Ten on Tuesday

Eeekkk...I still have 10 things to do (if not more) before leaving for Texas tomorrow. In no particular order, here they are:

1. PACK! Everything...clothes, makeup, hair accesories, jewelry, skivvies...all of it.


2. Deliver sandwich board signs to a couple of my work cronies downtown. Our last First Friday event is this Friday.


3. PACK....my reading materials for the ride, camera and charger, repack a new purse...ugh


4. Clean my bathrooms


5. Do the minutes from the September DBC Meeting


6. Kiss my girls 1001 times and then some, because I'm going to miss them uberly! *sigh*


7. Change the sheets on my bed and put my duve cover on for my in-laws, who are staying at our casa while we are gone to watch the wee ones.


8. PACK...so what, I've said it already, I get it...but I really haven't packed a thing.


9. Paint my toenails and file my broken nail.


10. Email the superindent of my HS and give him a head count for football tickets, call the HS and let them know folks will be going to the pep-rally and then call the dinner place, give and give them a head count on meal choices.


11. Oh wait, I'm not done...drive my in-laws around town and show them the places to be and when to be there.


12. Kiss the girls some more and put away their clothes that I folded this evening.

Ok, well, I'm POSITIVE there is more to do, but I won't have time to do it all, so it just might not get done. The world will go on...good night and maybe if I get the chance I'll send a little hello from Tejas :-)

Flashing back to the '06...Princess Fairy big wee one and the Little one who adores her...cuteness.

Night Time Conversation

While some are tucking in their wee ones, saying sweet little prayers before drifting off to dream land. Preparing for visions of marshmallow clouds and delicious chocolate dreams. This is what Big wee one and I were talking about:

Big Wee One: "Girls make toots and boys make toots"

Mommy: "That's right they do. Do Mimi's make toots?" (lol...sorry mom...hehehe)

Big Wee One: "Oh no. Nope, Mimi's don't make toots silly." (Phewww...thank goodness!)

Hehehe....Mondays ;-)

This is Big Wee One circa 2006...the girl loves fashion. And so what...her shoes on the wrong foot, it adds character...lol. Bet she's not tootin' in this outfit. The life of a mom ;-)

YEAH!!

My last post was my 100th post!

Congratulations Tina...job well done.

Here's 101, a couple pages I've recently completed :-)
These pics are from Big wee one's first day of school. The quote is part of our fall scrap challenge. I thought it fit the pictures nicely. This LO was a template, I added the paper and embellishments, another easy page.This LO documents all of our Halloween activities from last year. Including treat or treat on Main, the MOMS club harvest party and actual trick or treating at Mimi & G-pa's house.This LO documents Little wee one's first night in her big girl bed. This page was a quicky page, all I did was add the title and journaling. Easy as pie. This LO just documents a fun morning we had...painting and making a HUGE mess...Daddy loves it when we do that ;-) I should start documenting the designers and websites, if there is anything you like, message me and I'll let you know who designed it and where I got it.

I made a mistake in my last post, the last time I saw Lele Big wee one was 6 months old and the bean was almost a year...sorry 'bout that Lele, and no I didn't forget, I just has a brain fart :-)

Everything.

This wee one is into everything. I can't do a thing. I turn around and she's got toothpaste out, or she's pulling out every single book we own. She also waks her sister with books and pulls her hair. Frustrating. Luckily, her teachers at Moms Day Out LOVE her and always tell me what a great child she is, and how well she plays by herself. I asked if she hits any of the other kids and they were appalled that I even asked...lol. You never know, I guess she just likes to take it out on her sister.

Big wee one is getting sassier by the second. This afternoon when I asked her to help clean up some toys she told me to, "Chill Out, I am on my cell phone." Nice. I'm sure I've told her to chill out, but the whole cell phone thing is her own invention ;-)

On the other hand she really cracks me up. The chill out comment was kind of funny and her expressions are hysterical and while talking on the phone to K tonight she was mimicking with her hands, pointing and what not...so cute. She's a small person! At dinner she must have gotten a chill because she asked for a blanket and when I told her she didn't need a blanket she said, "Yes, I do. I'm very very cold!" I get that that might not sound all that cute, but you have to add the facial expressions and the hand movements...cracks me up! Like she's 30 or something.

This past weekend Paul and I went "wheelin'" with my brother and his girlfriend. It was a lot of fun. Paul broke his front light and Eric got stuck on a rock, and he busted his tire...sounds like fun right...lol. Seriously, though, it was fun (minus the gnats, that part wasn't fun). Eric's girlfriend is really nice. She's great with the girls which, of course, is HUGE points with me. I hope they can make it work, since they'll be on different ships when they head back out to the deep blue sea, sea, sea.

Here we are going up a hill...isn't the sky a lovely shade of blue :-)

Going down the "bowl" (Eric & Deb)After Eric popped his tire. It's strange how proud they are...hmph. Lots of these things moving about. Urgh.Notice the gigantic spider web behind my head?? Not cool!Look you can't see me, because I'm a stick. WRONG! I see ya! You can't play tricks on me. I've got lots of time to pass while those guys change that tire.Group shot after lunch.This is just about the time Eric gets stuck. That thing is not budging.And then Mr. Muscles thinks this is going to help. Maybe it does...but I don't get it. He ends up wrapping that thick rope thing around his jeep and pulling him out that way.Uncle Airwick and Debra (whom Big wee one misses already...isn't that sweet) The guys like it when their tires "flex" like this.Rut-row...Juice gots a boo-boo. Nothing a little duct tape can't man handle!We finish with a nice scenic shot of the love birds on top of the mountain.

This time next week I'll be in Tejas! I'm super excited to see all my girlfriends! Gosh, I haven't seen Lele since she was prego with the bean and Jenny since I was about to bust with Big wee one. I miss you guys!! I'm also going to catch up with a bunch of ladies from our old stompin' ground. Fun Fun!! It will be a long drive, but Paul and I will get some much needed regrouping time and of course practice our singing to the Dixie Chicks.

Lots going on in this post. Guess that happens when you don't update more then once in a week. Monday, we visited a farm. Both of the girls loved it! And the milk and cookies at the end were a big hit. Last night (Wednesday night) was the MOMS Night Out, which was a TON of fun! We had our annual scavenger hunt and it was a riot! I have some of the best friends in this club and as a whole the group is amazing. At one point in the night we all broke out into the Rocky theme song...it was awesome! All day today I was chuckling about little things that happened last night. It's such a relief to know that I can turn to these ladies when my day is crappy or get a phone call from one just wishing me a happy day. Aww, ok, enough sap...I love ya ladies!

Big wee one and one of her besties "K"...aren't they sweet:-) Minus my child's mess of a hair! She's on a farm, that's what farm girls look like right? In their "Sarah Plain and Tall Dresses" and rag-a-muffin hair-dos. She thinks that's going to make me pick her up. She's wrong. That's a little sweeter. Nice teets behind her! ha! Hand in hand, two little girls go. The dark lady in front, she's from Hawaii. She was showing us pics of her surfing with one of her grandaughters and then that same grandaughter asleep on a surf board. How cool is that?! I thought it was pretty cool. She's rockin' a serious tan!These are mom cows about to go into labor. I bet they were feeling some pain. I think one of them lost her mucus plug while we were there. LOL...that reminds me of a funny story. NO! Not about me. Gross.Milk, It does a body good. And no, brown cows don't make chocolate milk...the farmer said so.Have a MOOOOValous night :-) Lol...you knew I had to!

I have to get ready for the Grey's Anatomy 2 hour season premiere.

Short and Sweet

I'm tired tonight, but I wanted to post these two pictures. My two wee ones. Two polar opposites. Two stinkers who make me laugh and cry. Two little munchkins that I can't get enough of. Who make me so mad one minute and laugh out loud the next.

The picture of Big wee one is from the first day of school. She's usually willing to give me a great smile. She loves to pose for the camera, after this picture came a lot of posing with her lunch box.This picture of Little wee one is the 2nd day of school. She wasn't too cooperative on the first day and as you can see, she wasn't thrilled with me shoving the camera in her face the second day. Though, I did ask if she would go sit next to this window so I could get good light and she did. Bummer she didn't want to follow that up with a great big beautiful smile :-)

Good thing that face makes me smile. So does this video clip. Sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes I do like to torture my kids. Little wee one is going through this stage where she doesn't like me to sing (can't blame her) so she'll give me the "look" and then follow it up with a "sh. be quiet". I taunted her on video so you could see it too (isn't that nice of me) :-) Take note of the look and then the in my face approach to be quiet :-)

*A friend's mother-in-law once asked me if I was a singer...obviously she has not seen this video. And yes, she was serious!

Ten on Tuesday

1. This morning while getting ready I heard Big wee one say to Little wee one..."You da' man!" Cracked me up!
2. Yesterday was Grandma's birthday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!
3. I love my husband so much! He does drive me crazy at times and I know that I drive him crazy, but yesterday was Wife Appreciation Day and he got me a small little gift...he's so cute. Did you know it was Wife Appreciation Day??
4. I leave in 2 weeks for TX...so if you graduated from NL in '98 leave me a comment for reunion details. Our list of RSVP's is growing :-) I also need to confirm up some last minute details on that.
5. My work menu includes, a cup of coffee for breakfast, maybe a handful of cereal and an apple for lunch :-) An apple a day keeps the dr. away.
6. Speaking of dr's...mine called last week. I need to call him back and FINALLY schedule my follow-up appointments. I missed them due to my grandmother's 80th birthday celebration back in May.
7. I have a Hispanic Business Meeting in about 10 minutes and I'm sitting here blogging. Luckily, I have everything ready from last month's Hispanic Business Meeting. **Meeting went super well and the attendance was awesome! Not a seat left in the boardroom and as some left, more came in to fill those seats! Makes me want to make enchiladas for dinner tonight...YUM**
8. I LOVE my job! I love strolling the streets and talking to store owners. I love planning stuff and working out details. I love strolling the streets and talking to store owners. I love the people, and I love strolling the streets....rrrrr...did I just say that? LOL
9. The monthly crop is this Friday. I'm excited! Hopefully we have enough to book the store, otherwise, we'll be crashing someone's house. Note to self: call the scrapbook store and see how many she needs, maybe she'll let us scrap with the amount we have??
10. Little wee one was screaming in the car this morning when I was driving them to the sitter's house. She stopped to take a breath and said, "Mommy, funny?!" She thinks she's hysterical! Stinker!

Have a great Tuesday...catch ya on the flip side :-)

Lotta, lotta, LOTTA stuff...

What a week!

The girls started school this week (sorry, I haven't downloaded those pics yet, but I'll post them once I do), and dance. Big wee one did great, with both, as well as Little wee one; though Little wee one wasn't thrilled with dance. I can't really blame her. The instructor had NO rythm, she couldn't clap to the beat at all and her dancing was pretty blah, I understand it's little people, but still you should be able to catch a beat...right? To top it off, Little wee one was crying and she pretty much avoided us (it was a Mommy & Me class) like the plaque, and it's not the class was full, there was one other mom and child there. I was slightly annoyed with that. The instructor interacted with the other child and would "dance" up to her, but not once did she try to get Little one involved. So, I think we'll hold off on Little wee one's dance class, but keep Big one in. We were able to watch her on the tv while she danced and she was lovin' it!

My oldest brother came in this week with his girlfriend. He tried to surprise me, which he did, but I caught on quickly! He called my cell asking all kinds of weird questions, like "Where is your office again?" and "When do you have lunch?" obvious signs that he was in route ;-) Sure enough, I walked up my work stairs to call him to let him know that I really did know that he was in town and there he was! ha! I got to meet his girlfriend, who seems extremely nice, and after dinner on Thursday night, we haven't seen him since...hmmmm, hope he's enjoying his vaca.

Yesterday, Paul changed Little wee one's crib into a big girl bed, and I am happy to report that she did excellent last night and only managed to roll out of bed once :-) I need to get those bed rail things (Mom of the year...lol). Eventually we are going to put the girls in the same room and put all their toys into the extra room, hopefully that will clear up some of the clutter I feel is surrounding me right now.

This morning was very productive. I finished editing my friend's pictures of her daughter and I completely cleaned out all of Little wee one's clothes, put them in a bag and will be giving them away tomorrow. I now have room in their closets for the next round of clothes, and I still have to go through Big wee one's clothes. It feels good though, to get rid of all those little clothes.

My next mission is to go through my paper scrapbooking stuff and pack that up. I am finally selling my scrap cubes, so if you want or need any paper materials, let me know! Digital is the way for me :-)

We'll finish with some pictures of the little cutey :-) and some LOs I've done lately, and then while the girls are sleeping I'm going to digi scrap! Fall lacrosse started today, so Paul is out for the afternoon...scrap happy :-)

Have a great week!Isn't she like a little model...so cute!

Thanks for letting me take your pictures again this year :-)
My first "white paper" page...I hardly ever do pages using a white background, but I kind of like it, so I might try it again.This page was for a LO challenge using neon colors.This 2 page LO is Little wee one's first year :-) Thanks for peeking :-)