Whirl wind

These past few days have been a whirl wind! Tuesday it snowed and it made all the driving I do quite difficult. That snow also meant that Wednesday and Thursday the schools had a 10am start. Those 10 am starts are nice because we're not so rushed in the morning, but once the kids are in school I turn into the Tasmanian Devil. Those delays mean I have 2 less hours to get stuff done. Add to that the fact that I love to procrastinate and it's just a disaster.

Yesterday was especially crazy because it was my feature day over on SITS. Yay me! I'm quite proud of myself because I think I responded to everyone's lovely comments.

I would like to give a huge thank you to anyone who read my post about wishing for a fast forward button. Losing someone we care about is incredibly hard. The kind words that were left on that post mean a lot to me. Thank you!


If a commenter is a no-reply, there's not much I can do about responding. But if I can get to your blog to return the visit, I definitely will. Just give me some time.

For now I need to figure out what the heck I'm wearing tonight. The husband and I are going to his company work party. It's nothing fancy. Apparently programmers aren't big on the dressing up thing. But I still like to look nice.


This weekend the midgets will finally get the chance to play in the snow. There's enough of it out there that they should be occupied for quite some time (yay!). Keep an eye out next week for some pictures of my snow monsters!


Until next time....

I'm having a party

Today is my big day and I couldn't be more excited!

Yep, that's right!

I'm being featured by the SITS girls!

How awesome is that?

If you're visiting from SITS, welcome. I'm so happy to have you here!

If you are hoping for some kind of introduction of who I am and what I blog about, I have to disappoint you. I am not very good with the "About me" stuff. I will say that I am a mom, a wife, and a woman. I am also a sports fan. Football playoffs are here - consider yourself warned! I mostly blog about my midgets, GG and Little Dude - the good, the bad, and the ugly.

I'd love for you to stay a while and have a look around. Everything you need is located in my sidebar over there --->


If you've been here for some time, I greatly appreciate it. No one can understand the true sense of the blog community until you are involved in it.


Old and new, thank you stopping by!


Until next time....

Winter shopping tips

Trust me!
I think we bought the last pair in kid size.

And buy your daughter snow pants from the boys department.

Shh... don't tell her that!

And one final tip...

Unless digging snow out of your child's shirt and retucking it in every 10 seconds doesn't bother you. Than by all means, buy the pants.








Until next time....

Quite possibly the grossest present ever

The kids got plenty of these for Christmas.

In fact, there are still some toys I have yet to put away, while others still need batteries.

I think Santa should have put some rechargeable batteries under our tree, but that's beside the point!





While sorting through the last remaining pile o' stuff, I came across what could possibly be one of, if not the grossest present in the history of mankind.

Yes, it's a penguin. I'm sure you're probably wondering how this can possibly be a gross present. Let me explain...


The top of Sir Penguin's hat flips open and he can be filled with whatever candy your heart desires. What came with this toy are brown jelly beans. The flavor of said jelly beans? I was afraid to ask, let alone taste!

As you can see Sir Penguin also has a scarf. The ends of the scarf trail down his back. One of the ends acts as a lever. When you push said lever....

TA-DA




Pooping Penguin!!!

I'm not sure about you but any toy that poops food makes me not want to eat. That must be an adult thing because a 5 year old little boy could care less!

And just so you know, apparently Sir Penguin farts out of the poop hole as well. Oh the joys of having a little boy!


Until next time....

Snowmen, stars, and balloons

Happy New Year everyone. Can you believe it's 2011? Crazy right!

Our celebrations were many and each was just as fun as the next.

New Years Eve started off with a trip to Chick Fil-a. At the time I didn't think GG or Little Dude would make it to midnight. They never have before. A countdown to noon party was just what they needed.

We joined everyone in the tri-state area a bunch of other families for food and games. First we started off at the face painting stations where Little Dude chose a snowman (on a 60 degree day, I might add!)

And GG chose a star. She originally wanted a yellow star with a black outline (I am one proud Steeler/Penguin fan mama), but when offered pink, she quickly changed her mind. She's such a girl!

It's really faint, but trust me, there's pink star on her cheek!

Soon after that she played a game of Bingo while Little Dude played in the playroom. That room is pure torture for any parent who chooses to sit in there to watch their kids play. Unfortunately I did have to enter the 7th ring of hell playroom so they could come do the countdown.

It started at 11:59 and when there were 10m seconds left, all of the kids joined in. When we hit 0 the cow pulled the string, balloons dropped, and everyone cheered. How my kids came home with balloons I will never know, but they have been great sources of entertainment this final vacation weekend.

Later that night the husband made the best steaks I have ever had. We had a few drinks while we sat around our make shift campfire roasting marshmallows. We all made it to see the ball drop and ran outside to scream and yell. All in all, it was a good night. And those delicious steaks, that may be the start of a new family tradition!


New Years day started off with some strong coffee (the drinks the night before were quite tasty and abundant) and in the afternoon, the kids and I went bowling with my mom. I was quite impressed that Little Dude bowled not 1, but 2 full games. Other than the one frame where I thought he would break the lane with how he threw the ball, he did pretty well.

I would just like to point out my score for both games combined because I am rather ecstatic about it. It's been a long time since I have bowled!

"E" would be me and that 221 is all mine.

Go me!!!

Bumpers may or may not have been used while bowling ;)

Until next time....