It was more impressive without the coat and with the skirt fully flounced. Nothing matched at all.
Category Archives: Kids
Queen of mac and cheese.
Katie didn’t like what we were having for dinner so she was making mac and cheese. Sometimes we help but otherwise she has to get a stool to reach the microwave. Pretty soon I’ll teach her how to make boxed stuff instead of the instant bowls.
That’s not really helping, Maggie.
This is where Maggie had to be when I was helping Owen sort clothes in his new room.
These are the kind of baths we like in our house.
We didn’t have a special NYE dinner so we’re doing it tonight. #cowboyribeye #samsclub #NYEredo
I might have ended up burning the dressing just a bit but once I picked off the worst of it, it was still pretty good. Owen LOVED it!!!!
Our first time seated apart!
I couldn’t get seats together for the movie so the kids got seats directly in front of us. They weren’t sure when we first showed them but then they thought it was awesome!
I’m still not used to the hole in her head.
I’m not kidding. It’s happening.
King guest bed being torn down.
The junk under Owen’s bed after I had already pulled out everything I could reach before the mattress was removed.
Owen finally broke me today.
We’re moving him to the guest room (half the size) and he’s losing half of his stuff. He’s had at least three warnings over the past six months yet he was surprised I was serious and he wanted more chances. Sorry, no. Mom doesn’t play. ESPECIALLY after the events of the day.
Background:
His room is always a disaster. I only ask that every so often it gets picked up so I don’t have to pole vault to walk in—laundry in baskets, legos picked up, etc. But his laundry is from one end to the other (under the bed, in the closet, in toy bins, etc.) and I am tired of getting clean clothes in the dirty laundry. Things get shoved every place imaginable and he can never find anything. Yes I know this is mostly typical kid stuff, but he gives us unbelievable attitude when we ask that he do something as simple as gather laundry. I’ve gone in with him multiple times (as has Grannie) to clean and organize and he always whines and moans and complains…but agrees to keep it clean. We told him when we moved in he got the big room so he had room for him and Katie (and friends) to play but with his room always a mess, no one can play in there. And he won’t pick it up. So he’s been warned multiple times that if he can’t keep it REMOTELY picked up, he will be losing stuff and moving to the smaller guest bedroom.
So…I’ve spent the last two hours in his room just going through and throwing shit away and sorting stuff to keep and give away. He will be starting with a very small selection of books and a handful of Legos and Pokémon cards. If he can keep his room (somewhat) clean, he’ll earn back more.
#HappyF’ingNewYear #WorstNYEyet #NowMyBackHurts #TimeForMargaritas
Owen broke the wall.
The kids were being loud playing upstairs then we heard a really loud THUNK and soon Miss Tattletale was running down to us to tell us Owen put a hole in the wall. Okay, whatever, let me go see.
HOLY SHIT.
Yeah…. He was doing gymnastic front rolls in the tiny hallway space upstairs and managed to kick his heel through the wall.
This was after a stressful morning during which both kids were amazingly annoying.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
Nail day!
A polish set from Aunt Dee!!
Katie cut her hair!
I’m crying. Katie brushed her hair on her own after her bath yesterday (something she’s done many times) and this is what I found on the floor by my sink when I went to bed. 😳 She decided to cut out a big knot instead of asking for help. And of course managed to cut way more hair than necessary.
The upsides are that she figured out a solution on her own and that with her crazy mess of curls we can’t even tell and she doesn’t need an emergency haircut.
Gummy tongue!
From Gramma Jean’s trip to Maine!
Merry Christmas from the little beasts!
Yes, these masks might have freaked them out just a bit hiding in their big Santa bags. 😂
Tom and I were up before 7…but the kids weren’t—their phones were still outside their bedroom doors!! Well, if I was up they were going to be up [dammit!] so just as I was about to get Owen up he walked out, and then we had him wake Katie up!
Santa screwed up a little by using the same paper for our gifts, too, and not making sure ours all had name tags… The kids were too excited to see their paper on other gifts that weren’t in their Santa bags so ended up opening a few of ours. Oh well. Maybe next year Santa won’t start wrapping quite so late.
Both kids were excited to see a programmable robot that they’d previously asked for and forgot about… Plus Santa did bring some things they specifically asked for (ballet shoes and Pokémon cards) so they were happy. All gifts were open by 8am. 🙂
Christmas Eve matching PJs
Christmas Eve Day
We spent the day with Uncle Rob and Aunt Dee at their new house! The kids played with Daisy, played in the snow, Owen shot his new bow (and lost an arrow in the snow!), made snowballs with Aunt Dee, and played games with Aunt Dee while is other three adults might have been napping. 🙂
Margarita buddies!
Santa Daisy
She was a big cuddle bug.
Schwalms and Hudsons
The cousins had so much fun together and we really enjoyed visiting with the adults!!We really need to do this more often!!
Katie Rudolph
Another day, another new Katie face. Again by Gabby.
These woods are for the birds!!
Uncle Doug and Aunt Marie took all the kids to Hartwick Pines and the kids got to hand-feed the birds! Katie got too freaked out but Owen did it!!
WHAT U TALKIN BOUT
The cousins were all having a ball playing together and I thought they’d have a blast playing “WHAT U TALKIN BOUT?” (the game where you try to say phrases while wearing dental mouthpieces—there are many versions of this game). Katie had bought it for Owen for Christmas and we weren’t set to open it for days but I am glad we did…we haven’t laughed so hard in a long time! It was definitely worth the $2.50 sale price at the dollar store.
Katie tiger!
Can you tell the face paints were a HUGE success?! This one was painted by cousin Gabby!
Pysanky Katie & Hatty Owen
Katie wanted Gramma Jean to do Pysanky on her face and Katie REALLY wanted to paint Owen’s face so he reluctantly let her paint Hatty Hattington on him (hilariously yet steadfastly refusing both glitter and sparkles).
And since I had no idea what Hatty Hattington looked like, either… I guess she did okay. 🙂
Butterfly Katie
I brought face paint for Grauntie Marge to give to the kids…she’s much more of an artist then I am!
Gramma snuggles!
Next stop? Dessert!
We don’t always get a chance to stop at Goodale’s, so we took advantage today! And Katie was out of her grouchy phase. 🙂
Trying a new place for lunch and Katie being a poop.
I love that Grayling has some cool breweries (I don’t like beer but I love food!). I can’t even remember what she was being grouchy about, but she refused to be in the picture.
The exciting part? Owen discovered he likes Reubens and Bang Bang Shrimp!
One guess where we stopped for dinner.
I was assured this is a normal kid bathroom.
This is what I walked into today in the kids’ bathroom. What the—? A sock, pencil, random pieces of tissue, hand towel, toilet cleaning sponges, cleaning cloth, and a piece of homework. UGH.
The counter wasn’t much better.
I took to Facebook to make sure it was normal. I was assured it is.
Needless to say we will be working on this.
Me and my super handsome boy
He found out today that he gets braces at his next appointment!
Our first matching manicure!
Our first Mommy/daughter matching ColorStreet manicure. 💅🏼 She’s been begging for a long time now—back to when I first tried Jamberry in Virginia—and I’ve told her I will do it as soon as she stops chewing her nails. She hasn’t yet…but I finally caved since I didn’t feel like resealing my unused holiday strip with the FoodSaver to save until next year.
OMG I MISS THIS LITTLE GIRL.
