Today is Nana's birthday, so Husband called to wish her a Happy Birthday. Naturally, the kids couldn't be left out, so they got to talk to her too. Bug's conversation was short & sweet, but Bird's was... amusing:
Bird: Happy Birthday Nana!!
Nana: something
Bird: How old are you now?
Nana: answers
Bird: Wow, that's a big number!!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Crossing a New Threshhold...
In case I ever had any doubt, my baby is definitely NOT a baby anymore!! She was quite excited by the whole thing, really. And here she is, fake smiling to show you.
Looking at this picture, I kind of wonder if I should change the sidebar of our pics over there. Nah... I don't want to take a pic of MY teeth!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
In case you had trouble telling...
Bug: Do you know what bad guys look like Mommy?
Me: I don't think there's an exact dress code.
Bug: Bad guys don't wear underwear.
Me: They don't?
Bug: NO! They are only wearing pants.
So now you know.
Me: I don't think there's an exact dress code.
Bug: Bad guys don't wear underwear.
Me: They don't?
Bug: NO! They are only wearing pants.
So now you know.
Monday, May 11, 2009
How to Throw a Disasterous Birthday Party
My baby turned SIX this past weekend. (Ack!) Naturally, being the social butterfly that she is, we had to have a birthday party. She really wanted to have it at a local playground (yes! procrastinating deep housecleaning until summer vacation!), and for the first time, we were letting her invite friends from school.
She had fun, but it didn't exactly turn out as planned. So, if you wanted to know how NOT to throw a party, here you go:
- Pick the hottest weekend in May.
- Host the party at a playground with very little shade over the picnic tables. (Although this does make for some amusement when all the parents are huddled in the shadow of the bathroom building!)
- Ensure that the bathrooms do not have any soap in them. (Thank heavens Auntie R brought hand sanitizer!)
- Invite friends from school - the ones whose parents you don't know & don't have the decency to RSVP, so you can't exactly call them up & see if they're coming so you aren't sure if there will be 25 people coming to the park or 45. (I mean, really!)
- Invite friends from school - especially when they're still little enough bring their parents. (Because then, they can all huddle up and complain about the school. Ostracizing me, cause there's no way you'd catch me in that conversation. I'd like to keep my job, thankyouverymuch.)
- Put the cake in a shady spot - mainly to ensure the ants eat the cake before anybody else can. (Again, Auntie R to the rescue - she ran an emergency Publx trip for a replacement cake!)
Most importantly, Bird had a really good time, and I had other friends there that I could hang out with & talk to. (Yes, Mom I did the hostess thing & made sure I talked to all the grownups!)
Next year, though, I kind of want to talk Bird into someplace cold.
She had fun, but it didn't exactly turn out as planned. So, if you wanted to know how NOT to throw a party, here you go:
- Pick the hottest weekend in May.
- Host the party at a playground with very little shade over the picnic tables. (Although this does make for some amusement when all the parents are huddled in the shadow of the bathroom building!)
- Ensure that the bathrooms do not have any soap in them. (Thank heavens Auntie R brought hand sanitizer!)
- Invite friends from school - the ones whose parents you don't know & don't have the decency to RSVP, so you can't exactly call them up & see if they're coming so you aren't sure if there will be 25 people coming to the park or 45. (I mean, really!)
- Invite friends from school - especially when they're still little enough bring their parents. (Because then, they can all huddle up and complain about the school. Ostracizing me, cause there's no way you'd catch me in that conversation. I'd like to keep my job, thankyouverymuch.)
- Put the cake in a shady spot - mainly to ensure the ants eat the cake before anybody else can. (Again, Auntie R to the rescue - she ran an emergency Publx trip for a replacement cake!)
Most importantly, Bird had a really good time, and I had other friends there that I could hang out with & talk to. (Yes, Mom I did the hostess thing & made sure I talked to all the grownups!)
Next year, though, I kind of want to talk Bird into someplace cold.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day Mad Libs
Last year, I had an awful lot of fun reading what Bird thought about me... this year both kids had the chance to do some Mommy Mad Libbing in their classes.
My Mom - by Bug
Her hair is brown.
Her eyes are white. (It could have been worse. One kid said his mom had pink hair & orange eyes.)
She is 14 years old. (Well, at least an improvement from last year's 1500!)
Her favorite food is all the food. (Um....)
Her favorite color is pink. (No, but his is.)
Her favorite TV show is all the movies. (I had to laugh at this one. Other kids were naming actual TV shows. My kids don't watch live TV... neither do I, really so he was right.)
Her favorite thing to do is whatever she wants to. (How right he is. Husband couldn't stop laughing at this one.)
I love my mommy most when she plays with me!
My Mom is Special - by Bird
My mom is special because she cooks eggs. (My cake baking doesn't even hit the list. But the eggs I made for her once or twice... home run!)
I like it when my Mom plays with me. (I'm sensing a theme here.)
I like to make my mom smile by liking her. (Awww....)
My Mom is smart! She even knows that there's flowers in the cupboards. (Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe it was supposed to be flour? Except that doesn't really make sense either.)
Happy Mother's Day!!
My Mom - by Bug
Her hair is brown.
Her eyes are white. (It could have been worse. One kid said his mom had pink hair & orange eyes.)
She is 14 years old. (Well, at least an improvement from last year's 1500!)
Her favorite food is all the food. (Um....)
Her favorite color is pink. (No, but his is.)
Her favorite TV show is all the movies. (I had to laugh at this one. Other kids were naming actual TV shows. My kids don't watch live TV... neither do I, really so he was right.)
Her favorite thing to do is whatever she wants to. (How right he is. Husband couldn't stop laughing at this one.)
I love my mommy most when she plays with me!
My Mom is Special - by Bird
My mom is special because she cooks eggs. (My cake baking doesn't even hit the list. But the eggs I made for her once or twice... home run!)
I like it when my Mom plays with me. (I'm sensing a theme here.)
I like to make my mom smile by liking her. (Awww....)
My Mom is smart! She even knows that there's flowers in the cupboards. (Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe it was supposed to be flour? Except that doesn't really make sense either.)
Happy Mother's Day!!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Groceries!!
Looks like it was breakfast week here at the Looney Bin! What can I say... this family of mine really loves the cereal. I keep thinking I should post pics of my cereal stash, but on one hand, it's a little embarrassing. They really do eat a lot of it, though.
Here's this week's breakdown:
Total Cost of Items: $72.18
Coupons: $11.00
Sales: $22.82
Total OOP: $38.36
SAVED 47%
* = coupon
Items on Sale (sale price listed)
Items on BOGO (price of one item listed)
gallon generic milk - $2.89
gallon generic OJ - $3.69
(2) 2L generic diet caffeine free soda - $0.79 (hey, the price went up again!)
(2) Ocean spray juice - $3.99
(2) boxes low sugar Quaker instant oatmeal - $1.99**
(6) boxes Life cereal - $4.49 *** (I figure this should last us a couple months, at least)
(4) boxes Pasta Roni - $1.23 *
generic loaf wheat bread - $1.59
turkey lunchmeat - $2.00
generic sliced mozaarella cheese - $1.99
cucumber - $0.65
apples - $3.69
(4) 6oz pots generic yogurt - $0.50/each
generic paper towels (3-pack) - $2.39
kids anti-cavity rinse - 2.99
Here's this week's breakdown:
Total Cost of Items: $72.18
Coupons: $11.00
Sales: $22.82
Total OOP: $38.36
SAVED 47%
* = coupon
Items on Sale (sale price listed)
Items on BOGO (price of one item listed)
gallon generic milk - $2.89
gallon generic OJ - $3.69
(2) 2L generic diet caffeine free soda - $0.79 (hey, the price went up again!)
(2) Ocean spray juice - $3.99
(2) boxes low sugar Quaker instant oatmeal - $1.99**
(6) boxes Life cereal - $4.49 *** (I figure this should last us a couple months, at least)
(4) boxes Pasta Roni - $1.23 *
generic loaf wheat bread - $1.59
turkey lunchmeat - $2.00
generic sliced mozaarella cheese - $1.99
cucumber - $0.65
apples - $3.69
(4) 6oz pots generic yogurt - $0.50/each
generic paper towels (3-pack) - $2.39
kids anti-cavity rinse - 2.99
Monday, April 20, 2009
Groceries!
There are certain things about grocery shopping that will always be true:
- You will buy more food that you don't need if you shopo when you're hungry.
- If you shop on Sunday night, you will stare at all the college kids & their choice (or lack thereof) of actual food.
- It's amazing how quickly you can do the shopping when it's just you.
- Any male bagboy will offer to take your groceries to your car, but a female bagboy (improper use of term? who knows!) never will.
Some of you may argue with me on that last point, but I've been informally watching my bagboys for months now - when I'm shopping by myself, when it's me and the kids (not fun for anyone!), or when it's all four of us - and it's the guys who are universally offering to carry the groceries out to the car! I can't tell you how many times I've been at the checkout with the kids (and usually one of them not happy at this point because the other is looking at them) with my hands full and a ton of groceries, and a girl will just send my cart to me with a quick "have a nice day." I know, I know I could just ASK her to take them out, but there are certain situations where I just don't want to be *that* person.
Hang on, you were here to read about what I bought, weren't you? Thankfully, we ate a bit of Easter leftovers all week (and there are still some more in the fridge!), so all I really needed to do was shop the sales & pick up a couple of the weekly essentials. Here's the breakdown:
Total Cost of Items: $77.55
Coupons: $6.85
Sales: $31.83
Total OOP: $38.87
SAVED 50%
* = coupon
Items on Sale (sale price listed)
Items on BOGO (price of one item listed)
gallon generic milk - $2.89
gallon generic OJ - $2.49
(2) 2L bottles generic soda - $0.69/each
(2) bottles Juicy Juice - $3.49
(2) containers crystal light mix - $3.99
loaf generic wheat bread - $1.59
apples - $3.69
olives - $1.35
(2) yoplait 6-pack kids yogurt - $2.79 *
turkey lunchmeat - $2.00
(4) boxes Cheerios - $4.29 *** (2 Honey Nut, 1 vanilla yogurt, 1 strawberry yogurt, in case you were wondering)
(2) Quaker granola bars - $2.09 *
(2) Ritz toasted chips - $3.39 (a completely impulse buy, I admit!)
(2) boxes Betty Crocker instant mashed potatoes - $1.73 *
(2) frozen Birdseye chicken voila meals - $4.27 **
- You will buy more food that you don't need if you shopo when you're hungry.
- If you shop on Sunday night, you will stare at all the college kids & their choice (or lack thereof) of actual food.
- It's amazing how quickly you can do the shopping when it's just you.
- Any male bagboy will offer to take your groceries to your car, but a female bagboy (improper use of term? who knows!) never will.
Some of you may argue with me on that last point, but I've been informally watching my bagboys for months now - when I'm shopping by myself, when it's me and the kids (not fun for anyone!), or when it's all four of us - and it's the guys who are universally offering to carry the groceries out to the car! I can't tell you how many times I've been at the checkout with the kids (and usually one of them not happy at this point because the other is looking at them) with my hands full and a ton of groceries, and a girl will just send my cart to me with a quick "have a nice day." I know, I know I could just ASK her to take them out, but there are certain situations where I just don't want to be *that* person.
Hang on, you were here to read about what I bought, weren't you? Thankfully, we ate a bit of Easter leftovers all week (and there are still some more in the fridge!), so all I really needed to do was shop the sales & pick up a couple of the weekly essentials. Here's the breakdown:
Total Cost of Items: $77.55
Coupons: $6.85
Sales: $31.83
Total OOP: $38.87
SAVED 50%
* = coupon
Items on Sale (sale price listed)
Items on BOGO (price of one item listed)
gallon generic milk - $2.89
gallon generic OJ - $2.49
(2) 2L bottles generic soda - $0.69/each
(2) bottles Juicy Juice - $3.49
(2) containers crystal light mix - $3.99
loaf generic wheat bread - $1.59
apples - $3.69
olives - $1.35
(2) yoplait 6-pack kids yogurt - $2.79 *
turkey lunchmeat - $2.00
(4) boxes Cheerios - $4.29 *** (2 Honey Nut, 1 vanilla yogurt, 1 strawberry yogurt, in case you were wondering)
(2) Quaker granola bars - $2.09 *
(2) Ritz toasted chips - $3.39 (a completely impulse buy, I admit!)
(2) boxes Betty Crocker instant mashed potatoes - $1.73 *
(2) frozen Birdseye chicken voila meals - $4.27 **
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