Month: August 2013

Yes this is an odd marker to warrant a blog post, but I we went to the dr. for a check up so I have current stats. There you go. Petunia (Toon, Toonie, Chloe-Belle: as in goofy’s girlfriend Clara-Belle, Alex calls her “Took”) is different. The changes over the last 3 months are very noticeable. Not even just physically, although… Read more →

Some might hear “Mom Group” and cringe. You might think we all breastfeed in a circle while discussing the best baby wipes to use. Not this group. This group was put together around the winter of 2009. Amazingly, I knew a ton of girls all pregnant and due that next summer. So we started getting together (waddling together is more… Read more →

Well, the garden is still going strong except from a few sad looking spots. Some leaves on our tomatoes are turning yellow/brown (bottomed branches only) and the squash leaves look….. not right. Might be a disease or something. Take a look. Our herbs, carrots, and beets look really good. Our Japanese pumpkins look like the are done growing and now… Read more →

The boy is three. Three doesn’t sound old, but he’s so grown up now and when you have conversations with him, that’s when you realize, its been a long time since he was a baby. Likes: Baseball, (all sports, really), gardening, helping me bake things, milk, jumping on our neighbors trampoline, sitting on the porch, running through sprinklers, puzzles, gummy… Read more →

We didn’t tackle one specific area, but rather all of our closets. We got one of those fliers in the mail for a donation pick up and they come tomorrow. So all the lumpy sweaters, faded polos, and slightly stained baby clothes are bagged and tagged. I threw in some of the random/cheapy toys too. Hopefully, someone else can get… Read more →

Today was our last full day on our vacation here. I could use a few more days, honestly. To me, a vacation is just doing whatever you want whenever you want. No schedule or “planned” activities. The point of taking time off is to relax, right? Aside from the manual labor of hoarding children, we’ve done a good job of… Read more →

Well, we are much improved here today thanks to the blessed nap time. Once we were all up, Dom went for a jog and my dad went for a bike ride. They both came back huffing and puffing saying the same thing, “There’s a lot of hills around here.” Serves them right for trying to be healthy and shit. After… Read more →

Day 3 wasn’t much to write home about except that my kids didn’t really get the nap memo. We’ve been letting Alex ride the wave without a nap but it seemed like he hit the wall. Meltdown central. Chloe only had one short nap as well so she was a delight too. Needless to say, dinner time was a challenge.… Read more →

This morning, I got up at a luxurious 8:30 a.m. with both kids still sleeping. I’m going to pay tribute to the mountain air for our restful mornings (and the sofa bed for my stiff neck). We had a quick breakfast and headed out to kill some time at the village before Yiayia and Papou arrived. Alex really wanted to… Read more →

Today was our first full day of vacation. We all needed it. Even Alex has been asking us “not to go to work” almost everyday. Dagger through my heart. So we have the whole week here at the family home. The house is right on the Northstar Golf Course and we get access to the rec center which is very… Read more →