I have missed blogging these past 8 months, really I have! But it's hard for me to blog without pictures. So we finally gave up and replaced the lost camera right before Macie was born. Of course per Murphy's Law, we found the old one shortly after. Now I have tons of pictures but my 5 yr old computer all of a sudden takes hours to upload a single picture! Sigh.
So for now I will simply say we are doing well, having fun and taking life day by day. Nick loves riding the school bus to Kindergarten and Jake misses him dearly for the entire 3 hours he is gone. Macie could sleep through a Seahawks game thanks to her brothers definitions of "quite". Adam is super busy at work (knock on wood) and I am enjoying being back at home full time.
I absolutely love this time of the year and am getting really excited for the Holiday Season to begin!
I'll figure out a way to get some pictures up soon!
October 16, 2010
September 24, 2010
Ocean Beaches - February 2010
In February we took a day trip to the ocean beaches. We played in the sand, visited Flat Rock Beach and roasted hot dogs & marshmallows on the bonfire. We totally lucked out with the weather, as soon we left their was a High Wind Watch issued and the rain rolled in.
April 12, 2010
I love my boys!
Two of the biggest blessings in my life are my boys, Nicholas and Jacob.
I often find myself momentarily stepping out of the chaos of our daily lives just to stare and admire my two miracles. They are so different, each with their own separate spirit and temperament. They amaze me every day at how quickly they grow up and learn new things.
Nicholas is learning how to read/write. His favorite books right now are the Dr. Seuss books and he loves to read The Cat in The Hat to us. He starts Kindergarten this Fall and I'm not anxious or sad to see him go. I know that he will continue to flourish in a social and learning environment like he has this year. Lately he has been asking me all sorts of "deep" questions. Like, "Where does our hair come from?" and "Who was the first police officer on Earth?". I've also noticed him becoming more aware of what his peers think of him. During his swimming classes he often looks to see if his friends noticed that great back crawl he just did. And he no longer likes to wear his warmest winter coat because a friend at school complimented his fleece army jacket instead. I don't worry about him. Adam and I joke often that he's ready for a house key and a cell phone. Nick gives Adam and I a fleeting sense of accomplishment. Like, maybe just maybe, a small amount of the huge effort we put into parenting these boys will someday pay off.
The world is Jacob's laboratory these days and his curiosity and zest for life knows no bounds. One of his favorite daily experiments includes testing how many pumps it takes to empty a new bottle of hand soap. As it turns out Jake received a few recessive musical genes from his Grandmothers. He heard a tune from the show Baby Einstein then walked over to the piano and plunked out the same notes. When a good song comes on the radio you can count on Jake to yell, "This is MY song, turn it loud Mom!". He has great rhythm when it comes to dancing, clearly a recessive gene that also was not handed down from Adam or myself. Jake's favorite book is Go Dogs Go! by P.D. Eastman. He likes me to let him "read" the book, since he has most of it memorized. One thing that is becoming more clear as time passes is his strong-willed and head-strong ways. My greatest challenge as his mother will be teaching him to channel that unstoppable will to good and positive outlets. Everyone in our family knows we don't argue with him about certain things. For instance, if Jake says that cat is a cow, we Moo. I have decided to allow him control over these small things that he will eventually figure out for himself. I have no doubt that Jacob will excel in life. I so look forward to seeing what mountains he'll climb, what dignitaries he'll impress and what lucky lady will take on this tyrant.
I often find myself momentarily stepping out of the chaos of our daily lives just to stare and admire my two miracles. They are so different, each with their own separate spirit and temperament. They amaze me every day at how quickly they grow up and learn new things.
Nicholas is learning how to read/write. His favorite books right now are the Dr. Seuss books and he loves to read The Cat in The Hat to us. He starts Kindergarten this Fall and I'm not anxious or sad to see him go. I know that he will continue to flourish in a social and learning environment like he has this year. Lately he has been asking me all sorts of "deep" questions. Like, "Where does our hair come from?" and "Who was the first police officer on Earth?". I've also noticed him becoming more aware of what his peers think of him. During his swimming classes he often looks to see if his friends noticed that great back crawl he just did. And he no longer likes to wear his warmest winter coat because a friend at school complimented his fleece army jacket instead. I don't worry about him. Adam and I joke often that he's ready for a house key and a cell phone. Nick gives Adam and I a fleeting sense of accomplishment. Like, maybe just maybe, a small amount of the huge effort we put into parenting these boys will someday pay off.
The world is Jacob's laboratory these days and his curiosity and zest for life knows no bounds. One of his favorite daily experiments includes testing how many pumps it takes to empty a new bottle of hand soap. As it turns out Jake received a few recessive musical genes from his Grandmothers. He heard a tune from the show Baby Einstein then walked over to the piano and plunked out the same notes. When a good song comes on the radio you can count on Jake to yell, "This is MY song, turn it loud Mom!". He has great rhythm when it comes to dancing, clearly a recessive gene that also was not handed down from Adam or myself. Jake's favorite book is Go Dogs Go! by P.D. Eastman. He likes me to let him "read" the book, since he has most of it memorized. One thing that is becoming more clear as time passes is his strong-willed and head-strong ways. My greatest challenge as his mother will be teaching him to channel that unstoppable will to good and positive outlets. Everyone in our family knows we don't argue with him about certain things. For instance, if Jake says that cat is a cow, we Moo. I have decided to allow him control over these small things that he will eventually figure out for himself. I have no doubt that Jacob will excel in life. I so look forward to seeing what mountains he'll climb, what dignitaries he'll impress and what lucky lady will take on this tyrant.
April 10, 2010
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