Happy Wednesday!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
A Little Laugh
I saw this today and just laughed and laughed. It brightened my day! So, I thought I would share my wicked sense of humor.
Happy Wednesday!
Happy Wednesday!
Friday, July 13, 2012
Weekly Review: Shanty Town
It has been a busy week in our household. I still feel like we are getting back into a rhythm since Andrew returned home.
1) Andrew and I finally bought furniture for our back porch. We've been looking for something ever since we bought the house, years ago. We could never agree on what we needed since the porch is on the smaller side, and we have the grill back there. After our purchased arrived (yeah!), we had huge boxes left over.
2) Of course, the boys were all about the boxes! Andrew made each chair box into a little house, so we have "Shanty Town" in our front room. The boys are having a great time with there new play houses. They are pretty rough with them (crawling through windows, etc), so I'm not sure how long they will last. It was funny watching them get so excited over their new cardboard box houses. But hey, the fun lasted for hours (literally!). I'm not complaining! I still have yet decided why we buy toys when boxes are so much more fun!
3) Jackson demonstrated he had quite a throwing arm with a small padded football last night. He and I were playing catch and throw. His aim is something to be desired still. Especially when he throws a perfect spiral 9 times out of 10. He threw the spiral a little wide, hit a glass on the side table, which fell to the floor and shattered ending throw and catch for the night. Jackson was actually upset he broke the glass and thought he was going to be in trouble. We weren't about to punish him for an accident. Stuff happens, and a glass is completely replaceable.
4) Cullen decided to get a fever on Thursday and have it carry over until Friday. Because it was a decent fever (101), I decided to not have him go to school on Friday. Instead, he came with me to get my hair cut. He was really good, and I'm extremely happy about it. He explored the salon, dipped his fingers into some Scentsy wax (which I found out after the fact when Cullen came in with dried wax on his hand), played with his cars, and sat on my lap. He was quite interested in the hair dryer chairs. His fever finally broke mid-day on Friday, so lets hope it doesn't come back.
5) One of my peaches mysteriously had several bites taken out of it and was placed back in the fruit tray. I'm assuming the culprit was hoping I would not notice this. The culprit has not been caught.
Here's to another busy week!
1) Andrew and I finally bought furniture for our back porch. We've been looking for something ever since we bought the house, years ago. We could never agree on what we needed since the porch is on the smaller side, and we have the grill back there. After our purchased arrived (yeah!), we had huge boxes left over.
2) Of course, the boys were all about the boxes! Andrew made each chair box into a little house, so we have "Shanty Town" in our front room. The boys are having a great time with there new play houses. They are pretty rough with them (crawling through windows, etc), so I'm not sure how long they will last. It was funny watching them get so excited over their new cardboard box houses. But hey, the fun lasted for hours (literally!). I'm not complaining! I still have yet decided why we buy toys when boxes are so much more fun!
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| Yes, that is Cullen's lower half sticking out of his new play house. |
3) Jackson demonstrated he had quite a throwing arm with a small padded football last night. He and I were playing catch and throw. His aim is something to be desired still. Especially when he throws a perfect spiral 9 times out of 10. He threw the spiral a little wide, hit a glass on the side table, which fell to the floor and shattered ending throw and catch for the night. Jackson was actually upset he broke the glass and thought he was going to be in trouble. We weren't about to punish him for an accident. Stuff happens, and a glass is completely replaceable.
4) Cullen decided to get a fever on Thursday and have it carry over until Friday. Because it was a decent fever (101), I decided to not have him go to school on Friday. Instead, he came with me to get my hair cut. He was really good, and I'm extremely happy about it. He explored the salon, dipped his fingers into some Scentsy wax (which I found out after the fact when Cullen came in with dried wax on his hand), played with his cars, and sat on my lap. He was quite interested in the hair dryer chairs. His fever finally broke mid-day on Friday, so lets hope it doesn't come back.
5) One of my peaches mysteriously had several bites taken out of it and was placed back in the fruit tray. I'm assuming the culprit was hoping I would not notice this. The culprit has not been caught.
Here's to another busy week!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Baby Ingalls #3 is going to be a...
Boy!
Yes, we are having another boy to add to an already growing clan of Ingalls men. Andrew and I are very excited! I know many people were convinced it was going to be a girl, but we are truly blessed to be having another boy. Although, my girl indulgences may have to be kicked up a notch to balance out all the testosterone coming from my house.
Andrew and I still have not decided on names. We've been tossing a few ideas back and forth. We've had many suggestions as well (cough, cough, no more are needed, thank you). Whenever we finally settle on one, I'll be sure to let everyone know.
In the mean time, here are a couple of pictures from the ultrasound I had on Friday. Yep, I've known since Friday, but things happened and I wasn't able to post about it. And as Andrew pointed out on Friday, my blog name is still right on point! So here is our little baby boy!
Monday, July 2, 2012
He's home! Finally!
After two very long weeks of Andrew being away overseas on a business trip, he finally returned home late Friday night. I have proved to myself that yes, I can take care of the boys all by myself without anyone suffering from bodily harm. Score!
Overall, Andrew's time away wasn't horrible; it definitely wasn't easy. Being 18/19 weeks pregnant with a 3 year old and 19 month old, I was quite tired after putting them to bed.
Add on to that, Jackson's friend had a birthday party down at the Austin Children's Museum that Saturday. I have to admit the boys were exceptionally behaved at the party. Granted, the museum was packed, but it was a Saturday during the summer. I think the entire morning and trip downtown I drilled into Jackson and Cullen's heads they needed to listen, stay together, and not leave my sight about a 100 times by the time we entered the party. And they listened to me! It wasn't as chaotic as it could have been, and both of them had a blast. Although, next time we head to the museum Dad will be coming.
Of course something had to go wrong, however. Jackson picked up an intestinal virus which he graciously gave to me a few days later. Cullen decided it would a good time to pick up a cold. He also shared that with me (and it is hanging on and refusing to leave!). Thibie got sick a day after Andrew left, so a trip to the vet was in store as well.
And to top that all off, our upstairs air conditioning went out on the hottest day on record in the month of June. It was 109 without the heat index. It was hot! Luckily, all of our bedrooms are downstairs so we weren't dying of heat exhaustion. Unfortunatley, this happened on a Tuesday and the repairman couldn't get here until Friday morning. He did get here, and it was an easy fix with a just a part needing to be replaced.
With Andrew arriving back home, we took the boys to the pool this weekend. Jackson really has no fear of water. This being good and bad. Good because I don't have to deal with a frustratingly paranoid toddler afraid of water. Bad because he has no problem just jumping into the pool. Andrew and I have been drilling into his head not to jump in until we are ready for him. It's going suprisingly well. He even kicks to the surface after he jumps in. It helps we've been watching the Olympic swimming trials, and he is excited to imitate the professaional swimmers.
I, personally, am just thankful to have my husband back at home. Although, it was kinda nice not having to share a bed and fighting over the covers for once!
Overall, Andrew's time away wasn't horrible; it definitely wasn't easy. Being 18/19 weeks pregnant with a 3 year old and 19 month old, I was quite tired after putting them to bed.
Add on to that, Jackson's friend had a birthday party down at the Austin Children's Museum that Saturday. I have to admit the boys were exceptionally behaved at the party. Granted, the museum was packed, but it was a Saturday during the summer. I think the entire morning and trip downtown I drilled into Jackson and Cullen's heads they needed to listen, stay together, and not leave my sight about a 100 times by the time we entered the party. And they listened to me! It wasn't as chaotic as it could have been, and both of them had a blast. Although, next time we head to the museum Dad will be coming.
Of course something had to go wrong, however. Jackson picked up an intestinal virus which he graciously gave to me a few days later. Cullen decided it would a good time to pick up a cold. He also shared that with me (and it is hanging on and refusing to leave!). Thibie got sick a day after Andrew left, so a trip to the vet was in store as well.
And to top that all off, our upstairs air conditioning went out on the hottest day on record in the month of June. It was 109 without the heat index. It was hot! Luckily, all of our bedrooms are downstairs so we weren't dying of heat exhaustion. Unfortunatley, this happened on a Tuesday and the repairman couldn't get here until Friday morning. He did get here, and it was an easy fix with a just a part needing to be replaced.
With Andrew arriving back home, we took the boys to the pool this weekend. Jackson really has no fear of water. This being good and bad. Good because I don't have to deal with a frustratingly paranoid toddler afraid of water. Bad because he has no problem just jumping into the pool. Andrew and I have been drilling into his head not to jump in until we are ready for him. It's going suprisingly well. He even kicks to the surface after he jumps in. It helps we've been watching the Olympic swimming trials, and he is excited to imitate the professaional swimmers.
I, personally, am just thankful to have my husband back at home. Although, it was kinda nice not having to share a bed and fighting over the covers for once!
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Dirt Play
Jackson and Cullen can't just play with mulch and dirt in the grass. Oh no because that would be too easy! They have to shovel some into a bucket, dump it out onto my back porch, and play with it there.
At least the outside temperature was bearable this morning with a breeze. With the A/C going out upstairs and temperatures reaching 109 and 106 the past few days, I wasn't sweating my butt off while in the shade. It's definitely summer time now!
At least the outside temperature was bearable this morning with a breeze. With the A/C going out upstairs and temperatures reaching 109 and 106 the past few days, I wasn't sweating my butt off while in the shade. It's definitely summer time now!
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
What!? I'm not doing anything!
For future reference Cullen, just because you close the door to the pantry, does not mean I won't catch you standing on the dog food eating a granola bar inside of said pantry. And I'm still not sure how he got the granola bar open by himself. And I had already given him a snack! Sneaky boy!
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| "I'm innocent. I swear!" |
Monday, June 25, 2012
My Little Commentator
This past weekend the Olympic Diving trials were played on TV. I decided it would be a good thing to watch while the boys were playing with their cars and Legos. We watched both the platform and spring board diving.
After a few minutes of watching men dive, Jackson was completely enthralled. He just seemed to be mesmerized by it. A few more minutes later, Jackson decided to become a diver and took off all of his clothes except for his underwear. Why you make ask? Because divers wear Speedos, and he was going to be a diver.
After the disrobing, he started to jump off of furniture and pretend he was diving in the water. Not only that, he started commenting on all the dives. Saying, "Look Mommy, he's jumping. Ooh! He twisting. He's jumping into the big pool!" And my favorite, "Yeah! WooHoo!" when the divers would finally splash in the water. This all came with huge arm movments, much pointing, and of course clapping and fist pumps.
I couldn't stop smiling and laughing at him. Jackson was just having a ball. He even would try a handstand when the divers would dive off of the platforms in one. It was quite an amusing experience! Cullen even got into it and started pointing, oohing and aahing, and clapping.
It will be interesting how he responds to the swimming trials which are supposed to air tonight. I'm hoping I won't have to wrestle him back into his clothes once they're done. I just might have to make bath time right afterward.
After a few minutes of watching men dive, Jackson was completely enthralled. He just seemed to be mesmerized by it. A few more minutes later, Jackson decided to become a diver and took off all of his clothes except for his underwear. Why you make ask? Because divers wear Speedos, and he was going to be a diver.
After the disrobing, he started to jump off of furniture and pretend he was diving in the water. Not only that, he started commenting on all the dives. Saying, "Look Mommy, he's jumping. Ooh! He twisting. He's jumping into the big pool!" And my favorite, "Yeah! WooHoo!" when the divers would finally splash in the water. This all came with huge arm movments, much pointing, and of course clapping and fist pumps.
I couldn't stop smiling and laughing at him. Jackson was just having a ball. He even would try a handstand when the divers would dive off of the platforms in one. It was quite an amusing experience! Cullen even got into it and started pointing, oohing and aahing, and clapping.
It will be interesting how he responds to the swimming trials which are supposed to air tonight. I'm hoping I won't have to wrestle him back into his clothes once they're done. I just might have to make bath time right afterward.
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