Sunday, November 25, 2007
A long, long ride home...
This sound + 10 hours home from Florida, does not equal a good time!
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Florida...Here we come!
We are heading out tomorrow night to drive down to FL for Thanksgiving. We will be spending the holiday visiting my family. My entire family (minus Kelly) lives in FL and it's been awhile since we have been down to visit. I am looking forward to seeing everyone - but NOT so much, the drive. We are traveling through the night becasue it will be easier with the kids. That way, they will sleep most of the drive. It will also cut out most of the holiday traffic (hopefully). Besides visiting family, we will also be visitng Mickey Mouse at his place (Disney World). We haven't been to Disney since Kellynn was around Ella's age.permalink | posted by NaeNae at 10:24 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Family Photo Drama
After seven years of marriage (five of those with children), we finally had a family portrait made. The first one ever! Approximately one hour before the big event, I remembered WHY I have put it off for all these years. It's called an ill husband (because he hates wearing anything that involves ironing), one whining 5 year old (because her shoes "did not match" and she was left out in the purchasing process), and a cranky toddler (because she was tired and her award winning mother left the house without the sippy cup)! PS - I hope you're happy, MOM! (That would be MY mother who has been begging for a family photo for years.) I was cursing your name last night!
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
What?
I'm sitting in front of my laptop trying to type something worthwhile...Can I? No! Because my husband is in the next room watching every Kid Rock video on You Tube! Did I mention he has the speakers turned up and has the subwolfer kicking?! All I can hear in my brain is, "Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy said the boogy said up jump the boogy!" On a serious note...
Should I be concerned about having a chest cold/cough when a confirmed case of the Whooping Cough was announced at my school last week? Or, should I be worried about a loud "winding" noise my van happens to be making now that it is almost payed for? I have a feeling it is the transmission. BTW, how do you spell "wind" (rhymes with "find")? And can you believe Thanksgiving is next week?! Christmas will be here before you know it! I haven't even thought about buying Christmas presents yet!
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
There's a Full Moon in Kindergarten!
Funny story...K-Bugg's teacher brought her to my classroom door today. We needed to "talk" about something that had happened in the bathroom earlier. Of course, she wouldn't tell me, so the teacher had to give me the details. It seems Kellynn went to the bathroom with one of her little friends. While in the stall, she decided it would be funny to bend down low and show her friend her bare bottom. I had to turn my head to keep from laughing as the teacher explained the situation! Then K-Bugg and I had a heart-to-heart on appropriate behavior in the bathroom.
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Friday, November 02, 2007
I Fall for it, Everytime!
Sometimes I am a sucker...A sucker for a sweet little curly headed girl named Ella Ruby! She got me last night. She has been waking up around 4 am, off and on, for a couple of weeks now. When this happens, I use the Ferberizing method. The one where you don't pick the baby up, but comfort every 5 minutes until they fall back to sleep on their own? I've been doing this - trying to get her back on her sleeping schedule (sleeping throught the night). Last night? I ruined it!3:30 am
"Waaaaaa! Whaaaaaaaaaaaa! Mommy...Mommy." My eyes pop open and I wait. I am secretly hoping she will fall back to sleep.
"Mommy! Ma ma ma ma...Mommy!"
I drag my self out of bed and go to comfort her. When I get to her room, she is standing up, reaching out for me. I comfort her and tell her it is "Night Night" time and she needs to go back to sleep. She clings to my arms, trying to grab my neck so she can pull herself up. Then she starts saying something behind the passy in her mouth. It sounds like, "ah choo, ah choo." I pull out the passy and ask her what she is trying to say.
"I hold choo," she says.
"You want to hold me?" I ask.
"Uh huh, I hold choo." How can I say no? She is using sentences and wanting me to hold her in the middle of the night? Then she says, "I beh, I choo beh."
"Do you want to get into my bed?" I asked. She shakes her head yes, and off we go to my bed for the rest of the night.
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
Halloween
We had a great time on Halloween night. After dinner, the girls got dressed to go trick or treating in our neighborhood. Kellynn originally wanted to be Ariel the Little Mermaid. I bought the costume (a two-piece), but never found a nude colored bodysuit to wear underneath. She ended up dressing as Minnie Mouse instead since it was chilly last night. Ella was dressed as a lion. She hated her costume at first, because of the attached hood. Once she saw herself in the mirror, she tolerated it. We would pull the hood down off of her head between houses, and she was okay with that. I think it was actually the candy that occupied her attention and kept her mind off of the hood. Ella quickly figured out the candy thing, and kept calling for "canny" (candy) with outreached hands. She ate gummy "Life Savers" and "Sponge Bob Crabby Patties" all the way around the neighborhood!
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