I can't believe that tomorrow it will be September! The year has gone by so quickly. I cringe when I think of all the scrapbooking I haven't done yet and the journaling I should have done to remember things my kids have said and done this year.
I am also excited when I think of this month! It seems like a long time ago that we started planning for me to travel to Iowa for the wedding of my second college freshman roommate! Now, it is upon us... and in less than a week Elizabeth will be a married woman! I am so excited to meet Chris for the first time and so excited that I can be a part of their special day.
For four days I will be away from the kids and hubby while hanging out with Elizabeth, her family and friends. Adam will have his hands full with our two little boys, but I have full confidence that he will do just fine and that the boys will have a great time with their daddy.
I have a lot to do this week. Clean, iron, plan meals, pack. I also have to hang out with the kids and make these things that I have to do fun for them. We're going to the beach tomorrow with a cousin of mine (I am excited about this!) and maybe heading to the pool at the in-law's house this evening. I expect to be tired when I hop on the plane on Friday morning, but intend to come home well-rested!
Iowa, here I come!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Ryan says funny things
Today, Adam and Ryan were playing on our bed when Ryan pinched Adam's nipple.
Adam: "Ouch, don't pinch my nipple, that hurts!"
Ryan: "You don't have nipples."
Adam: "Yes, I do and so do you."
Ryan: "NO!"
Adam: "Lift up your shirt and I will show you."
Ryan: (slowly lifting up shirt and points to belly button.)
Adam: "That's your belly button silly."
Ryan: (lifts shirt all the way)
Adam: "These are your nipples."
Ryan: "No it's not. It's a mustache!"
And in the car earlier this week, Adam was asking Ryan a bunch of things to hear his cute responses. He asks Ryan, "Who is God." Ryan doesn't hesitate and says "He's the guy that makes it rain all the time."
Don't you just love kids?
Adam: "Ouch, don't pinch my nipple, that hurts!"
Ryan: "You don't have nipples."
Adam: "Yes, I do and so do you."
Ryan: "NO!"
Adam: "Lift up your shirt and I will show you."
Ryan: (slowly lifting up shirt and points to belly button.)
Adam: "That's your belly button silly."
Ryan: (lifts shirt all the way)
Adam: "These are your nipples."
Ryan: "No it's not. It's a mustache!"
And in the car earlier this week, Adam was asking Ryan a bunch of things to hear his cute responses. He asks Ryan, "Who is God." Ryan doesn't hesitate and says "He's the guy that makes it rain all the time."
Don't you just love kids?
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Property drama
We are having our property surveyed because we want to put up a fence in the backyard. We live in-town on a relatively busy street and it'd be wise to have the kids in an enclosed area.
I am not too happy with the preliminary findings of the surveyor. One of our neighbors appears to have stuck her fence on our property. It's about a foot on our property. This same neighbor cut down one of our trees about three years ago. When we called the cops on that incident, nothing happened. They said they weren't going to deal with such an issue. Both the neighbor behind us and I were so upset about this whole thing. Since when can someone just come and cut down your tree on your property?
In the end, we didn't like the tree anyway and didn't do anything about it. Well, at that same time she had her land surveyed and placed a temporary chicken-wire fence up to keep her dogs in her yard.
While our house was rented out, she put a wooden fence up. Our nice neighbors said they think they noticed her moving her survey markers one night. We couldn't be sure because at the time we had no extra money to do a survey of our own.
I'm really not up for this drama. I hope the guy is wrong and that he just made a big mistake today. I don't want to fight this neighbor in court.
I am not too happy with the preliminary findings of the surveyor. One of our neighbors appears to have stuck her fence on our property. It's about a foot on our property. This same neighbor cut down one of our trees about three years ago. When we called the cops on that incident, nothing happened. They said they weren't going to deal with such an issue. Both the neighbor behind us and I were so upset about this whole thing. Since when can someone just come and cut down your tree on your property?
In the end, we didn't like the tree anyway and didn't do anything about it. Well, at that same time she had her land surveyed and placed a temporary chicken-wire fence up to keep her dogs in her yard.
While our house was rented out, she put a wooden fence up. Our nice neighbors said they think they noticed her moving her survey markers one night. We couldn't be sure because at the time we had no extra money to do a survey of our own.
I'm really not up for this drama. I hope the guy is wrong and that he just made a big mistake today. I don't want to fight this neighbor in court.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Observations
We spent the afternoon at Funtown/Splashtown and had a blast! We are all tired and I'm not sure what I am still doing awake...
Anyway, I came away with a few observations from our time in the Splashtown area.
1. Bathing suits that are white should be lined. If they are not, you should not be wearing them. The rest of us don't want to see all of you, nor do we want to answer our child's questions about the parts of you that are showing.
2. Bathing suits with skirts at the bottom are not flattering. They just draw the eye to that part of your body and make it look bigger.
3. Too many tattoos just aren't attractive. We saw a lot of really ugly ones and just a few tasteful ones.
4. It's kinda funny to see a guy with a tan that outlines his wife beater!
5. Being too tan is actually kinda gross. We saw some people who were just orange and well, clearly too brown from spending too much time in the sun. YUCK!
Anyway, I came away with a few observations from our time in the Splashtown area.
1. Bathing suits that are white should be lined. If they are not, you should not be wearing them. The rest of us don't want to see all of you, nor do we want to answer our child's questions about the parts of you that are showing.
2. Bathing suits with skirts at the bottom are not flattering. They just draw the eye to that part of your body and make it look bigger.
3. Too many tattoos just aren't attractive. We saw a lot of really ugly ones and just a few tasteful ones.
4. It's kinda funny to see a guy with a tan that outlines his wife beater!
5. Being too tan is actually kinda gross. We saw some people who were just orange and well, clearly too brown from spending too much time in the sun. YUCK!
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