Our projects for the month of January:
Themes for February will be Valentine's Day and numbers
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Painting with fruit
We did this project over the course of a couple days. I chose a kiwi, orange and apple and their related colors - green, orange and red. Acadia loved painting with the fruit! I would cut the fruit in half, paint with one half then serve the other half as a snack when she was done painting.
Sesame Street Live, Part 2
So I showed you the bad yesterday and today I'll show you the good. Acadia loved, loved, loved the show. It was a little longer than I thought it would be and by the end of it the kids were pretty tired, but she danced and clapped through pretty much the entire show. We loved seeing her so happy!
She watched about 5 minutes of the show like this.....crazy kid...
She watched about 5 minutes of the show like this.....crazy kid...
Friday, January 30, 2009
Sesame Street Live, Part 1
We took Acadia to Sesame Street Live Wednesday morning and she loved it!! We were sweating in the beginning, because she was awful at first - kicking, screaming, throwing tantrums - the works, while we were waiting for the show. At first it wasn't too big of a deal, but then I started looking around at all the other kids (we went with a bunch of girls from my playgroup) in the audience and noticed they were sitting quietly on their parent's laps just waiting for the show. And me? I had the devil in my lap. After a bit, people started to look at us and I told Matt that I get these looks a lot lately. They say, Thank GOD that's not my child. Or Aren't those parent's going to do something to calm that kid down? We resorted to bribing, begging, threats - everything we could think of, but in the end, she didn't calm down until a few minutes into the show.
After the first 15 minutes of trying everything we could, I did what any crazy, out of control mother would do - I started video taping and laughing hysterically. The woman in the row in front of me started laughing and I told her I was taping her for revenge when she's older. At the end of the day, you can do two things - laugh or cry. I've done my fair share of crying lately because of the way she's been behaving so the only thing left to do is laugh!
I was close.....very close.....
Thursday, January 29, 2009
TFT: Breast is NOT best!
I love, love, love this article. Tuesday evening I had some women from my play group over for a mom's nights out. We discussed everything from tantrums to learning to crawl to the exhaustion level when your baby is a newborn to breastfeeding. It's very sad to me how many women feel judged in their decisions involving raising a child. To work or not to work? To breastfeed or not to? And if you breastfeed, it seems that people have to comment if you do it for too long or not long enough.
If you have kids, are pregnant or thinking of having children, please read this article. It's so true - what works for some moms may not work for others and no one should ever feel judged. We are all doing what we think is best for our children, and at the end of the day, that's the only thing that matters.
If you have kids, are pregnant or thinking of having children, please read this article. It's so true - what works for some moms may not work for others and no one should ever feel judged. We are all doing what we think is best for our children, and at the end of the day, that's the only thing that matters.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Making progress
Last night, for the first time, Acadia went up to her potty and said to Matti, "Potty?" He asked her if she had to go potty and she nodded. He got her ready and the second she sat down she started going pee!
Side note: Never in a million years did I think I would be sharing a story with you about my daughter's pee pee. Shit. Show's how exciting my life is! LOL!!!
Side note: Never in a million years did I think I would be sharing a story with you about my daughter's pee pee. Shit. Show's how exciting my life is! LOL!!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
It's true!
I passed my gestational diabetes test on Friday. They told me I passed on Friday, but they also send my labs to the hospital and the confirmed this afternoon that I passed :) I had planned on failing and going on the GD diet like I did with Acadia, but I actually passed!
This means that I have a pretty good chance of going into labor on my own, which will be kind of exciting. I had an amazing experience with my induction last time, but it would be kind of exciting to go into labor on my own because I've never experienced that.
This means that I have a pretty good chance of going into labor on my own, which will be kind of exciting. I had an amazing experience with my induction last time, but it would be kind of exciting to go into labor on my own because I've never experienced that.
I remember Monday
I remember...falling in love with Matti - part two...
Once I was done crying, I went to bed. My whole world had changed with the words I had just said to Matti. Our relationship had changed. Everything. Had. Changed. Have you ever woken up when something bad has happened and hope and pray that what you had experienced was just a dream and not your life? I felt that way for quite a while. Matti and I had a talk and we both said it wouldn't change our relationship, but how can it not? How could we look at each other the same?
That summer, we continued to hang out. We went to dinners, we went on car rides, we went on picnics, downtown with our friends, had late night talks. All the while, my poor friends and family (who didn't know him well) sat back, frustrated and confused as to why I would keep spending time with him. In their opinion, he was sending me mixed signals - we were as close as two people could be, yet I had put my heart out on the line and he had rejected me.
I would spend my days making it through work or school - whichever I had going on that day - and would rush to get home so I could spend time with Matti. It crushed me to be so close to him, yet I also couldn't stay away.
Finally, in October, we decided to go camping in Acadia National Park. My friends and family were shocked that I would go with him for a couple of reasons. One - anyone in the Northeast knows that October in Maine is cold. Very cold. Especially at night. Two - need I remind you what happened on my twenty-first birthday??
It took us about 9 hours by car to get to Acadia. We talked the entire time. We talked about our hopes and dreams, told funny stories about our childhood, played our little game that we had been playing over the past year - "tell me one thing I don't know about you", we laughed. It felt good. It was also bittersweet. I remember thinking that I wanted to talk to him like this for the rest of my life. That I could never tire of hearing him. He made me want to be better than I was. To be smarter. To be stronger. To be kinder.
We spent that first day setting up our site and talking by the campfire. We drank beers and stared at the sky. It got colder and we bundled up. Finally we crawled into our tent and snuggled up in our sleeping bags. We continued to whisper to each other, as to not wake up any other campers. Finally, after a 9 hour car ride and an evening spent around the campfire talking the entire time, we were silent. I remember laying my head on his chest with my hand on his stomach. We laid there like that for a while. Then, as though we both had the same thought, we just looked at each other. There was a moment where I don't think that either of us knew what was going to happen next. Slowly, we leaned in and kissed each other. And everything - every memory, every tear shed, every joke, every conversation, every car ride, every story told to each other, every picnic, every late night spent talking - went into that kiss.
To this day, that was one of the most memorable and happy moments of my life. I never wanted to let go of him that night, and still don't. As with every couple who has been together for a while, we have our ups and downs. We argue just like everyone else. But... At the end of the day, we are each other's best friends and have been that way for over ten years. I couldn't imagine my life without him...
"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand."
Once I was done crying, I went to bed. My whole world had changed with the words I had just said to Matti. Our relationship had changed. Everything. Had. Changed. Have you ever woken up when something bad has happened and hope and pray that what you had experienced was just a dream and not your life? I felt that way for quite a while. Matti and I had a talk and we both said it wouldn't change our relationship, but how can it not? How could we look at each other the same?
That summer, we continued to hang out. We went to dinners, we went on car rides, we went on picnics, downtown with our friends, had late night talks. All the while, my poor friends and family (who didn't know him well) sat back, frustrated and confused as to why I would keep spending time with him. In their opinion, he was sending me mixed signals - we were as close as two people could be, yet I had put my heart out on the line and he had rejected me.
I would spend my days making it through work or school - whichever I had going on that day - and would rush to get home so I could spend time with Matti. It crushed me to be so close to him, yet I also couldn't stay away.
Finally, in October, we decided to go camping in Acadia National Park. My friends and family were shocked that I would go with him for a couple of reasons. One - anyone in the Northeast knows that October in Maine is cold. Very cold. Especially at night. Two - need I remind you what happened on my twenty-first birthday??
It took us about 9 hours by car to get to Acadia. We talked the entire time. We talked about our hopes and dreams, told funny stories about our childhood, played our little game that we had been playing over the past year - "tell me one thing I don't know about you", we laughed. It felt good. It was also bittersweet. I remember thinking that I wanted to talk to him like this for the rest of my life. That I could never tire of hearing him. He made me want to be better than I was. To be smarter. To be stronger. To be kinder.
We spent that first day setting up our site and talking by the campfire. We drank beers and stared at the sky. It got colder and we bundled up. Finally we crawled into our tent and snuggled up in our sleeping bags. We continued to whisper to each other, as to not wake up any other campers. Finally, after a 9 hour car ride and an evening spent around the campfire talking the entire time, we were silent. I remember laying my head on his chest with my hand on his stomach. We laid there like that for a while. Then, as though we both had the same thought, we just looked at each other. There was a moment where I don't think that either of us knew what was going to happen next. Slowly, we leaned in and kissed each other. And everything - every memory, every tear shed, every joke, every conversation, every car ride, every story told to each other, every picnic, every late night spent talking - went into that kiss.
To this day, that was one of the most memorable and happy moments of my life. I never wanted to let go of him that night, and still don't. As with every couple who has been together for a while, we have our ups and downs. We argue just like everyone else. But... At the end of the day, we are each other's best friends and have been that way for over ten years. I couldn't imagine my life without him...
"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand."
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Weekend recap
Friday night my sister and her fiance had to put their dog Spike down. He was 12 and lived a long and very happy life - he couldn't have had two better parents in the whole world. Miche and Jimmy loved him so much and Spike knew how much he was loved. So Friday night Matt and I watched a movie and had a very low key night.
Saturday morning was spent at Fiori's Bridal looking at bridesmaids dresses with Miche, Des and Danielle. Danielle looks great in everything and there were a lot of cute dresses to choose from.
Saturday afternoon Miche, Cadi and I hung out while Matt, Ross and Jimmy went to the movies to take Jimmy's mind off of things for a couple hours. Saturday night we went out to dinner with Jimmy, Miche, Ross and Lindsey to celebrate Spike's life. There were many stories shared about Spikers and what an amazing dog he was. Since my mom was watching Acadia overnight, Matt and I decided to see Gran Torino after dinner - awesome movie!!
Today Matt and I got to sleep in for the first time in a looong while then I met Miche and mom for lunch and we went to a bridal show at the Sheraton. Right now Matt is at Costco and Acadia and I are relaxing - reading, learning new sign language and playing with her dolls.
Why do the weekends fly by so quickly?!
Saturday morning was spent at Fiori's Bridal looking at bridesmaids dresses with Miche, Des and Danielle. Danielle looks great in everything and there were a lot of cute dresses to choose from.
Saturday afternoon Miche, Cadi and I hung out while Matt, Ross and Jimmy went to the movies to take Jimmy's mind off of things for a couple hours. Saturday night we went out to dinner with Jimmy, Miche, Ross and Lindsey to celebrate Spike's life. There were many stories shared about Spikers and what an amazing dog he was. Since my mom was watching Acadia overnight, Matt and I decided to see Gran Torino after dinner - awesome movie!!
Today Matt and I got to sleep in for the first time in a looong while then I met Miche and mom for lunch and we went to a bridal show at the Sheraton. Right now Matt is at Costco and Acadia and I are relaxing - reading, learning new sign language and playing with her dolls.
Why do the weekends fly by so quickly?!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
BFs
After art on Thursday, we went to a new Mexican place downtown for lunch. Max took his girlfriend's hand and they strolled down Church Street together - very romantic!
Friday, January 23, 2009
We will miss you Spike...
"Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives."
~John Galsworthy
~John Galsworthy
Downtown art
We met Ky and Max downtown today for a drop in art class. The kids had a blast and Ky and I were able to relax, as the room was probably one of the best "baby proofed" room I've ever been in. The entire floor was padded, which was awesome. Comfortable for the kids to lay down on while painting and comfy for us moms to sit down on. They had a play-doh station, a paint station, a water color station and a marker station. The kids had so much fun that Ky and I both decided to buy passes to the studio to make it a weekly outing together!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
TFT - Your dream job
My friend Bonnie recently submitted our book group in a drawing to win a copy of this book by Lesley Kagen. Not only did our book group win, but we were also able to speak with Lesley by phone conference for an hour this past Monday night.
I have never spoke with an author before and it was really cool to be able to ask her questions about how the process of writing a book goes for her. We asked if she had a hard time switching from writing about one character to the next (no), how long it takes her to write a book (a year to a year and a half), if she knows when starting a book how it's going to end (no she doesn't - she said she is just as surprised as the readers with what takes place during the course of writing her books), if she misses the characters when she's done writing about them like we as readers do when we're done reading about them (no she said, because they are always with her in her heart). It was an awesome conversation and was so cool to be able to get inside of an author's head.
One thing I was struck by is how often she said how lucky she was to be able to write for a living. That she needed to write every day. She said a couple times that it is her dream job.
I couldn't help but think what it would be like to have my dream job. I mean, honestly - what would my dream job even be? I love blogging, and suppose that would be the closest thing I could have to a dream job. I enjoy writing down my thoughts, as scary as it is to have my thoughts out there for all to see, it's also a bit freeing. So, if I had to chose, I would say that professional blogging would be my dream job.
I have never spoke with an author before and it was really cool to be able to ask her questions about how the process of writing a book goes for her. We asked if she had a hard time switching from writing about one character to the next (no), how long it takes her to write a book (a year to a year and a half), if she knows when starting a book how it's going to end (no she doesn't - she said she is just as surprised as the readers with what takes place during the course of writing her books), if she misses the characters when she's done writing about them like we as readers do when we're done reading about them (no she said, because they are always with her in her heart). It was an awesome conversation and was so cool to be able to get inside of an author's head.
One thing I was struck by is how often she said how lucky she was to be able to write for a living. That she needed to write every day. She said a couple times that it is her dream job.
I couldn't help but think what it would be like to have my dream job. I mean, honestly - what would my dream job even be? I love blogging, and suppose that would be the closest thing I could have to a dream job. I enjoy writing down my thoughts, as scary as it is to have my thoughts out there for all to see, it's also a bit freeing. So, if I had to chose, I would say that professional blogging would be my dream job.
What would it be like? To have your dream job? We all have stress in our jobs - whether we work in an office setting, a retail setting, are a stay at home parent or work in the medical field. But most of us have jobs we either can't stand or at least just tolerate. Imagine having your dream job. Sure, you'd still have some stress, but you'd at least be passionate about your job.
TFT: Do you have your dream job? If not, what is your dream job?
Gobama!
My mom had a Gobama dinner party on Tuesday evening. It was so much fun to be with family and friends to celebrate :)
I found this super easy cake recipe for the party
Of course Acadia's afternoon snack had to be blueberries, strawberries and whipped cream
The Paradees celebrating!
Acadia calling Obama to congragulate him
The future presidents??
Bonnie giving Acadia a bite of cake
A. Brenda, Colleen and Bon
Laurie and Tim
Gobama!!
My mom
I found this super easy cake recipe for the party
Of course Acadia's afternoon snack had to be blueberries, strawberries and whipped cream
The Paradees celebrating!
Acadia calling Obama to congragulate him
The future presidents??
Bonnie giving Acadia a bite of cake
A. Brenda, Colleen and Bon
Laurie and Tim
Gobama!!
My mom
Saying goodbye to each other
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The kid is awesome
I just pointed to the pic of Barack I have on my blog and asked Acadia who it was.
Her reply? Rock Omama
Close, Acadia. Very close.
Her reply? Rock Omama
Close, Acadia. Very close.
Winter Party '09
Our friend Ross just passed his exam to become a head soccer coach (he is now the assistant coach at UVM for men's soccer) so we wanted to have a dinner for him to celebrate. Our dinner plans ended up turning into brunch and dinner - aka our second annual winter party. Although it was a little cold for sledding and outdoor bonfires like we did last year, we still had a blast with our friends!
Side note: Don't worry - the drinking games took place when Acadia was down for her nap!
The girls
Silly uncle Rossy
Side note: Don't worry - the drinking games took place when Acadia was down for her nap!
The girls
Silly uncle Rossy
Acadia and Auntie Lindsey arguing about how you play Cranium
Auntie Sissy, Acadia and her dolls playing Ring Around the Rosie
She was glued to Uncle Sammy the whole day
Auntie Sissy, Acadia and her dolls playing Ring Around the Rosie
She was glued to Uncle Sammy the whole day
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