The kids and I are in California right now visiting family. We are doing lots of fun things and having a great time, but we are very busy. I would love to be keeping up the blog as I have much to write about, but my internet access here is limited due to it being very slow and me having so much to do! I will write ALL about our trip when I'm back in Kansas.
I do believe it's the first day of spring today (or maybe tomorrow) so, happy official spring!! Hurray!!! :-D
Friday, March 20, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Walking and Talking
Nayeli has been traipsing around to no end. She's almost a pro at walking now and even does it with shoes sometimes. ;-) She gives high fives and cuts the pickle. She says "ha pahhh" for high five and says tickle tickle for cut the pickles. She's adorable! She's also mastered climbing up onto the couch. She's a pretty happy girl and it's so fun watching her do all these new things!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Fun, Fun, Fun!
Today was a wonderful spring day! We've had a few of those around here lately!! Jeremy decided to go to Office Max and get a new computer with some of his tax returns, and he dropped the kids and I off at Kohls to use a gift card mom had given us for Christmas. (Our Kohls just opened.)
There were so many cool sales going on, and the place was packed as could be. When we arrived at 1:30pm there wasn't an empty spot around. Luckily Jeremy didn't need to park because he was going to Office Max. We went in and there was a humongous line, but we weren't checking out yet, so I wasn't worried. I applied for a Kohls charge card that I knew I wouldn't get, but because I applied I got an extra 15% off my purchase. :-)
Well, we got something for everyone. I got a fabulous pair of fancy snake skin flip flops. Austin got the travel version of Hungry, Hungry Hippos, also he got a charming green button up shirt to wear for Easter. Nayeli got an adorable two piece outfit, even though she doesn't need anymore clothes, and Jeremy got a new pair of sneakers which are brown and very sharp! Other than using the gift card we picked up a cute little purse for our new neighbor/friend who just turned six!
After our 15 minute wait in the Kohls line, which was even longer than when we came in the store we headed to Dillons to pick up my pay check. It was a bit busy and we were hungry so we got a nice $10 meal from the Chinese Kitchen and ate together while we people watched. Nayeli loved the chicken and Austin loved the rice. I grabbed a few things before we headed home and then we left.
Right when we got home we packed up Grace's present and ran, Austin ran, next door. We played outside for a little bit and then went in for dinner and fun. Austin played very nicely with Grace's cousin Elijah and Nayeli played nicely with everyone. Grace loved her purse, and stickers and hand sanitizer, and pencil with the squishiness all around it, and her little writing pad. I got to chat with Grace's mom a bit and then we came home.
I'm exhausted.
The past few days have been terrific outside, as I stated earlier and we have spent so much time playing and walking. I love the warmer weather!!! I'm really looking forward to summer, although spring is pretty awesome in itself. Yayyy for everything!
Austin just being the cutest bug. ;-)
They were actually playing nice together in this one.
Austin playing with Grace's new tree swing that's in our tree because there weren't any short enough in her yard.
The kids playing nicely together. (haha... they let me take a picture that looks like they're playing nicely together.)
Nayeli with a lolly.
There were so many cool sales going on, and the place was packed as could be. When we arrived at 1:30pm there wasn't an empty spot around. Luckily Jeremy didn't need to park because he was going to Office Max. We went in and there was a humongous line, but we weren't checking out yet, so I wasn't worried. I applied for a Kohls charge card that I knew I wouldn't get, but because I applied I got an extra 15% off my purchase. :-)
Well, we got something for everyone. I got a fabulous pair of fancy snake skin flip flops. Austin got the travel version of Hungry, Hungry Hippos, also he got a charming green button up shirt to wear for Easter. Nayeli got an adorable two piece outfit, even though she doesn't need anymore clothes, and Jeremy got a new pair of sneakers which are brown and very sharp! Other than using the gift card we picked up a cute little purse for our new neighbor/friend who just turned six!
After our 15 minute wait in the Kohls line, which was even longer than when we came in the store we headed to Dillons to pick up my pay check. It was a bit busy and we were hungry so we got a nice $10 meal from the Chinese Kitchen and ate together while we people watched. Nayeli loved the chicken and Austin loved the rice. I grabbed a few things before we headed home and then we left.
Right when we got home we packed up Grace's present and ran, Austin ran, next door. We played outside for a little bit and then went in for dinner and fun. Austin played very nicely with Grace's cousin Elijah and Nayeli played nicely with everyone. Grace loved her purse, and stickers and hand sanitizer, and pencil with the squishiness all around it, and her little writing pad. I got to chat with Grace's mom a bit and then we came home.
I'm exhausted.
The past few days have been terrific outside, as I stated earlier and we have spent so much time playing and walking. I love the warmer weather!!! I'm really looking forward to summer, although spring is pretty awesome in itself. Yayyy for everything!
Austin just being the cutest bug. ;-)
They were actually playing nice together in this one.
Austin playing with Grace's new tree swing that's in our tree because there weren't any short enough in her yard.
The kids playing nicely together. (haha... they let me take a picture that looks like they're playing nicely together.)
Nayeli with a lolly.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
In a Living Room Far, Far Away...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Waiting for Spring
Not too much going on that I haven't written about in the kids individual blogs. For a couple weeks Jeremy and I were pretty busy with work and his schooling, and then it sorta died down. Neither of us is getting very many hours right now, we barely make 40/week as a couple. We're both looking for second jobs, trying to figure out how we can work around each other's schedules.
The nice thing about fewer hours is that there is more family time. This morning the kids and I went on a little hike. It was beautiful out. Not too cold, but enough so there was a bit of sparkly frost on the ground. I took some pictures with my phone, but have to go to Walmart to get them off. :-S We played some soccer and rolled the ball back and forth for a while. Then we explored some uncharted territory in our backyard and started to walk around the soccer field that's next to our backyard. That started to be a lonnnng walk so we decided to cut through it and head over to the park.
Austin played mostly on the merry-go-round and with the sand, building castles for us to live in. Nayeli sat and wobbled in her snowsuit and I mostly talked to my grammy, while occasionally letting Austin push me on the merry-go-round. Nayeli liked to see me spin and giggled while I did it. Nayeli started to get fussy cuz of the cold so we headed back home for a snack. It was an adventure!
My birthday is this Saturday, I'm gonna be 24! I'm just hoping for ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. I work early that morning, but am free the rest of the day after that.
I'm really excited about a couple of trips I'll be taking with the kids this spring and summer. I will write more about those as and after they come. Hopefully I manage alright with two little ones. The only longer trip I've taken with the two of them was coming down to Kansas on the Amtrak... and Nayeli was a lot less wiggly then. More adventures I guess. ;-)
The nice thing about fewer hours is that there is more family time. This morning the kids and I went on a little hike. It was beautiful out. Not too cold, but enough so there was a bit of sparkly frost on the ground. I took some pictures with my phone, but have to go to Walmart to get them off. :-S We played some soccer and rolled the ball back and forth for a while. Then we explored some uncharted territory in our backyard and started to walk around the soccer field that's next to our backyard. That started to be a lonnnng walk so we decided to cut through it and head over to the park.
Austin played mostly on the merry-go-round and with the sand, building castles for us to live in. Nayeli sat and wobbled in her snowsuit and I mostly talked to my grammy, while occasionally letting Austin push me on the merry-go-round. Nayeli liked to see me spin and giggled while I did it. Nayeli started to get fussy cuz of the cold so we headed back home for a snack. It was an adventure!
My birthday is this Saturday, I'm gonna be 24! I'm just hoping for ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. I work early that morning, but am free the rest of the day after that.
I'm really excited about a couple of trips I'll be taking with the kids this spring and summer. I will write more about those as and after they come. Hopefully I manage alright with two little ones. The only longer trip I've taken with the two of them was coming down to Kansas on the Amtrak... and Nayeli was a lot less wiggly then. More adventures I guess. ;-)
Monday, February 16, 2009
Walking!
It started last night. I got out Nayeli's little push car so she could practice walking and of course Austin wanted to play with it. He took it from her and she followed him, walking. Guess she didn't need it for support. I tried it a bunch more times and would start out by giving it to her, letting her take a few steps with it, then she'd let go and I'd pull it in front of her and she followed me. It's amazing, just like that she's walkin' around!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
What 2009 Has Brought For Austi
I am happy to say that after four years :-S of being in diapers, Austin is finally potty trained, wearing his undies to bed and all. We've been tracking his success with stickers on the calendar and he has had very few slip ups since we started. :-D
Our weather has been all over the place lately and the past few days it decided to be freezing. We haven't made it outside to play in a little while. Just before the cold came we were out back with Austin's light saber bubble wand. The wind did most of the work for us and Austin got to chase GIANT bubbles. :-D We had lots of fun with that.
I've noticed that Austin really likes to watch special features. I've always been more into the movies myself, but watching the special features on a dvd disc gives Austin the option to choose what he wants to see and push a button to get to it. (We use an x-box360 as our dvd player) In a way he thinks he's getting to play games. It's pretty cute. Well, the other day I mentioned to Jeremy how Austin really likes the special features and Austin chimed in and said, "I like special features. They show you EVERYthing!" I guess it wasn't just that he thinks he's playing games, he likes to know everything. ;-)
Other than all that there's the normal sibling rivalry. Whenever Nayeli gets something, even if Austin gets something the same but a different color, he wants what Nayeli has. :-S It drives me a little batty, but hopefully he'll grow out of it, or I'll just get smart and give them eachothers presents and let them trade. :-P
Our weather has been all over the place lately and the past few days it decided to be freezing. We haven't made it outside to play in a little while. Just before the cold came we were out back with Austin's light saber bubble wand. The wind did most of the work for us and Austin got to chase GIANT bubbles. :-D We had lots of fun with that.
I've noticed that Austin really likes to watch special features. I've always been more into the movies myself, but watching the special features on a dvd disc gives Austin the option to choose what he wants to see and push a button to get to it. (We use an x-box360 as our dvd player) In a way he thinks he's getting to play games. It's pretty cute. Well, the other day I mentioned to Jeremy how Austin really likes the special features and Austin chimed in and said, "I like special features. They show you EVERYthing!" I guess it wasn't just that he thinks he's playing games, he likes to know everything. ;-)
Other than all that there's the normal sibling rivalry. Whenever Nayeli gets something, even if Austin gets something the same but a different color, he wants what Nayeli has. :-S It drives me a little batty, but hopefully he'll grow out of it, or I'll just get smart and give them eachothers presents and let them trade. :-P
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