SJ's collection illustration
Tickle War
Dancing
Well, some were happy about the group photo...
The Almost Walker
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wordless Wednesday (Vacation Edition)
Golf
SJ's collection illustration
Tickle War
Dancing
Well, some were happy about the group photo...
The Almost Walker
SJ's collection illustration
Tickle War
Dancing
Well, some were happy about the group photo...
The Almost Walker
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
I promise
I promise, I'm not dead!
I promise it's only because it's summer and the kids are all home and it's busy here at the house. It's fun and 90% of it lovely.
I promise a real post soon. Like before summer is over...
I promise it's only because it's summer and the kids are all home and it's busy here at the house. It's fun and 90% of it lovely.
I promise a real post soon. Like before summer is over...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Not Me! Monday
A few weeks ago we DID NOT find a dead squirrel in our backyard. This week, our second son DID NOT find a dead rat in the back. The conversation DID NOT go this way:
Him: MOM, I found a dead rat in the backyard, [hands in the air] but I didn't touch it.
Me: EW! What!? Where?
Him: Over on the hill. But it's already in the trash.
Me: But you said you didn't touch it.
Him: But, Mom, I didn't touch it. I just scooped it up with SJ's butterfly net and threw it in the trash.
I DID NOT shudder when I got said butterfly net and saw rat blood on it. UG UG UG!
{Update: Jenn Russo DID NOT witness the crime scene clean up!!}
I DID NOT try to make dinner more exciting by calling Captain Chicken "Pirate Captain Chicken". We DID NOT make pirate eye patches to wear during dinner. We DID NOT run out of paper, so I of course DID NOT resort to an extremely long Aldi receipt. Nope, not me!
I DID NOT gag just a little when I went into the baby's room and could smell the rank lovie from the door. Of course not, it gets washed on a regular basis. I would NEVER forget how long it's been since it's been washed. Nope, not me!
SJ was NOT stretching from the couch to the coffee table saying, "Mom, look. It's my foot lay down connection! That's what I call it when I do this."
Him: MOM, I found a dead rat in the backyard, [hands in the air] but I didn't touch it.
Me: EW! What!? Where?
Him: Over on the hill. But it's already in the trash.
Me: But you said you didn't touch it.
Him: But, Mom, I didn't touch it. I just scooped it up with SJ's butterfly net and threw it in the trash.
I DID NOT shudder when I got said butterfly net and saw rat blood on it. UG UG UG!
{Update: Jenn Russo DID NOT witness the crime scene clean up!!}
I DID NOT try to make dinner more exciting by calling Captain Chicken "Pirate Captain Chicken". We DID NOT make pirate eye patches to wear during dinner. We DID NOT run out of paper, so I of course DID NOT resort to an extremely long Aldi receipt. Nope, not me!
I DID NOT gag just a little when I went into the baby's room and could smell the rank lovie from the door. Of course not, it gets washed on a regular basis. I would NEVER forget how long it's been since it's been washed. Nope, not me!
SJ was NOT stretching from the couch to the coffee table saying, "Mom, look. It's my foot lay down connection! That's what I call it when I do this."
More funniness over at MckMama's Blog
Have a great week!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wednesday Wonderings or where I have an issue with laundry caps
Why are laundry caps so hard to decipher? I mean really.
First, they are so deceptively deep. On the outside, they're like, "Ooo, I may be a cavernous container, but my cap is so dainty, delicate, and delightful. You'll only use a drop; you'll save the earth from useless, detergent waste."
Then, you're at home at the washer and you open the itty bitty lid. And Woah! There is this whole sub-terranean area coming out of this lid! Seriously, I can hear the echo of my "woah." And somewhere down there is my dainty, little number 1 line. All I can see is a 6. Or is that at 9? I can't really tell because the line, the number, and the cap are all the same color. I flip to the back of the bottle. "For a normal load, go to line 1 and a heavy load, line 2." What? So why even have the 6 on the cap? Did someone just like drawing lines? Forget saving the earth; I have children crawling on couches upstairs! Throw in line 6 and the noxious wash and be done with it!
Why don't minivans and station wagons and SUVs come with a limo glass option? You know, the kind that slides up and down just behind the front seats. That bit of privacy glass could come down if there were a problem, but save the drivers ears from the sounds of bickering. It would be like, "Go to your room and work it out" for the car. I mean seriously? I would pay more money for that than a DVD player.
When did pipe cleaners become Chenille craft sticks? Are we terrified our children will go make a corn cob pipe and smoke some tobacco because they want to use a green, glittery pipe cleaner? Because, well, I was thinking about smoking a pipe, but since I can only find chenille craft sticks, I'm going to stay clean. Well, that and Nancy Reagan told me "Just say No."
First, they are so deceptively deep. On the outside, they're like, "Ooo, I may be a cavernous container, but my cap is so dainty, delicate, and delightful. You'll only use a drop; you'll save the earth from useless, detergent waste."
Then, you're at home at the washer and you open the itty bitty lid. And Woah! There is this whole sub-terranean area coming out of this lid! Seriously, I can hear the echo of my "woah." And somewhere down there is my dainty, little number 1 line. All I can see is a 6. Or is that at 9? I can't really tell because the line, the number, and the cap are all the same color. I flip to the back of the bottle. "For a normal load, go to line 1 and a heavy load, line 2." What? So why even have the 6 on the cap? Did someone just like drawing lines? Forget saving the earth; I have children crawling on couches upstairs! Throw in line 6 and the noxious wash and be done with it!
Why don't minivans and station wagons and SUVs come with a limo glass option? You know, the kind that slides up and down just behind the front seats. That bit of privacy glass could come down if there were a problem, but save the drivers ears from the sounds of bickering. It would be like, "Go to your room and work it out" for the car. I mean seriously? I would pay more money for that than a DVD player.
When did pipe cleaners become Chenille craft sticks? Are we terrified our children will go make a corn cob pipe and smoke some tobacco because they want to use a green, glittery pipe cleaner? Because, well, I was thinking about smoking a pipe, but since I can only find chenille craft sticks, I'm going to stay clean. Well, that and Nancy Reagan told me "Just say No."
Monday, May 17, 2010
Not Me! Monday
Have I avoided Not Me! Monday because of insane busyness? NO! Not Me!
If you were at Deirburgs on Sunday night while I was waiting for the slowest deli clerk ever, you DID NOT see me wipe my baby's nose with a Starbucks receipt. Nope, I am always prepared with tissues and would never risk ink schmeg all over the baby's face. No, that was another woman. Not me.
Also, that trip to Deirburgs was NOT a last ditch effort to make it before the 10 for 10 sale was over. I absolutely DID NOT procrastinate the trip to the grocery all week. I DID NOT make my list from the circular on Monday.
I DO NOT allow my baby to climb on our brick hearth. Nope, I would never allow that kind of unsafe behavior. I absolutely would not take photos of it or nick name it her "perch."
This child is NOT still obbsessed with call his sister "The Chewer."
If you were at Deirburgs on Sunday night while I was waiting for the slowest deli clerk ever, you DID NOT see me wipe my baby's nose with a Starbucks receipt. Nope, I am always prepared with tissues and would never risk ink schmeg all over the baby's face. No, that was another woman. Not me.
Also, that trip to Deirburgs was NOT a last ditch effort to make it before the 10 for 10 sale was over. I absolutely DID NOT procrastinate the trip to the grocery all week. I DID NOT make my list from the circular on Monday.
I DO NOT allow my baby to climb on our brick hearth. Nope, I would never allow that kind of unsafe behavior. I absolutely would not take photos of it or nick name it her "perch."
This child is NOT still obbsessed with call his sister "The Chewer."
More funniness over at MckMama's Blog
Have a great week!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Birthday Party-Fancy Nancy Tea Party
The table set with cake, juice, tea, tiny sandwiches (cream cheese & jam or peanut butter & jam with the crusts cut off), fruit salad, flowers, and of course fine china.
The girls' activity packets-their name, its meaning, and their monogram to decorate, a crown, a bow, and baubles.
The cake. I used small ramekins to bake the cakes and layered them like a regular layer cake. In case you're wondering, yes I am crazy enough to use my wedding china with 4-year-olds. I live on the edge like that.
My favorite part-the party favors! I bought a set of white canvas bags and iron on initials from Hobby Lobby. I also bought a mugs that came with coloring inserts. That's what I used to make the name inserts. Each favor—$2.50
The Ladies after our game of Make Nancy Fancy.
We did play another few fun song games, but I don't have any pictures!
At the Table
Cake Time
Presents
I planned for the girls to arrive with their invitations and find their names at the "coloring table". That way the girls were doing something as the other guests arrived and I chatted with the moms. Each packet had a crown (downloaded from http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/princesscrown.html) and several Fancy Nancy "printables". There are a ton to choose from at http://www.fancynancybooks.com/#/kids/fungames/6/. I did the bow and the baubles. I also included their names to color. I used the inserts from the mugs as a template. In Microsoft Word (because I have nothing better!) I used the font "perpetua" for their names in bold, italic, and outline. I put the meaning of the first name in the upper right corner and their monograms (that's fancy for initials) in the bottom left, both in "Edwardian Script". The box had crayons, colored pencils, and stickers. I decided against markers since they were wearing their "finest frocks".
After they finished coloring we played "Make Nancy Fancy". Once again, http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/harperchildrensimages/game/fancynancycoloring.swf, color and print as large as you can. We did 11x17. I cut paper bows from a sheet of contruction paper, but I'm sure you could do something more exciting! I did a circle of tape on the back and you play just like pin the tale on the donkey, except of course with a fabulous pashmina (you know, fancy for scarf).
We then used the scarf to travel to where we played our singing games.
Down in the Valley (a partner game where they mimic their partner's created motions to the song)
Snail, Snail
An Elephant Goes like This and That (not very fancy, but they're 4! You've got to be silly)
We then went back to the coloring table because some of the girls wanted to color on their bows more. About 5 minutes after that, we had our tea at the table. The girls at with their pinkies up and were very polite. I did make real tea in the teapot, but we drink a lot of tea in our house, so S was used to that. I did have juice for the other girls. At this point I had planned on making stars with a tracing of their hand, but we ran out of time, so we went for cake and presents instead!
I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms blogging program to be eligible to get a Fancy Nancy prize pack. For more information on how you can participate, click here. But more because my daughter is obsessed with Fancy Nancy!
The girls' activity packets-their name, its meaning, and their monogram to decorate, a crown, a bow, and baubles.
The cake. I used small ramekins to bake the cakes and layered them like a regular layer cake. In case you're wondering, yes I am crazy enough to use my wedding china with 4-year-olds. I live on the edge like that.
My favorite part-the party favors! I bought a set of white canvas bags and iron on initials from Hobby Lobby. I also bought a mugs that came with coloring inserts. That's what I used to make the name inserts. Each favor—$2.50
The Ladies after our game of Make Nancy Fancy.
We did play another few fun song games, but I don't have any pictures!
At the Table
Cake Time
Presents
I planned for the girls to arrive with their invitations and find their names at the "coloring table". That way the girls were doing something as the other guests arrived and I chatted with the moms. Each packet had a crown (downloaded from http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/princesscrown.html) and several Fancy Nancy "printables". There are a ton to choose from at http://www.fancynancybooks.com/#/kids/fungames/6/. I did the bow and the baubles. I also included their names to color. I used the inserts from the mugs as a template. In Microsoft Word (because I have nothing better!) I used the font "perpetua" for their names in bold, italic, and outline. I put the meaning of the first name in the upper right corner and their monograms (that's fancy for initials) in the bottom left, both in "Edwardian Script". The box had crayons, colored pencils, and stickers. I decided against markers since they were wearing their "finest frocks".
After they finished coloring we played "Make Nancy Fancy". Once again, http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/harperchildrensimages/game/fancynancycoloring.swf, color and print as large as you can. We did 11x17. I cut paper bows from a sheet of contruction paper, but I'm sure you could do something more exciting! I did a circle of tape on the back and you play just like pin the tale on the donkey, except of course with a fabulous pashmina (you know, fancy for scarf).
We then used the scarf to travel to where we played our singing games.
Down in the Valley (a partner game where they mimic their partner's created motions to the song)
Snail, Snail
An Elephant Goes like This and That (not very fancy, but they're 4! You've got to be silly)
We then went back to the coloring table because some of the girls wanted to color on their bows more. About 5 minutes after that, we had our tea at the table. The girls at with their pinkies up and were very polite. I did make real tea in the teapot, but we drink a lot of tea in our house, so S was used to that. I did have juice for the other girls. At this point I had planned on making stars with a tracing of their hand, but we ran out of time, so we went for cake and presents instead!
I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms blogging program to be eligible to get a Fancy Nancy prize pack. For more information on how you can participate, click here. But more because my daughter is obsessed with Fancy Nancy!
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