Cocaine Chips

Our neighbors have gotten us hooked on a new drug - fresh corn tortilla chips. For five bucks you can get an enormous bag of them from Salsarita's. The only problem is that they are so good it's hard to stop eating them. Once you start you have to have more...cocaine chips! Hey, least it's corn. That's still healthy, right?

Paige sings the ABC's

Oops, I forgot to upload this video yesterday....forgive me?

Sorry for the SQUIRMYNESS. She's TWO. Very two.

Also, sorry about the underwear at the end. She's on the road to potty training, which has been delayed for a month because of circumstances which I cannot discuss on this blog, and LOVES her Elmo underwear. So she wears it OVER her pants.

it may be COLD, but....

...the sunsets sure are pretty.



I have a video of Paige singing the ABC's - will have to upload that one tomorrow!

just because I have to....

So, Friday night, I went scrapbooking. Eric was in charge of the young'ens. He was also in charge of our neighbors kids. He was going to make them dinner - hot dogs, Kraft Mac and Cheese, and some fruit. No big deal.

When I came home, at midnight, the following conversation took place:

Eric: You know, when you tell me to feed the kids Mac and Cheese, it would probably be a good idea to actually HAVE some.

Me: We do HAVE some. It's in the pantry.

Eric: Uh, no we don't. I tore the pantry apart, and it's not there.

I walk into the pantry, look for about three seconds, and find the Kraft Mac and Cheese. I also pull out the Trader Joe's Organic Mac and Cheese as well.

Me: UM, what's this?

Eric: Where did you find that? I looked CAREFULLY. REALLY.

I open the freezer and pull out the large Stouffer's Mac and Cheese.

Me: We had these as well.

Eric: You are AMAZING*.

Two things you have to know - he DID try to call me, but the STUPID cell phone was on vibrate, and I missed all three of this calls. AND, he did make some quasi Mac and Cheese that most of the kids loved. Way to GO Dad!!!

(*yeah, he didn't really say that - but I KNOW he was thinking it. Oh and Linda....all I could think about was that card you gave me for my first anniversary...."Honey, we're out of butter.")


But I digress.

It's been cold, and snowy. But, for the last two days the SUN has been out...making those twenties seem not so bad.

A couple photos from the last few days:



It's winter, it's cold, it's a pain in the butt, but it's only January. We have at least three more months to go. I can't start hating it now. And, truthfully, I am okay with it, for the moment.

the past few days...

It's been pretty boring around here the past few days. And don't get me wrong, I am very happy about that. The crazy of Christmas is almost too much for me, so bring on the BORING and MUNDANE.

Unfortunately, because of the boring, the camera is staying tucked away in it's little nook. Do you really want to see pictures of me doing laundry, cooking dinner, grocery shopping, taking Emily to the bus stop, and going to the gym? Well, even if you wanted to see pictures of me at the gym, you can rest assured...THAT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

So to go along with the BORING theme....I present, a picture of Paige sleeping:

This was at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. I attempted waking her at 3, then 3:15, then 3:30...no go. She just curled back up like this until we forced her to wake up.

But not before I got a picture of those cute piggies....I am kind of obsessed with little feet. Please don't send me pictures of your feet. Sorry, but big people feet kind of gross me out. But these little ones....so CUTE!!!


And Emily reading in her room while we waited for Paige to wake up. So very EXCITING. I know.

But then today - this afternoon to be exact, something happened.....





I cannot believe that it's already January 7th, and this is our first real snowfall of the season. We are supposed to get between 4 and 6 inches - which is not a lot, but it's more than we have seen in quite a while. Unfortunately, it's way too dry to make anything out of it. But it was still a blast to play in. We would have stayed out longer, but I needed to come in a get dinner started.

Here's to more excitement filled days.....well, just a few. I am still in Christmas recovery. :)

2009 movie

Music is Ghostwriter by RJD2 - I found this song on Tara Whitney's blog. She used it for her 2009 video too....it's a bit strange, but then again, so are we!!

Christmas 2009

Our Christmas 2009 was, at the very least, quite eventful.

On Christmas Eve we went to my Aunt and Uncle's house for our family party. Sadly, I don't really have any pictures from the party this year. I decided to put my camera down and ENJOY. Besides...it's nighttime and indoors - not the best conditions for picture taking.

So, you will have to settle for these two pictures we took before we left:

After the wonderful party, we returned home, left cookies out for Santa, carrots for the reindeer - we only left one carrot, but we cut it into nine pieces...Emily's idea - and the girls went to bed. While Eric and I were taking care of some "stuff" downstairs, our youngest daughter was having a little trouble falling asleep. After a few attempts of trying to get her to go back to sleep, I decided to give her some Benedryl. She had been a little stuffy, and I thought that this may be the reason she was so crabby.....not so much. The Benedryl came back up, as did the rest of her stomach contents. Lovely. And she was now screaming. So, there was much panic in the house. Bed stripping, child washing, sheet washing, and finishing up our business downstairs. And, by the way, Emily slept through ALL OF IT. My champion sleeper.

So, a tired crew woke up on Christmas morning to a mound of presents. Paige was most excited about her Elmo underwear - which I neglected to get a picture of, because at that point she was still on my lap. Emily ripped through her gifts in about 3 minutes. Then she ripped through Paige's - Paige literally stopped after opening the underwear...and that was the first thing she opened.

After a while, things calmed down. And little children got caught up in all their new stuff.





And now, I am recovering from Strep Throat. Yes, the fun around here never ends. But, I am feeling MUCH better than I was last night. I am hoping the throat pain subsides soon...I am REALLY sick of jello, popsicles and soup. I WANT PIZZA!!!

Hope your Christmas was magical, and a lot less messy!!