Sunday Fun-Day

We have had a fun weekend...literally! We went to two different "family fun festivals" this weekend...Oktoberfest in Rochester Hills on Saturday with some friends and their little girl. That was very fun...we had a nice adult dinner and then pony rides and bounce houses for the kids! Elizabeth was unsure of the pony at first, but Andrew hopped right on...they gave him the littlest pony named "Peanut"! ha-ha! The second time around, Elizabeth did decide to join in and had lots of fun!
So today after church was our congregation's annual car show and family fun festival! Again, more bounce houses (this one had a slide!) and kiddie games, etc. Last year, Elizabeth won a goldfish...he's in heaven now, so she really tried to win another one, but no luck! (whew!) I was working the games, and preppy daddy was busy watching the kids, so we didn't get any pictures, but here is a picture from the same festival a few years ago...Elizabeth is so little, and I was pregnant with Andrew!
Now we have to rest up for a busy week of school!

Torture Tuesday....

Yikes...I went to the podiatrist today because I have been having some foot pain. I've been running and working out with my awesome friend, Bridget, who is training for her first half-marathon, and the pain has been gradually getting worse and worse, so I figured it was time to get it looked at. The nice Dr. took about 3 x-rays and determined that there were no breaks. Tendinitis. Next he says we'll just do a quick cortisone shot and see how that goes...yikes! As soon as I see the needle I start squirming...I've had 2 children, but I still don't like needles! Anyway, relax he says...it looks like it's going to hurt a lot more than it actually will...well, let me just say, it DID hurt as much as I thought that it would, and then maybe a little more! EEKK!! So I hobbled home, laid around with the laptop LITERALLY on my lap, and pretty much waiting until it's time to go to bed so I can take some strong pain-killers. I asked preppy hubby for a stong shot of jack daniels night-cap, but he suggested I just try and get some sleep! We'll see how it goes...

Monday Meme...

Ok, so since there is nothing exciting happening around here, either...I am taking a great idea from Beth over at Little Princess Chronicles and doing the meme the she recently posted.

Rules: Post a current picture of you and your children & answer the questions below:

*Although this is not a recent picture, it does make me laugh and brings back memories! Shortly after Andrew was born, I worked for a bit at a little scrapbook store, and when I got home this is how I was usually greeted!!*

Anyway, here goes the meme:

1. How many children do you have? Two

2. What are their ages? 5 and 2 1/2

3. What time do you usually start you day? Now that school has started, 7:00 a.m.

4. What do they eat for breakfast? Neither one are big breakfast eaters...usually a few bites of a pop-tart and some apple juice.

5. Do they watch television? Yes, we try to keep it just kid shows with minimal commercials. Current favorites are "Charlie & Lola" and "Curious George"

6. What is their favorite activity? Besides chasing each other around the house and screaming at the top of their lungs, going for walks and playing outside!

7. Do you get a break during the day for "you" time? Since school has started, Andrew and I have been going to the gym a lot during the week...he goes into the child-care area and I work out...I consider that "me" time! He will then usually nap a bit in the afternoon before we have to go pick up preppy girl from school.

8. What is your normal bedtime routine? Bath, p.j.'s, snack and snuggling/reading books. Then prayers and tuck into bed.

9. How do you end your day? Either working in my scrapbook area, fiddling on my new computer (trying to figure out itunes, my new digital camera, etc.!) all kinds of fun stuff! When I get bored with that, there's always bugging preppy hubby with too many questions during a complicated movie!! (He just loves that!)

10. What's your best parenting advice or tip? My youngest has some health concerns, and I got this tidbit from an unlikely source...after I was fretting about the potential damage that had unknowingly been done before he was correctly diagnosed with multiple food allergies...it went along this line..."Hey, we're all out there just trying to do the best we can as parents, trying to make the best decisions possible with the information that we have." I can't take credit for it, but I like it!

Wordless Wednesday...

Wordless Wednesday...when a 5-year-old
does her own hair...enough said!!!

"Jesus Loves Me"

I had to post this...I didn't even realize he knew all the words to "Jesus Loves Me" until he belted it out in the car the other day...so cute!!