We took Mya to her first dance class last week. It didn’t go as well as I had planned. I was right, I had to leave her kicking and screaming! It got so bad that the teacher, Ms. Tiffany, had to come and get me. Ms. Tiffany told me I could sit with her this time. We’re going to see how she does this week. I really don’t think she will go by herself, and I’m not sure how long they will allow me to sit in the class with her. If after a few weeks, we’re still having the problem, we will more than likely wait until next year and try again. What bothers me more than anything is thinking about how she’s going to react when it comes time to start school. At least with dance class, she’s not required to go.
We had our corn hole tournament Saturday, and it was great! We raised $175 to purchase items from the Homes Wish List. I’m very pleased with how things went! The Home found my blog and replied, asking us to join them at the Backyard BBQ this Saturday. We haven’t decided yet if we’re going to attend.
Is it Fall already? It sure seems like it! This morning on our way to work, the temperature was 55 degrees. This past weekend was perfect! Nice temps with plenty of sunshine! I love my sunshine! I’m not looking forward to winter being just around the corner. I would prefer sunshine and 80 degrees year round! Is that asking too much? LOL! Looking forward to our camping trip this fall! With weather like this, it will make for a nice time. Not too hot, not too cold!
Andrew and James got moved into their new apartment so we will go visit them soon to check it all out! I’m excited for them and hope everything works out for the best. Of course I have my motherly worries, and always will for that matter, but you have to let them go at some point, I suppose.
Our family is expecting 2 new additions this spring! Sabrina and Brittany, my nieces, are due in March, one week apart, I think. This will be moms first Great Grand Children, which also means I will be a Great Aunt! Did you see the word Great! Uggh! There’s that age thing creeping up on me again! Oh well, at least I’m the Aunt and not the Grandparent! LOL! Joe and Lisa will get the privilege of being grandparents twice in one month! According to the heart rates, it looks like Sabrina will have the boy and Brittany will have the girl. Of course, I’m not sure how reliable the heart rate prediction is, but that’s where it stands now. I guess we’ll see when they have their 20 week ultrasounds. I hope everything works out for the best for the girls.
Speaking of getting old, the other day Bob and I were out shoe shopping for Mya, and as usual, Mya was grabbing everything that was “so cute”. The Marketing people really know how to lay out the displays at the stores, putting all the cute, fun stuff at the check out counter. Anyway, I was trying to get Mya to come and stand with us, and at some point, in speaking to Mya, I referred to myself as Momma. Well, the lady that was ringing up our purchases said, “Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you were her grandmother!” Apparently, earlier in our visit, the lady had mentioned something to Mya about her “mamaw”, referring to me, and I didn’t hear her when she said it, so I didn’t know. When I made the Mamma comment, she realized we were her parents and not her grandparents! I get this all the time! Of course, I tell Bob it’s his fault! I don’t look old enough to be a grandmother! LOL! I felt bad for the lady because she was really embarrassed, so I told her that we get that all the time, not to worry about it. Bob thinks it’s hilarious because it’s usually me they speak to when they make the grandparent comments. Oh well, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I refuse to get old!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
TTFN!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Hot and Sour Soup
The other night we had dinner at the local Chinese restaurant, Tray's Garden, which is one of Mya's favorite places to eat. As we pull in the parking lot, she always says, "are we eating at Chinese"? In addition to loving the hot and sour soup, she also likes the fact that the owners have a little girl her age that will sometimes come to the table and "play" with her. The owners also have toys there to keep their kids occupied when they keep them there, so that's always fun as well! Since the little girl doesn't speak English, and Mya gets terribly shy, they pretty much just stand there and look at each other. But anyway, here's a picture I took of Mya eating her hot and sour soup. Of course it's blurry since she won't sit still for 2 seconds to let you get a clear picture. It's funny to watch her eat the soup, she doesn't understand the difference between hot (as in right off the stove) and spicy. Since hot and sour soup is spicy, when she starts eating it, her face will get all flushed, and she starts saying, "whoo, it's hot, I need to blow it some more". She blows the next spoon full, eats it, and this goes on the entire time she's eating the soup. We can't help but laugh every time we watch her eat it.
Have a great day!
TTFN!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Kids and Happenings
As you can see below, I’ve been playing around with Picasa3 and editing some pictures. Pretty cool program! I like that I can post the pictures to my blog from the program.
Andrew and James started moving over the weekend! Both of them are pretty excited about living on their own. Now I have to keep my fingers crossed that their able to find jobs soon. I know they will be busy since classes start back up next week, but I hope their schedules allow them to get evening jobs.
I took Mya for her first dentist appointment today. That didn’t go so well! I think the mistake was letting her watch them clean my teeth before it was her turn. Of course, for her first visit, they don’t really do anything but look into her mouth, and he really didn’t do a lot of digging around in there. I had to threaten to hold her down if she didn’t open her mouth. Then she said, “I don’t want the lady (that would be the hygienist) to watch me”. Well, the “lady” stepped outside the door, but Mya still wouldn’t voluntarily open her mouth, I had to pry it open so he could get quick peeks. Anyway, since she isn’t having any problems, I didn’t worry a whole lot about him not being able to look around. He did say that she had great spacing between her teeth, which would allow plenty of room for her permanent teeth when they start growing in.
After the dentist appointment, I took Mya along to my hair appointment so I could get Steve to tell me what I could do about her hair. Basically, she’s going to be a ponytail girl I’m afraid. If he tries to cut her some bangs, he would have to cut them so far back on her head that it wouldn’t look real spiffy, so I said, okay, we’ll just let her have long hair all over. Or at least a cute little bob cut, with no bangs. I kind of like it that way anyway, so no biggie there.
The reason for the concern over her hair all of sudden is because she starts dance in a couple of days and the rules say that the hair should be pulled away from her face. Well, right now it’s not long enough to be pulled back into a ponytail or a bun in the back, so I considered the bang idea. We’ll just have to let her grow this time and not cut the back, this way she can wear a nice ponytail or bun in the back.
I’m anxious to get her started in dance. I’m curious as to how she’ll do since I can’t in with her as I did in gymnastics. I’m sure the first few visits I’ll have to leave her in the room kicking and screaming, but I think once she realizes I’ll be waiting for her when she’s finished, she’ll be fine. She loves to dance around the house, so I’m positive she’ll love dance classes. Especially the noisy tap shoes! LOL! I’ll be sure to post pictures of her in her dance attire!
We’re still working diligently on getting a truck load of stuff to take to the Home Of The Innocents. We’re having our corn hole tournament this weekend, I hope that goes well. I think we will have about 10 teams, so that’s pretty good considering we didn’t advertise publicly. Bob and I have several boxes and bags of stuff at the house that people have sent home with us. I’m anxiously awaiting delivery day!
TTFN!
Andrew and James started moving over the weekend! Both of them are pretty excited about living on their own. Now I have to keep my fingers crossed that their able to find jobs soon. I know they will be busy since classes start back up next week, but I hope their schedules allow them to get evening jobs.
I took Mya for her first dentist appointment today. That didn’t go so well! I think the mistake was letting her watch them clean my teeth before it was her turn. Of course, for her first visit, they don’t really do anything but look into her mouth, and he really didn’t do a lot of digging around in there. I had to threaten to hold her down if she didn’t open her mouth. Then she said, “I don’t want the lady (that would be the hygienist) to watch me”. Well, the “lady” stepped outside the door, but Mya still wouldn’t voluntarily open her mouth, I had to pry it open so he could get quick peeks. Anyway, since she isn’t having any problems, I didn’t worry a whole lot about him not being able to look around. He did say that she had great spacing between her teeth, which would allow plenty of room for her permanent teeth when they start growing in.
After the dentist appointment, I took Mya along to my hair appointment so I could get Steve to tell me what I could do about her hair. Basically, she’s going to be a ponytail girl I’m afraid. If he tries to cut her some bangs, he would have to cut them so far back on her head that it wouldn’t look real spiffy, so I said, okay, we’ll just let her have long hair all over. Or at least a cute little bob cut, with no bangs. I kind of like it that way anyway, so no biggie there.
The reason for the concern over her hair all of sudden is because she starts dance in a couple of days and the rules say that the hair should be pulled away from her face. Well, right now it’s not long enough to be pulled back into a ponytail or a bun in the back, so I considered the bang idea. We’ll just have to let her grow this time and not cut the back, this way she can wear a nice ponytail or bun in the back.
I’m anxious to get her started in dance. I’m curious as to how she’ll do since I can’t in with her as I did in gymnastics. I’m sure the first few visits I’ll have to leave her in the room kicking and screaming, but I think once she realizes I’ll be waiting for her when she’s finished, she’ll be fine. She loves to dance around the house, so I’m positive she’ll love dance classes. Especially the noisy tap shoes! LOL! I’ll be sure to post pictures of her in her dance attire!
We’re still working diligently on getting a truck load of stuff to take to the Home Of The Innocents. We’re having our corn hole tournament this weekend, I hope that goes well. I think we will have about 10 teams, so that’s pretty good considering we didn’t advertise publicly. Bob and I have several boxes and bags of stuff at the house that people have sent home with us. I’m anxiously awaiting delivery day!
TTFN!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
AC/DC
This morning on my way to work I heard on the radio that AC/DC was coming to town, and just in time for my Birthday! Woohoo! I love AC/DC! It took me all of 5 seconds to pick up the phone and drop that little birthday hint on Bob! LOL! Well, Bob informed me that the tickets were $100.00 each, and it wasn’t reserved seating. :-( Bob said he would have sprung the 200 bucks for the tickets, but was too afraid of us getting trampled with no reserve seating. I understand that, we’re not as young as we used to be. Had it been even 5 years ago, I would have said, let’s go! We can fight the crowd! I’m not like that now. I think since I’ve had Mya, I’ve become more aware of my surroundings, and let me tell you, there are some crazy people out there! As much as I would LOVE to see AC/DC in concert, I would be a little nervous about fighting the crowd to get within viewing distance. Does that mean I’m old? OMG! I think it does!
TTFN!
TTFN!
Monday, August 10, 2009
And all that!
Well, Andrew and James returned from Chicago yesterday. All in all, I think they had a nice trip. Andrew complained about the amenities at the hotel, no free Wi-fi, pay to park, in hotel restaurant too expensive, just to name a few. They visited the zoo, a couple of museums, and some local sight seeing. The convention was pretty good, according to Andrew. They didn’t take any pictures! Can’t be my child! LOL!
While the boys were in Chicago, the apartment management group called and left a message that their application had been approved on the apartment! Yeah! They go today to set up the move in date! I’m really excited for them! I might have them a “house warming” party. Or not, they seem to think they have everything they need, and they are pretty picky about their “house wares”. We’ll see!
Last week we welcomed Andi Mae to the family! 8 pounds, 3 ounces and 18 ½ inches long! Mya and I stopped to see her Friday afternoon, and after seeing Ki, who is almost 2, Andi looks so small. I think she looks a lot like Maddi, but has Graci’s complexion. Mya was funny, her and mom had been earlier that day to see Laura and the baby, so when I picked Mya up Friday, I was asking her about the baby. I asked her if she had hair, and she said no, well mom said, “Yes, she has hair”, so then Mya told me she has a little bit of hair, like Daddy! Also, I asked Mya what the baby’s name is, and she said, “Raggedy”. Mom and I looked a little puzzled, and asked her again, and again, she said Raggedy. Well, mom said again, “No, her name isn’t Raggedy, it’s Andi”. That’s when Mya said, “Yes, like Raggedy Andy!” How stupid of us to not know that! :-) While we were visiting, I had to take Andi’s feet out so I could look them over (I love baby feet!) and in doing so, I had to undress her to get to her feet. Mya spotted the umbilical cord and said, “Oh no! She has a splinter in her belly!” It’s funny and amazing how kids have their own ideas of what things are and how things work. I love it!
Mom has been planning a back yard camp out with the younger grandkids, but because of the all the rain we’ve been having, we just haven’t had a suitable weekend for it. Well, this past weekend mom decided the weather would be nice for camping. Mom set up two tents in the back yard, fixed a fire pit for cooking hot dogs and roasting marshmallows, and let everyone know the camping adventure would start just before dark. Since I wasn’t sure if Stacey was going to stay and help, I told mom that I would come and stay so she wouldn’t have all 6 little ones by herself. The girls played and ran around the yard and had a good time! We got the fire started, cooked the hot dogs and laid out our blanket for a picnic style dinner. After eating, at this point it was really dark, Mya decided she didn’t want to camp, she missed her Daddy. I asked her several times if she wanted to go home, and she insisted that she missed her Daddy and wanted to go home to be with him. Well, I loaded up our sleeping bags and pillows and we were headed for the house (at that point in time, it appeared Stacey would be staying, so I didn’t feel so bad about leaving). About the time I pulled out of the drive way, Mya said, “I’ll go camping now!” I told her that we were going to go on home and see Daddy. The next day I called mom to see how the rest of the night went, and she told me that Stacey ended up leaving and taking Alyssa home as well. So, Mom ended up with the 4 bigger girls by herself. I think everyone had a great time. I just hope Mya will stay for the next camping adventure. I think it’s great that Mamaw does these things with the kids. I want Mya to have the good memories of growing up with Mamaw like we did.
TTFN!
While the boys were in Chicago, the apartment management group called and left a message that their application had been approved on the apartment! Yeah! They go today to set up the move in date! I’m really excited for them! I might have them a “house warming” party. Or not, they seem to think they have everything they need, and they are pretty picky about their “house wares”. We’ll see!
Last week we welcomed Andi Mae to the family! 8 pounds, 3 ounces and 18 ½ inches long! Mya and I stopped to see her Friday afternoon, and after seeing Ki, who is almost 2, Andi looks so small. I think she looks a lot like Maddi, but has Graci’s complexion. Mya was funny, her and mom had been earlier that day to see Laura and the baby, so when I picked Mya up Friday, I was asking her about the baby. I asked her if she had hair, and she said no, well mom said, “Yes, she has hair”, so then Mya told me she has a little bit of hair, like Daddy! Also, I asked Mya what the baby’s name is, and she said, “Raggedy”. Mom and I looked a little puzzled, and asked her again, and again, she said Raggedy. Well, mom said again, “No, her name isn’t Raggedy, it’s Andi”. That’s when Mya said, “Yes, like Raggedy Andy!” How stupid of us to not know that! :-) While we were visiting, I had to take Andi’s feet out so I could look them over (I love baby feet!) and in doing so, I had to undress her to get to her feet. Mya spotted the umbilical cord and said, “Oh no! She has a splinter in her belly!” It’s funny and amazing how kids have their own ideas of what things are and how things work. I love it!
Mom has been planning a back yard camp out with the younger grandkids, but because of the all the rain we’ve been having, we just haven’t had a suitable weekend for it. Well, this past weekend mom decided the weather would be nice for camping. Mom set up two tents in the back yard, fixed a fire pit for cooking hot dogs and roasting marshmallows, and let everyone know the camping adventure would start just before dark. Since I wasn’t sure if Stacey was going to stay and help, I told mom that I would come and stay so she wouldn’t have all 6 little ones by herself. The girls played and ran around the yard and had a good time! We got the fire started, cooked the hot dogs and laid out our blanket for a picnic style dinner. After eating, at this point it was really dark, Mya decided she didn’t want to camp, she missed her Daddy. I asked her several times if she wanted to go home, and she insisted that she missed her Daddy and wanted to go home to be with him. Well, I loaded up our sleeping bags and pillows and we were headed for the house (at that point in time, it appeared Stacey would be staying, so I didn’t feel so bad about leaving). About the time I pulled out of the drive way, Mya said, “I’ll go camping now!” I told her that we were going to go on home and see Daddy. The next day I called mom to see how the rest of the night went, and she told me that Stacey ended up leaving and taking Alyssa home as well. So, Mom ended up with the 4 bigger girls by herself. I think everyone had a great time. I just hope Mya will stay for the next camping adventure. I think it’s great that Mamaw does these things with the kids. I want Mya to have the good memories of growing up with Mamaw like we did.
TTFN!
Andrew's Birthday
Blowing out the candles!
This is the cake Mya picked out for Andrew! She said Andrew would just love it!
Andrew on his birthday!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Loving Life!
As I’ve said in other posts, yesterday was Andrew’s birthday! To celebrate we had friends and family over and grilled out. It was a beautiful day for grilling, although our deck stays so blasted hot from the all day sun coverage. Anyway, Andrew wanted steaks and spicy potatoes for his Birthday meal, so that’s what we had, plus other delicious, grillable food! YUM! I cooked all the sides and Bob grilled the meat, which turned out very well! I did manage to burn the garlic bread :-(, which isn’t out of the ordinary if I move away from the stove while it’s set on broil. I know better, but I was busy with other food prep. All in all, it was a nice day and the boys spent the afternoon and evening playing Wii Olympics. I had to laugh at them, they were complaining about being sore from playing Wii the evening before. I guess that’s why the Wii Fit is so popular among the “older” crowd, it’s a workout at home, and you get to have fun while you’re playing. I will admit though, after watching them play, I think I would feel a bit silly doing some of the things they had to do in order to compete in the Olympics. It was quite funny! Everyone left around 9 last night. We really enjoy having the kids at the house, and wish they would come more often. Mya loves having her brothers and sister there, it gives her someone to play with, or torture, or what ever you want to call it that a 3 year old does to her older siblings. I guess it depends on which of them you ask! LOL! The boys wrestle with Mya and she just eats it up and goes back for more. I think they wear down before she does.
Saturday we went to Sam’s to stock up on some pantry items and while we were there, they had several people giving out samples of various foods. Well, that can be a good thing when you go hungry! We tried numerous samples and ended up buying a couple of things based on the taste test. One thing we tried, well, I tried it and had it in the cart before Bob even noticed the samples, was the roasted red pepper hummus on pita chips. Yum! After putting it in the cart and then finding Bob to tell him all about it, he went and got his sample and loved it as well. I was so excited about my hummus and pita chips, I served it as an appetizer at Andrew’s birthday dinner yesterday. It got mixed reviews, and I think some of the “yucks” came from the word hummus. Funny, it wasn’t bad until I told them what it was. Oh well, more for Bob and me!
I can’t wait until I figure out how to download video from the Blackberry’s! I got the cutest video of Mya showing her Miss Thang attitude, head twirl and all, and doing her one arm push ups! The video also shows how she won’t sit still and let you photograph or video her. As soon as I figure out how to download, I’ll post the video.
TTFN!
Saturday we went to Sam’s to stock up on some pantry items and while we were there, they had several people giving out samples of various foods. Well, that can be a good thing when you go hungry! We tried numerous samples and ended up buying a couple of things based on the taste test. One thing we tried, well, I tried it and had it in the cart before Bob even noticed the samples, was the roasted red pepper hummus on pita chips. Yum! After putting it in the cart and then finding Bob to tell him all about it, he went and got his sample and loved it as well. I was so excited about my hummus and pita chips, I served it as an appetizer at Andrew’s birthday dinner yesterday. It got mixed reviews, and I think some of the “yucks” came from the word hummus. Funny, it wasn’t bad until I told them what it was. Oh well, more for Bob and me!
I can’t wait until I figure out how to download video from the Blackberry’s! I got the cutest video of Mya showing her Miss Thang attitude, head twirl and all, and doing her one arm push ups! The video also shows how she won’t sit still and let you photograph or video her. As soon as I figure out how to download, I’ll post the video.
TTFN!
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