My Little Baby

My little baby! Last night was a milestone. Parker slept in a 'big boy' bed for the first time! Look how cute he is! This is a toddler bed that my friend let me borrow. We didn't use one for Anderson. We were forced to transition him, very, very quickly. He was doing front flips out of his crib by the time he was 21months old! Anderson went from a crib mattress on the floor, then a twin mattress on the floor, then eventually a twin bed. The other morning, Jeff found Parker with one leg over his crib, we figured it was time!

My fantastic husband got the crib put away and cleaned up Parker's room, put away anything unsafe and got him to sleep in his bed. (I was out with some girlfriends last night). So when I came home, this is how I found Parker. So cute and peaceful. What a precious little guy.

This morning, we heard the door open and then we found him downstairs. Jeff went down and saw him and he gave Jeff this little sheepish green. What a cutie! And then he had a 45 minute tantrum when he couldn't have the granola bar. Welcome to the wonderful world of being (almost) 2 years old.

MOM OF THE YEAR! :)

You know it! :) This morning Anderson asked if we could have pancakes this morning for breakfast and I was feeling lazy and tired and didn't really feel like laboring over pancakes of love. So I told him that if he ate a banana he could have the rest of the finger jello (our friends brought over the other night for dessert). I did add the "its just a special treat" thing, so he ate the banana, (Parker had already eaten a banana and 2 tangelos by now) and then we ate Finger Jello! BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
(Anderson wouldn't get in the picture)

Another funny thing that happened to me this morning...

I went into Parker's room this morning and he was undressed! He had unzipped his jammies (he was wearing footies, its cold here!) halfway and gotten out of them. He is a magician!

Yes, I love "HELLO KITTY"

I updated my drab layout.....

All my friends tell me that I am really 13yrs old. Not just b/c I look close to 15 or 16 (although my hairdresser told me yesterday that I'm starting to turn grey! ah!) but b/c I love all the things that 13 yr old girls love!

1. Hello Kitty! love it!
2. HSM - or High School Musical to all you 'grownups'. I have both of the CD's and even had a party at my house for other friends who like it (not fanatics like me) when the sequel came out on TV. Their soundtracks are great driving music. Anderson even likes to listen to it too! Never too young to brainwash.
3. Hannah Montana! I watch her show almost everynight at 11:30 (preceded by "the Suite Life of Zach & Cody)
4. Jonas Brothers - I was soooo excited when they were on Oprah last week! woohoo! I love the Jonas Brothers, I even have their CD. They love Jesus....

In fact, since i am of the smaller size I am able to wear 'tween' shirts of High School Musical! woohoo! And I even have the music playing right now. One of my friends got me a custom shirt a couple Christmas' ago. I love it!

Its clean and cheesy and its better than some of the other stuff on TV (with the exception of Grey's Anatomy!)

GEE Thanks Jenna!...(note sarcasm)

My dear Jenna has "tagged" me to write down 3 unusual facts or things about me. I am not a fan of these "chain letter" things, but since I have known Jenna for over 10 years, and since she is a fan of my blog, I feel the need to do her the favor in return! I'm just lazy that's why I don't like to do these. Just b/c I don't want to sit down and think of what to say etc etc. The tagging assignment is to write down 3 odd facts about me. But since this is a common ice breaker at church settings, here are the things I always say about me. I will be tagging others...watch out friends! :)

1. I have a "tooth brushing" phobia. I don't like to watch people brush their teeth and I struggle brushing my boys' teeth. I can't even watch people on TV brushing their teeth. ugh! It makes me gag and nearly throw up! I can't handle it! My friends will harrass me and brush their teeth in front of me! Such great friends. One of my college roommates even left a message on our answering machine with her brushing her teeth on it! Awful! I have no problems or issues with doing my own teeth, its just watching others. I can't handle all the foam and when people talk to me while they are brushing that just pushes me over the edge! yuck!

2. One of my top 3 things I want to do in my life (my bucket list) is to shoot a deer. I don't want to gut it or anything, just shoot it and then make a coat of its hide, like Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman! Although my friend told me that I had to kill a lot of deer to get a coat. Maybe just a purse then?

3. I HATE SAND! It freaks me out! I can't stand it on my feet and I can't stand the feel of it. Yes, I grew up in South Florida on the coast, 5 min away from the beach. And I despise the beach. Of course my DH loves loves the beach and my sons love it too! AAAHHH!! When we do go to the beach and I feel sand on my feet inside our condo or hotel room, I go bonkers. Last summer we were at a Marriott and when I walked back into our room one afternoon there was sand all inside the entrance way. I looked down the hall and saw a cleaning cart. I proceeded to "borrow" the vacuum and clean up all the sand! I can't handle it. I make Anderson wash all the beach toys at least 10x before we bring them back into our living space and NO SHOES OR TOYS are aloud inside either. My husband says I need help...maybe????

So there you have it, my 3 odd facts about me. I'm sure I have more, but these are the ones that come to mind right away...

Well, I will tag Keila for sure! And Lorena, even though she just had a baby on Sunday (congrats Lorena!), I think she will have PLENTY of time to do this! hee hee.....

SOCCER!

We have some AWESOME FRIENDS! T&H came out this morning to watch Anderson play soccer. That was so nice of them. The have no kids and they got up early to watch Anderson play. That rocks! Here is a pic of Aunt H with Parker at soccer.

We had huge improvements this week with soccer. Anderson was quite proud of himself that he didn't cry, whine or put his hands down his pants! That is HUGE progress! Although 15minutes into it, he was ready to go home.
He kept telling me he was tired, or sleepy and ready to go home. Funny guy! Can you tell he is ready to go home! There is a smile and he packed up my chair. (which I got at Costco, one of my top 3 places to shop!)

TV IS BACK!

So I am one of THOSE people who LOVE TV! Especially when DH is out of town it makes for a nice end of the day thing for me.

This past Thursday was especially exciting - GREY'S ANATOMY IS BACK! Woohoo! Yes, I am addicted to it. And I feel like I need to say that Grey's Anatomy is what is holding my friendship together with Keila! :) Each Thursday night or Friday we exchange emails to "recap" what we thought of that night's episode. Summer times are hard for us and that crazy writer's strike really kept us apart! yikes! I'm so glad Grey's is back. Its my useless mindless addiction. Who doesn't like to watch Patrick Dempsey for 60minutes! So wonderful....aaahhh I can't wait for his new movie to come out.

During this strike we have gotten addicted to 'HOUSE'. Love that show. I am 1 DVD away from finishing Season 2. The only bad thing about getting hooked on this show is the fact that everytime I feel something wrong with me, I think I have some rare disease and that I need to find Dr. House. Whenever I hear that someone is sick, I always think of what would Dr. House do! that is when I know I need a break from HOUSE. I need a break....

Ramblings from today

some pictures from today...

This is my favorite time of year for my roses! Everything looks so nice and green and the blooms are gorgeous. No bugs are here and its not hot and the disease is not rampant. Here is one of my favorite roses... "Abraham Darby" Its a David Austin Rose and it smells soooo good!

Yesterday we made a trip to the local garden center and got lots of flowers for my window and several pots for the front porch. I also picked up 2 sunflowers for each of the boys. This isboxes Anderson next to his sunflower. He helped me pick out the place to put it and water it everyday.

Today we stopped by Aunt H & Uncle T's house. I needed to drop off a box on their porch while they were at work. As I was pulling out of their driveway Parker was NOT HAPPY! here is a picture of him as we are leaving their house. He's sooo cute!

Another thing I love about this time of year, is the weather. A little warm in the day, but cool in the evening . After dinner tonight we hung out oustide with the boys. They enjoyed their lemonade Popsicles and sidewalk chalk. DH decided to nap on the driveway and we drew a body line on him. The boys thought it was funny! :)

Theology by a 4yr old

Last night at bedtime prayers, Anderson prayed for no rain. He didn't want it to rain b/c he was supposed to go fishing today with my dad (GungGung - grandpa in chinese). On our way to school today, he was highly disappointed that it was raining! He said "Mom did you pray for rain?" "Well who prayed for rain". At this point I went into how sometimes God gives us things we need even though we ask him not too. But I decided not to get into theology with my 'too smart' for me 4 yr old. So in the end I just told him that maybe a farmer prayed for rain, because he really needed it for his plants and food. That seemed to satisfy him.

However, tonight this is how his prayer went:

"Dear Jesus, please don't send any rain, even if a farmer prays for rain, please don't send any rain for the farmers..."

HILARIOUS!

Another GOD moment was today at my parents house he was outside squirting GungGung with the water hose. Well, GungGung decided to squirt him back and that did not go over well. Anderson cried and cried. When they got inside, PoPo (my mom, grandma in chinese) asked him why he squirted the GungGung with the hose. 'A''s response: "Because GOD gave me the hose" What a hoot!

I'm going to pay for this!

It's 1:30am and I'm still awake!
Still in non-jammies
Still downstairs
Still sitting here on my computer!
ARRRRGGGGHHH

What have I been doing. I wish I could say I was watching a movie or got sucked into catching up on all my shows on the DVR. I started to watch a CSI but decided against it when it was about a girl that was 3 and she was found murdered. NOPE! Not gonna watch that alone! But I am online! yep, my nemesis and BFF the internet! ugh!

My friend is going to Disney during "GayDays". I have been researching for her all about it and seeing what the deal is on that. She has 3 small children and didn't know what to expect. In the end after all my reading, is that its not an event "hosted or sponsored" by Disney but just a mass gathering in the Disney area.

Okay, so now its much later and I need to get to bed! Its going to be awful getting up early and getting my dear son off to preschool. Thank goodness its only preschool and he doesn't have to be on time. I'm going to be one of those parents that my poor child will be tardy all the time and he will be getting mad at me for it! Gotta find a good carpool buddy.

Another Trader Joe's LOVE!

I think one of my very favorite things to buy at Trader Joe's is their croissants. They are so yummy and easy! 4 easy steps to delicious croissants!

1. Open box
2. Put frozen croissants on baking sheet before going to bed.
*They rise over night!
3. Put in oven.
4. EAT!

So easy! Its my turn this morning to bring food to MOPS and I bought 4 boxes of the mini croissants to bring. The easiest thing I've ever done!

Here are the pictures of my croissants this morning after they have risen and then they got even bigger after coming out of the oven! So yummy!

As you can see, my boys love these croissants. A perfect combo with the Trader Joe's reduced sugar jam! (no artificial sweeteners!)