Quote of the week

I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly

-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Weekend post

Daniel was home for 4 straight days, Thursday was teacher/parent conference, Friday veterans day and then the weekend. He needed school today, really, he did and I did.
On Friday our long awaited purchase arrived on a FedEx truck. I have been looking for now 4 years for this perfect item. I had a vision of it in my head and I googled my heart out year after year to no avail, UNTIL this year. I typed the words into google and this year it didn't take long for me to find the PERFECT Advent Calendar. It looked just as I had imagined, subtle colors, heirloom quality, a true meaning of X-Mas message and a way to build excitement for Jesus's birthday. It was pure perfection. I was worried it would arrive and look different, as I ripped the box open then the box inside the box, I gasped and Daniel said "mommy watcha got there?". I pulled it out and it was just how I imagined. D got excited, mostly because I put the bubble wrap on the floor to distract him while I uncovered the item from under pounds of paper.
He has major skills in jumping.
I won't hold you in suspense any more...
Each day, starting December 1st, you open the door to reveal a piece that will be placed in the nativity scene. December 24th completes the set with baby Jesus.
Isn't it amazing?!!!!!
Here is how it looks complete.

The rest of the weekend I had to keep D away from the calendar because he loves opening ALL the doors. A child just doesn't understand December 1st too well.
Aside from running errands, cooking, cleaning spending time together and going to church the rest of the weekend, we really didn't do much.
Oh yeah, today, I had to take a vacation day because I chose to ignore the message on my computer flashing daily for the past 2 weeks that said You must change your password. As I tried to log on this morning and got the blue screen of death it took a total of 5 seconds to convince me it was God's way of telling me I needed to take the day off. I met a friend for coffee after dropping D off at school, cooked chili, got an outrageous estimate for window blinds, put away laundry, organized bills, ran to a couple of stores to look for cheaper window treatment alternatives, came home ate lunch at 2 and then it was time to pick up my little man. The surprised look on his face when he saw me after school melted my heart. I don't get to pick him up so it was sweet to see that face light up. The best part of my day.
Alright now, it's late, there is chili waiting for me.

I couldn't resist

"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder...he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in"

-Rachel Carson

Quote of the week

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Weekend recap

My weekend started with a much needed girls night out on Friday. I went out with a couple of friends to a sushi restaurant http://www.nozumiasiancuisine.com/ . We had a lovely time catching up on girly stuff, it was a much needed overdo get together.
While I was away, the men kept busy, Ry bought Cars2 and the boys got comfortable on our bed.
D is still battling a cold, a warm bath and some vapor rub always makes him feel better.
We visited the library, attended church and a book fair at Daniel's school. When did books get so expensive?!
We also worked on a family banner. The banner has to represent what our family likes to do together. Thank goodness I take so many pictures because it was easy pulling out some to capture our family.
Sunday, with chicken soup done we watched Beauty and Beast, one of my favorites.
We have our first teachers conference this Thursday. I can't wait to get a full report...or do I?
I also got one big thing accomplished this weekend, our X-Mas card pictures are done. I'll be picking them up in a couple of week. It's amazing how much easier it is to pose a 3.5 year old than a 2 year old. He did great!
And now for the X-Mas shopping to start...

Quote of the week

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
- Dr Wayne Dyer

Halloween

We survived Halloween and all the craziness that goes with it. Daniel has had a cold since last week. It started off with a rash all over his body and a fever and we are now on to a bad cough with crankiness and an attitude.
I only had him go to school for half a day to enjoy the party in the morning with his class. He came home at 11am, relaxed, ate and then at 1:45 we had to go back for the parade. I wasn't sure if he was well enough to go but he assured me "I not sick anymore". Off we went, with no parking in sight we had to walk 2 blocks, we got there just in time for me to push through some parents and push D with his class.
15 minutes later we were coming home.
3 hours later we started opening the doors to some candy hungry kids.
Some "super girls" showed up and had to have a picture with a pirate. It must be the attraction to bad boys. (That's my niece to the left of D). They had me cracking up. You wanna know what they wore? Kids super hero underwear OVER their tights. Classic! Why didn't I think of that when I was bar hopping on Halloween.
Once daddy came home we were off to do some trick or treating.
Notice the mustache change colors? I think brown went better with his blond hair. HA!
We only went to a few houses and by the time we made it by my sister's (2 houses down) D said "I want to go inside". He couldn't quite grasp why people were not letting him in.
Once inside he was a happy camper, especially when he scored a lollipop from his cousin.
All in all a very busy but successful Halloween.
AAARRRGGGGGG!!!