Monday, September 26, 2011
Goal for the month: pay off debt, organize house
Goals for the week:
Attend at least one playdate
Finish a ballerina costume for a friend
Start either a fall or Halloween wreath
Contact our realtor about finally getting the house on the market
Meals for the week:
Baked speghetti
Corn dog casserole
Breakfast
Tacos
King ranch chicken
Cajun chicken pasta
Ravioli lasagna
Friday, September 23, 2011
Week of September 18
Well, Sunday we watched...
VERY cute movie! Trevis and Mavrick couldn't control their dancing feet. Anytime the Salsa-y music came on, they had to dance. Loved it! Also Sunday night we had to review with Trevis his sight words for the test on Thursday. What we do is show him the word, he says it..spells it..and says it again. Trying to have him do it this way so like when we're driving or out and about, I can give him a quick quiz and see if he knows them! He knows all of his words right now (no,a,am,at,the,see,like) except LIKE gives him some troubles sometime. Not sure why, but he always second guesses it when he sees it and spelling it but sounding it out he does perfect!
Monday, after dropping Trevis off at school I attempted to come and super organize the boys room. Their room isn't dirty and not really messy either..theres just alot of toys,movies and clothes that never end up in their right spot..because, well they didn't have a correct spot. I was halfway done and realized I had nothing to put all of their board games, other games and puzzles in. So, called it the end and played with Mavrick until time to get Trevis.
Tuesday, after dropping sweet Trevis off at school again, Evrett,Mavrick and I were on a quest to find the perfect set of plastic/storage drawers for their room. I had the plan to move their shirts and shorts into the new drawers, and move their board games into the old drawers. Well, after walmart,home depot, and lowes didnt have what I was wanting..I gave up and went home to spend time with the little littles before getting Trevis from school. Oh, and Tuesday nights are my softball nights. Tuesday night was a late game night..so after getting the big boys bathed,fed and in bed..I helped get Evrett ready for bed so all Jake had to do was snuggle with him until they all fell asleep. (Jake is back to working 12hour days, so I know he's tired when he gets home and since I was running out the door as he's coming in, I wanted to make it an easy night for him). Well, we lost our first game..terribly! They were just honestly really good! Attitudes were a bit more than what we usually like but, they werent the worst we've played against. Proud of myself for this game, because unlike LAST Tuesday night where an outfield ball (I play right field) went RIGHT through my legs! Ugh, I felt like I was in a little league game or something! I stayed in front of the ball and threw it to a base each time. I think we lost that one 4-18 or something..yea it was rough! The 9 game..we played and we lost..but their attitudes were much better and they were still pretty tough team! My ankles were giving out on me during this game for some reason. Tripped over my feet twice and just stumbled around, almost fell on first base and then got twisted in the dirt. I dont know what was up! We lost that game only by a few points. (But I must add, LAST tuesday, we won both games..the 7 and 8 games..so yah :P)
Wednsday, took Trevis to school and headed to Target..still searching for those plastic drawers! and I found the perfect thing at Target..so, after meeting a friend and walking around for a while, the worker boy took it out to my car (perfect HUGE 4 drawer Sterlite, heavy duty plasticy storage containers, but they're drawers). Then, it's off to lunch with my Mommygroup friends. Kids eat free at Buffalo wild wings on Wednesdays..soo..thats we're we ate! It was yummy, I love buffalo wings. Jake has a few funny stories from our dating days about me and my wings. After getting Trevis from school, hung out with a friend and all of her cute kiddos. While her kiddos had my kiddos entertained, I was able to organize and put up the new drawers and move all the games into the old ones. So..yay! Their room is DONE. Everything is now in a toy box, book shelf, plastic storage box or plastic drawers! Its been a long road and lots of trial and error, but I'm finally getting a knack for this organizing thang ;) Also, Wednesday night reviewed words with Trevis again (we've done this every night except Friday and Saturday..hey, kids need a weekend too!) and that smart boy knows ALL of his words now! He rode with me to run some errands and I would spell the word and he would tell me what it is and spell it back..he even knows LIKE now! So proud of him and how well he is adjusting to school and loving it and learning so much!
Thursday, I went to target to buy Bridesmaids (hilarious movie! Saw It in theaters with the gals, and knew I had to buy it as soon as it came out!) and some space saver bags. While Trevis was at school, evrett napping and Mavrick frolicking around the house I washed each and every sheet and pillow case we own, put them in huuuge space saver bags according to size and have them stacked in the bottom of my nice and neat linen closet. All the boys blankets and sleeping bags are on the first shelf, then up one to pillows and small blankets and then up one to extra decorative pillows and such. I am getting the hang of this organizing thing..only took what..almost 7 years? Trevis had his sight word test.. sweet honey only missed LIKE! He still got two stamps on it, and had a wonderful day. Made sure he knew we were proud of him! :) Also, Jake wanted to surprise the boys and take them for SNOWCONES! the day before fall..and we're out getting snowcones! First and Last of the summer :)
Friday, Trevis doesnt have class on Fridays. I am apart of a wonderful group called MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) and today was Moms Munch, and we drop the kiddos off at the church and a small group of us went out for lunch at Olive Garden. Yummy! It was great to socialize with some great ladies and friends and have the peace of mind that my babies were being well taken care of.
Monday, after dropping Trevis off at school I attempted to come and super organize the boys room. Their room isn't dirty and not really messy either..theres just alot of toys,movies and clothes that never end up in their right spot..because, well they didn't have a correct spot. I was halfway done and realized I had nothing to put all of their board games, other games and puzzles in. So, called it the end and played with Mavrick until time to get Trevis.
Tuesday, after dropping sweet Trevis off at school again, Evrett,Mavrick and I were on a quest to find the perfect set of plastic/storage drawers for their room. I had the plan to move their shirts and shorts into the new drawers, and move their board games into the old drawers. Well, after walmart,home depot, and lowes didnt have what I was wanting..I gave up and went home to spend time with the little littles before getting Trevis from school. Oh, and Tuesday nights are my softball nights. Tuesday night was a late game night..so after getting the big boys bathed,fed and in bed..I helped get Evrett ready for bed so all Jake had to do was snuggle with him until they all fell asleep. (Jake is back to working 12hour days, so I know he's tired when he gets home and since I was running out the door as he's coming in, I wanted to make it an easy night for him). Well, we lost our first game..terribly! They were just honestly really good! Attitudes were a bit more than what we usually like but, they werent the worst we've played against. Proud of myself for this game, because unlike LAST Tuesday night where an outfield ball (I play right field) went RIGHT through my legs! Ugh, I felt like I was in a little league game or something! I stayed in front of the ball and threw it to a base each time. I think we lost that one 4-18 or something..yea it was rough! The 9 game..we played and we lost..but their attitudes were much better and they were still pretty tough team! My ankles were giving out on me during this game for some reason. Tripped over my feet twice and just stumbled around, almost fell on first base and then got twisted in the dirt. I dont know what was up! We lost that game only by a few points. (But I must add, LAST tuesday, we won both games..the 7 and 8 games..so yah :P)
Wednsday, took Trevis to school and headed to Target..still searching for those plastic drawers! and I found the perfect thing at Target..so, after meeting a friend and walking around for a while, the worker boy took it out to my car (perfect HUGE 4 drawer Sterlite, heavy duty plasticy storage containers, but they're drawers). Then, it's off to lunch with my Mommygroup friends. Kids eat free at Buffalo wild wings on Wednesdays..soo..thats we're we ate! It was yummy, I love buffalo wings. Jake has a few funny stories from our dating days about me and my wings. After getting Trevis from school, hung out with a friend and all of her cute kiddos. While her kiddos had my kiddos entertained, I was able to organize and put up the new drawers and move all the games into the old ones. So..yay! Their room is DONE. Everything is now in a toy box, book shelf, plastic storage box or plastic drawers! Its been a long road and lots of trial and error, but I'm finally getting a knack for this organizing thang ;) Also, Wednesday night reviewed words with Trevis again (we've done this every night except Friday and Saturday..hey, kids need a weekend too!) and that smart boy knows ALL of his words now! He rode with me to run some errands and I would spell the word and he would tell me what it is and spell it back..he even knows LIKE now! So proud of him and how well he is adjusting to school and loving it and learning so much!
Thursday, I went to target to buy Bridesmaids (hilarious movie! Saw It in theaters with the gals, and knew I had to buy it as soon as it came out!) and some space saver bags. While Trevis was at school, evrett napping and Mavrick frolicking around the house I washed each and every sheet and pillow case we own, put them in huuuge space saver bags according to size and have them stacked in the bottom of my nice and neat linen closet. All the boys blankets and sleeping bags are on the first shelf, then up one to pillows and small blankets and then up one to extra decorative pillows and such. I am getting the hang of this organizing thing..only took what..almost 7 years? Trevis had his sight word test.. sweet honey only missed LIKE! He still got two stamps on it, and had a wonderful day. Made sure he knew we were proud of him! :) Also, Jake wanted to surprise the boys and take them for SNOWCONES! the day before fall..and we're out getting snowcones! First and Last of the summer :)
Friday, Trevis doesnt have class on Fridays. I am apart of a wonderful group called MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) and today was Moms Munch, and we drop the kiddos off at the church and a small group of us went out for lunch at Olive Garden. Yummy! It was great to socialize with some great ladies and friends and have the peace of mind that my babies were being well taken care of.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
First of hopefully many..
..posts. I tried starting a "photo blog" once before, and even a blogspot almost exactly a year ago (I found it, and deleted it..at least I think I did..HA). For some reason I just cant keep these things going. But I'm going to try to keep this one up to date. Ecspecially since I am trying to disconnect from the social craze of facebook. Right now, I am in the process of taking all of my pictures down (most) and saving them to my computer, but not deleting them off of my FB just incase something horrible happens and my computer crashes after I have EVERY photo back on it.Anxiety much? Ha! So all my photos will be up until I can get an external hard drive..hopefully this weekend. I won't be deleting my fb, but just stepping back. It is so easy to just update status, see what a friend is doing...start chatting to friend, see what another friend is doing, get invited to an event..and then have to keep checking back and forth to see what the friend is saying or what a group is discussing..and before I know it I'm online for an hour..that could have been used for more productive things.I won't be deleting my fb because, well..everyone and their mama (and mine!) has one. I want to stay connected to everyone I was friends with in highschool and all of my friends from Texas and Mississippi all in one place.
I will be keeping this blog updated at least once a week with what me and Jake and the kiddos have done with the week, I want to keep my family and friends (that are 8+ long hours away) up to date, involved and as connected as they can be with the boys and their lives.
So, heres to actually keeping it! (fingers crossed!)
I will be keeping this blog updated at least once a week with what me and Jake and the kiddos have done with the week, I want to keep my family and friends (that are 8+ long hours away) up to date, involved and as connected as they can be with the boys and their lives.
So, heres to actually keeping it! (fingers crossed!)
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