What wonderful weather we have had this past week. I mean really! The only complaint I have is how dry the air is. I'm used to Minnesota warm weather being humid. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to put away the lotion for anyone. I HAVE been able to keep the windows open all day, and the heat off! Our house does heat up really quick in the warm sun and I close the windows because 50 degrees is too cold for the nighttime for me. And since Russ hasn't been home this week, I seriously have been loving the upper 70 degree temperature the house gets for a few hours during the day. It's May for goodness sake, why the heck would I want to turn on the air now?
Yesterday after lunch, I was going to start pulling weeds that may turn into prickly plants in our yard for this weekend. It is supposed to be mid-80s which is warm enough to break out the sprinkler. I told Trevor why I wanted to do it, and he really wanted me to break out the sprinkler anyway. It did get to the upper 70's and I figured a few minutes in the sprinkler wouldn't hurt anyone. I even filled up the really small, inflatable pool for Gwen to play in. Well, filled up really only consisted of 3 buckets full of warm water. It was SO nice to be at this point in the season. If this is a joke, played on us by mother nature, I am not going to be a happy camper. I know there were not that many days that we could break out the sprinkler because of my 80 degree temperature to bring out the sprinkler.
Today, I decided to bring Gwen along and we would search garage sales. While I have my garage sale stuff down, where I tag and save things to sell at a garage sale, I'm not actually very good at garage sale shopping. Maybe my problem is I don't like shopping in general, so when I do I try to make it as short and sweet as possible. But when garage sales are involved, there really isn't a good way to plan out anything. You never know what you are going to get until you get there. My mission this season is to find white furniture for Gwen's room, a 20" not weathered bike for Trevor, a hard-sided pool for the kids, a push-trike for Gwen, and other misc. clothes or toys that are good deals for either kid. Gwen of course wants anything she can play with, but actually I was surprised that she didn't scream or get upset when we didn't take the toys she wanted. We did find a dancing Cinderella toy that she really loves to play with and a frilly wand for a total of $2.50. And then, I did score when I happened upon a garage sale that was selling a really nice white storage compartment. It probably should be used for toys in a toy room, but it could take maybe some clothes, or at least the books that are all over her room. $10 price. Yippee! I'll still look out for more, but I'm glad I found something I was looking for.
Two baseball games this week for Trevor. He has been quick to hit his pitched balls and they sail out there. I think it is hard for any kid to play in the field at this level since so many of the kids have a hard time hitting the ball. I was able to golf on Tuesday, and the weather was wonderful. Russ is coming back for the next three weeks, which is always a welcome treat! So again, I say YA-HOO!!!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
You would think this week would be bad....
But it was really good. Really, really good. I know I'm going to forget like half of the stuff that went on this week, so I may have to come back and rewrite a few things. We'll have to see how that goes.
Going all the way back to Monday. It seems like forever ago. It was Trevor's first baseball game. It was raining and cold and windy. Not exactly good weather for watching baseball. It reminded me of 13 years ago, watching Russ pitch in the pouring rain. This time, I at least remembered an umbrella, and thankfully I didn't bring Gwen with me, or else we would have had to sit in the car. Gwen was able to stay at home with Grandma and Amy. She was perfectly happy doing so.
Tuesday, instead of going to golf, there were two meetings I was attending at school. One was on a new multi-age class set up for next year that will have half 1st graders, and half 2nd graders. My brothers participated in these types of classes growing up, but I didn't get the chance. Before going to the meeting on the subject, I was actually turned off to the idea. The more I thought about it, and listened to the arguments, the more I thought it might be a good fit for Trevor. After discussing it with Russ, and Trevor's current teacher, the more it made sense. So right now, we have tossed his name into the ring. We will have to see if it works out, but for now, it may.
Wednesday, we decided to go out and bring Trevor to the science museum while Gwen hung out with my mom. My dad, my brothers and I all would go to the science museum at least once a year, sometimes more depending on what the exhibits were. The last time we were at the Children's Museum, it was obvious that Trevor was getting a little too old for it. We had also been at the Science Museum when the Star Wars exhibit had been there. At the time, it was a little too old for him, but there was still a lot to do. So this time, my dad came with us, and decided to go on all the attractions. We did the omnitheater, and saw the exhibit which was the "Dead Sea Scrolls". We got there almost at 2:00 which turned out to be great because while there could have been schools there, they had left at that time to get back to school. So Trevor had his run of the place. The places that excited him the most were the human body, specifically the girl that when you opened a door of her face, she "sneezed" and blew out water. But there was also a lot of time at the microscope looking at different things like muscles, bones, and other small objects. He also loved the weather part, where they created a smoke tornado that you could break up. I think it might have helped him feel a little bit better about tornadoes, seeing as how we always seem to talk about how dangerous and destructive they can be. He also made it through the omnitheater performance of "Arabia". Yeah, not my choice of fun for a young kid, and there wasn't enough cool feeling when they did the scenery to keep him interested. But to his credit, he made it through without much complaining. Then on to the Dead Sea Scrolls. I think what saved this was that they had a cell phone-like automated tour guide that you entered numbers on a sign that talked about what you did. They had a "family" guide and an "adult" guide. I decided to go on the family guide to keep up with Trevor. We simply played the who can find the next number first. I think the historical significance was lost on me. Again, I was glad that Trevor survived through it without much complaining. The other thing that Trevor enjoyed doing while we were there was that right at the entrance to the exhibits, they had a "newscaster" place where someone could sit in front of a teleprompter and try to become a newscaster. Can you imagine how much time Trevor wanted to do this? If you know him, he was right at home doing this. So overall, I think it was perfectly age appropriate, and it still gave him exposure to things that he may not understand or appreciate, but at least I didn't think he would outgrow it anytime soon.
Thursday, Kyrsten came over to watch the kids for me while I did some accountant stuff. You should see how much Gwen enjoys having girls over to play. Especially ones that are willing to pay her a lot of attention. Russ also came home around dinner time so the kids had some time with him as well. Today, I did Trevor's Friday stations at school, for the last time. Russ will be doing it next Friday, but after that, Trevor will be done with them! He only has 4 weeks left of school as a Kindergartner. I asked him today how he felt about that, and he said he was a little excited, but also a little sad. I am happy to say that he seems to be heading down ending it on a good note. We haven't had nearly as many issues recently as in the past, and I think he just needed more direction to help him figure out how to better behave.
While the weather here this week, until today, has been rainy and cold, we have had so much going on, it has been not even on my mind. Also, I have been asked to look at a start-up company's accounting records which has REALLY pumped me up. It is so clear, by how much I enjoy doing this sort of thing, that it really is the right career for me to get in to.
So that's all I can remember for now. Whew! Hopefully I don't have much more to report for now. Bring on the hot weather!!!!
Going all the way back to Monday. It seems like forever ago. It was Trevor's first baseball game. It was raining and cold and windy. Not exactly good weather for watching baseball. It reminded me of 13 years ago, watching Russ pitch in the pouring rain. This time, I at least remembered an umbrella, and thankfully I didn't bring Gwen with me, or else we would have had to sit in the car. Gwen was able to stay at home with Grandma and Amy. She was perfectly happy doing so.
Tuesday, instead of going to golf, there were two meetings I was attending at school. One was on a new multi-age class set up for next year that will have half 1st graders, and half 2nd graders. My brothers participated in these types of classes growing up, but I didn't get the chance. Before going to the meeting on the subject, I was actually turned off to the idea. The more I thought about it, and listened to the arguments, the more I thought it might be a good fit for Trevor. After discussing it with Russ, and Trevor's current teacher, the more it made sense. So right now, we have tossed his name into the ring. We will have to see if it works out, but for now, it may.
Wednesday, we decided to go out and bring Trevor to the science museum while Gwen hung out with my mom. My dad, my brothers and I all would go to the science museum at least once a year, sometimes more depending on what the exhibits were. The last time we were at the Children's Museum, it was obvious that Trevor was getting a little too old for it. We had also been at the Science Museum when the Star Wars exhibit had been there. At the time, it was a little too old for him, but there was still a lot to do. So this time, my dad came with us, and decided to go on all the attractions. We did the omnitheater, and saw the exhibit which was the "Dead Sea Scrolls". We got there almost at 2:00 which turned out to be great because while there could have been schools there, they had left at that time to get back to school. So Trevor had his run of the place. The places that excited him the most were the human body, specifically the girl that when you opened a door of her face, she "sneezed" and blew out water. But there was also a lot of time at the microscope looking at different things like muscles, bones, and other small objects. He also loved the weather part, where they created a smoke tornado that you could break up. I think it might have helped him feel a little bit better about tornadoes, seeing as how we always seem to talk about how dangerous and destructive they can be. He also made it through the omnitheater performance of "Arabia". Yeah, not my choice of fun for a young kid, and there wasn't enough cool feeling when they did the scenery to keep him interested. But to his credit, he made it through without much complaining. Then on to the Dead Sea Scrolls. I think what saved this was that they had a cell phone-like automated tour guide that you entered numbers on a sign that talked about what you did. They had a "family" guide and an "adult" guide. I decided to go on the family guide to keep up with Trevor. We simply played the who can find the next number first. I think the historical significance was lost on me. Again, I was glad that Trevor survived through it without much complaining. The other thing that Trevor enjoyed doing while we were there was that right at the entrance to the exhibits, they had a "newscaster" place where someone could sit in front of a teleprompter and try to become a newscaster. Can you imagine how much time Trevor wanted to do this? If you know him, he was right at home doing this. So overall, I think it was perfectly age appropriate, and it still gave him exposure to things that he may not understand or appreciate, but at least I didn't think he would outgrow it anytime soon.
Thursday, Kyrsten came over to watch the kids for me while I did some accountant stuff. You should see how much Gwen enjoys having girls over to play. Especially ones that are willing to pay her a lot of attention. Russ also came home around dinner time so the kids had some time with him as well. Today, I did Trevor's Friday stations at school, for the last time. Russ will be doing it next Friday, but after that, Trevor will be done with them! He only has 4 weeks left of school as a Kindergartner. I asked him today how he felt about that, and he said he was a little excited, but also a little sad. I am happy to say that he seems to be heading down ending it on a good note. We haven't had nearly as many issues recently as in the past, and I think he just needed more direction to help him figure out how to better behave.
While the weather here this week, until today, has been rainy and cold, we have had so much going on, it has been not even on my mind. Also, I have been asked to look at a start-up company's accounting records which has REALLY pumped me up. It is so clear, by how much I enjoy doing this sort of thing, that it really is the right career for me to get in to.
So that's all I can remember for now. Whew! Hopefully I don't have much more to report for now. Bring on the hot weather!!!!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Happy Mother's Day!
It's another Mother's Day! I cannot believe I have been a mother for 7 years now. 8 if you count when I was pregnant. It is really starting to get fun to talk to Trevor about these special days and see what he decides to do with them. I do admit, I try to play it up a little bit by saying he has to be really nice to me on Mother's Day. Hey, with my birthday on Christmas, what other day do I really get? So after I said that, he continued by asking me what my favorite breakfast and lunch was. We already had dinner plans to eat at my favorite restaurant, so he knew that dinner was taken care of. My choice for breakfast was an omelet. My choice for lunch was a salami sandwich. This was pretty early on Saturday morning, but he proceeded to run upstairs after he asked me what went into making my favorite meals and asked Russ how to make them. He was still asleep, but he woke up and humored him by asking him to check to see if we had what we needed to make my meals. We actually didn't have everything, so closer to noon, the kids headed out to the grocery store. As with a lot of Trevor's ideas, I could see him getting more and more excited.
Well, last night he switched his sleepover because he had to stay home from school on Friday. He had a fever in the middle of the night, that although it went away by the morning, I couldn't send him to school. I told his friend that it would be better to come over the next night. The kids don't have school on Monday, so it was a long weekend anyway. Trevor had a blast playing with his friend last night and this morning, and after he left he was very nice to me. I was served my requested breakfast, of course by Russ, and Trevor didn't seem to notice, but afterwards asked me if I liked it. I think I'm going to postpone my lunch for the rest of the week because I had to run to talk about my favorite thing (accounting!) to a potential fun project in the coming weeks. I also got my grades back from my last session, and those were what I had hoped for, so things are really going well for me today. Although our first floor does not look much different, I spent most of my time cleaning this week on the bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs.
My cleaning project is a story by itself. I knew I was going to have to get the kids involved or at least keep them occupied because the work was upstairs and they can't be by themselves un-entertained for long periods of time. Unfortunately, I cannot have Gwen cleaning with anything that might actually be used for cleaning. I tried having her wiping, but she got some cleaning stuff on that and tried to put it in her mouth. I tried giving her a wet washcloth to stick in her mouth, and of course that was a bad idea. So the bathroom project was wiping down an already clean whirlpool bathtub. They could both fit in the tub and clean it for a good 20 minutes because they had to take the toys out first. Then when I moved downstairs, I had them wipe down their kitchen set toys with a wet paper towel. Again, that ended up in Gwen's mouth, but I knew at least that wasn't harmful. She was wiping off the table.
I was surprised at how much Trevor wanted to help and do everything that I did. Maybe I can get him to do the bathrooms by showing him how much "fun" they are and he'll never even know that it is a chore. Wouldn't that be nice for me!
So anyway, although it may not seem like a fun-filled day for some, I am really happy with where I'm act, especially today. So wonderfully blessed to have such great children, and a wonderful husband to help support us all. I wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!
Well, last night he switched his sleepover because he had to stay home from school on Friday. He had a fever in the middle of the night, that although it went away by the morning, I couldn't send him to school. I told his friend that it would be better to come over the next night. The kids don't have school on Monday, so it was a long weekend anyway. Trevor had a blast playing with his friend last night and this morning, and after he left he was very nice to me. I was served my requested breakfast, of course by Russ, and Trevor didn't seem to notice, but afterwards asked me if I liked it. I think I'm going to postpone my lunch for the rest of the week because I had to run to talk about my favorite thing (accounting!) to a potential fun project in the coming weeks. I also got my grades back from my last session, and those were what I had hoped for, so things are really going well for me today. Although our first floor does not look much different, I spent most of my time cleaning this week on the bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs.
My cleaning project is a story by itself. I knew I was going to have to get the kids involved or at least keep them occupied because the work was upstairs and they can't be by themselves un-entertained for long periods of time. Unfortunately, I cannot have Gwen cleaning with anything that might actually be used for cleaning. I tried having her wiping, but she got some cleaning stuff on that and tried to put it in her mouth. I tried giving her a wet washcloth to stick in her mouth, and of course that was a bad idea. So the bathroom project was wiping down an already clean whirlpool bathtub. They could both fit in the tub and clean it for a good 20 minutes because they had to take the toys out first. Then when I moved downstairs, I had them wipe down their kitchen set toys with a wet paper towel. Again, that ended up in Gwen's mouth, but I knew at least that wasn't harmful. She was wiping off the table.
I was surprised at how much Trevor wanted to help and do everything that I did. Maybe I can get him to do the bathrooms by showing him how much "fun" they are and he'll never even know that it is a chore. Wouldn't that be nice for me!
So anyway, although it may not seem like a fun-filled day for some, I am really happy with where I'm act, especially today. So wonderfully blessed to have such great children, and a wonderful husband to help support us all. I wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Bad timing
Or maybe it is a blessing in disguise. I finished my final on Tuesday evening, with the plans to go nuts cleaning this week and weekend. Especially since the weather was not going to be nice. Well, that was before Trevor, Gwen and I all came down with a cold. It was interesting to note that Trevor seems to always have an issue with drainage when he gets a cold. When he was younger, he got ear infections. I think it was a drainage issue. The only time it was bad was when he got one cold on top of another one, so the antibiotics didn't work. Gwen has only had 2-3 ear infections. She fights colds pretty good. She gets crabby (like most of us) but doesn't really show many symptoms. Now, Trevor gets a bad cough, and nothing helps. No cough medicine, nor sudafed, or moisture. He has always been able to fall asleep, it's just when he stirs enough to wake up in the middle of the night that is difficult because he starts coughing and can't fall back asleep.
So that's what has happened the last few nights. Two nights ago, he was up for good at 5 am. It was enough to knock me out and have a wonderful sinus congestion. Usually, I can fight them off with sleep. Probably would have, except for the early wake-ups. Last night, Trevor was thrown off by a fever. His cough was already better, although not completely gone, yet he had a fever. So I gave him some tylenol and kept him warm while he fell back asleep. Then, he slept the rest of the night. He's not going to school today, so we'll have the day to disinfect the house, hopefully to keep Russ from getting it. I can tell already, Trevor is looking forward to a more relaxing day. Of course he doesn't have school on Monday, so it's going to be a long weekend for him!
So that's what has happened the last few nights. Two nights ago, he was up for good at 5 am. It was enough to knock me out and have a wonderful sinus congestion. Usually, I can fight them off with sleep. Probably would have, except for the early wake-ups. Last night, Trevor was thrown off by a fever. His cough was already better, although not completely gone, yet he had a fever. So I gave him some tylenol and kept him warm while he fell back asleep. Then, he slept the rest of the night. He's not going to school today, so we'll have the day to disinfect the house, hopefully to keep Russ from getting it. I can tell already, Trevor is looking forward to a more relaxing day. Of course he doesn't have school on Monday, so it's going to be a long weekend for him!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
What a weekend!
Really, it was a weekend in terms of the number of hours, but it felt so much shorter since we tried to jam so much into it. Last Thursday and Friday I participated in an annual garage sale that my mom friends had. We got rid of a bunch of stuff, which always feels really good. It went on during the day on Thursday and Friday. So we were able to hang out over at their house during the morning and into the afternoon on both days. We had decent weather, although it could have been nicer. The weather has been strange lately. As I'm writing it is almost 80 degrees, but forecasted to be a high in the 50's for the next 4 days or so.
Although it was Kentucky Derby weekend, it was also Trevor's school carnival on Friday evening. They had been advertising it since March, so it would have been hard for him to not go to it. I also wanted to see what it is all about since chances are I'm going to have to help out at it at some point through PTA. They used the entire school. The library was set up for silent auction stuff. The cafeteria was set up for a rock band/karaoke prize game thing with raffle things going on and food as well. The gym had a bounce house, inflatable slide, and race car computer games. I think there were close to 30 games that the kids could play, and almost any age could do it. Trevor saw two of his classmates have a fake broken arm, and that made him want to check out the hospital room. He got a "cut" on his forehead which he loved to show off. Trevor's pediatrician has two kids that also go to the same school, so when we ran into him, his doctor was the first to notice and say, "You look like you need a doctor!" Of course Trevor doesn't really get the irony and explains that it isn't real. He also got to show it off to Bubba when he saw her that evening. I guess he played the part and got her pretty good.
So we headed off to Hatfield as soon as we could tear the kids away from the school party. It was about an hour that we were there. We missed our usual Stone's Throw dinner, but we were happy to be there, nonetheless. The kids played well with their (what are they again?) second cousins. The exciting Derby was run. I again did not win, although my horse placed second, which I think might be my closest finish yet. I cannot claim to have broken my maiden yet. We played our card games and dominoes, and came home early afternoon on Sunday.
Ever since graduating from High School, I have always looked forward to our annual Kentucky Derby races as the start of our season of trips to the lake. Unfortunately, this was my last week of classes before my week off, and I had a paper to submit by Sunday evening and a 50 question final exam for Accounting due the end of day Tuesday. Ever since around the trip to Florida in March, my cleaning has gone down the tubes. I need to get through this day before I can start my crazy cleaning again. Now, if the weather would just be nicer, I could deal with it better!
Although it was Kentucky Derby weekend, it was also Trevor's school carnival on Friday evening. They had been advertising it since March, so it would have been hard for him to not go to it. I also wanted to see what it is all about since chances are I'm going to have to help out at it at some point through PTA. They used the entire school. The library was set up for silent auction stuff. The cafeteria was set up for a rock band/karaoke prize game thing with raffle things going on and food as well. The gym had a bounce house, inflatable slide, and race car computer games. I think there were close to 30 games that the kids could play, and almost any age could do it. Trevor saw two of his classmates have a fake broken arm, and that made him want to check out the hospital room. He got a "cut" on his forehead which he loved to show off. Trevor's pediatrician has two kids that also go to the same school, so when we ran into him, his doctor was the first to notice and say, "You look like you need a doctor!" Of course Trevor doesn't really get the irony and explains that it isn't real. He also got to show it off to Bubba when he saw her that evening. I guess he played the part and got her pretty good.
So we headed off to Hatfield as soon as we could tear the kids away from the school party. It was about an hour that we were there. We missed our usual Stone's Throw dinner, but we were happy to be there, nonetheless. The kids played well with their (what are they again?) second cousins. The exciting Derby was run. I again did not win, although my horse placed second, which I think might be my closest finish yet. I cannot claim to have broken my maiden yet. We played our card games and dominoes, and came home early afternoon on Sunday.
Ever since graduating from High School, I have always looked forward to our annual Kentucky Derby races as the start of our season of trips to the lake. Unfortunately, this was my last week of classes before my week off, and I had a paper to submit by Sunday evening and a 50 question final exam for Accounting due the end of day Tuesday. Ever since around the trip to Florida in March, my cleaning has gone down the tubes. I need to get through this day before I can start my crazy cleaning again. Now, if the weather would just be nicer, I could deal with it better!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
You must REALLY love me, mommy
Short little story for you, but first some background. Trevor loves to find out what people's favorite color, favorite food, favorite vacation place, favorite sports team, etc. It is always a topic of conversation. Sometimes, based on your answer, he will try to convince you, you will like something else. For example, my favorite color is green. He has determined that my favorite Nascar driver is Dale Earnhart Junior, who happens to be a driver with the number 88 on the car. Sometimes this car has green as the main color. If Trevor ever recreates a Nascar race with his car, and does not put the green number 88 in the race, he asks me which car I like best. If I don't give him the right answer, he convinces me that I like a different car because it has green on it. Whenever we are doing homework and he has to do some coloring, he always asks me which color I am hoping for. If it isn't green, I am to say, "Awwww." If it is green, I am to say, "Yay!"
Trevor got his baseball roster on Sunday, and although Russ thought they would give him a team name, as opposed to the team picking out the name, he was assured he would not get the name Twins or Gophers, as he would hope. I saw that their team name was the West Bears. West because of where they live in the area. It is interesting because I root for the Chicago Bears football team. They had a few other football names, rather than baseball team names, but Trevor wasn't very happy (at least I don't think) that it wasn't a favorite team of his. The first practice on Monday wasn't a very nice day, so Gwen stayed home. The team got their team shirts and each of the kids had a number on the back of them. They also got a baseball hat. So when he came home from practice, he had to tell me about it. He ran in to show me, his team was green, he was almost Dale Earnhart Jr.'s race car number, AND his team name was the Bears. "Mom, don't you love me SO much more than before I was playing baseball?" Oh Trevor, you crack me up. If he couldn't be his own favorite team name, favorite color, or number, at least it was one of the family's.
Trevor got his baseball roster on Sunday, and although Russ thought they would give him a team name, as opposed to the team picking out the name, he was assured he would not get the name Twins or Gophers, as he would hope. I saw that their team name was the West Bears. West because of where they live in the area. It is interesting because I root for the Chicago Bears football team. They had a few other football names, rather than baseball team names, but Trevor wasn't very happy (at least I don't think) that it wasn't a favorite team of his. The first practice on Monday wasn't a very nice day, so Gwen stayed home. The team got their team shirts and each of the kids had a number on the back of them. They also got a baseball hat. So when he came home from practice, he had to tell me about it. He ran in to show me, his team was green, he was almost Dale Earnhart Jr.'s race car number, AND his team name was the Bears. "Mom, don't you love me SO much more than before I was playing baseball?" Oh Trevor, you crack me up. If he couldn't be his own favorite team name, favorite color, or number, at least it was one of the family's.
Monday, April 26, 2010
New things!
Looking back, I am amazed at how many of my blog entries could be titled something similar to "new things". I guess that is what happens when you have two different kids, at two different points in their lives, being the oldest siblings in each of our families. Today specifically, is Trevor's first practice of his baseball career. He has been in t-ball 3 years prior, through the YMCA program. This year, he is in coach pitch, although they don't keep score in games. But they do have 7 teams in the league, so they play the teams a few times. He is playing on a team with one of his best friends, so we will have plenty of opportunity to see them as well this summer. Also, Trevor is set for a graduation ceremony of Kindergarten in about 6 weeks or so. Although recently, his behavior has been a bit discouraging, I think he is really looking forward to being at school the whole day next year. And although he won't be switching schools like he did this year, it will be the first time he will be at school from 9 to 3:30. That is a very new thing for everyone.
With Gwen, we received the news that her gym store is closing their doors the end of this month. There are other options, but I would like to continue it into the summer since her school ends in May. I think she is also going through a big emotional growth spurt because she is very "disorganized" in her doing things. Sleeping is all out of whack, her attitude is very whiny and loud, and although she isn't like Trevor was at her age, I do think that she needs more exercise than staying in the house all day. I can tell that potty training will be soon, but I don't want to push it before she is going on trips to the cabin or even at school because I don't know that she is that ready. I'd rather it be on a warm weekend when we aren't planning on going anywhere.
And with me, if you haven't heard, our family is going to be the proud first-time aunt/uncle/cousin to a baby due in October! How cool is it that they also have a blog about it! It is going to be a fun summer getting ready, having showers and such. So many new things!
With Gwen, we received the news that her gym store is closing their doors the end of this month. There are other options, but I would like to continue it into the summer since her school ends in May. I think she is also going through a big emotional growth spurt because she is very "disorganized" in her doing things. Sleeping is all out of whack, her attitude is very whiny and loud, and although she isn't like Trevor was at her age, I do think that she needs more exercise than staying in the house all day. I can tell that potty training will be soon, but I don't want to push it before she is going on trips to the cabin or even at school because I don't know that she is that ready. I'd rather it be on a warm weekend when we aren't planning on going anywhere.
And with me, if you haven't heard, our family is going to be the proud first-time aunt/uncle/cousin to a baby due in October! How cool is it that they also have a blog about it! It is going to be a fun summer getting ready, having showers and such. So many new things!
Monday, April 19, 2010
What a great week
I had an exceptionally amazing week that really left me feeling so complete and connected, hopefully I can carry that feeling on for a long time. Tuesday night was my lady's golf league opening dinner. No golf, but still able to see all my friends from golf. We start golfing tomorrow! And going to have wonderful weather as well! Wednesday evening, my group of mom friends decided to start trying to get together once a month just to sit and chat...without kids. We were never interrupted because of crying or fighting. It was so nice! Friday night, Trevor was at a sleepover, so Russ and I got to spend some quality time with just Gwen. I've been trying to give her a little bit extra attention lately because she seems like she is going through something. Maybe teething, maybe development, but whatever it is, I know I need to soak it up while I can. Saturday evening, Russ and I got to go out for a date night. We ate dinner, on a short wait at Olive Garden. I really like their food, and although it can get a little pricey with 4 people, I actually was hoping their wait time was longer because I didn't have kids! After dinner, we went to the nearby bowling alley, but when they were on a wait, I decided to do the billiards table. I still stink at billiards, but it was a lot of fun. The on Sunday, I took part in a little family golf at the golf course I grew up with. My golf game was ON...for some reason, and I shot my best round ever. Since it took place after April 15th, we were required to post it. There goes my handicap. Which I'm really happy about actually. A lot of people want to keep their handicap up so they can play really well in a tournament and do well. I want to be able to say that I'm dropping my handicap because I'm playing better than I have before.
So bring on this week! Bring on SUMMER darn it all! It has just got to be warmer than last year. Lots of fun is going to be had!
(And for the record, my new best is a 93. I had gotten under 100 prior, but not this far under.)
So bring on this week! Bring on SUMMER darn it all! It has just got to be warmer than last year. Lots of fun is going to be had!
(And for the record, my new best is a 93. I had gotten under 100 prior, but not this far under.)
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Last night of Spring Break
Well, we made it. The last few days were rough. I was losing my patience, but at least the weather made it tolerable this weekend. Trevor has been talking about how much he misses his teacher, so that's got to be a good sign, right? He made a big jump to riding on his two-wheeler during this week as well. This afternoon he rode his bike while Russ ran with him. I know Russ wanted to go farther, but our area has a lot of big hills that Trevor wouldn't really be able to get up and down quickly on a bike. Maybe they'll figure out a longer path someday. But for now, he is enjoying being able to find a use for his bike.
Gwen has woken up a few nights this past week for no real reason. I'm guessing it is a developmental thing, or maybe molar teething or something. I was trying to remember, and I think since she was 6 months old, this is the first time I've had to actually calm her down. The other morning at 6am, she had woken up and started pounding on the door. It woke everyone up, but I was able to calm her back down to play quietly in her room. During naptime, she even fell back asleep once I brought her downstairs. Usually her naps aren't when she sleeps very long, or well, but something is going on that is making her a little off.
Regardless, I think everyone wants to be back to their normal routine. Hopefully the weather will keep cooperating, and we won't see any more snow or cold weather for another 3/4 of a year. (A girl can dream, right?)
Gwen has woken up a few nights this past week for no real reason. I'm guessing it is a developmental thing, or maybe molar teething or something. I was trying to remember, and I think since she was 6 months old, this is the first time I've had to actually calm her down. The other morning at 6am, she had woken up and started pounding on the door. It woke everyone up, but I was able to calm her back down to play quietly in her room. During naptime, she even fell back asleep once I brought her downstairs. Usually her naps aren't when she sleeps very long, or well, but something is going on that is making her a little off.
Regardless, I think everyone wants to be back to their normal routine. Hopefully the weather will keep cooperating, and we won't see any more snow or cold weather for another 3/4 of a year. (A girl can dream, right?)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Re-Energized
I seriously cannot believe what 2 hours of adult time can do to my well-being. Or really, maybe it was because it had been missing for so long. Completely my fault, no one to blame but myself. Today, one of my mom-friends suggested we meet for lunch at Chuck E. Cheese. It worked out great because Gwen's Tumble's class is right near there, and it got done at 10:30. I was a little concerned about how busy it would be, due to spring break, but I also knew that not all districts had this week as their spring break.
Anyway, when we got there, we had a good chunk of time where the place was not busy at all. It gradually got more busy, and I guess the kids got more antsy, but for the most part, we got to chat and chat and chat. Because the have such a focus of making sure the kids can't escape, plus the fact that the things to play on are very kid-friendly, and the fact that Gwen was totally interested in putting the money in the kid games - not the rides - that we were pretty much uninterrupted for a good portion of the time.
I have always known that it does my mental mind good to take a break to talk with my friends. And perhaps it was also because I have been able to take a few more breaks recently. But this really, really, really, REALLY made me feel so much better. I know the kids had a great time too. The weather is turning around, golf season is kicking off next week for me, and Trevor only has two days left of spring break. Hopefully I can keep this going in the right direction until and through the summer break.
Backing up.... Easter was very nice. We had great food and great company throughout the entire day. Unfortunately, all 3 fish that we have tried to keep alive in the house have since died. As I was thinking about this, it is probably for the best. We got 3 very small fish that ate usually twice a day. I don't know what we would have done if we had to go away even for a weekend. That's almost worse than having a dog. Having to have someone come over twice a day to take care of fish? We'll try it again at some other point. Maybe we'll get bigger fish that don't have to eat as much next time too.
Monday afternoon until Tuesday, I brought the kids over to my parents for a sleepover. I went too. Right now is the age that Trevor would really enjoy a big yard. Plus they have a nice two wheeling practice driveway that we don't have as well. But I know he can practice on the sidewalk here and he does. He is getting much closer, and knows it. So his confidence is growing.
I will be happy to have him start up all the things he is looking forward to soon. Almost time!
Anyway, when we got there, we had a good chunk of time where the place was not busy at all. It gradually got more busy, and I guess the kids got more antsy, but for the most part, we got to chat and chat and chat. Because the have such a focus of making sure the kids can't escape, plus the fact that the things to play on are very kid-friendly, and the fact that Gwen was totally interested in putting the money in the kid games - not the rides - that we were pretty much uninterrupted for a good portion of the time.
I have always known that it does my mental mind good to take a break to talk with my friends. And perhaps it was also because I have been able to take a few more breaks recently. But this really, really, really, REALLY made me feel so much better. I know the kids had a great time too. The weather is turning around, golf season is kicking off next week for me, and Trevor only has two days left of spring break. Hopefully I can keep this going in the right direction until and through the summer break.
Backing up.... Easter was very nice. We had great food and great company throughout the entire day. Unfortunately, all 3 fish that we have tried to keep alive in the house have since died. As I was thinking about this, it is probably for the best. We got 3 very small fish that ate usually twice a day. I don't know what we would have done if we had to go away even for a weekend. That's almost worse than having a dog. Having to have someone come over twice a day to take care of fish? We'll try it again at some other point. Maybe we'll get bigger fish that don't have to eat as much next time too.
Monday afternoon until Tuesday, I brought the kids over to my parents for a sleepover. I went too. Right now is the age that Trevor would really enjoy a big yard. Plus they have a nice two wheeling practice driveway that we don't have as well. But I know he can practice on the sidewalk here and he does. He is getting much closer, and knows it. So his confidence is growing.
I will be happy to have him start up all the things he is looking forward to soon. Almost time!
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