D-D-D-D-Dora!!! Dora the Explorer has always been a great cartoon to watch. I get tired of the repetition, but the kids seem to love it. Bert and Ernie are learning spanish words from the cartoon…so that qualifies it for Foreign language teaching, right?
The other night we were watching Dora and Boots come to [...]
Archive for April, 2009
30 Apr
My Love Hate Relationship with Dora
30 Apr
Weight update:
I’m getting heavier…
While I would normally not like this result, I am realizing that it is occurring because my muscles are getting bigger. My tummy is getting smaller, but my quads, biceps, triceps and neck muscles are all bigger. I can work with this. It just means I will always be a size 6-8…never any [...]
24 Apr
A Big Week for Bert
From now on my oldest son will be named Bert on this blog. Baby Brother will be Ernie.
Now, since that is out of the way, let’s enlighten you on the wonderful new things that Bert has had going on this week. Sunday he and I worked for the first time on getting him to take [...]
20 Apr
…and so it begins…The Clumsy Phase.
Big Brother has officially entered the clumsy phase. This is not the “I am not paying attention so I run into the wall” type of clumsy phase. My son has a problem with chairs and minding parental authority (whose child doesn’t have this problem?). He tangled with an office chair the other day in the [...]
20 Apr
The Lady I Wanted to Slap this Morning.
This has bothered me all morning long. My personality makes it necessary to analyze this moment over and over in my mind and wonder what in the world are some parents doing to their kids. The teacher in me thinks it is pretty apparent why so many kids are so disrespectful at school (and everywhere [...]
19 Apr
2 Year Old Eating Problems…and Dessert
We have always had a rule that if you don’t eat your supper you don’t get dessert. Easy enough? I thought so.
When we started this, we didn’t always eat dessert. Usually we would wait until Big Brother went to bed…and then we would eat our dessert. Now Big Brother’s big thing is eating everything on [...]
18 Apr
What to Rename My Kids?
I am thinking that “Big Brother” and “Baby Boy” are outliving their usefullness. (Not in my daily life–I am referring to their blogging names)
First, Baby Boy is 2…not quite a baby anymore. Also, he will always be a “Big Brother,” I think he needs his own identity. So, I am searching for the perfect replacement [...]
16 Apr
Wished it Would Have Occurred to Me that Breathing While Running is a Technique Learned
This morning I got up and really was not looking forward to the fact that today was a “running” day. The idea of going to the gym was okay…that didn’t bother me, but I DID NOT feel like running.
We got up there and I got on the treadmill. I put on Emeril and started walking [...]
14 Apr
Having the Hubby Around the House
I Love having my husband home!!!! It is wonderful to have a man around the house to cuddle with on the sofa or play Guitar Hero with. I only see him normally between 10-15 hours a week because of his work schedule, but this week he asked for a couple of days off due to [...]
8 Apr
My Boys Are Growing Up
Thought I better login and tell you all “Hi!” We had a weekend visit from Grandma and will get another one from 2 more Grandparents this coming weekend for Baby Boy’s 2nd Birthday!!!
He’s turning 2!!! He is getting to be so big! He still loves getting snuggles and hugs though, so I am content. [...]
3 Apr
He Squealed Like a Girl
Big Brother has recently been able to chew bubble gum for the first time. When I first gave in and gave it to him I told him that he should throw it away and not swallow his gum. When he asked me why, I told him it wasn’t good for his body to swallow his [...]
1 Apr
April Fools Memories…Kiss Concerts…And Tales of Vegas Bets of Engagement
One night, we were staying at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Actually this was the first of many trips with my then boyfriend. I had turned 21 that year and we decided to take a FunJet Vacation and hit the casinos. We were both in college then and had been dating since [...]
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