Day Two

I promised... and here we go. Some pics of my day so far.

Sam's doggie. Snuggling with this was the only way he let me wash his "little bink, big blue, and big red" (his blankies).

My Presidency Meeting was today... where we discussed mostly...

APPLE PIES. Yes. We are making 250 apple pies next Tuesday. It's quite the project. Stay tuned. I'm sure I'll post pics of that night.

YUMMY chicken salad that I made. This is all that is left... until I had lunch. :) It's my old roomie Peggy Lou's recipe, and I had forgotten just how awesome it is!

I'm never going to make the goal. Matt's much closer. Mom, Dad, anyone... is the end of September still the goal??? Yikes.

It was wicked hot yesterday and our house was a sauna this morning. After running my A/C all morning long, I could still only get my thermostat (the one DIRECTLY in front of my window A/C unit) to read 72. Fall weather, come back!

Happy Bday Weese

Now... I know what you're thinking... (that is if you know when my sister's birthday is...).

It's not Lisa's bday yet! Not for a few more days!

Yes, yes, I know. But as part of my birthday present to Lisa, I will be attempting something never before attempted by me. I will post something new each day for the next two weeks.

Yes, you heard me. And I'll even try to include a pic each time. Whew! This is going to be a lot of work... but here we go!

Pics of my funny Sam today and from the weekend:

The Bedhead



Who knew two laundry baskets and several balls could be so much fun?




Sam's latest trick - unloading EVERYTHING out of my coffee table (aka his toy drawers)

Vroom Vroom

Sam LOVES cars and trucks. He always wants to play with his cars and trucks, watch cars and trucks outside, go for walks down the busiest streets, play at the parks next to the busiest streets, etc. He's a true boy.

The other funny thing about Sam is how much he loves to line up his cars when he's playing with them. This is what I found Sam doing the other day. He had systematically (2 cars at a time) moved all his cars over and up the two steps on his little step-stool to line them up on the kitchen counter.

Welcome New Bloggers

I figure this deserves a post of its very own.

Three of our good friends finally decided to join the blogging world.

Brian and Mindy have felt like life-long friends... and for Matt and Brian the statement is almost true. They met in junior high and have been friends ever since, going to high school, the U, then out to Boston for law school. They both married lovely ladies 5 yrs their junior and now both work at the same firm. Again. (but that's another story.) They've been like our family away from home out here. Check out their cute new blog with pics of our favorite spazzy girl Kay Lynn and chubby cute Aubrey here.

We met Johnny and Emily a couple years ago and have fallen in love with them as well. They both love life, people, laughing, games, etc. They have a darling almost 3-year-old, Lila, and the cutest twins - Zach and Abby. Matt would love nothing more than to do woodworking projects with Johnny all day long, and I would love nothing more than chat and tag along with Emily (who is a craft genius) all day too. You can read about them - and especially check out Johnny's awesome facial hair in the sidebar - here. (Don't forget to check the date on their oldest post... :)

Finally - Billy and Jacee. While we didn't know Billy and Jacee quite as long as the other two, we totally love them as well and miss them out here! Understandably... Dallas has better weather than Boston... but still. Sam misses his little girlfriend Kenslee - and I miss going for walks to faraway parks, and other adventures with Jacee! You can see what they're up to (and check to see if that Texas drawl has infiltrated their speech yet!) here.

(PS - Emily in Colorado... I've been MUY impressed with all your new posts! Don't let me down now!)

(PPS - and Leese. WOW oh WOW. I almost stopped checking your blog several times a day because you stopped posting. Like moving across the country is supposed to be an excuse... Love all the new pics. And Soph is too cute. Sam scaled up his changing table today and I thought of you...)

PPPS - CONGRATS BRAD AND RACHELLE!

Team Edward or Team Jacob???

Courtney and I are on the same pace with these books. I too can't decide whom I prefer for Bella... but I think I'm on Team Jacob. He's better for her in the long run, right???

Me, last night, after finishing Twilight and about 300 pages into Book 3,
"Matt, I just think you should know that I love you WAY MORE than Bella loves her vampire boyfriend Edward."

Matt, after a long pause and trying not to bust up laughing,
"Marci, I just don't know what to say..."

PHILLY!!! and Moorhead Boston Trip 2007

First of all - CONGRATS TO NATEY BOY ON HIS MISSION CALL! Nate's going to Philly in December. :)

We had quite the fun trip with my family last week. The schedule was a bit insane, but fun to see so many things.

Saturday evening: arrive and try to get into the game (unfortunately, no go on this one...)
Sunday: church, then drive to Palmyra
Monday morning: Palmyra sights
Monday afternoon: Niagara Falls
Tuesday: National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
Wednesday: Quincy
Thursday: Plimoth Plantation
Friday: Freedom Trail and Children's Museum
Saturday: Duck Tour in the am, thai food for lunch (mmmmmmmmmm), and poof. They were gone to Dallas to see my Gma.

Whew! Are you tired just reading that? It was MUY fun.

Some pics from our adventures:

Some People I Miss... and Sam's Adventures

First... some people that I miss dearly right now. Allie, Laura, and Britlyn and the wonderful Dawsons. Sam especially misses Millie. :)






Sam's been busy with his favorite things... reading books, playing with his cars and trucks and train (basically lining them up and then moving them somewhere else and lining them up again), "helping" with dishes on his new stepstool, playing in the laundry basket, and playing with my sunglasses. Matt thinks they look hilarious on Sam (and on me, but I ignore that...).








Lastly... Matt decided to create his own "FLOWBEE". Yep.. here he has attached our Wahl buzzer to the vacuum... His verdict? It worked fine, but not great. Maybe the real flowbee is better...



"STOP TAKING PICTURES OF ME MOM AND GET ME OUT OF THIS CRIB!!!"

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee...

OUCH!!!! IT STUNG ME!!!



So - here's my story. Normal morning, normal breakfast, normal goodbye to hubby as he leaves for work, normal clean up Sam, normal get Sam out of high chair, normal start to clear the table.

Here's where the normalcy ends.

I'm clearing the breakfast dishes and suddenly feel like I stepped on something sharp between my big toe and my 2nd toe. But... it's getting worse, hurting more, like glass or something? I'm confused. I look down...

THERE'S A BUMBLEBEE BETWEEN MY TOES THAT IS STINGING ME!!!

I throw the dishes in the sink, start screaming and turning in circles, hopping on one foot with the bumblebee foot swinging in the air. (Aside - Sam thinks this is funny and starts copying me...). The bee finally decides it has better things to do and buzzes off.

I grab Sam, run into the office, and slam the door.

...where I promptly look up treatment for a beesting. And THEY HURT. Worse than I remember.

Then I plant Sam in front of Sesame Street, grab a magazine and wind it up as my weapon of choice, muster all my courage and go on the attack.

"I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee...." I came off victorious.

Mad Face Contest

My Two Boys and their Graham Crackers

You might recall from before that Matt and Sam love graham crackers and milk. When we got home from running an errand recently, it was time for their traditional snack... and Sam being silly.