A quick little update on my resolutions:
1) Oh yes, I have lost 10 pounds!! I feel so much better already and really look forward to the rest melting away (please, please, please just melt away).
2) The role-modeling is, and always will be, a work in process. I have been making little strides. My patience was tested to the hilt last week when I had a nice stretch of six days during beautiful 75 degree weather and both the girls were home sick. We muddled through. They are both better but I now have strep. I'm already feeling better, though. Thanks to the leftover antibiotics from my sinus infection last month...umm, yeah.
3) We are finally going to church on Sunday. I keep having to work Saturdays so it hasn't worked out until now. Emma is excited and I am a little nervous. I think that I will like it, if it is what I imagine it to be but I am fearful that Beto will think it is too crunchy. Either way, we have all agreed to give it three tries before forming our opinions. We shall see... Wish us luck.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
OOOOOHHHHEEEEEMMMMMGGGGEEEEE!!!
I can't believe this day has finally come. My beloved Carl's Jr has come to me. Well, close enough. It's in Cedar park. 20 minutes away. I would walk there if I had to. We packed up the kids, strep throat and all, and went to enjoy the best meal we've had in a restaurant since living in Texas. The line was out the door. The drive-thru was at least 15 cars deep. I'm pretty certain 90% of the patrons were CA ex-pats just like us.
Ohmigod, I can see the object of my desire.
Just a few more minutes...
Hello, Lover... ( My relationship with the Santa Fe Chicken Sandwich goes back more than a decade)
It was even better than I expected. I could have licked the paper wrapping. Beto was drooling over his Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger and the kids were thrilled with their Chicken Stars. It was like magic. (Oh BTW, I saved calories all week to be able to eat this on my "diet" and I did Jillian Michaels' 30 day shred when we got home.) In the car a little down the road, we see Freddy's Frozen Custard. Oh PLEASE DADDY CAN WE HAVE SOME ICE CREAM!!! We have to beg him to turn the car around. It was soooo worthwhile!! We pulled up and the owner was out front to say that the Drive-thru wasn't open yet because they were training but that we were welcome to come inside FOR A FREE MEAL!! Ummm, hell yes.
The frozen custard was AMAZING!! We are now customers for life. It was that good.
We had a great time, even though the girls were sick and can't wait to do it again!
We had a great time, even though the girls were sick and can't wait to do it again!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Happy New Year!
I can't believe that it has been a year since I started this blog. I am so proud that I have kept it up to date. I posted 63 times in 2008! So, that was the only resolution I was successful with in 2008. The rest are still works in progress. I might as well go ahead an make a list since writing them down and announcing them publicly will make me feel more accountable :)
In 2009:
1) I am bringing sexy back. I'll turn 35 this year and I don't want to do it in the size I am currently wearing. I've spent 6.5 of the last 9 years either pregnant or breastfeeding. But now that I have closed that chapter of my life, it is time to reclaim my body. I'm doing it the old-fashioned way: diet and exercise. I'll keep you up to date with my progress.
2) I am going to work harder to be a roll model for my children more through my actions than through my words. I will attempt to demonstrate the importance of respect, tolerance, patience, appreciation, truth and justice.
3) (You should probably sit down for this one) We are going to try out attending church. Now, before you fall out of your chair, let me explain...Emma has been more curious about religion and feels left out that some of her closest friends attend church every Sunday. So, after much thought, Beto and I agreed to try the Unitarian Universalist Church. That way he can still be a Catholic, I can still be an Atheist and our kids can get some open-minded religious education from several schools of thought. I'll report back after we go to our first service in a couple of weeks.
4) To get more organized, I will reorganize one small space per day and try to get one major project done per month.
1) I am bringing sexy back. I'll turn 35 this year and I don't want to do it in the size I am currently wearing. I've spent 6.5 of the last 9 years either pregnant or breastfeeding. But now that I have closed that chapter of my life, it is time to reclaim my body. I'm doing it the old-fashioned way: diet and exercise. I'll keep you up to date with my progress.
2) I am going to work harder to be a roll model for my children more through my actions than through my words. I will attempt to demonstrate the importance of respect, tolerance, patience, appreciation, truth and justice.
3) (You should probably sit down for this one) We are going to try out attending church. Now, before you fall out of your chair, let me explain...Emma has been more curious about religion and feels left out that some of her closest friends attend church every Sunday. So, after much thought, Beto and I agreed to try the Unitarian Universalist Church. That way he can still be a Catholic, I can still be an Atheist and our kids can get some open-minded religious education from several schools of thought. I'll report back after we go to our first service in a couple of weeks.
4) To get more organized, I will reorganize one small space per day and try to get one major project done per month.
I think that is plenty :) I wish all of you a happy and healthy new year!
Winter Party
As a reward for being an all-around awesome kid, we let Emma have a slumber party last night "just because". She had 6 girls over and they had a rockin' good time. We finally put the finishing touches on our stage since Santa bought a supercool karaoke machine. Doesn't it look fantastic!! (Nevermind that a certain someone might have asked me if we could install a pole...dream on homey.)
The girls were so well behaved and went the whole night without any drama that I am tempted to do it again if they do well on their standardized teasts this spring. Except I might make them sign a contract to actually GO TO SLEEP, which they failed to do entirely. I could not believe that they stayed up the entire night. I mean I know that it is the acutal goal of all sleepovers. I just can't believe all of them made it all night in 3rd grade. I distinctly remember my first all-nighter. I was in sixth grade. It was Jodi Culr's birthday party and we stayed up all night playing chinese jump rope. OMG, I miss chinese jump rope. I am going to get some rubberbands tomorrow and teach Emma how to make one and how to play!!! Anyway here are a couple of photos.
Hair, makeup and costumes.
Performing :)
The girls were so well behaved and went the whole night without any drama that I am tempted to do it again if they do well on their standardized teasts this spring. Except I might make them sign a contract to actually GO TO SLEEP, which they failed to do entirely. I could not believe that they stayed up the entire night. I mean I know that it is the acutal goal of all sleepovers. I just can't believe all of them made it all night in 3rd grade. I distinctly remember my first all-nighter. I was in sixth grade. It was Jodi Culr's birthday party and we stayed up all night playing chinese jump rope. OMG, I miss chinese jump rope. I am going to get some rubberbands tomorrow and teach Emma how to make one and how to play!!! Anyway here are a couple of photos.
Hair, makeup and costumes.
Performing :)After all of the girls were picked up, Emma still had some cleaning left to do in her room. After I finished with the kitchen, i headed up to help her. Here is how I found her:
I moved her into her bed and I actually had to go in and wake her up at 4 because she goes back to school tomorrow and still needed to be able to sleep tonight. So, farewell to another winter break. We had a great time and got lots of much-needed rest and family time :)
I moved her into her bed and I actually had to go in and wake her up at 4 because she goes back to school tomorrow and still needed to be able to sleep tonight. So, farewell to another winter break. We had a great time and got lots of much-needed rest and family time :)We're Making Progress
Vinny is now 18 months and still only has a few words that make sense to us. He speaks his own language very clearly and with much passion. We just have no idea what he is saying :) This is so different for me. While I know I shouldn't compare, the girls (esp Emma) were motormouths by this age. I should just be thankful that he hasn't learned "why?" yet :) He knows Mama, Dada, Emma, Ava, ball, ba, more and "muh" for Murphy but is reluctant to use them regularly (Well, except for Murphy and I'm still bitter about that). His preferred form of communication remains to be the caveman grunt. And then there's this...
Yes, my son will answer a direct question from Dora but looks at me like I have four heads when I ask him anything. A couple days after this video was taken, he added "backpack" to his word list. He answers all of Dora's questions with "map" and will repeat "backpack" when Dora says it. Also of note is his dislike of Diego. He actually stomps and shakes his head in protest when Diego comes on. He only has eyes for Dora.
Yes, my son will answer a direct question from Dora but looks at me like I have four heads when I ask him anything. A couple days after this video was taken, he added "backpack" to his word list. He answers all of Dora's questions with "map" and will repeat "backpack" when Dora says it. Also of note is his dislike of Diego. He actually stomps and shakes his head in protest when Diego comes on. He only has eyes for Dora.
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