Our Christmas Tree

We decorated our tree last weekend as a family, complete with hot chocolate. Yes I had to remove half the ornaments that we all on the front bottom 4 feet but we had a great time doing it.

Pre-School

I held it together as my baby boy went off to school, sigh. Isn't he cute?

Memories

I feel like I'm forgetting so much of their lives, it's going by so fast. I have to make a point to start bringing my camera with me so I can remember the sweetness in my old age or when their teenagers...lol.

While I'm at it...

Girls can not pee on trees.

It doesn't work. So darling child please don't try again.

Rhyming

Brandon loves to rhyme.

Our favorite "Itchy and Bitchy".

Poison

Poison ivy not the band.

A horrible itchy painful hell that I am in.

Ladies and Gentlemen....

We were playing on the beach the other night and Brandon & Sienna were putting on a show singing and dancing while jumping into a huge pit someone had dug in the sand. They kept announcing themselves. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls" and then from Sienna "Birdies and Seagulls"! I love that she was including everyone. =;)

And just because....

Caught the big one

Not exactly what we were hoping for but it put up a huge fight. I wish I would have taken a picture with something next to it so you could see the size....it was huge!

Amish Friendship Bread

Oh the pressure of being responsible for this starter and baking wonderful bread! I baked my first 2 loaves the other day and while it tastes more like coffee cake it's delish! Have to remember to feed it tomorrow. My freezer is going to be full by the holidays. lol Anyone want a starter? I'll save you one next time around. =;)

I think part of the purpose is to go out and make new friends by giving away the starter and the recipe but oh well.

Sleepy Day

Today was just an odd day for me. I slept in after pushing both the kids to go down stairs and wake up Mimi and Pappy. I knew they would give them breakfast. So sometime after 9am I got myself up and started the day already counting down the hours that I would lay down with the kids and take a nap. It was a good nap day too, cloudy and then rainy, perfect. Anyway, napped for 2 hours and still very sleepy. I don't know what's up today. I think it could also be the GIANT Apricot Brandy slush I just had. Early to bed, maybe tomorrow I will be more awake.

6 Random Things....

I was tagged by a few people so here goes.

1). I can go to my closet right now and pull out clothing that I wore in middle school or high school.

2). I'm a pack rat which I get honestly from my parents.

3). I can't start a new work project until my desk is cleaned off.

4). I can't sleep with the tv or radio on.

5). I have my own potters wheel in my shed and have been itching to pull it out. Hope it still works, it's been a few years.

6). I can't stand polish on my finger nails but I don't think there has been a day since my college years where there hasn't been polish on my toes.

Tag to anyone that hasn't done it yet.

Picture Day

Just a few random pictures from the summer so far. I think I'll be back for awhile. =;)

First Boat Ride of 2008

And I got my first sunburn too. Here are the kids before we set off. It was a great Memorial Day!

Got Wine?

My racks are almost empty.





I'm past spring fever and have moved right into summer fever. I'm ready to go on vacation, swim, sun and fun. For some reason I just can't get my favorite "wine tour" out of my head, we love going to Seneca Lake. We never made it last summer and I'm not sure why but I think we've done it for the 5 or 6 years previous. I'm running out of wine and I'm already thinking what day we can make it up to Seneca this summer. It a good time. Wagner also has a brewery in which you can stand and sample a boat load of beers, gets me silly every time.

However, I know that I will be going back to PA to visit soon so my parents have a pass from bringing me wine from Shade Mountain.

I think I may need to cash in my wine fund jar and get shopping.

Please stop raining

My yard is a mess, my flowers are drowning, and I turned my heat back on. Bah!

Need me some pictures

I love Spring

I'm in full planting mode. Bill and the kids have paid for every flower, herb and veggie I have wanted over the past week for Mother's Day and I've been having a ball. All I do is fill up a wagon and Bill is right there to handle the rest. It's been a wonderful Mother's Day gift. Besides almost slicing the top of my finger off today because a previous owner seemed to plant glass instead of plants, it's been another wonderful day. To top it off a friend of mine dropped of my favorite purple basil just because she knew I was looking for it.

Relief

Today was the first day in weeks that I could breath a sigh of relief that my busy spell with work is almost over. Being a freelancer means you have to go with the rain and the dry spells and boy has it been raining over here. I see light at the end of the tunnel and today I spent with Brandon and Sienna. It felt good to just have the Mom hat on and play and plant flowers. My kids have been awesome these past couple of weeks playing with each other while I was working. They spent a lot of time with Daddy when he was home and after being locked in my office for 23 hrs this weekend I have to give them a big round of applause. I'm so looking forward to the summer. The calender is filling up and I can't wait for visitors and vacations. I hope to be more faithful with my updates now that I have my head back on. Thanks for hanging with me and the inquiries as to what happened.

Amazement

I really wish I could have gotten a better picture of Sienna's face with the look of amazement after seeing an elephant for the very first time.

One things for sure

Brandon has received some truly wonderful attributes from my husband, his love for music, the outdoors, the water and his rugged good looks being only a few. What he also got was his week stomach. Apparently Brandon won't be helping me clean up cat puke either.

Never Thought

I've been showering with a snake for 3 days now. I can't wait to take it out so it can shrink to it's original size.

Subir

Sienna kept saying this the other day and I had no idea why. She said it as she went up the stairs and when she was trying to get into her crib. Finally I asked Brandon and he said "Mom, don't you know that she's saying Climb in Spanish?" Well, no I didn't. Way to go Dora and Diego.

We're off to see the wizard...

Ice Cream Playdate

Playdate with great friends! My friend Trish is a brave woman for giving 7 or so kids ice cream cones to run around her house with.

Run Away

If you see me heading towards a line at a grocery store pick a different one because I ALWAYS pick the slowest line.

Today I got behind one lady, one and boy did she have issues. I was behind her for 15 minutes. First she was waiting for something that they didn't have so we had to wait (check out was complete) until someone came to tell her that they didn't have the item. Ok, then not one but two cards were declined, ugh. Then, she had to go out to her car and get her check book, she came in and continued to TRY to write out a check. After forever she hands the check to the check-out girl who asks for her license, back out to her car to bring in her license. Back in, the girl is writing what ever on her check and the addresses don't match, shit already! Over to a manger where they say no not accepted, back over to the lady who has no other way to pay. At this point I'm starting to feel bad but ready to get the hell out at the same time. After a side talk with the woman and 2 other store personnel they accepted her check and off she went.

I should have picked the other line.

Taking a Walk

*Shaking Head*

Brandon taped the toilet lids together. For what reason I don't know. Apparently he has Bill's sense of humor.

Lots of Wash

You'll very rarely hear my complain about my children and messes. They're good kids and really for the most part have never made a huge mess until today.

I was on the computer and Sienna was next to me playing Bill's keyboard and singing....super cute. She jumps up and said she had to pee, great. She does very well with this, she goes in and does her thing with minimal help from mom. I get up about 30 or so seconds later to go see about the progress and my bathroom has been decorated in poop. Apparently she didn't realize she had to do "that". It's in the potty (yea) it's on the floor (not so good) and it's now all over her. On her legs, on her clothes and then come to find out all over her hands. I couldn't decide what to clean up first but I did pick Sienna. I was helping her off with her clothes and of course to stabilize herself she holds onto me. So now I'm covered in poop. I seriously have no idea what happened b/c I'm pretty sure she actually made it to the potty!? So, off with her clothes and now off with mine and I throw it in the washer (but didn't start it). This is important for later.

She up we go naked except for brandon and I put them in the bath. Were not off to a good morning but we have it under control now. Clean kids, smell good, all dressed so I go and take my shower. I go into my closet to get dressed and the kids follow me in which is normal. I walked out for maybe 15 seconds and Brandon comes running out with what looks like blood all over his arm and hand. Still not dressed I ask him repeatedly what happened because I thought he was hurt when I realize it's paint. Burnt Siena to be exact, ironic huh. Sienna had found a box that I had paint in, and had it everywhere. I'm pretty sure she thought it was lotion. I wash Brandon up quick and take his clothes off which are now covered in paint. So now were both half naked and Sienna has gone back into her room and is now playing perfectly clean. I go into my closet and there's paint on the carpet and nice Jackson Pollock type streaks on the bottom shelves where my shirts are. A few of the T-shirt I just throw out right away but then I notice that the pile of white shirts (I like white T's of every type and have a stack of them b/c I ware them all the time) are streaked with paint too. I take the stack of them and run down to the washing machine to see if I can get the paint out before it dries. Do you see where I'm going with this? Yes, Poopy clothes in the washer which I take out to now wash my shirts in. Ugh.

So now I have wrestled with poop, paint, cat puke and public toilets today and I'm ready for a break. My days really aren't like this but today, well, I think I'm being tested.

We all have our thing

I found this on another blog and loved it.

I forgot

I forgot how many trips to the potty you have to make while potty training...ugh.

Yea!

I haven't changed a poopy diaper in over a week. We're off to a good start.

My computer comes today, I'm so excited!

I Need More Power

We ordered a new computer today. I made my husband click the submit order button because I was ready to throw up. The computer is coming at a very good time to get a ton of new work done. My main computer is almost 10 years old and I'm not a fan on working on our laptop. I'm very excited for my new Mac to get here. It took me almost a week to order it, it may take another week for me to actually open the box.

"Oh, What Fun"

Heard from the back of the car the other night (Yes, it's February):

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Elefun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Elefun fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

"Brandon, it is not Elefun it's Oh, What fun."

By the way, this is Elefun:

I've been excited all week

Do you want to know why? I was excited because I was going to go to Wal-Mart this morning without my children. How sad is that. i always run all of my errands with both the kids and it's a little trying at times. Ok, sometimes it's just a circus. So I decided that I was going to take Saturday morning and go shopping by myself so I could look at some of the stuff that one doesn't get to look at with 2 kids in tow. I was there for 2 hours and I looked at all the lotions, potions and make-up. I perused the house-wear section and I did not go near the toy aisle. It was pretty wonderful at first until the other 5000 people that had to get their shopping done got there. I forgot how crazy it gets on a weekend. Anyway, it's the little things that get me excited I guess but all in all I would say that my morning was successful.

Random Pictures

My Little Beatle



Sienna's new car from MiMi


My Little Beatle

If I had a Hammer

I would throw it at my neighbor...just kidding. lol

My neighbors are getting a new roof and I'm sure to go insane. It been 5 days now of hammering.

Out with the Black

My old page hurt my eyes. I'm liking this much better. I would much rather design my own but that would A: take time away from work I get paid for and B: more time to figure out how to do it. Oh well, I'll survive for now I guess.

On a side note: Brandon was driving me nuts today with the endless questions and I started mumbling to myself in the car. We were having lunch and he said, "Mom, you made me mad today." Why I asked. "Because you were talking so I couldn't hear you in the car and that was rude. You should never talk without me hearing you.

Missed Birthdays

I also missed blogging about BOTH of kids birthdays while I took my little break. I feel like a loser mom for that.

Back in the Saddle Again

I think I'm going to start to blog again.

My butt is going to be in this office chair for quite some time in the next few months. I had a meeting today with one of my clients and to be honest, I don't know how I'm going to get everything done. I know I'll start to panic soon but I've gotten done before and hopefully I'll be able to do it again and take care of 2 kids. I'm thankful for the work but sometimes when it rains it pours ya know!? I'm lucky that Brandon and Sienna like to play together and most of the time it's without screaming and hitting each other.

Bad Blogger

Yes, I'm a bad Blogger and I know it.