Showing posts with label samantha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label samantha. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
birthday blast
sunday was our funday. it started out with a surprise for samantha—a huge birthday banner and a [semi] clean house (which she requested!). we went to church and samantha was very excited, to say the least, that her sunday school class sang happy birthday to her—complete with the cha cha chas! after church, we went to lunch and then it was time to come home and open presents! samantha was elated with her new barbies, littlest pet shop stuff, jewelry making kit, and american girl books.then it was off to the zoo with my favorite gorilla, monkey, kangaroo! we had fun riding the camel, train, and tram...
seeing some of the animals...
and samantha was excited to go on her very first paddle boat ride! she even paddled all by herself to let daddy have a rest! ryan, on the other hand, was eager at first, but then decided he didn't want to "go swimming," hence his crabby attitude. thankfully he stayed in the paddle boat and didn't really go swimming!
then we ate our picnic dinner that we brought along. hoping to surprise samantha, i also brought birthday cupcakes. however, paired with the 90 degree heat, our dessert bit the dust.
we made the best of it though!
our day was not complete until we visited the lions and got proof that samantha's mouth was indeed smaller than a lion's (if you've ever had a conversation with her, you would question that fact!) ryan had a lovely meltdown, samantha ran through the misters in the trees, and then we ate some free ice cream!
we went home tired, worn, and warm, but also having had a successful day. it was so much fun giving samantha "the best birthday EVER!!"
Sunday, June 27, 2010
this girl...
loves to give back, shoulder, and neck massages.
will get out of bed at night to make sure i gave ryan his medicine.
works the camera like a model.
is a clean freak. and, in fact, cleaned the living room last night so it would be nice and tidy for her birthday.
loves Jesus!
will be in second grade this fall.
calls herself a "mommy in training."
enjoys playing farmville.
is beautiful!
loves to make up songs about God and Jesus and sing them with her horribly tuned guitar. and if you're lucky, you just might get invited to a private concert.
knows all the words to the theme song from "charles in charge."
shares my love of photography!
like to wash dishes, and loves to dust!
is an excellent reader.
is one of the best big sisters in the whole wide world.
always asks me to take a "solo" picture of her after she and ryan have posed.
makes the best homemade presents.
is not embarassed one bit to loudly sing "saviour, he can move the mountains" while walking through the store. or "how great is our God" while using a public restroom.
turned 7 years old today!
happy birthday samantha! i love you!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
mama [never] said there'll be days like this
let's just get right to the point—today is all about pre-menstrual syndrome. [if you're an uncomfortable male reading this, you have my permission to leave—i won't judge. however, if you're a woman and leave? i WILL be mad!]
anyway, i'm currently doing a beth moore Bible study, and one thing she said a couple weeks ago hit me (in my own words, of course. i'm a mom—my memory is shot.): women have a week of pre-menstrual syndrome, a week of menstrual syndrome, and a week of post-menstrual syndrome. that leaves ONE good week out of the month. and if you have daughters? you can kiss that one week goodbye.
now my mom never told me there'd be days like this. especially the days when i could wring my daughter's neck. and she certainly never displayed days like this. i mean really—my mom had THREE girls, and i only have one. and i don't think she ever got nearly as peeved with me and my sisters like i can get with samantha.
forget all other symptoms, it's my MOOD that wacks me out. it creeps up slowly. day one i start getting a little annoyed with the kids. the next day i start losing a little more patience. day three i start getting snippy. and the morning of day four? i warn samantha that "today it will be really easy for you to get in trouble." and she heeds my warning. it's like she knows exactly what i'm talking about.
i don't know what it is, but ryan could be horrible. he could throw a fit, color on the walls, etc., and i probably wouldn't be as mad at him as i would be with samantha if she gave me a funny look.
now if she's only 6 years old and can get under my skin this much, what's it gonna be like when she's 16?! maybe this is why my freezer is plumb full of ice cream. thankfully i—no wait—my kids only suffer two days of this mood and not a week.
help me out here, ladies. surely i'm not the only one with this problem—how do you cope with your children (and hubby) when you're pmsy? moms of teenagers, is there hope for me?! now for that ice cream...
anyway, i'm currently doing a beth moore Bible study, and one thing she said a couple weeks ago hit me (in my own words, of course. i'm a mom—my memory is shot.): women have a week of pre-menstrual syndrome, a week of menstrual syndrome, and a week of post-menstrual syndrome. that leaves ONE good week out of the month. and if you have daughters? you can kiss that one week goodbye.
now my mom never told me there'd be days like this. especially the days when i could wring my daughter's neck. and she certainly never displayed days like this. i mean really—my mom had THREE girls, and i only have one. and i don't think she ever got nearly as peeved with me and my sisters like i can get with samantha.
forget all other symptoms, it's my MOOD that wacks me out. it creeps up slowly. day one i start getting a little annoyed with the kids. the next day i start losing a little more patience. day three i start getting snippy. and the morning of day four? i warn samantha that "today it will be really easy for you to get in trouble." and she heeds my warning. it's like she knows exactly what i'm talking about.
i don't know what it is, but ryan could be horrible. he could throw a fit, color on the walls, etc., and i probably wouldn't be as mad at him as i would be with samantha if she gave me a funny look.
now if she's only 6 years old and can get under my skin this much, what's it gonna be like when she's 16?! maybe this is why my freezer is plumb full of ice cream. thankfully i—no wait—my kids only suffer two days of this mood and not a week.
help me out here, ladies. surely i'm not the only one with this problem—how do you cope with your children (and hubby) when you're pmsy? moms of teenagers, is there hope for me?! now for that ice cream...
Monday, January 25, 2010
not me! monday
oh boy. where do i begin? there are just too many things that have NOT happened since my last not me! monday post. but today, i'll keep it short and sweet. er, uhhh, well just read...
last week, after the kids were in bed asleep and ben and i were about to get our nightly netflix fix (say that 5 times fast), i did NOT go to the freezer to get my nightly serving
upon realizing this i did NOT slam the door shut, thinking that it would somehow reverse the problem, i guess. but then i decided to deal with it then and there. i started loading garbage bags with thawing frozen food and salvaging what i could. ben did NOT take over 6 bags of freezer food to the trash. and i was NOT sulking—not because we were throwing hundreds of dollars of food away, but because the ice cream was soupy and now i wouldn't be able to have any.
i started cleaning some of the ice out of the freezer (it really needed to be defrosted, too, so i guess this wasn't all bad), thinking that ben was out at the dumpster for a very long time... when finally he came back inside holding one of our [nine] quarts of soupy ice cream. he did NOT say, "hey, i was digging through the trash and this one isn't too bad. you could have some of it..." i was NOT thinking eww, gross, disgusting, but felt it anyway and it was frozen solid! i was still repelled by the thought of eating it though, thinking it had already been in the trash, when ben told me he did NOT go to the grocery store really quick to buy it for me! awwwww...... ♥
then my moment of you're so sweet got inturrupted. i looked at him, my eyes grew wide, and i did NOT say, "YOU DID NOT JUST GO TO THE STORE IN YOUR JAMMIE PANTS!!!" oh goodness. i'm sure that someday we will NOT end up on peopleofwalmart.com.
ahem.
so that was that. we enjoyed our cookie dough ice cream, netflix, went to bed, and all was well. until i woke up the next morning. the bag of frozen bread dough that i had set on the counter had NOT risen all night, exploded through the bag, and made a huge doughy mess. well thank goodness i threw it in the garbage before i went to bed—the mess was contained in the trash can! but it was quite funny to see a huge glob of dough bursting through its bag. i did NOT punch it down about 3 times before ben came home and took out that trash bag...!
and now fast forward to today. i was able to save a roast. so i decided it needed to be cooked today. i got it in the oven, left the styrofoam tray on the STOVE, and started making the kids' lunch.
yeah yeah... you're probably thinking the same thing my sister thought, ERIN! you did NOT turn the burner on did you?! no, people i am NOT that stupid (really, i am...). but my lovely daughter, smart as she is, did NOT think the bloody meat juice in the bottom of the tray was "vanilla that we use in cakes," and did NOT decide to dip her finger in for a lick. well, at least she has a little smarts—she told me she wiped her finger on the towel "because the vanilla was cold," and then licked it.
see? this is why i should NOT be entirely banned from the kitchen!
visit mckmama for more not me fun! me? i'm off to eat some roast!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
it's all in the day of a mom
today, i was...
a wedding coordinator—and helped samantha get barbie ready for her big day.
an architect—and made a blanket house for ryan.
a mechanic—and fixed ry's car.
a talent scout—and listened to a never ending concert performed by samantha montantha.
a short order cook—and made an assortment of foods for lunch.
a money launderer—and found some clean coins in the washer!
an interpreter—and figured out that 'wait a minute!' can mean something entirely different to a 2-year-old.
a heartbreaker—and didn't let ry have a cookie before lunch.
an explorer—and won a game of hide and seek.
a seamstress—and altered ryry's jammies with a safety pin.
a supervisor—and oversaw (overseed?) samantha wash the dishes.
a mediator—and stopped a sibling spat seconds before it started.
today, i was... a mom!
a wedding coordinator—and helped samantha get barbie ready for her big day.
an architect—and made a blanket house for ryan.
a mechanic—and fixed ry's car.
a talent scout—and listened to a never ending concert performed by samantha montantha.
a short order cook—and made an assortment of foods for lunch.
a money launderer—and found some clean coins in the washer!
an interpreter—and figured out that 'wait a minute!' can mean something entirely different to a 2-year-old.
a heartbreaker—and didn't let ry have a cookie before lunch.
an explorer—and won a game of hide and seek.
a seamstress—and altered ryry's jammies with a safety pin.
a supervisor—and oversaw (overseed?) samantha wash the dishes.
a mediator—and stopped a sibling spat seconds before it started.
today, i was... a mom!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
it's like getting behind on your bills
that's how i've felt the past three weeks. first you miss one payment, then decide just to wait to pay it with next month's, and something comes up and you need the extra money for new tires or something, then you start hiding the bills so that you won't have to see them, with the hope that they'll go away...
i'm sure all of us have experienced at least something remotely close to that. and no, i'm not behind on our bills right now. but rather my BLOG, and blog reading. (i'll get caught up on everyone's blogs, i promise! i just may not comment on every post!) really i had something half written to post on january 1st, and then that obviously didn't happen, and about 5 different things to post after that. but the more i went without posting something on my blog, the more i wanted to avoid it altogether.
so here's mymass payment ramblings from the last month that have piled up in my head:
Christmas was great! i actually hope to post something on that later. (yeah, we'll just see how that plan turns out...) i learned some things this Christmas though. to name a few...
i went to MN for 10 days to celebrate Christmas with my family, see my alaska gramma, and met my new grandpa! he had open heart surgery last friday and is still sedated, but getting better. thank you all for your continued prayers for him and my gramma!
my house is a complete and utter disaster. it's like getting behind on blogging—i don't know where to start. hence, i'm blogging today. yeppers, i'm making myself blog right now just so that i can procrastinate on housecleaning. it's a vicious cycle. but hey, at least my suitcase is put away and all the laundry from our trip is done!
i did something really stupid but funny the other night that deserves a post of its own. but just as a teaser, it involves me cooking mounds of food this weekend. let's hope that i don't burn down my house in the process!
samantha got me the perfect brownie pan for Christmas. it was actually very cute, because i knew that's what she was going to get for me. and when the infomercial would come on she would hint around and say, "don't you wish you had one of those, mom?!" and when we were in target one day and i was looking at a bar pan she said sternly, "mom, you don't need to get any pans for brownies or desserts because we have some at home, and maybe you'll get one for Christmas, OKAY?!" all that to say, i love my perfect brownie pan. i hope to write a review with the pros and cons, but you know how i am—in case it doesn't get blogged about, i'll tell you right now that i'd recommend it.
ryan is doing really good. he hasn't had any seizures since the last time i missed giving him his medicine. he is starting to use the right side of his body more, and is getting better at standing up and maneuvering the stairs. and he is definitely developing a mouth like his sister's—loud and never ending!
and now, i feel just a slight bit caught up. see y'all in another 22 days...!
i'm sure all of us have experienced at least something remotely close to that. and no, i'm not behind on our bills right now. but rather my BLOG, and blog reading. (i'll get caught up on everyone's blogs, i promise! i just may not comment on every post!) really i had something half written to post on january 1st, and then that obviously didn't happen, and about 5 different things to post after that. but the more i went without posting something on my blog, the more i wanted to avoid it altogether.
so here's my
Christmas was great! i actually hope to post something on that later. (yeah, we'll just see how that plan turns out...) i learned some things this Christmas though. to name a few...
my 6 year old daughter can still wear size 4T snow pants. albeit they were a tad short, but they worked!
ryan would be satisfied with a train, a car, and an airplane for Christmas.
it's the little things that are special—a spontaneous slow dance to silent night with my husband and children, my 2 year old boy singing sentimental Christmas songs at the top of his lungs, and a homemade, hand-written, heart-shaped note from my daughter that said "i love you SO much mom."
our family does not need 10+ dozen Christmas cookies. case in point—we still have over half of them left.
spaghetti noodles can be mistaken for oral stitches, and vice versa.
i went to MN for 10 days to celebrate Christmas with my family, see my alaska gramma, and met my new grandpa! he had open heart surgery last friday and is still sedated, but getting better. thank you all for your continued prayers for him and my gramma!
my house is a complete and utter disaster. it's like getting behind on blogging—i don't know where to start. hence, i'm blogging today. yeppers, i'm making myself blog right now just so that i can procrastinate on housecleaning. it's a vicious cycle. but hey, at least my suitcase is put away and all the laundry from our trip is done!
i did something really stupid but funny the other night that deserves a post of its own. but just as a teaser, it involves me cooking mounds of food this weekend. let's hope that i don't burn down my house in the process!
samantha got me the perfect brownie pan for Christmas. it was actually very cute, because i knew that's what she was going to get for me. and when the infomercial would come on she would hint around and say, "don't you wish you had one of those, mom?!" and when we were in target one day and i was looking at a bar pan she said sternly, "mom, you don't need to get any pans for brownies or desserts because we have some at home, and maybe you'll get one for Christmas, OKAY?!" all that to say, i love my perfect brownie pan. i hope to write a review with the pros and cons, but you know how i am—in case it doesn't get blogged about, i'll tell you right now that i'd recommend it.
ryan is doing really good. he hasn't had any seizures since the last time i missed giving him his medicine. he is starting to use the right side of his body more, and is getting better at standing up and maneuvering the stairs. and he is definitely developing a mouth like his sister's—loud and never ending!
and now, i feel just a slight bit caught up. see y'all in another 22 days...!
Monday, December 28, 2009
not me! monday
well obviously i have NOT neglected my blog posting and reading to enjoy Christmas with my family, but now i'm back!
when i left you last, i was NOT looking forward to getting two teeth cut out. the oral surgery did NOT go great, with a little pain afterwards that has been easily remedied with advil. on Christmas Eve i did NOT slightly look like john mccain, due to swelling. and for the past three days? i have NOT had a bright yellow bruise on my cheek. but it is NOT so much better than super gluing my tooth!!
so speaking of Christmas... our plans for a lasagna dinner did NOT almost go up in flames. literally. while i was preparing said dinner, i did NOT place the box of lasagna noodles on the stove so that i could get my 9x13 pan out and i did NOT once again turn on the wrong burner, thus burning the cardboard lasagna box. and one noodle inside. i did NOT fess up and tell ben so he could lecture me before he smelled the burnt box and lecture me anyway. he did NOT come up with the brilliant idea to take all burners except one out of the stove. sounds good to me—what a great excuse not to cook!
the highlight of our Christmas with ben's family was NOT a "blush brush" that my 12 year old niece got in her stocking. i will NOT let the pictures tell the rest of the story...
yesterday it was warm enough that samantha got to go out and play in the snow. so i got her snow pants out only to realize that they were NOT a size 4T. surprisingly she fit into them. however, they did NOT come about halfway up her shins. so i did NOT lengthen the shoulder straps with ribbon and safety pins and then pull the legs down so that she could still wear them!one of samantha's Christmas presents was a girl's day out with only mom which included dinner and getting her ears pierced. so i took her tonight to get it done, and all the way there she was talking about how excited she was, but also how nervous she was at the same time. and then she did NOT say to me in her teenager voice, "mom? i don't want a big audience there when i get my ears pierced, but i just wish dad and ryan could be there because they like just support me sooooo much and i just wish i could have a little more support there with me." i did NOT try so hard to keep from bursting out in laughter. and thankfully i did NOT succeed!
she did NOT do great and i was NOT extremely proud of her bravery. oh, and she did NOT age about 10 years. because on the way home, she was NOT constantly talking about when she'll get her driver's license and how she just wishes she could drive right now. oh boy...
before—could she be any more excited?!
after—my brave girl!
happy monday!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
not me! monday
monday monday! it seems that i have done 400 loads of laundry this week. so now it's time to air the [not so] dirty laundry...
on saturday, ryan did NOT somehow change the snooze on my radio alarm clock from 10 minutes to 1 minute. so yesterday morning when the alarm went off and the radio came on, i hit snooze and rolled over. and then it came on again playing the same song. i hit snooze. and again, the alarm went off still playing the same song. in my tired state of mind i did NOT wonder why in the world the radio station kept playing the same song over and over again, and then did NOT feel stupid when i realized what had happened. i did NOT then turn off my alarm clock and go back to sleep!
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remember that 47+ pounds of candy thatwe ben bought last november? well we do NOT still have about 4 unopened bags of it. and ben certainly did NOT suggest passing it out to the trick-or-treaters this halloween. after i vetoed that idea, i did NOT consider opening a couple of the packages to see if it tasted okay to hand out to the kids...
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i have NOT been busy cleaning my house for the arrival of my parents and my three nieces later today. samantha has NOT been begging me to have the house clean so that she can impress them. i may NOT take a video of my clean house as proof. because this (a clean house) does NOT happen only about 2 times a year!
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remember how i checked the mail in vain last monday? well my mail lady did NOT do the same thing! i did NOT laugh (and feel so much better) when she told me that last tuesday!
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samantha has NOT started writing in a notebook-turned-diary recently, and last night she did NOT tell me i could look at it. she does NOT have the pages numbered like she's having a spelling test at school. and this is what i did NOT read:
i did NOT gasp when i read #4. it is NOT our neighbor boy! and she has NOT told him that she loves him already.... we are NOT in trouble!!!
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i did NOT cook a real dinner for my husband 3 times this week.
'nuf said.
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happy not me! monday!!
on saturday, ryan did NOT somehow change the snooze on my radio alarm clock from 10 minutes to 1 minute. so yesterday morning when the alarm went off and the radio came on, i hit snooze and rolled over. and then it came on again playing the same song. i hit snooze. and again, the alarm went off still playing the same song. in my tired state of mind i did NOT wonder why in the world the radio station kept playing the same song over and over again, and then did NOT feel stupid when i realized what had happened. i did NOT then turn off my alarm clock and go back to sleep!
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remember that 47+ pounds of candy that
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i have NOT been busy cleaning my house for the arrival of my parents and my three nieces later today. samantha has NOT been begging me to have the house clean so that she can impress them. i may NOT take a video of my clean house as proof. because this (a clean house) does NOT happen only about 2 times a year!
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remember how i checked the mail in vain last monday? well my mail lady did NOT do the same thing! i did NOT laugh (and feel so much better) when she told me that last tuesday!
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samantha has NOT started writing in a notebook-turned-diary recently, and last night she did NOT tell me i could look at it. she does NOT have the pages numbered like she's having a spelling test at school. and this is what i did NOT read:
1. I;m fablus. [yes, she used a semicolon instead of an apostrophe. and don't you love how she spelled fabulous?!]
2. God loves me.
3. I love you.
4. I have a boyfrend.
i did NOT gasp when i read #4. it is NOT our neighbor boy! and she has NOT told him that she loves him already.... we are NOT in trouble!!!
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i did NOT cook a real dinner for my husband 3 times this week.
'nuf said.
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happy not me! monday!!
Monday, September 21, 2009
not me! monday
good morning and welcome to not me! monday!! hop on over to mckmama's blog for some more hillarious not me! monday confessions (but right after you read mine, of course!)
i did NOT blog about treating our house for fleas, and then blog a few days later about how i don't clean my house. i did NOT realize that this would make us sound like sloppy, messy, white trashy people. and while i can assure you that we're not, i will admit that we're simply NOT a little disorganized! (and our house doesn't look that bad anymore...!)'
samantha did NOT finally start school last tuesday only to have wednesday off because her friend came over. we are only a few weeks behind now and i did NOT just order the rest of her curriculum on saturday...!
while ben and samantha were gone all day saturday, i did NOT decide to go to target with ryan. and when we were walking towards the entrance ryan did NOT start saying "scary, scary." (all because we went to target a couple weeks ago and ryan bawled his head off because he was terrified when we walked past the halloween aisles.) after we made it through the store with only a few tears and $50 spent, i did NOT decide to go to another target for a repeat performance. hello, my name is erin, and i am NOT addicted to target!
i did NOT take a pregnancy test last monday after thinking that there was aslight huge possibility i might be pregnant. it was NOT negative. (although really, it was negative!) and as the week went on and on i did NOT get more and more nervous that the test was wrong. i did NOT resolve that i would take yet another test this morning, until finally last night my aunt flo did NOT show up eight days late! i did NOT breathe a sigh of relief and silently say thank you Jesus! because even though we do NOT want to have more kids, we're not quite ready to pursue that venture right now—sorry auntie di and gramma! (oh, and sorry dad if that was a little too much information!!)
on friday, i did NOT whack my head on the washing machine whilst bending over to pick up ryan. it still does NOT hurt. yesterday ben did NOT throw out his neck while he was clearing his throat. and this morning, i did NOT wake up to a thud when samantha fell off of her ladder. i am NOT wondering when and how ryan will hurt himself. might as well make this a family affair, right?!
happy monday, y'all. have a blessed day!
i did NOT blog about treating our house for fleas, and then blog a few days later about how i don't clean my house. i did NOT realize that this would make us sound like sloppy, messy, white trashy people. and while i can assure you that we're not, i will admit that we're simply NOT a little disorganized! (and our house doesn't look that bad anymore...!)'
samantha did NOT finally start school last tuesday only to have wednesday off because her friend came over. we are only a few weeks behind now and i did NOT just order the rest of her curriculum on saturday...!
while ben and samantha were gone all day saturday, i did NOT decide to go to target with ryan. and when we were walking towards the entrance ryan did NOT start saying "scary, scary." (all because we went to target a couple weeks ago and ryan bawled his head off because he was terrified when we walked past the halloween aisles.) after we made it through the store with only a few tears and $50 spent, i did NOT decide to go to another target for a repeat performance. hello, my name is erin, and i am NOT addicted to target!
i did NOT take a pregnancy test last monday after thinking that there was a
on friday, i did NOT whack my head on the washing machine whilst bending over to pick up ryan. it still does NOT hurt. yesterday ben did NOT throw out his neck while he was clearing his throat. and this morning, i did NOT wake up to a thud when samantha fell off of her ladder. i am NOT wondering when and how ryan will hurt himself. might as well make this a family affair, right?!
happy monday, y'all. have a blessed day!
Monday, August 31, 2009
not me! monday
happy not me! monday!! while my last post gave you a quick run-down of last week, here's a look at what did NOT happen!
on wednesday evening samantha and our 6-year-old neighbor boy were outside playing together, when all of a sudden samantha ran inside and did NOT say "MOM!!! MAURICIO JUST WENT POTTY ON OUR STEPS!!!" i figured he wet his pants, but when i went outside he already ran into his house. so i got the story from samantha...
this summer we've had slugs on our sidewalk and steps at night, and apparently mauricio thought he'd try to kill a couple. with urine. so he did NOT drop his pants in front of samantha and pee all over our steps. she told him not to do it, and she wanted to come inside but it was too late. so she did NOT cover her eyes so she wouldn't see anything! good girl!
and it was NOT my daughter who didn't give into peer pressure when he said "don't tell your mom! don't tell your mom!" according to samantha, she did NOT have the strength to tell me!
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one morning while eating my breakfast of lucky charms, i did NOT decide to multi task and read my email at the same time on my brand new 3-week-old laptop. i did NOT think of all the things that could go wrong with holding a bowl full of cereal over a new laptop, so i made sure to be extra careful.
and then my cell phone rang.
in my haste to get up, i did NOT quickly close my laptop, which somehow hit the spoon in my bowl, and did NOT send milk and lucky charms flying... all over ME!
note: no laptops were harmed in the making of this post!
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remember the coupon party i went to? well, i decided to make lemon bars to bring. and since i'm such an expert in the kitchen, i decided to use the betty crocker mix that i just happened to have. i read the directions: press the ready made crust in the bottom of pan... pour filling on top and bake for 25 minutes. easy peasy. i mixed the filling, poured it on top, and stuck it in the oven.
while i was cleaning up the counter, i did NOT glance at the back of the box. *gulp* i did NOT fail to read the directions entirely. press the ready made crust in the bottom of pan... bake for 10 minutes... pour filling on top and bake for 25 minutes. i did NOT think that since the crust was ready made i wouldn't have to do anything else with it, like bake it!!
in the end the lemon bars did NOT turn out okay, with just a bit of a crumbly crust, and they did NOT still taste good!
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last night after the kids were in bed, we did NOT have a runaway fish. ben was going to put samantha's new fish, swimmy, into the fish tank. and before adding her to the tank he had her in a small temporary container on top of the tank. about a half hour later, when he was ready to introduce swimmy to her new home, he did NOT say "OH NO.... WHERE IS SHE?"
we did NOT search all around on the floor until finally we found her. she had NOT jumped out of the container, flopped across the top of the tank, and fallen 4 feet to the very dusty carpet behind the fish tank. we thought for sure she was a gonner. and then she flopped! ben did NOT scoop her up, dust and all, and stick her in the fish tank. there are NOT dust bunnies floating around in the water...!
and swimmy is thankfully NOT still swimming today!!
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last week while cleaning out the kids' closet, i did NOT find about 10 princess pull-ups that never got used when samantha was potty training.
ryan is NOT potty training right now.
i'm sure y'all are smart enough to put two and two together, right?
yes, my little man is NOT sporting a cinderella pull-up today. goodness, after this incident ryan is going to be scarred for life!
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happy monday!
on wednesday evening samantha and our 6-year-old neighbor boy were outside playing together, when all of a sudden samantha ran inside and did NOT say "MOM!!! MAURICIO JUST WENT POTTY ON OUR STEPS!!!" i figured he wet his pants, but when i went outside he already ran into his house. so i got the story from samantha...
this summer we've had slugs on our sidewalk and steps at night, and apparently mauricio thought he'd try to kill a couple. with urine. so he did NOT drop his pants in front of samantha and pee all over our steps. she told him not to do it, and she wanted to come inside but it was too late. so she did NOT cover her eyes so she wouldn't see anything! good girl!
and it was NOT my daughter who didn't give into peer pressure when he said "don't tell your mom! don't tell your mom!" according to samantha, she did NOT have the strength to tell me!
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one morning while eating my breakfast of lucky charms, i did NOT decide to multi task and read my email at the same time on my brand new 3-week-old laptop. i did NOT think of all the things that could go wrong with holding a bowl full of cereal over a new laptop, so i made sure to be extra careful.
and then my cell phone rang.
in my haste to get up, i did NOT quickly close my laptop, which somehow hit the spoon in my bowl, and did NOT send milk and lucky charms flying... all over ME!
note: no laptops were harmed in the making of this post!
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remember the coupon party i went to? well, i decided to make lemon bars to bring. and since i'm such an expert in the kitchen, i decided to use the betty crocker mix that i just happened to have. i read the directions: press the ready made crust in the bottom of pan... pour filling on top and bake for 25 minutes. easy peasy. i mixed the filling, poured it on top, and stuck it in the oven.
while i was cleaning up the counter, i did NOT glance at the back of the box. *gulp* i did NOT fail to read the directions entirely. press the ready made crust in the bottom of pan... bake for 10 minutes... pour filling on top and bake for 25 minutes. i did NOT think that since the crust was ready made i wouldn't have to do anything else with it, like bake it!!
in the end the lemon bars did NOT turn out okay, with just a bit of a crumbly crust, and they did NOT still taste good!
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last night after the kids were in bed, we did NOT have a runaway fish. ben was going to put samantha's new fish, swimmy, into the fish tank. and before adding her to the tank he had her in a small temporary container on top of the tank. about a half hour later, when he was ready to introduce swimmy to her new home, he did NOT say "OH NO.... WHERE IS SHE?"
we did NOT search all around on the floor until finally we found her. she had NOT jumped out of the container, flopped across the top of the tank, and fallen 4 feet to the very dusty carpet behind the fish tank. we thought for sure she was a gonner. and then she flopped! ben did NOT scoop her up, dust and all, and stick her in the fish tank. there are NOT dust bunnies floating around in the water...!
and swimmy is thankfully NOT still swimming today!!
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last week while cleaning out the kids' closet, i did NOT find about 10 princess pull-ups that never got used when samantha was potty training.
ryan is NOT potty training right now.
i'm sure y'all are smart enough to put two and two together, right?
yes, my little man is NOT sporting a cinderella pull-up today. goodness, after this incident ryan is going to be scarred for life!
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happy monday!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
scpm
hopefully i'll be back to some normal blogging soon. but for now, here's a quick run down of the week:
monday: tacos. last time i blogged.
tuesday: busy. sad.
wednesday: bad day. couldn't even blog it was so bad. samantha's first night of awana.
thursday: almost as bad as wednesday.
friday: ryan's neurology appointment. will blog about that later. coupon party. will also blog about that later!
saturday: shopping. with coupons. cookie dough twisted frosty at wendy's. yum!
if you'd like to participate in saturday cell phone mosaic, go visit ace's blog!
monday: tacos. last time i blogged.
tuesday: busy. sad.
wednesday: bad day. couldn't even blog it was so bad. samantha's first night of awana.
thursday: almost as bad as wednesday.
friday: ryan's neurology appointment. will blog about that later. coupon party. will also blog about that later!
saturday: shopping. with coupons. cookie dough twisted frosty at wendy's. yum!
if you'd like to participate in saturday cell phone mosaic, go visit ace's blog!
Monday, August 24, 2009
not me my child! monday
welcome to not my child! monday--the kid's edition of not me! monday. because let's face it, like mckmama said, mothers aren't perfect and neither are children! so let's dive right in to the wonderful things my children have NOT done this week.
while shopping in the makeup aisle at walmart last week, samantha did NOT point to a picture of a beautiful woman and say, "mom, if your eyebrows looked like this i'd like you more. and if your whole face looked like this i'd like you more too."
i did NOT then proceed to have a talk with her about liking people for who they are and not because of their looks...
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one morning as samantha woke up and walked by my room she did NOT say to me, "mom, sorry we woke up so early." it was NOT 10:30am!
and along those lines, after waking her up at 7:30am for church yesterday morning, she did NOT say, "thanks for letting me sleep in today mom." (and the day before we slept in till 11am...)
no, my daughter does NOT have weird sleeping habits or a bad perception of time!
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yesterday as i was going to tell ryan 'sit so i can put your shoes on,' i did NOT get my words mixed up and accidentally say a naughty word. thankfully samantha was in the other room so she didn't hear. but when daddy told her that mommy said a naughty word she did NOT say to me, "mommy, did you say the s-word?" no, my daughter does NOT know what the s-word is. i refuse to believe it.
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it has NOT been my son that has been screaming at naptime and bedtime for no reason. so that two hours of screaming you heard last week? must have been the neighbor's kid...
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on the other hand, ryan has NOT been amazing me by his wanting-to-go-potty craze. i mean, who wouldn't fancy sitting on the potty for 20 minutes singing fun church songs and then getting mini gummi bears?! he does NOT like it so much that now when i go to the bathroom?... can you guess?? he follows me in, sits on the step stool in front of me, and and starts singing "i'm in the Lord's army." which is followed by clapping, of course, after i go potty.
i do NOT reward myself with mini gummi bears...
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and last but not least, ryan does NOT wave bye-bye to his potty when we flush the toilet. so it really shouldn't have surprised me when he tried blowing a kiss to his tinkles the other day. and in his attempt, he did NOT end up licking the toilet seat...
what has your child NOT done this week? stop by mckmama's blog for some other hillarious not my child! monday posts.
happy monday!
while shopping in the makeup aisle at walmart last week, samantha did NOT point to a picture of a beautiful woman and say, "mom, if your eyebrows looked like this i'd like you more. and if your whole face looked like this i'd like you more too."
i did NOT then proceed to have a talk with her about liking people for who they are and not because of their looks...
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one morning as samantha woke up and walked by my room she did NOT say to me, "mom, sorry we woke up so early." it was NOT 10:30am!
and along those lines, after waking her up at 7:30am for church yesterday morning, she did NOT say, "thanks for letting me sleep in today mom." (and the day before we slept in till 11am...)
no, my daughter does NOT have weird sleeping habits or a bad perception of time!
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yesterday as i was going to tell ryan 'sit so i can put your shoes on,' i did NOT get my words mixed up and accidentally say a naughty word. thankfully samantha was in the other room so she didn't hear. but when daddy told her that mommy said a naughty word she did NOT say to me, "mommy, did you say the s-word?" no, my daughter does NOT know what the s-word is. i refuse to believe it.
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it has NOT been my son that has been screaming at naptime and bedtime for no reason. so that two hours of screaming you heard last week? must have been the neighbor's kid...
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on the other hand, ryan has NOT been amazing me by his wanting-to-go-potty craze. i mean, who wouldn't fancy sitting on the potty for 20 minutes singing fun church songs and then getting mini gummi bears?! he does NOT like it so much that now when i go to the bathroom?... can you guess?? he follows me in, sits on the step stool in front of me, and and starts singing "i'm in the Lord's army." which is followed by clapping, of course, after i go potty.
i do NOT reward myself with mini gummi bears...
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and last but not least, ryan does NOT wave bye-bye to his potty when we flush the toilet. so it really shouldn't have surprised me when he tried blowing a kiss to his tinkles the other day. and in his attempt, he did NOT end up licking the toilet seat...
what has your child NOT done this week? stop by mckmama's blog for some other hillarious not my child! monday posts.
happy monday!
Monday, August 17, 2009
not me! monday
monday is here! time for not me!
on friday morning i did NOT realize that samantha had a birthday slumber party to go to... that afternoon! i did NOT call the mom and make sure she could still come, quickly pack her bag, and go shopping for a gift. when i dropped her off at her first friend sleepover i was NOT a tiny bit sad that she was growing up!
you know that well known phrase, no shirt, no shoes, no service? well this weekend i did NOT try out the no shoes part. on saturday morning i went to pick up samantha from her friend's house and took my flip flops off at the door. 3 minutes later when we went to leave there was only one flip flop by the door. my friend's dog had taken off with it and chewed it up and slobbered all over it. so instead of driving all the way home to get different flip flops, we did NOT go to target to buy some new ones. i did NOT walk barefoot all the way from the back of the parking lot and all through the store to the shoe section. i did NOT feel like such a dork, and i did NOT feel like i was wearing a huge lit up sign that said hey people, look at my feet--i'm not wearing any shoes! i did NOT quickly find a replica pair of my chewed up flippy flops and proceed straight to the checkout. i told the cashier i didn't need a bag because they were going right on my feet. when she hesitated and asked if i was not wearing shoes i was NOT worried that she wouldn't let me buy them because of the whole no shirt no shoes policy. but thankfully she laughed about my story and completed the transaction! the best part about this? the flip flops were NOT on clearance! ahhhh... i do NOT love target!
being the good mom that i am, i let samantha have chocolate milk for lunch yesterday. i did NOT grab a used cup off of the counter that had a trace of chocolate milk from the day before and poured some milk in. i took a drink of it, and it tasted a bit funny. i figured it was the dirty cup, so then, being the even more good mom that i am, grabbed a clean cup for her and gave her the milk. later, after the kids were in bed, ben went to the fridge to get a drink. he grabbed the chocolate milk jug and ask, "hun, is this milk still good? the expiration date is the 11th..." he did NOT then open the milk and take a big old whiff of spoiled rotten chocolate milk!.... that i did NOT give to samantha earlier.... which is still NOT sitting on the counter to be disposed of.... ugh. next time i'll check the date!
this weekend has NOT been a bad sleeping weekend for ry. on friday he did NOT take a 5 minute nap. and yesterday he did NOT cry/scream for the first 2 hours of his nap, finally fall asleep for 20 minutes, then wake up and cry for another 40 minutes before i finally got him up...
today is NOT our anniversary... every year it seems like i nag and nag ben asking him if he wants to do anything to celebrate. last night i was NOT having a crabby, pms-y attitude (note that this was right after ryan's screaming crying 20 minute nap. i deserved to be crabby, people), and decided that this year i was not going to mention anything about our anniversary. if we did anything, it would have to be ben's doing. so this morning when ben got up for work he did NOT wake me up with a kiss and tell me happy anniversary (yea!). and then he did NOT tell me he was gonna see if his mom could watch the kids tonight so we could go out to dinner or something (bigger yea!)! thank you ben! and happy anniversary hun! and for the record, after a good night's sleep for ryan (and me!) i am NOT in a much better mood this morning!
happy monday everyone! stop by mckmama's blog to join in on the fun!
on friday morning i did NOT realize that samantha had a birthday slumber party to go to... that afternoon! i did NOT call the mom and make sure she could still come, quickly pack her bag, and go shopping for a gift. when i dropped her off at her first friend sleepover i was NOT a tiny bit sad that she was growing up!
you know that well known phrase, no shirt, no shoes, no service? well this weekend i did NOT try out the no shoes part. on saturday morning i went to pick up samantha from her friend's house and took my flip flops off at the door. 3 minutes later when we went to leave there was only one flip flop by the door. my friend's dog had taken off with it and chewed it up and slobbered all over it. so instead of driving all the way home to get different flip flops, we did NOT go to target to buy some new ones. i did NOT walk barefoot all the way from the back of the parking lot and all through the store to the shoe section. i did NOT feel like such a dork, and i did NOT feel like i was wearing a huge lit up sign that said hey people, look at my feet--i'm not wearing any shoes! i did NOT quickly find a replica pair of my chewed up flippy flops and proceed straight to the checkout. i told the cashier i didn't need a bag because they were going right on my feet. when she hesitated and asked if i was not wearing shoes i was NOT worried that she wouldn't let me buy them because of the whole no shirt no shoes policy. but thankfully she laughed about my story and completed the transaction! the best part about this? the flip flops were NOT on clearance! ahhhh... i do NOT love target!
being the good mom that i am, i let samantha have chocolate milk for lunch yesterday. i did NOT grab a used cup off of the counter that had a trace of chocolate milk from the day before and poured some milk in. i took a drink of it, and it tasted a bit funny. i figured it was the dirty cup, so then, being the even more good mom that i am, grabbed a clean cup for her and gave her the milk. later, after the kids were in bed, ben went to the fridge to get a drink. he grabbed the chocolate milk jug and ask, "hun, is this milk still good? the expiration date is the 11th..." he did NOT then open the milk and take a big old whiff of spoiled rotten chocolate milk!.... that i did NOT give to samantha earlier.... which is still NOT sitting on the counter to be disposed of.... ugh. next time i'll check the date!
this weekend has NOT been a bad sleeping weekend for ry. on friday he did NOT take a 5 minute nap. and yesterday he did NOT cry/scream for the first 2 hours of his nap, finally fall asleep for 20 minutes, then wake up and cry for another 40 minutes before i finally got him up...
today is NOT our anniversary... every year it seems like i nag and nag ben asking him if he wants to do anything to celebrate. last night i was NOT having a crabby, pms-y attitude (note that this was right after ryan's screaming crying 20 minute nap. i deserved to be crabby, people), and decided that this year i was not going to mention anything about our anniversary. if we did anything, it would have to be ben's doing. so this morning when ben got up for work he did NOT wake me up with a kiss and tell me happy anniversary (yea!). and then he did NOT tell me he was gonna see if his mom could watch the kids tonight so we could go out to dinner or something (bigger yea!)! thank you ben! and happy anniversary hun! and for the record, after a good night's sleep for ryan (and me!) i am NOT in a much better mood this morning!
happy monday everyone! stop by mckmama's blog to join in on the fun!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
random
i finally have an appointment to get my hair cut next monday. i couldn't be more excited! and after weighing all your ideas and suggestions (thank you!) i have decided how i want to have it cut. and while i can tell you that i won't get a mohawk or a mullet, i'm going to keep my soon-to-be-new hairstyle a secret until it's cut!
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i'm getting close to my 200th post. so to celebrate i'm gonna have a giveaway. and the prize? well, it's super cute. and it's something i use EVERY day. oh i can't wait!
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my sister brought to my attention that i forgot to mention that my dad was a mail carrier for 30 plus years. which makes this post all the funnier.
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we got samantha a digital camera for her birthday. within 24 hours she had already taken 100+ pictures. a girl after my own heart! just look at how cute she is taking a picture of her new puppy!
she also told me that she deleted the pictures of me but kept the ones that she took of ryan so that she can blog about him!
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did you think i'd forget thankful thursday? well i got a migraine tonight. no, i'm NOT thankful for that. but i am thankful that samantha is old enough to watch ryan. because she played with him for a bit while i layed down, and then i got them dinner and set them in front of the tv while i slept for about TWO hours!
what's that you say? mother of the year?! that's what i thought...!
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and with that, goodnight. i am actually gonna go to bed before midnight!
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i'm getting close to my 200th post. so to celebrate i'm gonna have a giveaway. and the prize? well, it's super cute. and it's something i use EVERY day. oh i can't wait!
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my sister brought to my attention that i forgot to mention that my dad was a mail carrier for 30 plus years. which makes this post all the funnier.
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we got samantha a digital camera for her birthday. within 24 hours she had already taken 100+ pictures. a girl after my own heart! just look at how cute she is taking a picture of her new puppy!she also told me that she deleted the pictures of me but kept the ones that she took of ryan so that she can blog about him!
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did you think i'd forget thankful thursday? well i got a migraine tonight. no, i'm NOT thankful for that. but i am thankful that samantha is old enough to watch ryan. because she played with him for a bit while i layed down, and then i got them dinner and set them in front of the tv while i slept for about TWO hours!
what's that you say? mother of the year?! that's what i thought...!
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and with that, goodnight. i am actually gonna go to bed before midnight!
Monday, June 29, 2009
not me! monday ~ birthday edition
time for not me! monday. this week we ate out more than we ate at home. i stayed in my jammies until afternoon. on two days. and i didn't put ryan down for a nap until 5 pm last night.
that's what took place this week...
...and here's what did NOT happen:
samantha did NOT turn six this week. i was NOT super sad about how fast she has grown up.
on her actual birthday we did NOT have to go to target so that i could buy her another present, a card, gift bag, and a birthday cake.
we did NOT give her a digital camera (that ben won on a pallet at the auction) for her birthday. she is NOT totally enjoying it and has NOT already gone through a set of batteries and has NOT taken over 200 pictures. in 24 hours! and last night at walmart she was NOT taking pictures of random strangers...
this week samantha is NOT going to have her first ever friend birthday party. and she is NOT extremely excited! this is totally NOT a spur-of-the-moment-thrown-together-party and i am definitely NOT behind on preparations.
so while scurrying to get samantha's birthday party invitations in the mail i did NOT buy a book of stamps at walmart, slap on the address labels i had pre-printed, and drop them in the mailbox at the post office on my way home from walmart. the next night i did NOT open up my purse and see a full book of stamps in there. yes, you guessed it--i did NOT forget to put stamps on every single invitation. not quite knowing whether the invitations would come back to me or be delivered with postage due, i did NOT then have to call every mom (except for the ones i facebooked!) to tell them when and where the party was and appologize in case they would have to pay to receive their invitation.
and while i was chatting on the phone with the last mom, she did NOT inform me that the pool where we're gonna have the party didn't open until an hour and a half after my planned time. so i did NOT have to change the time and then call everyone back again with the correct time.
next time samantha has a friend party (or just a birthday for that matter)? i am NOT gonna plan waaayyyyyy better.
what did you NOT do this week? stop by mckmama's blog for more not me fun!!
that's what took place this week...
...and here's what did NOT happen:
samantha did NOT turn six this week. i was NOT super sad about how fast she has grown up.
on her actual birthday we did NOT have to go to target so that i could buy her another present, a card, gift bag, and a birthday cake.
we did NOT give her a digital camera (that ben won on a pallet at the auction) for her birthday. she is NOT totally enjoying it and has NOT already gone through a set of batteries and has NOT taken over 200 pictures. in 24 hours! and last night at walmart she was NOT taking pictures of random strangers...
this week samantha is NOT going to have her first ever friend birthday party. and she is NOT extremely excited! this is totally NOT a spur-of-the-moment-thrown-together-party and i am definitely NOT behind on preparations.
so while scurrying to get samantha's birthday party invitations in the mail i did NOT buy a book of stamps at walmart, slap on the address labels i had pre-printed, and drop them in the mailbox at the post office on my way home from walmart. the next night i did NOT open up my purse and see a full book of stamps in there. yes, you guessed it--i did NOT forget to put stamps on every single invitation. not quite knowing whether the invitations would come back to me or be delivered with postage due, i did NOT then have to call every mom (except for the ones i facebooked!) to tell them when and where the party was and appologize in case they would have to pay to receive their invitation.
and while i was chatting on the phone with the last mom, she did NOT inform me that the pool where we're gonna have the party didn't open until an hour and a half after my planned time. so i did NOT have to change the time and then call everyone back again with the correct time.
next time samantha has a friend party (or just a birthday for that matter)? i am NOT gonna plan waaayyyyyy better.
what did you NOT do this week? stop by mckmama's blog for more not me fun!!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
i blinked...
and six years came rushing past me.
dear samantha,
it seems like just the other day i was bringing home a newborn baby girl. i was so excited about my new role as mommy, although still a little hesitant about the huge task that lay before me.
but at the same time it seems like forever ago since you were little. i can't believe that today you're six. before i know it you'll be asking me for the keys to the car. you have grown up to be such a wonderfullittle big girl!
did you know that you never fail to surprize me? all the funny little things you do and say--you definitely give me something to smile about!
did you know you are an exceptional daughter? daddy and i are so blessed to have you as our daughter. we love to experience new things with you and watch you grow physically, intellectually, and spiritually every day!
did you know that you're such a good sister? ryan is so lucky to have a sister like you--a sister that prays for him. a sister that watches out for him. and a sister that loves him so very much!
and did you know that even though i'm YOUR teacher, you have taught me way more important things in your six years of life than i could ever teach you in school?! with your heart for people, your zest for life, and your love for God, you have shown me the meaning of faith like a child. you have demonstrated how to love your neighbor as yourself. you have taught me to think in light of eternity.
and when i love you with every ounce of love i could possibly give you, i realize how immeasurably more God loves me.
i love you samantha!!
happy 6th birthday!
love, mom
dear samantha,
it seems like just the other day i was bringing home a newborn baby girl. i was so excited about my new role as mommy, although still a little hesitant about the huge task that lay before me.
but at the same time it seems like forever ago since you were little. i can't believe that today you're six. before i know it you'll be asking me for the keys to the car. you have grown up to be such a wonderful
did you know that you never fail to surprize me? all the funny little things you do and say--you definitely give me something to smile about!
did you know you are an exceptional daughter? daddy and i are so blessed to have you as our daughter. we love to experience new things with you and watch you grow physically, intellectually, and spiritually every day!
did you know that you're such a good sister? ryan is so lucky to have a sister like you--a sister that prays for him. a sister that watches out for him. and a sister that loves him so very much!
and did you know that even though i'm YOUR teacher, you have taught me way more important things in your six years of life than i could ever teach you in school?! with your heart for people, your zest for life, and your love for God, you have shown me the meaning of faith like a child. you have demonstrated how to love your neighbor as yourself. you have taught me to think in light of eternity.
and when i love you with every ounce of love i could possibly give you, i realize how immeasurably more God loves me.
i love you samantha!!
happy 6th birthday!
love, mom
Friday, June 26, 2009
blogging begins with toothless grins
for the last few months samantha has been asking me for her own blog. i told her she could practice on mine a few times before i let her have her own.
so today, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, i am proud to introduce samantha, who is here to share some exciting news!
this is samantha. yesterday i lost my first tooth. and dad used pliers and then my tooth fell out.
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so right before bedtime samantha wrote this note, shoved it and her tooth in her tooth fairy box, and hid it under her pillow.
i kissed her goodnight, snuggled the video camera in by her bear, and theni was off to play tooth fairy i went to bed and apparently the tooth fairy came in the night!
samantha awoke this morning excited to find $10 (the going rate for first-time tooth loss. i think the next tooth will only earn a dollar.) and a note from the tooth fairy. she was excited to find out that ms. tooth fairy is in fact a girl, and she was so grateful that she got to keep her tooth!
so today, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, i am proud to introduce samantha, who is here to share some exciting news!
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this is samantha. yesterday i lost my first tooth. and dad used pliers and then my tooth fell out.
this is my tooth.
the tooth fairy got me two five dollars.
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i think she has a future in blogging, no?!
i wish she could put into words just how happy she was last night. her tooth was really lose yesterday, but not quite ready to pop out just yet. until we went to subway last night. she took a bite into her sub and...
"OUCH! mom, my tooth hurts."
so i ended up cutting her sub into little ryan-sized bites and she was able to eat her dinner. ben told her that he'd pull her tooth with pliers at home and she was fine with that. i told her that her gums might bleed a little bit, and then she was worried!
when we got home daddy had the brilliant idea to let her eat a popsicle first to numb her gums. and then POP! he pulled it out. and samantha was THRILLED!! she has been waiting for this for sooooo long!
then came all the questions about the tooth fairy. will the tooth fairy take my tooth? can i keep it? it is a boy or girl? how does the tooth fairy know what house to go to?! does it come through the window? maybe it's waterproof and comes through the pipes!
so right before bedtime samantha wrote this note, shoved it and her tooth in her tooth fairy box, and hid it under her pillow.
as i tucked her into bed she asked me ever so sweetly if she could have the video camera in bed with her. her plans were to stay awake for as long as she could, or try to wake up so that she could take a picture of the tooth fairy. of course i obliged!
i kissed her goodnight, snuggled the video camera in by her bear, and then
samantha awoke this morning excited to find $10 (the going rate for first-time tooth loss. i think the next tooth will only earn a dollar.) and a note from the tooth fairy. she was excited to find out that ms. tooth fairy is in fact a girl, and she was so grateful that she got to keep her tooth!
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