Real Camera, a Warning and a Spider

The camera on my phone has decided it really doesn't like to work (as you might have noticed due to the quality of the morning pictures going downhill at a very steady pace) so I've brought of the big guns.  Low and behold the pics look soooo much better!  Silly phone!

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Talking at rest time ended the on going streak of all green stars yesterday.  Mia was so upset.  Lesson learned.  On a much happier note she scored 6/10 on her sight words - the 4 missed were ones they haven't worked on yet - so go figure.  She's doing phenomenally in school and obviously loving every part of it... well, except for the part where she has to get up while it's still dark.  

Friday, October 25, 2013

Today is PINK OUT DAY at school for Breast Cancer Awareness and also Show and Tell for the color Black.  as you can see Mia decided to take her remote control spider as show and tell.  There are no batteries in it and I had her leave the control at home - less likely to freak people out that way... hopefully.   (She was being a spider in the picture.)

We are having someone over for dinner and board games tonight!!!!!  I'm so excited!  It will be my third time hosting people since we moved - nerve wracking but great progress in the whole "get to know new people" area.  

Just an ordinary day

Swimming lessons, housework, and laundry filled our day along with some board games and math practice.  Nothing spectacular just another ordinary day.

I made my very own - totally from scratch pasta sauce tonight.  It ended up being super yummy (and pretty too!)

Just an ordinary day

June 14, 2013

Today was the first day all week that we didn't have to be anywhere at a certain time so Mia and I took full advantage of it and did nothing.  We cleaned the apartment, made some food ahead for the weekend and played at the pool.  It was lovely.

Mia's Room, Granola Bars and a Snake

I haven't been entirely happy with Mia's room since we set it up.  It felt small and got impossibly messy way too easily.  I was reading in the current parenting book I'm studying that it's really important to "simplify" your child's room as much as possible.  After reading that and my over all feeling of dissatisfaction with it I knew what today's project was going to be.  I spent the morning moving the furniture here and there, organizing all the little stuff, books, etc until I got it to where it is now.  I think (once the closet is finished but I needed Ben for that - his height definitely comes in handy!) that it turned out just about perfect.

The rest of the day Mia and I just chilled at the apartment cleaning, playing board games, listening to music, reading books and making more granola bars - we decided to put off Library Day until tomorrow - it was really good to have a day where we didn't go anywhere.

Ben headed to get his hair cut after work and stopped at books a million to browse - on his way into the bookstore he saw a snake!  It was all curled up and just chilling in the corner.  Adding that to our list of local wildlife we have now seen: a road runner, an armadillo and a rather large snake.  :)

Dinner was buffalo chicken salad - seriously nom nom.  A great "make ahead meal" because it tastes even better when it's been in the fridge for a day or two.  I'll post both that recipe and the granola bar recipe on the Recipe page just in case anyone would like them.

In other news - my mom got married today.  She and her fiance were in Huntsville for a visit and decided to go ahead and tie the knot since all the kiddos, save for me, were there.  We are very happy for her and wish her and Jim the best.

Tomorrow is library day, more cleaning and a visit from Ben's parents!!!!  We are super excited!  So forgive me if I don't blog over the next couple of days - I am sure we will be crazy busy.  No fear tho - it'll just make for a great post on Monday.  :)