A couple weeks ago I was in our bathroom getting ready for bed when Flower came sneaking around the corner. She wanted to snuggle in our bed for just 60 minutes...please mommy, just 60 minutes!!! Sometimes I can't bring myself to tell her no, she's just so darn cute, so we jumped in bed to snuggle, for 5 minutes, not 60.
When Flower says snuggle, she really means talk non-stop while twisting and turning and flopping around. It's really more like ducking and dodging an octopus than snuggling. I learned long ago to take off my glasses and shield my face from her flailing arms.
As we were "snuggling", Flower told me she wanted a bedspread, like Princess's bedspread. I didn't buy Flower a bedspread after she moved into the bottom of the trundle bed because she sleeps with her doggy blanket on top of the sheets. But she was very serious about the bedspread so that Friday we went shopping after we dropped Princess off at school.
We went to the usual places; Ross, Target, ShopKo. Nothing was what we (and by we, I mean, I) wanted. Target was too expensive, Ross didn't have anything in a twin, and I can't remember what ShopKo had so it must have been ugly. Princess was sad. She was sure we would never find a bedspread for her no matter how many times I told her we would keep looking until we found something.
After school that day we stopped at JCPenney. They had one comforter but it was bright orange and red....we were looking for something purple. Again, Flower was sad. As a last resort I went to WalMart last week and I'll be darned, they had two really cute bedspreads in purple and pink.
I hid Flower's new bedspread until last Saturday. Even though it was Princess's birthday I thought Flower might like a surprise too. She was so excite about her new bedspread. Every morning when she wakes up she thanks me and tells me how much she likes it. Sometimes it's the little things that really make me smile.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Birthday Weekend
We survived another birthday weekend. Princess turned 6 yesterday. Grandma and Grandpa came Friday night. They took the girls shopping and out to lunch at Applebee’s on Saturday. Grandma said the girls worried the entire time that their waiter wouldn’t bring the birthday sundae and sing. They were happily mistaken.
We had a party for her and her friends at the park, which included a scavenger hunt and lots of fun in the sun. The weather was perfect. We could not have asked for a better day.
After the party all the grandparents came to our house for dinner. Princess is into spaghetti these days….as in she wants spaghetti for dinner every, single, night. So Dear Husband made a big batch of sauce Friday evening and he served it up with a big bowl of pasta, salad and garlic bread for dinner. It was really good, and I don’t even like spaghetti.
We spent the evening watching Princess open gifts and model her new clothes. She liked most of them, which is very surprising and we only have to exchange a few things. Grandma L got her a pair of Puma sweats that were size 7/8 and they are too small. Too small? Who were they made for? Princess is a little tall for her age but she is not a giant. Great Grandma C gave her a fancy pair of high heel shoes with tiny straps….they were a big hit. We stayed up way, way past our bedtime but a fun day was had by all.
Today we missed church. I was just plain tired. I woke up about 4:00 am with a raging headache. Not sure why, but it was a monster. Grandma and Grandpa played a game of Jenga with us over coffee and then took off for home. Grandpa was itching to get his seeding done. Then we played a heated game of Mouse Trap in our pjs.
We spent the rest of the morning surgically removing Barbie dolls from their boxes (Who at Mattel decided Barbies need four thousand tiny pieces of plastic to hold them in their boxes??? Really, where are they going???). Princess received a swimming pool for Barbie that came with a yellow lab who swims around the pool. It’s actually pretty cool; I played with it for a while too. Then the girls decided the swimming pool wasn’t big enough and they ran a bath for all the water Barbies they have….I didn’t realize how many they had until I looked at them all lined up drying on the bathroom counter.
Then we had snow cones, got dressed, and ate lunch. Princess chose a new blue skirt with a busy blue and green flower print with a purple and white horizontal striped shirt. There is no question, the girl has a style all her own. After lunch we made play dough ice cream cones and sundaes. Then we watched a new DVD, played with the Barbie pool some more, and now we are starting another game of Jenga.
Dear Husband is making chicken potpie for dinner, one of my favorites. There is a mess in every single room of the house except for our bedroom, I think but I haven’t been upstairs in a while so I can’t be certain. DH and I just finished off the last two glass of IPA from the growler we opened last night. So far it’s been a darn good weekend.
We had a party for her and her friends at the park, which included a scavenger hunt and lots of fun in the sun. The weather was perfect. We could not have asked for a better day.
After the party all the grandparents came to our house for dinner. Princess is into spaghetti these days….as in she wants spaghetti for dinner every, single, night. So Dear Husband made a big batch of sauce Friday evening and he served it up with a big bowl of pasta, salad and garlic bread for dinner. It was really good, and I don’t even like spaghetti.
We spent the evening watching Princess open gifts and model her new clothes. She liked most of them, which is very surprising and we only have to exchange a few things. Grandma L got her a pair of Puma sweats that were size 7/8 and they are too small. Too small? Who were they made for? Princess is a little tall for her age but she is not a giant. Great Grandma C gave her a fancy pair of high heel shoes with tiny straps….they were a big hit. We stayed up way, way past our bedtime but a fun day was had by all.
Today we missed church. I was just plain tired. I woke up about 4:00 am with a raging headache. Not sure why, but it was a monster. Grandma and Grandpa played a game of Jenga with us over coffee and then took off for home. Grandpa was itching to get his seeding done. Then we played a heated game of Mouse Trap in our pjs.
We spent the rest of the morning surgically removing Barbie dolls from their boxes (Who at Mattel decided Barbies need four thousand tiny pieces of plastic to hold them in their boxes??? Really, where are they going???). Princess received a swimming pool for Barbie that came with a yellow lab who swims around the pool. It’s actually pretty cool; I played with it for a while too. Then the girls decided the swimming pool wasn’t big enough and they ran a bath for all the water Barbies they have….I didn’t realize how many they had until I looked at them all lined up drying on the bathroom counter.
Then we had snow cones, got dressed, and ate lunch. Princess chose a new blue skirt with a busy blue and green flower print with a purple and white horizontal striped shirt. There is no question, the girl has a style all her own. After lunch we made play dough ice cream cones and sundaes. Then we watched a new DVD, played with the Barbie pool some more, and now we are starting another game of Jenga.
Dear Husband is making chicken potpie for dinner, one of my favorites. There is a mess in every single room of the house except for our bedroom, I think but I haven’t been upstairs in a while so I can’t be certain. DH and I just finished off the last two glass of IPA from the growler we opened last night. So far it’s been a darn good weekend.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
The Big Game
Last night Dear Husband’s office had their first annual company softball game and bbq. I took a couple hours off work, picked up Princess from school, and met DH and Flower at the softball field.
DH hasn’t played softball since we moved here ten years ago. He has always enjoyed playing softball so he was excited about last night, even if most of his coworkers have never played in a league and those who did haven’t played in years.
Princess and I arrived at the fields a minute before DH and Flower so we waited in the parking lot for them. DH jumped out of the Expedition, quickly unbuckled Flower, grabbed his bag and headed for the fields….he was late for batting practice.
The girls crawled in the back of the Denali to get their coats on and I was in the front seat changing my shirt. As DH walks away from us (dressed in one of his softball uniforms from the 90s), Princess said, “Daddy’s pants look funny”. Flower replied, “Yeah, I know!” with a giant eye roll and sigh. I’m afraid this is only the beginning of the eye rolling but at least we know a sure fire way to embarrass our children, drag out the baseball pants….
DH hasn’t played softball since we moved here ten years ago. He has always enjoyed playing softball so he was excited about last night, even if most of his coworkers have never played in a league and those who did haven’t played in years.
Princess and I arrived at the fields a minute before DH and Flower so we waited in the parking lot for them. DH jumped out of the Expedition, quickly unbuckled Flower, grabbed his bag and headed for the fields….he was late for batting practice.
The girls crawled in the back of the Denali to get their coats on and I was in the front seat changing my shirt. As DH walks away from us (dressed in one of his softball uniforms from the 90s), Princess said, “Daddy’s pants look funny”. Flower replied, “Yeah, I know!” with a giant eye roll and sigh. I’m afraid this is only the beginning of the eye rolling but at least we know a sure fire way to embarrass our children, drag out the baseball pants….
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Chocolate Milk
One of the items in the school newsletter last week was milk. The teacher asked every family to sign up for a week to bring a gallon of milk for the kids. I decided to get my turn out of the way so we brought milk this week.
I picked Princess up from school today so I asked her if she had milk with her lunch. She said she didn’t want milk today so I reminded her all she needed to do is ask for milk at lunchtime and it doesn’t matter who brought the milk because we are sharing.
Princess doesn’t like chocolate milk so she was worried that someone might bring chocolate milk. I assured her that chocolate milk was for snacks and special treats, not for meals. I told Princess I was sure no one would bring chocolate milk to share at lunch. Princess thought about it for a minute and said, “Yeah, but you’re the only mom smart enough to know that.” It's nice to know Princess thinks I’m smart.
I picked Princess up from school today so I asked her if she had milk with her lunch. She said she didn’t want milk today so I reminded her all she needed to do is ask for milk at lunchtime and it doesn’t matter who brought the milk because we are sharing.
Princess doesn’t like chocolate milk so she was worried that someone might bring chocolate milk. I assured her that chocolate milk was for snacks and special treats, not for meals. I told Princess I was sure no one would bring chocolate milk to share at lunch. Princess thought about it for a minute and said, “Yeah, but you’re the only mom smart enough to know that.” It's nice to know Princess thinks I’m smart.
Monday, September 6, 2010
To Labor or Not to Labor?
Our sleepy Sunday turned into a working Sunday. In my post yesterday I said harvesting the garden shouldn’t take long….I was wrong. Dear Husband and I slaved away all day and we didn’t get half of the garden in. This is our first garden and we underestimated the time it takes to put up a few vegetables and herbs.
Yesterday DH brought in some of the carrots and beets. I cleaned them and put them in freezer bags until we decide what to do with them. Then we made a quick trip to town for groceries and baking supplies.
It took us all afternoon to bake a carrot cake, four loaves of zucchini bread, and lasagna. Saturday night our friends were telling us about the veggie lasagna they made with their zucchini and it sounded really good. So DH took Nana’s lasagna recipe, which we love, and replaced half of the noodles with zucchini slices and added some carrots and cubed zucchini to the meat sauce. We invited Nana, Papa and Grandma over for dinner to try out our experiment. The lasagna was delicious and cake turned out really good too.
DH left early this morning to go fishing with his buddies. Princess got up before Flower and I and made breakfast for us. She set the table with the red tablecloth. She made us all a bowl of cheerios with a glass of milk and a cookie for dessert.
I am trying to find the motivation to do something about the floor. It doesn’t look so good after all the cooking yesterday. I’m procrastinating with a cup of coffee sitting at the computer. The girls put the ABBA cd in the stereo and they are acting out their favorite scenes from Mamma Mia. Maybe I’ll labor a little on Labor Day, or maybe not.
Yesterday DH brought in some of the carrots and beets. I cleaned them and put them in freezer bags until we decide what to do with them. Then we made a quick trip to town for groceries and baking supplies.
It took us all afternoon to bake a carrot cake, four loaves of zucchini bread, and lasagna. Saturday night our friends were telling us about the veggie lasagna they made with their zucchini and it sounded really good. So DH took Nana’s lasagna recipe, which we love, and replaced half of the noodles with zucchini slices and added some carrots and cubed zucchini to the meat sauce. We invited Nana, Papa and Grandma over for dinner to try out our experiment. The lasagna was delicious and cake turned out really good too.
DH left early this morning to go fishing with his buddies. Princess got up before Flower and I and made breakfast for us. She set the table with the red tablecloth. She made us all a bowl of cheerios with a glass of milk and a cookie for dessert.
I am trying to find the motivation to do something about the floor. It doesn’t look so good after all the cooking yesterday. I’m procrastinating with a cup of coffee sitting at the computer. The girls put the ABBA cd in the stereo and they are acting out their favorite scenes from Mamma Mia. Maybe I’ll labor a little on Labor Day, or maybe not.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Sleepy Sunday
We should be getting ready to leave for church right now. Instead, I’m blogging, Dear Husband is watching a survival show on TV, Princess just got up and curled up on our bed to watch cartoons, and Flower is still asleep. I guess we’ll write it off to a holiday weekend and let Flower sleep.
The girls are tired. Friday night we had friends over. We roasted marshmallows and the kids ran around the yard until 11:00 pm. DH had planned a “camping trip” in the backyard and set the tent up earlier that evening so we slept outside and the sun came up very early Saturday morning.
Yesterday the girls wanted a play date at Nana and Papa’s house. DH and I dropped them off after lunch and went to town to run some errands. We ran into some friends and ended up with dinner plans, which morphed into more friends at a wings joint. By the time we got back to pick up the girls it was late. It’s overcast the cool this morning, perfect weather for sleeping and Flower is taking full advantage.
Today we are planning to harvest the garden, which shouldn’t take long. We have a bumper crop of carrots, beets, and basil. Our friends brought us a sack of zucchini last night. This afternoon we’ll be making pesto and baking carrot cake and zucchini bread.
Tomorrow DH has a fishing trip planned with his buddies. I’m not sure what the girls and I will do. The weather forecast looks cold and wet so maybe we’ll stay in, drink hot cocoa, and say goodbye to summer.
The girls are tired. Friday night we had friends over. We roasted marshmallows and the kids ran around the yard until 11:00 pm. DH had planned a “camping trip” in the backyard and set the tent up earlier that evening so we slept outside and the sun came up very early Saturday morning.
Yesterday the girls wanted a play date at Nana and Papa’s house. DH and I dropped them off after lunch and went to town to run some errands. We ran into some friends and ended up with dinner plans, which morphed into more friends at a wings joint. By the time we got back to pick up the girls it was late. It’s overcast the cool this morning, perfect weather for sleeping and Flower is taking full advantage.
Today we are planning to harvest the garden, which shouldn’t take long. We have a bumper crop of carrots, beets, and basil. Our friends brought us a sack of zucchini last night. This afternoon we’ll be making pesto and baking carrot cake and zucchini bread.
Tomorrow DH has a fishing trip planned with his buddies. I’m not sure what the girls and I will do. The weather forecast looks cold and wet so maybe we’ll stay in, drink hot cocoa, and say goodbye to summer.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Green Pumpkin Pie
The girls and I have been reading the Little House on the Prairie series this year. We started in January and read a chapter or two each night before bed. The girls really like to hear about the Ingalls family and I enjoy the books too.
This week we started the sixth book in the series “The Long Winter”. In the chapter we read last night the Ingalls awoke to a very hard frost on the 1st of October that did a number on their garden. They had to pick at the vegetables including the green tomatoes. When I said green tomatoes Flower said “Ew, gross, green tomatoes!” and wrinkled up her face. I don’t think she has ever had green tomatoes, I’m sure I haven’t, so I don’t know why she thinks they would be so disgusting.
Later on in the chapter Ma decided to make a pie from a small pumpkin. Princess fell asleep early but Flower was still listening. Flower heard the word pie and immediately started spouting ideas for a pie. She told me we could make a green pumpkin pie from our garden. I reminded her that we didn’t plant any pumpkins in our garden, to which she replied, “Nana and Papa did, we could ask them for a green pumpkin.” Problem solved.
Then we discussed the green pumpkin pie. Flower decided it should have salt and pepper in it, but no sauce. Then she changed her mind and said no pepper, just salt. Now we have a recipe….green pumpkin pie with salt….a Flower original.
This week we started the sixth book in the series “The Long Winter”. In the chapter we read last night the Ingalls awoke to a very hard frost on the 1st of October that did a number on their garden. They had to pick at the vegetables including the green tomatoes. When I said green tomatoes Flower said “Ew, gross, green tomatoes!” and wrinkled up her face. I don’t think she has ever had green tomatoes, I’m sure I haven’t, so I don’t know why she thinks they would be so disgusting.
Later on in the chapter Ma decided to make a pie from a small pumpkin. Princess fell asleep early but Flower was still listening. Flower heard the word pie and immediately started spouting ideas for a pie. She told me we could make a green pumpkin pie from our garden. I reminded her that we didn’t plant any pumpkins in our garden, to which she replied, “Nana and Papa did, we could ask them for a green pumpkin.” Problem solved.
Then we discussed the green pumpkin pie. Flower decided it should have salt and pepper in it, but no sauce. Then she changed her mind and said no pepper, just salt. Now we have a recipe….green pumpkin pie with salt….a Flower original.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The Refrigerator
About a month ago Auntie A called. She said she was making some upgrades to her kitchen and wanted to know if we wanted her current fridge and oven. Immediately I said yes. She has a counter-depth stainless steel refrigerator with water and ice in the door. We have a floor model plain-jane giant white box that has made strange noises since the day it was installed.
Too make the deal even sweeter there was a stainless steel oven rounding out the package. All we had to do was drive to her house and pick it up.
Last weekend Dear Husband took a quick road trip with Nana and Papa to retrieve our new appliances. DH installed the fridge last night and it looks fabulous.
We have had the giant white beast for over ten years. Every time we go to Home Depot DH checks the part of the store where they keep the stuff they dropped off the truck in hopes of finding a slightly dented counter-depth stainless steel fridge in our price range. Our kitchen is average size and it’s designed for a counter-depth fridge. We didn’t want to spend the extra money for the fancy fridge. We didn’t think it would make that much of a difference.
We were wrong.
It’s amazing how a couple extra inches of floor space will open up a room. Our kitchen looks so much bigger. So if you are in the market for a new fridge and have a small kitchen, I’d highly recommend spending the extra cash on the counter-depth fridge. Thanks Auntie A and Uncle L, we LOVE our new fridge and we can't wait to get the oven installed!
Too make the deal even sweeter there was a stainless steel oven rounding out the package. All we had to do was drive to her house and pick it up.
Last weekend Dear Husband took a quick road trip with Nana and Papa to retrieve our new appliances. DH installed the fridge last night and it looks fabulous.
We have had the giant white beast for over ten years. Every time we go to Home Depot DH checks the part of the store where they keep the stuff they dropped off the truck in hopes of finding a slightly dented counter-depth stainless steel fridge in our price range. Our kitchen is average size and it’s designed for a counter-depth fridge. We didn’t want to spend the extra money for the fancy fridge. We didn’t think it would make that much of a difference.
We were wrong.
It’s amazing how a couple extra inches of floor space will open up a room. Our kitchen looks so much bigger. So if you are in the market for a new fridge and have a small kitchen, I’d highly recommend spending the extra cash on the counter-depth fridge. Thanks Auntie A and Uncle L, we LOVE our new fridge and we can't wait to get the oven installed!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Haircuts
Dear Husband, Princess and I all got our haircut within the past week. Princess and I had a little trim as part of our back-to-school preparation. DH had a different kind of haircut.
DH has a new project at work with a mining company in Idaho. As part of the project he will need to provide oversight during the construction. He had a meeting with the client on Monday in Idaho and the following morning he was required to provide a hair sample in order to work at the site.
When I got home from work last night DH leaned his head back and asked me if I could see a chunk of hair missing from his head. Initially I didn’t notice since his hair is blonde and short, but after he pointed out the spot, he is missing a chunk of hair on the top of his head about the size of a quarter.
I have never worked for an employer who requires drug testing and this was the first hair sample DH has given so neither of us knew the procedure. According to DH, a man with the personality of a wet mop grabbed a fist full of his hair and cut it off at the scalp.
Fortunately DH wears a hat 90% of his waking hours and his hair style is on the short side so no one will notice the spot. But now I am wondering if they would have taken the sample in the same manner had it been me because a chunk of hair missing from the top of my head would be very noticeable, for about a year.
DH has a new project at work with a mining company in Idaho. As part of the project he will need to provide oversight during the construction. He had a meeting with the client on Monday in Idaho and the following morning he was required to provide a hair sample in order to work at the site.
When I got home from work last night DH leaned his head back and asked me if I could see a chunk of hair missing from his head. Initially I didn’t notice since his hair is blonde and short, but after he pointed out the spot, he is missing a chunk of hair on the top of his head about the size of a quarter.
I have never worked for an employer who requires drug testing and this was the first hair sample DH has given so neither of us knew the procedure. According to DH, a man with the personality of a wet mop grabbed a fist full of his hair and cut it off at the scalp.
Fortunately DH wears a hat 90% of his waking hours and his hair style is on the short side so no one will notice the spot. But now I am wondering if they would have taken the sample in the same manner had it been me because a chunk of hair missing from the top of my head would be very noticeable, for about a year.
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