Happy Birthday Anna!

Tonight we went to Cousin Anna's 4th birthday bash.

It's obvious that the birthday girl gets the best seat in the house!!

Aunt Sal Gal and Kate

She LOVED the little playhouse.


My cousin Ben (Anna's daddy) and me

All the fellas, discussing grocery lists, hormones, and exchanging recipes I'm sure.

We had a great night, but left a little early. I'm running in the Gate River Run 15K in the morning so I didn't want to stay out too terribly late. (But you know I had to stay long enough to grab some candy from the pinata.) Plus, the temperature started to drop and although Kate was sportin' her pajama bottoms under her skirt to try and stay warm, we were all getting a little chilly. After telling everyone goodbye a hundred times like we always do, we called it a night...a fun night at that!

Again, Happy Birthday Anna!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

It was then that I realized...

..I should probably grow up a little in the cereal department.



As we were flipping through the TV channels the other day, we stopped on The Flinstones. We've never really watched this particular show with Kate but when she saw it she immediately pointed to the TV and said, "Mama's cereal, Mama's cereal."

M to the Izz-A just looked at me and shook his head, almost looking sorry for me as my one and a half year old just called me out.

"Say one word, and I'm moving to Bedrock."

Wordless Wednesday

Dirty Faces

Kennedy and Kate

Longer days = Longer time in the dirt

We're professional party-goers

Like last weekend, we attended a birthday party on Saturday. And we've got two more birthday parties on the calendar for the upcoming month. We're becoming pros at the party business. I actually love going to them because it gives Kate time to play with her friends and also gives me time to hang out with mine! More on the partying in a minute. Let's first take a look at Friday's adventures.

On Friday Matt took Kate to the zoo. He was good enough to come home with pics to share.

Check out the tongue on that giraffe! I'm gonna pretend that he immediately washed her hands after this picture.

On Friday night we decided to go get some ice cream and were planning on coming back into the house to relax a bit until Kate decided that she wanted to take a quick cruise around the yard.

If it looks like I'm hanging on for dear life and frantically trying to steer for her, it's because I am. The button that makes the thing go was hard to push so M to the Izz-A pulled one of his stunts.

You can see the tape holding it down. So basically it goes and goes and never stops unless you pull the tape off, which is difficult to do when it's running at full speed with a 20 month old who doesn't quite get the concept of steering behind the wheel. It's all very safe.

And on Saturday, we went to my friend Kerri's house for her little boy Brock's second birthday party.

Brock

Bubbles + sand = the perfect party

My friend Jobeth's little girl, Reese

Brock, just chillin'

Kerri, me, and Jobeth

Daddy Daycare

After church and a long nap, Kate woke up in a great mood and ready to play.

We spent the afternoon playing around in the yard. We fed the ducks, had a picnic, and enjoyed the beautiful weather!

'Ridin' the horsey down to town'

Something's Fishy

Several months ago while my sister, Sal Gal, and I were hanging out watching CNN National Geographic Entertainment Tonight, I walked up and handed her this tackle box, without any explanation.

She looked at me confused, of course. And I could tell she was assuming that M to the Izz-A had bought me another one of his 'gifts', as he's been known to make a purchase 'for me' but it ends up being something I would never use and so then he claims it for himself. It's all very well thought out.

I told her to open it as I continued to stare at the T.V. and become educated in the ways of the entertainment industry.

Here's what she found:

My old buddy, Old Pal

"Go ahead, hook your toes up with some much needed color." I said.

She laughed and gave me the aren't-you-gonna-explain-this look.

I guess Matt got tired of seeing all of my nail polish (some so old that it's more the consistency of glue) laying in random spots all over the house. You know, like the kitchen counter, office desk, his sock drawer. What?! It was a day I had to do a really quick clean up and his sock drawer was the closest drawer to me.

So out of the blue he comes up to me one day with a huge grin, hands me this old tackle box and tells me to open it.

And inside I find all of my polish. Practicality and resourcefulness come easy to him. It's a gift...a curse....gift?

I've grown pretty fond of my Old Pal. It's like Caboodle's uber-tough cousin. (Do you remember Caboodles from your teenage years? Mine was a tie-dyed purple color and I felt so very cool with it at church camp, all filled up with some Wet n' Wild eyeshadow and clear mascara.)

I even carry it on trips sometime. It makes me feel all tough and outdoorsy.

What's next, organizing my 'underthings' in a toolbox?

Wordless Wednesday

Kate and Cousins - November 2008L to R: Kate, Chas and Lillie (Sal Gal's) , J.P. (Big Al's)

Take a peek

I got nothing. Nothing.

So here's a glimpse into my head...just some thoughts that have been churning around, but are in no way post worthy...

-It's entirely too cold outside for this warm-weathered girl. I do not have enough clothes for cold weather so I have been wearing the same things over and over, and over..........and over.

-M to the Izz-A told me two days ago that I was "too guarded" and that I don't let people "get too close to my heart". What?? No one has ever told me this and I have never thought of myself in this way. Either way, I can't get it out of my head and find myself wondering if he's right. I hope not.

- I can't even do a post about last night's Bachelor Finale because I didn't watch it. As a matter of fact, I didn't watch a single episode this season (or last season). Not that I don't enjoy it, because I really do (against Matt's wishes). But I just didn't watch it this go 'round and have no good reason why. Either way, I feel out of the loop as far as TV goes lately.

-Why is it that banana chips have the nutritional content of a bag of Doritos??! Does the banana not count for anything?

- Am I the only person who gets up early and has plenty of time to get ready but waits until the very last second so that I'm then running around and rushing like crazy, leaving just enough time to cut a wheel out of the driveway and speed my way to work only to arrive feeling frazzled? Why do I acknowledge that I do this to myself and continue to do it?!

So there you have it, the deep and the shallow of it.


My mind.....it's a jungle in there.