We've utilized the pool more this year than last. T helps R stay cool too.
Oh look, Mumma's other face is back!
Did you say you were hot?
Equal opportunist
Hello Great GrandMa Jones!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Coping with the century mark
We've had hot temperatures these here parts lately. By hot, I mean over 100F...I don't think I need to convert that for my Canadian readers, suffice it to say its HOT.
We've utilized the pool more this year than last. T helps R stay cool too.
We've utilized the pool more this year than last. T helps R stay cool too.
Ah dude, your name is Mud...
Most of the time, T loves R and R adores T. They giggle together, play together and despite the age difference, I think genuinely like each other. R always gets excited as soon as he hears T come into the room or when we pick her up from school etc. Mumma's fun but T, she's better. Unless, the cats are around then they out rank Mumma too. Mumma wins out when he's hungry or has a booboo.
Today, we picked T up from her day camp and everyone was all smiles. That was until we were headed out of the parking lot, driving out of the parking lot to be precise.
Out of nowhere, T started shrieking from the back seat that I had to stop IMMEDIATELY. There was an EMERGENCY with R. I. HAD. TO. GET. TO. R. POST. HAST. No explanation, just stop the car NOW!
T had made a crown today in class (it was King Solomon day I think). It had stickers on the points of the crown. T was very proud of said crown....you can see where this is going right?
Well, while I got T tied into her carseat, she was trying to help R get his frog lovey (Bob Gratton la Grenouille). R kept dropping Monsieur Bob and T, being only too willing to oblige, kept picking it up and handing it to him.
Well as T would lean over to hand R the frog, she held her crown in the other hand. That hand dangled enticingly over R's face...and yep, he grabbed the crown. And ripped off one of the crown tips and its small sticker (read: a choking hazard). Thus the emergency.
We have repeated time and again that R shouldn't have little things near him because he might put them in his mouth and choke. Choking is bad and he could die (those are her exact words).
If R gets within a mile of something he could choke on, be electrocuted by or otherwise harm himself with, T starts freaking out. By freaking out, I mean screaming at us to stop him if she can't. She runs around closing doors to rooms, picking up cat food dishes and chastizing R when he does something wrong. R has two mommies, one age 35 and one age 4.
Back to today's events.
When I got the car stopped, I went over to R's side to see what was going on. T hadn't said much more than R had something that he shouldn't and I had to get him out of his seat pronto and find whatever he had. She was crying profusely but I finally got out of what had happened.
I untied R and finally found the choking hazard/sticker, hiding under dear old Bob. R didn't quite get all the hullabaloo but he got a tongue lashing from T the remainder of the way home.
I taped up the crown and nary a word has been said since. I'm sure S will hear all about how R ruined T's crown when he gets home tonight.
Today, we picked T up from her day camp and everyone was all smiles. That was until we were headed out of the parking lot, driving out of the parking lot to be precise.
Out of nowhere, T started shrieking from the back seat that I had to stop IMMEDIATELY. There was an EMERGENCY with R. I. HAD. TO. GET. TO. R. POST. HAST. No explanation, just stop the car NOW!
T had made a crown today in class (it was King Solomon day I think). It had stickers on the points of the crown. T was very proud of said crown....you can see where this is going right?
Well, while I got T tied into her carseat, she was trying to help R get his frog lovey (Bob Gratton la Grenouille). R kept dropping Monsieur Bob and T, being only too willing to oblige, kept picking it up and handing it to him.
Well as T would lean over to hand R the frog, she held her crown in the other hand. That hand dangled enticingly over R's face...and yep, he grabbed the crown. And ripped off one of the crown tips and its small sticker (read: a choking hazard). Thus the emergency.
We have repeated time and again that R shouldn't have little things near him because he might put them in his mouth and choke. Choking is bad and he could die (those are her exact words).
If R gets within a mile of something he could choke on, be electrocuted by or otherwise harm himself with, T starts freaking out. By freaking out, I mean screaming at us to stop him if she can't. She runs around closing doors to rooms, picking up cat food dishes and chastizing R when he does something wrong. R has two mommies, one age 35 and one age 4.
Back to today's events.
When I got the car stopped, I went over to R's side to see what was going on. T hadn't said much more than R had something that he shouldn't and I had to get him out of his seat pronto and find whatever he had. She was crying profusely but I finally got out of what had happened.
I untied R and finally found the choking hazard/sticker, hiding under dear old Bob. R didn't quite get all the hullabaloo but he got a tongue lashing from T the remainder of the way home.
I taped up the crown and nary a word has been said since. I'm sure S will hear all about how R ruined T's crown when he gets home tonight.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Its been a while!
Hi everyone, I haven't forgotten about this blog, its just taken much longer than I figured to get us back on track from our 2 weeks in Canada.
We travelled to see friends and family for two weeks, changing houses on average, every two nights. Yes, I'm a little tired. I made sure we didn't leave much in the fridge or freezer in case we lost power so now I've had to spent many trips to the store restocking everything.
The kids did quite well on the flights all things considered. Our flights to Canada started at 6:30am...never again. The airport was a zoo, I've never seen it so swamped. It was the first full week of kids being out of school (Kansas schools let out in early/mid May) and it was also the start of the Memorial Day weekend (major travel holiday) when we left. That's a very busy combo.
Unfortunately, we couldn't do the night before precheck in as the computer systems can't handle lap children (kids under 2 years are allowed to sit in their parents laps for a nominal fee). Next time we have to all travel, we are doing precheck in at home because everyone will have to have a seat and especially if we ever have to be at the airport for 4:30am.
During the flights, T thought it would fun to "read" the "In Case of Emergency" instructions. In reality, she just went through the visual instructions, which she has gotten very good at and informed her dad (who she sat with) as to what they should do in case of an emergency.
At one point on our first flight of the trip home, she had quite the discussion with S about what you do if you see the engine on fire...I think he told her if you look out the window and you see the engine on fire, you tell someone and not panic. T proceed to yell that "Its on fire!"
Nope, not such a good thing to do while waiting for the plane to take off and the engines are firing up. I think she freaked the people behind her a little bit. S had to tell her that the engine wasn't on fire and we don't yell on the plane. I thought for sure we were going to get kicked off the plane.
The second flight back to Kansas got delayed and had its gate switched. At that point, I didn't care how many gates we had to switch, I just wanted to get home.
R had decided during the trip that he needed to get up at 5:30am every.freaking.morning. Ah yes, nothing like going to bed late every night because you are trying to pack as much time as you can with family/friends and then getting up 5 hours later and have it start all over again. Add to that the fact you also have to get back in the car after tracking down all the kids' clothes/accessories and repacking because you have to drive 3 hours to go stay with someone else. It just becomes a little too much after a few days of it.
I think next time we will rent a cottage with lots of bedrooms and whomever wants to see us, can come to us. Its just too hard to pack up everything and move every few days. Its a lot to ask of everyone but this time the kids came through for us despite a few hiccups...maybe because R can't talk to complain and T enjoys being kept busy.
It was great to see everyone but man, it was good to sleep in my own bed. I think I could stand to lose the 100F + temperatures we've had lately. I'm embarassed to say it, I enjoyed the blast furnace heat when we finally found our car in the airport parking lot and was beyond thrilled to have more consistent (albeit hot) temperatures when we finally made it home.
We missed a big storm here in town while we were gone by about a week. Despite some having substantial damage done by hail, we surprisingly escaped major damage to our car (that was left at the airport) and our home.
Did I mention there was a tornado north of my parents house when we visited during the second portion of our trip? Apparently, we brought a little bit of Kansas to Canada...ha ha. It was barely a tornado but to the residents it hit, the world might as well have been coming to an end.
To those of us who live in Tornado Alley, it was a storm. Unfortunately, they don't have tornado sirens so those affected didn't know what was coming. Several areas were without power for about 4 days. I don't miss those days...
I will try to post some photos next time. I've been away from my camera too much lately but its been too hot and I've been too busy.
We've got T in a day camp twice a week and next week I will try to add another midday activity, just to keep her occupied. We should be good until the first part of August as most activities cease as the kids start school in mid August.
We travelled to see friends and family for two weeks, changing houses on average, every two nights. Yes, I'm a little tired. I made sure we didn't leave much in the fridge or freezer in case we lost power so now I've had to spent many trips to the store restocking everything.
The kids did quite well on the flights all things considered. Our flights to Canada started at 6:30am...never again. The airport was a zoo, I've never seen it so swamped. It was the first full week of kids being out of school (Kansas schools let out in early/mid May) and it was also the start of the Memorial Day weekend (major travel holiday) when we left. That's a very busy combo.
Unfortunately, we couldn't do the night before precheck in as the computer systems can't handle lap children (kids under 2 years are allowed to sit in their parents laps for a nominal fee). Next time we have to all travel, we are doing precheck in at home because everyone will have to have a seat and especially if we ever have to be at the airport for 4:30am.
During the flights, T thought it would fun to "read" the "In Case of Emergency" instructions. In reality, she just went through the visual instructions, which she has gotten very good at and informed her dad (who she sat with) as to what they should do in case of an emergency.
At one point on our first flight of the trip home, she had quite the discussion with S about what you do if you see the engine on fire...I think he told her if you look out the window and you see the engine on fire, you tell someone and not panic. T proceed to yell that "Its on fire!"
Nope, not such a good thing to do while waiting for the plane to take off and the engines are firing up. I think she freaked the people behind her a little bit. S had to tell her that the engine wasn't on fire and we don't yell on the plane. I thought for sure we were going to get kicked off the plane.
The second flight back to Kansas got delayed and had its gate switched. At that point, I didn't care how many gates we had to switch, I just wanted to get home.
R had decided during the trip that he needed to get up at 5:30am every.freaking.morning. Ah yes, nothing like going to bed late every night because you are trying to pack as much time as you can with family/friends and then getting up 5 hours later and have it start all over again. Add to that the fact you also have to get back in the car after tracking down all the kids' clothes/accessories and repacking because you have to drive 3 hours to go stay with someone else. It just becomes a little too much after a few days of it.
I think next time we will rent a cottage with lots of bedrooms and whomever wants to see us, can come to us. Its just too hard to pack up everything and move every few days. Its a lot to ask of everyone but this time the kids came through for us despite a few hiccups...maybe because R can't talk to complain and T enjoys being kept busy.
It was great to see everyone but man, it was good to sleep in my own bed. I think I could stand to lose the 100F + temperatures we've had lately. I'm embarassed to say it, I enjoyed the blast furnace heat when we finally found our car in the airport parking lot and was beyond thrilled to have more consistent (albeit hot) temperatures when we finally made it home.
We missed a big storm here in town while we were gone by about a week. Despite some having substantial damage done by hail, we surprisingly escaped major damage to our car (that was left at the airport) and our home.
Did I mention there was a tornado north of my parents house when we visited during the second portion of our trip? Apparently, we brought a little bit of Kansas to Canada...ha ha. It was barely a tornado but to the residents it hit, the world might as well have been coming to an end.
To those of us who live in Tornado Alley, it was a storm. Unfortunately, they don't have tornado sirens so those affected didn't know what was coming. Several areas were without power for about 4 days. I don't miss those days...
I will try to post some photos next time. I've been away from my camera too much lately but its been too hot and I've been too busy.
We've got T in a day camp twice a week and next week I will try to add another midday activity, just to keep her occupied. We should be good until the first part of August as most activities cease as the kids start school in mid August.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Someone had his first birthday!
So given how slow I appear to have become at getting important event photos out, I thought I'd better get these out before I head out on our next adventure.
We had R's first birthday party on Sunday (so that was yesterday, right?). He had the usual friends over and we had cake and prezzies.
A friend's sister was kind enough to make a cake and decorate it for R. We did an Elmo party...why Elmo? 'Cause I got a deal on first birthday napkins at the dollar store and they had Elmo on them. Also, we used to have a talking Elmo we got from a garage sale when T was R's age but he has ceased to function but worked well as decor. And besides who doesn't love Elmo?
Here are a select few shots, enjoy!
We had R's first birthday party on Sunday (so that was yesterday, right?). He had the usual friends over and we had cake and prezzies.
A friend's sister was kind enough to make a cake and decorate it for R. We did an Elmo party...why Elmo? 'Cause I got a deal on first birthday napkins at the dollar store and they had Elmo on them. Also, we used to have a talking Elmo we got from a garage sale when T was R's age but he has ceased to function but worked well as decor. And besides who doesn't love Elmo?
Here are a select few shots, enjoy!
Big sister wishing Little brother a happy birthday!
The Elmo cake!
Aunt A wasn't sure there was going to be enough cake so she made back up cupcakes!
Getting ready...
Getting set...
Making a wish...
All done!
The obligatory sticking of one's finger in the icing...
Tastes like....RED!
Not quite sure what all the hoopla is about these box things is...but Big Sister is certainly into them!
A truck!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
So what do I do with my spare time??
This blog is usually, if not always about the kids. That's what I set it up for and that's what it will remain. However, I can't mentally survive on sloppy kisses and drool filled hugs alone. I need something for me.
So with what little spare time I have, I've been working on my photos I've taken over the last few years. Ideally, I'd love to start a business, maybe an Etsy site and be able to make a little money to offset my expensive photographic hobby.
Here's my site so far. If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it!
http://islaycornersphotography.blogspot.com/
So with what little spare time I have, I've been working on my photos I've taken over the last few years. Ideally, I'd love to start a business, maybe an Etsy site and be able to make a little money to offset my expensive photographic hobby.
Here's my site so far. If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it!
http://islaycornersphotography.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 20, 2011
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