Can you guess where I cleaned today? I found...
a Leapster2 Cartridge that was missing for over a week, a wrapper from a mini Hershey bar, a dried noodle, 2 combs, 36 cents, the "stick" for a triangle, Ariel's bikini top (or "breasts" according to Caitlin), and a crayon!
Why yes. I did clean under the couch cushions!! Maybe I should do that more often?
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Be an ORGAN DONOR
Each day, about 77 people receive organ transplants. However, 19 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs.
If you're not already registered as a donor, please consider it! I have been reading about the absolutely tragic story of a 25 year old girl from Canada named Eva Markvoort. She has cystic fibrosis and is in need of a 2nd double lung transplant. Her situation is dire as she has only been given days to live. Made me think of our kids...no parent ever wants to go through watching their child die. Maybe situations like these can be avoided if we all signed up to donate our organs? I put a link on our blog if you want to check it out...Thanks!
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Big Game
Unfortunately the Boilers came out on the losing end, but we all had a blast. Both kiddos fell asleep on the way up there so we had a meltdown free experience!
At first it was a little overwhelming for Austin. His initial reaction when attending games is classic...he gets VERY serious & if you talk to him or touch him, LOOK OUT! He doesn't want to be disturbed while taking it all in! Yesterday we were fortunate enough to have GREAT seats (3 rows behind Boiler bench) and a Big Ten guy came over with the game ball asking Austin if he wanted to scuff it up a bit. Austin stared straight ahead and shook his head "no". UNHEARD OF for him to EVER turn down a basketball!!! :)
After awhile he got into it. Mostly asking Ryan lots of questions and enjoying the atmosphere. Of course, Caitlin was loving the cheerleaders! She got some black & gold pom-poms and chose a foam finger for Austin.
When the game ended we decided to stop for dinner before heading back home. We ended up at "Peppers" again!!! LOL!
Hope to get some pictures up ASAP.
At first it was a little overwhelming for Austin. His initial reaction when attending games is classic...he gets VERY serious & if you talk to him or touch him, LOOK OUT! He doesn't want to be disturbed while taking it all in! Yesterday we were fortunate enough to have GREAT seats (3 rows behind Boiler bench) and a Big Ten guy came over with the game ball asking Austin if he wanted to scuff it up a bit. Austin stared straight ahead and shook his head "no". UNHEARD OF for him to EVER turn down a basketball!!! :)
After awhile he got into it. Mostly asking Ryan lots of questions and enjoying the atmosphere. Of course, Caitlin was loving the cheerleaders! She got some black & gold pom-poms and chose a foam finger for Austin.
When the game ended we decided to stop for dinner before heading back home. We ended up at "Peppers" again!!! LOL!
Hope to get some pictures up ASAP.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
BOILER UP!!!
HOORAY! Today we are taking the kids to their very first Purdue game! I am excited to head back to my old stomping grounds to cheer on the Boilers (they are going all the way this year baby!)
I plan on taking lots of pictures so hope to post them later tonight or tomorrow!
Go Boilers!
I plan on taking lots of pictures so hope to post them later tonight or tomorrow!
Go Boilers!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Bonus Days!
We have been so lucky this week to have Ryan home for an extended time. He was supposed to have 2 trips but they were both cancelled! It has been great to reconnect as a family.
Yesterday was a go-go-go kind of day. We had ballet in the morning. Caitlin is really catching on and loves it so much. They are hard at work practicing their routines for the recital. Are you going to come see it? Our little ballerina would LOVE a cheering section! Then, it was back home for some lunch before we headed to basketball. Austin had his first win in "dribble tag" and he was soooooooo excited!!! He also did a great job dribbling around cones and was making baskets left and right. His favorite thing is defense though. My gosh...he puts some serious pressure on the opponent!
We got home around 3:00 and the kids were ready for a snack and a show. Austin stretched out on the couch to read his program from the previous night's Pacers game & fell asleep! A good thing...he doesn't really do too well without a nap. While the kids chilled, I got ready for my big date with my hubby. Yes, we had a date!!!! :)
Aunt Bubbles came to watch the kids (and get them good and tired). Ryan and I went to a benefit for a great organization called World Next Door (click on the link on the right and check it out). It was in a cool office space downtown. We had SUCH a great time...great people, great atmosphere, DELICIOUS food & mixed juices. We wandered around and enjoyed the beautiful photos from around the world, watched an amazing video about a little boy in Ukraine, and took part in our first silent auction. We bid on 2 items and won one...a gift certificate to The Jazz Kitchen -- OH YEAH, another date night for mommy & daddy! :)
Right now the kids are in the basement playing basketball and watching Snow White. Can you guess who is doing what?!?!
Yesterday was a go-go-go kind of day. We had ballet in the morning. Caitlin is really catching on and loves it so much. They are hard at work practicing their routines for the recital. Are you going to come see it? Our little ballerina would LOVE a cheering section! Then, it was back home for some lunch before we headed to basketball. Austin had his first win in "dribble tag" and he was soooooooo excited!!! He also did a great job dribbling around cones and was making baskets left and right. His favorite thing is defense though. My gosh...he puts some serious pressure on the opponent!
We got home around 3:00 and the kids were ready for a snack and a show. Austin stretched out on the couch to read his program from the previous night's Pacers game & fell asleep! A good thing...he doesn't really do too well without a nap. While the kids chilled, I got ready for my big date with my hubby. Yes, we had a date!!!! :)
Aunt Bubbles came to watch the kids (and get them good and tired). Ryan and I went to a benefit for a great organization called World Next Door (click on the link on the right and check it out). It was in a cool office space downtown. We had SUCH a great time...great people, great atmosphere, DELICIOUS food & mixed juices. We wandered around and enjoyed the beautiful photos from around the world, watched an amazing video about a little boy in Ukraine, and took part in our first silent auction. We bid on 2 items and won one...a gift certificate to The Jazz Kitchen -- OH YEAH, another date night for mommy & daddy! :)
Right now the kids are in the basement playing basketball and watching Snow White. Can you guess who is doing what?!?!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Family Time
Yesterday was such a great day! The kids were soooooo excited to see Ryan when they woke up in the morning! Austin ran down the hall shouting, "Daddy's home! Daddy's home!" We took them to school and Ryan and I were able to have a couple hours to go out for breakfast and run errands which was nice. After school we headed home where the kids actually had a NAP!!! Unfortunately, so did I! After naps we picked up Ry's car from the dealership and then went out for dinner and Dairy Queen. When we got home we turned on the Olympics and snuggled in our bed - Caitlin even enjoyed watching because of the figure skating. Austin was loving the bobsled & ski cross. Ry took a short nap.
*We were trying to figure out where to go for dinner...Caitlin's choice was "Rockin' Robin" but we couldn't go there because it was Tuesday and that's one of the days that the "big bird" is there and Austin "doesn't like that big biwd." Austin said, "Let's go to "Peppers"...I like their tortilla chips." We had to think a minute...Peppers? OH YES...CHILI'S! They have the pepper out front. Ry & I found that quite hysterical!
*At dinner Austin & Caitlin decided they wanted to sit together and Mommy & Daddy would sit together on the other side of the booth. We weren't too sure how that would go, but gave it a try. Oh my gosh!!! They were sooooooooo well behaved! It was awesome.
*Caitlin was watching "The Little Mermaid" and said, "If Austin ever watched this movie, he would like it." For some reason he wants nothing to do with it!
*Both kids have been taking there stuffed Eiffel Towers all over the place. They LOVE those things!!! Caitlin was trying to harass Austin & told him they weren't Eiffel Towers...they were "candy corns with legs".
*In addition to the "Invisible Nuggets", Austin also plays basketball against "The Jammers" and "The Stars". He made those up on his own! Whatever team he is playing for is always "the best"!
*During Austin's "big game" in the basement, Caitlin does a nice drum roll and announces, "Hey everybody, it's time for HALF TIME!!!"
*Also, before bath the other day, Austin put his clean undies on his head and was pretending to be a superhero. I said, "Ok, Captain Underpants..." Then he started charging around the room shouting, "Captain Underpants to the rescue!"
*If you say something that Austin deems slightly embarrassing he'll say, "Oh shugs!" Which is "oh shucks!"
*Caitlin is the snuggliest little thing but she is also the wiggliest little girl in the entire world! She will dig her toes and elbows into you as she shifts around and around.
*Austin spends most of the day "playing defense" on everyone in our family, including Hoops! It can get completely annoying!!! So when Caitlin has had enough she yells, "Austin, STOP defensing me!"
*The kids and Ryan were in the basement yesterday watching "This is It"...great.
Hoping to post more later...
*We were trying to figure out where to go for dinner...Caitlin's choice was "Rockin' Robin" but we couldn't go there because it was Tuesday and that's one of the days that the "big bird" is there and Austin "doesn't like that big biwd." Austin said, "Let's go to "Peppers"...I like their tortilla chips." We had to think a minute...Peppers? OH YES...CHILI'S! They have the pepper out front. Ry & I found that quite hysterical!
*At dinner Austin & Caitlin decided they wanted to sit together and Mommy & Daddy would sit together on the other side of the booth. We weren't too sure how that would go, but gave it a try. Oh my gosh!!! They were sooooooooo well behaved! It was awesome.
*Caitlin was watching "The Little Mermaid" and said, "If Austin ever watched this movie, he would like it." For some reason he wants nothing to do with it!
*Both kids have been taking there stuffed Eiffel Towers all over the place. They LOVE those things!!! Caitlin was trying to harass Austin & told him they weren't Eiffel Towers...they were "candy corns with legs".
*In addition to the "Invisible Nuggets", Austin also plays basketball against "The Jammers" and "The Stars". He made those up on his own! Whatever team he is playing for is always "the best"!
*During Austin's "big game" in the basement, Caitlin does a nice drum roll and announces, "Hey everybody, it's time for HALF TIME!!!"
*Also, before bath the other day, Austin put his clean undies on his head and was pretending to be a superhero. I said, "Ok, Captain Underpants..." Then he started charging around the room shouting, "Captain Underpants to the rescue!"
*If you say something that Austin deems slightly embarrassing he'll say, "Oh shugs!" Which is "oh shucks!"
*Caitlin is the snuggliest little thing but she is also the wiggliest little girl in the entire world! She will dig her toes and elbows into you as she shifts around and around.
*Austin spends most of the day "playing defense" on everyone in our family, including Hoops! It can get completely annoying!!! So when Caitlin has had enough she yells, "Austin, STOP defensing me!"
*The kids and Ryan were in the basement yesterday watching "This is It"...great.
Hoping to post more later...
Monday, February 22, 2010
Just Seen...
Caitlin and Austin playing nicely on the living room floor. They are getting Tiana, Sleeping Beauty, Prince Naveen, & Prince Phillip ready for the ball. "Mr. The King" (what Caitlin calls him - hilarious!), the race car must stay asleep in his trailer because he is "sick & groggy" (says Austin). The princesses say, "That's okay because we have to get our dresses on anyway." It is cute to watch them and listen to the fun things they come up with!
We went to speech this morning and Austin had no errors or dysfluencies. So it is looking like maybe we could be done with speech soon. I give 99.9% of the credit to Ms. Katy, his speech teacher from last year. She had a great rapport with him and did an awesome job during one-to-one sessions. We saw remarkable improvements. If we would have only gone with the public school services, I don't think that would have happened. HOORAY for Austin!!!!
Big cleaning day today. Lots of toys to put away...didn't get done last night because it was meltdown city around here!!!!!!! Thankfully we had only one minor incident of night waking at around 4:30 but both kids quickly went back to sleep. Austin woke up around 7:00 and Caitlin slept until close to 8:00! Ah, looks like the girls are the sleepers in this house! :)
We went to speech this morning and Austin had no errors or dysfluencies. So it is looking like maybe we could be done with speech soon. I give 99.9% of the credit to Ms. Katy, his speech teacher from last year. She had a great rapport with him and did an awesome job during one-to-one sessions. We saw remarkable improvements. If we would have only gone with the public school services, I don't think that would have happened. HOORAY for Austin!!!!
Big cleaning day today. Lots of toys to put away...didn't get done last night because it was meltdown city around here!!!!!!! Thankfully we had only one minor incident of night waking at around 4:30 but both kids quickly went back to sleep. Austin woke up around 7:00 and Caitlin slept until close to 8:00! Ah, looks like the girls are the sleepers in this house! :)
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