-Stephanie Piro
We had a little power outage. We went treasure hunting. I made him lead the way...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Quote of the week
Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee.
-Stephanie Piro
We had a little power outage. We went treasure hunting. I made him lead the way...
-Stephanie Piro
We had a little power outage. We went treasure hunting. I made him lead the way...
Monday, December 5, 2011
Weekend recap
It's been a little crazy over here with me running around and trying to stay on top of my XMas to do list.
We didn't do anything exciting this weekend except for Sunday, it was my mom's bday but I didn't take one picture while at her house.
We did leave Daniel with my mom so we could go to ToysRUs and shop till we dropped. I did almost drop. The people, the heat of the store, all the boxes flying, I was ready to buy anything. On top of purchasing D's gifts we have a bday party this weekend and next weekend for kids in D's class. I could only buy one, it was just too much. I'm not a shopper, I wish 4 year olds would appreciate gift cards as much as I do. I won't be a grinch about it all but Lord do I appreciate that I don't have to exchange gifts with friends and my side of the family.
I was hired as the amateur photographer to take pics of my sister's kids for their X-Mas card. 25 takes and two teenagers that were ready to kill me later we had one winner.
The unedited version.
D got some rain boots and an umbrella from my friend after her son. We love hand me downs. He's ready for spring...only about 5 months away. SIGH!
Someone went potty before hand and tucked his shirt in. It was too late in the day for me to care.
We have some fun things planned for the next couple of weekends.
We didn't do anything exciting this weekend except for Sunday, it was my mom's bday but I didn't take one picture while at her house.
We did leave Daniel with my mom so we could go to ToysRUs and shop till we dropped. I did almost drop. The people, the heat of the store, all the boxes flying, I was ready to buy anything. On top of purchasing D's gifts we have a bday party this weekend and next weekend for kids in D's class. I could only buy one, it was just too much. I'm not a shopper, I wish 4 year olds would appreciate gift cards as much as I do. I won't be a grinch about it all but Lord do I appreciate that I don't have to exchange gifts with friends and my side of the family.
I was hired as the amateur photographer to take pics of my sister's kids for their X-Mas card. 25 takes and two teenagers that were ready to kill me later we had one winner.
The unedited version.D got some rain boots and an umbrella from my friend after her son. We love hand me downs. He's ready for spring...only about 5 months away. SIGH!
Someone went potty before hand and tucked his shirt in. It was too late in the day for me to care.
We have some fun things planned for the next couple of weekends.Thursday, December 1, 2011
Cheers to December 1st
This morning we started a new tradition with my awesome purchase. Daniel was super excited to get going. He's been waking up earlier and earlier and asking "is it XMas today?". He also said to me this morning, in our dark bathroom, while going potty and my eyes were half closed, "mommy, I have an assignment for you" (assignments are given to chuggers on his favorite show Chuggington) my ears perked up and my eyes actually opened, "I want a depot, my chuggers sleep in there, I don't want a truck anymore". My only guess is he thought about this for at least 10 minutes before he decided it was important to come out of bed and tell us this.
I thought it was too precious BUT at 5am I did say "Ok Daniel, it's early, now close your eyes". I did smile and think he is growing up way too fast.
This season is different this year. I look at it more through his eyes and it's more magical, more meaning and way more fun.
Here is to starting off the count down to Christmas!!!!!
I thought it was too precious BUT at 5am I did say "Ok Daniel, it's early, now close your eyes". I did smile and think he is growing up way too fast.
This season is different this year. I look at it more through his eyes and it's more magical, more meaning and way more fun.
Here is to starting off the count down to Christmas!!!!!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Quote of the week
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thanksgiving and weekend review in pics
Our holiday weekend started on Thursday morning as we watched the entire 3 hours of Macy's parade. Note to self: watch the last 30 minutes and you'll be just as satisfied.
Before heading over to my mom's we hung out with Ry's parents. They spoil us rotten with early X-Mas gifts. This year a nativity set and sonic power tooth brushes. My pearly whites thank you.
We took a few pics before heading out.
D and his beloved Emery, the chugger (it's a train for those that don't speak preschool).
We inhaled awesome food.
Even Kuba growled under the table for some scraps. He knows my mom is a sucker.
Friday morning with a major sinus headache I had to rally myself to put the tree up.
I survived.
D loves the tree. He just sat there and starred at it.
But he was more obsessed with the Dickens village I put up in the family room.
It included daddy's tree, we like mixing classic and science fiction.
Darth Vader made his annual debut along with all the ships of the galaxy.
Saturday we ventured out and picked up an additional piece to the village, Daniel's latest obsession, CLOCKS. Behold a clock tower.
He carried this thing all over the store. It doesn't even do anything but he loves it.
Since D failed to nap during the day I took advantage of putting him down early while Ry went out with a couple of friends. My plan to take a bath and watch a chick flick failed as I fell asleep before the little man did.
Today we went to Hallmark, our annual trip to pick one ornament out for D and one for our family.
A train and a candy cane (the candy cane was compliments of the store manager, he gave it to D and told him Santa would find him if he put it on the tree)
Then we saw this...
Disney clock ornament
It was perfect, this year was our first time going to Disney and then to put a clock in it, well...u know what happened.
He turned it
and turned it
and the tune will not get out of my head
He loves it. The train is ignored for now but it's so sweet seeing 4 years of ornaments that represent his interests.
2008-baby's first x-mas with a picture of a chubby baby (soft foods were his thing at the time)
2009-a fisher price school bus that reminded us of his obsession that seems forever ago
2010-CARS, how can we forget watching that movie over and over
2011-A Lionel train, our favorite past time which has also become annoying to hear
D: "you need to build me a new track"
Us: "we just built you a new one"
D: "OK tomorrow morning then".
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Before heading over to my mom's we hung out with Ry's parents. They spoil us rotten with early X-Mas gifts. This year a nativity set and sonic power tooth brushes. My pearly whites thank you.
We took a few pics before heading out.
D and his beloved Emery, the chugger (it's a train for those that don't speak preschool).
We inhaled awesome food.
Even Kuba growled under the table for some scraps. He knows my mom is a sucker.
Friday morning with a major sinus headache I had to rally myself to put the tree up.I survived.
D loves the tree. He just sat there and starred at it.
But he was more obsessed with the Dickens village I put up in the family room.
It included daddy's tree, we like mixing classic and science fiction.
Darth Vader made his annual debut along with all the ships of the galaxy.
Saturday we ventured out and picked up an additional piece to the village, Daniel's latest obsession, CLOCKS. Behold a clock tower.
He carried this thing all over the store. It doesn't even do anything but he loves it.Since D failed to nap during the day I took advantage of putting him down early while Ry went out with a couple of friends. My plan to take a bath and watch a chick flick failed as I fell asleep before the little man did.
Today we went to Hallmark, our annual trip to pick one ornament out for D and one for our family.
A train and a candy cane (the candy cane was compliments of the store manager, he gave it to D and told him Santa would find him if he put it on the tree)Then we saw this...
Disney clock ornament
It was perfect, this year was our first time going to Disney and then to put a clock in it, well...u know what happened.
He turned it
and turned it
and the tune will not get out of my head
He loves it. The train is ignored for now but it's so sweet seeing 4 years of ornaments that represent his interests.2008-baby's first x-mas with a picture of a chubby baby (soft foods were his thing at the time)
2009-a fisher price school bus that reminded us of his obsession that seems forever ago
2010-CARS, how can we forget watching that movie over and over
2011-A Lionel train, our favorite past time which has also become annoying to hear
D: "you need to build me a new track"
Us: "we just built you a new one"
D: "OK tomorrow morning then".
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Weekend recap
It's a jungle out there, literally, at our house it is.
We've had an issue with animals going through our garbage. I notice sandwich bags flying around our grass, containers under our bushes, I finally looked and noticed our garbage bin had a huge crack in it. Animals have been trying to get into it but the best they could do was rip stuff out of the opening.
Scene 1: Pepe le Pew
The night before garbage day I try to get rid of all the garbage in the house before pick up in the morning. I had two bags in my hand as I casually walked into the dark evening to empty them into the bins at the end of the driveway. I heard a shuffle, I smelled something...I ran like my life depended on it (with both bags in hand). I yelled "there is a skunk out there and I almost got sprayed". The two men of the house ran downstairs, breaking from their excitement of playing together to stare out the window.
The conversation went something like this:
35 year old: "Give me $100 and I'll go out there to throw it out, dare me?"
3.5 year old: "Is the skunk going to ring our doorbell mommy?"
32 year difference in age, not much in imagination. HA!
We spotted the stinky bastard a minute later coming out of hiding. BLAH!!
The garbage waited in the garage till the next morning. My hubby NOT $100 richer and D disappointed that the skunk didn't ring the doorbell and come in for some tea.
Here are the two men watching out the scene unfold (I think the little things are photo worthy):
Scene 2: Ace Ventura pet detective
On Saturday after church I decided to drop off some pizza at my sister's, 2 houses down. As I pulled out of the garage I noticed the recycle bin was blown down by the heavy winds we've had. I went and stood it upright. I heard a noise inside the bin and felt movement. I ran into the car and drove off, looking at the bins shake and the lid lift up and then down.
After the pizza drop off, I pulled up and saw a tail sticking out from under the lid. Something was trying to get out. I clicked on the garage door opener for the door to open then I was afraid whatever was in the can would run out and come into the garage. I frantically started clicking on the garage door to close, it was stuck. I didn't move up or down. My heart started beating faster, I clicked on the button again and it came down. Whatever was in the bin calmed down and stopped moving. I opened the garage, pulled in and quickly closed it. I ran in and once again screamed "we got a problem". Ry was in the middle of reading to D but I had his full attention when I said "there is something stuck in the recycle bin and it's trying to get out". Daniel said "mommy is it the skunk again?". I couldn't confirm or deny because by the looks of the tail I saw it could have been anything. My hubby didn't ask for money this time but decided he needed to kick the bin down to let is loose, it was either that or let the animal die in there and then we would really have a problem.
D and I were in the window watching daddy. He approached the bin slowly, questioning me in the window if I truly saw anything. I replied "I think I know if a lid is moving up and down and furry tail is sticking out". I was holding D, dressed in his blue Cars 2 pajamas with his blue eyes wide open he said "Is the big animal going to come inside our house?". "No peanut, it's just a little animal", I said but I thought I really can't show my fear that this animal might attack your father and gauge his eyes out, he's really our hero. With a quick kick to the bin, it fell over and we saw a possum come out and run like hell across our neighbors lawn. Ry ran like hell just like the possum in the opposite direction, towards our front door.
That was our excitement of our weekend. Sorry you just lost 10 minutes of your life reading that.
It was a good family weekend. I played robot attacks D's new car. I have tried to be better about playing pretend with him because it's hard to pull away from house work, but house work will never go away and these times when he actually says "mommy come play with me" won't last forever.
We are looking forward to a wonderful busy holiday week. Daniel is super excited. Every morning he asks "is it Christmas yet?". I have to remind him that we first eat turkey. Then he says "Christmas is coming soon". Our plan is to put up our tree on Friday. It's so much more fun this year, we are so excited to be making memories with him. We are going to have a visitor come this week to keep an eye on things before X-Mas. That's for another post.
Later gator
We've had an issue with animals going through our garbage. I notice sandwich bags flying around our grass, containers under our bushes, I finally looked and noticed our garbage bin had a huge crack in it. Animals have been trying to get into it but the best they could do was rip stuff out of the opening.
Scene 1: Pepe le Pew
The night before garbage day I try to get rid of all the garbage in the house before pick up in the morning. I had two bags in my hand as I casually walked into the dark evening to empty them into the bins at the end of the driveway. I heard a shuffle, I smelled something...I ran like my life depended on it (with both bags in hand). I yelled "there is a skunk out there and I almost got sprayed". The two men of the house ran downstairs, breaking from their excitement of playing together to stare out the window.
The conversation went something like this:
35 year old: "Give me $100 and I'll go out there to throw it out, dare me?"
3.5 year old: "Is the skunk going to ring our doorbell mommy?"
32 year difference in age, not much in imagination. HA!
We spotted the stinky bastard a minute later coming out of hiding. BLAH!!
The garbage waited in the garage till the next morning. My hubby NOT $100 richer and D disappointed that the skunk didn't ring the doorbell and come in for some tea.
Here are the two men watching out the scene unfold (I think the little things are photo worthy):
Scene 2: Ace Ventura pet detective
On Saturday after church I decided to drop off some pizza at my sister's, 2 houses down. As I pulled out of the garage I noticed the recycle bin was blown down by the heavy winds we've had. I went and stood it upright. I heard a noise inside the bin and felt movement. I ran into the car and drove off, looking at the bins shake and the lid lift up and then down.
After the pizza drop off, I pulled up and saw a tail sticking out from under the lid. Something was trying to get out. I clicked on the garage door opener for the door to open then I was afraid whatever was in the can would run out and come into the garage. I frantically started clicking on the garage door to close, it was stuck. I didn't move up or down. My heart started beating faster, I clicked on the button again and it came down. Whatever was in the bin calmed down and stopped moving. I opened the garage, pulled in and quickly closed it. I ran in and once again screamed "we got a problem". Ry was in the middle of reading to D but I had his full attention when I said "there is something stuck in the recycle bin and it's trying to get out". Daniel said "mommy is it the skunk again?". I couldn't confirm or deny because by the looks of the tail I saw it could have been anything. My hubby didn't ask for money this time but decided he needed to kick the bin down to let is loose, it was either that or let the animal die in there and then we would really have a problem.
D and I were in the window watching daddy. He approached the bin slowly, questioning me in the window if I truly saw anything. I replied "I think I know if a lid is moving up and down and furry tail is sticking out". I was holding D, dressed in his blue Cars 2 pajamas with his blue eyes wide open he said "Is the big animal going to come inside our house?". "No peanut, it's just a little animal", I said but I thought I really can't show my fear that this animal might attack your father and gauge his eyes out, he's really our hero. With a quick kick to the bin, it fell over and we saw a possum come out and run like hell across our neighbors lawn. Ry ran like hell just like the possum in the opposite direction, towards our front door.
That was our excitement of our weekend. Sorry you just lost 10 minutes of your life reading that.
It was a good family weekend. I played robot attacks D's new car. I have tried to be better about playing pretend with him because it's hard to pull away from house work, but house work will never go away and these times when he actually says "mommy come play with me" won't last forever.
We are looking forward to a wonderful busy holiday week. Daniel is super excited. Every morning he asks "is it Christmas yet?". I have to remind him that we first eat turkey. Then he says "Christmas is coming soon". Our plan is to put up our tree on Friday. It's so much more fun this year, we are so excited to be making memories with him. We are going to have a visitor come this week to keep an eye on things before X-Mas. That's for another post.
Later gator
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