I thought I’d have a decade or so before I had to fight over the radio in my car. But no.
My kid likes her kiddie music. You know – the Bah Bah Black Sheep, Wheels on the Bus, No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, the Itsy Bitsy Spider that I’ve had to sing in the car for the past month. I expanded our music collection to get more options and purchased a three-CD set of children’s music. I asked Rick if he needed a CD for his car and he said no. What? How does that work? If I …
Year: 2008
A Three Hour Nap
Holy laziness. Mallory & I got up at 7a, then went down together for a nap in my bed at 10a, and didn’t wake up until ONE O’CLOCK! What a couple of lazy butts! And now she went down for the night at 7pm!!! Her schedule is going to need to be adjusted for the next month – with Rick having to go to work so early 6/6.30a-ish, she will have to be up a lot earlier than normal. Also – now that she is in the toddler room, they have a set nap time so she needs to be …
This is harder than last time
Holy cow it is harder being pregnant with a toddler than it was with just a clingy dog.
Six-week ultrasound
Had our 6-week ultrasound on Friday (August 1). Heard & saw the heartbeat @ 122 bpm. All looks good so far – we have another ultrasound in 2 weeks.
Busy Saturday & Bow-boats
Rick had some yard work to do in the lot across the street from our house and Mallory insisted on helping. She dragged the shovel across the street for Gaga and then gathered up bunch of wood for him too.
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New word as of today: “bow-boat” = sailboat. Our lake has sailboat races almost every night of the week and there was a big one this afternoon and Mallory was pointing out all the bow-boats to us on our afternoon boat ride.
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One of Rick’s friends is in town visiting from China, where he …
Happy Adidas Day!
Today is the day that Rick can no longer wear Nike to work.
So today he came downstairs in his new Adidas-wear and I put Mallory in her Adidas tennis dress.
I’ll point out that Rick still had on a Nike watch, Nike glasses, Nike underwear and Nike socks.
Slip-Sliding
It is sort of a little bit really hot this week so Mallory & Rick went for a dip after dinner. Mallory loves this slide but for some reason was afraid of it at first tonight. She would reach for Rick before she would even start sliding down the slide:
But then she got a little braver and at least started down the slide by herself:
Here she is being sassy and sticking her tongue out at me (she is still too cute even when she is being sassy!):
And finally she didn’t even wait for Rick to be at …
Three whole years!
Today is our three-year anniversary. Three years ago right now I was boogying to the Electric Slide with my MOM (!) during my wedding reception, and Rick was probably in a corner trying to find a way to stay off the dance floor :-)
Rick & I celebrated tonight with dinner out at Outback. Lest you think we are unromantic (which we sort of are) it worked out good for the both of us. I was craving a blooming onion and Rick could eat about three loaves of that dark bread they bring out (not to mention that he loves the …
My not-so-relaxing afternoon
Seeing as how my opportunities to come home from work and have a few hours to myself are about to disappear when football starts on Sunday, I figured I’d take advantage of Rick having somewhat normal hours and leave Mallory at school and let him pick her up. I thought I’d come home, take Cooper for a long walk in the woods, maybe fold some laundry and just relax.
Here is how my “relaxing” afternoon went:
Got home and as I’m unlocking the door, I see Cooper has the contents of our boat bag spread out all over the entryway. A chewed …
Snickers® Salad
This was served at a BBQ we went to this past weekend; I googled the ingredients and came up with two versions – one calls for three apples/three Snickers® and one calls for six of each (but the same amount of Cool Whip).
I am probably going to make this for a get together we are going to this weekend so I will report back on my findings on the suggested volume of ingredients.
It is so freaking good, I can’t stand it.
1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip
3 apples, diced
3 regular size SNICKERS® candy bars, frozen
Mix together the Cool Whip and apples. …