Oh my Garrett..I love that kid so much and I love the things that he says. He has so much imagination and curiosity in him. I just love hearing the things he talks about.
About a month ago, one morning Garrett got up and we went to the kitchen and I opened the curtains and I said, "Oh look, the cows are out." Garrett ran to the window to see them. My kids love watching the cows, they talk about how many there are, who is the mom, who is the dad, and count the babies. Garrett was so excited to see the cows, he said, "Oh mommy, look at those cows." So we talked about the cows for a few minutes and I said, "Garrett, what are those cows doing?" and Garrett said, "Eating"....I simply said "Oh okay, what are they eating?" And he looked at me with a huge grin on his face and said, "A samich...a jelly samich!" I couldn't help but laugh. To have such innocence and so much imagination at the age of 2 years old.
There will never be a dull moment with that child, and that's what I love about him so much...oh and his beautiful blond hair and blue eyes...he melts my soul!!! Love that kid!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The best dinner in a LONG time
I have to say that we had one of the BEST dinners we had in a LONG time the other day. Our typical dinner consists of this: Me waiting until 5:00 pm to actually think about dinner (lately I've been better about this), then cooking dinner with one screaming kid holding onto my leg, a 3 year old yelling at Madelyn, and Madelyn bouncing or throwing giant balls at the boys...after being told one million plus one times not to do that. Then we usually sit down to eat, the majority of the time it is just me and the kids, because Justin isn't home yet...so I have to strategically place myself in between three kids! On the nights that Justin is home, it helps 100%! So usually the 5 of us sit down and then it hits...Madelyn is usually falling out of her chair screaming on the floor or stomping off to her room because she "hates" what I have fixed for dinner and she will "DIE" if she has to eat it. So we have the 10-15 argument of listening to her and Justin dish it out. Meanwhile, Marshall usually eats everything without a word and if he says something it is for more food! Then we have Garrett...who typically, won't sit by Justin, nor will he talk to him if I am present in the room. Garrett plays Helen Keller in our house, he goes from place to place at the table and picks what he likes off of everyone's plate...except his own. I know it is a 2 year old thing, Marshall did it, Madelyn did it...and I so often remind myself, that this too shall pass!!! So that is a run down of our "normal" dinner!
Well, we decided to take the kids to White Water two weeks ago on a Saturday. We didn't really plan on staying all day but it ended up to be that way, because Madelyn needed time to ride the slides with Justin and then of course we had to switch and do girl time on the slides while Justin did little boy kiddie pool duty. We only made the day last long because Garrett climbed into a reclining chair and took a nap (we all know Garrett can not go without a nap...he loves his sleep). So about 6:00 we decided that we would leave and go eat dinner, not drive thru, which we do often especially when we know our kids EXTREMELY tired and are all moody. We all got changed and Madelyn threw her usually fit because she didn't want to go in and eat somewhere (she is quite the drama queen). We headed out to Olive Garden, took one look at their parking lot and thought twice about that, we then headed to Red Lobster...it was over an hour wait. There was no way that I was going to sit around and wait with my 3 tired and hungry kids...I knew we were setting ourselves up for disaster no matter what. We looked around...and found...Cracker Barrell!!! Of course that ruffled Madelyn's tail feathers even more because when she has her mind set on something....you just don't mess with her. We made it in with no wait!! Of course Marshall was so tired but still tried to pick something out on the menu....Garrett of course told me he wanted everything I listed off, and Madelyn was at the table crying and pouting. I kept telling myself, "you can do this...it's just dinner...please God, get me through this and I promise I will put them to bed as soon as I get home!!!"
After ignoring Madelyn's fit, she decided to pick pancakes. From that moment on, we laughed and had a decent conversation with each other. The boys were SOOOO good....Marshall sat and was doing everything is his power to stay awake and Garrett was entertaining himself. We seriously have not had that calm of a dinner in a LONG time...especially when my kids are that tired!! It was a dinner that was a true blessing and one that we needed greatly as a family. After dinner, we sat out in the rocking chairs that they have in the front. Justin sat and played a game of checkers with Madelyn and then made time to play a round with Marshall too. It was by far the perfect night out. We made it home by 10:15 pm that night and my little munchkins were so tired they slept on the way home....except for Garrett!!!
It's times like those that I see how much my kids have grown up...6 months ago we wouldn't have been able to do a whole day of white water and a dinner out...my kids are growing up so fast!
Well, we decided to take the kids to White Water two weeks ago on a Saturday. We didn't really plan on staying all day but it ended up to be that way, because Madelyn needed time to ride the slides with Justin and then of course we had to switch and do girl time on the slides while Justin did little boy kiddie pool duty. We only made the day last long because Garrett climbed into a reclining chair and took a nap (we all know Garrett can not go without a nap...he loves his sleep). So about 6:00 we decided that we would leave and go eat dinner, not drive thru, which we do often especially when we know our kids EXTREMELY tired and are all moody. We all got changed and Madelyn threw her usually fit because she didn't want to go in and eat somewhere (she is quite the drama queen). We headed out to Olive Garden, took one look at their parking lot and thought twice about that, we then headed to Red Lobster...it was over an hour wait. There was no way that I was going to sit around and wait with my 3 tired and hungry kids...I knew we were setting ourselves up for disaster no matter what. We looked around...and found...Cracker Barrell!!! Of course that ruffled Madelyn's tail feathers even more because when she has her mind set on something....you just don't mess with her. We made it in with no wait!! Of course Marshall was so tired but still tried to pick something out on the menu....Garrett of course told me he wanted everything I listed off, and Madelyn was at the table crying and pouting. I kept telling myself, "you can do this...it's just dinner...please God, get me through this and I promise I will put them to bed as soon as I get home!!!"
After ignoring Madelyn's fit, she decided to pick pancakes. From that moment on, we laughed and had a decent conversation with each other. The boys were SOOOO good....Marshall sat and was doing everything is his power to stay awake and Garrett was entertaining himself. We seriously have not had that calm of a dinner in a LONG time...especially when my kids are that tired!! It was a dinner that was a true blessing and one that we needed greatly as a family. After dinner, we sat out in the rocking chairs that they have in the front. Justin sat and played a game of checkers with Madelyn and then made time to play a round with Marshall too. It was by far the perfect night out. We made it home by 10:15 pm that night and my little munchkins were so tired they slept on the way home....except for Garrett!!!
It's times like those that I see how much my kids have grown up...6 months ago we wouldn't have been able to do a whole day of white water and a dinner out...my kids are growing up so fast!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
I've lost my bloggyness
Well I guess it can be said that lately I have lost my bloggyness...if that is even a word. It's not that I haven't had anything to blog about, because obviously there is not a day that goes by where I don't have something to write about. I think it is time, I just haven't had the time....Oh whatever, isn't that everyone's excuse, "I just don't have time!" Well it is for sure mine. So I am working on making more time for myself and in the long run making time for my kids because these are the memories that I want them to be able to read one day and learn so much about themselves and be able to read about their lives growing up. So here is to being back in the blogging world.
So with me being back, I needed to change up my blog a little bit and I added a new title, "'Owl' Love You Forever". Of course, in our family we have always read the book, "Love You Forever", my gran use to read it to us grankids all the time, and when I had Madelyn she of course was read that book all the time. It is a book that will stay in our family forever. My gran and mom always sign their cards, "Love You Forever", so of course I saw it fittingly appropriate to say in meaning of my children. Of course then there is the "Owl". I have always been intrigued by owls, I love to listen to them. We use to spend the night at my gran and papa's house and there was always an owl outside that you could hear at night. I missed that sound...it was a sound of a childhood memory that I will never be able to let go. When we moved into our house that we built last year, one night I was laying in bed, and I heard the owls. I went and looked outside and sitting in the dark tree was an owl, it was kind of an affirmation that we moved to the right place....this is where I was supposed to be...it reminded me of my gran and papa's house, and I would give anything just to keep those memories with me all the time. So anyway, back to the point..."Owl" Love You Forever....and yes it is true, I will love my children and my life forever no matter what.....oh and of course my hottness husband too!!! ;)
So here is to a new beginng, and making memories with my little owlets!!
So with me being back, I needed to change up my blog a little bit and I added a new title, "'Owl' Love You Forever". Of course, in our family we have always read the book, "Love You Forever", my gran use to read it to us grankids all the time, and when I had Madelyn she of course was read that book all the time. It is a book that will stay in our family forever. My gran and mom always sign their cards, "Love You Forever", so of course I saw it fittingly appropriate to say in meaning of my children. Of course then there is the "Owl". I have always been intrigued by owls, I love to listen to them. We use to spend the night at my gran and papa's house and there was always an owl outside that you could hear at night. I missed that sound...it was a sound of a childhood memory that I will never be able to let go. When we moved into our house that we built last year, one night I was laying in bed, and I heard the owls. I went and looked outside and sitting in the dark tree was an owl, it was kind of an affirmation that we moved to the right place....this is where I was supposed to be...it reminded me of my gran and papa's house, and I would give anything just to keep those memories with me all the time. So anyway, back to the point..."Owl" Love You Forever....and yes it is true, I will love my children and my life forever no matter what.....oh and of course my hottness husband too!!! ;)
So here is to a new beginng, and making memories with my little owlets!!
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