This little nugget has become quite the little ‘fashionista’…she knows what she wants to wear and there doesn’t seem to be much of a rhyme or reason!
Be blessed.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Bampa’s Work Truck
We recently got the invitation to visit a truck at Bampa’s work…not being ones to turn down anything transportation related, we obliged and had a blast!
B’s eyes lit up when he walked through the garage door and saw the truck!
B cautiously, but excitedly, climbed inside to try his hand at ‘driving’ (he looked so little compared to the size of the truck’s cab).
The smile captures his emotions as he really enjoyed himself!
Our typically fearless Little A wasn’t quite as enamored by the big rig…
But settled in once she saw all the buttons and gadgets that B was content to touch and explore.
It’s not everyday that you get to ‘drive’ a big rig and get to visit Bampa at work!
In B’s opinion, Bampa’s work is the best because all Bampa does is sit in truck cabs all day long (oh, the simplicity of a little one’s heart!).
Thank you Bampa & Gram for a fun field trip!
Be blessed.
Snow Walking
If we’re honest, I think we’d all admit that we have spring fever. But in effort to embrace our recent (and very beautiful) March snow falls we’ve (the nuggets and C) tried to get outside to enjoy.
The nuggets have enjoyed ‘Snow walking’ (in B’s words) in the backyard (Ella has as well!)…
And our kitchen has become quite the closet for lots and lots of wet clothes and the floor a home for many miniature puddles created by melting snow.
Before we know it, the windows will be opened, the lawn will need mowing and we’ll be swatting at little mosquito friends…until then, we’ll try to embrace everything that is winter up north!
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Be blessed.
Passed!!!
These days, I constantly feel like I am being tested…mostly patience-wise as the rubber of parenting has most definitely met the road in our neck of the wood.
With that said, I don’t often get to see the fruit of the testing as that isn’t how parenting seems to work…though I pray that C and I see fruit as these nuggets grow up.
The ‘dorky teacher’ in me craves evidence/fruit from tests so since that isn’t possible with the majority of my ‘current’ tests…I am really celebrating that I passed my glucose test!!!!
Seriously…silly, I know. But it really did make me giddy!
Cheers to the ‘delightfully’ sugary orange Glucola drink and to the little things!
Be blessed.
Kansas City or…
Bust!
Well, unfortunately…bust!
A couple weeks ago, we had planned to head south to cheer the Horned Frogs on as they took on the Jayhawks…and more importantly to see my cousin and her family. Our plans coincided almost perfectly with the HUGE blizzard that dumped record amounts of snow on the middle portion of the country and a sick little nugget…leaving us stuck at home.
Determined not to let the wind out of our sails, we hunkered down and spent the weekend cleaning out the two ‘depositories’ in our house…our computer room and guest bedroom. All in effort to prepare for our littlest nugget’s arrival in May.
When I say ‘depository’…I mean every aspect of the word…both rooms had become the catch all place for every/anything needing a home or a place to be ‘out of sight’.
Just to provide a glimpse of the work that needed to be tackled…
I humbly admit that sorting through the ‘stuff’ took the majority of our three day weekend, but come Sunday…progress was evident as the computer room was empty and ready to become a nursery and the guest room had been unearthed and more representative of the place that Gigi and Papa like to stay when they come visit!
The nursery is still a work in progress, but just to capture the progress that’s been made I snapped a photo of it empty!!! The floor was in need of refinishing and C has been very gracious to take on that task…stay tuned for more progress photos
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All the cleaning left these nuggets chomping at the bit to get out of the house!!! So much so that one evening, after countless ‘lovely’ meltdowns throughout the day, we dropped what we were doing, got in the car and headed out for a family date. No, it wasn’t a trip south or attending a fun basketball game in a legendary arena…but it was a night out together complete with frozen yogurt and endless toppings of which these two (and C and I as well) were very grateful for!
Sweet A family…we will get down to your neck of the wood as some point…and hopefully for another basketball game!
But if we’re honest, I guess the progress made was a nice consolation prize.
Be blessed.
Winter Trip Up North
A couple weekends ago, we headed to the Cabin Home to enjoy some R&R in the snow!
C and I enjoyed a little quality time together as we donned snowshoes for the first time and took Ella for a walk on the frozen lake. It was crazy to walk across areas we typically boat and tube around giving us a who new perspective of the lake itself. As we walked we noticed a little golf course with fairways that had been created in the snow, snow blown ice rinks, ice houses and the like. Our destination was an island across the lake, where Ella got to explore a bit and where we saw an Eagles Nest nestled atop a tall pine tree. Once I got over my fear of walking on the ice and all the huffing and puffing of my 7 month pregnant self…I found myself delighted by the adventure, truly a totally different world in the wintertime!
One morning, Gram, ‘Bampa’ (as his name has recently changed due to Sweet A’s growing vocabulary) A, and B made a surprise breakfast. B told us we couldn’t look…
And to our delight, this is what we discovered upon bellying up to the table
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Later, my Dad’s brother and son made the trek north to enjoy a little bit of winter at the lake. B enjoyed hearing stories from Uncle D!
The weekend itself was pretty lazy, but such a treat…it’s always nice to step away from the perpetual tasks of our neck of the wood to come up for air and enjoy the rest and relaxation (as much as is possible with two nuggets in tow and one on the way!)
Be blessed.
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