Thursday, May 24, 2007
Feeling pretty good!
Well, I'm still recovering from my cold, but I've been feeling pretty good anyway. I've been staying home a lot more lately in an attempt to potty train William. This is not going spectacularly well, but he will use the toilet when I supervise. Anyway, since I've been home more, I've been cleaning more. Not that cleaning is a lot of fun or anything, but knowing my house is presentable makes me feel better about myself-and honestly makes being home more enjoyable. Things never stay clean for very long, and I don't like to stress out about it, so I've been trying to focus on just one room everyday. Then if I have more energy or just feel like it, I'll tidy up here and there too. Today I got my living room looking pretty good. It's not perfect, but presentable. This makes me smile! :)
Interesting site on homebirth and related subjects
I got a link off this site from another blog, and thought that at least 1 or 2 of you would find interesting. Here's the link! http://journeytohomebirth.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Different Shades of green
I decided that it was time for a new look. I was going to post something yesterday, but spent all my time updateing instead.
Well, Leonora turned one on Saturday. Aaron had to work, so we postponed the birthday celebration until Sunday. My family came over and we watched Leonora open presents and demolish her cake. She even ate some of it! My mom took pictures, but I haven't gotten any from her yet. I'll post them when I do.
After the party, we went to a barbeque with some of Aaron's co-workers. We had fun relaxing and chating, and also got to look at a new house that our hosts' parents are building next door to their house. It will be an incredibly nice house when it's finished. It has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a library, office, exercise room, rec room, theater, and dinning room large enough for a group of 25. Oh, and I almost forgot-a "Harry Potter Room" under the stairs that forms a passage from the entry to the dining room. Very cool. I asked how big it was. The owner said, "I don't really know. Somewhere between 8 and 10 thousand square feet." Anyway, it was a lot of fun to walk through.
Since then, I seem to have gotten a nice little cold that is causeing my voice to disappear. I tride to scream last night when I found William dumping the last of the milk into an overflowing cup on the kitchen floor. The sound that came out of me was not normal. I think I startled him because he got up, knocked the cup of milk over and cried for the next ten minutes. After all that, Aaron agreed to let me out of the house. We were invited to dinner with some friends, but didn't have a babysitter, so he sent me out and stayed home to put the kids to bed. I had a very enjoyable evening-in spite of the a-symetrical nature of the resturant we ate at.
Well, my posts are getting really long. perhaps if I post more often, it will help.
Well, Leonora turned one on Saturday. Aaron had to work, so we postponed the birthday celebration until Sunday. My family came over and we watched Leonora open presents and demolish her cake. She even ate some of it! My mom took pictures, but I haven't gotten any from her yet. I'll post them when I do.
After the party, we went to a barbeque with some of Aaron's co-workers. We had fun relaxing and chating, and also got to look at a new house that our hosts' parents are building next door to their house. It will be an incredibly nice house when it's finished. It has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a library, office, exercise room, rec room, theater, and dinning room large enough for a group of 25. Oh, and I almost forgot-a "Harry Potter Room" under the stairs that forms a passage from the entry to the dining room. Very cool. I asked how big it was. The owner said, "I don't really know. Somewhere between 8 and 10 thousand square feet." Anyway, it was a lot of fun to walk through.
Since then, I seem to have gotten a nice little cold that is causeing my voice to disappear. I tride to scream last night when I found William dumping the last of the milk into an overflowing cup on the kitchen floor. The sound that came out of me was not normal. I think I startled him because he got up, knocked the cup of milk over and cried for the next ten minutes. After all that, Aaron agreed to let me out of the house. We were invited to dinner with some friends, but didn't have a babysitter, so he sent me out and stayed home to put the kids to bed. I had a very enjoyable evening-in spite of the a-symetrical nature of the resturant we ate at.
Well, my posts are getting really long. perhaps if I post more often, it will help.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
scrambled
Okay, I'm going to try to play a little catch up for this week... I can't remember what days everything happened, but they all happened sometime in the last week...
Well, a couple days ago, I was asking William what he wanted for breakfast. Normally he requests cereal, but he didn't that day, so I started naming off other choices. I hardly ever make eggs, but I offered it as a choice and was surprised when he said he wanted an egg. So I made him an egg. I thought I was being such a good mom! I even cut it up and stuck it in the freezer to cool it off! I was quite disappointed when he told me he didn't want "that kind of egg." Confused, I asked what kind of egg it was that he wanted. "I want a Chocolate Egg!" he tells me. Of course. Silly me. Unfortunatly for him, I don't keep chocolate eggs in stock.
Leonora has also started walking this week. She just decided to get back up when she fell one day, and she hasn't crawled since! Of course she still falls a lot, but she never stays down long.
Yesterday, I went to the What Women Want Expo with my mom. It was pretty fun, except when Leonora got really fussy and didn't want to stay in the stroller. I got some cute barettes and entered lots of drawings and got lots of cards and flyers. Then I went to Hurricane and went to a friends wedding reception. I found out this evening that I actually won one of the drawings for a free "candy bouquet." That was pretty cool.
Today, we went to our friend Toby's graduation party. It was fun, and the food was very good. There was a little kiddie pool set up with water in it, and of course that was the first thing that Leonora saw. With some help, I managed to keep her from diving in head first. Toward the end of the party, some of the other kids were getting into trouble jumping in the pool, so their mom dumped most of the water out, but left a little at the bottom. Leonora took her chance when I wasn't watching to toddle over and plop her diapered and fully clothed little bum into the pool! Oh, she had a lot of fun! Of course, it wasn't terribly fun when she had to get changed, but I think it was worth it for her.
I think that's all for now (folks)!
ha, ha, ha :)
Well, a couple days ago, I was asking William what he wanted for breakfast. Normally he requests cereal, but he didn't that day, so I started naming off other choices. I hardly ever make eggs, but I offered it as a choice and was surprised when he said he wanted an egg. So I made him an egg. I thought I was being such a good mom! I even cut it up and stuck it in the freezer to cool it off! I was quite disappointed when he told me he didn't want "that kind of egg." Confused, I asked what kind of egg it was that he wanted. "I want a Chocolate Egg!" he tells me. Of course. Silly me. Unfortunatly for him, I don't keep chocolate eggs in stock.
Leonora has also started walking this week. She just decided to get back up when she fell one day, and she hasn't crawled since! Of course she still falls a lot, but she never stays down long.
Yesterday, I went to the What Women Want Expo with my mom. It was pretty fun, except when Leonora got really fussy and didn't want to stay in the stroller. I got some cute barettes and entered lots of drawings and got lots of cards and flyers. Then I went to Hurricane and went to a friends wedding reception. I found out this evening that I actually won one of the drawings for a free "candy bouquet." That was pretty cool.
Today, we went to our friend Toby's graduation party. It was fun, and the food was very good. There was a little kiddie pool set up with water in it, and of course that was the first thing that Leonora saw. With some help, I managed to keep her from diving in head first. Toward the end of the party, some of the other kids were getting into trouble jumping in the pool, so their mom dumped most of the water out, but left a little at the bottom. Leonora took her chance when I wasn't watching to toddle over and plop her diapered and fully clothed little bum into the pool! Oh, she had a lot of fun! Of course, it wasn't terribly fun when she had to get changed, but I think it was worth it for her.
I think that's all for now (folks)!
ha, ha, ha :)
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