Two funnies for you:
1) Last night while laying in bed, Nathan turned to me and said "Jesus loves nuts and jumping beans." Just in case you didn't already know that, it could be helpful to keep in mind.
2) This morning, he went to the fridge and pulled out lemon juice, jam, butter and yogurt. He said "Make it for me." I'm going to have to do a good allrecipes.com search because I can't think of anything that uses those ingredients. He settled for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Nathan's New Favorites
I'm so excited that I can now post to blogger that I'm doing two updates in one day. How ya like that?
Nathan is growing so fast and if you haven't been around him lately, you should know that he's a hoot. AND he'll tell you just that. There is something about a 2 yr old saying 'I'm just a hoot' that is hilarious.
Other funny stuff he's doing lately:
He likes to use the ear thermometer to check his ears for zebras. If it beeps, there is a zebra. Better check the other ear too. Yep, another one.
Running around in his underwear is his favorite thing since potty training and I have to say that I think it's adorable.
Boom Boom Pow from Black-Eyed Peas is his favorite song. He gets in the car and asks for it every time. 'Put you hands in the AAAAIIIIRRRR. Drop the beasts now.' Really? Doesn't get funnier than that.
He continues to eat pretty much only chicken nuggets, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and mac and cheese. One of these days I'm going to tackle the eating issues with him.
He now lets himself into the fridge to check out what his 'options' are. Yep, he says options all the time. This morning he went and opened the fridge and got out some stuff. I was about to tell him to put it back, but I realized he had a Diet Coke for me and a water bottle for him. Apparently, he is also a mind reader now as well. I just need to get that kid a tall stool and a children's cookbook and maybe he can start fixing dinner.
Pretty much everyday Nathan says he wants to go to the chizem izem. It took me forever to figure out what he meant. Children's Museum is what he's after. We went to the Dallas Children's Museum last week and he spent over an hour at the sand table.
I'll try to add pictures soon as well as more of our adventures.
Nathan is growing so fast and if you haven't been around him lately, you should know that he's a hoot. AND he'll tell you just that. There is something about a 2 yr old saying 'I'm just a hoot' that is hilarious.
Other funny stuff he's doing lately:
He likes to use the ear thermometer to check his ears for zebras. If it beeps, there is a zebra. Better check the other ear too. Yep, another one.
Running around in his underwear is his favorite thing since potty training and I have to say that I think it's adorable.
Boom Boom Pow from Black-Eyed Peas is his favorite song. He gets in the car and asks for it every time. 'Put you hands in the AAAAIIIIRRRR. Drop the beasts now.' Really? Doesn't get funnier than that.
He continues to eat pretty much only chicken nuggets, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and mac and cheese. One of these days I'm going to tackle the eating issues with him.
He now lets himself into the fridge to check out what his 'options' are. Yep, he says options all the time. This morning he went and opened the fridge and got out some stuff. I was about to tell him to put it back, but I realized he had a Diet Coke for me and a water bottle for him. Apparently, he is also a mind reader now as well. I just need to get that kid a tall stool and a children's cookbook and maybe he can start fixing dinner.
Pretty much everyday Nathan says he wants to go to the chizem izem. It took me forever to figure out what he meant. Children's Museum is what he's after. We went to the Dallas Children's Museum last week and he spent over an hour at the sand table.
I'll try to add pictures soon as well as more of our adventures.
Friends
Nathan and I have been in Texas for a month now. We joined John and have been exploring the Dallas/Fort Worth Area together. We have begun to find routines and a small sense of homeiness in our hotel room. One thing that neither Nathan or I are comfortable with is the absense of our friends.
Every single day, Nathan talks about his friends and asks to go to their house or to play with them. I've often watched Nathan at the park, mall play area or at a friend's house. It's so interesting to me that almost instantly, he can pick out those people that he is drawn to. I don't know what it is that draws small children together, but there is no question about it, he knows who he likes. I watch him and hope that he always chooses well when it come to friends. I want him to have good friends who help him to be better. I want him to have fun friends that make him laugh. I want him to have friends that comfort him and help him when things in life are challenging. I never want him to feel alone or without someone who would do anything to help him. I want these things for him because that is what I have in my friends. I miss so many of my friends and am filled with gratitude for having been so blessed for so long by wonderful, wonderful people!
Every single day, Nathan talks about his friends and asks to go to their house or to play with them. I've often watched Nathan at the park, mall play area or at a friend's house. It's so interesting to me that almost instantly, he can pick out those people that he is drawn to. I don't know what it is that draws small children together, but there is no question about it, he knows who he likes. I watch him and hope that he always chooses well when it come to friends. I want him to have good friends who help him to be better. I want him to have fun friends that make him laugh. I want him to have friends that comfort him and help him when things in life are challenging. I never want him to feel alone or without someone who would do anything to help him. I want these things for him because that is what I have in my friends. I miss so many of my friends and am filled with gratitude for having been so blessed for so long by wonderful, wonderful people!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Um...Hello there dear friends
So, it's been awhile since I last blogged. I'd make excuses, but really what it boils down to is that I spend far too much time watching guilty pleasure tv, and not enough time posting. What shows you ask?
Guilty pleasure shows:
The Bachelorette
Bachelor Pad
Real Housewives of NY and also Orange Co.
Millionaire Matchmaker
Other Life Changing Shows
Bones
Project Runway
CSI (seriously Ted Danson?????)
NCIS
Law and Order:SVU (Getting rid of Stabler? Not so smart.)
Parenthood (get the Kleenex ready)
Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Anyway, as most of you know, I am in Texas now and unfortunately there is no DVR here in our hotel room. I either watch it live or I have to find time to catch it on Hulu some other evening. With the heavy tv schedule I have, I need to stay on top of things. P.S. they don't have Bravo here at the hotel. That about cuts my watching in half, so hopefully I'll be able to keep up.
Anyway, if you didn't know, John is a consultant in Dallas for Boys Scouts of America. He started at the beginning of July and Nathan and I joined him here a week ago. I refused to come while the tempuratures were still well over 100. Last week was wonderful. Then today, it spiked to 109! What on earth??? Yesterday was 103, so we pretty much have been hiding out. Last week we had a few outings.
Monday, Labor Day, we went to Fort Worth to see the Stockyards. I remembered going with Laura and the gang when we were down here some years ago. We were a little early and had about an hour and a half to kill, so we went to the Science Museum and Children's Museum. That may sound a little ambitious for just 1 1/2 hrs, but the Children's Museum is really, really small. It's almost like an activity room for parents with younger kids who are actually visiting the Science Museum. We had a great time though and will certainly go again since there was some cool stuff in the Science Museum. It is free with our Children's Museum membership from home, so we'll stop in again.
Tuesday, we stayed closer to home and went on a local exercise trail. We saw tons of people out and I thought 'I bet they are glad for nice weather so they can exercise outside.' Well, these crazies don't seem to care about that. I saw people out running yesterday and today in well over 100 degrees. Apparently, it doesn't matter around here. After lunch, we went to the library.
Wednesday we went down to downtown Dallas to Pioneer Plaza. In the park there are 40 cattle statues and 3 cowboys on their horses. It is a depiction of a cattle drive and it is pretty cool. Nathan wasn't that impressed, but got to get out and run around and we finished our Dallas visit with a trip to McDonald's, so it was a win in his eyes.
Thursday we went to the Dallas Zoo. I had heard that this one wasn't as nice as the Fort Worth Zoo, so I didn't have high expectations. I was so pleasantly surprised. The Zoo was great and they had this huge area for the elephants and giraffes. There was a raised platform near the giraffes and you could actually pay $5 to feed them and they would come right over and eat out of your hands. You could pay the money or just stand next to the sucker that had purchased the lettuce. Nathan got to pet the giraffe's face, while the other little girl was holding the food. He loved it.
We will definitely be going back there.
This weekend we did some poking around, shopping and finiding our temporary ward. We go to a building that has 4 other wards and is so busy. John suggested that we hit several Sunday School sessions and just take Nathan from one nursery to the next. We could really exploit this whole Sunday thing. It's been 5 years since I have gone to both Sunday School and Relief Society and it was such a treat!!! So grateful!
The last two days have been super hot and we've hung out in the hotel and the mall. Today, we probably spent 2 1/2 hrs at the mall play area. Nathan just rotated through the kids that were there. At one point, he was playing with this little girl. They were so chatty and having a great time together. He had no idea that she was speaking a completely different language. They would just sit on the bench and talk back and forth forever. It was adorable. He was so engaged, I think I might start speaking Spanish to him more often. He might listen better!
Guilty pleasure shows:
The Bachelorette
Bachelor Pad
Real Housewives of NY and also Orange Co.
Millionaire Matchmaker
Other Life Changing Shows
Bones
Project Runway
CSI (seriously Ted Danson?????)
NCIS
Law and Order:SVU (Getting rid of Stabler? Not so smart.)
Parenthood (get the Kleenex ready)
Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Anyway, as most of you know, I am in Texas now and unfortunately there is no DVR here in our hotel room. I either watch it live or I have to find time to catch it on Hulu some other evening. With the heavy tv schedule I have, I need to stay on top of things. P.S. they don't have Bravo here at the hotel. That about cuts my watching in half, so hopefully I'll be able to keep up.
Anyway, if you didn't know, John is a consultant in Dallas for Boys Scouts of America. He started at the beginning of July and Nathan and I joined him here a week ago. I refused to come while the tempuratures were still well over 100. Last week was wonderful. Then today, it spiked to 109! What on earth??? Yesterday was 103, so we pretty much have been hiding out. Last week we had a few outings.
Monday, Labor Day, we went to Fort Worth to see the Stockyards. I remembered going with Laura and the gang when we were down here some years ago. We were a little early and had about an hour and a half to kill, so we went to the Science Museum and Children's Museum. That may sound a little ambitious for just 1 1/2 hrs, but the Children's Museum is really, really small. It's almost like an activity room for parents with younger kids who are actually visiting the Science Museum. We had a great time though and will certainly go again since there was some cool stuff in the Science Museum. It is free with our Children's Museum membership from home, so we'll stop in again.
Tuesday, we stayed closer to home and went on a local exercise trail. We saw tons of people out and I thought 'I bet they are glad for nice weather so they can exercise outside.' Well, these crazies don't seem to care about that. I saw people out running yesterday and today in well over 100 degrees. Apparently, it doesn't matter around here. After lunch, we went to the library.
Wednesday we went down to downtown Dallas to Pioneer Plaza. In the park there are 40 cattle statues and 3 cowboys on their horses. It is a depiction of a cattle drive and it is pretty cool. Nathan wasn't that impressed, but got to get out and run around and we finished our Dallas visit with a trip to McDonald's, so it was a win in his eyes.
Thursday we went to the Dallas Zoo. I had heard that this one wasn't as nice as the Fort Worth Zoo, so I didn't have high expectations. I was so pleasantly surprised. The Zoo was great and they had this huge area for the elephants and giraffes. There was a raised platform near the giraffes and you could actually pay $5 to feed them and they would come right over and eat out of your hands. You could pay the money or just stand next to the sucker that had purchased the lettuce. Nathan got to pet the giraffe's face, while the other little girl was holding the food. He loved it.
We will definitely be going back there.
This weekend we did some poking around, shopping and finiding our temporary ward. We go to a building that has 4 other wards and is so busy. John suggested that we hit several Sunday School sessions and just take Nathan from one nursery to the next. We could really exploit this whole Sunday thing. It's been 5 years since I have gone to both Sunday School and Relief Society and it was such a treat!!! So grateful!
The last two days have been super hot and we've hung out in the hotel and the mall. Today, we probably spent 2 1/2 hrs at the mall play area. Nathan just rotated through the kids that were there. At one point, he was playing with this little girl. They were so chatty and having a great time together. He had no idea that she was speaking a completely different language. They would just sit on the bench and talk back and forth forever. It was adorable. He was so engaged, I think I might start speaking Spanish to him more often. He might listen better!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Another reason I should hibernate
Most of you know that winter and I are not on the best of terms. Especially when winter thinks it owns any month after March. I am a bit of a whiner when it comes to snow/sleet/hail in April. Who am I kidding, I complain most of the winter. I've long thought that I should just eat tons and tons of Halloween candy and then just wake up in time for Cadbury Mini-Eggs. This year however, I should have kept on sleeping past Easter. While I had a really great Easter, the last two days have been less than stellar.
Yesterday's playgroup was at a bouncyhouse in a town close to mine. While playing with another friend's daughter, Nathan slammed into her and both ended up getting with some serious head bonking. Nathan's incident left him gasping for breath while doing his whole open mouth, no noise scream. I picked him up and he finally caught his breath enough to cry. That didn't last long as he went limp in my arms and his eyes rolled back in his head. I have to say that I have never been so scared in my life. Luckily, he came to pretty quickly. While he was out, I had someone call 911 and the sheriff and EMT's got there pretty quick. They assessed him and said he looked pretty good but I should take him in and get him checked. So, we packed up quick and headed of to the ER. I have learned that when I am really upset, I should not try to drive myself anywhere. I got completely lost and had no GPS reception on my phone. I felt completely helpless as I knew I was going in the wrong direction, but couldn't really figure out the right way to go. Finally, I said a prayer and almost immediately my phone got enough connection to give me a map of where I was and I got myself turned around.
At the ER, the Dr. said that he looked good and that since it had been an hour since the incident he didn't see any point in doing a CAT scan. Nathan was talking and acting normal by that time. So we got a few dinosaur stickers and headed home. It was a horrible experience, but luckily I was able to reach John and he drove home to be with us.
I should have known to just stay put and lay low for a few days, but I needed to run some errands today. We went to the mall play area, where an older kid kicked Nathan off one of the toys and he bumped his head again. I wasn't too happy, so we left. I put Nathan in the truck and headed home. After driving for a bit, I looked back and Nathan was being super cute putting his head on the head rest of the front seat saying 'I can see you Mommy.' I turned back around smiling at his cuteness only to realize that he shouldn't be able to lean forward that far. Sure enough, I had forgotten to strap him in. So, I pull over immediately to remedy the situation. I left the truck running and got out. I went around to his side only to realize that his door was locked. AND EVERY OTHER DOOR!!! I had locked Nathan, my phone and keys inside the truck while it was running.
I chased down some guy and made him give me his cell phone. Luckily, John was working from home today and he was able to come and save the day.
So, in case anyone is wondering, next year I will follow a very carefully planned out hibernation. Halloween until Mother's Day. I think I'll be safe then. Night, night.
Yesterday's playgroup was at a bouncyhouse in a town close to mine. While playing with another friend's daughter, Nathan slammed into her and both ended up getting with some serious head bonking. Nathan's incident left him gasping for breath while doing his whole open mouth, no noise scream. I picked him up and he finally caught his breath enough to cry. That didn't last long as he went limp in my arms and his eyes rolled back in his head. I have to say that I have never been so scared in my life. Luckily, he came to pretty quickly. While he was out, I had someone call 911 and the sheriff and EMT's got there pretty quick. They assessed him and said he looked pretty good but I should take him in and get him checked. So, we packed up quick and headed of to the ER. I have learned that when I am really upset, I should not try to drive myself anywhere. I got completely lost and had no GPS reception on my phone. I felt completely helpless as I knew I was going in the wrong direction, but couldn't really figure out the right way to go. Finally, I said a prayer and almost immediately my phone got enough connection to give me a map of where I was and I got myself turned around.
At the ER, the Dr. said that he looked good and that since it had been an hour since the incident he didn't see any point in doing a CAT scan. Nathan was talking and acting normal by that time. So we got a few dinosaur stickers and headed home. It was a horrible experience, but luckily I was able to reach John and he drove home to be with us.
I should have known to just stay put and lay low for a few days, but I needed to run some errands today. We went to the mall play area, where an older kid kicked Nathan off one of the toys and he bumped his head again. I wasn't too happy, so we left. I put Nathan in the truck and headed home. After driving for a bit, I looked back and Nathan was being super cute putting his head on the head rest of the front seat saying 'I can see you Mommy.' I turned back around smiling at his cuteness only to realize that he shouldn't be able to lean forward that far. Sure enough, I had forgotten to strap him in. So, I pull over immediately to remedy the situation. I left the truck running and got out. I went around to his side only to realize that his door was locked. AND EVERY OTHER DOOR!!! I had locked Nathan, my phone and keys inside the truck while it was running.
I chased down some guy and made him give me his cell phone. Luckily, John was working from home today and he was able to come and save the day.
So, in case anyone is wondering, next year I will follow a very carefully planned out hibernation. Halloween until Mother's Day. I think I'll be safe then. Night, night.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Nathan loves to color. Well, that isn't actually accurate. He loves to hold crayons and line them up and watch me color. Today, I have been in a book reading coma. Unfortunately, Nathan doesn't always appreciate the need for me to sit in the recliner for hours on end while he watches 'Dinosaurs' and plays with his toys.
I'm on to my second book of the day and he walks over to me in the recliner with a crayon.
'Mommy, circle.'
'Please, mommy, circle. Blue circle'
When I tell him that I am not going to color, but that he can go and do it himself, he proceeds to use the side handle on the chair and return me from the reclining position to an upright one. 'Up, up.' He takes my bookmark, puts it in my book (so considerate) and pulls the blanket off of me.
I never should have introduced him to crayons!
I'm on to my second book of the day and he walks over to me in the recliner with a crayon.
'Mommy, circle.'
'Please, mommy, circle. Blue circle'
When I tell him that I am not going to color, but that he can go and do it himself, he proceeds to use the side handle on the chair and return me from the reclining position to an upright one. 'Up, up.' He takes my bookmark, puts it in my book (so considerate) and pulls the blanket off of me.
I never should have introduced him to crayons!
Christmas and stuff
This book 'Don't Hassle the Hoff' was originally purchased for Rachel years ago at a grocery store check-out. Last year, we were invited to an Ugly Sweater Party thrown by our good friends The Hodges and I brought it as a white elephant gift. This became the gift that keeps on giving, since this year it made a repeat performance during our gift exhange. I imagine we'll be seeing it in years to come and hopefully we will all enjoy greater insight into David Hasselhoff's life.
Other great news from the Ugly Sweater Party...I won!! I was campaigning pretty hard all night, and you can all imagine how excited I was to win. Shown here with the runners up. Or is it runner ups?
Nathan reading. This is by far, his favorite activity. The other day, we were driving to the library and as we pulled in the library, he started clapping and yelling 'yeah!!!' I love this little fella.
Nathan sledding for the first time. I'm just going to say that it's a lot of work to take kids sledding. It takes 800 hrs to get everything together and to get dressed. Then you realize that a 2 yr old can't really walk through deep snow on their own, so you try to put them on the sled so you can pull them. You happily go along until the sled is really light and you realize that you have dumped your kid in the snow. Finally, after several goes at that, you pick up your kid and just carry them. 33lbs is a LOT! He was such a good sport. After about 2 seconds on the sled, he spent the next few seconds with his face in the snow with his mom and sled on top of him. Luckily, he thought that was funny and we went down another time. Twice down the hill and I was done. Maybe another time this year. We'll see.
I feel a little lame that I didn't get more Christmas pictures, but know that we had a great time!
I wish I had a picture of when he opened this toolbox! It was fantastic. This boy loves tools!!
Nathan hard at work on his new puzzle
Boy Howdy, were these good Cinnamon Rolls! My friend Char gave me this recipe and it will be a new Christmas tradition around our house. I needed to redeem myself after my Thanksgiving dinner and these sure did the trick!
On New Year's Eve we spent the evening with our favorite Wisconsin people. Everyone brought their kids and this picture was taken after midnight. I was amazed at how alert and happy Nathan was. Unfortunately, he woke up at his normal time the next morning.
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Other great news from the Ugly Sweater Party...I won!! I was campaigning pretty hard all night, and you can all imagine how excited I was to win. Shown here with the runners up. Or is it runner ups?
Nathan reading. This is by far, his favorite activity. The other day, we were driving to the library and as we pulled in the library, he started clapping and yelling 'yeah!!!' I love this little fella.
Nathan sledding for the first time. I'm just going to say that it's a lot of work to take kids sledding. It takes 800 hrs to get everything together and to get dressed. Then you realize that a 2 yr old can't really walk through deep snow on their own, so you try to put them on the sled so you can pull them. You happily go along until the sled is really light and you realize that you have dumped your kid in the snow. Finally, after several goes at that, you pick up your kid and just carry them. 33lbs is a LOT! He was such a good sport. After about 2 seconds on the sled, he spent the next few seconds with his face in the snow with his mom and sled on top of him. Luckily, he thought that was funny and we went down another time. Twice down the hill and I was done. Maybe another time this year. We'll see.
I feel a little lame that I didn't get more Christmas pictures, but know that we had a great time!
I wish I had a picture of when he opened this toolbox! It was fantastic. This boy loves tools!!
Nathan hard at work on his new puzzle
Boy Howdy, were these good Cinnamon Rolls! My friend Char gave me this recipe and it will be a new Christmas tradition around our house. I needed to redeem myself after my Thanksgiving dinner and these sure did the trick!
On New Year's Eve we spent the evening with our favorite Wisconsin people. Everyone brought their kids and this picture was taken after midnight. I was amazed at how alert and happy Nathan was. Unfortunately, he woke up at his normal time the next morning.
Keep scrolling down as there is another new post.
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