Clothes from Grandma

Yesterday Brian's mom sent us a package in the mail filled with clothes for the kids. Brady went right for the box the stuff came in.

And Jayda went right for the new package of underwear she found in the box. Not only did she put a new pair on herself, but then she put the other 2 pairs on her dolls. Crazy kid.

Weekend happenings

Friday night we had dinner with Bethany, Isaac, and Micah.

Saturday we had an FD picnic to go to. As usual, neither of my kids participated in any games and clung to me the whole time. Turns out poor little Brady had a good excuse, he came down with a fever and didn't feel good for the rest of the weekend.

And Jayda has a new obsession: stripping the clothes off of her babies and trying to put diapers on them. Kind of hard when the diaper is almost as big as the baby is. Doesn't stop her though. :)

Some nights are just like that

Last night consisted of

• Holding up the checkout line at Rainbow foods because Brady and Jayda did not want to put away their little "shopper in training" carts so that we could get a bigger cart to load our bagged groceries into. Funny how the food fits in the little carts before it is bagged but not after. After recieveing dirty looks from the cashier, bagger, and the long line of customers behind us, we finally made our way out of the store.
  
• Finding wet shorts on the floor of the kitchen and pee-peed and poo-pooed in underwear on a little girl who was laying on her bed. Gross very gross.
  
• Changing said girl and cleaning up her bed and the kitchen floor.
  
• Fishing a car out of the toilet. Yes Brady dropped yet another one in there.
  
• Cleaning up more poo off of the floor after the little girl above couldn't (or didn't want to) make it to the toilet in time for her second poo of the night.

Fun times.

In fact, I should change the title of my blog to fun times. It seems like I end a lot of my posts that way. > : [

Potty Training

Jayda has been using the potty for peeing ever since she moved into the toddler room at daycare (which was over 8 months ago) but I didn't have the courage to send her to daycare in undies until last Thursday, and that was only because she insisted. She stayed dry all day and got a little award. Too cute. She seems to have no troubles staying dry at daycare. If only she were so trouble free at home... Now that she knows how good underwear feel (and how pretty they are) she doesn't want anything to do with pull-ups anymore. God help me. I need to constantly remind myself and her that she needs to go potty every 1 hour 1 1/2 or else there will be messes to clean up. Over the last 2 days we went through 6 pairs of underwear. Fun times. I am proud of her though. Brady didn't want anything to do with potty training until he turned 3.

Fun Day

Friday night we had "fun day" at daycare. Everything was free. The petting zoo was by far the main attraction. I felt sorry for the fire truck and police car, they definitely played second fiddle to the animals.

The petting zoo gave me ideas for the kid's birthdays...

So that was fun

This was our night last night. The kids didn't go to bed until 11:30 - and when they did it was in my bed. Ugh - August storms! It could have been worse though, as in tornados, so I really shouldn't complain.

Happy Tuesday!

Picnic

Brian's work had a picnic out at Lake Independence on Sunday. The kids had tons of fun. The beach was pretty decent and so was the playground. I think we might visit again before the summer ends.

Fun in the city

Last night I met Kris and Erika downtown for dinner at the Melting Pot. Let me tell you - it was quite yummy in my tummy. Today I feel like a cow though.

I was the ultimate tourist when I snapped this shot. I thought it was so neat to see the horses downtown, and kind of ironic to see all the modes of transportation grouped together - all we were missing was the bus, and the picture would be complete. ;)

I just had to get a picture of the three of us. I've waited forever to see Kris pregnant. ;) So cute. Problem with being around pregnant people is that it kind of makes me want to have a #3. I can hardly handle two, so I must put thoughts like that out of my head!

Happy Friday!

Today's little picture guessing game

This first picture is just one of my flowers gone wild. They have gotten so big. No guessing here.

This second picture is where your guess comes in. Do you know what kind of flowers these are?

And lastly, try and guess what is going on in this picture.

30, flirty, and fabulous

We celebrated some birthdays this weekend. Friday night it was Daddy Z's birthday and Saturday it was Brian and his friend Chris' birthday. I was totally shirking on my camera taking duties and did not get very many party pics. I was however able to wrangle together a picture of the kids by bribing them with tootsie rolls and a movie.

Thanks to everyone who came over. And poop on everyone who wouldn't try a lowfat chicken, asiago cheese, and spinach brat. Babies. Erika I hope you didn't get sick off of the way too pink monster burger - should have had a brat. ;)

We're ok

How sad and tragic though. My stomach has been churning ever since I found out the bridge collasped yesterday. I have never been more thankful that Brian is out in MD, because if he had been at home, he would have been traveling over the bridge around that time.

I feel so bad for everyone involved. Makes me feel like a terd for carrying on like normal. In fact today our work group is going to the dock cafe out in stillwater for lunch. Seems kind of wrong.

Good old softball

Last night I brought the kids with me to the softball playoffs. They watched the game for all of 5 minutes before they were climbing and jumping off of the bleachers and tearing through the parking lot. Then Brady informs me he has to poop. So we go over to the port-a-potty only for him to say its too stinky in there to poop and he'll hold it until we get home. He then of course lets out room clearing farts for the rest of the night.

Fun times.

Fun at the fair

Friday's fun

This is where we're going tonight. Brian and Brady have been waiting for the tractor pulls all week. Well, Brian has. I don't think Brady cares one way or the other. I know I won't be watching. I would like to keep my eardrums intact. Jayda and I have the midway and the animal barns on our agenda. ;)

Mystery Spot

Who can guess where this picture was taken? ;) Hint - its a place I frequent way more than I should.

Saturday's birthday party

Question: What could Jayda be looking at that has her so worried?

Answer: ChuckECheese!

Honestly, she was so scared of the "mouse" that she was shaking. Poor kid. Fortunately the birthday boy wasn't scared.

Brady loves to play the games now. I wish I would have taken a picture of him playing skeeball. He did really well (better than me half the time).

Ah ha

For the past hour at work, 2 grown men have been discussing H@rry Potter. Like full blown, getting into depth discussion - they even discussed how old all of the actors are in real life. It is pretty amusing. For all of you ex-ers out there, 1 of the men is none other than Mr. L@ngfield.

I have yet to go out and buy the last book. Maybe today will be my day.

Sigh

I don't have much to say. Its been a strange week.

One of my friend's mom passed away suddenly (she was only 55) so I've been pondering death all week. Life is so fragile.

Then there is all of this stuff in the news about dog fighting and human cruelty. Makes me sick to my stomach.

And then there is the problem with air pollution. Go and see Erika's blog.

Plus I've been ultra cranky with the kids, and that makes me feel like junk.

I think its time to go find a little hole and hide for a while.

Unbelievable

My friend Bethany had her baby (the good old fashion way with only a little nubane to help her out) last Thursday. He was 10lbs 9oz and 23 inches long. Say it with me... OUCH!! I'm really proud and happy for her.

(Hey Erika, I know you were a 10 pounder, I wonder if this is what you looked like. ;) )

You know you miss this...

For all of you ex's out there, this one's for you. ;) Yesterday our work group went on our annual boat trip. As usual I was cold. The wind was pretty strong (as you can see in one of the pics of my hair), and I heard a lot of dirty jokes, courtesy of Vinny. Thanks a lot April for bailing again... ;)