to wait to catch up on their sleep for when they get home. As for this family...well, I think a 2 hour nap with the girls while Aidan "rested" counts as a good start. Ahhhhhh. I love Sundays.
I will post pictures of this weekend and of the big 7 year old later. Right now, I have more resting to do...okay, okay, I'm lying. I'm actually going to be cleaning up a little bit. But I find it restful because there's absolutely no pressure to get anything done so I'll just do however much I feel like doing and call it good.
We had a fantastic time with my parents and sister and her family over Thanksgiving weekend. It was crazy with cousins running around, turkey to eat, a son turning 7, and a train to catch! We all had a fabulous time. I think the only side effect of all the fun has been sleep deprivation. Unfortunately for my guests they will have to wait to catch up on their sleep for when they get home. As for this family...well, I think a 2 hour nap with the girls while Aidan "rested" counts as a good start. Ahhhhhh. I love Sundays.
I will post pictures of this weekend and of the big 7 year old later. Right now, I have more resting to do...okay, okay, I'm lying. I'm actually going to be cleaning up a little bit. But I find it restful because there's absolutely no pressure to get anything done so I'll just do however much I feel like doing and call it good.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Reminding myself
I'm writing this post to remind myself that I am very grateful for the deer Brett brought home last night. It will stock our freezer and feed our bellies, and he had a great time to boot. There, I said it, so now if I sound a little ungrateful because this deer is currently taking up my whole refrigerator while it's waiting to be packaged tonight when I have a Thanksgiving *turkey* to be thawing and other groceries to get, I can look back at this long run-on sentence filled post and say, "See, I am to grateful!".
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