I can't believe you are FIVE years old today. My baby. Sorry I had to make you take a nap today...but trust your mama...you needed one!
Stay tuned for the attempt of a pirate b-day cake!
Love you Carsen!
mom
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
A Few Things On My List....
1. Take Olivia to dance class today-check
2. Must, must pick up milk, bread and bananas (staples here)-check
3. Look for a horse for Ellie (she's been saving)
4. Buy Olivia's camera (she's been saving for 1/2 too!)-check
5. Make Dr. appt (me) kids shots started again (3) ortho appts (2?) Dentist appts (7-Yikes!)-check (made most of the appointments)
6. Shop for b-day cards and a few more small gifts-check
7. Get groceries (including stuff for a pirate cake and rainbow cake)-check
8. Celebrate two b-days soon (16th and 20th)-check 1 almost
9. Coffee out Friday night-check
10. Play rehearsals starting soon...ugh. Lots of running!
11. Praise concert Saturday night (fun, fun :)
12. Normal laundry, cleaning--must take stuff to Goodwill
13. Caleb's little buddy hopefully coming to stay a few days while visiting from SC-check
14. Two girls wants a hair-cut
15. Horses need shots/worming
16. Dog needs antiobiotics and other meds twice a day--had to write it on the calendar or I'd forget it!-check
17. Need to get Marie and Caleb's prizes for finishing their Readers
18. Start garden
19. Start cleaning up flower beds
20. Getting rid of (live) chickens tonight! I'll miss those biddies :( They lay lovely eggs.-check
I realize this is an ongoing list :0 But what needs done...will sometime...eventually....possibly get done. I just LOVE checking things off!
2. Must, must pick up milk, bread and bananas (staples here)-check
3. Look for a horse for Ellie (she's been saving)
4. Buy Olivia's camera (she's been saving for 1/2 too!)-check
5. Make Dr. appt (me) kids shots started again (3) ortho appts (2?) Dentist appts (7-Yikes!)-check (made most of the appointments)
6. Shop for b-day cards and a few more small gifts-check
7. Get groceries (including stuff for a pirate cake and rainbow cake)-check
8. Celebrate two b-days soon (16th and 20th)-check 1 almost
9. Coffee out Friday night-check
10. Play rehearsals starting soon...ugh. Lots of running!
11. Praise concert Saturday night (fun, fun :)
12. Normal laundry, cleaning--must take stuff to Goodwill
13. Caleb's little buddy hopefully coming to stay a few days while visiting from SC-check
14. Two girls wants a hair-cut
15. Horses need shots/worming
16. Dog needs antiobiotics and other meds twice a day--had to write it on the calendar or I'd forget it!-check
17. Need to get Marie and Caleb's prizes for finishing their Readers
18. Start garden
19. Start cleaning up flower beds
20. Getting rid of (live) chickens tonight! I'll miss those biddies :( They lay lovely eggs.-check
I realize this is an ongoing list :0 But what needs done...will sometime...eventually....possibly get done. I just LOVE checking things off!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The First of the April Birthdays....
My "baby" is 14 years old today!
The day you were born your dad and I had gone out for breakfast at Perkins in Ames...and he was buying a video camera at Sears while I was in labor (rapid breathing) at the counter scaring the salesman to death!
I remember 14 years ago today we lived in a very small, old house we were fixing up. My aunt and uncle were there helping wallpaper our kitchen. (My aunt's name is Elna Mae--or Ellie as she was called) She passed away this weekend...10 years ago. She was a very special lady and we named our Ellie after her.
You are having coffee cake for breakfast.
Dinner: grilled cheeseburgers (PICKLES) tabbouleh salad (your fave) and red velvet cake (which I'm not sure you will like...but you'll love the cream cheese frosting!)
Enjoy your day today Ellie! We love you!!!!
Mom, dad and all your siblings
The day you were born your dad and I had gone out for breakfast at Perkins in Ames...and he was buying a video camera at Sears while I was in labor (rapid breathing) at the counter scaring the salesman to death!
I remember 14 years ago today we lived in a very small, old house we were fixing up. My aunt and uncle were there helping wallpaper our kitchen. (My aunt's name is Elna Mae--or Ellie as she was called) She passed away this weekend...10 years ago. She was a very special lady and we named our Ellie after her.
You are having coffee cake for breakfast.
Dinner: grilled cheeseburgers (PICKLES) tabbouleh salad (your fave) and red velvet cake (which I'm not sure you will like...but you'll love the cream cheese frosting!)
Enjoy your day today Ellie! We love you!!!!
Mom, dad and all your siblings
Friday, April 3, 2009
The Strangest Things...
What's the strangest thing you've found in your refrigerator or washer/dryer? In the dryer it's usually Lego pieces, nails, hair things...today it was a harmonica in the washer. (I don't check pockets)
Rumor has it someone in our family (not immediate) kept a frozen cat in her freezer for awhile....I think she also had a dead rabbit in her trunk (not at the same time...as if that makes it sound better!) That's a whole other blog! :)
Every once in awhile I'll open my refrigerator and find something very odd...like a Lego person.
In fact, right now in our freezer I could pull out some nice, frozen snowballs (saved from the last snow) or how about tiny mud balls ala Carsen? (he's been known to keep those in his bedroom too!) I always find out when we have company for dinner. He can't wait to show them.
I've even found a frozen insect in container of water. I'll just call it Science Lab 101 for the kids.
Don't worry. I've you come over for dinner I will be sure to check what I'm defrosting before I cook it! :)
Rumor has it someone in our family (not immediate) kept a frozen cat in her freezer for awhile....I think she also had a dead rabbit in her trunk (not at the same time...as if that makes it sound better!) That's a whole other blog! :)
Every once in awhile I'll open my refrigerator and find something very odd...like a Lego person.
In fact, right now in our freezer I could pull out some nice, frozen snowballs (saved from the last snow) or how about tiny mud balls ala Carsen? (he's been known to keep those in his bedroom too!) I always find out when we have company for dinner. He can't wait to show them.
I've even found a frozen insect in container of water. I'll just call it Science Lab 101 for the kids.
Don't worry. I've you come over for dinner I will be sure to check what I'm defrosting before I cook it! :)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
The House Has Food (for a day or two)
I realized that when I'm stressed or angry I like to cook....alot....all at once.
Today on tap is:
black bean and chicken soup
red lentil soup
split pea/ham soup
I must like that busy feeling of having control over something..and being productive. (except when my soup boils over...which is regularly)
The fire alarms go off several times a week here. I think if there ever was an actual fire our kids would all run to the kitchen first to see if something was boiling over!
At least we'll have something to eat for the next day. I'm still boiling though.
Today on tap is:
black bean and chicken soup
red lentil soup
split pea/ham soup
I must like that busy feeling of having control over something..and being productive. (except when my soup boils over...which is regularly)
The fire alarms go off several times a week here. I think if there ever was an actual fire our kids would all run to the kitchen first to see if something was boiling over!
At least we'll have something to eat for the next day. I'm still boiling though.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Kisses and Stats....
Last week Marie asked me several nights in a row why I kissed her good-night. I didn't think much about it but just said "because I love you".
In bed the other night it finally dawned on me...I wonder if she EVER had a good-night kiss before in her 10+ yrs? Then suddenly I was overcome with ALL the orphans in the world...
All those kids who never get good-night kisses, warm meals, families...love.
Think about this number for a minute:
143 MILLION kids
143 million.
What does 143 MILLION kids look like? I can't even imagine. Many, many nights I wonder why? What can we do? This is just wrong.
In bed the other night it finally dawned on me...I wonder if she EVER had a good-night kiss before in her 10+ yrs? Then suddenly I was overcome with ALL the orphans in the world...
All those kids who never get good-night kisses, warm meals, families...love.
Think about this number for a minute:
143 MILLION kids
143 million.
What does 143 MILLION kids look like? I can't even imagine. Many, many nights I wonder why? What can we do? This is just wrong.
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