Please Notice Above....

The beautiful holes in my son's jeans...EVERY pair of jeans he owns have holes like this. Every little boy I know his age have the exact same holes. He is now down to 2 pairs of hole free pants....I dread Kindergarten. How in this world am I going to keep up with his need for hole free pants???? I get to go shopping tomorrow for more jeans/pants. Fortunately his "holy" ones were from the Old Navy baby jeans sale...a whole $7 each. There once was a time that he was coordinated head to toe....sippy cup, socks, cardigans, shoes and hats....once his sister came along they were coordinated together. Yeah...now I am doing good to keep him in hole free jeans! My baby is a BOY!!!! :-)

For those of you who do not have a boy, let me intrduce you to what gives a boy holes....

Sliding on his knees just for sliding's sake
Jumping off of anything that looks like something to climb (Ie couch, rock, bench chair, playground equipment, the roof if I let him)
kneeling in the dirt/grass to dig and explore

So Far this Week

We had free chicken nuggets @ Chick Fil A (even me the vegetarian had a few bite...even though I was trying to jut eat the crust)

Played outside and got super muddy!

Read books @ Barnes & Noble

Bought new books as a reward for reading 5 books independently, also bought a new dot to dot book (technically 2)

We had a tornado warning had some fun hanging out in the closet...so much that we didn't come out right away :-)

Had a family campout in our room b/c of the storms

Had free ice cream @ Chick Fil A

Ate samples @ Costco, b/c that is always fun

Prepared our Valentine's :-)

Played outside so more!

Finished our Little House in the Big Woods book

As usual did our reading and math lessons...amazing how they can work super fast when there's ice cream in the plans....they are doing SOOOO well!

Dinosaurs!

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

My husband's 37th birthday....

They were using their imaginations...to imagine they found REAL dinosaur tracks. Although I am not sure my daughter belived they weren't real. She stayed as far away from the dinosaurs as she could.

On the husband's birthday we went to a nature park and saw Dinosaurs and took a hike...it was tons of fun and NO whining! I don't know why I am so surprised we did go to New York and walk tons with little whining! We do take walks and ride bikes..so it's not like they are sedentary! I think they love to be out as much as we do.

Valentine Party 2009

So this year we decided to have a little Valentine's Party. We invited some of our good friends to play. We decorated cookies and played ALOT! I think the children had tons of fun...and I know the mommy's did. It's always fun to stand around and talk.

My Daughter's Room

I really should have taken a before shot. Wow, who knew 2 small people could make such a gignatic disaster. It was down right scary. Yes, she does have sheets and blankets....but they're in the drier :-).

The Dining Room's progress

Yes, I braved the ladder and finished the top. Minus a huge puddle that landed in the floor (despite the nifty plastic), it went well and only took 3 hrs to do 2 coats (and attempt to clean the spillage). I still need to put it all back together and clean :-).

Pros and Cons

I am a big Pros and cons girl. I like to make lists before making decisions. I am also an optimist. So here is my pros and cons list for having a traveling husband...

Pros
Airline miles
hotel points
free trips when we tag along
We have our own routine when daddy is gone (b/c he's gone 90% of the time)
I am so use to sleeping by myself, so it is nice to have the bed to
less laundry
no nagging
less cooking

Cons
I miss him
I'm scared
I don't have anyone to play with after the babies go to bed
it's lonely
noone to help (although he doesn't do alot as far as house and babies...)
I'm so out numbered