Let it SNOW!!

This isn't actually the first snow of the season, but it is definitely the first snow worth playing in. So we all got bundled up and went outside. Lizzie's coveralls and coat are still way to big for her as you can see..

Here she is lying on the floor completely unable to move, and not at all happy about it. So, I had to improvise. I took out the liner of her coat and put it over her fleece jacket. I left the snow bib on and closed off the foot holes with rubber bands so snow couldn't get in.

She was toasty warm, but still couldn't move very well. She didn't really have that much fun...at all!! She just started getting mad after a while. In fact she is still mad at me 2 hours later. I took her inside and took all her snow clothes off and gave her a snack. She was okay but would have these random outbursts. "I am so mad at you Mom. How could you be so mean to me?"Jacob on the other hand had a great time. This is the first year he's really appreciated the snow. In the past he's pretty much had the same response as Lizzie. He sure liked it this year though. He kept saying, "cold, cold" every time he picked some up.He originally had mittens on, but they kept falling off. He was really cold after that. We are gonna have to find some better ones before we take him out again.

I managed to get him to stop playing long enough to snap a quick picture with me. I tried to take a couple more but he wasn't having it. He really wanted to get back to playing. He coulda stayed out a lot longer but Lizzie had had enough and was not gonna spend another second out there. So I had to drag him back inside. It's times like this that I really wish I had a fenced in back yard.

Yes to D8

I couldn't resist posting this. (Thanks Deb) Too funny!

Another discount code...

for www.denimskirts.com. The code is DE25MAS and it's for 25% off. It is good through December 19th. Happy shopping. :D

Who's Judy??

My son was looking at me and Mikes engagement pictures just now and I said, "Is that Mommy and Daddy?" He says, "Daddy? Daddy? Daddy?" I said, "Yep that's Daddy, is this Mommy?" And he starts saying, "Daddy, Judy, Daddy, Judy, Daddy, Judy!"

Now, I don't know who Judy is, but evidently Jacob knows her and she looks a lot like me. So I ask Mike, "Um...hun, who is Judy? Is there something I should know?" This was his response. "Don't worry hun, I would never date anyone named Judy." HAAAAHAHAHA!

Thanks hun. That's very reassuring!

(My apologies to all Judys out there who may read my blog.)

Too Quiet...

As you all know, that is NEVER a good thing when there are toddlers around. I was in the kitchen feeding Lizzie and enjoying the peace and quiet,when all the sudden panic hit me..."Why is it so quiet????"

Oh, THAT'S why...

Don't they look like they are having the time of their lives?! All at the expense of my poor tree.
Yes, those are all the bead candy canes I made, now completely dismantled. They sure had fun doing it though. Amare' would pull all the beads off and Jacob would gather them up and throw them into the air. "Wee...it's raining pretty beads." They were put right in time out (after I got pictures of course) and both received stern lectures about not touching the tree, which I am sure they totally understood. I could tell by the blank stares on their faces as they followed my moving lips. "It's like she's trying to speak to me, I know it!" I could almost hear their little, silent, toddler conversation, "what the heck is she talking about?" "I don't know. She's crazy. Just let her have her shpill so we can get back to our path of destruction."

Earlier today I found Lizzie playing with the water in her sippy cup. I still can't figure out how she got the lid off without spilling it. She's tricky.
It's days like this that if you don't laugh, you will cry...or scream....and pull your hair out...and bang your head against the wall until sweet, sweet unconsciousness sets in and you don't have to worry about anything until the neighbors find your children running around in the street with no shoes or coats on and then find you laying on the floor, delirious and muttering to yourself and the psych ward comes to pick you up....ahhhhh. I prefer to laugh. :)

Random Ramblings

I got a new steam cleaner today. I am soooo excited. Our friends have the same one and it seems to work really well. We were considering getting a new couch, but decided to hold off for a little while longer. But I can handle it now that I have something to clean the very old, used, disgustingly, grimy couch we currently own with. Seriously, you can see the black all over it. I sit on it and cringe. In the mornings when I have to get up at the butt crack of dawn with the kids and I want to lay down and go back to sleep on the couch while they play in the living room, I have to lay a blanket down first. I refuse to lay directly on it.

Our floors are even more disgusting. I hate to think of all the toddler poop ground into it, and puke. Not to mention all the mulberry juice from our tree last summer. It's seriously gross!! So, yay for a steam cleaner!!

Jacob and Lizzie were both weighed and measured yesterday. Not much has changed with Jakers. He is still in the 75th percentile for both weight and height. But Lizzie...she's in the 5th percentile for both. She was in the 15th at her last dr. appt. So, she's shrinking. hahaha. Okay not really, but she will be turning 1 next month and she is probably the size of a 6 or 7 month old. I don't get it. She has the double chin, the squishy cheeks, the wrist creases and fat rolls. Granted not nearly as many as Jacob had, but she does have some chub. She's just a little'n. We refer to her as "petite". People used to see her at the grocery store sitting up in the cart and say to me, "She doesn't look old enough to be doing that!" Well guess what...she is. lol. She sure is cute! I ordered her a size 12 month coat and snow pants. We tried them on her and she reminded me of the kid on A Christmas Story after his mom had him all bundled up. "I can't put my arms down!" She should fit into them perfectly by next summer. :)

Well, I was intending this to be a longer post. But it turns out I've got more important things to do. Dang it. I hate it when that happens. :)

One more thing to add. We find out on the 17th where we will be going for residency. Oh the SUSPENSE!

The end

IT'S DECEMBER!!!

Which means...Up goes the tree and out comes all the other Christmas decor. Which also means it's time for all the fun Christmas arts and crafts that I LOVE doing. These are the bead candy canes we made for the tree this year.

And this is going to be a garland for the wall...That will hopefully end up looking close to this...

(Other views found here. You'll notice it costs $35 for one garland. No thanks.)

I haven't started on the mittens yet. Those will be next. The trees were fun to make though.

In nursery, Jacob got an advent calendar that has different things to do each day. Today we are making paper snow flakes to hang in the window. I will be posting the daily activities on my one for the kids blog. (assuming anyone even looks at it any more. haha)