Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
School's Out For the Summer!
What a great way to celebrate my 300th blog...summer vacation! The best part of my start to summer was the HUGE hug Miss Adele gave me when I got home from work tonight!
Hooray for summer! Ten weeks at home with my baby (who's not really a baby anymore!!!)
Hooray for summer! Ten weeks at home with my baby (who's not really a baby anymore!!!)
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Mommy Turns 30...And More!
Sorry about my lack of bloggage lately...it's the end of the school year, what can I say?
Just 1 1/2 more days with students, and 3 overall and we're DONE!!! (If this seems early to you Wisconsinites, just know that we go back to school on some ridiculously early date like August 10th or something...no waiting until after Labor Day here in Indiana.)
Anyhow, here are some glimpses into life around here lately:
Last weekend Aunt Dee Dee and I turned 30!
(just imagine how sheepish Daddy and Uncle Tim felt when they ordered this and had to explain to other parents waiting to pick up their Elmo cackes that the "girls" were 30!)
Tim and Laura were down for the weekend as well. Months ago Laura talked me into running in the Geist Half Marathon with her (well...I ran a 5K while she ran the half), but it was a great way to start this new decade!
We rested and visited the park in the afternoon, then had a group of friends over for some Rock Band and video game trivia.
Daddy is showing Laureli the ropes:
Cousin James is an old pro at Rock Band:
We partied until well into Sunday morning...I think I'm still recovering from lack of sleep, because Adele was asleep and unaware of our partying downstairs all night and decided to wake up around 4:45 pretty much for good on Sunday. Ouch!
Tired babies:
On Monday we took Miss Adele to Cookie Cutters to trim up her messy hair. I will never again be jealous of my straight-haired friends. It is MUCH harder to get a decent cut with straight hair than I had ever imagined before! I'm not thrilled with Adele's new 'do, but it's not in her eyes anymore, and she doesn't really look like a boy, nor does she *quite* have a mullet, so I guess mission accomplished...she unfortunately got Daddy's hair (along with just about everything else!).
It has been pretty warm here, and our air conditioner is still broken, so we've thought of lots of different "water games" around the house to keep us cool. On Thursday we "painted" the driveway with water-Adele watched me and picked up on the "game" right away! She still loves playing with bubbles, so we gave her some of her foaming soap in a big bowl of water and she went to town with her stacking cups.
And as usual, Adele still loves carrying her things around the house:
It's never too hot to beg Aunt Dee Dee for her cell phone: "I NEED to put that in my purse!"
Today we went to the zoo again, with Aunt Dee Dee this time. Whatever will we do next weekend when Aunt Dee Dee leaves us???
Just 1 1/2 more days with students, and 3 overall and we're DONE!!! (If this seems early to you Wisconsinites, just know that we go back to school on some ridiculously early date like August 10th or something...no waiting until after Labor Day here in Indiana.)
Anyhow, here are some glimpses into life around here lately:
Last weekend Aunt Dee Dee and I turned 30!
(just imagine how sheepish Daddy and Uncle Tim felt when they ordered this and had to explain to other parents waiting to pick up their Elmo cackes that the "girls" were 30!)
Tim and Laura were down for the weekend as well. Months ago Laura talked me into running in the Geist Half Marathon with her (well...I ran a 5K while she ran the half), but it was a great way to start this new decade!
We rested and visited the park in the afternoon, then had a group of friends over for some Rock Band and video game trivia.
Daddy is showing Laureli the ropes:
Cousin James is an old pro at Rock Band:
We partied until well into Sunday morning...I think I'm still recovering from lack of sleep, because Adele was asleep and unaware of our partying downstairs all night and decided to wake up around 4:45 pretty much for good on Sunday. Ouch!
Tired babies:
On Monday we took Miss Adele to Cookie Cutters to trim up her messy hair. I will never again be jealous of my straight-haired friends. It is MUCH harder to get a decent cut with straight hair than I had ever imagined before! I'm not thrilled with Adele's new 'do, but it's not in her eyes anymore, and she doesn't really look like a boy, nor does she *quite* have a mullet, so I guess mission accomplished...she unfortunately got Daddy's hair (along with just about everything else!).
It has been pretty warm here, and our air conditioner is still broken, so we've thought of lots of different "water games" around the house to keep us cool. On Thursday we "painted" the driveway with water-Adele watched me and picked up on the "game" right away! She still loves playing with bubbles, so we gave her some of her foaming soap in a big bowl of water and she went to town with her stacking cups.
And as usual, Adele still loves carrying her things around the house:
It's never too hot to beg Aunt Dee Dee for her cell phone: "I NEED to put that in my purse!"
Today we went to the zoo again, with Aunt Dee Dee this time. Whatever will we do next weekend when Aunt Dee Dee leaves us???
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Carnival!
Last Friday was my school's Spring Carnival. Aunt Dee Dee and I brought Adele. We had a blast seeing our students outside of "school" (Aunt Dee Dee, ahem, Miss B. is currently working as my teaching assistant) plus, it's always fun to show off Miss Adele!
Adele was a bit small for most of the games (the bounce house included, unfortunately) but she enjoyed the bean bag toss (aka "shove the bean bag right through the hole), ski ball (aka "walk up to the hole and put the ball in it").
She also had her first taste of cotton candy...YUM! 
And she got her very own balloon animal (after a VERY long wait!) She didn't care at all for the face painting (we tried to paint her hand so she could look at it), and she wasn't interested in the "go fish" game either.
Adele's absolute favorite part of the night was the duck pond.
Good thing it was not full of water!
Don't mind that paci-the carnival didn't start until 6, and Miss Adele goes to bed at 7...we left by about 7, but she was definitely winding down by the time we left!
Adele was a bit small for most of the games (the bounce house included, unfortunately) but she enjoyed the bean bag toss (aka "shove the bean bag right through the hole), ski ball (aka "walk up to the hole and put the ball in it").
She also had her first taste of cotton candy...YUM! 
And she got her very own balloon animal (after a VERY long wait!) She didn't care at all for the face painting (we tried to paint her hand so she could look at it), and she wasn't interested in the "go fish" game either.
Adele's absolute favorite part of the night was the duck pond.
Good thing it was not full of water!Don't mind that paci-the carnival didn't start until 6, and Miss Adele goes to bed at 7...we left by about 7, but she was definitely winding down by the time we left!
Silly Girl!
Here she is trying on swimsuits again:
No kidding, she did this all by herself. I was working in the kitchen and suddenly heard a "thunk" she had run into the cupboard because she couldn't see...silly girl!
And here, she brought all of her toys to Daddy while he was "resting" on the floor...maybe she was trying to entice him to wake up?
No kidding, she did this all by herself. I was working in the kitchen and suddenly heard a "thunk" she had run into the cupboard because she couldn't see...silly girl!
And here, she brought all of her toys to Daddy while he was "resting" on the floor...maybe she was trying to entice him to wake up?
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