Wednesday, January 5, 2011
News Years Wish
We sent these off to the universe the other night with our New Years wishes written on them. Lots of changes going on here!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Kitchen Towels
I have had people question my use in paper towels. Yes, I use them, I use them more frequently than others. If I dry my hands, I get a paper towel, and I may save it on the counter until the next time I use it. I do like to use sponges for cleaning up spills and regularly sanitize them.
I would like to point out, I am SO not a clean freak. Simon does about 80% of the cleaning in the house. I can't quite figure out if it is because I am lazy or he is a clean freak. He accused me the other day that our shower was turning into a camp shower. Ummm, you SO know what he is talking about! Literally the man just steam cleaned the dining room for the sake of it!
I stand firm and true though on my use of paper towels. I have a drawer of black kitchen towels that I wash and use regularly as long as I pull it out of the draw and smell it first... you see, here is my dilemma.
A kitchen towel in this house is used for MANY things... We have a towel rack on our oven and many a time one (and I use that term to identify anyone in the house other than ME) will grab that towel to clean up spills. Whether they are on the floor, the counter, wherever. Then if someone (ME) is not looking that towel gets placed back on the rack. I have seen the towel be used for the floor, wiping a dog's foot, wiping a nose, and then put back on the rack. I swear, I constantly am hiding towels so that they can be washed and not re-used dirty... But today takes the cake.
We have a ton of snow, and the girls were loading up the car to go to our friends house. The garage door is up, and the car is running. You know how dirty and wet a garage floor can get, well Lucy is getting loud and agitated in the garage and I go out to look.... There she is with a black kitchen towel wiping up the puddles on the floor of the garage. Yep, the garage door keeps dripping since it is up and she keeps getting annoyed that there are more puddles to clean. With that, she storms in the house, puts the towel back on the rack and gets into the car. On one hand you want to be proud (lord knows Simon is..) since she is cleaning up puddles in the garage. But of course, I can't help but shake my head, because there is the good old use full kitchen towel.
And that is why I use paper towels. Lord knows where that towel has been.
*** Earth conscious friends. This is for humor purposes only. I don't mean to offend anyone by not saving the world, one skanky towel at a time****
I would like to point out, I am SO not a clean freak. Simon does about 80% of the cleaning in the house. I can't quite figure out if it is because I am lazy or he is a clean freak. He accused me the other day that our shower was turning into a camp shower. Ummm, you SO know what he is talking about! Literally the man just steam cleaned the dining room for the sake of it!
I stand firm and true though on my use of paper towels. I have a drawer of black kitchen towels that I wash and use regularly as long as I pull it out of the draw and smell it first... you see, here is my dilemma.
A kitchen towel in this house is used for MANY things... We have a towel rack on our oven and many a time one (and I use that term to identify anyone in the house other than ME) will grab that towel to clean up spills. Whether they are on the floor, the counter, wherever. Then if someone (ME) is not looking that towel gets placed back on the rack. I have seen the towel be used for the floor, wiping a dog's foot, wiping a nose, and then put back on the rack. I swear, I constantly am hiding towels so that they can be washed and not re-used dirty... But today takes the cake.
We have a ton of snow, and the girls were loading up the car to go to our friends house. The garage door is up, and the car is running. You know how dirty and wet a garage floor can get, well Lucy is getting loud and agitated in the garage and I go out to look.... There she is with a black kitchen towel wiping up the puddles on the floor of the garage. Yep, the garage door keeps dripping since it is up and she keeps getting annoyed that there are more puddles to clean. With that, she storms in the house, puts the towel back on the rack and gets into the car. On one hand you want to be proud (lord knows Simon is..) since she is cleaning up puddles in the garage. But of course, I can't help but shake my head, because there is the good old use full kitchen towel.
And that is why I use paper towels. Lord knows where that towel has been.
*** Earth conscious friends. This is for humor purposes only. I don't mean to offend anyone by not saving the world, one skanky towel at a time****
Brunch with Santa
We went to Brunch with Santa at the club last weekend and the girls LOVED it! The food was fabulous as it is our favorite meal of the day! Santa's attendance at the breakfast was of course the biggest hit!
Getting Ruthie to put a dress on was a large fight. I negotiated with her a "cool" dress and the fact that I never make her wear what she doesn't want to wear and she could take one for the team by dressing up.
I told her that I wasn't like some moms and I don't make her wear huge frilly dresses with fake flowers and bows, and that I know she doesn't like to be girly so I chose a dress that fit her style. I made her laugh by saying that there would be plenty of girls dressed like frilly princesses in dresses that I would NEVER make her wear. I told her that whenever she saw a dress that was a little too girly and she was glad her mama didn't make her wear that she could look at me and wink.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Thanksgiving
Is one of our favorite holidays to stay here and do nothing. We were joined by our wonderful cousin Harper and had a lovely time doing nothing. It was so much laying around doing nothing that no pictures were really taken.
Here is the girls and Harper in front of his welcome sign!
Here is the girls and Harper in front of his welcome sign!
Here are some of our place cards for dinner, and the cards we made for people to write what they were thankful for.
The turkey's were toxic. They actually had to be kept in the garage they smelled so bad. So note to self, Styrofoam is an angry art supply that doesn't like to be painted with washable paint. You would have thought I was trying to poison the house with the smell. That and it only took 6 days for them to dry. We painted them, and then left them in the garage for days, then we brought them out for dinner, and back to the trash. I didn't want the girls to be discouraged and not use them but man, what a disaster!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Parade and Cosmic Bowling
We are back in action after a horrible cold took us all out. I was in bed for 3 days, Simon missed 2 days of work, and the girls were sick too!
This weekend we enjoyed our local holiday parade.
We also enjoyed some Cosmic Family bowling. Check out Ruthie's form, Lucy's bowling outfit and Simon's strike dance.
Good Times!
This weekend we enjoyed our local holiday parade.
Good Times!
JUNGLE - JOE'S
Is our favorite place. We haven't been there in forever. When our friends wanted to go on a school night, I figured it was just the thing to get us over missing Simon, and break up the day! It was a fun treat, although, nobody ate dinner, and they fell asleep in the car on the half hour ride home then everyone was grumpy! But from the looks of the pictures a fun time was had by all!
Took a few video shots on my camera. Please make sure your volume is down, Ruthie still has that ear piercing scream!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Ten on Tuesday
1. It seems like whenever I don't post for a while there is always alot going on and now is no exception!
2. Simon was averaging 3 nights out of town a week for the past month. It is rather difficult with him gone. No matter how long we have been doing this, it always seems to rock our world. The girls miss him tons, I miss him tons, and it is hard to juggle everything.
3. Ruthie has been having stomach pains, the doctor had her get an ultrasound to check for possible hernia. She was such a trooper when she had a pelvic ultrasound and abdominal. We are still waiting to hear what is going on but are hopeful that she is fine.
4. Lucy has been complaining of headaches since the end of camp. We had her eyes checked today and she was so great, no glasses needed and so we will continue to search out a reason for the headaches.
5. I have been SO SICK for the past few days. I was in a Nyquil induced comma this weekend and am still suffering, but life goes on and we are powering through. The nasal congestion, cough is yuck and Ruthie now has it!
6. We are excited for Thanksgiving and staying home for 4 days. I love to cook Thanksgiving dinner, I have incorparated alot of English recipes into our Thanksgiving and it is always funny how the Americans insist on the same stuff yet LOVE the roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings! We also love to use the time to decorate for the Holidays.
7. I am in desperate need of some good book selections, please send them my way!
8. The girls are getting excited for christmas. The word out of the street was that santa had already selected their presents and will be wrapping them this weekend.re hope they behave and Santa doesn't have to unwrap their gifts and give them to someone else!
9. Speaking of being on task, I already have all of my christmas cards ordered and printed and almost addressed. I am just waiting for Simon to finish his ever so cheesy, everyone loves to get...Christmas letter. Amy - the best photographer/friend ever did an amazing job this year. She took the picture on the welcome page. I will post the other picks but want to keep the ones on the card a surpirse.
10. The girls love halloween but have yet to ask for any candy. The other night I offered up a chance to have a pick from the halloween candy and neither of them wanted anything seriously! Anyone have any idea of what to do with the candy? Other than me eating all of it?
2. Simon was averaging 3 nights out of town a week for the past month. It is rather difficult with him gone. No matter how long we have been doing this, it always seems to rock our world. The girls miss him tons, I miss him tons, and it is hard to juggle everything.
3. Ruthie has been having stomach pains, the doctor had her get an ultrasound to check for possible hernia. She was such a trooper when she had a pelvic ultrasound and abdominal. We are still waiting to hear what is going on but are hopeful that she is fine.
4. Lucy has been complaining of headaches since the end of camp. We had her eyes checked today and she was so great, no glasses needed and so we will continue to search out a reason for the headaches.
5. I have been SO SICK for the past few days. I was in a Nyquil induced comma this weekend and am still suffering, but life goes on and we are powering through. The nasal congestion, cough is yuck and Ruthie now has it!
6. We are excited for Thanksgiving and staying home for 4 days. I love to cook Thanksgiving dinner, I have incorparated alot of English recipes into our Thanksgiving and it is always funny how the Americans insist on the same stuff yet LOVE the roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings! We also love to use the time to decorate for the Holidays.
7. I am in desperate need of some good book selections, please send them my way!
8. The girls are getting excited for christmas. The word out of the street was that santa had already selected their presents and will be wrapping them this weekend.re hope they behave and Santa doesn't have to unwrap their gifts and give them to someone else!
9. Speaking of being on task, I already have all of my christmas cards ordered and printed and almost addressed. I am just waiting for Simon to finish his ever so cheesy, everyone loves to get...Christmas letter. Amy - the best photographer/friend ever did an amazing job this year. She took the picture on the welcome page. I will post the other picks but want to keep the ones on the card a surpirse.
10. The girls love halloween but have yet to ask for any candy. The other night I offered up a chance to have a pick from the halloween candy and neither of them wanted anything seriously! Anyone have any idea of what to do with the candy? Other than me eating all of it?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Update:
Song Number 8. Is Never Grow Up TaylorSwifts on her new album.
It is the song that goes with the slideshow.
Still crying listening to it.
It is the song that goes with the slideshow.
Still crying listening to it.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
My Work Here is Done......
Today was Ruthie and Mommy day. I have been trying to set aside some time every week where it is just Ruthie and I doing something together. She is extremely jealous of all the extra time that Lucy gets to spend with me. I think it is really affecting her getting comfortable in school where Ruthie goes to school from 8:20 till 3:40. Lucy is only half days Monday through Thursday. I have been trying not to make it too much fun as Ruthie really feels like she is missing out.
So today, we set off for the mall. First stop Gap. She wanted to carry all her own clothes as she goes to the dressing room to have a fashion show. She picks out tons of new tops, and fleece outfits, socks, tights for her sister, even wanted me to get a few things. We had a blast.
Next stop, she wants to go to the Merry Go Round. Where she insists on paying all by herself and climbs up to the top of the 2 story Merry Go Round and picks out her animal while I watch from the gated area for spectators. She even asked a dad near her to help her strap her safety harness. She rides and enjoys herself, and I have to yell to her to make her wave to me. As the ride comes to a stop I go to the exit where I am greeted by a huge smile and a running Ruthie with a jumping Hi-5 that is so loud people start to stare. "That was totally awesome Mom!" she screams Honestly I think she was thinking the Hi-5 was Awesome because it was so loud!
Now we are off to Red Robin for lunch. Her choice. We sit down and she immediately goes to the back of the menu pics out what she wants to eat. When the waiter comes by she politely asks for water and a basket of onion straws. When he brings our water back she looks him in they eye and asks for Chicken and French fries, please. After he leaves she says.... "Mom, I ordered all by myself! And look, I am even sitting like an adult". She had her legs crossed! We sit and discuss school, friends, people in her class that are not nice for no reason, (she doesn't like that) and how she just wants to be nice to everyone. She likes to learn and to count and to even try to connect with the kids in the class that other people don't like. (yes, imagine, she is in Kindergarten and 5 and people already don't like people - although that is not my daughter!) When done she even passes on a hot fudge sundae!
Next stop Target.... We pick out slippers for her and pink ones for Lucy, and the new TaylorSwift CD. She also askes for a Hot Pretzel. We were in there for a while!
When we get out of target we put the CD in and start our 25 minute journey home. We listen to the songs and talk about if we like them or not. About song number seven she begins to fall asleep. There I am driving down the highway listening when song number eight comes on. At which point I listen to the words and I am sobbing! Sobbing so hard I am fogging up my glasses. Crying so hard, I am wondering if I need to pull over. As I look back in the rearview mirror and see my beautiful, wonderful happy little 5 year old Ruthie, holding her balloon she got at lunch fast asleep, all I can see is this movie of pictures in my head to go along with the song that is playing.......
Perhaps, we are all suffering from this adjustment period of starting school and growing up. While I have always played the tough Mom, and have always tried to make them independent and strong young ladies. I am realizing that maybe I am doing too good of a job at times and now they no longer need me like they used to. I guess my work here is done.....
So today, we set off for the mall. First stop Gap. She wanted to carry all her own clothes as she goes to the dressing room to have a fashion show. She picks out tons of new tops, and fleece outfits, socks, tights for her sister, even wanted me to get a few things. We had a blast.
Next stop, she wants to go to the Merry Go Round. Where she insists on paying all by herself and climbs up to the top of the 2 story Merry Go Round and picks out her animal while I watch from the gated area for spectators. She even asked a dad near her to help her strap her safety harness. She rides and enjoys herself, and I have to yell to her to make her wave to me. As the ride comes to a stop I go to the exit where I am greeted by a huge smile and a running Ruthie with a jumping Hi-5 that is so loud people start to stare. "That was totally awesome Mom!" she screams Honestly I think she was thinking the Hi-5 was Awesome because it was so loud!
Now we are off to Red Robin for lunch. Her choice. We sit down and she immediately goes to the back of the menu pics out what she wants to eat. When the waiter comes by she politely asks for water and a basket of onion straws. When he brings our water back she looks him in they eye and asks for Chicken and French fries, please. After he leaves she says.... "Mom, I ordered all by myself! And look, I am even sitting like an adult". She had her legs crossed! We sit and discuss school, friends, people in her class that are not nice for no reason, (she doesn't like that) and how she just wants to be nice to everyone. She likes to learn and to count and to even try to connect with the kids in the class that other people don't like. (yes, imagine, she is in Kindergarten and 5 and people already don't like people - although that is not my daughter!) When done she even passes on a hot fudge sundae!
Next stop Target.... We pick out slippers for her and pink ones for Lucy, and the new TaylorSwift CD. She also askes for a Hot Pretzel. We were in there for a while!
When we get out of target we put the CD in and start our 25 minute journey home. We listen to the songs and talk about if we like them or not. About song number seven she begins to fall asleep. There I am driving down the highway listening when song number eight comes on. At which point I listen to the words and I am sobbing! Sobbing so hard I am fogging up my glasses. Crying so hard, I am wondering if I need to pull over. As I look back in the rearview mirror and see my beautiful, wonderful happy little 5 year old Ruthie, holding her balloon she got at lunch fast asleep, all I can see is this movie of pictures in my head to go along with the song that is playing.......
Perhaps, we are all suffering from this adjustment period of starting school and growing up. While I have always played the tough Mom, and have always tried to make them independent and strong young ladies. I am realizing that maybe I am doing too good of a job at times and now they no longer need me like they used to. I guess my work here is done.....
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Halloween
The girls really loved Halloween! Ruthie made a Great Fire Fighter and Lucy was a fantastic SuperGirl.... Pink Supergirl as she kept saying.
The house looked great, the weather was perfect and we had an all around fun night. The best part is.... the girls haven't even asked to have any candy since that night.
Ruthie had a Halloween parade and it was so fun to see all the kids.
The house looked great, the weather was perfect and we had an all around fun night. The best part is.... the girls haven't even asked to have any candy since that night.
Ruthie had a Halloween parade and it was so fun to see all the kids.
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