“Anna, open up,” I said as I put another piece of BBQ’d chicken in her mouth. “and watch out! Be careful not to step on your sister.” We were sitting on the picnic blanket with some friends at a Memorial Day BBQ. I was trying to enjoy the conversation that was going on around me and at the same time eat my pork and beans, cut up and feed Anna some chicken, keep Elise from fussing, and keep Anna from squishing Elise, from stepping on everyone’s plates and from stealing another little boy’s spoon. I took a bite of my dinner, put another piece of chicken in Anna’s mouth, added to the conversation; and at the same time I grabbed Anna before she stepped on my plate of food, patted Elise to keep her calm, gave the little boy his spoon back, and broke off another piece of chicken to give to Anna. I began answering a question my friend asked me as Elise began to fuss. Then, all of a sudden I realized....... the piece of chicken, meant for Anna,........ was in Elise's mouth. OH DEAR!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
My Car Was Torched
“It smells like smoke out here,” I said to Kent as we locked up our place heading to the car for a trip to Grandma’s house. I turned the corner and stopped in pure disbelief; there, right next to my car, a blaze of fire was growing larger quickly. I yelled “Kent!” not knowing what to do and with a 4 day old baby in hand I wasn’t about to go near the ragging flames. I looked around and Kent was already in action running in search of a near by hose. I realized it must be that old mattress that somebody had thrown out near the dumpster that was burning and it was sure burning; the flames grew to a considerable height. 911 was called. Neighbors started coming out of their houses and not knowing what else to do they watched, some scared of an explosion started spraying down there houses. No hose could be found within reach, and there was nothing we could do but watch my poor little car be burned and melted away!!! I went around the corner of the building not wanting to watch. I heard the fire truck pull in and saw police walking about. I let Kent deal with the mess while I stayed away with my new born. When the fire was put out and things calmed down I came back and looked to see what had become of my sweet little car and this is what I saw. I cried.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Elise Margaret Slack
Monday, May 9, 2011
Mother’s Day Weekend
This Mother’s Day weekend was great. We had the privilege of having Kent’s mother come stay with us for a few days and we certainly enjoyed the visit. We made all sorts of good food including cilantro dip, Thai food, lasagna soup, and home made apple pie. We had a lot of fun with splash pads, swimming, fruit bouquets, farmers market, parks, and just hanging out. The best thing was Anna got to know her grandmother a little better.
Side note about this fruit bouquet. I have been wanting to make one for my grandmother for several months and this was the perfect opportunity being mother’s day and all. Plus we found this awesome farmer’s market deal. The strawberries were 25 cents a pound, pineapples a dollar and the rest of the fruit had awesome deals. So together, my mother in law and I cut and put the fruit on skewers into the pot to form this fruit bouquet. It was actually really fun to make.
Second side note: Yes, I was due on Mother’s Day… I am still big and pregnant!!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Easter Egg Hunt
She walked around and found them and discovered a surprise inside them: grapes!!!
She came in after the hunt and stuffed her mouth full of her treasured grapes.
Here is a little video of the hunt.Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Baby Dresser
My parents received a baby changing table/dresser when they were expecting their first child. They used it for all their children; and weird enough to think about but my diapers were even changed on this table. Well, this dresser was handed around the family, used by a lot of my aunts for their children, and then by my cousins for their children. Passed around and around, it even went to Germany and back. Finally my mom decided, now that she has grandchildren of her own, it needed to come back to the family. So it came back, still sturdy and good but very used and worn. Kent and I decided to refinish it and replace the broken handles. So we took it out to the porch and sanded away. Anna decided she wanted to help sand too and actually did a pretty good job for a 1 year old. After sanding Kent primed, painted, repainted, sanded, and repainted again to get it nice and shiny. We would not recommend using spray paint, it was hard to get and even shiny coat! After having to quickly open and close our door to prevent paint fumes from coming in and intoxicating a pregnant woman and toddler for a few days, the dresser finally dried. We placed cute new handles on, fixed all the wooden drawer sliders, moved it into the babies room and filled the drawers with newborn clothes. Yea, now we just need to fix the changing pad.
