God bless my mother because if I poop half as bad as I did when I was a baby, she’s seen a lot of crap.
God bless my mother because “boys are harder to raise than girls”, and she had 4 of em.
God bless my mother because with as many fights as she refereed she should be a retired referee.
God bless my mother because she’s the best! We love you mom, thanks for all you’ve done and will do.
…upon finishing dinner, your son runs downstairs exclaiming, “AMERICAN IDOLLLLLL!” even though you never even mentioned to him that it was American Idol night! 🙂
P.S. Can Jason please finally go home? I have never been able to handle watching him perform. I’ll leave it at that!
This is a sort of follow-up post on the one Pace previously posted, on the issue of BPA (bisphenol-a) in plastic drinking bottles. To catch anyone up who hasn’t heard, most plastic bottles (baby and adult) contain BPA that have been linked to serious physical harm including various forms of cancer. I am mainly concerned about Chase in this case, because he drinks out of these things quite regularly, and I would prefer that he not be therefore doomed to certain maladies. I mean, he can drink out of a cup perfectly well, but I like sippy cups for on-the-go and especially in the car. Besides, I even feel bad drinking out of disposable bottles and then just throwing them in the recycle bin, so I should probably convert to Nalgene or the like anyway. So although Pace and I are trying to stop spending money on things we want, I think this is something that is somewhat life or death… Therefore, we’ll most likely be getting one of the following types of bottles, making sure beforehand that it’s BPA-free!
The sites below have kid bottles that you can get, and in order from cheapest to most expensive is Nalgene, Camelbak, then Klean Kanteen. So go get your kiddos (and yourself) some new sippies!
P.S. I must give credit to my friend Melissa for featuring the Klean Kanteen on her blog first!
http://www.kleankanteen.com/2products/klean-kanteen-12oz.html
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1231
http://www.camelbak.com/index.cfm?gclid=CMqwj5m2k5MCFR6YiQodwH16vw
Is anyone else sick of these shenanigans from the US Postal Service? Click on the link below to see the new price changes. We still have some old 39 cent stamps for goodness’ sake!!!! bleh.
Pace and Chase working hard to get the ground ready for the gravel! It was a lot of work for all of us, especially Pace, but we love the play area! We have videos of the play area that we finished, but I’ll have to take a photo so I can stick it on here.
Chase got so thirsty that he got a chair, got this juice out of the fridge, and took a swig (yes, this is exactly how I found him). I guess Daddy has taught him well! 🙂
Daddy threw out the rickety bar stools, but Chase insisted on sitting at the counter anyway, on a regular chair.
Chase enjoys "holding" baby Luke, who is super cute! Note Chase’s "responsible face," a look that he gets whenever he is holding a baby! We are sad that the Paynes are leaving us in a month to go to Tennessee. 🙁
Pace gave me these beautiful white flowers (I LOVE the lilies) because I had a hard day last Thursday. He is very thoughtful and wonderful*! *P.S. Pace and I went against 3 other couples in The Newlywed Game at mutual last week, and we won! Yay for us!
And….. no comment on this one! Although I do want to mention that Chase has been going poop on the toilet almost every day for the past month or two. Good boy! It makes for a much easier clean-up, and his reward is a treat from his Easter basket. Now how do I make him pee in the toilet too?….
SO many things to talk about, hopefully Joy will do a better job later. Lost was great on Thursday, Friday we finished a playground area for Chase, and met Graham’s very nice friend who enjoys his presence, Saturday we laid around dead tired from Friday, and yesterday we had a good time at the Gardner’s house. Anyway, I’m just posting a note from work, so pics and video to come later.
I was just thinking about California, when the classic 2Pac song just came to mind. Hence the title. ANYway, we had a wonderful time in California, visiting my fam and some friends. It’s always nice to go back there, especially they had consistently warm weather (get the hint, Utah?). And surprisingly enough, the traveling wasn’t bad at all, thanks to no delays, Chase being a little older, and because JetBlue is the best (legroom, tvs, lots of snacks– need I say more?).
Here are a few photos of when Gino, Jessica, Chase and I went to Howarth Park (a fun place where I spent countless hours training with the cross-country team in jr. high and high school). Chase loved this place, and so did we! The weather was absolutely perfect; 80 degrees, no wind, and not a cloud in the sky. There was so much to do there, including a carousel and the classic train ride (we used to ride it when we were little!). Take note that Gino is such a cute uncle!
We also got to spend time with my good ol’ best friend Jamie and her son Bryson. It was fun to observe how "boyish" our boys are and to just catch up with each other. Thanks to Jamie’s mom Jeanne for watching the boys so Jamie and I could go out to lunch, and thanks to Jamie for taking us back to the airport! It was so fun to see you guys!
Chase enjoyed riding the fire engine at Grandpa and Grandma’s house, and reading stories with Grandma. He liked hanging out with whoever was around at the time!
He also loved the Charlie Brown statue at the mall! It’s funny because this is how he acted when he saw the Snoopy statue last time we were here! He got a pair of sunglasses at the Children’s Place, and of course he had to try them outside when we got back!
View of the pond (aka "Lake Phil") on my parents’ property — beautiful!
We met up with Pace, Ryan, and Tina in San Francisco (Pace went to a conference there from Tues.-Thurs.). We had dinner and it was nice to be together (sorry you weren’t there, Rachel)!
Gino and Jessica also took cute photos, so I may post more later. Fun!
This will be what he does all day:
Flash video of bored retired physics teacher
Speaking of the office, what a LAME episode last night! It can only go uphill from there though. Thoughts?
Chase was being quiet for a couple of minutes this afternoon, which is never good. So where did I find him this time? In the clothes dryer (of course!). A little scary, yet pretty funny. I just HAD to grab the camera! When I asked him what he was doing in the dryer, he said, "It’s so warm!" and proceeded to rest his head on the warm pile of clothes. I think he just loves fresh, clean laundry as much as I do!
P.S. I just wanted to take this moment to mention that I am SO GRATEFUL to have a washer and dryer in our house! It was awful to find a place to do laundry when we were in our old apartment, especially when we’d just had Chase! Now I don’t ever take this for granted!
I just wanted to say that I love the movie Enchanted! It’s so clean, creative, fun, and even uplifting. Just remember when you watch it, that it’s MEANT to be a little goofy! Thanks to Rachel for giving us this movie for Pace’s b-day!
