Thursday, June 12, 2008

Travel tips???

Saturday, 4 p.m.
3 kids
1 adult
3 hour flight to SLC
6 movies (on my ipod)
countless fruit snacks
100's of nylon finger weaving rings (for Hannah)
Any other ideas?
Maybe "benadryl" in case the baby freaks out?
Flying without my husband always seems like a good idea when I'm making the reservation
but now,
ugh.
what was I thinking?
I can't wait until the flight is over and we're finally THERE.
Can't wait to see everybody!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Date night

Last Friday night, CJ and I got a babysitter and headed out. We had dinner at Olive Garden and then stopped by the local movie theater. We had missed all the 7:00 shows so we went for a long walk through a nice neighborhood. The weather was perfect and it was so nice to talk without ANY interruptions. On the way home, we stopped at Hollywood Video to rent a movie but couldn't find anything we were that interested in. But then we came across this:








I had never seen this show, but I'd heard a lot about it from my sister Emily and her husband Dave. Anyway, we stayed up WAY too late watching the first few episodes and laughing - alot. Although I have to admit, watching Jason Bateman play a dad makes me feel really old. I just returned it and now I have to rent the rest of the first season, and the 2 DVD's of the following 2 seasons. Anyway, I've decided this is my favorite way to watch TV. One episode right after another with no break (or writer's strike) in between. Someday, I may even talk myself into watching "Lost" - as long as I can do it this way.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

End of first grade

Okay, okay, I'm feeling a little bit guilty about my last post. Hannah's award ceremony really was a little bit fun. I just wrote that post in the HEAT of the moment (literally, it was 97 in Houston that day which set a record and I was hot all day!) Hannah earned several awards and I was very proud of her and her hard work. She made the A Honor Roll meaning she earning only A's all year long and she also earned the award for art in her grade. She was really excited and happy and I'm so glad we could be there to support her.

So last night was her talent show and instead of being crabby about how busy the day was or how late we got home (and I won't bore you with the details of how I dropped a huge glass of grape juice in my entry-way while we were on our way out the door and it splashed everywhere and ruined our carpet and stained the paint on our walls. All I'll say about that is that it's a good thing it was my own fault because if one of my kids had done it, I might've seriously hurt him/her), I wanted to share her performance so you could see what a talented and cute little girl we have.

Congratulations on all your accomplishments during first grade Hannah! We love you and we're so proud of you!

Monday, June 2, 2008

Note to Self

8:00 am appointments in which 3 kids have to be up, dressed, fed and dragged along to are not much fun for anyone. In the future:
  • try scheduling things a tiny bit later in the day
  • get a babysitter

Also, award ceremonies for 1st graders are really fun for the first grader and for no one else. Especially 18-month olds.