The Week of W
03 May 2012 Leave a Comment
4/23-4/27
Tuesday’s craft was a surprise for Mother’s Day so I’ll be waiting to see what present Hannah has made for me.
Watermelon, Whale with a Whistle:
Poor Molly the dog went to the groomers. I trucked in with all three kids to pick her up (that was quite the adventure in its self) and peek over the wall to see this:
For some strange reason she has a lion cut?!?!?! I asked them to shave her down, meaning, take ALL of her fur off. This was not so. I still get a chuckle when I walk past her, it’s been 6 days.
I also discovered this week that my roof is still leaking. I’m so glad I spent all of my free time sanding and painting. As it literally rained the Sunday night that I finished painting. Welcome to my life.
Amelia is sitting up on her own and has become much better with taking bites from her spoon and KEEPING it in her mouth, phew!
Just when you think it’s safe to sit up, a crazy person jumps out from behind you:
Bloop:
The Week of V
02 May 2012 Leave a Comment
4/16-4/20
Lamb & Horse:
Freestyle painting and a Vulture wearing a Vest:
This week was filled with finally sanding the ceiling & walls and then painting said ceiling & walls. To make it even more fun I painted with three different paint colors because I enjoy torturing myself ;) Friday after work I hung out with my best girl friends for a well deserved steak dinner, followed up with some Target shopping. Fun times, fun times.
Easter Break
01 May 2012 Leave a Comment
The egg hunters waiting oh so patiently to be released to the yard.
This Easter my Mom was in town for the weekend from Shreveport. We had our normal Easter dinner and egg hunt on Saturday so Mom wouldn’t miss out.
Sunday , Tom, the kids and I went to church. The kids enjoyed the egg hunt and breakfast, after church we headed home. We enjoyed an Easter pot roast made by your’s truly. It was definitely a different feel to Easter with Mom gone the day of.
The Week of U
30 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
4/2-4/6
Unicorn, Umbrella, Big U and Little U
Umbrella and (a ripped) Ketchup & Mustard
My brother celebrated his 30th Birthday this week and the very next day Tom’s sister celebrated her 24th birthday.
My mom flew in Thursday night and was able to spend Easter weekend with us all. My brother had a mini vacation to Vegas to celebrate his 30th and made it home just in time to see Mama.
The Week of S
26 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
Big S, Little S and Sailboat:
Starfish covered in Sand and a Squirrel with a Spoon:
Amelia eats applesauce:
Family Pictures:
When Carter asks why he is not in very many pictures, I will show him this:
On Thursday I started to attend the Real Marriage bible study group at church. I might have subconsciously been avoiding joining. Even though I really wanted too, a part of me was a little scared.
Friday was a night out with my two best friends. I’ve come to the conclusion that martinis might be a wee bit too strong for me. This may have resulted in my best friend Emily driving me home, ahem.
Saturday we did Easter pictures and then Sunday was church. Not only did my Mom come home for the weekend but Tom by some miracle had a weekend off from work. I love when he’s home on the weekends.
The Week of R
26 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
Ribbons, Rabbits, Rattles and Rapunzel:
Rainbow and Rebecca:
This was a nice quiet week. The only excitement was me getting my permanent crown put on the tooth that broke a month ago. That’s probably bad that the highlight of my week was a new crown, lol!
Running Dreams
23 Mar 2012 4 Comments
I want to run.
I’ve been quiet about that goal up until now. I think I told my husband, trainer and best friend(s). In that order. I’ve been trying to set a lot of goals for myself lately and that is more of a long term goal.
Part of me is ready to get out there and slowly start to get into a running groove. Another side of me is saying you are going to kill your body running at your current weight. I talked to my trainer today and he advised that I should be 10 pounds from my goal weight before I start running because I will annihilate my knees. Kind of what I thought.
So, I’ll hold on to my desire to run and hopefully this time next year you’ll see me RUNNING!
I’ve never been so excited about a goal that it going to be so challenging.
The Week of Q
16 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
We started the week celebrating Hannie’s birthday! I played hookie from work and we all went out to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and then headed to Boomer’s to play around for a couple of hours. The kids had a blast!
Phew, some of these letters make it hard to come up with an item for show and tell!
Quails and Quilts, we also brought a quilt for show and tell.
and
Queen and (more) Quilts. For show and tell we brought a quarter.
Hannah was very excited to share her birthday with her school friends. On Tuesday she brought in homemade cupcakes and treat bags that we had put together. She picked a lollipop from the treasure chest and had class picture day. Needless to say she had a very busy and exciting day Tuesday!
While Han was at school, Tom and I went to his Mom-Mom’s service. I am very grateful that my Bestie was able to watch Carter and Amelia for us while we went.
Amelia and Marcus, best buddies!:
My Mama came home for the weekend on Thursday night! Yay! Since I had off Friday I drove to Philly to pick her up. As she’s getting in the car I see a parking cone. I asked her if she thought we’d clear the cone and she agreed. As soon as I pull off I hear a scraping noise and it sounded like we had a flat tire. Then the car stops, oh boy. I slammed the car into park, then back into drive and gunned it. It drives, phew! I pull into the short-term parking and jump out to look at the car. THE PARKING CONE! Somehow I ran over a different parking cone that I never even saw and it was jammed so bad I thought I might have needed to jack the car up to get it out. After a few fits of laughter I finally heman-ed the cone out and we were on our way!
Friday we went to American Girl as a family (My Mom, My Brother, His Wife and girls, Tom, Hannah and I). I know my Mom enjoyed spending the time with her kids and the older grand kids. My doll of a sister-in-law, Karly, stayed behind to watch Carter and Amelia (I just love her). We had a great time doll shopping and having lunch in the American Girl Bistro. The food was super yummy and the cute things for the dolls to “eat” with were too cute!
Saturday Hannah and I spent time together at the salon. I changed my color to purple, lavender and pink in the front and Han got a trim and her hair curled. Her curled hair reminded me of Shirley Temple!
It was a VERY busy week!
The Week of P
02 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
Tuesday Hannah had fun times at “big girl school” and worked on:
Pig, Puppy and Porcupine:
Wednesday Tommy’s Mom-Mom passed on. Very sad, she had suffered a long time with Alzheimer’s. I wish I could say more about her but I didn’t really know her and met her only one time at my bridal shower in 2004 and haven’t seen her since. :(
On Thursday Hannah worked on:
Purple-potato-painting, a Penguin eating Popcorn, Hand-Print snowflake and of course brought her penguin-pillow-pet for show-and-tell.
Thursday, Tom and I met with a lawyer to see what our next step should be. We did not have gap insurance and my concerns were confirmed by my claims specialist. What they are offering me for my car is not enough to pay the loan off. So not cool. I’ll be waiting to see what happens with this debacle, the attorney is going to reach out to Chrysler to try to recoup my money since my van is still under warranty, let’s cross our finger and toes.
As usual Fridays were dance class and I’ve decided I just need to not talk to the other parents because I just end up with my foot in my mouth. The last time I tried to interact with a parent I said their child’s name wrong even though I knew what it was and as soon as I said the name I knew I had said it incorrectly. Todays faux pas, I asked one of the Moms where she got her daughter’s leg warmers from and of course they were from Santa…I can’t catch a break. Haha!
I will leave you with this:
a super cute baby:
and a terrific song that has been playing on repeat in my mind for the past forever:
