Matt and I actually got to go out on a date last night! It's probably been a month since we have been able to sneak away because of all the holiday parties and what not.
It was a great relaxing night. Matt's parents whatched the girls for us. We went to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants and were actually able to have an uninterrupted conversation about something not having to do with the kids. (As much as I love them, I need some time alone with the hubby once in a while!)
We walked around outside for a little while (or in my case, waddled around) and were able to buy a couple of small things for the girls' Christmas stockings.
After this, I came to the realization of how firmly entrenched in the "parenthood" way of life we are when we spent the rest of the time we had wandering around Toys R Us picking out the kids Christmas gifts. Oh well...It was still time alone together and we got some things accomplished in the meantime.
I miss getting to spend time with Matt every day! The opposite schedule thing sucks, but it makes the time we DO have together a lot sweeter.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Make a wish...
After I finished my post last night, Kenna came up to me and said, "Mommy, I need to go and open the front door and stand outside and make a wish."
I had a little chuckle over that, then told her that since it was so cold outside, maybe she could go upstairs and make a wish looking outside her bedroom window. She ran upstairs, presumably made her wish, then ran back down through the family and into the toy room in the basement.
After being down there for a few minutes, she ran back upstairs to me with a completely dejected look on her face.
"Mommy, my wish didn't work! I don't have a printer by my computer!"
She has been asking for several days for a printer for the downstairs computer so she could print out all her artwork. I guess she decided mom and dad were too slow and she'd have to take matters into her own hands.
I had a little chuckle over that, then told her that since it was so cold outside, maybe she could go upstairs and make a wish looking outside her bedroom window. She ran upstairs, presumably made her wish, then ran back down through the family and into the toy room in the basement.
After being down there for a few minutes, she ran back upstairs to me with a completely dejected look on her face.
"Mommy, my wish didn't work! I don't have a printer by my computer!"
She has been asking for several days for a printer for the downstairs computer so she could print out all her artwork. I guess she decided mom and dad were too slow and she'd have to take matters into her own hands.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Christmas Shopping...
I had such great plans this year...I knew I was going to be big and pregnant by the time December rolled around, so I was going to be one of those fabulous super prepared people that you hear about in legend. The ones that have all their Christmas shopping done by August...
But you know what? I really really suck at figuring out what to get people for Christmas. Here we are less than three weeks away, and I have only bought three gifts so far. The sad thing is, I would have gotten more, I just have had no idea what to get people.
And with how many toys my kids have right now, I don't really feel like buying them more. What do you get a kid for Christmas, besides toys, that they won't be disappointed in? I'm leaning towards books...lots and lots of books. Maybe some art supplies...but with the events of earlier this week, I'm not sure that's such a great idea.
At any rate, here I am, big and pregnant and not wanting to brave the crowds, still no idea what to get people, and no time to shop. Is it wrong to order every single Christmas gift you give off Amazon, just because it's easy?
But you know what? I really really suck at figuring out what to get people for Christmas. Here we are less than three weeks away, and I have only bought three gifts so far. The sad thing is, I would have gotten more, I just have had no idea what to get people.
And with how many toys my kids have right now, I don't really feel like buying them more. What do you get a kid for Christmas, besides toys, that they won't be disappointed in? I'm leaning towards books...lots and lots of books. Maybe some art supplies...but with the events of earlier this week, I'm not sure that's such a great idea.
At any rate, here I am, big and pregnant and not wanting to brave the crowds, still no idea what to get people, and no time to shop. Is it wrong to order every single Christmas gift you give off Amazon, just because it's easy?
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Cleanliness
Apparently crayons are the weapon of choice with the kids this week.
Alyssa decided to do a little redecorating while dad was in the shower. (Okay, maybe not RE-decorating as I have yet to hang up a picture in the house we’ve lived in for 5 months…) She took a dark blue crayon and colored all over two walls, the window sill, both chairs and the table of their “art spot”. She then proceeded to take a yellow crayon to the LCD monitor of the downstairs computer. Needless to say, Matt was a little frustrated with her when I got home from work today. Perhaps we have a future interior designer on our hands? (Every time something like this happens I want to kiss the person that invented magic erasers. Less than 10 minutes and the whole mess was gone.)
Speaking of cleaning up (well…sort of…)
I went into the women’s restroom at work today, and as I went to wash my hands noticed that someone had put up a sign on the mirror talking about the health benefits of washing your hands with soap and water.
You’d think in an office full of adults, washing hands after using the restroom would be standard practice. And this is where you would be wrong. There are several women that apparently don’t feel the need to pay a visit to the sink on their way out, which really grosses out the rest of us.
Bless the person that put the reminder on the mirror, but perhaps it would have been more visible to those who needed it by putting it on the back of the stall doors?
Alyssa decided to do a little redecorating while dad was in the shower. (Okay, maybe not RE-decorating as I have yet to hang up a picture in the house we’ve lived in for 5 months…) She took a dark blue crayon and colored all over two walls, the window sill, both chairs and the table of their “art spot”. She then proceeded to take a yellow crayon to the LCD monitor of the downstairs computer. Needless to say, Matt was a little frustrated with her when I got home from work today. Perhaps we have a future interior designer on our hands? (Every time something like this happens I want to kiss the person that invented magic erasers. Less than 10 minutes and the whole mess was gone.)
Speaking of cleaning up (well…sort of…)
I went into the women’s restroom at work today, and as I went to wash my hands noticed that someone had put up a sign on the mirror talking about the health benefits of washing your hands with soap and water.
You’d think in an office full of adults, washing hands after using the restroom would be standard practice. And this is where you would be wrong. There are several women that apparently don’t feel the need to pay a visit to the sink on their way out, which really grosses out the rest of us.
Bless the person that put the reminder on the mirror, but perhaps it would have been more visible to those who needed it by putting it on the back of the stall doors?
Monday, December 3, 2007
Are you kidding me?
Let’s start at the beginning…
Last Thursday I got to work at early like normal. And, like normal at that time of the morning, had my pick of parking spaces. When I went to leave work, I had been boxed in to my parking spot. There was a column on the drivers side, a car parked super close to me on the passenger side, and a car parked perpendicular to me and just far ahead enough of me to make it hard to get out.
Long story short, I ended up getting up close and personal with the column and adding some new body contours and a yellow stripe or two to the paintjob on my nice, fairly new car.
This afternoon, I took the car in to the body shop for an estimate on fixing up the MINOR damage. (Seriously, you can barely see it…very small dent and a few 1 to 2 inch long yellow stripes.) I thought…maybe a couple hundred dollars. The damage is confined to the middle of the door; they can probably buff the paint out, yadda, yadda. The estimator comes back to show me the paperwork - $1,110.84. Talk about adding insult to injury…
They also have to take the car for an entire week. So now we’re in the predicament of what to do about that. We have to have two cars to maintain our schedules. Fortunately, I have an extremely wonderful and generous family, which includes a brother with an extra car. (I also have good insurance that is reducing the out of pocket repair cost to $250.)
Guess we know what I’m getting for Christmas this year…
Last Thursday I got to work at early like normal. And, like normal at that time of the morning, had my pick of parking spaces. When I went to leave work, I had been boxed in to my parking spot. There was a column on the drivers side, a car parked super close to me on the passenger side, and a car parked perpendicular to me and just far ahead enough of me to make it hard to get out.
Long story short, I ended up getting up close and personal with the column and adding some new body contours and a yellow stripe or two to the paintjob on my nice, fairly new car.
This afternoon, I took the car in to the body shop for an estimate on fixing up the MINOR damage. (Seriously, you can barely see it…very small dent and a few 1 to 2 inch long yellow stripes.) I thought…maybe a couple hundred dollars. The damage is confined to the middle of the door; they can probably buff the paint out, yadda, yadda. The estimator comes back to show me the paperwork - $1,110.84. Talk about adding insult to injury…
They also have to take the car for an entire week. So now we’re in the predicament of what to do about that. We have to have two cars to maintain our schedules. Fortunately, I have an extremely wonderful and generous family, which includes a brother with an extra car. (I also have good insurance that is reducing the out of pocket repair cost to $250.)
Guess we know what I’m getting for Christmas this year…
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Look how pretty!
It being a nice relaxing Sunday today, I decided to do some more work on the baby's quilt. (The time is quickly approaching and I'm no where near finishing this project. Maybe because I decided to hand quilt all the squares? Silly me...)
The girls were coloring and playing with their dolls (quietly and without fighting for a change), so I thought it was the perfect time. I sat down on the couch with my needle and thread and went to town.
About 15 minutes later, McKenna comes to me with her doll and says, "Look how pretty Mommy!" They had taken the three dolls they were playing with and had put makeup on them, i.e. colored all over their hands and faces with the crayons. They were SO proud of themselves.
Needless to say, we spent the rest of the evening before bathtime teaching them how to clean crayon off plastic doll faces and NOT working on the quilt.
The girls were coloring and playing with their dolls (quietly and without fighting for a change), so I thought it was the perfect time. I sat down on the couch with my needle and thread and went to town.
About 15 minutes later, McKenna comes to me with her doll and says, "Look how pretty Mommy!" They had taken the three dolls they were playing with and had put makeup on them, i.e. colored all over their hands and faces with the crayons. They were SO proud of themselves.
Needless to say, we spent the rest of the evening before bathtime teaching them how to clean crayon off plastic doll faces and NOT working on the quilt.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Snow!
We finally got our first real snow day. The girls were very excited to go out and play!
They had a blast. Hopefully it sticks around for a little while. Kenna is dying to build another snowgirl.
They had a blast. Hopefully it sticks around for a little while. Kenna is dying to build another snowgirl.
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