Tuesday, January 13, 2009

a Boy's pocket

Check out what I found in Luke's pocket...all in his words
Number strip - for a guessing number game.
Dice - to predict a roll....(I guess kinda like gambling.)
Broken green light saber - to be an invisible guy fighting Count Dooku
Count Dooku - to play with the invisible guy
Feather - found in his down jacket...played with until a little girl took it, blew it, and then lost it.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Not Me Monday & Project 365


Well, it's that time of the week again when I'm honest and tell you all the things that I absolutely DID NOT do this past week. And I can honestly say that well, over half of my not me's do not revolve around doctors or waiting rooms.

I did not laugh when my daughter insisted on putting her feet on the table while eating lunch over and over again. I also did not laugh when my son Blake was getting completely grossed out by the whole foot thing. (He does not like feet.) I did not encourage Makenna to keep doing it just so I could get a good picture of it for Project 365. (Project 365, Day 6)

Oh, here's a good one. I promise that I did NOT deny knowing my husband when he was talking very firmly to the receptionist at my OB doctor's office. He was NOT at all upset that I had to wait over an hour just to get called back. He did not actually almost have steam coming out of his ears. I was not sitting off to the back of where he was, slightly out of sight of him denying that he was my husband. I did not NOT want to be associated with the crazy screaming man and then become "THAT WOMAN WITH THE IRATE HUSBAND." I did not feel guilty when the doctor was looking at his list of patients trying to figure out who's husband it was especially after I denied even to him that it was NOT my husband. I did NOT feel so guilty that I finally 'fessed up that it was my husband because I as much as I did NOT want to be "THAT WOMAN" I also did NOT want someone else have to be "THAT WOMAN." Upon not admitting that it was my husband, I did not start laughing when the doctor said, "Well, what does he think this is.....a McDonald's?" I also did not grab my belongings. cover my face with hand, and rush by my husband as he is still going off on the poor, poor receptionist lady. Now, truly in my husband's defense.....he DID call later that afternoon on his own free will, and apologized to the poor receptionist lady. See, he righted his wrong. He's a good man!)

In Master Clubs on Wednesday night, we definitely would never have allowed to kids to lounge on the mats while we had the lesson time. That would be just horrible. What kind of leader would I be if I didn't make them sit up straight and tall with their Bibles in their laps at all times? (Project 365 - Day 7)

I also did not get my boot off this week with instructions from the doctor to occasionally still wear it especially when I'm out shopping. I have faithfully worn it each and every time that I went shopping. I would definitely always do what the doctor ordered. I have not NOT worn it since that day in the doctor's office. It has not been sitting in the middle of the floor in my room almost like a shrine. (Day 8 of Project 365)

On Friday, I had to take my kids to the dentist. Eric actually had a crown come off the night before, and the dentist office said that he could come in too, and they would fix it. We drove separate cars. Now here's where the Not me comes in. I did NOT take the express lane in hopes to get there faster. I did secretly really want to get up there faster just so I could stop at Starbucks and get a Frappucino. I did NOT keep a look-out for Eric as I was sitting in the drive thru lane. And I most definitely DID NOT tell the kids to DUCK DOWN when I saw Eric. I also did not duck down simply because I did not want him to see me there getting what my heart so desired. I was not 2 minutes late for our appointment because I stopped at Starbucks.
I did not wait almost a month to take Kaleb to the dentist. I did not figure that since I already had an appointment for the boys in January that I did NOT need to make another appointment for Kaleb even if his tooth was turning BLACK. He does not have to have a hole drilled in the back of his tooth, and have all the dead nerve removed, and who knows what else. Bless his little heart. He did not make another appointment for him in three more weeks because that was the only time the dentist could get both me and him in. (Day 9 of Project 365)

I also did not allow my children to play with the toys in the waiting room like they play with them at home. There were not toys strewn all over the waiting room of the dentist office. No way! (Once again...in my defense this time...we did pick them all up before we left.)

We did not take all the kids on Saturday to the flea market to traipse all over. They all had naps, so they had such a great time. (Project 365 - Day 10)

And my favorite one.....I positively did not ignore my daughter in nursery yesterday morning that she had to go and find comfort in the arms of another...and a boy at that. (Day 11 of Project 365)

Monday, January 05, 2009

Day 4 &5: Project 365


Am I gonna post one every day?? Probably not, but I am on a roll right now, so bear with me. I'm thinking that this is my craving right now...a Starbucks Mocha Frappucino. With each kid, it's been something different....Subway, Skyline, Toot's just to name a few, but right now it's these. Now some of you might be saying how horrible these are for me and the baby, and I say....sorry...this is what the baby wants. As I looked longingly at the empty one on my desk on Sunday, I kept dreaming of a new one to take its place. (Now, in my defense, I do share some of it with the boys. That's why it's a Venti.") But it's so yummy.
Christmas is officially over in our house. Proof of that? The naked tree....Blake and Luke helped me take the ornaments off the tree today. Now to get the tree down. It shouldn't be that hard since it's only two pieces.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Not me Monday

Of course I got this idea from MckMama's blog , but it's so fun to do...and slightly therapeutic.
Let's see what all did I Definitely NOT do this past week.
I definitely did my dishes every single day including when my in laws were at my house. I would never allow my in-laws to visit from Michigan and have dirty dishes lined up on my counter. No way, not me.
I also would never ever actually laugh when my father-in-law told me that he cleaned the glass plate in the microwave...you know the one that spins because it would never be that filthy to begin with. There was no food caked on there or any other stains on there from stuff bubbling and splattering all over. I would never let my microwave look like that, and would positively never let my father in law see it like that.


I definitely did not get so frustrated with Makenna when she kept crying during our Bible story...mind you, it was also our first day back to school after a huge break....that I placed her in her room and closed to door, just so she wouldn't interrupt anymore.

I also did not go to IKEA this past week with my in-laws because I wanted to show it off to them. I did not get slightly disappointed when Eric would not wait the 30 minutes to put the in the play area. I did not go up the monstrous Ikea elevator and just smile to myself just because I was there at IKEA. I definitely do not like IKEA that much. I also did not walk through the entire store and add things to my cart only to get to the end of the store where I contemplated putting it all back because the lines were so long. I did not get giddy with excitement when I saw these desks for my scrapbook room on sale for 1/2 off. I definitely did not look at my husband who was feeling quite boxed in at the moment. I also did not smirk when he said, "Just get whatever, I'm leaving. I can't stand this crowd." So since he said that, I did not take advantage of his discomfort and buy not one, but TWO of the desks along with an easel for the classroom too..not too mention the rest of my cart. I then did not fret until I got home about spending way too much money only to have Eric tell me that I better have spent less than a certain amount. And then when I told him I was over that amount by $30, he did not tell me to take it all back which caused great sadness that only lasted a few hours because my father in law hooked me up with the extra funds to pay Eric back.I did not go psycho and hug my father in law a million times saying thank you over and over because I was not at all thrilled to keep my beautiful desks!!! (The desks have a slightly thicker top to them, but at Ikea you mix and match the legs with the tops.)

I did not allow all of my children to get on the table while playing with a marble maze toy. I am positive that I that did not just watch Jakeb stand on the table and shriek with delight at his marble went down the maze. I would never let my children stand on my table. That would just be horrible.

I did not tell my husband to tell pastor that we were pregnant with baby #6 because I was afraid of what Eric might say (especially since the last time he didn't announced it to people in Sunday School at our old church by saying, "We thought we had it covered, but we didn't."). So instead Eric did not go to Pastor and tell him that I MADE him tell Pastor. Then Pastor did NOT make me stand up in front of the entire church, and he did not embarrass the living daylights out of me by saying that we were taking it very seriously about adding growth to our church, and that our quiver is getting very full. I did not sit back down after he made me stand forever and secretly wish that Eric had just made the announcement.

I have also not been typing most of this while I'm trying to have school with the kids. I have also not lost my patience way too many times to even count this morning considering this is the first time back to school in two weeks. AHHHHHHH!!!

I'm Ragued

Eric and I have had a little secret since right before Thanksgiving. We've even had a code word a.k.a. ragued Ragu is a type of spaghetti sauce, right? Well, what's the other type of popular spaghettig sauce??? That's right...Prego...and in our book Prego means.......Preggo...which means PREGNANT! Baby Number 6 will be joining our family sometime in August.
Here's the little peanut.

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Don't you just want to squeeze this face?

This is one of her new camera faces. The other is when she closes one eye and then smiles like this.

Opening presents

And here are the promised opening present pictures proving that we did have a Christmas.


Christmas tree pics


day 2 & 3 Project 365

Last night Eric's parents, our family, and Stacy and her kids all went to Skyline. It's a Cincinnati restaurant, so usually when our family members come, they always want to go. We took up two tables. How funny is that!Today we spent the entire morning shuffling between three basketball games. This is how our Saturdays are going to be for awhile. Should be interesting.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Project 365 - Jan 1


okay, so not the best way to start out the new year. I can't believe I forgot my camera when we, the family and the in-laws, went to Buca di Beppos tonight. But well, I still wanted to remember the experience so I snapped a shot of their website. If I ever get back over there, I'll snap a picture of the outside or something, but it's not an area of town that we normally go to, so I don't know if that will happen or not.

So some of you might be wondering what Project 365 is. Unfortunately, it's a goal that I might not keep, but I'm gonna try my hardest. It's basically a picture a day for a year. It makes one album that documents your one year. My favorite scrapbooker, Becky Higgins made a scrapbooking kit to go with it to make it all easier. I think it's such a great idea.
My goal is to try to post most of the pics on my blog too. That way...it'll help with the journaling. Of course, I might have to post a whole week in one post, but we'll see. Anyways, that's the plan.