ok this is huge! beanie went potty at a restaurant not once, but twice! all.by.herself!!
she said she had to go and she went. could this be the end of diapers during the day for her???
we will have to see hows she does over the weekend!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Day at Daycare
Beanie, what did you do at daycare today?
Pony mommy, i rode a pony
what was the pony like?
pony????
yes, sweety was the pony big or small?
small
was the pony brown or white?
white
was the pony white or brown?
brown!
mommy, i want a pony!
sure honey, put it on your christmas wish list!
So Today beanie rode a pony at daycare, and that is all she could talk about at dinner. That is all she could talk about half way up the street to carvel (yup, we decided to put the kids in the wagon and walk!!!)
On the way home, she sang. She sang to me, to brother, to Michael, to the cars, to sandy (who was at home) to anyone who would listen. It was great!
Tonight, little girl, I hope you dream about ponies and your ride today!
Pony mommy, i rode a pony
what was the pony like?
pony????
yes, sweety was the pony big or small?
small
was the pony brown or white?
white
was the pony white or brown?
brown!
mommy, i want a pony!
sure honey, put it on your christmas wish list!
So Today beanie rode a pony at daycare, and that is all she could talk about at dinner. That is all she could talk about half way up the street to carvel (yup, we decided to put the kids in the wagon and walk!!!)
On the way home, she sang. She sang to me, to brother, to Michael, to the cars, to sandy (who was at home) to anyone who would listen. It was great!
Tonight, little girl, I hope you dream about ponies and your ride today!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Apartment life
It's official. We closed on the house on Friday. I got to meet the new owners, very interesting and sad. Afterwords, the father came over and shook my hand and thanked me and wished me all the best of luck in finding another home. That was very nice and very thoughtful.
Anyway, here we are, almost a month into living in the apartment and I have to say...not all that bad. Yeah I know mom...i used to complaine about living in an apartment, now...truely not all that bad.
The laundry gets done faster, there is less to clean up and way less bills to deal with. The only hard part, besides remembering where we live while driving home late at night...is that the dog has to wait to go out. It's a long elevator ride for poor Sandy, but she does a great job at it.
Michael and I were talking about how long we could do this...the apartment thing. I think we could hold out for atleast a year, maybe longer. There are a lot of good things to be said about living in apartments. Though I do think that when the kids get bigger we will have to have a house, otherwise they might kill eachother. Right now, beanie sleeps in their room and scooter sleeps in the pack n play in the livingroom, which is fine, unless you want to watch tv, then it makes it a little tougher. Scooter likes to stand and watch and sometimes even comment on the show your watching. If he likes it he's quiet, if not...dadadadada...than maybe a rasberry if it's really bad. Yup, 15 months old and he's got an opinion about tv, though his favorite thing about it is turning it off, esoecially if there's a song on he doesn't like (we listen to music when te kids are playing, they have a toddler channel with all the kids songs...the wheels on the bus go round and round all through the town...sorry got side tracked!)
Oh and grocery shopping is hard. Afterall, there's only so much room we have to put things. Right now we are busting at the seems, but I know we will get things thinned out and we will have more room for important things like cake and cookies and goldfish!
I know you're wondering about the house hunting...yeah, not so much right now. We are still talking about what we want and what's best for us and the family. I still want a ranch...but now we're thinking 4 bedrooms is plenty...especially if they're big. If the master is big enough, we can put Michael's desk and stuff in there or even my stuff...but again, nothing major in the works yet. I guess after moving into a 2/2 it makes you realize that bigger is not beter afterall!
Anyway, here we are, almost a month into living in the apartment and I have to say...not all that bad. Yeah I know mom...i used to complaine about living in an apartment, now...truely not all that bad.
The laundry gets done faster, there is less to clean up and way less bills to deal with. The only hard part, besides remembering where we live while driving home late at night...is that the dog has to wait to go out. It's a long elevator ride for poor Sandy, but she does a great job at it.
Michael and I were talking about how long we could do this...the apartment thing. I think we could hold out for atleast a year, maybe longer. There are a lot of good things to be said about living in apartments. Though I do think that when the kids get bigger we will have to have a house, otherwise they might kill eachother. Right now, beanie sleeps in their room and scooter sleeps in the pack n play in the livingroom, which is fine, unless you want to watch tv, then it makes it a little tougher. Scooter likes to stand and watch and sometimes even comment on the show your watching. If he likes it he's quiet, if not...dadadadada...than maybe a rasberry if it's really bad. Yup, 15 months old and he's got an opinion about tv, though his favorite thing about it is turning it off, esoecially if there's a song on he doesn't like (we listen to music when te kids are playing, they have a toddler channel with all the kids songs...the wheels on the bus go round and round all through the town...sorry got side tracked!)
Oh and grocery shopping is hard. Afterall, there's only so much room we have to put things. Right now we are busting at the seems, but I know we will get things thinned out and we will have more room for important things like cake and cookies and goldfish!
I know you're wondering about the house hunting...yeah, not so much right now. We are still talking about what we want and what's best for us and the family. I still want a ranch...but now we're thinking 4 bedrooms is plenty...especially if they're big. If the master is big enough, we can put Michael's desk and stuff in there or even my stuff...but again, nothing major in the works yet. I guess after moving into a 2/2 it makes you realize that bigger is not beter afterall!
Thursday, July 09, 2009
new home
So here we are, almost a week into living in the apartment. I have to admit, though there are a lot of downsides, there are a few upsides, like the great pictures of beanie sleeping next to Scooter or the fact that I no longer have to go up and down to do laundry and cleaning is a breeze.
The other night we were going to make pasta for dinner, until I realized that all our pans and pots were still back at the house, along with all my oven mits. guess you need things like that to cook and bake, right?
Bright side...Beanie can now go to the bathroom all by herself. Yeah, I know, she could do that before the move, but here they are lower to the ground and I can wash the dishes and watch her all at the same time. It's kind of nice. Today she went potty twice...on the potty. Holly cow is that huge!
i have never been so happy for her, she's so proud of herself and she should be, it's a big accomplishment! Rock on beanie!!!
The other night we were going to make pasta for dinner, until I realized that all our pans and pots were still back at the house, along with all my oven mits. guess you need things like that to cook and bake, right?
Bright side...Beanie can now go to the bathroom all by herself. Yeah, I know, she could do that before the move, but here they are lower to the ground and I can wash the dishes and watch her all at the same time. It's kind of nice. Today she went potty twice...on the potty. Holly cow is that huge!
i have never been so happy for her, she's so proud of herself and she should be, it's a big accomplishment! Rock on beanie!!!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
awwwww
So before I got all the pieces to put Scooters bed together, we had him sleeping in the pack n play. One night he was having a tough time sleeping...so beanie helped him feel safe!She put his mattress that was up against the wall on the floor and got her blanket and went to bed next to him.
it's the little moments like this that make parenthood worth every tantrum and sleepless night!
Friday, July 03, 2009
house to apartment
So today we moved. We moved the bed, the dresser, the kids beds, their dressers and so on. It was hard, I'm not gonna lie. I thought it would be easy, afterall, we have a place to live...but it's way harder than I thought.
I drove by the house tonight to go walk some dogs and I cried. i cried because that house represented so much of our family.
That's the first one we bought. We get the dog in that house. It's the house that beanie came home to from the hospital and Logan. Beanie took her first steps, her first tumble, first of a lot of things and the same with Logan.
We faced 2 hurricanes in that house, controversy in the neighborhood, made some great freinds (that I hope we stay in touch with). There were also a few tears shed in that house. It's the house that we got the news of both my grandparents and Aunti Bobby.
I know it sounds weird, afterall, it's a house, the memories go with you, they're not left behind when you leave, but it's still hard. it's hard going from a 2 story house to a 2 bedroom apartment where the kids have to share a room and the tub/shower are smaller than our potty room in the house. I know that we will find a home that fits us and one that we will have many more firsts, like Scooter finally walking...alone for more than 3 steps and many more happy occasions with us and with our families.
I still miss our house. It will suck having to go back and clean and get the things that we couldn't bring today (it rained...alot) or things we forgot, like shampoo and soap and the toothbrushes, yeah I know, those are big things...especially in the morning. did I mention that I miss our house?
The kids are settling in alright. It was funny to watch them go to bed tonight. Beanie looked at Scooter like he was invading in her room...scooter? yeah, out cold. Rough day...playing and eating and pointing to where he thinks things should go ( good thing we didn't listen, everything would be in the bathroom and kitchen, including his sister!)
All in all, things went well and soon we will be settled in and back on a schedule!
I drove by the house tonight to go walk some dogs and I cried. i cried because that house represented so much of our family.
That's the first one we bought. We get the dog in that house. It's the house that beanie came home to from the hospital and Logan. Beanie took her first steps, her first tumble, first of a lot of things and the same with Logan.
We faced 2 hurricanes in that house, controversy in the neighborhood, made some great freinds (that I hope we stay in touch with). There were also a few tears shed in that house. It's the house that we got the news of both my grandparents and Aunti Bobby.
I know it sounds weird, afterall, it's a house, the memories go with you, they're not left behind when you leave, but it's still hard. it's hard going from a 2 story house to a 2 bedroom apartment where the kids have to share a room and the tub/shower are smaller than our potty room in the house. I know that we will find a home that fits us and one that we will have many more firsts, like Scooter finally walking...alone for more than 3 steps and many more happy occasions with us and with our families.
I still miss our house. It will suck having to go back and clean and get the things that we couldn't bring today (it rained...alot) or things we forgot, like shampoo and soap and the toothbrushes, yeah I know, those are big things...especially in the morning. did I mention that I miss our house?
The kids are settling in alright. It was funny to watch them go to bed tonight. Beanie looked at Scooter like he was invading in her room...scooter? yeah, out cold. Rough day...playing and eating and pointing to where he thinks things should go ( good thing we didn't listen, everything would be in the bathroom and kitchen, including his sister!)
All in all, things went well and soon we will be settled in and back on a schedule!
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