Overheard the other day after a Pez candy dispenser went missing:
JJ: AJ, you took it!
AJ: Did not!
JJ: Did yes!
AJ: No JJ, say "Did too!"
JJ: Did too!
AJ: Did not!
JJ: (silence)
AJ: JJ, say "Did too!"
JJ: Did too!
The things that younger siblings learn from older brothers and sisters is really something!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
My Favorite Holidays
I just LOVE Thanksgiving! It's one of my favorite holidays.
I love it for it's simpleness. I love spending the day with family. I love the FOOD! And I love to ponder all the things I'm thankful for. I'm mostly thankful that God sent his son Jesus to the earth as a tiny baby to teach us about His love and ultimately die on the cross to save us from our sins.
We had an interesting weekend. It started off with a program at JJ's preschool. His class dressed as pilgrims and were soooo cute! The only problem was that JJ didn't want to be a pilgrim. He wanted to be an Indian. Here he is expressing his displeasure with his costume.
He didn't sing. He didn't play his instrument. He didn't do any of the movements to the songs. His teacher later asked him why he was crying at the Pow Wow. She said that he told her "Because I was sad, and I was mad, and I didn't want to be a pilgrim." Too bad. He would have been a really cute pilgrim. At least he enjoyed this cute turkey sandwich that I made for him. He's not so much a fan of turkey, but loves bell peppers. My picky eater is so unpredictable!
AJ had a "feast" at school too. With all the turkey talk, he was getting excited about the "real" feast we would have at Mama Fern's house on Thursday. He too is a picky eater. So I had the idea to create a chart of all the foods that would be served and let him document what he tried, liked and disliked. I was hopeful that having the chart would encourage him to at least try something new and discover that he liked it (mainly my homemade apple pie). Well, here is the chart after the feast was digested.
AJ's plate ended up looking pretty bland - turkey, mashed potatoes, and a roll. This is exactly what his Daddy's plate looks like every year (except Jimmie will eat my apple pie). Oh well, there is always next year.
The day after Thanksgiving, while our boys spent the night with Mama Fern & Papa Ron, Jimmie and I got up SUPER early to shop Black Friday at Wal-Mart. We snagged a few great deals and are now almost finished with our Christmas shopping. While we were bargain shopping, JJ woke up early with a stomach bug. He created quite a mess at Mama Fern's house, but was feeling better and wanting to snuggle by the time they brought him home. This tired mommy was more than willing to indulge him with cuddle time.
Thanksgiving is the perfect lead in to Christmas, my other favorite holiday. We have been decorating, shopping, and setting our minds on the true meaning of the season as it approaches. We put up the tree, the garland, the nativity, and a wreath on the door.
The lights went up on the house a couple of weeks ago, but we turned them on for the first time on Friday. That process went much more smoothly this year than last. We had labeled each strand of lights as they were removed last year so we didn't have to go through the frustrations we experienced a year ago. Also, we borrowed a taller ladder than we had access to last year to reach the peak over the garage.
I said a prayer as Jimmie climbed up to put on the lights (and reminded myself of his insurance policies)! As the daughter of an insurance agent I'm prompted to ask, Do you have adequate coverage?!
As much as I love Thanksgiving, it can't compare with Christmas. After all, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! May your Christmas season be full of hope and love!
I love it for it's simpleness. I love spending the day with family. I love the FOOD! And I love to ponder all the things I'm thankful for. I'm mostly thankful that God sent his son Jesus to the earth as a tiny baby to teach us about His love and ultimately die on the cross to save us from our sins.
We had an interesting weekend. It started off with a program at JJ's preschool. His class dressed as pilgrims and were soooo cute! The only problem was that JJ didn't want to be a pilgrim. He wanted to be an Indian. Here he is expressing his displeasure with his costume.
The hat comes off.
The collar comes off.
The collar comes off.He didn't sing. He didn't play his instrument. He didn't do any of the movements to the songs. His teacher later asked him why he was crying at the Pow Wow. She said that he told her "Because I was sad, and I was mad, and I didn't want to be a pilgrim." Too bad. He would have been a really cute pilgrim. At least he enjoyed this cute turkey sandwich that I made for him. He's not so much a fan of turkey, but loves bell peppers. My picky eater is so unpredictable!
AJ had a "feast" at school too. With all the turkey talk, he was getting excited about the "real" feast we would have at Mama Fern's house on Thursday. He too is a picky eater. So I had the idea to create a chart of all the foods that would be served and let him document what he tried, liked and disliked. I was hopeful that having the chart would encourage him to at least try something new and discover that he liked it (mainly my homemade apple pie). Well, here is the chart after the feast was digested.
AJ's plate ended up looking pretty bland - turkey, mashed potatoes, and a roll. This is exactly what his Daddy's plate looks like every year (except Jimmie will eat my apple pie). Oh well, there is always next year.
The day after Thanksgiving, while our boys spent the night with Mama Fern & Papa Ron, Jimmie and I got up SUPER early to shop Black Friday at Wal-Mart. We snagged a few great deals and are now almost finished with our Christmas shopping. While we were bargain shopping, JJ woke up early with a stomach bug. He created quite a mess at Mama Fern's house, but was feeling better and wanting to snuggle by the time they brought him home. This tired mommy was more than willing to indulge him with cuddle time.
Thanksgiving is the perfect lead in to Christmas, my other favorite holiday. We have been decorating, shopping, and setting our minds on the true meaning of the season as it approaches. We put up the tree, the garland, the nativity, and a wreath on the door.
The lights went up on the house a couple of weeks ago, but we turned them on for the first time on Friday. That process went much more smoothly this year than last. We had labeled each strand of lights as they were removed last year so we didn't have to go through the frustrations we experienced a year ago. Also, we borrowed a taller ladder than we had access to last year to reach the peak over the garage.
I said a prayer as Jimmie climbed up to put on the lights (and reminded myself of his insurance policies)! As the daughter of an insurance agent I'm prompted to ask, Do you have adequate coverage?!As much as I love Thanksgiving, it can't compare with Christmas. After all, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! May your Christmas season be full of hope and love!
Friday, November 13, 2009
What's In Your Laundry?
I'm sure every woman of the house finds a few things that come out of the washer & dryer: coins, a shredded kleenex, etc.
Here is a list of what I have found in ours:
An ink pen
A rock
A plastic lizard
A pull up diaper
AJ's watch - it has survived TWICE!!
A candy wrapper
A set of keys
So I'm curious. What is the strangest thing you have found in your laundry?
Here is a list of what I have found in ours:
An ink pen
A rock
A plastic lizard
A pull up diaper
AJ's watch - it has survived TWICE!!
A candy wrapper
A set of keys
So I'm curious. What is the strangest thing you have found in your laundry?
Monday, November 9, 2009
3 Year Olds Say The Darndest Things
JJ has given me reason to blush a few times lately. He is very observant and likes to ask questions or give his honest opinion about things. Here are a few examples:
JJ recently visited our friend the dentist to have his teeth cleaned for the 1st time. When I took him back to the office for my appointment, he promptly informed the entire staff that "It stinks in here! And the toothpaste tastes YUCKY!" They all thought he was pretty cute!
A close relative (who will remain nameless) was visiting at our house. After we had finished dinner, JJ began to stare at our loved one's mid-section. Then he said "I can see your tummy. It's FULL!" Oh boy - at least he was PC and no offense was taken!
While waiting in the checkout line, JJ was snacking on rainbow colored Goldfish crackers and "checking out" the hairstyle of the man a few people in front of us. He was a black man with long dreadlocks. JJ asked me "Is he a girl-man?" To which I replied
"Are there any green goldfish in your bag?" Yes, there were some green ones!
Never a dull moment with my little guy!
JJ recently visited our friend the dentist to have his teeth cleaned for the 1st time. When I took him back to the office for my appointment, he promptly informed the entire staff that "It stinks in here! And the toothpaste tastes YUCKY!" They all thought he was pretty cute!
A close relative (who will remain nameless) was visiting at our house. After we had finished dinner, JJ began to stare at our loved one's mid-section. Then he said "I can see your tummy. It's FULL!" Oh boy - at least he was PC and no offense was taken!
While waiting in the checkout line, JJ was snacking on rainbow colored Goldfish crackers and "checking out" the hairstyle of the man a few people in front of us. He was a black man with long dreadlocks. JJ asked me "Is he a girl-man?" To which I replied
"Are there any green goldfish in your bag?" Yes, there were some green ones!
Never a dull moment with my little guy!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Change of Plans
No school for AJ today, so we had a few things we planned to do.
But this changed everything.
At least daddy will get home early from work today.
He can put on the spare and take our van to the tire place.
Hopefully we will only need a patch. These tires are fairly new.
Instead of running around town with the boys,
we played in the backyard.
The boys drew pictures with sidewalk chalk.
Here is AJ's rocket ship. He wrote "BLAST OFF" at the bottom.
JJ's chalk creation. He said it too is a rocket ship blasting off.
(I think this picture is upside down - oops!)
(I think this picture is upside down - oops!)
The winds are really strong today. With allergies in full swing,
our outside time came to an end with AJ getting a
breathing treatment, JJ having a runny nose and
mommy working up a good headache.
Happy Friday!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Halloween Fun
The boys were astronauts this year for Halloween. These costumes were so cute on them! The past three years I have asked (mainly AJ) what kind of costume they want, buy/order them, then intentionally keep it a secret until Halloween day. The reason I do this - so they don't have time to change their minds about it! I dealt with this once and vowed to not do it again ;)
We started our day off with a couple errands & let the boys wear their costumes. After eating lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant we took them to a local bakery for a Halloween cookie.
The best part of Hallween - Trick or Treating of course!
They got so much candy! AJ was particularly excited.
This was by far the most fun Halloween for the boys.
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