Presidents' Day

Being a stay-at-home-mom, it's sad to say that I usually don't remember such holidays until I go get the mail or try to go to the bank. Today was different though, it was my 3 1/2 year old that reminded me this time as he told me, completely out of the blue, that Barack Obama was president of our country. Now, I had tried to explain to him during the inauguration that we had a new President and his name was President Obama, but I was pretty sure I wasn't making any sense to him and I don't ever remember telling him his first name was Barack. Then I remembered when I picked him up from school today, that the teacher told me they had made log cabins and learned about Abraham Lincoln. Now it's clicking. It's Presidents' Day. Hey, one thing I know for sure is that my kid was listening at school today :)

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A Beautiful Day

Gosh, you couldn't ask for a nicer day in early February, even around here. I think it hit 70 degrees today. Talk about Spring fever. Anyway, we couldn't let such a beautiful day go by without a walk to get some icecream! So, we loaded up the boys and off we went.

I think everyone had the same idea because there was quite a line when we got there. No biggie, that gave us plenty of time to decide what we wanted. Kyle, of course, chose the bright blue cotton candy flavor and added some sprinkles and an oreo to top it off. He scarfed that icecream down so fast, we couldn't believe it. Ryan actally got his first tasty treat today. No, not icecream (we're still on the gluten-free, dairy-free diet at the moment), but sorbet. How sophisticated of him. He had Pineapple-coconut, not exactly the number one choice for a 1 year old, but they didn't have much to choose from. He did like it though......after a few funny faces :)



Hard to believe we had all that snow just last week! I say bring on the warmer weather! I'm ready!

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Back to Grammy and Papa's

Last weekend we took a trip to Grammy and Papa's so we could see Aunt Stacy and Uncle Marky (and Grammy and Papa too), who were visiting for the week. We don't get to see them too much, so we were so glad we could catch up with them for a few days. The kids had a ball, who doesn't love more attention? Unfortunately, they were both fighting colds, but they can still expell their share of energy, even when they're down. Hopefully we didn't wear Aunt Stacy and Uncle Marky out too much. When you have two rugrats running around.....sleeping until 10 is no longer an option :) Love you guys!

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A Snowy Day

Yippee! Just when we thought our one shot at snow had passed us, this is what we woke up to this morning!

When Kyle got up this morning, I told him to go look out the window and he said, "Wow, there's a bunch of snow in our backyard, just like Nana's!" Nana and G-daddy live up in snow country, so we've been prepping him for our trip up there in a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, both kids are sick, so this isn't exactly what the doctor prescribed, but who could resist. What's 5 minutes, right? Here's a video of the boys......



And some pics.....

Ryan wasn't too sure what to make of it. I don't think he was digging the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man get up he was wearing. Oh well, Ryan got to see his first snow and Kyle got to play in the snow and really remember it this time! I guess the 20 minutes it took to get all that crap on was worth our 5 minutes of fun this morning! Time for some hot chocolate :)

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Where's Frosty?

So, our great snow was a huge bust the other day! Nothing but a dusting here. However, south of the city got a couple of inches, so schools were definitely closed. I was so tempted to get in my car and drive the kids to a park down there to play in the snow and then I thought better of it, with all of those white knuckled drivers out there. I was totally bummed. I even got out the snow pants and boots for the kids the night before (yes, we own snow pants and boots believe it or not.) Oh well, there's still time for another snow, right? I'll keep my fingers crossed.


We just bought a new point and shoot camera, so I had that already to go too. I was trying out this cool little feature it has called smile shutter. It detects your smile and snaps the picture. It really does work, surprisingly. See for yourself....

Nice try, still gotcha!

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It's been a while

Wow, almost 2 weeks since my last post. Talk about a slacker. Actually, I've been a little consumed with this workout thing, it takes up a good chunk of my precious free time. Maybe I need a third resolution....blog at LEAST once a week. I'll try. Anyway, not a whole lot going on here. Our latest struggle is nap time. Kyle seems to be giving it up, at least for a few days at a time. See what I mean about my precious free time? It's slowly dwindling! Here's what happens when you haven't napped for a few days and you sit down to watch your favorite show with a yummy snack all snuggled under a blanket.....

Looks just like his Daddy, he, he! Well, at least there's one person in this house that doesn't have any trouble sleeping. She'll sleep just about anywhere, anytime.



As for Mr. Ryan, he keeps growing by the minute. He's a tough one to keep up with these days , always getting into something. Here's his latest trick, pretty industrious if you ask me.



Well, I'm off to bed. We're expecting snow by morning, so keep your fingers crossed! Mommy wants to play!

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A New Year's resolution, or two....

This year, like everyone else on the planet, I've decided to start working out again. The practical me decided that joining the gym was not the way to go this time, since all I ever do is end up donating to their lovely facility while everyone else but me uses it. So, I invested in a workout video that I can do at home at my convenience. A friend of mine promotes these videos and she's going to be my "coach", if you will. The hardest part about this program is going to be the diet change. That means no more cookies or other crap that I tend to snack on during the day. The other day when I was doing my workout, I was doing some push-ups and leg kicks while Kyle was watching, and he said "Mommy, those are some funny tricks!" So, now my workout is called funny tricks! He'll even imitate them for you, if you ask him to (priceless) :) I'm heading into day 3 and boy am I in some serious pain. I've used muscles that must have been asleep for years. Since I'm so sore, the steps are kind of a challenge. So, tonight I decided to do some laundry and was gingerly walking down the steps with the basket until.... THUMP! Yes, I fell on my ass and slid half way down the steps. Let's just say I'm even more sore now. Tomorrow's workout should be a breeze! Wish me luck, I'm gonna need it!

As for my second resolution........We went to see the movie Marley & Me last weekend. For anyone that intends to see it, read no further. Anyway, it's about a crazy yellow lab named Marley who destroys everything in its sight. Eventually he mellows out and becomes a great family dog. Unfortunately, age sets in and the family is faced with the decision of letting him go. Can I tell you, the tears were just pouring down my face. I had to do everything I could to keep from crying out like a baby (as did the entire audience). It just made me think about my poor Abbey and how she has lost a lot of attention since the kids came a long. Don't get me wrong, she gets plenty of attention from the kids, but just not quite as much as she use to from me. So, my resolution is to give Abbey the love that she deserves. She doesn't ask for much, just a little love. I think I can do that!

Here's to 2009! Hope it's a good one!

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