MIssion Accomplished!

For the last few summers, I've been trying to convince Avery to take a jet ski ride with me. Finally, this was the weekend that she was brave enough to give it a whirl. I was so excited..probably more than she was.

She had a great time, but wanted me to stay "in this area", not too far from the house. We rode very gently, but did manage to get a couple of figure eights in as well-splashing her just a bit.

The highlight for her was trying to splash Grandpa standing at the end of the pier.

This is just the beginning...

What happened to the first half of 2007?

Many months have passed since the last post. We've had Easter, a first birthday, a vacation, the 4th of July, and many other great things to celebrate.

Perhaps I've been re-inspired to come back to the blogging world. We'll see what the next few weeks brings about. Stay tuned.....

The Life of a Working Mom

9 - days either working from home/taking the kids with me to work this year
8 - number of hours in a peaceful night's sleep--something I haven't had in a long while
7 - number of trips to the doctor's office since January 19, 2007
6 - number of prescriptions at Target Pharmacy
5 - number of ear infections between the two kids
4 - loads of laundry done after the effects of a virus this week
3 - number of grandparents that have taken time off to be with the kids
2 - hours spent dissinfecting all of the toys in our house on a Saturday afternoon
1 - very understanding boss that doesn't ask too many questions

Who Needs Toys

Austin has become very interested in our "tupperware" cabinet. He is content to sit there for quite a long while just pulling everything out of the cabinet. He even tried to climb into the cabinet. The only unfortunate thing for us is that he obviously doesn't know how to put everything back in.
Many fun days we have ahead of us now that he is mobile! I love this age.

Our First Baby

Isn't it funny how the pet that was once your "baby" suddenly gets put to the back burner because of your "real babies"? Our cat, Lofton, was once the apple of our eye. We threw her a birthday party when she turned 1. I remember when she would sleep on our heads when she was just a kitty. We used to buy her toys and Jon played hide and seek with her frequently. One winter we painted our family room and Lofton evidently enhaled too many paint fumes...she was on her deathbed. We took her to the Vet, left her there over the weekend and even visited her while she was there. A few tears and about $500 later she was home with us again.

Well, now unfortunately for Lofton, she doesn't get much love from us. Jon keeps her fed and watered, but other than that she mostly lives in the house on her own terms.

If anyone knows someone that needs to give out some extra love...I'm sure Lofton would appreciate it. To us, she's priceless! (That means she could go to a loving home for free)

Blame It On The Rain!

Okay, call me crazy! When I was in 8th Grade, these guys were my FAV!! I knew every word to their songs and had a poster of them in my room. I had their cassette tape, had piano sheet-music of their songs, I recorded them on my VCR when they performed on the sitcom "Sister Act" and then watched it over and over again trying to perfect their moves. I even made a head and shoulders ceramic in art class of Rob Morvan (the one on the right) - I think I still have that somewhere.

I was definitley bummed when I learned of their horrible deception - they were just a front. They were just the "pretty faces" and pretended to sing these songs.

Well, today on Music.Yahoo.com is states that there is a movie in the works about these guys. They sold 30 million records, but are now known as the biggest joke in pop music.

http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/39926517

I doubt that the movie will ever really make it to the big screen, but if it does....I'll be the first one in line to watch.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!

Colts Win! What a great win for Peyton Manning and Coach Tony Dungy. They seem like such sincere, humble, likable guys. Certainly because the Bears are also close by, the game was especially fun to watch. We were definitely pleased with the outcome!

We have a little Colts cheerleading outfit that Avery has been wearing the last few months. She recently told her teacher at school that she wants to be a Cheerleader when she grows up. I don't have any knowledge in that area...so we can learn about it together. Go Team!

I Need New Tunes

I know so many children's songs from my childhood, church camp, cds, tv shows, etc. I can usually sing along to the song when I hear it-word for word. So why is it, then, that when I am actually singing songs to my kids at bedtime or while rocking them, I can only ever think of about 6-8 songs that I sing over and over again.

* My Favorite Things (Sound of Music)
* Hail, Purdue (fight song-they don't stand a chance liking any other school)
* Take Me Out to the Ballgame (Go Cubs)
* Amazing Grace
* Rock-A-Bye Baby
* Jesus Loves the Little Children
* Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star or Baa Baa Black Sheep (Avery's requests)

The letter A, Dora's baby sister, and a Snoopy Truck

What do these three items have in common? They have all gone MIA at one time somewhere in the land of the missing toys. Thankfully, all of the aforementioned toys have been found and put back in their place.
This sort of thing really bothers some people and barely affects others. Some people stay awake at night thinking about the missing item. For me, it's mostly an annoyance...knowing that the stinking missing piece is somewhere in your home because you haven't taken the toy anywhere. So you spend minutes or hours looking all over the house for the piece until finally you find it somewhere you swear you've looked a hundred times. When the piece is finally found, it's such a relief. At least until the next piece goes missing and the hunt begins again.