A SAHM’s musings

What’s a mom to do when she’s almost home and trying to keep her 4 year old awake so he can take his nap at home and not in the car……

….make farting noises and blame it on Bunny Bear.

(taken from The Simple Woman’s Day Book)

For Today…

Outside my window… clear blue skies, a lone bird, & hot sun

I am thinking… of how fun it’ll be to swim today

From the learning rooms… my books await at the library…mommy-chick lit

I am thankful for… healthy kids

From the kitchen… cinnamon crunch bagels, picnic lunch, meatloaf for din din

I am wearing… a striped {maternity} tank (Hee!), grey shorts and bare feet

I am reading… A Modern Girl’s Guide to Bible Study & Love As a Way of Life

I am hoping… to squeeze every drop of summer out of the next few months

I am creating… a  cleaner home by clearing one hot spot at a time

I am praying… for peace, wisdom & guidance

Around the house… fresh cut grass bathed in sunshine

One of my favorite things… the new blend of tea I purchased from Teavana…White Ayurvedic Chai & Samurai Chai Mate

A few plans for the rest of the week… book club, swim lessons, lunch w/Stephen, Pokeno w/the girls, celebrating Mom’s b-day

Here are 2 picture thoughts I am sharing with you…

I’ve had numerous conversations with people, especially my parents, on society’s use of cell phones in public places.  I came across this blog post today and I couldn’t have said it better myself.  Check it out.

http://www.ordinarycourage.com/my-blog/2009/6/16/this-i-believe-about-basic-dignity.html

To Stephen a wonderful daddy:

To my dad (aka Grandad):

To my father-in-law (aka Pa-pa)

Well it’s beginning to look a lot like summer around here.

like mother like daughter. BTW Kate went to church with one shoe on one shoe off today. She lost a shoe in the parking lot on the way in (near the car) and we didn’t even notice. The nursery workers pointed out the fact when we picked her up. Luckily some very nice person hung the “missing” shoe on our door handle. Phew.

I took Colin and Kate to the summer movie camp at Harkin’s to see Nim’s Island. A good time was had by all and Kate actually did rather well through the entire movie.

Bounty from my parents’ garden. I ended up using the onions in a deliciously simple rice pilaf.

I bought the flowers on Earth day and they’re still alive! A huge accomplishment for me.  The ones in our front yard planter are doing even better. Yay for flowers! Colin’s been a big helper helping Mommy-o pull weeds and water the flowers.

Ah swimming!  I have a water baby on my hands folks.  And Colin will be taking lessons soon enough.

Us girls watching Dada and Bubba play outside. She’s my little hugaroo!

Baby Blue Jay…fly home!

“feeding” the baby blue jay some bread crumbs

getting a ride on Dada’s shoulders. Look at those tootsies.  I just wanna kiss ‘em!

Stick ‘em up cowboy.  I should really put on my “fun” mom hat and get Colin some caps for his gun.

Ahhh, bare feet!

Bare baby feet, even better!

Well I’m a little behind posting the 9 month stats but better late than never…

as of May 19, 2009

Height: 28 in. 70th%

Weight: 18 lbs 6 oz 50th%

Her bottom right lat. incisor is coming in. I think that makes eight all together now.  She’s still not crawling per se. More like doing the army man crawl backwards. However she has made attempts of pushing up on her knees and she likes to pull up on mommy and daddy. We lowered her crib about 2 weeks ago.  She is expanding her repertoire of food.  She likes cheese, yogurt and cottage cheese. She also like cantaloupe, bread(any), bagels and cheerios. I’m having a hard time getting her to eat regular veggies and fruits that are not pureed except for bananas. Oh well, she’ll eventually get it.  Kate when “swimming” for the first time yesterday. I failed to get a picture but we had fun.  The water was freezing so I held her most of the time. Towards the end of our pool adventure she let me dip her toesies in and she started splashing around.  I’m looking forward to the water warming up because I think she’s going to be a water baby.

Stephen and I took the kids to the zoo on Memorial Day last week. It was Kate’s first time and she seemed to enjoy herself.

She really just soaked it all in.  We saw…

the rhinos

lions

snakes & lizards

turtles

flamingos

and took a trip through the aquarium.

I vaguely remember Colin crying when we went through the aquarium when he was little. I don’t know if it was the dark or the sea lions or what.

Kate enjoyed it though. She was just wide-eyed the entire time, sucking on her paci. 

We didn’t stay too long just to keep the peace. A good time was had by all and next time we’re going to have to find the butterflies for Colin.

Kate is continuing to develop by leaps and bounds and it’s all coming at once.  Yesterday before her 9 month appointment she pulled up in her crib for the first time.  I had Stephen lower it to the bottom before putting her to bed last night.  She’s also on the verge of crawling. She can kind of do this inchworm thing that’s so cute, but today she was on her hands and knees, kind of.

look Mama…I can pull myself up.

what a 4 year old will wear when you leave him to his own devises.  I just noticed this evening when I was looking at pictures that Colin was wearing his lucky green leprechaun socks on Mother’s Day.  I think I would have found different socks for him to wear had I taken the time to notice. Oh well, I’m just thankful he knows how to dress himself.  Nevermind color-coordinating.

Colin had his Olympics at gymnastics.  It was his recital for the end of the year.  He did such a good job with his forward rolls, bars flips and balance beam work. And at the end he gave a big ta-da!