August 31, 2008

It was another fun day. It started early with church. Oh how I love wrestling my little rascals into eating breakfast and getting into their dresses. By the time its done I have almost no time to get myself ready. I will never know how people with 4 and 5 kids do it. Ansley is finally loving nursery though. She was having a spell where she would cry when I left her and then cling to the nursery leaders. Today when we picked her up she was participating and smiling. Yeah, progress. As we were leaving church Jerry was putting Ansley in her car seat. I was driving and so I started the car. Ansley went nuts. "No mommy, don't drive!! I not in my seat yet!!" Jerry of coarse replies, "I know her driving scares me too!!" He's such an instigator!! It was very cute though. She is talking like such a big girl now.



After church we headed down to my Aunt and Uncles for a labor day picnic. The weather was beautiful and the girls loved having other kids to play with. Ally loved the big water slide. Ansley did not!! She loved playing with Uncle Steve though. She calls him grandpa. She still thinks he and dad are the same person. I wonder where she thinks grandma is. It was a great day. Hopefully they will sleep in a little tomorrow.

August 30, 2008

Today we went picking again. Ally can truly eat her weight in them and I refuse to buy them at the store because they are so expensive and are usually moldy from their trip from California so we have been picking them and freezing them. We've frozen about 13 lbs so I figure that should hold her over for awhile. I guess it will have to because blueberry season is almost over anyway.

So Jerry decided I have been working too much and decided I needed to get out with some friends. So he set up a girls night out with my two best girl friends from high school. It was just like old times. The night started out at the local stop n shop for food and then we cooked and ate and ate and ate and talked. It was great to see them and to get out without the kids. Thanks honey!!

Oh and on a side note. McCain has nailed his coffin shut with his pick for VP in my opinion. I love that he chose a woman but he chose the wrong one. If his complaint about Obama is that he has no experience how can he justify a woman with 2 year of experience as a Governor. She has no foreign policy experience at all which in our turbulent times with other countries is a necessity. Given the fact that McCain has many health issues and could easily die in office he has lost my vote. There was only one woman ready for the White House McCain and it isn't Palin.

The Democratic Convention

I have to say that up until this week I have been very distraught over the whole upcoming election. I really didn't like Obama and McCain is George W all over but after watching the convention this week I am a little more inclined to vote. Obama really has it together and while I don't agree with everything he offers I really think he has some good plans for the welfare of the country. Not only that but Jerry and I love his choice for VP. He was our original hopeful for the democratic nomination. Again, we don't agree with everything he stands for either but I don't think we will ever find a perfect candidate. Michelle Obama really has it together too. Jerry and I were really impressed with her speech this week as well. Hiliary, in what was probably one of the most humbling days in her life, backed Obama which is great for the party and Bill was his usual best. I know you either love him or you hate him but we love him!! It was unbelieveable to see more than 80,000 people crammed into the Denver stadium tonight. Next stop the Republican National Convention!!

The Bike

So this morning Ally once again reminds me how wonderful it is to be a child and naive of the world in which we live. Immediately after breakfast she and Ansley went down to the basement to swing.(We have swings hanging under the deck) She immediately starts yelling about her dads bike. So I figured it must have fallen down. I go down to see what the commotions is and realize that the bike is gone. Ally is beside herself and cannot understand where it went. I try to explain to her that someone has taken it. Her reply, "Well why didn't they ask us before they borrowed it?" Well that's a little complicated. So now I have to explain to my four year old that no one borrowed daddy's bike, they stole it and they aren't going to be bringing it back. She was devastated and told anyone who would listen to her all about how someone stole her daddy's bike. I think it was a good learning experience for all of us. Unfortunately many bikes were stolen last night despite being locked up or even on the second story balcony. Scary for us since we never lock the slider on the second story and if they could scale the deck they could easily walk in. It will be locked from now on.


Well after a dry run a few weeks ago with very little blueberry success we have tried it again. The girls and I headed out to Easy Pickens this time and had a great time. Ally was a champion blueberry picker, although she would have preferred to be a champion blueberry eater. We picked about 5 lbs in an hour which I thought was good given that Ansley dumps them out almost as fast as we pick them and I spend most of the time picking them up off the ground. The blueberries are so plump and sweet, even Jerry liked them and he says he doesn't like blueberries. Ally got upset at one point because Ansley had found herself an apple and was eating it. "You stole that! We didn't pay for it!" She is so good. I told her I promised I would pay for it when I paid for the blueberries and she was fine with that so she ate one too!!

For dinner tonight we ate some of that corn from the farmers market. Oh my Gosh!! It is soooo good. I think I'm a corn snob now. I don't know if I can eat it any other way. We didn't even put butter or salt on it. It was so sweet and good. I am definitely getting spoiled by all of the fresh food we have been able to have in the last few weeks. Living in country has definite advantages and fresh fruits and veggies is definitely one of them.

August 26, 2008

Well the week had a rough start with only 4 hours of sleep in between 2 shifts. I have been the mommy from hell!

Jerry started school yesterday and so the madness begins. But tonight was great! We went to the Brookers house for dinner and had some awesome taco's on home-made tortillas. They were yummy! Way better than the store bought ones. Even the girls ate like champs which lately is very rare. It was great to have some adult conversation too. I enjoy knowing that there our others who feel the joys and pains of life with children as we do!!

August 23, 2008

Today was a busy day. I worked last night and I have to work again tonight. In between the trip to walmart, the trip to the farmer's market, Ally's preschool orientation and the birthday party I attempted to take a nap and forgot about the baked beans and burnt them. Oh well. The farmers market was great!! I got some awesome looking corn on the cob. I haven't cooked it yet but I can't wait. I bought some of the biggest, sweetest blackberries (Yummy!) and some green beans too. Jerry took Ally to pre-school orientation. She was upset that she couldn't stay. The girl loves school. The birthday party was great. The kids had a blast and the weather was beautiful. Other than my burnt baked beans the food was awesome! After putting the kids down for bed around 8 pm I tried to sneak a nap in before work. Ansley just wouldn't sleep though, which is very rare for her. I finally got her up and brought her into the bed with me. I love snuggling up with my girls. They are so sweet. I wonder if they will ever comprehend how much I adore them. Motherhood is awesome!! I love my girls!! Now it's off to work, who needs sleep anyway?!

August 22, 2008

Yup Ansley is still 2. She looks sweet and innocent but the tantrums are daily and escalating. I know I shouldn't laugh but it's hard not to. She gets so upset over the silliest things. Half the time she doesn't even know what she wants. This morning she got upset because Jerry was wrestling with me and she thought he was hurting me. "Don't hurt my mommy, daddy!" It was cute. She is now a nummy nummy monster. Potty training is going pretty well (it would be better if we could just spend a week at home) mainly due to the fact that she is motivated by the m&m's. (the "nummy nummys") She tries so hard to go even when she has nothing to do because she wants the chocolate. (A girl after my own heart) Ally's big thing right now is "let's talk" She loves to sit on the couch or snuggle in the bed and ask me questions or have me tell her a story. Today before we got in bed for a nap (I have to work tonight), she said a prayer. In it she asked that we would sleep well and that I would get to work safe. She concluded by thanking Heavenly Father for the fact that we can always be together, even after we die and go to Heaven. I love my girls!!!