Thursday, October 28, 2010

Special Morning with Mommy

Wednesday morning I didn't have to be at school until 10.  This gave me some extra time with Josh.  I was feeling pretty good - having a bout of morning sickness I could handle- so I thought I'd make him an extra special breakfast.  This breakfast is one that my Grandma Evelyn used to make me...Mickey Mouse Pancakes!!!

I wanted to make the perfect Mickey head, so I had a ton of implements to try.  I even got out my two different sized cookie scoops!





Right out of the gate, I made the perfect Mickey.  He sat down and ate it while watching cartoons.  (I was feeling extra generous that day.) 




He loved it!  He had just a touch of butter and syrup on his.  He even ate it with a Snoopy fork all by himself!  Zoey was hoping for some crumbs, but she didn't get any.  He ate it all!




I really love the extra time I get to spend with Josh and I love making it special. 

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Coloring

Coloring.  This is a Mommy project.  Daddy won't even color with him.  We keep our crayons on top of the refridgerator..gee...wonder why.  We have one color book - Mickey Mouse and he loves to color in it.  THen again, he's just as happy with a blank sheet of paper.  I think the fact that they color in Sunday School has helped a ton.  He's getting better and better at holding the crayons.  We have the thick triangular ones, we have regular ones, we have thick round ones, we even have the special ones for toddlers!

 



He is such a serious colorer.

Check out this concentration.  I love how he needed to get a closer look at the paper to do a good job, so he flopped on his belly.



Then the coloring came quickly to an end.  I was busy doing something, not even 2 feet away from the little booger, and my 6th sense as a mother tells me to look over at him.  He's inside the laundry basket, has dumped all his magnetic letters in there and has the one crayon I didn't take from him (because I couldn't find it) and has colored all over the bottom of the basket. 




No biggie.  Came off easy.  But boy, that kid is creative!


Stupid Baker's Man

I've been in the baking mood lately.  Not because I want to be, but because nothing sounds good.  I know kind of an oxymoron,  but nothing sounds good to eat, so I think of something that sounds good - and consequently, most of the time I have to make it!  For instance, in the last 6 days, I've spent 4 of them making something with my favorite chef - Josh!  He's always up for 'helping Mommy stir.'  I've made cinnamon rolls, a new recipe of chocolate chip cookies (they were awful!), seafood dip, and corn dip.  Now, don't get me wrong.  Some of these things I made were good, but only the first time.  I'd take a bite or eat them for one day, then the next, they made me want to hurl. 

Here is my favorite chef and my favorite tester.  They were licking the beaters from the cookies.



And all this time, poor Chad just hangs on for the ride.  The messy kitchen, a wife who can't make up her mind on anything let alone something as small as what to eat, not to mention the monumental mood swings.  (No that wasn't an earthquake, just my mood swing.)

Hang in there guys....only 7 more months to go! 

Thursday, October 21, 2010

11 Fatal Things to Say to A Pregnant Woman

11 fatal things to say to your pregnant wife:
11.  I finished the Oreos.
10.  Get your *own* ice cream, Buddha!"
9.  Are your ankles supposed to look like that?
8.  Geez, you're awfully puffy looking today.
7.  Y'know, looking at her, you'd never guess that Pamela Lee had a baby!
6.  Fred at the office passed a stone the size of a pea. Boy, that's gotta hurt.
5.  Retaining water? Yeah, like the Hoover dam retains water!
4.  Not to imply anything, but I don't think the kid weighs 40 lbs.
3.  I sure hope your thighs don't stay that flabby forever.
2.  Darned if ya ain't about 5 lbs. away from a surprise visit from that Richard Simmons fella.
And the most fatal thing to say to your pregnant wife is:
1.  "You don't have the guts to pull the trigger, Lardass."

But my personal favorite for runner up is:
"Everyother man does it!"


Live and Learn.  Live and Learn.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Women Lie

I've come to the conclusion that women lie.

Women lie about thier age.
Women lie about their weight.
Women lie about pregnancy.

Every woman when they're asked how their doing during pregnancy lie like dogs. 

"How are you doing?"

And the answers are always lies:

"Good"
"Great"
and my personal favorite....
"I love being pregnant or I loved every moment of being pregnant."

This crap is a mass conspiracy of some evil, twisted woman cult to get more women to share in their misery. 

Just thought I would share my thoughts on the subject. 

Gee....wanna ask me how I'm doing??  (Insert sarcasm mark here)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Pumpkin Patch 2010

This past weekend, we took a trip to a pumpkin patch.  Well, it's actually a dairy farm, but there's a pumpkin field there too.  It has a 'petting zoo' with a cow, seven lambs, two small pink pigs, some chickens, billy goats, rabbits, and a small bird or some sort (guineas maybe?).  Josh really had a good time here. 


Daddy was nominated to be official Petting Patrol since I wasn't sure I should be touching all those animals.  With my luck, I'd get Phinoslytonosis - a disease no one has heard of, but is lethal (and also one I just invented).




We petted cows....


Fed cows


Rode the tractor to the pumpkin patch




Walked with Daddy to find just the right pumpkin



Smiled with Mommy with the perfect pumpkin.
(Notice the excitement on my face as I fight thru the urge to puke.)

 


Went back to the farm to play.


And pet more cows









And ride tractors  (This might have been his favorite part)























































Pose for a funny picture



Ride a horsey swing



Have fun in the bouncy house


It was a great day!!!

Friday, October 15, 2010

Caution - Eye Candy

This is my kind of man.

Hot lookin boots.....check.

Doing household choes.....check.

Good looks to melt hearts....check.






































That's one HOT stud muffin!!

Baker's Man

Josh and I love to bake.  He even likes to pretend while I'm baking, so I bought him his very own 'stirrer'.  It's a rubber spatula with strawberries on it. 

Here we are getting ready to make an apple pie for the guys at the station.



 
Here is the pie before being baked.  Mmmmm yummy.  Homemade everything....even the crust!

Then while the pie was baking we had to clean up the mess we had made.  Josh LOVES to vacuum!  Sometimes to keep him busy I'll just pull out this little vacuum and plug it in and let him go to town.  It's a plus for all involved - he stays busy and I get my floor vacuumed. 

 


Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Mornings

This is how most mornings go for Josh and I.  Josh wakes up in a horrible mood (I don't see AM Kindergarten in his future), I coax him out of the room with the promise of a shake (about 3 tablespoons smooth strawberry yogurt and lots of milk 'shaken' not stirred), and turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Thank goodness for Playhouse Disney. 






































































Otherwise....I might not get ready.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

My Own BabyMonitor

I have a new baby monitor.  It's the newest and latest in it's field.  And....it's quite expensive.  I don't know if you can afford it.  (After shots, barrels of food, and 3, no 4 eye surgeries.....)



























If I see this when get out of the shower in the morning, I know Josh is up.  She's always the first there.  I think she might feel a tad sorry for him, but she'll never admit to it!

My Driving

Some might say I'm an aggressive driver.  Shut up, Chad.  My philosophy is "Sit Down, Shut Up, and Hold On."  As I was driving the other day, not feeling well and being a rage of hormones, I was reminded of this scene from "Liar, Liar".



Uggghhh....

Morning Sickness

+

Cleaning Up Dog Barf

=

Bad Morning

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Snoopy Rocks!

Grandma always finds the best toys.  I wish I had a knack for finding the 'good' toys like she does.  Snoopy is Josh's favorite character to watch.  It's playing non-stop in Grandma's Tahoe.  (I'm sure Josh wishes he could just live in there...)  She bought him this pumpkin Snoopy.  It plays the theme song and sways side to side.  Josh loves it!  He plays it all day long.  I know these pictures are fuzzy, but they capture his feelings so well.  He's smiling and enamored.  He even got down on Snoopy's level to play with it.




Thanks Grandma!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Fall Festival

Fall Festival was this weekend.  We made the parade on Saturday morning, then played in the bouncy land.  Went home to eat lunch and take a nap.  Then came back later for more bouncing and rides.  Here are some pictures from the fun.














Stupid Wiener Powder

I was miraculously ready for church on time, some might even consider a little early, and boy was it a good thing.  Chad was at work and I really wanted to go to church today.  Most days its hard to go to church without Chad to help me corral Josh.  Anyway, by miracles or miracles, God knew I needed to be ready early today.

I was all ready, so I decided to put Josh's church clothes on.  I was picking out his clothes in his dresser when I heard him sprint behind the chair in his room.  No biggie, I thought.  Just a few wipes on the floor or a few diapers.  I needed to get his clothes more than I needed to get the wipes or diapers from him, or so I thought. 

Then, a few short seconds later, he comes over to me holding the wiener powder upside down so that it is POURING on the floor.  I squeal, which makes Josh giggle and run behind the chair, I luckily was able to grab the powder from him, but it was too late.  The damage had been done.  But I took it all in stride.  I calmly (and while snickering) got my camera and a rag.

DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MONITOR. 

THE ROOM HAD BEEN FOGGED.

I told him to show me his hands.


 
He had it all over the front of him, so that when he jumped on the chair, my nice brown leather chair turned into white leather.  Then the chair looked like this:

This is what it looked like in his hidey hole (behind the chair.)  That boy loves to take random stuff, or more accurately, things he shouldn't have, behind that chair.

Then I got out the vacuum.  I also vacuumed Josh. 


It was the only way to try and clean up his clothes.  

On the plus side.....he (and the room) did smell nice!