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That’s just how the 4th rolled by…

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:54:46 +0000

Fourth of July was a bit of a boring day for us, I know others were out celebrating. Eating BBQ, heading to the pools, the beaches & watching fireworks. Us? Well we went to see Cars 2 & left after no more then 45 minutes into the movie. Micah just wasn’t feeling it & I personally was already bored by it. So after scarfing down the majority of our popcorn, candy & slurpees in the previews we just stuffed some candy in my purse and got our butts out of that theater. Yes, I was the one holding a screaming two year old who wanted to go “byyyyye bye”. The rest of our day was spent watching a marathon of Hoarders, which gave me an itch to clean the house. We had 3 loads of laundry that needed to be put away & toys all over the living room rug…so that show got me all itchy to clean.

So yes, our fourth of July was a bit of a Saturday kind of day but that’s good since the husband has been working at least 60 hours a week. Yes I said at least. So it was very nice to just sit & do nothing. But the third of July? That was a different story, we spent the whole day at the beach with my husband’s side of the family. Which was filled with yummy food, jumping over waves & pranks. Yes we might have thrown seaweed at each other, scared each other with wrapping seaweed around each other…what? It’s nice to act like your 12 sometimes, even while holding your two year old on your hip. By the way, Micah absolutely loved when we would over exaggerate the waves that came crashing at us. And didn’t mind at all when a wave would smack him right in the face. Man it is nice to have such a laid back kid.

Me & Micah got a bit red even with 5 separate applications of sunblock. I kept forgetting my back & forehead…yes just my forehead is sunburn because of my giant sunglasses. Micah just has red cheeks & nose, the rest of him is TAN. You should have seen him once I stripped him down for the ride home. All our family couldn’t help looking at the contrast from his back to butt, a bit hilarious since I can burn after 20 minutes in the sun.

Helping hands..

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:14:33 +0000

My helping hands are Micah. He’s becoming HELPFUL in the kitchen. As in he’ll fetch eggs, milk, fruits & vegetables from the fridge. He’ll help crack an egg, is it odd that I am overjoyed at him for knowing how to crack an egg properly? We’re still working on the shells thing. But hey, he’s two. Last summer he wasn’t even opening the fridge!

He loves pulling up his vintage yellow chair up to the counter & helping. And I love that he’ll hopefully learn to love food and cooking. Just this morning he helped me make banana bread!

Anyone else have their child(ren) help in the kitchen on a regular basis?

We like to relax…

admin — Sat, 14 May 2011 15:11:32 +0000

Our Friday evening was spent playing outside. And no day would be complete without some Mr. Potato Head playtime, including them all going down the slide with Micah. The weather was perfect for enjoying our grassy green backyard.

Micah says hi!

admin — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:44:37 +0000

Micah wanted me to pop in & say hello. Well that must be why he was having me take pictures of his potato head creations right? He’s currently OBSESSED with potato head, where can I get only pieces for potato head at a reasonable price? Anyone? Sell me your pieces?

Happy Mother’s Day!

admin — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:03:22 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom. I’m so blessed to be your daughter.

And being a mother myself, I can’t imagine ever having this day to only celebrate as a my mother’s daughter. I’m so happy that this day I am celebrating being a mother to the coolest kid I know.

Better with cheese

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:52:06 +0000

Since everything is better with cheese. Well here is Micah covered in parmesan cheese. He broke into the fridge & covered himself in cheese. Man he was stinky that night!

I’ll admit it.

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:01:49 +0000

I’ll admit it, I don’t care for children birthday parties. I mean SOMETIMES they are okey but going with a two year isn’t the best. He can’t play most of the games, heck most of the 4 year old kids weren’t getting the concept of musical chairs. For us birthday parties mean bunches of junk food & watching other kids do stuff. This year Micah has been allowed to go in the bounce houses with older kids since I doubt he’ll be getting hurt, so that’s a good thing.

I just don’t like kid’s birthday parties. They end up being stressful, filled with junk food and socializing. Actually I wouldn’t mind the socializing if I didn’t have to wrestle a sugar filled two year old. What makes it all worth it? Seeing Micah happy & being with friends/family. So anyone other parents with me ? Heck you don’t even have to be parents, I disliked kids parties before I had Micah. Nothing better then swarms of people asking you when you”re going to settle down to have kids, right?

Do kid’s birthday parties get easier with your kid getting older? And what’s the BEST kid’s birthday party that you’ve been to?

Attack of the cuddles.

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:50:17 +0000

Best thing about waking up is having this little monster cuddling me, giving me hugs & being awesome in general. It’s all about enjoying the little things in life.

When you can’t find a spoon.

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:59:19 +0000

Since Micah has learned how to open to the fridge with ease & ninja like skill. So now he is constantly grabbing what he wants without dragging me to the fridge. Yogurt, he has fallen in love with it. He’ll grab a yogurt & have me get him a spoon. Well on this particular day, he just grabbed one of Mr. Potato Head’s crazy yellow arms. Yes he ate the whole container of yogurt with the hand & it was hilarious to watch.

Ok, fine. Here.

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:17:16 +0000

Here you go. The mom jeans. I’m wearing them today to hide all the pizza rolls, soda and candy I’ve been so badly scarfing down as of lately. Umm I promise I’m getting a gym membership once that income tax moola rolls in. But for now, we’ll just hide as much pudge as possible with a tummy controlled pair of jeans. That’s how I’m rolling today.

Top: Forever 21 | Jeans: Target | Bag: Anthropologie