I need to stop blog everyday about Snoh's visit because we're leading very boring lives lately.
We had another boring day at home. We watched 2 movies, because MaryBeth is over trying to limit TV & computer time when we have nothing here for a 5 year old to do and we both get on each other's nerves when he's running around crazy. Next time, I will plan out some more activities before he gets here, or make him bring more than books & movies to our house.
We went to Wende Lady's house for dinner. I ran there (well, most of the way, but at 5:30 it was still at least 95 degrees and I wasn't hydrated and I went way too fast) so before I got there he told Wende, "Let me tell what we're eating for dinner." And he opened the fridge and looked for something when she said "Tacos from the oven," and of course he said, "I'm still looking."
That was just like our conversation about lunch. He wants to pick out all of his meals but I still do it to make sure he's eating somewhat healthy. He had given me his choices for lunch: lucky charms, oatmeal or PB&J sandwich. So I said, Macaroni & cheese, turkey sandwich or spaghetti. Then he said, "Those were NOT the choices MaryBeth." but they were because he chose mac & cheese.
Hoping to see Wende Lady one more time before he goes back to Washington, but time will tell since her & Don are going camping this weekend.
He told Coco tonight what Brother's exit is. "Mom don't forget brother's exit is 3-3-A. See you in 2 days. Good-bye." He still doesn't know she'll be here tomorrow!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Day 29 (August 18)
Yet another very lazy day at home. Nothing super exciting to report. Oh, except that I found Marcel's missing phone. I had forgotten it was missing, assuming it had made it to work with him, so I started laundry and once the load made it to the dryer it seemed really loud, like a tennis shoe had been in there. After 10 minutes I couldn't take how loud it was so I stopped it and discovered the back case to his phone. My mom instructed me to leave it in the sun to dry out which I did until Coco told me to put it in rice. It was in rice overnight and the phone looked dried out so we tried to turn it on the next morning and Marcel has a DEAD phone. I'm very glad it was just about 15 months into our married life before washing something not approved for washing & drying. Here's to hoping it is another 15 months!
Snoh is getting very excited for his Mom to come stay the night at Brother's house. At dinner, though, he said "I miss my mom, but I don't want to leave Brother's house because I'll miss brother and you too much." Talk about making me want to cry, which I almost did because we've watched him grow up here and soon he's leaving. When I asked him to go get his pajamas on, a few minutes later it seemed really quiet so I went to check on him. He was just sitting on his bed next to the pajamas he picked out (probably the 1st time they've actually matched!) with a big grin on his face. It was as if I had caught him being naughty. No he just said, "I'm smiling because it is almost the star day" which is how I marked on the calendar when she'd be coming...
Snoh is getting very excited for his Mom to come stay the night at Brother's house. At dinner, though, he said "I miss my mom, but I don't want to leave Brother's house because I'll miss brother and you too much." Talk about making me want to cry, which I almost did because we've watched him grow up here and soon he's leaving. When I asked him to go get his pajamas on, a few minutes later it seemed really quiet so I went to check on him. He was just sitting on his bed next to the pajamas he picked out (probably the 1st time they've actually matched!) with a big grin on his face. It was as if I had caught him being naughty. No he just said, "I'm smiling because it is almost the star day" which is how I marked on the calendar when she'd be coming...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Day 28 (August 17)
Can't believe it has been 4 weeks already?
Today, Snoh was very excited for a blueberry poptart, a flavor I only bought to get another reward code from so that I can cash in our sugary-breakfast habit for a free movie ticket!
I made Snoh take a bath and brush his teeth this morning, and even though we've been doing them frequently (brushing teeth yes, morning baths it depends) he was so upset because "mom says we only do it at bedtime." Nothing like a good bribe of getting to put in a fizzy color into the bathwater to get him to do it!
He & brother played Scene-It again and he seemed to do a lot better than when I tried to play with him, but I was trying to sleep. However, even with Marcel's whole-hearted attempts to entertain baby & Snoh I just didn't get in a good nap. Then the kids both took quiet time and I couldn't sleep. Oh well!
We went to Target and got a steal of a deal on some pillows, which we've needed since, oh, probably before we moved here! We even used on of the carts designed for kids to want them but not the parents. I should have taken a picture, because Snoh & Lilli riding next to each other pretty much summed up their time together: they just can't get enough! Then we headed to Taco Bell to get FREE lime-ade sparklers (I think that is what they are called). I recommend the cherry flavor :) Snoh was very concerned that his Taco Bell wouldn't have the new drink, just like how worried he is that his McDonald's won't have the banana strawberry slurpees, which they won't because they have Strawberry Bananan Smoothies.
Snoh LOVED his chicken green bean casserole & salad for dinner. Again, no mention of ketchup! Success for Marcel, who ended up cooking because I did the dishes we got so far behind on. We then played Lighning McQueen War & Crazy Eights. Snoh won the game of war and the first game of Crazy 8's, and MaryBeth won the next game....
Today, Snoh was very excited for a blueberry poptart, a flavor I only bought to get another reward code from so that I can cash in our sugary-breakfast habit for a free movie ticket!
I made Snoh take a bath and brush his teeth this morning, and even though we've been doing them frequently (brushing teeth yes, morning baths it depends) he was so upset because "mom says we only do it at bedtime." Nothing like a good bribe of getting to put in a fizzy color into the bathwater to get him to do it!
He & brother played Scene-It again and he seemed to do a lot better than when I tried to play with him, but I was trying to sleep. However, even with Marcel's whole-hearted attempts to entertain baby & Snoh I just didn't get in a good nap. Then the kids both took quiet time and I couldn't sleep. Oh well!
We went to Target and got a steal of a deal on some pillows, which we've needed since, oh, probably before we moved here! We even used on of the carts designed for kids to want them but not the parents. I should have taken a picture, because Snoh & Lilli riding next to each other pretty much summed up their time together: they just can't get enough! Then we headed to Taco Bell to get FREE lime-ade sparklers (I think that is what they are called). I recommend the cherry flavor :) Snoh was very concerned that his Taco Bell wouldn't have the new drink, just like how worried he is that his McDonald's won't have the banana strawberry slurpees, which they won't because they have Strawberry Bananan Smoothies.
Snoh LOVED his chicken green bean casserole & salad for dinner. Again, no mention of ketchup! Success for Marcel, who ended up cooking because I did the dishes we got so far behind on. We then played Lighning McQueen War & Crazy Eights. Snoh won the game of war and the first game of Crazy 8's, and MaryBeth won the next game....
Day 27 (August 16)
Not much to report here.
- Marcel wasn't feeling good all day so he spent the day on the couch watching movies, well technically the special features
- MaryBeth & Lilli went grocery shopping
- Snoh played on the computer
- MaryBeth had from 5:15-6:15pm to take a nap before working 8pm-2am at Famous Footwear, but woke up at 5:55 to Snoh playing brother's drums and was unable to go back to sleep
- Snoh & brother played Disney Scene It, which is far too hard for Snoh because all the movies are too old for him. They also played Lightning McQueen Crazy Eights & Go Fish.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Day 26 (August 15)
A great morning at church--Marcel and I were able to FINALLY go together, a first since June 13th. It was wonderful. Snoh, again, had a blast.
After church we headed to my dad's house, which is full of company. Cindy's dad and both of my dad's parents are here visiting, helping with the girls since Cindy is back to teaching and my dad is swamped at work with back to school shopping.
Snoh had a blast chasing Payton & Presley around, well, actually it was more like them chasing him around and doing whatever he wanted them to be doing. We did send the 3 of them to the neighborhood park and he had a blast. He even came home and told us that a girl kissed him (it was one of Payton's friends) and that it made him "almost happy!"
We stayed there until 10:30pm so by the time we got home Snoh was up until about 11pm. Totally worth him having a GREAT time with new friends!
After church we headed to my dad's house, which is full of company. Cindy's dad and both of my dad's parents are here visiting, helping with the girls since Cindy is back to teaching and my dad is swamped at work with back to school shopping.
Snoh had a blast chasing Payton & Presley around, well, actually it was more like them chasing him around and doing whatever he wanted them to be doing. We did send the 3 of them to the neighborhood park and he had a blast. He even came home and told us that a girl kissed him (it was one of Payton's friends) and that it made him "almost happy!"
We stayed there until 10:30pm so by the time we got home Snoh was up until about 11pm. Totally worth him having a GREAT time with new friends!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Day 25 (August 14)
We enjoyed french toast and omelets for breakfast. It was just what I needed after my run this morning. We also enjoyed some nice time at home before heading to Wende Lady's house for swimming. We hadn't been there in a long time!
After swimming, Snoh made brownies for us. They were really good, and not what I needed after running today! We had delicous spaghetti, green beans and garlic bread for dinner.
All day long, Snoh asked to play Family Game Night 2 on the Wii before bed, which is what we've been doing the last few nights but with Wii Sports. Little did we know we'd be at Wende's house until 9pm and still end up playing the game. Hope church isn't too early in the morning :)
After swimming, Snoh made brownies for us. They were really good, and not what I needed after running today! We had delicous spaghetti, green beans and garlic bread for dinner.
All day long, Snoh asked to play Family Game Night 2 on the Wii before bed, which is what we've been doing the last few nights but with Wii Sports. Little did we know we'd be at Wende's house until 9pm and still end up playing the game. Hope church isn't too early in the morning :)
50:52
I realize this post will probably get lost into my blog with the next few days of posting about Snoh's visit, but I need to write it anyway for myself.
This last week my half-marathon training had fallen off the deep-end. I missed my long run on Saturday last week and then didn't run again until Thursday night. I've modified this next's week schedule to catch myself back to where I should be to run 13.1 miles on 10/10/10. And that meant today I had to run 5 miles!
I did it in 50:52!
I got home and updated my facebook status to read this: "5 miles in 50:52! Pretty darn proud of that time, especially since that's the farthest I've ever ran in my entire life and that I didn't walk a single step. Although parts of it were hard I never thought about walking, that is what I'm most proud of! 10/10/10 is right around the corner and I'll be ready!!!"
I am super stoked about my time, especially since when I checked it just about every .5 mile, it seemed like I was a lot slower than 5 minute 1/2 miles, but I'm much more proud about not wanting to walk! I could have gone farther too, my body definitely still had gas left, which I never feel like when I run in the morning.
I don't care on 10/10/10 if it takes me 3 hours to finish that 13.1 miles, I will not walk a step! Back to hard-core running for MaryBeth. Now if I could just stop wanting sweets, so I could be losing a little bit of weight :)
This last week my half-marathon training had fallen off the deep-end. I missed my long run on Saturday last week and then didn't run again until Thursday night. I've modified this next's week schedule to catch myself back to where I should be to run 13.1 miles on 10/10/10. And that meant today I had to run 5 miles!
I did it in 50:52!
I got home and updated my facebook status to read this: "5 miles in 50:52! Pretty darn proud of that time, especially since that's the farthest I've ever ran in my entire life and that I didn't walk a single step. Although parts of it were hard I never thought about walking, that is what I'm most proud of! 10/10/10 is right around the corner and I'll be ready!!!"
I am super stoked about my time, especially since when I checked it just about every .5 mile, it seemed like I was a lot slower than 5 minute 1/2 miles, but I'm much more proud about not wanting to walk! I could have gone farther too, my body definitely still had gas left, which I never feel like when I run in the morning.
I don't care on 10/10/10 if it takes me 3 hours to finish that 13.1 miles, I will not walk a step! Back to hard-core running for MaryBeth. Now if I could just stop wanting sweets, so I could be losing a little bit of weight :)
Friday, August 13, 2010
Day 24 (August 13)
Just to note, for future reference, that today is Friday the 13th!
Snoh got lots of computer time this morning, WAY more than I ever give him but brother was in charge and it kept him behaving :) After lunch we went on a field trip to the Discovery Center. We had to drive right past the paddle boats he saw while we were at the zoo and he was VERY disappointed that that was not our field trip. After he got into Discovery Center, though, he had a blast! Today was free admission day (thank you Fred Meyer for a donation so they can have 16 free Friday's) so it waws CROWDED. Way too crowded for me to enjoy. There were little kids running around like crazy! Marcel let out his inner-nerd and saw just about every little thing there was to see, while I mainly made sure Snoh was touching what was allowed to be touched and not touching things that weren't supposed to be touched, oh and I was pushing Lilli around also. I should note that I'm not a good driver: I didn't push racks of clothes well at Banana, and I can't make a stroller go where I want it to. I'm getting better, but I still have lots of improvement to make!
Snoh then had playtime with his toys in his room while we were making dinner: steak, baked potato, and more corn on the cob. And now another night of playing Wii Sports before bed. Have to admit, that I got beat down in Boxing by the 5 year old!
**Again, there are pictures from the Discovery Center but they'll be added later
Snoh got lots of computer time this morning, WAY more than I ever give him but brother was in charge and it kept him behaving :) After lunch we went on a field trip to the Discovery Center. We had to drive right past the paddle boats he saw while we were at the zoo and he was VERY disappointed that that was not our field trip. After he got into Discovery Center, though, he had a blast! Today was free admission day (thank you Fred Meyer for a donation so they can have 16 free Friday's) so it waws CROWDED. Way too crowded for me to enjoy. There were little kids running around like crazy! Marcel let out his inner-nerd and saw just about every little thing there was to see, while I mainly made sure Snoh was touching what was allowed to be touched and not touching things that weren't supposed to be touched, oh and I was pushing Lilli around also. I should note that I'm not a good driver: I didn't push racks of clothes well at Banana, and I can't make a stroller go where I want it to. I'm getting better, but I still have lots of improvement to make!
Snoh then had playtime with his toys in his room while we were making dinner: steak, baked potato, and more corn on the cob. And now another night of playing Wii Sports before bed. Have to admit, that I got beat down in Boxing by the 5 year old!
**Again, there are pictures from the Discovery Center but they'll be added later
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Day 23 (August 12)
Yet another day spent at home and now I'm short on time.
Today, we
Today, we
- Made cupcakes and Snoh did all of it: pouring in all the ingredients, even the eggs (I only had to go shell diving once!), beating it, filling the pan with the cupcake liners, and filling them. I only have 1 muffin pan so the cook time made him lose some interest in it, but he still managed to fill them all again. He has yet to frost any, but I did most of the frosting for us already. They turned out so good. Good thing for a great sale at Albertson's; I think I'll be headed back for more cake mixes!
- Watched Monster's Inc which put Brother to sleep
- Were happy that Lilli finally took a decent nap. 1 hour is huge for her! Now to work on the timing because her sleeping during our lunch meant both kids weren't at quiet time together
- Ate dinner on the patio tonight, which the weather was perfect for!
- The boys played a few games on Wii Sports, while MaryBeth went running for the first time in far too long. 10/10/10 isn't that far away, I gotta get my serious face back on if I'm going to be running 13.1 miles that day without dying!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Day 22 (August 11)
Not much excitement here today...
Brother mowed the grass this morning and Snoh had fun for a few minutes following behind him. He was rather upset when brother sent him inside because it had started to rain. He chose to have Trix for breakfast even though we were out of milk.
After MaryBeth and Lilli had lunch they left for a girls-only shopping adventure. Sounds fun, huh? Well, it actually was so nice to get out alone (yes, I did bring Lilli, but since she's strapped in the seat and can't go anywhere it is a lot different than having Snoh with us!). We went to Albertson's, Target, and Walmart. Marcel laughed at me when I was bringing bags in and told him not to look in the Target bag because I started Christmas shopping for him. I didn't mean to, but when you find something you just have to get it. Plus the price was just right, which makes a gift even better on our budget!
I returned to the boys playing Wii and found out that Snoh was trying to have both Spaghettios and Lasagne for lunch and when he was told that wasn't an option he was unhappy. Brother made a compromise and said pick one to start with and when you finish that you can have some of the 2nd kind, so he enjoyed Spaghettios first and still had room for lasagne.
Dinner was homemade hamburger patties, french fries and corn on the cob, which has become Snoh's favorite here. He wouldn't even let us start dinner until we said a prayer, holding hands of course. He prayed for the food, our family and "that my mom will still come on the star day, maybe even the heart day". (On the calendar we're looking at to see when mom is coming I put a star on Friday the 20th, but now it has changed to her coming on the 21st, so I made the first star into a heart and made a new star. I told him that MaryBeth messed up and put a star on the wrong day, but he is still convinced Mom might surprise him and come on the heart day) I nearly put ketchup on my corn on the cob which disgusted me, but that's how he eats his corn and if he's eating it, he's eating it!
Snoh loved church again tonight and was very excited to show us his picture, teach me the new song he learned and tell me that like on Sunday he made new friends. Today we were looking at the pictures I finally uploaded to facebook and he saw that I had taken a picture of his ladybug drawing from Sunday School. He said, "I did that in my 5 year old class." And I told him, yes at Sunday School. He out-smarted me and said, "It's called Sunday and Wednesday school." How could I argue with that?
Brother mowed the grass this morning and Snoh had fun for a few minutes following behind him. He was rather upset when brother sent him inside because it had started to rain. He chose to have Trix for breakfast even though we were out of milk.
After MaryBeth and Lilli had lunch they left for a girls-only shopping adventure. Sounds fun, huh? Well, it actually was so nice to get out alone (yes, I did bring Lilli, but since she's strapped in the seat and can't go anywhere it is a lot different than having Snoh with us!). We went to Albertson's, Target, and Walmart. Marcel laughed at me when I was bringing bags in and told him not to look in the Target bag because I started Christmas shopping for him. I didn't mean to, but when you find something you just have to get it. Plus the price was just right, which makes a gift even better on our budget!
I returned to the boys playing Wii and found out that Snoh was trying to have both Spaghettios and Lasagne for lunch and when he was told that wasn't an option he was unhappy. Brother made a compromise and said pick one to start with and when you finish that you can have some of the 2nd kind, so he enjoyed Spaghettios first and still had room for lasagne.
Dinner was homemade hamburger patties, french fries and corn on the cob, which has become Snoh's favorite here. He wouldn't even let us start dinner until we said a prayer, holding hands of course. He prayed for the food, our family and "that my mom will still come on the star day, maybe even the heart day". (On the calendar we're looking at to see when mom is coming I put a star on Friday the 20th, but now it has changed to her coming on the 21st, so I made the first star into a heart and made a new star. I told him that MaryBeth messed up and put a star on the wrong day, but he is still convinced Mom might surprise him and come on the heart day) I nearly put ketchup on my corn on the cob which disgusted me, but that's how he eats his corn and if he's eating it, he's eating it!
Snoh loved church again tonight and was very excited to show us his picture, teach me the new song he learned and tell me that like on Sunday he made new friends. Today we were looking at the pictures I finally uploaded to facebook and he saw that I had taken a picture of his ladybug drawing from Sunday School. He said, "I did that in my 5 year old class." And I told him, yes at Sunday School. He out-smarted me and said, "It's called Sunday and Wednesday school." How could I argue with that?
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