Well, I obviously didn't do a good job of keeping up with my posting over the summer. We were just so friggin' busy and I ended up being just as tired as the kids if not more! Old age and all!!! Mr. Beans started preschool in September and he loves it. He goes twice a week for 2 and half hours. He loves his teachers and has made many friends, too. We work on writing his name, does very well for having a fairly long name. He is missing school right now because they are on Christmas vacation until the first week of January. Unfortunately, right now Mr. Beans has pinkeye, fifths disease(not really a disease but it looks like I slapped both of his cheeks on his face and he has a lacy rash all over his body but does not hurt him or cause him any discomfort) which he got from his sister and he has a cough that wakes him up at night. Not exactly the greatest time for him. Thankfully, he didn't have the pinkeye or the cough at Christmas.
Tatertot is growing up so fast. She is well spoken for a two year old. She at times is a little big for her britches but I guess that is expected considering she is a girl. She just finished having the croup and than fifths disease. UHH!! I hope that they both can stay healthy in the new year!!
Christmas was great this year. Both kids really got into it. We even visited Santa. He was at Mr. Bean's preschool Christmas program. Tatertot wanted a Barbie, she got Elina from Fairytopia. She has wanted this Barbie for a year, I hadn't been able to find it anywhere, I found at our Dollar General for $10!! Mr. Beans asked for James at Boulder Mountain. He absolutely loved it. Santa scored big with these two!!!
I have started working on Saturdays at our local chocolate and gelato store. It is really fun. Working one day a week gives me some adult time and some time away from the kids to get my sanity back! HEHEHE!!
Other than the aforementioned things, everything else is pretty much status quo around here. Hopefully, since things have now calmed down, I will be able to keep up with atleast weekly postings.
Here's to keeping things up dated!!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Things are great!!
Well, things are really great around the Ranch. I have taken up bicycling with Tatertot along for the ride. She loves riding with her mommy, 'It's fun!' she says. She loves to hear the birds chirping except she says they are crying! How cute is that? Mr. Beans is gearing up for preschool. We got the papers to fill out last week and he has open house the last weekend of August. He will get to meet his teacher and teacher aide and all the students that will be in his class. He already knows one girl, she's a good friend of his. We see her every week at the library for storytime.
Besides his continued love for Thomas and all trains, he is now very interested in school buses. He loves to see the bus go by after school dropping off the kids down the road. I keep telling him he will not be riding the bus to preschool but he loves them anyway.
Tatertot is finally sleeping fairly well through the night. She sleeps in her own crib and is growing up so fast it is unbelievable. She is very interested in the potty and I believe that she will be potty trained by the end of the summer.
I 've been working out in our yard trying to make it look a little more presentable. This is a bit hard to do with limited time and funds. The damn gas prices continue to go up making it even more expensive to mow. We have just under 2 acres of land to mow and it takes forever to do.
I am looking forward to this summer and all that it holds for us and the kids. I am hoping for lots of outdoor activities and lots of swimming in the pool.
I'm trying to get Fireball to get out and ride his bike with us. I went as far as cleaning up his two bikes for him to take his pick of which one he wants to ride. We'll see how well this goes in the next few days.
Cheers!
Besides his continued love for Thomas and all trains, he is now very interested in school buses. He loves to see the bus go by after school dropping off the kids down the road. I keep telling him he will not be riding the bus to preschool but he loves them anyway.
Tatertot is finally sleeping fairly well through the night. She sleeps in her own crib and is growing up so fast it is unbelievable. She is very interested in the potty and I believe that she will be potty trained by the end of the summer.
I 've been working out in our yard trying to make it look a little more presentable. This is a bit hard to do with limited time and funds. The damn gas prices continue to go up making it even more expensive to mow. We have just under 2 acres of land to mow and it takes forever to do.
I am looking forward to this summer and all that it holds for us and the kids. I am hoping for lots of outdoor activities and lots of swimming in the pool.
I'm trying to get Fireball to get out and ride his bike with us. I went as far as cleaning up his two bikes for him to take his pick of which one he wants to ride. We'll see how well this goes in the next few days.
Cheers!
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
What's goin' on
We have been so busy lately. I had a bachelorette party and got to stay out with my girlfriends until 3 in the morning. Sooo Much Fun!!! We had the wedding and reception this past weekend and had a good time, too. Mother's day is coming up and so is my mom and father-in-laws' birthdays are coming up too. So much is goin' on.
I think we are having a Mother's Day lunch here at our house this year. That should be less stressful than when we had Christmas dinner here.
Mr. Beans is doing great. Completely potty trained, he started wearing underwear to bed all night long and has not had any bed wetting. I am so proud of him. He is always telling us that he wants to go to school, which he will be starting this fall. He has a new favorite craft: he has discovered the joy of painting with watercolors. The first day he made enough pictures to wallpaper the entire kitchen.
Tatertot is such the little lady. She likes to pick out her own clothes and is infatuated with her hot pink crocs (they are her favorite shoes to wear, even if they don't match her outfit). She is counting to 10 on her own and loves to draw. She is very curious about the world around her and is constantly asking where her daddy is. She has quiet the vocabulary for a 20 month old.
We continue to go to the library every Thursday for story time and have a great time when we are there.
Fireball and I are finally getting to go out and have time with just the 2 of us. We enjoyed the reception and are planning on going out of town for the night tomorrow for supper and Spiderman 3. It's so nice to be able to get out and that the kids now can be left with a sitter for most of the night or all night long at our house with a sitter.
Here's to gettin' out.
I think we are having a Mother's Day lunch here at our house this year. That should be less stressful than when we had Christmas dinner here.
Mr. Beans is doing great. Completely potty trained, he started wearing underwear to bed all night long and has not had any bed wetting. I am so proud of him. He is always telling us that he wants to go to school, which he will be starting this fall. He has a new favorite craft: he has discovered the joy of painting with watercolors. The first day he made enough pictures to wallpaper the entire kitchen.
Tatertot is such the little lady. She likes to pick out her own clothes and is infatuated with her hot pink crocs (they are her favorite shoes to wear, even if they don't match her outfit). She is counting to 10 on her own and loves to draw. She is very curious about the world around her and is constantly asking where her daddy is. She has quiet the vocabulary for a 20 month old.
We continue to go to the library every Thursday for story time and have a great time when we are there.
Fireball and I are finally getting to go out and have time with just the 2 of us. We enjoyed the reception and are planning on going out of town for the night tomorrow for supper and Spiderman 3. It's so nice to be able to get out and that the kids now can be left with a sitter for most of the night or all night long at our house with a sitter.
Here's to gettin' out.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
What's happenin'
Well, so much has happened lately. Mr. Beans is on a "I do it myself " phase. Which makes me a little sad, but he is potty trained completely now and has been for months but just recently is all about doing everything himself, going to the bathroom, washing his hair and body during bath time, putting the toothpaste on his toothbrush all by himself, makes me happy to see that he is becoming very independent and make me feel that I am teaching him the right things here at home. He also is taking care of his things better and picking up his room every night before bed. Yeah!!!!
Tatertot is so much more like a little girly-girl but don't cross her if you don't want to get hurt. She has a temper! She is speaking really well and is very interested in the potty and usually uses it once or twice a day. She will go in and lift up the lid and say "I go pee". I'll put her on the big potty, no little training potty here (Mr. Beans was the same way). Give her the potty book and let her be, she will pee and if I leave her on there long enough, she poops too!!! Can you believe it?
She wants to do everything her brother does and is very affectionate. Finally sleeping through the night and in her Own CRIB!!!! Yes, I finally got a baby to sleep in the crib that my mother bought back when Mr. Beans was born. Only 4 years later and lots of hard nights, but she sleeps in it all night until about 7:30 or 8:00 am and then crawls into our bed until we get up at 8:30am. I call this a victory.
Every week we go to our local library and go to story time or as Mr. Beans calls it:School. He will start preschool in Sept. and I hope and pray that he will be ok. He has a thing about big groups and being the center of attention. I hope that he will surprise me and Fireball and not need me to stay with him during school. Keeping my fingers crossed. Although, I believe that going to story time every week has really helped him come out of his shell. He now sits on the carpet with all the other children, and there can be quite a large group of kids and parents at the library and story time. He also participates in the songs and dances. Tatertot really enjoys this time too. He tells me just about everyday that he wants to go to school. I am hoping this will continue when school does actually start.
Fireball and I are getting ready to start building on to our house to give Tatertot her own bedroom. Hopefully, this will start in another month or two and will be finished by the end of summer. Keeping my fingers crossed here, too.
Well, time for lunch..
Ya'll come back ya hear!?!?!
Tatertot is so much more like a little girly-girl but don't cross her if you don't want to get hurt. She has a temper! She is speaking really well and is very interested in the potty and usually uses it once or twice a day. She will go in and lift up the lid and say "I go pee". I'll put her on the big potty, no little training potty here (Mr. Beans was the same way). Give her the potty book and let her be, she will pee and if I leave her on there long enough, she poops too!!! Can you believe it?
She wants to do everything her brother does and is very affectionate. Finally sleeping through the night and in her Own CRIB!!!! Yes, I finally got a baby to sleep in the crib that my mother bought back when Mr. Beans was born. Only 4 years later and lots of hard nights, but she sleeps in it all night until about 7:30 or 8:00 am and then crawls into our bed until we get up at 8:30am. I call this a victory.
Every week we go to our local library and go to story time or as Mr. Beans calls it:School. He will start preschool in Sept. and I hope and pray that he will be ok. He has a thing about big groups and being the center of attention. I hope that he will surprise me and Fireball and not need me to stay with him during school. Keeping my fingers crossed. Although, I believe that going to story time every week has really helped him come out of his shell. He now sits on the carpet with all the other children, and there can be quite a large group of kids and parents at the library and story time. He also participates in the songs and dances. Tatertot really enjoys this time too. He tells me just about everyday that he wants to go to school. I am hoping this will continue when school does actually start.
Fireball and I are getting ready to start building on to our house to give Tatertot her own bedroom. Hopefully, this will start in another month or two and will be finished by the end of summer. Keeping my fingers crossed here, too.
Well, time for lunch..
Ya'll come back ya hear!?!?!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
I'm back!!!
After many months of not posting anything, I have decided to start again. My children have grown by leaps and bounds and things are more routine around here than before. I will be back to post more later. Here's to all the chaos that may follow. Cheers!
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