Check this out!

Just wanted to share a new website with a great gift idea. My cousin's wife is making these clocks.

Clock

The hardest part about ordering one would be to pick your favorite photos to put on it!

The Tooth Fairy - Again!

We’ve been waiting for K’s top front tooth to finally come out. It hung on for dear life. Daily, she pushed it forward & backward with her tongue. Loved showing off how it moved around. I squirmed every time she tried to show me. And then, Sunday morning, she was hiding from Bubs under a blanket on the family room floor. He decided to jump on top of her. And then the screaming began.

My tooth! He broke my tooth. “Bubs” broke MY TOOTH.

Bubs comes running through the kitchen. He’s crying! He saw blood and was upset that he hurt his sister.

I came down the hall to see what was going on. There’s always some sort of excitement going on in our house. I saw Bubs first, and then K & quickly called her to the kitchen. I ask “Is it bleeding?” Oh yes, I see it, come here! And I gave her a paper towel. And then the tears start coming, it feels funny she says. She goes to her room to look in the mirror and she thinks she looks ugly. Never going to smile again. This is an entirely new feeling coming from her. She was excited about losing her first 3 bottom teeth. But now, when it’s the FRONT middle tooth, she’s freaked out by it. Told me that she thinks the new tooth is not in the right place. Too far forward. Unfortunately, we already know braces are in her future, but forward is good. We need to make room for these big new teeth.

It only took a little time, but we got her excited about telling the grandparents. We even got to show the grandparents in Vegas via webcam!

To top off the excitement for the day, we momentarily lost the tooth. It was on a napkin & I thought for sure I had thrown all the napkins away. Luckily Grandpa Jim was there to save the day and found it on the dinner table. We stopped K’s tears once again with the good news. She had a tooth to give to the tooth fairy.

The next morning, I wasn’t sure K even remembered the tooth, she didn’t come running with excitement. Instead, she walked into the kitchen in her PJ’s & started the morning conversation after a few minutes with “The tooth fairy didn’t give me as much as last time.”
Surprised – how much did you get?
“2 dollars”
How much did you get last time.
“3 coins, I think 2, 25 cents and one gold one.”
(it was actually 2, 50 cent pieces and a $1 coin)
But I said, then that would have been $1.50 and this time you got 2 dollars. Did you get 2 bills?
“No, it was a green bill with a 2 on it.”
Really, that’s pretty cool! You don’t see too many of those around, that’s special. Where is it? Can I see it?
“I already put it in my piggy bank”

And that was that. Sorry, no big bucks from the Tooth Fairy!

Donuts with Dad

I love that Bubs woke up Tuesday morning and the first thing he asked was "Is Daddy taking us to Donuts with Dad?"

That was the last thing we discussed before he went to bed. And of course the one thing I almost forgot that morning. Thankfully his reminder gave us a little more time to get ready for school. I could drive the kids directly to school 20 minutes later than usual. They were so excited to meet up with Daddy. Daddy took a little break from work to stop for donuts with the kids. Its those little things that just make their day!

Time Flies By

You know you've lost track of time when your Pocket Pal Calendar is bookmarked with a post it for the current date - and that was 2 weeks ago!

Where does the time go? Guess I'm just having too much fun. :)

Want to wish everyone a very

Happy Valentine's Day! (2 days early)

I'll be spending it with 3 of the very special people in my life!

Three Word Thursday

Walking. To. School.

Remember when you were growing up, and had to walk to school, both ways, uphill, in the snow…etc. Today is a little different day. Not many kids walk to school anymore. In our household, with both parents working, it seems almost impossible. But this week, Daddy is on vacation. And Mommy decided to take Monday off to join him - and relax after Super Bowl weekend! I was determined though on Sunday, that on Monday morning, I would attempt to walk the kids to school. I got the question from other people - Why, is it "walk-to-school day?" No, I just thought it would be nice, and good exercise.

When Monday morning came, the kids were actually excited. Bubs asked if he got to wear his headphones & listen to his Ipod. I said - sure. Now the elementary school is a couple blocks away, so I wasn't sure how long it would take. I had gave us plenty of time. And to our surprise, Daddy got up & joined us too! The whole family walked to school. The kids loved it. Daddy & Mommy got to talk on the way and smile while we watched the kids listen to their ipods. And occasionally sing us their songs! We were one of the first to get to the school and walk around back to the playground. The kids ran around for about 15 minutes. Burned a lot of energy before sitting down in their classrooms. Bubs & K loved having us walk them to their classroom & wave goodbye to them as they went in. Oh, how I wish I could do that every day!

Daddy & I walked the 15 minute walk back home & then vegged out at home all day watching movies. It was a very nice relaxing day! I definitely need to plan more of those.

That Monday morning started the routine for the week. Bubs begged Daddy to walk him to school on Tuesday. The rain started Monday night and he couldn't make any promises. BUT, Tuesday morning the blue sky popped throught the clouds and the 3 of them walked to school. Mommy was back at work :( On Wednesday they did the same thing, but K got mad because they didn't get to school early enough this time to play on the playground!

Last night I talked to Bubs about this routine coming to an end. Daddy goes back to work next week. I was trying to work out how I could possibly still walk them to school. If we left earlier - I could walk them to EDCC, walk back home & then drive myself to work. For all of us to get that exercise, I could make some sacrafices! That wasn't enough for him, he didn't want to go to EDCC, he wanted to go straight to the playground and Mrs. Peterson's class. So, then its back to driving to EDCC. Its their choice. He said "You're making me have a bad day!" And he was upset with me as he went to bed.

He remembered our conversation this morning and was just happy that Daddy was walking him to school again. "How many more days?" he asked. Just today & tomorrow. "Then its stay home day?" Yes, then its the weekend.

We'll see how this morning's walk to school went when I talk to them later this evening.

(I have to thank my playgroup mom/friend Kim for giving me the idea to walk the kids to school. She walks her kids a mile every morning!)

Three Word Thursday

Wear. Red. Tomorrow.

Tomorrow is National Wear Red Day.

Thousands of Americans will be wearing red to draw attention to this startling fact:

Over 430,000 women are silenced each year by cardiovascular disease –

and most of these deaths are preventable.

I’m writing because I hope you’ll wear something red tomorrow to honor those women –

and that you’ll help fund the research and programs that can save them.
Today, we’re launching a Go Red & Give campaign.
Nearly every minute, another woman succumbs to cardiovascular disease.

The American Heart Association is fighting back, and we need your help.

http://www.goredforwomen.org/

Great Xmas Gift!

My mom & I weren't sure what to get the kids for xmas. They have EVERYTHING. They definitely didn't need more stuff in the house that they don't play with. We agreed that maybe they could use a little Ipod Shuffle. Hey, they don't take up much space, right. But really, what do a 5 & 7 year old need with an ipod? I wasn't sure, but seemed like a good idea. And then, I wasn't sure they were very thrilled with the little Apple box when they got it. Maybe more excited about the treasure hunt having to find the gifts. It took me an entire month to get them out of their box. UNTIL last Saturday!

Saturday night, I created one playlist each for the kids. Plugged in the Ipods, and downloaded their specific music onto them. When done with both I laid them at their seat at the dining room table. They were so excited to see them the next morning that they plugged them into their ears right away. I had to pull them away so we could go to church. As soon as we got home though, they were back rocking to their music! And for me, the home was silent. I felt like the angels were singing. No bickering back and forth. Of course, there was the occasional singing from K when she knew the song playing. But that just brought a smile to my face.

And then, while I was making breakfast, P was heading out for a quick walk. Bubs saw daddy leaving with his Itouch in his ears and asked to join him. Just like Daddy, they both went walking around the track down the street. And when they came back. All were listening to their own music & there was a little bit of peace and quiet. I loved it!!! Why didn't I get those out earlier. Thank you Mom & Dad!