Mac and Cheese

This was Zander when he was exactly 11 months old on February 24, 2010.  It was his first time eating Macaroni and Cheese.  My how he has grown.    

Photo Work Day

This picture of Zander cracks me up.  It was taken on May 6, 2010.  Zander was 13 1/2 months in this picture.  He is almost Sophia's age now. 

Fun experiment on days I work

On days that I work I don't have time to blog.  I decided on the days I work I am going to pick a random album in my picture files, and pick one picture from that album to post on my blog.  It will be totally random, and even if I don't think any of the pictures in that album are very good, or blog worthy, I will post one anyways.  SO here is today's photo.  It was taken on August 27, 2011, a picture of my sweet girl Sophia. 

Our Morning

 This is how I found my husband and my daughter spending some of their morning.  My husband loves his kids. And Sophia is such a daddy's girl!

So, Brian shared some of his cereal with Sophia

And then he decided this was how he was going to brush his teeth this morning.  I walked into our master bathroom to find this...

Swimming and Shelving

Sophia had her first swim lesson today.  And Zander came with for the lesson too, because he had to make up for the lesson we missed on Wednesday. 

Sophia did really well.  She loved it.  Zander is still a little clingy.  He always had one arm around someone's neck.  The kids are in a parent-child swim class, so Brian and I both got in the water today with Zander and Sophia.  Zander did warm up after a while and was smiling and laughing when they did the throw the fishy game.  The child throws a fish or duck and then swims to get it. 

After swim lessons, we stopped and picked some KFC and brought it home where we had lunch with my parents.  My parents came to visit us today because they bought shelves for us.  After lunch we began the task of putting all of the shelving units together.  My parents were great because they stuck around for many hours putting together the shelving units.  The shelves are for all of the kids toys in our basement.  And it looks amazing. I will have to put pictures of it on here later.   After all the shelves were up and the toys were organized, I snuck away to do a little shopping.  I had to go to the Disney Store to get a gift for my niece for her birthday tomorrow.  And then I stopped at Kohl's to return something.  

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to keep up with my blog more.  I am going to try and post every day I am off work.  And the days I am working I am going to try to post 1 picture.  I really love blogging, and do it as a way to remember the day to day of my life with my family.  I think it is a great way to record the memories and milestones of my children.  And to remember what they have said, or how they are growing.  They grow up so fast, and I want to remember it all.  I have decided my blog may not be perfect and I am definitely not a good writer, but I am still going to do it.  Even if what I write may not make sense always.   

labor day

Today is Labor Day, and I am definetely Labored. I had to work! When I was trying to say goodbye to Zander and go to work, Zander ran out into the garage and tried to get into my car. He was so upset to see that he couldn't come with me. Trying to explain that I have to go to work, and he has to stay home with daddy is hard. He was very upset, and just cried and cried. My poor baby. I love that boy. He is such a mamma's boy! Brian was going to take the kids to the labor day parade that our town puts on, but he mixed up the times. He thought the parade started at noon, but it started at 10 a.m., so he missed it. Maybe next year. This parade must be very exciting, because people set up chairs along the parade route for days in advance.

On another note, I need to blog more about what Sophia is up to. Especially when it comes to new things she is doing or saying. Sophia now says "mamamamamam." I am not sure if she said it today for the first time, but I do know she is now saying it as of today. I love that girl. God has truly blessed us with 2 amazing kids!
I forgot to blog the other day, so here is something that happened on Saturday, September 2, 2011.

Sophia had her first wagon ride

And her brother pulled her in it!

Even though at times he couldn't see



Zander loved pulling her. He is concentrating here!

And she loved it!

Productivity

1 load of laundry

plus

all the laundry sorted

plus

1 tray of blueberry baby food made

plus

1 tray of banana baby food made

plus

1 tray of sweet potato baby food made

plus

2 children fed breakfast

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1 bottle given

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5 diaper changes, 3 of them poopy

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2 children dressed for the day

plus

1 child down for her morning nap

all before noon equals

1 busy but productive morning