Last night while I was glued to the couch watching the fabulous, "Grey's Anatomy" season finale Leo jumped up from the couch when "Pink" started calling for Daddy. He went in her room and there was a monster in her room. She kept insisting the monster was scary and she was pointing to her wall and behind her bed.
Leo looked around and could not figure out what she was talking about until she moved and the monster moved with her. She pointed to the wall and said, "Scary Monster." Any guesses on what the monster was? Yep, you got it, the monster was "Pinks" shadow.
Leo tried to explain to our two-year old what a shadow was and he even showed her Daddy's shadow. Pretty hard to explain the whole shadow concept, right? When he left her room he felt like she got it because she allowed the shadow to stay in her room and she went to sleep peacefully.
The first thing she says to him this morning when he went to wake her up was, "the shadow is under the bed." I believe he tried to re-explain it and she just started crying. I think you can chalk that up to not wanting to get up and get going, who can blame her, right? He finally got her in the potty, dressed and in to the living room to watch "Oso."
I walked in and said, "Good Morning!" She says, "Hi, Mommy, you want to go see my shadow?" Ha, bless her heart. She started running back to her room telling me to, "come on." She thinks she can only see it in her room and it lives there. I showed her our shadows on the wood floor, we went in my bathroom and saw it on the walls, and then in the kitchen on the stainless steel appliances. I am hoping she is getting it now.
I will let you know how it goes when we get home. I have a feeling the first thing she will do when we walk in the house is run to her room to see if her shadow is behind or under her bed. God love her!
Have a great weekend, Toodles!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
A Loss is a Loss and MORE...
Weekly Weigh In....
I am down 1.3 lbs from last week. Not the number I was looking for, but a loss is a loss, right? I have definitely decided to start journaling everything I eat. I think this will help me see where I am making mistakes and what time of the day I am making them. I had also decided that once I got to X lbs I was going to start running again but I think I am going to bump that up a little and see how that goes. I definitely need to change things up. Plus, my heart could use the exercise now that 15.2 lbs is gone!
I know I promised yesterday to get back on and tell the funny "Pink", Dentist story too. It kind of turned out to be not so funny of a story after all. This was the thing, "Pink" was so scared the first time she went to the Dentist last November, we were just so sure she was going to be terrified this time too. Not so much, but she did poop while in the Dentists and Leo's lap. I think most of you know that "Pink" is completely in panties now, except when she sleeps. So, when Leo called me after the appointment he was so mortified that he has been pooped on and had to get home to clean it up. When they got home he went to take her poopy panties off and there was a diaper underneath. Maria was thinking ahead and put a diaper on her because she knew that appointments can take a long time. I made sure to tell her that although that was a nice thought, NO MORE DIAPERS during the day. Next time Leo will have a mess to clean up!
On to other things, I have been on the hunt for a preschool for "Pink" to start in the Fall. I have been looking for months. I have been looking for a two-day program. I feel like I have checked out every Montessori and private preschool in Katy. I never got that feeling when I walked in any of them like, "I can definitely see "pink" with her friends running around here loving it", until yesterday.
I had been doing some research online more extensively lately before I made the decision to actually go and take a tour because they take so long and feed you full of so much, "our school is great because..." I wanted to walk in pretty much already knowing things and just see them in action. So, my friend, CC, her niece, Logan, goes to a great little preschool in a Church here off of I-10 and Westgreen. I had been online for a few days really studying the curriculum and admission requirements. I finally made the decision to go yesterday and check it out.
I walked in the school and absolutely LOVED it! The director took me around and I just loved everything I was seeing and hearing. I could not help but imagine "pink" sitting in her little classroom interacting with the teacher and students. It was great! So, the tour is over and I go to get the information on pricing and scheduling. As we are sitting there she is clicking away on her mouse and she looks up at me and says, "You're not going to like this, but we have 13 people ahead of you on the waiting list." WHAT!?!?!?! 13 People?
At first I was so bummed. Then, I started to look at it like this, this has to be a GREAT school. There are 13 people ahead of me on the waiting list for the fall and it is only the beginning of May. I went ahead and kept her on the list and emailed Logan's Mom and told her to put a good word in for me. Ha, it's who you know, right? So, please keep your fingers and toes crossed that come September, this is where "Pink" will be attending school. I am looking for an alternate just in case, but I am trying to stay positive in thinking, she will be a student at Crosspoint Christian School!
Nothing much else is going on. Just waiting on a few girlfriends to have their babies next week, 3 to be exact and they are all having girls. Is this a girl boom, or what? "Blue" is going to have even more choices. Where are all the boys at? I am so excited for Minnie, Hazel and Cindy. I will be patiently waiting by my phone.
Have a great Thursday, Toodles!
I am down 1.3 lbs from last week. Not the number I was looking for, but a loss is a loss, right? I have definitely decided to start journaling everything I eat. I think this will help me see where I am making mistakes and what time of the day I am making them. I had also decided that once I got to X lbs I was going to start running again but I think I am going to bump that up a little and see how that goes. I definitely need to change things up. Plus, my heart could use the exercise now that 15.2 lbs is gone!
I know I promised yesterday to get back on and tell the funny "Pink", Dentist story too. It kind of turned out to be not so funny of a story after all. This was the thing, "Pink" was so scared the first time she went to the Dentist last November, we were just so sure she was going to be terrified this time too. Not so much, but she did poop while in the Dentists and Leo's lap. I think most of you know that "Pink" is completely in panties now, except when she sleeps. So, when Leo called me after the appointment he was so mortified that he has been pooped on and had to get home to clean it up. When they got home he went to take her poopy panties off and there was a diaper underneath. Maria was thinking ahead and put a diaper on her because she knew that appointments can take a long time. I made sure to tell her that although that was a nice thought, NO MORE DIAPERS during the day. Next time Leo will have a mess to clean up!
On to other things, I have been on the hunt for a preschool for "Pink" to start in the Fall. I have been looking for months. I have been looking for a two-day program. I feel like I have checked out every Montessori and private preschool in Katy. I never got that feeling when I walked in any of them like, "I can definitely see "pink" with her friends running around here loving it", until yesterday.
I had been doing some research online more extensively lately before I made the decision to actually go and take a tour because they take so long and feed you full of so much, "our school is great because..." I wanted to walk in pretty much already knowing things and just see them in action. So, my friend, CC, her niece, Logan, goes to a great little preschool in a Church here off of I-10 and Westgreen. I had been online for a few days really studying the curriculum and admission requirements. I finally made the decision to go yesterday and check it out.
I walked in the school and absolutely LOVED it! The director took me around and I just loved everything I was seeing and hearing. I could not help but imagine "pink" sitting in her little classroom interacting with the teacher and students. It was great! So, the tour is over and I go to get the information on pricing and scheduling. As we are sitting there she is clicking away on her mouse and she looks up at me and says, "You're not going to like this, but we have 13 people ahead of you on the waiting list." WHAT!?!?!?! 13 People?
At first I was so bummed. Then, I started to look at it like this, this has to be a GREAT school. There are 13 people ahead of me on the waiting list for the fall and it is only the beginning of May. I went ahead and kept her on the list and emailed Logan's Mom and told her to put a good word in for me. Ha, it's who you know, right? So, please keep your fingers and toes crossed that come September, this is where "Pink" will be attending school. I am looking for an alternate just in case, but I am trying to stay positive in thinking, she will be a student at Crosspoint Christian School!
Nothing much else is going on. Just waiting on a few girlfriends to have their babies next week, 3 to be exact and they are all having girls. Is this a girl boom, or what? "Blue" is going to have even more choices. Where are all the boys at? I am so excited for Minnie, Hazel and Cindy. I will be patiently waiting by my phone.
Have a great Thursday, Toodles!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Song Remembers When
You know when you hear a certain song, it takes you back to a certain memory, or a thought of a person you know, or once knew? I will go down the list in a minute and link songs to friends and family, it will be fun.
Lately, thanks to Facebook, I have been re-connected with so many older friends. Although I have made so many great, wonderful, new friends, there is nothing like sharing an old story with an old friend. Last night our house phone rang at 10:35pm right as I was lying in bed. Our house phone never rings unless it is a sales call or wrong number, so I assumed someone just had the wrong number. Leo was up watching the Rockets game (we won't even go there, poor excuse of an NBA team) and then I hear him walking towards the bedroom saying, "I think she is still awake." He hands me the phone and it was my post-college best friend that I had not spoken to in nearly 5 years, Liz.
It is so amazing how when you get on the phone, or meet up with an old friend how quickly you just pick right back up where you once were like no time had passed at all. We both have two-year old daughters that we can not wait to get together. They are both their mommy's daughters, dramatic, to say the least. We are both as high strung as they come and married the most calm, relaxed men in the world. So funny how things turn out, right?
Well, the more and more we talk the more and more we are learning about where we have been and what we have been up to in the last 5 years. It turns out that Liz is battling a 2 year battle with a brain tumor and many internal illnesses. None of them are life threatening, but she is so scared of any surgery, she kept throwing out words like, "croak", "funeral" and "single dad." I finally had to stop her and be like, "Liz, we have not spoken for 5 years, you can't call me and just joke about all of this stuff." She is all, "Oh, please forgive me, I am so sick of being down in the dumps about it, I have moved on to the "laugh about it" stage. So, I took that with a grain of salt and we continued to carry on about old times. We have plans of meeting up this weekend and I can't wait!
Here is a little list of songs that remind me of friends and family;
"Pink" - "My Wish" - Rascal Flatts, "In My Daughter's Eyes" - Martina McBride
"Blue" - " A New Day" - Celine Dion (Thanks, Minnie)
Leo - All the songs played of importance at our wedding
Ellen - "Good Without You" - O.A.R.
Annslee - "You'll Think of Me" - Keith Urban
Fernando - "Apologize" - One Republic
Charlotte - " Forever and Always" - Shania Twain
Hazel - Anything Jack Johnson
Betty - "I Love This Bar" - Toby Keith
Nina and Poppy - " Remember When" - Alan Jackson
Mom - "Goodbyes the Saddest Word" - Celine Dion
And Finally, Liz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0CzCQFKORM
I hope you all have a wonderful day, Toodles!
Oh, and stay tuned for a funny story from "Pinks" Dentist Appointment yesterday. Be back in a bit....
Lately, thanks to Facebook, I have been re-connected with so many older friends. Although I have made so many great, wonderful, new friends, there is nothing like sharing an old story with an old friend. Last night our house phone rang at 10:35pm right as I was lying in bed. Our house phone never rings unless it is a sales call or wrong number, so I assumed someone just had the wrong number. Leo was up watching the Rockets game (we won't even go there, poor excuse of an NBA team) and then I hear him walking towards the bedroom saying, "I think she is still awake." He hands me the phone and it was my post-college best friend that I had not spoken to in nearly 5 years, Liz.
It is so amazing how when you get on the phone, or meet up with an old friend how quickly you just pick right back up where you once were like no time had passed at all. We both have two-year old daughters that we can not wait to get together. They are both their mommy's daughters, dramatic, to say the least. We are both as high strung as they come and married the most calm, relaxed men in the world. So funny how things turn out, right?
Well, the more and more we talk the more and more we are learning about where we have been and what we have been up to in the last 5 years. It turns out that Liz is battling a 2 year battle with a brain tumor and many internal illnesses. None of them are life threatening, but she is so scared of any surgery, she kept throwing out words like, "croak", "funeral" and "single dad." I finally had to stop her and be like, "Liz, we have not spoken for 5 years, you can't call me and just joke about all of this stuff." She is all, "Oh, please forgive me, I am so sick of being down in the dumps about it, I have moved on to the "laugh about it" stage. So, I took that with a grain of salt and we continued to carry on about old times. We have plans of meeting up this weekend and I can't wait!
Here is a little list of songs that remind me of friends and family;
"Pink" - "My Wish" - Rascal Flatts, "In My Daughter's Eyes" - Martina McBride
"Blue" - " A New Day" - Celine Dion (Thanks, Minnie)
Leo - All the songs played of importance at our wedding
Ellen - "Good Without You" - O.A.R.
Annslee - "You'll Think of Me" - Keith Urban
Fernando - "Apologize" - One Republic
Charlotte - " Forever and Always" - Shania Twain
Hazel - Anything Jack Johnson
Betty - "I Love This Bar" - Toby Keith
Nina and Poppy - " Remember When" - Alan Jackson
Mom - "Goodbyes the Saddest Word" - Celine Dion
And Finally, Liz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0CzCQFKORM
I hope you all have a wonderful day, Toodles!
Oh, and stay tuned for a funny story from "Pinks" Dentist Appointment yesterday. Be back in a bit....
Monday, May 11, 2009
High Expectations Lead to the Perfect Day!
You know that feeling like when you go many Valentine's Days without a Valentine and then one year you have one, you think, "oh, this year is going to be perfect." You have all these wonderful thoughts of great things that he is going to do for you, you think of all these perfect things he is going to say to you, and of course you think about that wonderful gift he is going to buy you.
Why do I do this to myself? I have such high expectations. I always think on my birthdays I am going to walk in the house and all of my favorite people are going to be there and then everyone will yell, "SURPRISE!"" What? A surprise party for me? I don't deserve this!"
Well, I think I watch too many movies and read too many "chick lit" books. I always thought once I became a Mom, Mother's Day would really only be about me. Am I selfish? Maybe a little. I always imaged waking up in the morning to a perfect day with the sunlight coming in through the window and the kids and my husband walking in with a gourmet breakfast chanting, "Happy Mother's Day!" On my tray of breakfast there would be one single rose in a skinny vase, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice (except with no pulp, does that even exist?) and the newest US Weekly rolled up for my junk reading pleasure. I am sure I have seen this on a movie, right? Then we would spend the rest of the day just hanging around the house and I would virtually have the whole day "off."
So, this is how my Mother's Day really went. I woke up at 5:00am to "blue" talking in his room. I had to have the most expensive monitors that you hear perfectly through, right? Ha! I went in and put him back on his tummy and rubbed his back until he fell back asleep. I decided not to go back in my room. I figured he would roll over again and I would just be right back up, so I laid down on the couch. I fell back to sleep and then woke up at 7:45 to "Pink" watching the Disney channel. I ran to the shower to start getting ready for Church. Leo got the kids ready then took his shower. I then re-dressed the kids and we were out the door.
We got to Church right on time. We enjoyed the service, as usual. After Church we took my Mom to Chuy's for some yummy Mexican Food. After Chuy's we went to my Grandma's house to visit for a couple hours. By the time we got home it was 3:00. I put "Blue" in his highchair and fed him Linner (Lunch/Dinner). Leo went in the garage and got "Pink's" baby pool. He filled it up in the backyard. We put "blue" in his bumbo in the pool while "pink" got in and out about 1000 times.
While we were sitting outside I thought, "oh, I need to start a load of laundry for the week." So, while Leo is outside with the kids I come in the house and my load of laundry turns in to cleaning the whole kitchen from top to bottom, two loads of laundry, vacuum the wood floors, vacuum all the tile downstairs and vacuum our bedroom. It was so nice to be able to get that cleaning done while the kids were occupied.
Once we are all back inside it is time to get bathed and get in night, night clothes. "Pink" is 2 and a half now and getting her to lay down with you is impossible. "Pink" laid on my chest for almost 30 minutes while watching "America's Funniest Home Videos." There is no better gift than this. Both kids were in bed by 7:30. I went in and took a bath and was asleep by 8:30, myself.
May not be the Mother's Day I see on all the movies but who cares, right? I was with my kids all day long and I am extremely blessed to have kids to call my own. Thank you Mom, if it weren't for you, I would have nothing I do today. Thank you, Nana, if it weren't for you, I would not have the most amazing man in the world to share it all with.
I hope all you Mommies had a great day! And I pray for those of you whom hope to be Mommies next year.
Toodles!
Why do I do this to myself? I have such high expectations. I always think on my birthdays I am going to walk in the house and all of my favorite people are going to be there and then everyone will yell, "SURPRISE!"" What? A surprise party for me? I don't deserve this!"
Well, I think I watch too many movies and read too many "chick lit" books. I always thought once I became a Mom, Mother's Day would really only be about me. Am I selfish? Maybe a little. I always imaged waking up in the morning to a perfect day with the sunlight coming in through the window and the kids and my husband walking in with a gourmet breakfast chanting, "Happy Mother's Day!" On my tray of breakfast there would be one single rose in a skinny vase, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice (except with no pulp, does that even exist?) and the newest US Weekly rolled up for my junk reading pleasure. I am sure I have seen this on a movie, right? Then we would spend the rest of the day just hanging around the house and I would virtually have the whole day "off."
So, this is how my Mother's Day really went. I woke up at 5:00am to "blue" talking in his room. I had to have the most expensive monitors that you hear perfectly through, right? Ha! I went in and put him back on his tummy and rubbed his back until he fell back asleep. I decided not to go back in my room. I figured he would roll over again and I would just be right back up, so I laid down on the couch. I fell back to sleep and then woke up at 7:45 to "Pink" watching the Disney channel. I ran to the shower to start getting ready for Church. Leo got the kids ready then took his shower. I then re-dressed the kids and we were out the door.
We got to Church right on time. We enjoyed the service, as usual. After Church we took my Mom to Chuy's for some yummy Mexican Food. After Chuy's we went to my Grandma's house to visit for a couple hours. By the time we got home it was 3:00. I put "Blue" in his highchair and fed him Linner (Lunch/Dinner). Leo went in the garage and got "Pink's" baby pool. He filled it up in the backyard. We put "blue" in his bumbo in the pool while "pink" got in and out about 1000 times.
While we were sitting outside I thought, "oh, I need to start a load of laundry for the week." So, while Leo is outside with the kids I come in the house and my load of laundry turns in to cleaning the whole kitchen from top to bottom, two loads of laundry, vacuum the wood floors, vacuum all the tile downstairs and vacuum our bedroom. It was so nice to be able to get that cleaning done while the kids were occupied.
Once we are all back inside it is time to get bathed and get in night, night clothes. "Pink" is 2 and a half now and getting her to lay down with you is impossible. "Pink" laid on my chest for almost 30 minutes while watching "America's Funniest Home Videos." There is no better gift than this. Both kids were in bed by 7:30. I went in and took a bath and was asleep by 8:30, myself.
May not be the Mother's Day I see on all the movies but who cares, right? I was with my kids all day long and I am extremely blessed to have kids to call my own. Thank you Mom, if it weren't for you, I would have nothing I do today. Thank you, Nana, if it weren't for you, I would not have the most amazing man in the world to share it all with.
I hope all you Mommies had a great day! And I pray for those of you whom hope to be Mommies next year.
Toodles!
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