Our Busy Bee

People often ask me what I do all day since I have 4-day weekends every week. It really irritates me, but when I stop to think about it to respond, I can't think of any accomplishments. This week I had been thinking about that a lot....I ran around like a maniac cleaning up one mess after another. Thats when it occurred to me why I have nothing to show for my "long" weekends (some longer than others I can tell ya!). Owen has learned in the past few weeks to push the kitchen stools around which aren't stable and shouldn't hold his weight, in order to gain access to the upper cupboards. In the five minutes it took me to gather up the garbage Tuesday afternoon, he pushed a stool over, got on the counter, and emptied the last half of the bottle of bubbles in his bubble gun all over the kitchen. A couple days before that, he used permanent marker to color from the bottom of his feet to the top of both thighs while his dad sat next to him on the computer. This particular day, I was in my scrapbook room, so he busied himself with unwrapping my ribbon.....I did catch him befor he made it downstairs with it though!! That was my accomplishment for the day for all of those that want to know what I did all day!!! ;O)

Sleeping Beauty

4-26-09: Sorry I've been so behind on these lately. Owen's been a handful on top of all we've had going on. We're planning to work in the yard all this weekend. But, I am looking forward to at least being home and hopefully letting him play outside the whole time to run off some of this extra energy he's been storing up all winter!! I took this picture to remind me that despite his man-size messes, he's still just a baby. How cute is he when he's sleeping!!! I have this quote on one of his scrapbook pages by Ralph Waldo Emerson that is so fitting. He once said, "There never was a child so lovely, but his mother was glad to get him asleep." I think about that statement soooo often! Ralph was a wise man!! ;O)

Still Smiling

Our poor little man still doesn't feel good after missing all but a half day of daycare last week. His temp keeps going up and down and when its up, you can tell just by his disposition. We managed to make it to dinner at Brewhouse for Dave's birthday, but weren't able to do the movie we'd planned to see. It would have been way too much for Owen. When we got home Owen's temp spiked yet again and he was really whiney and lethargic, but that didn't stop him from wanting "bubbles" (thats what he calls baths) before we put him in bed. He has really fought taking a bath lately but some nights, like tonight, he insists on one. I wish I knew what he was thinking! Anyway, just thought I'd post some pictures so you all would know he was still up and kicking! ;o) Hope you are all enjoying your weekends!!! Owen and I are going to spend the day tomorrow laying-low while Dave goes out with some friends to shoot.

Redoubt Update

4-16-09: Redoubt continues to vent steam with traces of ash continuously every day. But, today was the first day it was clear enough to see the mountain and its steam cloud from Anchorage since it first started erupting almost a month ago (March 22nd). It was so awesome!! It may have catastrophic consequences, but it sure is beautiful!! I didn't get any photos since I was at work, but I did steal this one off of the Volcano Observatory website. It was taken by Dennis Anderson at Cape Starichkof (approx. 5 mi. north of Anchor Point). Pretty incredible huh!!

When I Wasn't Looking!

4-14-09: Owen is not feeling good yet again. So, on Tuesday morning when I'd had all I could take with his whining and clingy attitude, I put him in our bed and turned a movie on for him. I was in another room enjoying a few peaceful moments when I suddenly got a terrible feeling about the "quiet". I decided there was nothing my "innocent" little boy could have possibly gotten into to make it worth interrupting the peace, so I brushed the feeling off. A few minutes later I decided that I couldn't avoid it any longer and went in to check on him....this is what I found!!

He'd emptied an entire bottle of lotion all over himself and my bedroom floor. He was so pleased with himself too, until he saw me that is! I hope it was worth it!!! Thank goodness for the investment we made in a good shampooer years ago!!! ;O) He's still got this really horrible cough and has a slight temperature, so I'm going to stay home with him tomorrow and he was home with his dad today to "celebrate" the last day of Passover. So, hopefully, one more laying-low day will get him back to his old self.

Easter Bunny Aftermath! ;O)

For Easter, our Aunt Laurie brought Owen 3 boxes of different peeps. He just had to try one on Monday and it was all I could do to get him to wait until after lunch. He chose the blue bunny Peeps and took a good bite. It wasn't exactly what he'd hoped for apparently because he gave the remainder to Max who also wouldn't eat it! ;o) I think he was a little disappointed after waiting so long! That is, until I showed him how we could make smores out of them and his chocolate eggs the Easter Bunny brought! He got a huge kick out of watching the bunny grow in the microwave and thoroughly enjoyed his first smore! Now, the Peeps are looking pretty good!! Afterwards, we went outside to play and use his giant bubble wand that he got in his basket. However, the bubbles didn't last long after he "I help"ed them all over his mother!!! So, we dug out his battery operated bubble blower and he chased the littler bubbles all over the yard, well at least the driveway. It snowed here all Easter day and night. It was in the high 30s during the day, but apparently dropped below freezing as we had a couple inches in the driveway when we woke up. It hid the mid 40s by Monday afternoon and melted it off the driveway, but we still have a good foot or so in the yard. I'm looking forward to the day when its all gone, but we have so much work to do still on this yard, its kind of a catch 22!!! Hope you are all having a great week!

Happy Easter!!

Good morning! We've had a great Easter already today and hope you are all enjoying yours. Yesterday, Shawn came over and helped Owen dye Easter eggs. Owen is really into all of it this year and was especailly excited when he saw that the Easter Bunny brought him a basket full of toys and hid eggs full of candy all over the living room! He loved the egg hunt, but loved eating the candy every time an egg popped open even more. He's definitely at a really fun age now and we sure enjoy him!