Some of my blog posts are to share funny or insightful things (at least things that I think are funny and insightful ... maybe this stuff is only profound to me), and some are just to document life. This is a "document life" type of post, but I think you'll enjoy the humor anyway. :)
Jacob's Funny Statement #1: Scene: Eric babbling to himself and anyone that will listen. Jacob offhandedly makes the following statement to my friend Pam. "Eric speaks Spanish all day long. I don't understand what he's talking about."
Jacob's Funny Statement #2: Scene: Riding in the car on the way home from the dentist. Eric is again, babbling to himself and anyone who will listen ... in this case, he's just babbling to himself. Jacob is repeatedly asking me, "Guess what?" And then giving me some statement of fact. I'm just trying to navigate some serious traffic at 4:45 p.m. "Guess what, Mom?" "What?" "In Georgia, that's where W. Bush lives." I started to laugh, and Jacob started hysterically laughing. The kid cracks himself up!
Jacob's Funny Statement #3: Most of you who read our blog know that we're Mormon. As such, we pray several times a day. In the morning, Jacob was being a little unruly during the prayer, and Matt asked him to try harder to concentrate on who we were praying to. So at dinnertime, I said the prayer on the food. Matt wasn't home, just Jake, Eric, and me. So, after my prayer, Jacob says, "Mom, I concentrated during the prayer. pause. "In fact, I felt the Spirit." This was impressive as this dinner prayer was one of my less inspiring prayers. Oh well!
Then, today while we're at church, Eric pulled a funny one on me. Matt tried to hand off Eric (who clearly prefers Matt) to me for a minute. Eric screamed as loud as he could and clung to Matt. So, Matt just takes Eric with him and goes on down the hall. Immediately after that, a friend's sister (I had only met her a few minutes ago) asks, "Who was that little boy?" I replied that it was my son. She says, "Really?" She thought I was trying to be nice by holding the screaming little boy ... only it was MY screaming little boy. :) These crazy kids of ours!
I realize that the key to a good blog is pictures, and I promise to post some soon. Maybe of the Halloween costumes. Eric is a Jester and Jacob (drumroll, please) has finally decided to be a knight. (Note: This decision came after he realized that he'd have to have his face painted to be a vampire -- too scary -- and after he realized that he'd get to wear a hand-me-down costume belonging to his best "7-year old" friend.)
Have a great week everyone!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
interesting article ... food for thought
I read an msn article today about whether you could feed a family of four for under $100. Here's the link if you'd like to read:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/CanAFamilyEatOn100AWeek.aspx
It sounds like the author included eating out with the $100/week. Our family lumps "eating out" under the entertainment umbrella in our budget, but grocery-wise I "think" we regularly eat under $100 a week.
What do you guys think? Is eating under $100 a week more than doable (i.e., you're doing it), or is that dooming you to a life of rice and beans?
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/CanAFamilyEatOn100AWeek.aspx
It sounds like the author included eating out with the $100/week. Our family lumps "eating out" under the entertainment umbrella in our budget, but grocery-wise I "think" we regularly eat under $100 a week.
What do you guys think? Is eating under $100 a week more than doable (i.e., you're doing it), or is that dooming you to a life of rice and beans?
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Musings about Halloween Costumes
First of all, I would like to congratulate myself on not buying a bit of Halloween candy yet ... ordinarily, I would have been through a whole bag of candy corn by now and half a bag of fun-size twix or peanut butter cups. But I have withstood temptation and have not purchased anything yet.
But I'd better kick it into gear on the costume front. Our church is having a trunk or treat party this week, and so we've got to get rolling on the costumes. Jacob has changed his mind daily about his costume, but I've committed him to being a vampire ... and if by Saturday he doesn't want to be a vampire, too bad!
But here's the question. Eric could fit Jacob's old costume (an adorable jester costume), but I keep wondering if Eric should have his own memorable costume. Should I just bite the bullet and by him the super-cute baby darth vader costume (the one that I believe Jake secretly wants), or should I have him wear his brother's hand-me-down costume? Thoughts about hand-me-down costumes in the same family??
Last thing I wanted to post. My friend Shauna has been telling me for some time now about a terrific web site that all of you who read my blog probably already know about, but it's called the Picky Palate.
I needed to bring a dessert somewhere on Thursday night. I'd had a plan earlier in the day, but naturally, at 3:30, I realized that I was missing one critical ingredient. So, I go to a few of my cookbooks, but am inspired by nothing. So, I go to my recipe file on my computer, and nothing turns up that I either a) have ingredients for or b) have time to make. Since I have so much time on my hands (not!), I start searching blogs. I found a few really good ones, but this one, The Picky Palate, has the best pics and the most appetizing looking stuff. I truly wish this lady could come live at my house. Check it out sometime!
Glad to be blogging again! I really don't think I have an interesting enough life to blog everyday, but I will be more frequent than every 4 months from now on!
But I'd better kick it into gear on the costume front. Our church is having a trunk or treat party this week, and so we've got to get rolling on the costumes. Jacob has changed his mind daily about his costume, but I've committed him to being a vampire ... and if by Saturday he doesn't want to be a vampire, too bad!
But here's the question. Eric could fit Jacob's old costume (an adorable jester costume), but I keep wondering if Eric should have his own memorable costume. Should I just bite the bullet and by him the super-cute baby darth vader costume (the one that I believe Jake secretly wants), or should I have him wear his brother's hand-me-down costume? Thoughts about hand-me-down costumes in the same family??
Last thing I wanted to post. My friend Shauna has been telling me for some time now about a terrific web site that all of you who read my blog probably already know about, but it's called the Picky Palate.
I needed to bring a dessert somewhere on Thursday night. I'd had a plan earlier in the day, but naturally, at 3:30, I realized that I was missing one critical ingredient. So, I go to a few of my cookbooks, but am inspired by nothing. So, I go to my recipe file on my computer, and nothing turns up that I either a) have ingredients for or b) have time to make. Since I have so much time on my hands (not!), I start searching blogs. I found a few really good ones, but this one, The Picky Palate, has the best pics and the most appetizing looking stuff. I truly wish this lady could come live at my house. Check it out sometime!
Glad to be blogging again! I really don't think I have an interesting enough life to blog everyday, but I will be more frequent than every 4 months from now on!
Friday, October 17, 2008
I've been shamed into posting ...
Okay. I've noticed that many of you have added these delightful little features to your blogs that track the last time a blog was updated. At last glance, someone's blog said that my blog was last updated 4 months ago. As I scanned the entire list, I realized that I won! Of the entire list of blogs, mine was the least recently updated.
But I have some good excuses ... I mean, reasons. Since my last post, we've celebrated every birthday in our little family. We've gone on a few trips. And we bought a new house (new to us), did some extensive revamping, and moved in. And in the meanwhile, Matt changed departments at work, Jake started 3-day-a-week preschool and soccer, and Eric has turned into the cutest little munchkin ever.
So here are a few little anecdotes that I could share so I don't forget they happened.
Eric's favorite song: U2's "Vertigo" ... particularly fond of the line, "Hello, hello, hola!" Cracks up everytime he hears it.
Eric's favorite parent: Matt, hands-down. :)
Eric's first temper tantrum: On his first birthday, he opened a gift from Grandma Jane ... a universal remote. (A toy one.) Jake thought this was a pretty cool toy and grabbed it out of Eric's hands. Eric crawled over to Jacob, got up in his face and screamed as loud as he could. I believe the day of reckoning has arrived in which Jake is not going to be able to push Eric around with the ease to which he is accustomed.
Jacob's favorite number: 61. Here's an example of him using his favorite number in a sentence: "Mom, are you 61?" Anytime he asks about time or about how much something costs, he refers to the number 61.
Jacob's future job: As evidenced by the following example, Jacob has a promising career as a preschool teacher. About a week ago, Jacob was trying to teach me how to say the letter "d" properly. (I don't think he thought I was doing it wrong per se ... I think he was just mimicking the lesson his teacher had given his class earlier in the day.) Anyway, as he was explaining that you put your tongue behind your teeth, I looked away to load a dish into the dishwasher. All of a sudden I hear, "Eyes on me, please."
Jacob's favorite movie: Earlier this week, he played at the home of a little girl from church and preschool. Apparently, they watched the fine cinematic creation that is "Barbie and the Diamond Castle". Clearly we haven't seen such excellent animation and riveting story lines before as it really made an impression on Jacob. Later in the day, we're driving in the car and listening to the radio. There's some overly-dramatic song about love sung by some squealing soprano on the easy-listening station, and Jacob tells me that it's the same song that Barbie sings in the movie. Then he runs down the list of good characters and bad characters. Then, three days later, he says to me, "Barbie and the Diamond Castle isn't my favorite movie anymore. I like Star Wars now, and The Power Rangers is my most favorite movie." I can't tell if this story would make Matt happy or sad? :)
Okay, I'm about to turn into a pumpkin ... so I have to go to sleep. But I'm back to blogging, I think. I've really enjoyed catching up and reading so many blogs of friends and family. You all seem to make the daily mundane seem entertaining. I love it!
But I have some good excuses ... I mean, reasons. Since my last post, we've celebrated every birthday in our little family. We've gone on a few trips. And we bought a new house (new to us), did some extensive revamping, and moved in. And in the meanwhile, Matt changed departments at work, Jake started 3-day-a-week preschool and soccer, and Eric has turned into the cutest little munchkin ever.
So here are a few little anecdotes that I could share so I don't forget they happened.
Eric's favorite song: U2's "Vertigo" ... particularly fond of the line, "Hello, hello, hola!" Cracks up everytime he hears it.
Eric's favorite parent: Matt, hands-down. :)
Eric's first temper tantrum: On his first birthday, he opened a gift from Grandma Jane ... a universal remote. (A toy one.) Jake thought this was a pretty cool toy and grabbed it out of Eric's hands. Eric crawled over to Jacob, got up in his face and screamed as loud as he could. I believe the day of reckoning has arrived in which Jake is not going to be able to push Eric around with the ease to which he is accustomed.
Jacob's favorite number: 61. Here's an example of him using his favorite number in a sentence: "Mom, are you 61?" Anytime he asks about time or about how much something costs, he refers to the number 61.
Jacob's future job: As evidenced by the following example, Jacob has a promising career as a preschool teacher. About a week ago, Jacob was trying to teach me how to say the letter "d" properly. (I don't think he thought I was doing it wrong per se ... I think he was just mimicking the lesson his teacher had given his class earlier in the day.) Anyway, as he was explaining that you put your tongue behind your teeth, I looked away to load a dish into the dishwasher. All of a sudden I hear, "Eyes on me, please."
Jacob's favorite movie: Earlier this week, he played at the home of a little girl from church and preschool. Apparently, they watched the fine cinematic creation that is "Barbie and the Diamond Castle". Clearly we haven't seen such excellent animation and riveting story lines before as it really made an impression on Jacob. Later in the day, we're driving in the car and listening to the radio. There's some overly-dramatic song about love sung by some squealing soprano on the easy-listening station, and Jacob tells me that it's the same song that Barbie sings in the movie. Then he runs down the list of good characters and bad characters. Then, three days later, he says to me, "Barbie and the Diamond Castle isn't my favorite movie anymore. I like Star Wars now, and The Power Rangers is my most favorite movie." I can't tell if this story would make Matt happy or sad? :)
Okay, I'm about to turn into a pumpkin ... so I have to go to sleep. But I'm back to blogging, I think. I've really enjoyed catching up and reading so many blogs of friends and family. You all seem to make the daily mundane seem entertaining. I love it!
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