Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Grape Pretzel Lollipop
So Mad and I are sitting on the couch together right now. She is eating a snack - red grapes and pretzel sticks. She just shoved a pretzel stick into the grape (where it was connected to the stem), showed it to me and said "Look, it's a grape pretzel lollipop." Interesting. Then she went on to inform me that you can just eat it, not suck on it. Because it's food, not candy. Thanks for clearing that one up for me, Mad.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wonderful Weekend
We had an absolutely wonderful last weekend of summer vacation!! Friday night we went to Bayshore for dinner, to get my phone fixed and to get Joe a fantasy football magazine. After all of that was accomplished, we tried Froyo Bella. It's a new frozen yogurt restaurant. It was Y-U-M-M-Y! They have many topping options. Madeline picked Fruity Pebbles, Cap'n Crunch and mini gummy bears. Joe and I also enjoyed a tasty treat from there. KJ enjoyed a little bit of all of ours. :-)
Yesterday Madeline, Kaitlyn and I met my mom at Bayshore Mall where we had a fun time playing in the fountains. KJ was quite entertaining. She would walk into the water, get her face wet, make a funny face (I think she was a bit shocked by the cold and by the water getting on her face) and come running over to me to get her face wiped off. I have not laughed that hard in a while. I don't think my mom had either. Then she started going over to Grandma to get her face wiped dry. She would go into the water, turn around and walk back over to Grandma, who was sitting about 10ft away, get her face dried off, and walk right back. This went on numerous times. Madeline had a bit of a tough time getting all the way into the fountains because the water was cold. But when McKenzie joined her, she helped Mad through and fun was had by all. After we were done splashing in the fountains, we headed over to California Pizza Kitchen for lunch. There we learned that KJ likes BBQ Chicken Pizza - a lot. She ate one whole piece!! While we were ordering our drinks, Madeline very quietly and sweetly told our waitress that she thought she was very pretty. My girl could not be any sweeter. She is just such a joy. We were all exhausted by the time lunch was done and the three of us headed home.
Madeline and I had a Mama and Maddie date night last night. We went to Noodles for dinner. Mad almost always picks Noodles. She LOVES to use chop sticks to eat. She picked shopping for our activity. It's shocking how much this girl is exactly like me. Anywho...she had really wanted to go to Justice both Friday night and Saturday afternoon, so I took her back to Bayshore. We first went to Gap (b/c I had a coupon) and found a couple of cute shirts on clearance for KJ as well as two long sleeve shirts and a cute pair of tights for Mad. From there we headed to Justice. Justice is a recent discovery for us. It's a store mostly for "Tween" girls. Mad is mesmerized in this store. It's full of pink and/or sparkly clothes. She had a great time walking around picking out clothes to try on. Speaking of trying on clothes, this is one of many things she has to do all by herself now. I am only allowed in to dressing rooms with her if she needs help. Oy. She is growing up way too fast. And back to our date night... We had coupons for Justice as well, so she picked out a few cute things. My girly girl also got a bottle of glow in the dark nail polish and a pack of these bracelets that are very in style right now. I can't remember what they are called, but they're basically rubber bands in all different shapes and themes. She picked princess. Surprise, surprise.
Today we started out having a lazy Sunday morning. Then we were off for a picnic, which was what Madeline wanted to do for her last day of summer vacation. She of course wanted to go to the Cedarburg park. It is her absolute favorite park. The park happens to be next door to a wonderful swimming pool. We surprised Mad by taking her swimming after the picnic. She is a water crazy girl!! After her swimming lessons earlier this summer, she has become so confident in the water. She is constantly going under and "swimming" and practicing holding her breath so that she can stay under longer. She got to go down the big slide today. First with Daddy, then with me. Then again with Joe. Then again later with Joe, then me. Then again later with Joe, then with me. This time with me she wanted to go down all by herself. I went down first, waited for her at the bottom. I caught her immediately. Then she told me she wanted to go again all by herself and that she did not want Joe or I to catch her. Again, oy. Where did my baby go? If it was up to Madeline, we would have stayed there all day. But our little baby was beyond exhausted after all of her swimming, splashing and running through the fountains at this pool. She was sound asleep before we even got the stroller to the car.
After her bath tonight, I painted Madeline's finger and toe nails with her new glow in the dark nail polish. It really works. She was so excited about it. Then right before bed Joe shined a flashlight on her nails to charge them. That made them super bright. That also made Madeline super excited. She is so darn cute.
And now here we are. The girls are sleeping. My Madeline starts 4K tomorrow. She told Joe tonight before bed that she was nervous about her first day. She doesn't think she'll know anyone but her buddy from last year, Alex. My lovely girl easily makes friends just about everywhere we go. She'll have no problem tomorrow. Me, on the other hand, might have a bit of a problem. How can Mad be old enough to be in 4K? She was my chubby cheeked little toddler just the other day.
Yesterday Madeline, Kaitlyn and I met my mom at Bayshore Mall where we had a fun time playing in the fountains. KJ was quite entertaining. She would walk into the water, get her face wet, make a funny face (I think she was a bit shocked by the cold and by the water getting on her face) and come running over to me to get her face wiped off. I have not laughed that hard in a while. I don't think my mom had either. Then she started going over to Grandma to get her face wiped dry. She would go into the water, turn around and walk back over to Grandma, who was sitting about 10ft away, get her face dried off, and walk right back. This went on numerous times. Madeline had a bit of a tough time getting all the way into the fountains because the water was cold. But when McKenzie joined her, she helped Mad through and fun was had by all. After we were done splashing in the fountains, we headed over to California Pizza Kitchen for lunch. There we learned that KJ likes BBQ Chicken Pizza - a lot. She ate one whole piece!! While we were ordering our drinks, Madeline very quietly and sweetly told our waitress that she thought she was very pretty. My girl could not be any sweeter. She is just such a joy. We were all exhausted by the time lunch was done and the three of us headed home.
Madeline and I had a Mama and Maddie date night last night. We went to Noodles for dinner. Mad almost always picks Noodles. She LOVES to use chop sticks to eat. She picked shopping for our activity. It's shocking how much this girl is exactly like me. Anywho...she had really wanted to go to Justice both Friday night and Saturday afternoon, so I took her back to Bayshore. We first went to Gap (b/c I had a coupon) and found a couple of cute shirts on clearance for KJ as well as two long sleeve shirts and a cute pair of tights for Mad. From there we headed to Justice. Justice is a recent discovery for us. It's a store mostly for "Tween" girls. Mad is mesmerized in this store. It's full of pink and/or sparkly clothes. She had a great time walking around picking out clothes to try on. Speaking of trying on clothes, this is one of many things she has to do all by herself now. I am only allowed in to dressing rooms with her if she needs help. Oy. She is growing up way too fast. And back to our date night... We had coupons for Justice as well, so she picked out a few cute things. My girly girl also got a bottle of glow in the dark nail polish and a pack of these bracelets that are very in style right now. I can't remember what they are called, but they're basically rubber bands in all different shapes and themes. She picked princess. Surprise, surprise.
Today we started out having a lazy Sunday morning. Then we were off for a picnic, which was what Madeline wanted to do for her last day of summer vacation. She of course wanted to go to the Cedarburg park. It is her absolute favorite park. The park happens to be next door to a wonderful swimming pool. We surprised Mad by taking her swimming after the picnic. She is a water crazy girl!! After her swimming lessons earlier this summer, she has become so confident in the water. She is constantly going under and "swimming" and practicing holding her breath so that she can stay under longer. She got to go down the big slide today. First with Daddy, then with me. Then again with Joe. Then again later with Joe, then me. Then again later with Joe, then with me. This time with me she wanted to go down all by herself. I went down first, waited for her at the bottom. I caught her immediately. Then she told me she wanted to go again all by herself and that she did not want Joe or I to catch her. Again, oy. Where did my baby go? If it was up to Madeline, we would have stayed there all day. But our little baby was beyond exhausted after all of her swimming, splashing and running through the fountains at this pool. She was sound asleep before we even got the stroller to the car.
After her bath tonight, I painted Madeline's finger and toe nails with her new glow in the dark nail polish. It really works. She was so excited about it. Then right before bed Joe shined a flashlight on her nails to charge them. That made them super bright. That also made Madeline super excited. She is so darn cute.
And now here we are. The girls are sleeping. My Madeline starts 4K tomorrow. She told Joe tonight before bed that she was nervous about her first day. She doesn't think she'll know anyone but her buddy from last year, Alex. My lovely girl easily makes friends just about everywhere we go. She'll have no problem tomorrow. Me, on the other hand, might have a bit of a problem. How can Mad be old enough to be in 4K? She was my chubby cheeked little toddler just the other day.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wow
So I just sat here talking to my KJ, who will be 15 months tomorrow, telling her that I needed to go take a shower. I asked her if she would stay in the family room with Mad. She nodded yes. Then I asked her if she was going to be a good girl. Again she nodded yes. I asked her if she was sure. She looked at me, puffed out her lower lip and rolled her eyes multiple times. Wow. I thought that happened closer to the pre-teen/teen years. I'm in trouble...
Monday, August 2, 2010
My ABCs
I found this quiz on another blog and thought I'd give a whirl. I have always loved these silly fill-in-the-blank about yourself forwards, etc.
A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on: 72, which is the highest it goes up to. It ranges from 68-72.
B- My BEDROOM theme is: Leaves. Sounds boring, but I love it and it's not just leaves. I have one chocolate brown wall, which I love so much I would do it in just about any room in my house. The other colors are cream and green (multiple shades). Now, if only I could keep our room clean and organized, that would make it even better.
C- The CAR in the driveway is: My hubby's truck, a Ford F150. I park in the garage.
D- My DESK looks: like it should be cleaned up a bit. I have too many works in progress and stamp sets out on the work area. The non-work area is covered with all of the other tools, etc that I use most often - paper, paper cutter, die cut machine, markers, ink pad carousel, tool sorter, etc.
E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is: just before Joe's alarm goes off, which is about 5:40am.
F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is: my hair.
G- My GARAGE is filled with: Too much! We have outside toys, garbage cans, Joe's tools, the lawn mower, the snow blower, the list goes on.
H- My HOUSE is: home.
I- If you peeked INSIDE my bedroom you'd see: a mess, clothes, random pictures from Mad.
J- My favorite JUICE is: Minute Main Pulp Free Orange Juice
K- The best part of my KITCHEN is: that it's brand new! We gutted and remodeled it last year. I love that I have an island now.
L- The LAST person who visited my home was: Andy, Amelie and Bennett.
M- The last piece of MAIL for me was: Parents Magazine
N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm: I have no clue. Hopefully they think I'm a nice person.
O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see: Milk, OJ, fruit, bread, salami, ketchup, mayo, butter, mini bagels, pickles and other random stuff.
P- My last house PARTY was: Kaitlyn's 1st birthday party.
Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is: just about everything I cook is quick. Tacos is my favorite quick meal.
R- My favorite ROOM of the house is: either the kitchen or the family room. The kitchen because it's the one room in the house that is 'done'. The family room because that is where we spend the majority of our time and it's comfy.
S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is: is Pantene. It's supposed to help my hair have more curl than it already naturally does.
T- My largest TELEVISION is: the huge monstrosity that takes up a lot of room in our FR. Can't wait til the day we can afford a flat screen.
U- UNDER my bed you will find: Dust bunnies and an under the bed storage box that holds t-shirts in the winter.
V- The last time I VACUUMED was: Thursday.
W- Looking out my WINDOW I see: pitch black. We have no street lights and it's cloudy out. But if it were daytime I would see the swing set.
X- I wish I had X-TRA: time and money. But who doesn't wish that? I wish I had more time to work on my crafts and my business. I wish I had more money so that Joe wouldn't have to work so much.
Y- My YARD is: in need of much yard work. But it's a huge yard and we just don't have the time for it. It's also a great kid yard. Hopefully it will be a great dog yard again someday.
Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is: varied. It used to be 10:00pm on the dot. But since having my girls, it just all depends on them and how our day went.
Okay. That's it. That took way longer than I thought it would. Thinking it might be my bedtime now.
A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on: 72, which is the highest it goes up to. It ranges from 68-72.
B- My BEDROOM theme is: Leaves. Sounds boring, but I love it and it's not just leaves. I have one chocolate brown wall, which I love so much I would do it in just about any room in my house. The other colors are cream and green (multiple shades). Now, if only I could keep our room clean and organized, that would make it even better.
C- The CAR in the driveway is: My hubby's truck, a Ford F150. I park in the garage.
D- My DESK looks: like it should be cleaned up a bit. I have too many works in progress and stamp sets out on the work area. The non-work area is covered with all of the other tools, etc that I use most often - paper, paper cutter, die cut machine, markers, ink pad carousel, tool sorter, etc.
E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is: just before Joe's alarm goes off, which is about 5:40am.
F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is: my hair.
G- My GARAGE is filled with: Too much! We have outside toys, garbage cans, Joe's tools, the lawn mower, the snow blower, the list goes on.
H- My HOUSE is: home.
I- If you peeked INSIDE my bedroom you'd see: a mess, clothes, random pictures from Mad.
J- My favorite JUICE is: Minute Main Pulp Free Orange Juice
K- The best part of my KITCHEN is: that it's brand new! We gutted and remodeled it last year. I love that I have an island now.
L- The LAST person who visited my home was: Andy, Amelie and Bennett.
M- The last piece of MAIL for me was: Parents Magazine
N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm: I have no clue. Hopefully they think I'm a nice person.
O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see: Milk, OJ, fruit, bread, salami, ketchup, mayo, butter, mini bagels, pickles and other random stuff.
P- My last house PARTY was: Kaitlyn's 1st birthday party.
Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is: just about everything I cook is quick. Tacos is my favorite quick meal.
R- My favorite ROOM of the house is: either the kitchen or the family room. The kitchen because it's the one room in the house that is 'done'. The family room because that is where we spend the majority of our time and it's comfy.
S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is: is Pantene. It's supposed to help my hair have more curl than it already naturally does.
T- My largest TELEVISION is: the huge monstrosity that takes up a lot of room in our FR. Can't wait til the day we can afford a flat screen.
U- UNDER my bed you will find: Dust bunnies and an under the bed storage box that holds t-shirts in the winter.
V- The last time I VACUUMED was: Thursday.
W- Looking out my WINDOW I see: pitch black. We have no street lights and it's cloudy out. But if it were daytime I would see the swing set.
X- I wish I had X-TRA: time and money. But who doesn't wish that? I wish I had more time to work on my crafts and my business. I wish I had more money so that Joe wouldn't have to work so much.
Y- My YARD is: in need of much yard work. But it's a huge yard and we just don't have the time for it. It's also a great kid yard. Hopefully it will be a great dog yard again someday.
Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is: varied. It used to be 10:00pm on the dot. But since having my girls, it just all depends on them and how our day went.
Okay. That's it. That took way longer than I thought it would. Thinking it might be my bedtime now.
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