The Virtue I need

Does anyone know where I can buy a patience pill? I was not born with enough patience and I think I exceeded my lifetime allotment awhile back. Oh, well. Maybe this is just God's way of teaching me patience in His own way. I just have to remind myself, *what* we want is out there and good things come to those who wait. I just have to remind myself that it will be all the sweeter in the end, things will be all the more special because it didn't come immediately.

There's something lost in the accent.....

Once in awhile JJ goes back to his old favorite Wiggles DVDs. Today he was watching the one about the magician and Dorothy's birthday. Suddenly he runs into the bathroom and says Dorothy needs his potty because its her birthday. Guess to him it sounded like the coordinating Australians were singing "It's a Dinosaur birthday POTTY."

A nothing weekend

I think this is the 1st time we've had nothing planned on a weekend, and man does it feel good! The weather is nasty, which I was at 1st disappointed about, but honestly, its a blessing! It will allow us to relax, and with everything that's coming up in the next 2 months, we will need it! I wonder how long I can manage to stay in my sweats?

Caught in the Twilight

John rented me Twilight, now something I was really interested in, hence why I never read the books thought my mommy friends have been talking about for a long time now. Also, from what some of them said about the movie I wasn't expecting much. But I was up til midnight b/c I couldn't stop watching (and for those that know me, I am NOT a night person! John woke up when I as turning it off and laughed when I told him I'd now be getting the books!

Vacation sooner!

Oh, I'm so happy, we are going to take our vacation sooner than we planned! I need it SO bad! I just sat down and realized the only days I have taken off were to JJ being sick or for a CPR class, since we went to FL in June! A road trip back south is clearly in order! Can't wait to see our family there!

I'm a gamer....

Ok, Rhea, you got me hooked on video games again. JJ's fighting to get the DS from me, lol.

Now I'm a superhero

Now, why should JJ have all the fun! I want to be a Superhero too! I'd love to see some others join me in the fight to make our cities safe, lol.

http://cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory/

Thanks Maria for sharing yours and posting the link!

Yeah, there's a lot kids pick up on!

We're leaving Target yesterday afternoon, talking about a white dog that JJ saw and how he wanted it. He looks at me and asks "Mommy, you want a baby?" I tell him sure, why not. He said "Ok, mommy, you can have a baby." His thought process may have been along the lines that if I got a baby it meant he could get the white dog. I can't even think of the last time we discussed babies around him!

*Update - it's def a bargaining mechanism. He saw someone on a scooter today while we were on our way to a friend's house. He told me "Mommy, I can have a scooter and you can have a baby."*

He will not grow up on me!

It was bad enough Bran asked to shave last year, but JJ's now asking why he can't too! The kid already wants to wear our deodrant all the time! Maybe the Easter Bunny will bring him a pretend kit of his own.
*sigh*
Guess the "Stay Little" song just isn't going to work.

It's a Friday

I remember being told when I was younger that it was bad luck to learn something new on a Friday. Have no clue who said it, I want to say my Dad but I'm not quite sure. So, I decided to stick with that philosophy and just veg on all Fridays from now on, gotta do what I can to preserve good luck right! Shame some others do this 5 days a week as is and I'm already picking up some slack. Oh well, guess I just have to take Friday as being a good day just b/c its attached to the coming weekend and carry on as normal.

I also realized I didn't post this picture from the Globetrotters earlier this month. Can you tell JJ was really getting into the game? I just can't believe it was just a few weeks ago we had snow on our ground that same night and it was FREEZING!

The problem with going through baby pics....

You run across adorable ones like this, and want another....

Spiderman...

This was a quickpage, I take no credit for it, other than for 1/2 the genes of the cutie I took the pics of!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Hope everyone has had a great St Patrick's Day and it continues as so! When the others came in to work this morning some of them found that a mischievous leprechaun had turned their chairs upside down! We got a few laughs over our headbands and had a great "green" lunch! Can't wait for Easter! Once JJ gets up from his nap (yeah, he's getting over a fever so its a late nap) he will be surprised to see the leprechaun left him a Spiderman suit! Don't worry, you know there will be pics of that posted later!

Total, utter, weirdness

My Dad has his 1st girlfriend. Do you know how weird that is to say/type?

Dear Easter Bunny....

You do so many Easter baskets each year, and you always take the extra time to even do a scavenger hunt for my boys after hiding their baskets. So, to make it easier on you this year, you don't have to get me a basket.

Instead this would suit me quite fine.

I'll even leave you extra carrots!

Warning....

Do not go through baby clothes, especially when the purpose is to clear room to get your toddler a "big boy bed."

Mountain Climbing

If anyone has been to a Bass Pro store you know there are many activities you can do, the huge fish tank, the shooting game, the rock wall, etc. So, Bran has been wanting to try the climbing for some time now, we had some extra time yesterday. It was a little more than he thought it was going to be, but he did get further on the advanced climb than the guy before him, and at least he didn't come down head 1st (Oh, I wish I had video of that!)

A school project?

Uh, what? A scrapbook on Romeo & Juliet using pictures and quotes from the movie? I'd LOVE to see what the other freshmen come up with, especially the guys!

I'm tucking these away...

Another day when I picked JJ up from daycare I was talking to him about his day. I told him I missed him and he asked "Mommy, you missed me" in a happy little sing-song voice. I told him yes, of course I did. He then tells me"Mommy, I missed you."

The same night after he told me I was going in the corner and time out, I had called him "honey." He told me "I'm not honey, I'm JJ." I told him he was my honey. He stopped what he was doing, looked at me and said "Mommy, you are my honey."

I'm going to store those little tidbits away, I know he won't feel the same way forever!

Mommy, you go in the corner

When I picked JJ up from daycare he was talking and all I initially heard was "go in the snow." I thought he was telling me about his day. Nope, he was telling me we were going to play when we got home. I told him no, mommy was tired and daddy was fixing dinner. He then told me I was not tired and I was going in the corner. When I told him I was not going in the corner he told me I was going in time out, that I was being bad.

So, who decided the twos were terrible and not the threes? Someone whose child was only two at the time clearly!

This is March?

JJ was waiting to get out in the snow since last night, he had a blast going around on the boogie board with Daddy(actually works better than the sled!) and throwing snowballs at Mommy. We had to get a couple pictures, we don't get to see much of the white stuff!

Always a pick me up

It's always a little pick-me up when JJ's daycare provider sends us pictures of him, either through our cell phones or email, we get to share a piece of his day even when we're apart!