Tag: little guy
{summer in snapshots} week one
Like I told you all last week, I will be taking part in the Starfish Blog’s linky party every Wednesday this summer for her Summer in Snapshots series.
So, here it goes…
Monday, June 13th: No photos…not even sure what we did that day, but since I didn’t even know about the Summer in Snapshots series I guess it’s OK!
Tuesday, June 14th: We played outside most of the day, and had to take a quick trip to Urgent Care after baby girl got hit in the face with a shovel.
Wednesday, June 15th: We went to Cook Park to take photos for Ryan’s Father’s Day gift.
Thursday, June 16th: I didn’t take any photos…our babysitter came over and I ran errands to get ready for the weekend and playgroup.
Friday, June 17th: We opened presents in the morning to celebrate my 36th birthday…
and enjoyed a morning at the park with our friends from Friday Playgroup.
While baby girl napped, I relaxed and watched the little guy wash his cars.
After dinner we had ice cream cake!
Saturday, June 18th: Ryan and I had a date night…dinner and shopping!
Sunday, June 19th: We celebrated Father’s Day as a family. Baby girl and I met the boys down at the river for some fishing!
I am so excited to take part in this series! This will make me be more deliberate with my blog posts, and be sure that we are taking photos as we cross things off of our own summer list! I will probably have more than one photo a day as I find it hard to just pick one when I take so many photos…hope you don’t mind!
Finally, Emily at Jones Design Company also linked up today…she has a great tutorial on how to make photo collages using Picasa. I’m going to have to give it a try!
home is…crossing things off of our summer list and having FUN!
{photo of the day} a note from the boys
the “winning” photos
My father in law asked to see larger images of the winning photos for the father’s day gift that the kids and I made for Ryan.
Here they are in color…
And, in black and white (which I used in the frames)…
home is…every photo of my children is a winner.
thank god it was just her lip
Really.
The kids were playing in the dirt in our backyard yesterday.
I let the little guy play with a bigger shovel than I usually do.
He accidentally hit baby girl in the head with it while he was playing.
I was sitting up on the deck watching something else when I heard the “WHACK” and then the crying.
I ran down to baby girl and her lip was split open. Blood was all over her mouth.
I was in panic mode.
I called Ryan…luckily he was in town and on his way home!
I was yelling at the little guy telling him he had to come in the house.
He was crying, she was crying and I was close to crying.
All I could think of was how Ryan once told me that you never want you child to split open their lip through the vermillion border (the outside lining of your lip…women, think where you would put lip liner). It never repairs well and almost always leaves a scar and needs a plastic surgeon to “fix” it. I kept thinking that my baby’s beautiful smile would be scarred for life.
In the big picture I am thankful that is all that was hurt.
She got hit in the head with a shovel!
I t could have hit her eye, split her cheek open, or worse.
I am thankful this morning that it was just her lip (it did NOT go through the vermillion border).
It already looks better.
I am also thankful that Ryan was here to help me with our first “emergency” doctors visit.
Let’s pray that we don’t have many more in our future.
And, I am thankful for a big brother that felt so terrible he had hurt his sister. He cried more about it than she did!
She was tough. She didn’t even cry when the nurse cleaned it.
home is…being thankful today.
bloom where you’re planted
I got an idea for the teachers gifts and I ran with it.
This is what I came up with…
I knew I wanted to use one of the flower crafts that were posted during flower week at jones design company.
I decided to try the button flowers.
I found some adorable Mary Engelbreit mini watering cans at Michael’s that were 50% off.
I put together the button flowers using buttons that I also found a Michael’s for about $6 for a bag that made a ton of flowers.
I put them in the mini watering cans (using florist foam, not playdough…although the thought did cross my mind).
Today we took a trip to Al’s Garden Center and bought gift cards.
I wrote a note to each teacher thanking them for helping the little guy grow and bloom this year.
Voila!
home is…a fun, easy, creative gift for the people who help my little guy bloom where he is planted.
*linking up with Today’s Creative Blog…
last day
The little guy had his last day of school today.
He’s ready for summer break.
Mother nature has not received his memo.
Let’s hope she gets it soon or it’s gonna be a LONG “summer” break for all of us.
I should have done something special for him to celebrate his first year of school.
I didn’t and feel like I should have.
I am looking forward to slower mornings without a reason to be leaving the house by 8:38 am so that we can get to school on time.
I am working on a “summer list”. It’s an idea I read about here.
{By the way, when you visit the site above check out the project she had her girls do…that will go on our summer list}
I worked on a project tonight.
I am new to this school stuff…you know, teachers gifts, volunteering in the classroom, not forgetting snack, etc.
I hope sometime in the next 15-18 years I finally get it down…hopefully sooner rather than later.
Anyway, I was working on some of the end of school year gifts for the teachers.
Better late than never.
I will post about them next week.
home is…being a newbie to this whole school thing.
the little guy said
Little Guy: “Mommy, when will we move to a new house?”
Mommy: “Oh, I don’t know. We may never move to a different house. We might just stay in this one.”
LG: “I don’t want to stay in this one.”
M: “Why?”
LG: “This house is boring.”
{nana and bops visit} day 3
I told you we were going on an adventure.
Well, we’re here.
Life’s a beach.
We’re visiting Bella Beach, Oregon. You will find the link in the left sidebar under in the “where i get inspired” section.
We came here with Nana last October to celebrate our 10th anniversary.
We liked it so much we decided to come to Bella Beach again when Nana and Bops said they wanted to go to the beach during their May visit.
We are staying in a different house this time…it’s right next to the one we stayed in last fall.
It’s amazing.
Ryan’s parents have the entire first floor to themselves…including a huge family room, bedroom, full bathroom and one car garage. The main floor has a big master suite with a king sized bed, the kitchen, powder bath and great room. Then the 3rd floor has a huge bedroom with two sets of bunkbeds and a queen sized bed, a second bedroom with another queen bed, a full bath, and a reading nook. Outside there is a wraparound porch with ocean views, a hot tub, huge fenced yard, and a fire pit with seating.
I could stay here for a while…
Really, I would take any of the houses in this little development. For a full-time home or vacation home.
We could sleep 14 in this house…there are 6 of us.
We have an extra bedroom…do you want to come stay with us?!
The weather isn’t perfect, but Ryan and I sat in the hot tub tonight.
Well, it was perfect for sitting in a hot tub with a glass of wine.
We’ll probably have a fire and roast marshmallows tomorrow.
Baby girl walked in the sand for the first time tonight.
She’s also sleeping in a big bed for the first time by herself.
The kids are also sharing a room.
I am so excited to experience more family vacations like this. This is what life is all about.
The little guy is really into winning right now. So, he wanted to beat the girls (we drove two cars since we brought the dogs and don’t have room for all the gear, dogs and 6 people in just one car) to the beach house. Ryan was busy closing deals on the drive down, so the girls actually won (and we got to stop at Mojo Coffee in Lincoln City for a cup of Stumptown). Once we arrived at the house Nana answered a call on my cell phone…it was VERY important to the little guy to beat the girls to the house. So, I got in the car and drove around the corner while Nana took baby girl to the playground. We waited for the boys to “win” and then showed up at the house after they had gotten out of the truck
Here are some photos…including a couple of the boys celebrating their “win”.
(I did them in a slideshow because internet is S.L.O.W. here.}
And, we will have some downtime for a couple of days before the fun starts.
Remember the “behind the scenes” action I was telling you about. Well, it’s still going on.
By the way, have I told you how much I love living in Oregon?!
Last month we were enjoying our last day out on the slopes on a perfect Spring skiing day and now we are out at the beach.
It’s gonna take a lot to convince me to ever leave this state…
home is…a little down time at the Oregon Coast.
the little guy said…
I have been wondering why the little guy has been telling me…
“Mommy, you look like a beach angel.”
I just saw the Travelocity commercial.
Now it makes sense, but I have no idea where or when he would have seen the commercial?!
Do they show it on Nick, Sprout, OPB, or Nick Jr?!
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This morning as I was getting dressed he said, “Mommy, you look like a cow.”
I asked for clarification, but didn’t get much.
home is…trying to figure out if I look like a beach angel or a cow.
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