So the parade... the parade was fun! It took a bit of time to get everyone (okay, me and the kids) out the door but we drove over and found a great place... no sun in our eyes and nice people around us and when I say nice, I mean candy sharing. :)
Katie didn't like the noise, as usual, and boy, was it loud. Why does every truck seem to think that using their horn, or whatever it is they toot, is fun for all? It's not. I wish there would be "no tooting" sections on parade routes where people could sit with their kids (the ones who haven't ruined their eardrums listening to that crazy rock and roll turned up too loud) and enjoy a non-ear blasting time. Hmmm? WHYYYYY?!
Ahem, ANYWAY... back on track...
So, we found a great place to sit and while the grownups waited for it to start, Katie seemed to be looking forward to the showers of candy!
We watched the bands play, the dancers dance, the tiny cars zoom past, and the candy rain down! It was a fun time and the people next to us kept giving Katie their candy. A man at the other side of that group would come over and pick up a bunch of candy and give it to Katie. She called him the "nice man" after the first time he did that. Then the lady beside us (a bit older than Katie's grammy) would give her pieces of candy. Katie saw this and every once in awhile she would hold out her hand to give this lady a piece of candy herself. It was so cute. She was sharing! Well, then Katie held out her hand and there was nothing in it... she explained to a puzzled stranger that Honey was giving her a piece of candy too. I translated that "her invisible friend was sharing a piece of candy" and the lady smiled and took the ... well, nothing. But she pretended well.
That was about it. The horses came at the end and that was it. Dad and Katie walked home and me, mom, and Jake headed to Walmart to pick up the pictures we selected earlier.
Got our pictures and some other stuff and headed home ourselves.
We had tacos for dinner at about 11:00 (yes, that's right... 11 p.m.!) and Katie was already sleeping. Went to bed soon after that.
On Sunday we went to church. Partway through, when everyone got up for the fellowship (... or Donut Time) I did too... and noticed that Jake's bottle must have tipped over. It was still in the cold bag but tipped. I noticed this because it had somehow leaked out and made it's way about 4 aisles down in the auditorium. I didn't have anything to wipe it with so I had to drop Jake off with dad and get paper towels from the bathroom. I headed back with Katie as my shadow and started to clean up the trail that had since made it's way past another aisle, narrowly missing a purse someone had set on the floor. This church meets in a school and the aisles are child size... or maybe teenager sized but my hips are lady sized... and with each step I took, I bumped against the desk piece that tucks into the seat. With each step. And with 5 aisles to clean and about 4 seats to walk past in each aisle, both ways, it was a challenge. Finally finished the cleanup and got to the foyer only to find that there were only 4 donuts left and none were chocolate covered. I found one that was okay and got a maple covered one for Katie. They were good... but chocolate would be better.
After church we went to eat at the Ding Dong Cafe. Good food, home cooking. Very tasty. Dad got pancakes the size of a horses head. He couldn't eat them all so mom and I got to try them too. I had a roast sandwich with swiss and mushrooms and onions. YUM.
Then we went to Family Dollar for some stuff and back home.
Jake had a little formula in a sippy cup. If he could talk, he would have said "MINE" very loudly and with force because he really wanted to hold that sippy cup. Well, he used it but it wasn't as easy for me as his bottle, which he also held on his own on Saturday. I gave it to him and let him hold it for a minute, then I talked to Katie and then I channel surfed and finally realized that I had two hands free... I looked down and he was happily holding his own bottle. I want to encourage that! It was nice to be able to take a drink without having to balance the bottle with my chin. :)
Then we cleaned up and got ready to go home. Kids slept fine during the drive until Jake woke up about 5 minutes from home. He woke Katie up and she never was able to get back to sleep.
We got home and unloaded and I was outside with Jake and heard crying. Thought it was the kid next door till I remembered that Katie woke up all the way on the drive and sure enough, it was her. She wanted her Umpa. Dad went in and talked to her. She settled down. We all went to bed. She started to cry... and cry and cry. She was quiet for longer and longer inbetween cries but Dad came up, picked her up and took her downstairs for a slumber party at their house. Which was fine with me!
Everyone finally got to sleep at around 1:30 a.m.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
This felt like a Holiday weekend!
So, those of you with kids ever have a day where everything just goes right? No one's mad, crying, or pouting... nothing gets forgotten when you leave the house... the day is just full of possibilities and fun. That was my weekend!
We stopped at Bonanza on the way to the lake and with Jacob being just a little baby, things can get somewhat loud and end up feeling... the opposite of relaxing. But, on this day, on this visit, he was a peach. He sat in his little car seat on the table watching all of the people and smiling at gramma and grampa.
Katie ate her mac and cheese, shredded cheese, and... well, I forget what else. I actually got to ENJOY my meal, we all did!
We got to the lake and Katie went outside with gramma and grampa to sit on the dock to watch. I kind of thought I would see her a few seconds after the first "booooom" hit but no, she sat outside the whole time! She's growing up so much. Last year we were watching from the sun room with my hands on her ears and her hands on mine. This year me and Jake watched from the sun room. The noise didn't bother him, he drank his bottle and was content.
Everyone came back in and we unpacked and got ready for bed.
The next day we got up and I made coffee cake for breakfast. I didn't remember to pour half the batter in the pan then the topping but mom was there to tell me not to worry about it... she always forgets too and it turns out okay! It did... it was good.
We headed out to the craft sale in chilly weather. Walked around and looked at everything and then I bought a jar of Jalepeno Jelly from the Tastefully Simple lady. She said it was $7.99 which is a lot but I really like it. THEN when she rang me up, she said there was a 10% "handling fee" which I gasped at... but paid because I was a little shocked and, hey, that jelly is good on cream cheese! When I found mom again and told her what happened, she was surprised too but we were already past that booth and moving on. We got through most of the sale when we saw a man playing his guitar and selling CDs. He sang Tennessee Waltz (I think that's what the song is titled) and Katie loved it. She wanted to listen to him and she wanted to sit down. So we did. Sat for three songs and she moved back and forth to the music. Mom bought a CD for someone (I can't say who since it might be a gift) and then we got up to leave. Katie wanted me to say thank you to the man so I did. She really liked his music!
Got to the parking lot and mom offered to return the jelly for me since she finally mentioned that she might have some at home!! Once that was done (Thanks Mom!) I bought raspberry jam from the lady I buy it from every year.
Katie, who started out with $5 from me, then got $1 from Dad, bought a pretty pink bead bracelet, a pillow and blanket for her baby doll, and finally a Tinkerbell coaster - she only had a dollar and it cost $2 but gamma came through with the extra buck. Katie was thrilled and wanted to carry her own bag.
Dad dropped off the car so we could go more into town but we realized that we forgot to get the car seat! So me and Katie drove dad home while mom and Jacob continued on. Dad got out of the car and went inside and Katie was sad - she told me - and wanted to stay home - she told me that too... loudly and while crying. But once we caught up to mom and Jake and did some shopping, she was fine. We went to the Wonderbread store and a "storage sale" which I had never been to before. We mostly looked at everything at the sidewalk sales and other places. Somehow Katie ended up with a stuffed lamb and a Beanie Baby. The lamb is called Lambie now and is a firm member of Katie's stuffed animal family.
I was shocked. Jacob had a bottle just before 8 a.m. and we were out doing stuff and he slept a lot of the day - he ended up eating at about 5 p.m.!
We went home after that and Katie helped grandpa outside with some yard work. Grandpa was pulling weeds and Katie was watching. Mom looked at her pictures to find ones she wanted to print and I napped for about 15 minutes (Jake napped too).
We went to the parade soon after. See the next post for all of the EXCITING details! :)
We stopped at Bonanza on the way to the lake and with Jacob being just a little baby, things can get somewhat loud and end up feeling... the opposite of relaxing. But, on this day, on this visit, he was a peach. He sat in his little car seat on the table watching all of the people and smiling at gramma and grampa.
Katie ate her mac and cheese, shredded cheese, and... well, I forget what else. I actually got to ENJOY my meal, we all did!
We got to the lake and Katie went outside with gramma and grampa to sit on the dock to watch. I kind of thought I would see her a few seconds after the first "booooom" hit but no, she sat outside the whole time! She's growing up so much. Last year we were watching from the sun room with my hands on her ears and her hands on mine. This year me and Jake watched from the sun room. The noise didn't bother him, he drank his bottle and was content.
Everyone came back in and we unpacked and got ready for bed.
The next day we got up and I made coffee cake for breakfast. I didn't remember to pour half the batter in the pan then the topping but mom was there to tell me not to worry about it... she always forgets too and it turns out okay! It did... it was good.
We headed out to the craft sale in chilly weather. Walked around and looked at everything and then I bought a jar of Jalepeno Jelly from the Tastefully Simple lady. She said it was $7.99 which is a lot but I really like it. THEN when she rang me up, she said there was a 10% "handling fee" which I gasped at... but paid because I was a little shocked and, hey, that jelly is good on cream cheese! When I found mom again and told her what happened, she was surprised too but we were already past that booth and moving on. We got through most of the sale when we saw a man playing his guitar and selling CDs. He sang Tennessee Waltz (I think that's what the song is titled) and Katie loved it. She wanted to listen to him and she wanted to sit down. So we did. Sat for three songs and she moved back and forth to the music. Mom bought a CD for someone (I can't say who since it might be a gift) and then we got up to leave. Katie wanted me to say thank you to the man so I did. She really liked his music!
Got to the parking lot and mom offered to return the jelly for me since she finally mentioned that she might have some at home!! Once that was done (Thanks Mom!) I bought raspberry jam from the lady I buy it from every year.
Katie, who started out with $5 from me, then got $1 from Dad, bought a pretty pink bead bracelet, a pillow and blanket for her baby doll, and finally a Tinkerbell coaster - she only had a dollar and it cost $2 but gamma came through with the extra buck. Katie was thrilled and wanted to carry her own bag.
Dad dropped off the car so we could go more into town but we realized that we forgot to get the car seat! So me and Katie drove dad home while mom and Jacob continued on. Dad got out of the car and went inside and Katie was sad - she told me - and wanted to stay home - she told me that too... loudly and while crying. But once we caught up to mom and Jake and did some shopping, she was fine. We went to the Wonderbread store and a "storage sale" which I had never been to before. We mostly looked at everything at the sidewalk sales and other places. Somehow Katie ended up with a stuffed lamb and a Beanie Baby. The lamb is called Lambie now and is a firm member of Katie's stuffed animal family.
I was shocked. Jacob had a bottle just before 8 a.m. and we were out doing stuff and he slept a lot of the day - he ended up eating at about 5 p.m.!
We went home after that and Katie helped grandpa outside with some yard work. Grandpa was pulling weeds and Katie was watching. Mom looked at her pictures to find ones she wanted to print and I napped for about 15 minutes (Jake napped too).
We went to the parade soon after. See the next post for all of the EXCITING details! :)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
I can do anything better than you can... or at least just as well!
Jake seems to be doing everything right now that Katie didn't have any interest in doing at this stage. And that's okay! Each kid is a unique experience and it keeps us on our toes!
He doesn't mind his feet touching the floor; Katie did not like it one bit.
He grabs for things; Katie was more of a watcher.
He has already rolled to his tummy, pushed himself backwards in his rocker; Katie did it too but she was more relaxed about the timing of her "milestones."
Jake seems to want to be more "involved" in what's going on. Katie has been happy to observe and then decide what she wants to do.
I'll have to see if Jake is as independant as Katie, as stubborn and as "know his own mind" as Katie. It looks like he's already practicing to be as happy and as sweet as Katie!
He doesn't mind his feet touching the floor; Katie did not like it one bit.
He grabs for things; Katie was more of a watcher.
He has already rolled to his tummy, pushed himself backwards in his rocker; Katie did it too but she was more relaxed about the timing of her "milestones."
Jake seems to want to be more "involved" in what's going on. Katie has been happy to observe and then decide what she wants to do.
I'll have to see if Jake is as independant as Katie, as stubborn and as "know his own mind" as Katie. It looks like he's already practicing to be as happy and as sweet as Katie!
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