Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Application is done

I finally finished Bean's application to OES. Now I just need to send it in and keep my fingers crossed they accept him and want to give him a close to free ride. I REALLY want him to get in. I REALLY want him to get the best education possible. I love homeschooling but I had such a great experience at OES and I want him to have the same....
Anyway, I made bagels last night. It has been a while since I made them last. They look good and smell good. I plan on devouring one soon...I just need to make my eggnog latte first. God bless you, latte maker!
In other news, pre-thanksgiving thanksgiving was on Saturday. Holy cow, my turkey was amazing! I brined all 25 pounds of it over night in a mix of water, orange juice, lemon juice, salt, pepper, rosemary, and brown sugar. I then made a rub of basil, rosemary, Italian seasoning, garlic, EVO, salt and pepper. I separated the skin from the breast and stuffed some of the rub under there before massaging the remainder of it over the rest of the bird. The first few hours I cooked the turkey breast down before flipping it over and finishing it off. I can safely say that this was the best turkey I have ever made. It was flavorful and juicy. Go me!
Time for kid updates!
Bean: Bean is getting excited for thanksgiving though he does not like turkey. He doesn't like most meat. He also doesn't like potatoes unless they are fried. I love to ask him what he is thankful for because he ALWAYS says people that are important to him, especially "Airdan" (adrian). It snowed last night. I few flakes started falling before his bedtime but about 15 minutes after he went to bed, it started to come down. Husband went to wake Bean up to show him. His eyes just lit up. Husband took Sawyer outside so he could play in it a little bit. It is this type of stuff that you get to do with your kids that makes parenting so much fun. How cool is it to go play in the snow at 9:15 in your jammies?!
Monster: Oh monster...where to begin? He still keeps me on my toes and is really clingy when other people are around. I wish I could say he is sleeping through the night but we are close. He sleeps until about 5 and then I give him a boob. That buys me anywhere from another hour to 2 hours. He is getting really good at communicating. If he wants to me to do something for him, he comes over to me, grabs me, and pulls me to where we need to go. He then points and grunts. I'll ask him if blank is what he wants and if it is, he will nod his head. Soon enough he will be using words. They grow up so fast!
I am ready for my bagel now. See ya later!

Monday, November 15, 2010

a fun fact...

Monster likes to clean up spills and other messes. If he sees something that needs to be wiped up, he goes and gets a rag from the drawer and cleans it up :) Yesterday, he was running around naked when he peed. He went and got a rag and cleaned it up. Hahahaha

Almost a month has gone by...

I cannot believe it's been a month since I last updated this. Yikes! Oh man, I have some funny stories to share but I should probably start with updates as my time here is limited. Monster is due to wake up any minute.
Monster is going on 14 months now and he is even a bigger handful than before. He is a mama's boy through and through (which has its ups and downs). He loves to wrestle, climb, and get into EVERYTHING. He still never stops. Seriously, he never stops. He is like the damn energizer bunny. He is very opinionated. He will tell you of his displeasure if you don't let him have his way. He also started hitting when upset and as I am the one who spend 99% of the time with him, I get most the slaps. He is still nursing (I try to limit him to twice a day. If I never said no, that kid would be attached to me all day)
Bean is still a happy, easy going kid. He is the best big brother ever. We are so lucky. He loves to play with Monster and likes to help comfort Monster when he is upset. Yesterday when we were running errands, he told us that when we got home he wanted to give us hugs and kisses. He got distracted when we got home and after playing for a few minutes, he jumps up and says, "Oh! I forgot!" and runs over to give Husband some love. (Heart melting).
He is doing great in "school". He is learning to read! Crazy! He can read about 15 words and we started to sound out words a couple weeks ago and he is doing well with that. He loves science and math.
Husband is still loving work and things have slowed down for him a bit so he can come home earlier in the evening. SCORE! I do really enjoy him. Football season is upon us so we have spent a lot of time watching it. Yay? After being forced to watch it for a few years now I am starting to enjoy it. Well, I enjoy the first few hours of it....
Now its my turn...not much is new with me. I have more things I want to do than time to do them. Isn't that always my problem? I really want to knit a scarf with attached mittens, can, make crackers, start my quilt of the boy's baby clothes, organize the house better, take a nap....and the list goes on and on. Whenever things get incredible hectic and crazy, I remind myself that everyday things get a little easier. The boys grow up a little more each day (sob) and things will calm down...eventually :) Though in all honesty, I love it! I love the hecticness (new word!) of my days, even if they stress me out sometimes. I just remind myself to "win the day!".
Alright, Monster and Bean are still sleeping (WOOHOO!) so I should probably take these last few quiet minutes to myself and be productive. Fingers crossed I can get on here tomorrow and write about our vacation.