Adventures in Motherhood: February 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Day 2

The kids were pretty pumped for day 2 of skiing. Now they knew what to expect and kind of had their "ski legs" so to speak, and every body was feeling more comfortable. Emerson was going to attend all day ski school and Tyson was going to spend the day practicing what he learned by skiing with Paul and I.

Em did so well at ski school on day 2. She actually got it!

She's mastering the "pizza"

going down by herself, that's her in the hot pink

Go Buddy, Go!!!

Nothing warms you up after a long day on the slopes like some hot chocolate down at the LiftHouse Bar and Grill.

Day 2 was a HUGE success and LOTS of fun. Both of the kids did great and seemed to really enjoy skiing. Tyson proved to be a better skier than me. I couldn't be more proud. Em really caught on too and they both can't wait to go again.

A few videos.....

Today we ski!!!

After a long drive we arrived in Red River around 4:30 on Tuesday. First stop was the ski rental shop so the guys could "avoid tomorrows crowds" and rent their gear. Notice I said "guys," somehow the ladies didn't get to rent our stuff till the next day. Apprently we "like" crowds, especially with 5 kids in tow.

Next stop was the house for some down time and dinner. Tomorrow was going to be an early morning. There was snow in the forecast for the night so we had been racing to get there and get checked in before the snow arrived.

This was the view the next morning from our back door. The kids could not have been more excited. It was all we could do to get them to eat breakfast and get dressed before they headed out in to the snow.

My poor little pumpkin, she could not handle the glare. It was so bright and if she was outside she wanted her goggles on. *** Take away for next time--- bring her sunglasses.

It was hard to get the kids in the car to go skiing, they were so happy to just be playing in the white stuff.

Now it was time to meet the guys at the base of the mountian for some skiing.

Heading for "instruction time" at ski school

learning to master the "magic carpet"

Everybody heading out. (that's Tyson in the orange)

We spent a little time with the kids before they started ski school. We thought it would be good for them to sort of get acclamated to the skis and boots before school. WRONG!

Poor Paul, not only did he have to help me get acclamated to my skis he had to help two kiddos learn to stand in their skis. **Take away for next time--- enroll in ski school immediately.

The kids absolutely loved ski school. The instructors were so knowledgable and were able to teach them how to put on their skis, take off and walk in them let alone actually learn to ski. They were fabulous!

Looking forward to Day 2!

"My Valentine's Day gift to you is 9 and a half hours in the car with our lovely kiddos,"

......as stated by my wonderful husband.

Red River here we come!!!!

Valentine's Snow

We finally got our first and maybe only snow of the season. Unfortunately it didn't last long. The kids weren't too disappointed considering we were leaving for New Mexico the next day and we promised them LOTS of snow.

It was also Valentine's class parties for both.

Ready to perform....

She loved going through all of her Valentine loot.

How cute are these three?

Now it's time to run down the hall and get to a a second grade V-day party.

Tyson and his buddies think they're too cool for Valentine crafts.

Two parties down........ time to pack up the truck and get ready for our ski vacation.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Will you be my Valentine?

Em and I decided to "make" the Valentines for her class this year. Since I wanted Emerson to actually sign each one we started early on account that it might take her a while to write Emerson 20 times.

We made butterflies with Tootsie Roll Pops and some "googly eyes."

All done and ready to pass out on Monday!

"It's like Thanksgiving!"

That was the exact phrase that came out of my son's mouth as I was preparing the snacks to take over to our neighborhood Super Bowl party last Sunday.

It was our usual crowd plus a few extra.....about 20 people. However, there was enough delicious food to feed another 20!

This was the main food table before Adam got here with his platters of meat from the grill.

And of course there was Sangria! For some reason I am always in charge of the cocktials at these gatherings.

While I couldn't tell you who won or by how much I can tell you that I loved the performance by Blake and Miranda, Madonna put on a pretty good show at age 54 and the Honda CRV Ferris Bueller commerical rocked! And we had a great time celebrating with our friends!

"What's that you say???"

May 2, 2012-- Me: Em you sing so pretty. You should be in choir when you get older. Em: "Well, I think I'll just go The Voice with Adam!"

October 12, 2011-- Me: Emerson Grace did you write on these bar stools? Em: Well.......um...no. Me: Really? Because it says "Emerson!"

January 24-- Mommy, my bottom just puffed. Me: What does that mean? Puffed, you know.....when I make a toot but no sound comes out.....just a puff. ~Emmy Grace

January 6-- I didn't dance during worship time today at school. Me: Why not: Well, I need to work on my moves. ~Emmy

January 5-- Man, Mommy the mall was rockin ~Emmy

October 24-- Me: Emmy take your fingers out of your mouth, that's yucky. Emmy: I not, they're in my nose not my mouth.

August 28-- I just saw a chipmunk and he was eating a bologna sandwich and get this, the bologna sandwich was singing. Can you believe that? ~Emmy

August 8-- Mommy, did you know that kangaroos can't hop backwards? I guess they have to u turn to go back, huh? ~Tyson

July 28-- Emmy: Mommy, are we in Mexico? Tyson: Of course not, duh.....if we were in Mexico there would be parrots and sombreros everywhere. Me: Huh?!?

July 16-- If Tyson doesn't obey me, I will eat him. ~Emmy

July 11-- Mommy come quick, something is wrong with the TV!" That's called a commercial. ~Emmy

June 25-- Mommy, smell my neck. Me: Why? Tyson: I sprayed Daddy's cologne, I think Vick and Hannah will like it.

June 25-- Mommy, remember when I was a baby and I couldn't talk? ~Emmy Me: As a matter of fact I sure do!!!

June 1-- We pull into the Wal Mart parking lot, "Mommy, why are we here? I don't like this place?" ~Emmy

April 23-- Tyson: "Mommy, quick you gotta get out her fast." Me: What? Is Emmy ok?" Tyson: "Well....no she fell on a rock and is screaming, but I want you to see this bug I found by where she fell."

March 24-- Mommy, when I was at Grandma's house, we ordered pizza from a place called Dominos.....ever heard of it?~Tyson

March 18-- Em and I are at Target looking at dresses, "Mommy, Emmy need to shave my legs." Me: No you don't, you have beautiful legs minus the 16 bruises. "Na uh, look, right there....some fuzzy hair." ~Em

March 5-- Em and I are driving home from Chipotle (Paul and Tyson are following behind in Paul's truck) Em says, "Mommy, where are Daddy and Tyson?" Me: They're behind us in Daddy's truck. They will have to catch up to us. "Ketchup? Mommy Emmy doesn't like ketchup. Why did you say ketchup?"

February 17-- "Are we rich?" Where did you hear that? "Henry said he's rich. So.......are we?" ~Tyson (name has again been changed to protect the wealthy)

February 15-- "Mommy, don't worry about my vitamins...I already took 'em." Huh, how'd you do that? "Well, it wasn't easy, I had to drag the chair over to the cabinet to reach, then I had to push down real hard and turn the lid. Why do they make it so hard to open?" Oh, I don't know...some crazy thing called CHILD PROOF!!!

February 8-- "Mommy did you know Sally Sue at school has hairy arms? I thought girls weren't supposed to have hairy arms."~Tyson (names have been changed to protect the hairy)

February 11--"I don't want to go to Emmy school today. I want to go shopping." ~Emerson

February 9-- "I need my own IPOD." Me: What music would you put on it? "Old school rap." ~Tyson

January 28-- "Mommy, did you know every word has to have a vowel in it...ya know, like a*e*i*o*u?" ~Tyson

January 20-- Paul asks Emerson what did you do today, Em says "I go to doctor." What did the doctor do? "she check my vitals." Where does she get this stuff?

January 17-- Tyson eating breakfast, "I love Migas! Reminds me of good times!" Paul: What good times? Tyson: "Eating breakfast at Grandma's house."

December 20-- Tyson eating breakfast this morning: "I can't even speak this is so good!" (that's got to be a first)

December 14-- Emmy walking from the kitchen with an unopened bag of marshmallows----"Mommy, I want deese on a plate with my lunch." note to self......close the pantry door

December 11-- "Mommy, when I turn into a grown up....I'm still gonna live with you and Daddy." Me: Really Buddy...why? "Because I like you and Daddy and I wanna live with you forever, even after I have a wife and child." ~ Tyson

December 11-- Me: Tyson I'm afraid Emmy and I can't eat lunch with you today. I think Emmy has pink eye. "That's ok Mommy........you can just leave her in the car while you eat with me."~ Tyson

December 10-- "Mommy, where's the clay? I need to make a dradle."

November 29-- "Mommy, hurry....my heart is not beating!"~Tyson

November 13-- "Mommy can I aks you someping? Can we go to Target? Emmy needs more shoes!" ~Emerson

November 11-- I walk into Emmy's room, she's sitting on the floor with EVERY wipee out of the container laying around her and one naked baby doll. Me: Emmy WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Em: (insert whiney 2 yr old voice) "But Mommyyyyyyy my baby doll was poopy.

October 28-- I pick up Tyson from school, as he's walking to the car he says, "finally the day is over......these boots have been killin' me!" It was boot day at school.

October 14-- Tyson: "Mommy, why is your hair dryer in the trash can?" Me: it overheated. Tyson: "what's that mean?" Me: Well, it's means in can catch Mommy's hair on fire. Tyson: "Oh that's OK, we learned about Stop, Drop and Roll today at school, I can help you if you catch on fire." Me: Thanks Buddy, good to know you got Mommy's back.

October 9-- Emmy: " what 'dis song Mommy?" Me: Umbrella by Rihanna, "brella song? Emmy like dis song!"

October 7-- "I can't find Emmy's tummy Mommy." Me: Did you look under your shirt? "Oh, there it is." ~Em

September 26-- Wendy, Em, Max and I are at Old Navy. Em says, "I eatin goldfish mommy!" Nice. I didn't bring any gold fish, Em....where'd you get it" "Right dere.....on floor." Perfect.

September 24-- Tyson and I are driving to school this morning, when he tells he me that yesterday he wanted to lay down at school; Why? I ask. "Because I was tired of learning about boring stuff like numbers. I wanna learn about more exciting stuff like frogs."

September 19-- Sad, but true story: We (the whole fam plus Mom) are driving to eat dinner, Paul accidentally hits a deer. Eveyrone is frantic, Tyson begins to cry, Paul's worried about his truck. Mom and I are telling Paul just to keep driving, because the sight of the impaled deer may send my son into shock. Emmy calmly but highly concerned asks, "Mommy, we still go to returant?"

***sidenote to the September 19 post: the deer got up and ran away. No need to call PETA on us.***

September 14-- We sit down to eat dinner, Tyson picks up his napkin and asks, "are these new? they feel different, kinda thin and cheap?" me: "well yes, they are new.... I normally buy bounty napkins but they were out so these are HEB store brand." Tyson: "well maybe next time we can get the other ones, ok Mommy."

September 12-- The family and I are shopping at Joann Fabrics (Paul's least favorite place to go) I am checking out the fall decor section and Paul and the kids are hanging out in the Halloween section. All of a sudden I hear this blood curdling scream from Emmy. I drop the basket and go running to see what has made the horrified sound come out of my daughter. There standing at the end of the aisle is Paul wearing an Obama mask and trying to rip it off to pick up Em. She was terrified, "come back Daddy! No more man!" Paul: "I'm sorry Emmy, I know the democrats are scary! Daddy doesn't want universal health care either."

August 8-- Tyson and I are shopping, he asks me "where did you meet Daddy?" I tell him I met Daddy at the gym. "Oh, were you there looking for someone to marry?"

August 7-- "Daddy, Mommy's next car needs to be better for the Earth!" ~Tyson

August 1-- The whole family is driving, a song comes on the radio, Emmy asks, "is this poker face mommy?" (for those of you that may not know that is an actual song by Lady Gaga)

July 25-- Tyson and I are driving, "Mommy did you know that boy mooses have peepees and girl mooses have nipples?" (I'm not even sure where to go with that)

July 24-- I'm in the kitchen, Tyson breezes by, "If you need me I'll be parachuting from your bed." ~Tyson

July 23-- We're driving home and I am getting on to Em for kicking the seat and yelling and Tyson mumbles under his breath, " finally...... 'bout time SHE gets in trouble!"

July 22---Tyson is petting Jules, "Mommy, can you do me a favor? Keep loving on her while I take a break and drink some juice." ~Tyson

July 20-- Emmy is looking at herself in out full length mirror, "So pretty!" (while she strokes her hair) ~Emerson

July 17-- Tyson is playing guitar, "Pretty Cool Tysese!" ~Emerson