Wrapping Up April

Mon, April 14 - Bunco was hosted by Amy! She fixed chicken and beef enchilladas. DELISH!
Tue, April 15 - Isabelle is officially crawling! YAY! Some of us met at Gnismer farms to pick some fresh strawberries. Joshua had a blast! We will def go back for blackberries in May!
Wed, April 16 - We met at Rene’s house for a Pajama Party and breakfast. Yum! I walked around the block with Joshua. I am trying to make a habit of doing it.
Thur, April 17 - Today is Alan’s birthday! Happy Birthday sweeite! This morning we went to Bouncing Babies storytime at a different library. It was fun! Once the kids got home from school we left again to get some things for Alan’s surprise birthday picnic. We had to move the venue indoors b/c of the pending bad weather. We had hot dogs for dinner picnic style. I walked around the block with Isabelle before the bad weather moved in. Some time around 9:00pm the sirens began sounding off. I moved the kids into the guest bathroom just to be safe. The kids were all scared out of their minds once the hail began falling. Our back yard was covered in two inches of hail. It looked like a sheet of snow.
Fri, April 18 - We went to G’s house today to make a mess. It was fun. The idea was to paint with pudding. What a fun activity. The kids were given paintbrushes and marshmallows. Then allowed to dip in several tubs of vanilla pudding that had been tinted with different shades of food coloring. So much fun! Later, we met some other moms at Craven’s park for some park play and a walk.
Sat, April 19 - We drove to Watauga for a fun picnic. The kids enjoyed playing with a water and sand table, bubbles, and a quick dip in the pool. Alan volunteered to stay at home with the kids while I went to S’s house for an all night crop, so much fun!
Tue, April 22 - Isabelle pulled up today. She has only been crawling for about a week, and now she is ready to move forward. She did get herself stuck, not knowing what to do after she got to the standing position.
Wed, April 23 - Bouncing Babies storytime is always fun. We will miss it while there is a short hiatus during May.
Thur, April 24 - We met for lunch at Cici’s today. What a great turnout. It was so much fun! The manager was very helpful and even nice enough to take a group photo!
Sat, April 26 - I woke Alan early enough to take Joshua to Lowes for the kid’s workshop. The project for today was a land sail. I invited Jo and the kids over for dinner. We setup the new bounce house and the kids had a field day. Once most of the food was prepped and ready for cooking, I went with Jo and the kids over to the little patch of bluebonnets that I had found and we took a ton of pics.
Tue, April 29 - We went to Gayla’s for a low key playdate. Christy made an appearance and we were able to meet Savannah. Such a sweet and beautiful new baby girl. Later in the day we met Jo and T at Craven’s park. It was nice to chat while the kids played.
Wed, April 30 - I have been super busy trying to get photos ready for the retreat! I am so excited to get some realy scrapbooking done.

April Arrives

April is here and still no sign of my better blogging habits! I have been busy sorting through photos in preparation for my upcoming scrapbook retreat in May! It will be here all too soon! I am both excited and anxious. With that said, here is how April has faired so far…

Tue, April 1 - April Fool’s Day, and that’s no joke! I had a ton of cute ideas for April Fool’s Day pranks, but did not actually follow through with any of them. Maybe next year. We went to Jen’s house this morning. It was pretty cool out, so we were planning on keeping the play date indoors, but the kids didn’t seem to mind the weather at all. They had a great time in J’s HUGE back yard.
Wed, April 2 - This morning we went to a new Mainly Music class. This one is much closer to home and the instructor is so great with the kids and has so much energy! We will def go back.
Thur, April 3 - I don’t know how many more sleepless nights I can handle. Isabelle has been waking up every couple of hours b/c her teeth are bothering her. I thought she was just getting her two top teeth, but have since noticed that three teeth are breaking through the skin. We left the house pretty late, but ended up arriving at Mandy’s house with plenty of time to enjoy a play date. Later in the evening we all enjoyed the nice weather with neighbors outside. I began making breakfast for dinner, but Alan took over and finished up! Yay Alan!
Fri, April 4 - It rained quite a bit last night. We were not hit too hard by the weather. I took Cory and Jennifer to school while Alan showered. Today is our anniversary! We have been married four years today! We went to R’s house and celebrated “Cheese Day” by singing cheesy songs, playing shape sorting games, and creating grilled cheese sandwhiches. Joshua and Isabelle both fell asleep in the truck on the drive home. I brought them both in and let them finish their naps. I am wishing now that I had taken one too. We ordered pizza for dinner. Cory spent the night at C’s house. Jen and I stayed up watching stuff on our jam packed DVR, until she finally passed out on the couch. I am about to go to bed myself. :yawn:
Sat, April 5 - Alan took Joshua to the Home Depot kid’s Workshop. He was surprised to find how much HD has improved their kits. Today’s project was a plant box. After constructing the planter, they strolled over to the garden area and Josh picked out two different flowers for the planter. Too cute! Later, Alan and Josh went to McDonald’s where Alan had a burger meal, and Joshua enjoyed two containers of ketchup with two french fries. It is so funny to watch! Alan brought the leftovers home which Joshua finally ate.
Sun, April 6 - Josh and I were supposed to get up early and go to T’s house for a playdate. Alan offered to watch Isabelle so that Josh and I could enjoy a less stressful play time. We were up early, but I had decided in my mind that we were not supposed to be there until 11:00am. WRONG! I turned on the computer around 10:30am and discovered that the time was 9:30am. I totally spaced out on this one. I called T and apologized. Maybe next time!
Tue, April 8 - Tut Tut it looks like rain. Or does it? Well I had just about convinced everyone in the Arlington group that it was going to rain and we should reschedule the trip to the Arboretum. Then it all changed. E called and convinced me to meet her and K at the Arboretum. I am so glad that we did. The weather was wonderful! We ran into several others from the group and had a great time. Just as we had finished our picinc we began feeling drops of rain. We decided to wrap things up and head for home before the afternoon traffic picked up. One of the highlights of the day was when Joshua literally trampeled through the tulips. I was sure I would be asked to leave. Of course both kids slept the entire trip home.
Wed, April 9 - A rarity, but Alan was working from home so I decided to leave Isabelle napping and take Joshua to storytime at the library. Josh is too cute! During the entire trip to the library he would ask, where is Isabelle, to which I would reply, she is at home napping and daddy is watching her. He was very unsettled by not having his little sister tagging along as she usually is. He was a bit overzealous for the age group that was attending, but we enjoyed it all the same. In other news Isabelle weighs 24.5 lbs.
Thur, April 10 - Isabelle was up at 5:00am this morning. UGH! I am beat! I just wanted to close my eyes for a minute, thinking that Josh would wake soon. Instead he slept in and the next thing I know it’s 10:30am. WOWZERS! I contacted G and told her we wouldn’t be coming, and we settled in for a day at home. Alan got home around 3pm, we ate hot dogs for dinner. Alan left for a jeep club meeting and found that he is having an issue with the breaks. I thought I might have to go get him, but he managed to nurse the jeep home safely.
Fri, April 11 - Alan had to leave real early this morning, so Bill came and took C&J to school. Joshua, Isabelle, and I met about a dozen other moms out at Country Critters for a fun filled day of activites and a picnic. It has been several years since I went to the farm with Jennifer’s Pre-K field trip. There have many improvements since that visit. We started off with a pony ride. Joshua was not too thrilled about it, but I am so glad that he gave it a try, even though he was holding me with quite a firm grip is a rode. Next was meeting all of the animals on the farm: reindeer, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, and billy goats. We also had a chance to brush/pet the goats and sheep. Some of the kids rode on a miniature train pulled by a riding lawnmower, which was running when we approached so Josh was having nothing to do with it whatsoever! Next was a hay ride. This he was not thrilled about either, but he didn’t have a choice in the matter as I climbed on board with Isabelle. Then we let the little ones play on the wooden trains while waiting our turn to hit the bunny trail in search of Peter Cottontail. Joshua was only interested in removing all of the pinwheel decorations from the trail. We later went back and put them in place. We took pics with a real bunny and a costume bunny. The next stop for our group was the bounce house. That didn’t last long b/c the older kids were tossing around the little kids, and Josh wanted out. We all sat down for our picnic next, and as everyone finished eating there were games to play: including a horseshoe toss, a bean bag toss, hoola hoops, and a wooden maze. Joshua wandered over to the fence line and started studying something on the ground. I knew that it was ants and rushed over to him. Sure enough he already had ants covering him all the way up to his knee caps! You have never seen someone have their shoes, socks, and pants stripped off of them so fast. Poor guy didn’t know what hit him. Luckily he was only stung a few times around the ankle and it didn’t seem to bother him too much. We were the last ones to leave, actually closing the place down for the day right at 2:00pm. We had a great time and the kids fell asleep in the truck on the way home and have enjoyed a fantastic nap. A friend contacted me later and told me that she found a tick on her neck, so I immediately started searching myself. Now I have the heebie jeebies, thinking that every twinge is some critter crawling on me.
Sat, April 12 - singing…It’s Ladies Night, O What a Night! Tonight Alan stayed home with the babies so that I could go to an all night crop at B’s. On the way out, I stopped at CVS to pickup some photos that I had uploaded earlier. Usually this is not big deal, upload, click on order, go pick up order. I was running a little late already b/c Alan had some errands to run, including picking up ingredients for a homemade apple pie, and a pizza from Nizzas. I arrived to find that the photos had not been printed. UGH! The confirmation showed they would be ready at 5:45pm and it was already after 6:00pm. So the guy looked up the order, placed them on a cd and came around and put the cd in one of the photo kiosks. He stated it would take about 20 minutes. I called Alan and explained my situation. I was a bit frustrated but decided to wander around the store while I waited. I passed by the kiosk to check the process and noticed that the photos printing were not mine. UGH! I stood in line at the check out, as there was now only one person behind the counter, and waited my turn in line to make someone aware that my photos were not the ones printing. UGH! A phone call was made and the guy that had originally helped me came back to the front. I asked him if there was more than one online order printing to which he replied, no he had only been printing the one order. I stated that my order was only for 27 photos, so he must be pringing someone else’s order not mine. He copied my photos to a cd and came around to the kiosk that was still printing from the previous cd, now upwards of 100 photos. He said he could not cancel the current print job. I was so frustrated at this point, having spent more than 20 minutes in the store already. I called Alan back to further explain my situation. He got the idea to call the store and ask them to forward my order to a store close to B’s house, giving the store time to print them while I was driving. Great idea! It is so nice to have a level headed husband. I went back to the front of the store with the intentions of asking them to send the photos to another CVS when the store manager approached me to say that the first set of photos had stopped printing and that they were going to start printing mine. He put the cd in and it showed over 40 pics. GEEZ! That cannot be mine either, I only uploaded 27 photos. ARGH! The manager went to the computer personally and put my photos on a cd. He came around to the kiosk and was trying to remove the other cd when we noticed that some of my photos were on the screen. Aha! The manager suddenly realized the problem. The employees have been using RW cd’s and adding new photos to the cd inadvertantly reprinting old orders. What a waste! On a hunch, he pilfered through the printed photos and asked me if any of the last photos were mine. Amazingly, they were! He offered them to me at no charge, and I was on my way! Once I arrived and unloaded the truck I was greeted by 5 other happy scrappers. We gabbed and cropped until around 11:00pm. By this time I was running out of creative mojo and decided to pack up and head home. We did stand around for another half an hour and chat before actually leaving. Oh yeah, almost forgot earlier in the day I kept H’s two girls as part of our fab co-op.
Sun, April 13 - Ho hum! Alan and I both argued back and forth today over who was actually doing less. hahaha A do nothing day for sure!

March Finale’

You know the drill…

Sat, Mar 22 - Alan slept in after my many futile attempts to wake him in time to take Joshua to Lowe’s for the kid’s workshop. UGH! He insisted that there was plenty of time. As it turns out, not so much! He and Joshua came back home with a project and badge in had, b/c the workshop was closing up when they arrived. One of these days that man is going to figure out that I know what I am talking about!
Mon, Mar 24 - We left the house pretty early this morning to attend a new “Music Maker” class with a new mommy group. It was very fun. It is really too much of a drive for us, so we probably won’t go back to this particular location.
Tue, Mar 25 - Today we got to get messy! Okay, this is not fun for me typically. I don’t do messy very well, and neither do my kids. We did enjoy ourselves today. At M’s house we all had the chance to get the kids’ footprints in plaster. It was a great learning experience, and we may try doing this ourselves at home.
Wed, Mar 26 - Bouncing Babies today. Boy our group has just about taken over the bouncing babies storytime at this library. Joshua looks forward to it every Wed. We cannot say enough great things about this place!
Thur, Mar 27 - Today we met some of the moms at a local rec center to enjoy some toddler time. The setup is a great idea in theory, but I think the toys at this location are past their prime. We arrived a bit early and pretty much had the place to ourselves, so Joshua decided to stake claim on every toy in the gym. Once people started arriving it got ugly. To the point that I was chasing him around the gym begging him to let others have a turn. I just don’t get it. He does not act this way at home when we are around the neighborhood kids, but today at the gym he was downright hateful. He would demand that these kids get off of HIS toy. He would shake and push. I was so disappointed. UGH! We ended up having to leave early. I had planned to go to a free parenting class tonight (what perfect timing), but Alan was late getting home and I was going to be late to the class, so I decided to take advantage of his off to watch the kids, and enjoy a little me time. First, I drove over to the cinema, only to find that there was nothing I wanted to see playing soon. I purchased some popcorn and left. I drove around a bit snacking on the popcorn, trying to decide what to do with my new found freedom. Finally, I spotted my favorite Mexican restaurant and decided to enjoy a kid free meal while reading a book. It was fabulous!
Fri, Mar 28 - I am in need of a break! No reason… just need a day off from running around trying to keep the kids and myself entertained. I cancelled everything on my calendar for the day and enjoyed a nice day at home in our pjs. DH arrived home from work and asked why we were all still in our pjs. I told him we were just chillin!

More March-ing…

So mommy is truly busy. Too busy to blog these days.
Sat, Mar 15 - What a busy day! I woke Alan at 8:00am so that he and Cory could get out the door early enough to have breakfast before meeting some others for a day of 4-wheelin. I was running around the house getting ready for our busy day as well. Of course, the best laid plans are filled with good intentions. I always have high hopes for accomplishing a great deal of things since we live in an area full of opportunities. This weekend seems to be THE weekend of all things outdoor and entertaining. For example, we have the opportunity to take advantage of any of the following events, just on this day, the 15th day of March 2008… the launch of Michael’s new kid’s craft workshop (called the Knack), a St. Patrick’s Day parade, a kite festival, a flashlight easter egg hunt, a nearby Spring open house which offers a free carnival, and an easter egg hunt/picnic. How fortunate are we to have all of those things to choose from? So I made a list or we could call it a tentative schedule for the day. My intentions were to start out at Michael’s and attempt to try and complete one of the three crafts, then go to the park for the picnic/egg hunt, then to the St. Patrick’s day parade, followed by the kite festival, and finish up the evening with the flash light egg hunt. In theory this is a great plan, but when you add an 8yo, a 2yo, and an 8mo to the scenario, I just have to ask myself, what was I thinking… hahahaha Don’t get me wrong, we ended up having a Read the rest of this entry »

March-ing on and on…

Tue, Mar 4 - Our first official snow. Not much of a snow day, just a slight coating. It was gone just after daylight.

Wed, Mar 5 - We met G and the kids at Jumping Party for a fun day of burning off energy in a ton of bounce houses. It was a great day for indoor play b/c the wind was fierce. It took Josh a while to warm up to the idea of climbing on the bounce houses, but he got the hang of it after a bit.

Fri, Mar 7 - It snowed last night. We got about two inches, but it was gone by 9:30am. Jennifer and Cory played in the snow a bit before going to school. By the time Joshua got up the snow was gone. Isabelle missed the snow too. There’s always next year. We went to T’s house and made pretzels. They were delicious and we had a blast making them.

Sat, Mar 8 - Alan took Cory, Jennifer, and Joshua to Lowe’s to build a periscope. Isabelle and I slept in. We met up with Alan at Lowe’s and I snagged Jennifer so that we could go buy a bday gift for Syd. She called later and asked if she could sleep over. The rest of us had a pretty laid back evening at home.

Mon, Mar 10 - L hosted Bunco this month. Mexican food was served. It was yummy as always. In addition, I won a prize this time. I missed Bunco last month, and my track record has not been very good lately. hahaha It is still great to have a night out.
Tue, Mar 11 - We have been enjoying the nice weather. Joshua has been spending most of the day in the backyard. In the evenings we play out front with some of the neighborhood kids. It has been a struggle to get him back in the house.
Wed, Mar 12 - Today Isabelle work with a runny nose. She was really red and watery eyed after spending the evening outside. I am thinking she is having allergy issues. You should see the trees in bloom. Anway, we went to the library for storytime. We always enjoy it.

Thur, Mar 13 - After picking up the kids from school we went to DM park. On the way home, we stopped and picked up some groceries. Once we got home we created personal pizzas for dinner. Always a hit! We missed the kids’ open house at school b/c Alan did not get home until after 7:00pm.

Fri, Mar 14 - Today after school I drove to Sonic during Happy Hour to get drinks (half price). We drove back home and dropped Cory off (Alan was only minutes away from the house) and then the rest of us went to Party City to pick up some St. Patrick’s day and Easter goodies. Our next stop was Joann’s which proved to be too much for the little ones. I snagged what I needed in a hurry and we made our way home. One more quick stop at Walgreen’s to get stickers and baby wipes. Once at home we were greeted by some neighbors and chatted for a bit while the kids played. We were outside until dark. Joshua was beyond tired and barely touched dinner being more interested in going to bed. We have a super busy day tomorrow so we are all off to bed.

March so far…

Sat, Mar 1 - We skipped the Home Depot Kid workshop this morning. I was exhausted and slept in. Alan made cinammon rolls for breakfast. He also painted a bit, plus he cleaned and mowed the backyard. Our worn out trampoline was finally put to rest. It was just such an eye sore. We are discussing replacing it with an outdoor playscape intead.
Sun, Mar 2 - Nothing much to report besides the weather. According to the forecast tonight we are under tornado watch and tomorrow there is potential for rain and snow. Only in Texas!
Mon, Mar 3 - Wind, rain, tornadoes, and snow, and it is only Monday. hahaha We cancelled our playdate at Fe’s. Since the weather is so unpredictable we decided it was best to stay at home.

The Rest of February

So much for blogging regularly! This finishes out Feb!
Fri, Feb 8 - Boy stuff! Joshua and I have a daily routine and b/c of that our days run pretty smoothly. Bedtime is no different. Our little ritual has taken such a fun turn now that Joshua is an active participant. In the early days of our nighttime schedules, I would be the one that did all of the work. Before, I would read to him, I would talk about our day. I would give him kisses and hugs, put him to bed and tucking him in. I would gesture for him to close his eyes and have sweet dreams, then say goodnight and blow him tons of kisses. Recently Joshua has started participating in this ritual. He now tells me when he is ready for bed. Then in his room he will read his favorite book to me. Then he will remind me of the things we did during the day. Once I put him in bed Josh will ask me to cover him up, then he will gesture to close his own eyes and says have sweet dreams. He will then say goodnight mommy and blow kisses. It is so stinking sweet!
Sun, Feb 10 - My funny bunny! Isabelle’s nickname is thumper. I pronounce it without the h. She really wants to crawl but she can’t quite figure out what to do, so she just wiggles her entire body hoping to get somewhere. She sort of looks like she is swimming, then she finally gets so excited that she starts pounding her feet on the floor, which is where the Thumper part comes in. She reminds me of Thumper the bunny character from the Disney movie Bambi.
Tue, Feb 12 - My dad’s birthday is today! Happy Birthday Dad!
Thur, Feb 14 - Happy Valentine’s Day! Alan and I drove all over town trying to decide where to eat for dinner, with the little ones. How romantic! hahaha
Fri, Feb 15 - We are still all sick and have been cooped up at home. I am personally feeling a bit stir crazy. I can only imagine how much Joshua is longing to go outside.
Wed, Feb 20 - We went to G’s for some playtime. Joshua had a great time. The weather was nice enough to play oustide. Joshua found his first pile of dog poo and was so curious about it that he had to smear it around with both shoes. Ewwwww! Later we met Alan for lunch at Kincaid’s. Neither of us enjoyed it at all. Later tonight we looked for the Lunar eclipse, but it was very overcast in our area, so we were unable to see it.
Sat, Feb 23 - I decided to brave the Lowe’s kid workshop alone with both of the babies. I didn’t want Josh to miss the opportunity to build the squirrel feeder. He just loves squirrels. Later in the day we did a bit of grocery shopping.
Sun, Feb 24 - Alan got home some time after 2:00pm. He was pretty wiped out after two days of wheeling. It is very apparent that he had a blast!
Mon, Feb 25 - We met some friends for a picnic at the park. Joshua had a blast despite the fact that he was attacked by ants. Isabelle was pretty fussy until she ate and fell asleep in the stroller. She is not a fan of the wind at all! Alan came by and visited with us for a bit. He was sweet enought to bring one of Josh’s favorite ride on toys. Later in the evening, we walked the neighborhood with some friends. The stroller caravan was a sight to see!
Tue, Feb 26 - Low key day at home. Josh and I enjoyed some time in the backyard. Alan made steak sandwiches for dinner.
Wed, Feb 27 - A beautiful day! We enjoyed bouncing babies storytime again this week. It was nice to get back into the swing of things after being sick and missing the past few classes. Josh spent a good part of the evening playing with his buddies outside. We had a rerun of steak sandwiches for dinner. They were much better this time around!
Thur, Feb 28 - It was very windy today. Joshua even commented on how windy it was when he and I were in the backyard playing. We had a pretty uneventful day at home. Cory and Jennifer arrived around 3:30pm. We all played out front until dark. Alan took Jennifer to the grocery store to grab stuff for dinner. After hotdogs all of the kids got baths/showers.
Fri, Feb 29 - Happy Leap Year! Not only did we recently have a lunar eclipse (Feb 20th) but this year we have an extra day. The weather was great today. We met some other moms at a new park in the area around 1:00pm. We enjoyed the park and plan to add it to our list of favorite parks. We left the park just in time to get Cory and Jennifer after school. Jennifer was invited to eat dinner with A’s family. Cory ended up sleeping over at C’s house.

An Empty Nest

Sort of… The house sure seems quiet. I miss the comotion. Tonia was the first to leave, flying back to Seattle on Wednesday. Josh and I took her to the airport. We were sad to see her go. Later that night, Dad treated us to a nice chiinese dinner. I had a really rough night with both of the babies. First Joshua would wake up and as soon as I put him back in bed Isabelle would wake up. They played tag all night long. I woke up this morning exhausted. My head is stuffy and so tender from all of the sinus pressure. UGH! Dad ended up leaving some time after 6:00am. He wanted to miss the morning traffic. Tonia called around noonish. She was pretty upset about some things going on at work. It looks like she may be considering a move back to Texas. I am excited about that. Brian called to say hey, and he had a nice conversation with Joshua too. Dad called some time after 1:00pm to let me know that he made it home safely. Mom called shortly after that thinking that she had missed a call from me. I have talked to everyone in my family today, except Adam.

In mommy news… Despite feeling like doggy doo, I had quite an enjoyable day with Joshua and Isabelle. Josh and I played with the mega blocks and the train set that Miles gave us the other day. Joshua has been so sweet to Isabelle today, trying to console her when she cries and sharing his toys with her for entertainment. Too cute!

On the tube… Thursdays have always been busy TV days in our house. We watched the premiere of Survivor and were not suprised in the least to see Johnny Fairplay be the first to go. Next, we watched the Celebrity Apprentice, and I knew in advance that the guys nailed it. The gals just can’t catch a break. I also watched the premiere of Lipstick Jungle tonight. I am a Brooke Shields fan, and hope that this show takes off. Okay, now the news has just ended and I plan to watch Leno until Arsenio makes his appearance, and then I am off to la la land. Let’s all cross our fingers in hopes that the little ones will sleep until Friday am. Nite Nite!

Freakish February

Fri, Feb 1 - Isabelle’s second tooth has broken through the skin. She is chewing on everything.
Sat, Feb 2 - Haircut bonanza! Spa day! Whatever! Alan and Josh left early for haircuts. Tonia tagged along to help out. When they got back home, I left again with Tonia and got my hair cut while she had her nails filled. Once she and I got back home, we left Isabelle at home with dad (who is now sick thanks to all of us) and went to eat a quick bite of lunch at the “peanut place”. Later in the evening Tonia met some friends at Gloria’s, while Alan and I decided to give dad some quiet time, taking the kids with us to the mall for a bit of shopping. After a spree at Dillard’s we had dinner at Jason’s Deli and returned home. On a side note: Arianna’s birthday party was rescheduled for today, but Jennifer was not able to attend. Instead, Cory and Jennifer went to the Miley Cyrus movie.
Sun, Feb 3 - Super Bowl Sunday, big whoop! I was up several times with Isabelle last night and early this morning. I was too tired to care about the super bowl and more interested in sneaking in a nap whenever possible. We didn’t really care about either team this year, but ended up watching most of the game. We were all glad that NY won. The commercials were a big disappointment, except for the vitamin water commercial with Shaq as a riding jockey. Hillarious!
Mon, Feb 4 - So the million dollar question is… What’s with this weather? No wonder everyone keeps getting sick. It is Feb and the high for today was 75! Holy Moly! Dad and Joshua went to the post office to mail a few letters. That is about the most exciting thing that happened today.
Tue, Feb 5 - I don’t know what I am going to do when my family leaves. :sigh: I have enjoyed them being here so much, even though we are all sick. My dad and sister have been such a great help with the babies. My dad has gotten into a great routine of getting up with the little ones in the morning and letting me sleep in. I am SOOOOO gonna miss that! :sniff sniff: Today has been another uneventful day for me. My sister has been struggling with the IRS and some previous year’s income tax. I think it is finally all worked out, but man it has been a struggle. Dad plans on leaving early in the morning and Tonia’s flight is tomorrow evening. :sniff sniff:

Finishing Out January

Sat, Jan 26 - Dad and I took Joshua to the Lowe’s Kid Workshop. We enjoyed building a toolbox.
Sun, Jan 27 - Well we are officially sick. Everyone in the house is stopped up and coughing like mad! The weather was very nice, so Joshua played in the back yard for a long time. Later we went to Sam’s to buy diapers, and a few other items.
Mon, Jan 28 - Brian arrived some time after 1:00pm. It sure is good to see him, I am glad that he made the trip. Tonia arrived today, via Amtrak no less, some time after 2:00pm. It was a new and fun experience for her. We were able to visit for a good bit before everyone settled in for some rest. It has been a long day.
Tue, Jan 29 - Brian left around 2:00pm so that he could get home to pack for his week offshore.
Wed, Jan 30 - We decided to attempt a trip to the zoo despite the wild winds as Wednesday’s admission is half price. We had a really great time but could have done without the chilly temps and the wacky lady racing us in the parking lot.
Thur, Jan 31 - Some of Tonia’s friends met us at Traildust for dinner. The food was fabulous and the entertainment was superb! In addition, Joshua enjoyed the enormous slide several times. We have also found that his favorite song is Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire”.