Showing posts with label questions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label questions. Show all posts

Sunday, July 10, 2016

First week of January 2016 - a 20 year Anniversary!

Ah...The fun when you come home from vacation... you know, unpacking, getting back to a normal routine.  THEN, add in the craziness of a Christmas morning tornado that has been waiting for you for a week.  UGH!
Can you even find the little girl in this messy picture? :)

Peter put his new pancake batter bottle to work and made some special pancakes for breakfast (see Max's smiley face?)

Emmalyn loves her new castle


Back to school

Visiting with Maxwell at school (I don't remember why I was there...reading to his class?  bringing his glasses he forgot?  who knows)

I made homemade chicken noodle soup and rolls!  I was proud of it.  :)  That's more cooking than I normally do.

Little miss hanging out on her new chair

Maxwell's 2015 year in review

Max's self-portrait "A Litl Boy Maxwell"
I love all the little notes he comes home with or makes for us at home

Working on his math workbook

Cheerios - - good for many things including math

video - Max doing addition and subtraction

On January 7, Peter and I celebrated 20 years of being together.  On January 7, 1996, Peter asked me to be his girlfriend for the last time and the rest is history...  To celebrate, let's remember what we looked like back then.
Here are the two of us before we went to his Homecoming that fall.

Us at Husky Howl - the girl's choice dance around Halloween at my high school

Brittany picked Maxwell up from school because he was sick.  He had a 101.8 fever and ended up throwing up at school while he was at the front desk.  (He wasn't eating his lunch and that isn't normal for him so his teacher asked if he was okay, felt his head and he was hot and she sent him to the front desk to be checked for a fever.  He had one and while he was up there, got sick. )  I had small little signals that should have added up and I should have known he was sick, but of course I didn't put them all together and figure it out beforehand.  He had a small fever the night before (he felt a little warm to me) and then this morning he wanted to cuddle with me in bed, which never happen.  And then as we were leaving to school he said he was cold.  I thought, "hm...he might have the chills" but he was acting fine other than that so I took him to school.

Video - Emmalyn playing while counting with dad

Emmalyn is talking soooo much!  In her bath she talked basically non-stop.  It's fun to see what she says.  She was playing with balls and said "ready go" when she was throwing them.

Maxwell gets annoyed she she copies what he says.  She's really skilled at annoying him when they are in the car.  She will annoy him just by looking at him or she will keep saying his name over and over.

She now calls him "Mass" which also bothers him.  He wants her to call him MaX.  I explained to him that she can't say "x" yet.

Emmalyn can count to 10.  She will sing all the time and most of the time you can understand what she's singing.  She likes to sing ABCs, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bell Rock, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Shoo Fly - Don't Bother Me, and the songs in our Kindermusik Animal Serenade book (She also says the words that go along with it).  She will also say some of the words when reading her favorite books.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Liebster

My cousin Ashlee nominated me for the Liebster Blog Award. Yeah, she better announce me as the winner after I finish this!

(Liebster is a German word that means favorite. This award is passed from one blogger to another as a way to tell them that you enjoy reading their blog--and they should keep it up!)

Here is what I have to do as a result of my nomination (shouldn't I get a prize instead of having to do work???):

1. Post 11 random things about myself.
2. Answer the 11 questions my nominator set for me.
3. Create 11 questions for my nominees.
4. Nominate 11 other bloggers with fewer than 200 followers (no tag-backs).
5. Go to each of their blogs to tell them about their nominations.

11 random things about myself:

1. The perfect way lately to order my burger at In-N-Out - with onions, ketchup instead of spread, mustard fried no pickles, add chopped chilies, well done.
2. I really enjoy weeding.
3. It's been more than a year since I have had fingernail polish on my fingernails.
4. I've never been to prom.
5. If I had unlimited time, I would like to learn to play the cello.
6. I have an unopened furbie in my office.
7. My favorite shampoo is Wen's Conditioning Shampoo.  It's AMAZING!!!!
8. I prefer steel cut oatmeal.
9. Max knows how to use Peter's ipad better than I do.
10. I enjoy General Hospital and DVR it every day. 
11. I refuse to call Ramen Noodles anything but "squiggles"

Ashlee's 11 Questions:

1. What did you do on your last date? We got takeout Mexican, made popcorn, and watched part of "Trouble with the Curve" in our media room.  I had to really think about this one, we don't go on dates anymore.
2. What was your GPA when you graduated from High School? 3.98
3. What is your favorite form of exercise? I enjoy running (or jogging since that's more of what I do) because I can do it anywhere and it doesn't have to take forever but if my schedule allowed, I would do Bikram Yoga all the time.
4. Do you care what way the toilet paper goes on the holder? Nope
5. On average, how many hours of TV and/or movies do you watch per week? 8? (It's hard to judge since everything I watch is on the DVR so it doesn't take me an hour to watch an hour show)
6. What is your favorite dessert? Anything chocolaty and warm
7. How many days per week do you eat the same thing for lunch? Maybe once.  It depends on what Brittany makes for lunch.
8. How long was your longest labor? Only had one...went into labor around 2 am, labored until 5 pm and then had a c-section.  So about 15 hours.
9. What super-hero-power do you wish you had? The ability to slow down time
10. What is your biggest fear? that something will happen to Maxwell
11. What is your favorite vacation spot? Rome, Italy

My Questions:
1. What is your favorite toothpaste?
2. How do you eat Totinos pizza rolls? (i.e. do you have a certain method?)
3. What is your favorite party game?
4. How long since you got your last traffic ticket and what was it for?
5. When do you take down Christmas cards?
6. Who was the last person you hugged?
7. Where was your last vacation?
8. When do you wake up on weekends?
9. What is one talent most people don't know you have?
10. What is your preference - American Idol/The Voice/The X Factor/America's Got Talent?
11.Why do you blog (or not)?

My Nominees:
1. Jessica @ Brian, Jessica, the Boy Edmond, Prince Charles and Miss Scarlett
2. Crystal @ Crystal Clear
3. Matt @ Mattnbeck's Blog
4. Michal @ Relishing Motherhood
5. Tasha @ Let Me Count the Ways
6. Tara @ The Rumor on the Blumers
7. Tawny @ Tawny Millar's Life
8. Angela @ The Thomas Family
9. Maren @ Dori's Diner
10. Julie @ The Chronicles of Roblie and Jubert
11. Shannon @ Shannon's Adventures