Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Getting Ready for Thanksgiving
We spent some time this weekend getting ready to host Thanksgiving. Andy made a list and then went to the grocery store. I told him to pick up some baked beans for the kids Thanksgiving parties on Monday. Andy came home and unpacked all the groceries while taking Audrey in tow since Matthew and I were at a birthday party. It was 8pm on Sunday night and we were winding down for the evening when we realized Andy forgot the baked beans! It was the one thing that was needed immediately. He ran back to the grocery store that night. To his credit, I didn't write it down on the list. He's such a good husband.
Matthew saw Daddy writing things on a list and he wanted to make his list for Santa. Andy has mentioned that Santa is always watching. Matthew likes to pick on Audrey sometimes so it's good to use this to make him behave. For the most part, Matthew helps Audrey and he likes playing with her. But sometimes he will purposely steal a toy that she is playing with and run with an evil grin on his face.
I took them to Chic-Fil-A one morning last week and Matthew helped Audrey up the climbing section to make it to the top. On each step, he would pick her up and scoot her up on to the next step. It was so cute to watch. And then they both went down the slide. Audrey came down the slide with a scared look on her face but then a big smile. She really enjoyed it. A couple of people in the restaurant were watching and they were getting a kick out of big brother helping his little sister.
I went to their Thanksgiving parties on Monday and the kids enjoyed seeing Mommy at school.
Matthew saw Daddy writing things on a list and he wanted to make his list for Santa. Andy has mentioned that Santa is always watching. Matthew likes to pick on Audrey sometimes so it's good to use this to make him behave. For the most part, Matthew helps Audrey and he likes playing with her. But sometimes he will purposely steal a toy that she is playing with and run with an evil grin on his face.
I took them to Chic-Fil-A one morning last week and Matthew helped Audrey up the climbing section to make it to the top. On each step, he would pick her up and scoot her up on to the next step. It was so cute to watch. And then they both went down the slide. Audrey came down the slide with a scared look on her face but then a big smile. She really enjoyed it. A couple of people in the restaurant were watching and they were getting a kick out of big brother helping his little sister.
I went to their Thanksgiving parties on Monday and the kids enjoyed seeing Mommy at school.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Warm November in Texas
It's been a busy week. Andy had a couple of dinners this week while I went to Santiago, Chile for work. Ms Krystal helped us out to keep up the routine. I left Tuesday night and returned Friday morning. The kids and Daddy were happy to see Mommy!
As I was putting away the halloween decorations this weekend, Audrey pulled out the skeleton and started pushing it around in the little fire truck. Can you tell that she needs some dolls?
Rusty's favorite chair
Meet George. When Matthew puts these glasses on he says
MB: "Hi! I'm George"
Mommy: "Hello. How are you doing, George?"
MB: "I'm fine"
MB: "I'm drinking my wine" as he drinks his orange juice.
Then he takes off the glasses and says "Mommy, it's me!"
One day, Matthew talked about his brief case that the men at the airport carry. So when I put the glasses on, I said that I was George, I am drinking my coffee and reading the newspaper at the airport with my briefcase. Matthew thought it was funny.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Halloween 2012
We have been so busy with Halloween festivities this year. It started Oct 20th weekend where I picked up goody bags and flashlights for Matthew's Halloween party at school. The kids decorated the bags and even Audrey enjoyed putting a package of goldfish in each goody bag. They were so cute after we finished that I took a picture.
On Friday, Oct 26th I went to Matthew and Audrey's halloween parties at their daycare. Matthew changed into his wolf costume just before nap time and got very hot in his costume since he slept in it! The weather cooled down that day and Matthew was the only one that was comfortable outside while all the other kids were cold. They trick or treated at their school by going to different classrooms and then had a party where they enjoyed ice cream, cookies, cupcakes, fruit, juice boxes. I went to Audrey's classroom and she was happy to see me and wouldn't let go of me. She was enjoying some snacks with her friends around a little table.
We then went on to Daddy's work for his Halloween office event. The kids won "Best Halloweeny Costume" and received a prize. Everyone thought they were adorable. I let the kids eat some candy and then we went to Andy's office where Matthew drew on the dry erase board. After all the sugar, we left the office as quickly as we could. I knew the kids were going to crash without having better food in their system. As we were leaving, Audrey grabbed the whole pumpkin full of candy and wouldn't let it go. I had to pry it out of her hands. She screamed and we ran out of there as fast as we could since people were trying to work at their computers.
On Monday, I picked up the kids and took them to my office at AA. The kids enjoyed walking through tunnels and seeing super heros dressed up. Audrey was catching on to the trick or treat thing and enjoyed picking out the candy and putting it into her basket. I was smart and picked up chicken nuggets and fruit from chic-fil-A prior to the event so the kids behaved much better.
On Tuesday, I took the kids to the nursing home for a halloween party. The senior citizens loved their costumes. I picked up KFC and we went to the park across the street from the nursing home 30 minutes prior and the kids loved that. We had a little picnic in the park.
Finally, it was halloween on Wednesday and mama was exhausted! But we had another eventful night. We went to the neighbors house for a pre and post halloween party. The kids bobbed for apples and trick or treated around the neighborhood together. We then enjoyed smores with a small fire afterwards. Audrey was much slower than the other kids but she was determined to go to every house they did. Her arms and legs were going as fast as she could. I tried to hold her hand and she would push me away and say "no". The people at the houses would say "OH, there's the big bad wolf, where's little red riding hood?" and we would say "she's coming" and then a few minutes Audrey would show up out of the dark and grab the candy and then blow kisses and say "bye bye".
On Friday, Oct 26th I went to Matthew and Audrey's halloween parties at their daycare. Matthew changed into his wolf costume just before nap time and got very hot in his costume since he slept in it! The weather cooled down that day and Matthew was the only one that was comfortable outside while all the other kids were cold. They trick or treated at their school by going to different classrooms and then had a party where they enjoyed ice cream, cookies, cupcakes, fruit, juice boxes. I went to Audrey's classroom and she was happy to see me and wouldn't let go of me. She was enjoying some snacks with her friends around a little table.
We then went on to Daddy's work for his Halloween office event. The kids won "Best Halloweeny Costume" and received a prize. Everyone thought they were adorable. I let the kids eat some candy and then we went to Andy's office where Matthew drew on the dry erase board. After all the sugar, we left the office as quickly as we could. I knew the kids were going to crash without having better food in their system. As we were leaving, Audrey grabbed the whole pumpkin full of candy and wouldn't let it go. I had to pry it out of her hands. She screamed and we ran out of there as fast as we could since people were trying to work at their computers.
On Monday, I picked up the kids and took them to my office at AA. The kids enjoyed walking through tunnels and seeing super heros dressed up. Audrey was catching on to the trick or treat thing and enjoyed picking out the candy and putting it into her basket. I was smart and picked up chicken nuggets and fruit from chic-fil-A prior to the event so the kids behaved much better.
On Tuesday, I took the kids to the nursing home for a halloween party. The senior citizens loved their costumes. I picked up KFC and we went to the park across the street from the nursing home 30 minutes prior and the kids loved that. We had a little picnic in the park.
Finally, it was halloween on Wednesday and mama was exhausted! But we had another eventful night. We went to the neighbors house for a pre and post halloween party. The kids bobbed for apples and trick or treated around the neighborhood together. We then enjoyed smores with a small fire afterwards. Audrey was much slower than the other kids but she was determined to go to every house they did. Her arms and legs were going as fast as she could. I tried to hold her hand and she would push me away and say "no". The people at the houses would say "OH, there's the big bad wolf, where's little red riding hood?" and we would say "she's coming" and then a few minutes Audrey would show up out of the dark and grab the candy and then blow kisses and say "bye bye".
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