I'm well on my way to being stress-free in terms of being ready to go on our Florida trip. I was such a busy bee today... here's what I got done:
* Got my glasses fixed
* Scored some great deals at CVS on detergent (Tide!), soaps, toothpaste, etc.
* Cleaned the entire house top to bottom -- vacuumed, dusted, washed tile floors on hands & knees, mopped the hardwood, cleaned both bathrooms... man it feels good to have a super clean house!
And... the best part: I did all this while taking care of my toddler, feeding him dinner, getting him in bed, and it's almost midnight and Lee's still not home from work. Boo!
Tomorrow will be another productive day... mowing the yard, washing all the laundry and diapers, and dyeing my hair (I've got some wicked bad roots right now) and painting my toenails. All that'll be left to do Thursday is pack the suitcases... all.... I say "all" like it's hardly anything to do. Ha! That's the day I'm dreading... I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate packing for a trip. Can you sense my hatred for packing?
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Too darn much to do.
We leave for Florida on Friday and won't return until the 17th... and traveling with a toddler in tow means I have twice (or heck, three times) the packing to do than if I was just going alone or with Lee. I have a LOT to do before we go...
* Clean the house (because I hate coming home from a trip to a messy/dirty house!)
* Mow the yard right before we leave on Wed. or Thurs. so it's not a jungle when we get back.
* Go to the grocery store to get a few things (but not too much) to last us just this week until we leave (milk, etc. don't want to buy too much or else stuff will just spoil while we're gone.) Also, get a few last-minute things for our trip (travel size things, stuff like that.)
* Get my eyeglasses fixed since the nose-pad-thingy decided to fall off, making my glasses horribly uncomfortable to wear. True, I don't wear them much, just at night, but I would like them to not slash open my face when I wear them.
* "Teach" Grandma and Papa all the dog and cat routines and set them up with a dog crate at their house and set up a different, easier to use litter box for the cats (Grandma's unsure of how the automatic cat box works so I'll put out the regular "you have to scoop it" one instead.) Oh, and be sure to have enough food for the furry creatures while we're away.
* Pack all of my crap, plus Logan's crap... that's a whole-day job in itself. I'll be doing all the packing on Thursday and running around like a chicken with its head cut off that day.
* Finally, after all that's done... make it to the airport on time, in one piece, having not killed Lee, the baby, or our friend, Mike, who's also flying down with us.
Did you get tired reading all that? I sure did. Now I have to get my butt off the computer and start on my to-do list.
I may update the blog between now and when we leave, but it's not likely... watch for some posts from Florida though. We plan to take Logan on his first trip to the beach... that should be fun!
* Clean the house (because I hate coming home from a trip to a messy/dirty house!)
* Mow the yard right before we leave on Wed. or Thurs. so it's not a jungle when we get back.
* Go to the grocery store to get a few things (but not too much) to last us just this week until we leave (milk, etc. don't want to buy too much or else stuff will just spoil while we're gone.) Also, get a few last-minute things for our trip (travel size things, stuff like that.)
* Get my eyeglasses fixed since the nose-pad-thingy decided to fall off, making my glasses horribly uncomfortable to wear. True, I don't wear them much, just at night, but I would like them to not slash open my face when I wear them.
* "Teach" Grandma and Papa all the dog and cat routines and set them up with a dog crate at their house and set up a different, easier to use litter box for the cats (Grandma's unsure of how the automatic cat box works so I'll put out the regular "you have to scoop it" one instead.) Oh, and be sure to have enough food for the furry creatures while we're away.
* Pack all of my crap, plus Logan's crap... that's a whole-day job in itself. I'll be doing all the packing on Thursday and running around like a chicken with its head cut off that day.
* Finally, after all that's done... make it to the airport on time, in one piece, having not killed Lee, the baby, or our friend, Mike, who's also flying down with us.
Did you get tired reading all that? I sure did. Now I have to get my butt off the computer and start on my to-do list.
I may update the blog between now and when we leave, but it's not likely... watch for some posts from Florida though. We plan to take Logan on his first trip to the beach... that should be fun!
Friday, August 1, 2008
My ARTistic Child!
I haven't blogged this week, but there hasn't been a whole lot to say either. Logan and I stayed around the house for the most part. Monday night, Ryan and Harrison came over to Grandma's and Logan and Harry got to play outside in the driveway for a long while. They were playing with sidewalk chalk and Ryan was teaching Harrison how to ride his bike without the training wheels. Logan always has fun with Harrison... he sure loves that kid!
Logan played with his chalk in the driveway again in the middle of the week. I also got him some crayons and set him up in his high chair (because I'm smart and don't want my walls covered in crayon!!) He got to "color" for the first time and seemed to have fun. He doesn't have the understanding that you have to hold the paper down while you write/draw/color yet so I used tape to hold his paper to the high chair try so he could scribble away. Here are just a few pictures of Logan and his artsy-fartsy self this past week.
Logan played with his chalk in the driveway again in the middle of the week. I also got him some crayons and set him up in his high chair (because I'm smart and don't want my walls covered in crayon!!) He got to "color" for the first time and seemed to have fun. He doesn't have the understanding that you have to hold the paper down while you write/draw/color yet so I used tape to hold his paper to the high chair try so he could scribble away. Here are just a few pictures of Logan and his artsy-fartsy self this past week.
Oh! I almost forgot. Remember that adorable wool diaper cover with the giraffes that I talked about here last week? It arrived and I got some cute, sun-squinting shots of Logan modeling it.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Sunday night in the park
Lee has been wanting to take Logan to the children's park in downtown Ringgold for a while... just about ever since it opened a few months ago. I had taken him once before with my friend, Mike, but Lee had never gotten to take him. He thought it would be fun for Logan and good for him to be around other kids. We waited to go until about 8:00 or so because it was just so darn hot earlier... there was no way we wanted to be out in that heat wave.
We grabbed some dinner at Wendy's on the way and brought it with us to eat there. At first, Logan just kind of stood around our picnic table and watched the other kids playing from afar. He slowly started inching his way out to see what they were all doing. It finally took Daddy taking him over to the slide and other stuff for him to really get "into" it. Once he did, he had so much fun. He ran around and looked at all the toys and Daddy took him down the slide a few times (he doesn't like the slide very much... scared him, I guess!), showed him the little toys you can sit on, and took him on a swing. Logan seemed to like swinging with Daddy, but he really loved all the attention from a group of little girls. They were a bit older than him, I'd say about age 6 to 8 or so, and they adored him. I walked around to keep an eye on him and they were having a blast just "chasing" him and tickling him and getting him to laugh really hard. They even took him down the slide (which he still didn't like). Right before it was time for us to go home, one of the little girls had a cell phone (imagine that, a cell phone on a kid under 10 years old... I didn't get a cell phone until I was out of high school... but that's a whole 'nother tangent) and they asked if they could take a picture of Logan. It was really sweet.
Since Logan enjoyed himself so much, Lee suggested we try and make it a weekly event. So from now on, we're going to aim to take him to the park on Sunday evenings to get him out of the house and interacting with other little kids.
We grabbed some dinner at Wendy's on the way and brought it with us to eat there. At first, Logan just kind of stood around our picnic table and watched the other kids playing from afar. He slowly started inching his way out to see what they were all doing. It finally took Daddy taking him over to the slide and other stuff for him to really get "into" it. Once he did, he had so much fun. He ran around and looked at all the toys and Daddy took him down the slide a few times (he doesn't like the slide very much... scared him, I guess!), showed him the little toys you can sit on, and took him on a swing. Logan seemed to like swinging with Daddy, but he really loved all the attention from a group of little girls. They were a bit older than him, I'd say about age 6 to 8 or so, and they adored him. I walked around to keep an eye on him and they were having a blast just "chasing" him and tickling him and getting him to laugh really hard. They even took him down the slide (which he still didn't like). Right before it was time for us to go home, one of the little girls had a cell phone (imagine that, a cell phone on a kid under 10 years old... I didn't get a cell phone until I was out of high school... but that's a whole 'nother tangent) and they asked if they could take a picture of Logan. It was really sweet.
Since Logan enjoyed himself so much, Lee suggested we try and make it a weekly event. So from now on, we're going to aim to take him to the park on Sunday evenings to get him out of the house and interacting with other little kids.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Fresh green beans!
Tonight for dinner we had a turkey and stuffing boxed meal (gotta love easy dinners!) On the side, I made rolls and we had DELICIOUS, fresh green beans. Our neighbor, Jeremy, is so kind. He brings us lots of fresh veggies from his amazing garden and just the other day he brought several cucumbers and a huge bag of beans. Here they are after we cleaned them and removed all the strings! Yum!!
All ready to cook & eat!
Friday, July 25, 2008
We DID get to play outside after all!!!
The rain let up around 4:00 or so and the sun came out so I got to take Logan in the yard to test out the new water toys! Okay, so I'll be first to admit, the slip-n-slide was definitely a purchase I made more for myself... which turned out to be good because Logan wasn't very cool with me sliding him down it... he did like walking up and down it and touching the water spraying onto the slippy slide. Whenever I'd slide down, though, he got a bit freaked out... I think he thought it was trying to "get me" or something. It was rather amusing.
After we had enough of that, we went to the front yard to put Logan's Backyardigans sprinkler out in the driveway. He LOVED that thing. He kept running up to it with his mouth wide open and smiling and then he'd turn his back to it when he'd had enough. He kept doing this cycle again and again. What a fun toy. I'm so glad I found that for him!
After we had enough of that, we went to the front yard to put Logan's Backyardigans sprinkler out in the driveway. He LOVED that thing. He kept running up to it with his mouth wide open and smiling and then he'd turn his back to it when he'd had enough. He kept doing this cycle again and again. What a fun toy. I'm so glad I found that for him!
No outside play today!
We've had rain showers on and off all day today... doesn't look like we'll be playing in the new sprinkler or on the slip-n-slide at all. Bummer.
But on the upside, I happened to score a super-duper cute wool interlock diaper cover for Logan on Hyena Cart today from Connorsmama Creations! It's sooo adorable and the giraffes print is hard to find since it's not made anymore. Here's the pictures of it; I can't wait for it to get here!
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