2:14 PM
We represent the Lollipop Guild, The Lollipop Guild, The Lollipop Guild
And in the name of the Lollypop Guild,
We wish to welcome you to Muchkinland.
We welcome you to Munchkinland
2:11 PM
It extended out into the dining room.
We ate it.
We wrapped ourselves in it.
And we got caught.10:06 PM
I was informed that it had been a while since I had updated this blog, so I thought I better get to it.
We've been busy as usual the past few weeks. Chloe cut 2 teeth and all three kids went through a 12 hour flu...all on different days.
Chloe has cut 2 bottom teeth, a center one and I believe a side one. She's been a little crabby about her teeth lately. She did start eating cheerios though and gets really excited when I get them out. I thought I would try and be a good mom by saving a little money and feed my baby healthy...I attempted to grind up veggies and fruit...I succeeded at pureeing everything, but Chloe didn't handle it very well. Her diapers proved it (and her clothes). I don't know if that was all a coincidence because she was teething, but it was enough for me to back off...I don't have the time to test it out again and go through all that. I think I wasted more money on diapers this month. It's worth spending the extra cents to buy the food. I am going to start mixing milk in with her formula in a couple weeks too, just like 2 oz in one bottle a day at first...maybe we can be done with formula by the time shes 10 months. She eats solids like a champ so I am not worried at all. she'll have her 9 month doctor appt. in February with some shots involved. I can't wait to see how she's grown.
Luke is Luke. School is going really well. He was so totally excited last week when someone new drove his bus home...UNCLE MARK!!! He was so excited that when he ran into the house to tell me, he couldn't stop shaking enough to get it out without stuttering. We had to settle down first. He really likes his Great Uncle Mark. He filled up the penny jar in his class for the fund raiser "Pennies for Patients." He was excited about that too. What a teachers pet I have. He is excited for T-ball to start up. He talks about it often. He talks about his little cousins all the time too. He loves all his girls (even if he doesn't show it).
Ashlyn is Ashlyn. :) She is liking school too. She is a huge story teller. What an imagination she has acquired. She blames everything on Luke or Chloe. Sometime it's too funny not to laugh at. then she gets mad if I do laugh. We can't win with her. We are still working on getting her potty trained at night. Slowly, but surely. She's just so stinkin' stubborn...I have no idea where that comes from. ;)
This past weekend was the Cannon Falls Alumni Basketball tournament. The class of 1997 won it all again. '94 did good though. It was a fun weekend. I love getting to see everyone that we haven't seen in a year, which is sad really...I think we saw everyone more when we lived 12 hours away in Kansas. Guys, we have get together more this next year. The kids...all 3 of them...spend the whole weekend up in Elk River at Grandpa Paul & Grandma Sharon's house. They had so much fun. It was such a nice break for us. The drive got to be a bit much, but it was well worth it. Grandma & Grandpa ended up getting sick Saturday night though, so I got the kids Sunday afternoon and they spent the rest of the day at the gym with us.
My project the next two weeks is to get the kids' Valentine's cards made for their parties. I have colors and ideas...I just need to get the stuff out and sit and do it. Lincoln and I are going to Underwater World for Valentine's dinner. We actually sit at a table for 2 right under the sharks. Should be interesting...it was expensive enough (and we get $20 off for being members). We've never done anything for Valentine's day. Some people call it a Hallmark holiday and until this year, I agreed. I've never really thought about it going out on Valentine's...I think I decided that I was going to use that day as en excuse to go out with my husband without the kids. When you have kids, though, Valentine's is a big deal because it's is celebrated in school. I'm glad though. I enjoy getting the kids ready for it.
I think that's it for now. I've babbled enough. G'nite.
Side note: The gal who wanted the cookbook link: it's on the right on this page...you know who you are.
9:48 PM
Chloe & Sophie
Poor Sophie. Chloe goes after her pacifier, tries taking the toys and then uses her tray to stand up. Eventually, she cleared off Sophie's whole tray. Well, if nothing else, Sophie will be ready for siblings.
9:41 PM
My good friend, Charlie, that I have known since we started working at Gemini together almost 4 years ago (he still works there...sucker) had not met Chloe yet and she is almost 9 months old. I brought her with the other night to supper with Charlie, Deb & Amy so Charlie could finally meet her. He fed her and even gave her a lemon. What a guy! Unfortunately my camera was not fast enough to capture her funny lemon faces, but it was cute.
10:05 PM
We took the kids to Underwater World at the MOA today. While we were there, we went on the 'Behind-the-Scenes' tour and got to go into their lab where they do surgeries, the kitchen where they prepare food and then we got to go above the fish and look in on all the fish from above the tanks. We saw the underwater tunnel and could see people in there. It was fun, but I don't recommend it if your kids are under 6 or 7. After the tour we went back through the tunnel. Decided to buy a family membership so we can go whenever we want for a year. It pays for itself after a couple trips. I can bring a guest and they can get %15 off so if you want to be my friend for a day...let me know. :)
4:38 PM
Did you ever think back in the 80's (if you are old enough to remember the 80's) that we'd ever get to the 2000's? Wow. Time really flies. I think that my son will graduate high school in 2020. My baby will graduate in 2025...my nieces a year later. I can't even imagine being in the year 2020. Weird. This post also marks the one year anniversary of this blog. That was dumb, but true. I decided that if maybe I posted my resolutions for the year, I'll stick to them better...we can hope anyway.
1. Lose 50 pounds...I have no goal date, but I've started. Also attached to this one is working out 3-4 nights a week.
2. Catch up on my scrapbooking. So...I am going to stop facebooking and my spacing as much and spend my evenings scrapping. My goal is to be caught up by Chloe's 1st birthday. This is going to be a tough one though as I don't have anywhere to throw my stuff down and leave it there. I may have to rent a spot in my sis-in-law's sewing room in her basement...or haul everything to church and spend a lot more time there. :) j/k Bonnie.
3. Become less in debt. Stop spending money and save what I can.
4. Help make my kids understand that my kitchen is not a restaurant and they are going to have to learn to like all the foods Lincoln and I eat and to quit being so stinkin' picky.
5. Ashlyn - totally potty trained.
6. Get this house in order. Throw, sell, organize, fix and clean. (Cars too).
7. Try and get more time in with family that we never seem to get to see. It's just so hard for us to go great distances though...
Wow, I have more, but there is only so much you can fit into a year. So far this year, we have no weddings to be in or at, no 'close' friends of family are having any babies (a few distant friends and acquaintances are though) and as far as I know there are no graduations to go to. Hmmm...what ever will we do to keep our time busy? Oh, that's right...all those resolutions above. :)
Happy New Year, everyone! Oh, and congrats to our 'young friends' Taylor and Mindi Pagel on the birth of their little girl Miley Kay born Jan. 5th. She is beautiful guys! We can't wait to meet her.
I'll leave with a few pictures.....
This is how we found Chloe one morning. I knew she was awake at one point, but when you are the 3rd child...you have to wait for mom a lot so...she must have just leaned over and fell back asleep.
I took this just this past Sunday right before Sunday School and Church. What a little diva I have. Grandma Chris bought the outfits.
Cousins.....this was taken last Sunday at basketball. They were trying to take each other's pacifiers. Here, Sophie is 4 months and Chloe is almost 8 months.
This was very funny here at home. I stripped Chloe down to get ready for a bath and then was called in a different direction. She crawled in from the living room and stood right up on the tub. I couldn't help but laugh because right after this she turned around and gave me the biggest smile ever, but I had already put the camera away. Chloe has cut 2 teeth on the bottom now and she just today started pushing a box around the kitchen while walking behind it. Scary. I don't think I am ready for that yet.
