Stumping the three year old.....

Yeah, so there was a sleepover here last night -- topic for another blog post -- anyway, all but Lucy have gone home. They are watching a Hannah Montana video. I am making french fries, polish sausage, and veggies for lunch.

Jaxon comes in and asks, "When is lunch going to be ready? I'm hungry."

I reply, "I'm working on it. It should be ready soon."

Jaxon, "Why is it taking soooooooo long?"

Me, "Because I'm slow."

That's when he looked at me then walked out of the kitchen, stumped by my strange response. I guess I burst the bubble of his protesting. :)

Today - Wind Chill Day

Well, let's see, Alaya's birthday party is on Sunday and I am not even close to being ready for it. Just bought party favors, supplies, and food today. Oh, and joy upon joys, I had to drive through crazy snow and wind to do it.

Thoughts to ponder after today's craziness:

--Why does it take me hours to get what I need at Walmart?
--How do I always end up leaving Target with more than I wanted?
--Why do teachers have to report to school when the windchill is -20 degrees. That's just stupid. If it's cold enough to call off school, then just take the plunge and let teachers stay home too.

Other things of note:
-- Today dad told me that while Jaxon was at their house in Marilla for a sleepover with his siblings and cousins, they were watching some Blues Clues video. I guess in part of it, it started talking about where orange juice came from. "So, where does orange juice come from Jaxon?" Ready for his answer.... ba - dum - bum "From Wegmans"
--Jaxon has also been using "totally" a lot -- 'i'm totally cold' 'i'm totally hungry' and so on.

15/365 Too many toys

15/365

January 15, 2009

Well, I simply call this one "too many toys." Perhaps that is 'nuff said. However, not being one to just give it short and sweet, I'll fill y'all in. This is a shot of our playroom and the 'wall of fun.'

And to answer any questions you might have:
-yes, I can be a bit obsessive
-yes, most of those boxes have labels to tell what belongs in them
-yes, my children do help clean and will usually put things back in the right spot
-yes, I know this is an insane number of toys

So, did I predict all your questions? :)

14/365 Jaxon tuckered out

14/365

January 14, 2009

Almost forgetting to take pictures today, I snuck upstairs with the camera to snap photos of the kids sleeping. I chose this one of Jaxon because he is sleeping on top of his new Diego doll. I guess, should I say, squashing him. It's so cute how he cuddles up with the guy :)

Now, the pictures were actually snapped a few minutes after midnight but I'm still counting them for the 14th. I had fallen asleep with the kiddos at 8 pm and woke up at midnight, refreshed from my nap & worried about when I'd actually get back to sleep :(


Here's Alaya

Here's Nora

13/365 Jaxon -- look at my "boo boo"

13/365

January 13, 2009

Jaxon was being super silly today. I got a whole bunch of photos of him sticking his tongue out and just generally goofing around. Here he is showing me the wound on his pinky finger. He is just so silly. Jaxon, you make me laugh so much. You are just awesome. I couldn't imagine life here at home without you cracking me up!

See, here you are again, Jaxon with the tongue. I just want to grab it and yank on it. But, I won't, but only because I could hurt you. You silly boy!

Here's Alaya working on the alien puzzle, deep in thought as well as showing off her completed puzzle, proud of her effort. Today, Alaya, it took you a little while to get this one day. You started to get frustrated, "this is hard" and "I'll never get it" you were saying. However, today you persisted. You kept going and didn't get frazzled. And you know what, you DID IT!! I was very proud of you for sticking it out.

Pics of me, by the kids

I'm rarely ever in the pictures -- I'm the one behind the camera snapping away. However, since starting project 365, the kids have been taking pictures with the Canon camera. They enjoy it and surprisingly, their photos are often quite good.

Well, I figured since there are barely any photos of me, I would put a few up that the kids had taken.

January 12, 2009
Nora snapped this photo of me.

January 11, 2009
Jaxon took this one of me -- too cute, he was sitting on the carpet, with his knee up, balancing the camera on his knee and taking pictures.

12/365 Silly Nora

12/265

January 12, 2009

Today I didn't take many pictures. Most of the pictures were actually taken by Nora as I was letting her play and experiment with the Canon camera.

I did get a few pictures of my own in. Most I was not terribly impressed with. However, I love this silly one of Nora. She's awesome.