What did you just say???

Although we haven't had too many instances with bad words around our house with Son, I'm sure they're on the way. In the meantime, I hope you find this post from another blogger as humorious as I did!

Happy Birthday Hubby!

I grew up wishing on falling stars for a prince hoping to find a prince one day... but I found something better than I could have ever dreamed - my husband. He is truly the man for me & I count my blessings every day that we were fortunate to find each other so early in our lives. After so many years together, we still have never taken each other for granted & have complete trust in each other. He is a wonderful husband, friend, partner & father (not in any particular order) - just like I thought he would be when I met him. I could go on & on about him but will stop so I don't bore you all. :-) Anyway, happy birthday to my biggest supporter of all! I love baby - now & forever!

Lights out!

So for 'Earth Hour 2009', Hubby & I turned off all lights (nightlights included), & reminisced by candlelight all cuddled up together for 3 hours (versus one) while Mother Nature was playing an early April Fool's prank & giving us an all night snowstorm outside blowing 3" of snow on the ground! Thankfully the kids slept through the night & although we didn't make it to the city as planned, these images are pretty amazing.

Some people protest it saying what difference does one hour make? The point is start making a change in your daily life, even small ones & become more aware of your impact on the earth. It's to make a statement that you're willing to try & make a change. That is the difference that Earth Hour makes.

Alas, some things never change...

Recently, we had a nice time spending a week visiting some relatives. The final outcome was... different than expected. Anyway I'm happy to be back home with Hubby & we're excited about 'Earth Hour 2009'! Even Vegas is participating, which is huge given all the electricity they use. Now that would be a cool site to see!

You want to stay & see what?

A few days ago Son turned five! Unfortunately all day he was acting up far more than usual, so to say that it was stressful would be putting it lightly. His aunt & uncle got a coldstone ice cream cake, some cool t-shirts (he was very excited about) & a couple cool toys. Grandma & Grandpa got him some paints, bead supplies, a plane transformer & a Cars sleeping bag (that came in handy after an early morning bed-wetting accident). His Dad & I got him a small gift until our family celebration together. He loved it all!

Funny enough though he said had a terrific birthday, asked to play some of his new toys today & then said he wanted to stay a few more days so he "could see the baby come out of Aunt's belly cuz I didn't see Daughter come out of yours"! After a moment of awe, I told him how "birth was a private thing for mommies & daddies... plus it's kind of messy." He replied with "Can you tell about it?" As I inwardly groaned, not sure what I got myself into, I told him "Tomorrow, sweetie!" Hmmm... he DID want to talk to Daddy so maybe I'll let Hubby have that talk with him! <LOL>

"Don't touch that button!"

During the past few months, Son has discovered the garage door button & while trying to be helpful (or sometimes just in a hurry), he's been pushing the button without asking. A few weeks back, this occurred as we were unloading groceries with my trunk open, that resulted in scraping up the back of my minivan. Since then he's been pretty good about asking beforehand... until a few weeks back.


Son was walking ahead of me while I'm carrying Daughter out the garage door. Before I know it, Son has pushed the garage door button which resulted in immediate screech & groans filling the air. Son has already hit the button a second & third time as I notice Hubby's trunk door open & caught on the garage door itself.


Neither door would budge. This was not looking good; not to mention very expensive to fix! Luckily there was enough room & we managed to pull the car forward & separate both doors from each other without any damage! Unbelievable!

One these times though, I'm afraid Son could do some serious damage!

I Like Fireman!

Earlier Son didn't want to wear his seat belt. I calmly explained the reasons (safety, legal, etc) & he put it on. Later as a fire truck was racing past to answer a call, I told Son how if he wasn't wearing seat belt that he could have been in an accident & needing help too. He said, "I'll tell you what though... I really love firemen!" Ah to have the worries of a kid again somedays!

Feeding time!

Obviously her baby is thirsty!