Saturday, May 22, 2010

Pre-k pomp & circumstance

After three years of preschool, Ben has graduated and is moving on...
They had an adorable singing program and he was awarded 1st place for his space station! Must have been our day at NASA, or all the Star Wars that gave him the edge ;-)

Although I have questioned the decision we made last year to wait on kindergarten, I am so proud of him. He has really matured and I am confident that he will be a model kindergartner!


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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Bowen is 15 months old today!

He has 10 teeth, perfectly healthy ears, and eyes the color of denim.
This is what he loves:
Head butting
His sister's PB chair
Wagon rides
Pizza, blackberries & chips
Climbing
Balls-any size, any color
Clapping
Being pulled in a storage bin
Music
Throwing things in the trash
Playing in the dirt

Us
I think we'll keep him.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Better Late than never

Oops, I missed my blogoversary!
It was one month ago today. I'm celebrating 2 whole years of blogging, which I started on a whim just so I could stop sending out mass emails of pictures to family & friends...but I fell in love with it !

So to honor the (belated) occasion I thought I would post a list of things you may not know about me. 35 things to be exact - one for each year of my life, sound fair enough?

1. I'm trying to become a runner.
2. I hate my knees and pray my kids don't have them.
3. I collect souvenir pennies - the ones you make by putting in 2 quarters and a penny into the machine and cranking it, yep I have those from all over!
4. I used to be blonde, very blonde.
5. I want to go on a East Coast fall foliage cruise.
6. I don't know how to ski.
7. I'm not a morning person.
8. I always fold my clothes straight from the dryer. They never sit in a basket.
9. I'm an excellent domino player.
10. I'm so happy Bowen is a boy & love the birth order of boy, girl, boy!
11. My last professional pedicure was about 9 months ago.
12. My favorite movie is Legends of the Fall.
13. I couldn't wait to be a mom! It was my only consistent goal.
14. I might have a facebook addiction.
15. I don't get scared being home "alone", except the 1 time I did I called the police and have never lived it down.
16. I use Latisse.
17. My favorite ice cream is Braum's rocky road.
18. I love that my boys are opposites - brown hair, brown eyes & blond hair, blue eyes.
19. I started drinking coffee this year.
20. I was captain of my drill team (dance) in high school.
21. I wake up early to read the Word...okay, well I try to. Please refer to #7.
22. I use cheap drug store make up.
23. I never go to a tanning bed anymore but will still sit out in the sun without sunscreen, on purpose. And yes, I am scared of skin cancer.
24. I think it should be illegal to smoke anywhere but your own home, and never around minors.
25. I saw the first Twilight movie but wasn't hooked until I saw the 2nd (New Moon) then ended up reading the last 2 books.
26. I NEED chocolate.
27. I have watched American Idol every year up until this one.
28. I bake at least every week.
29. I haven't gotten a new pair of sneakers in 4 years.
30. My favorite (only really) reality tv show is Housewives of OC and New Jersery.
31. I can't play a single musical instrument.
32. I love Paul Newman & Robert Duvall...but I swear I don't have a thing for old men!
33. My favorite color is blue...or white, but white's not really a color, so it's blue.
34. I don't have a degree.
35. I'm not a salesperson, but recently became a Thirty One consultant because I felt absolutely compelled to be a part of this company!

Okay, there ya go...any surprises?

Please, leave me a comment and tell me something about YOU!


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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Adoption

I'm not sure if you've ever thought about adopting. I have!
But this post isn't about me...

I know a special family who feels called to adopt a little boy from Ethiopia.
They have love.
They have a happy home.
All they need is some help.

Please follow this link to Stacy's blog and enter to win a gorgeous handcrafted cross and change a life forever!

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Sunday, May 9, 2010

A Mother's Prayer

Help me dear Lord, as a mother, I pray
And bless these hands folded in prayer today;
May they be ever strong as they guide, as they teach,
Beings never too far for a child to reach.
May they never, with selfishness, try to dissuade,
Nor too quickly punish, nor too slowly aid.
May they point out the pleasures in laughter and song,
And may they show, wisely, the right from the wrong,
So that one day I'll know that I've helped all I can
To make her a woman, to make him a man.

- Mary A. Loberg



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Friday, May 7, 2010

No more shark boy!

We had a big "First" in Galveston when Ben lost his first tooth!
We were worried that professionals would have to do it (and where's the fun in that?) but nature finally took it's course.
Ben had permanent teeth erupting behind his baby teeth, essentially creating 2 rows of teeth...ya know, like a shark.
But, thankfully, they put enough pressure on the baby teeth and he has lost both bottom teeth since Galveston!


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