Happy Dad's Day~

I will admit. I'm one of the lucky few. One of the lucky few who has a great daddy, and an amazing daddy for my kids. In a society that devalues the role of the father, I'm eternally grateful for the strong men who walk out the patience, love and perseverance that it takes to be a father.
In honor of today I'm going to show of some photos and videos of my hubby! What a great example of Heavenly Father he is to our children!








Making their first snowman!

Finished!!!!

Checking the soccer scores!!!!

The all important NAP!














Go Cart Racing!!!












It's easy to take you for granted dad! Thanks so much for being there, and making an unforgettable impression on your kids!

Petal dancing

Petal is starting to enter the toddler years! She LOVES music. This morning she started dancing to the songs from her toys

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Giggling at last!

My dear Petal is such a gentle soul. She has be a study in contrast after our experiences raising Mickle. One of the greatest milestones is hearing your little one laugh with abandon. We've all be trying hard to hear that with Petal. She smiles like her soul is going to break free, and her face is going to split- but is normally silent. Although she does adore her nana, and the first substantial giggle came in her nana's arms as she was bounced up and down. Her loudest and longest to date- was actually at some friends house, and I caught the latter half on my phone camera.

Here's something to smile at!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuMwZbg9W3o

Undo...please????

I am sick. No literally, I feel ill. I'm obsessive about cost. Really, really obsessive. I'll spend hours and hours researching the best price on something before I buy it. I hate the thought of wasting my monetary resources.



Which leads me to why I'm ill. We've been without any form of Microsoft office for at least a year now- seems sooo much longer, esp in light of having to work on projects for school. No outlook for e-mail and calendar management, no PowerPoint or Word for projects, ect ect. Every time I looked into it, spending several hundred dollars just was not even something I was willing to do. Which is why I was ecstatic when I found a website selling Office professional for a great deal(just one level below the "everything" version). Office Professional had pretty much everything we would need ( no "one note"- but I had never really gotten the hang of that program). On the Microsoft website office pro retails for $500. Are you kidding me??? $500???? I'm sure some places sell it less, it always works that way right? But there was no one I had seen that had a truly great deal. Until 2 days ago.....


http://www.academicsuperstore.com/ had the office professional for $99 !!!!! It required you be a student, and be able to prove such. Not a problem since I'm in culinary school. Well, after a quick glance around the internet, and not seeing it for less than $250 -anywhere.....I pressed the "purchase" button. I spent the next 2 days practically dancing around the house- thrilled to be getting my beloved programs back, and a deal to boot.

Back to being ill..... Got my office pro in the mail today. Waited until Allan got home to open it and start the installation process. After having some trouble getting it installed properly- I went to the Microsoft website for some assistance. And saw it......Office Ultimate (the everything version) for students......$59....(insert sobbing). Sooo frustrated right now. If I had seen that only 2 hours earlier I could have sent the office pro back. But, not now. Even though it's not installed on my computer, it's been opened. So I'm stuck with it......stuck with knowing that I spent $40 more for a product with less features.

I'm feeling sick......

Firefighter

Conversation with Pickle

"When I get bigger I'm gonna put my hose on the fire hydrant and make sure it works right. Then I can use it to put fires out. I will drive there in my fire truck"........................"Mom, where do you buy a fire truck?"

"You have to be a fireman to buy a firetruck"

"Oh"

"Where do you buy firefighter clothes"

"You have to be a fireman to buy firefighter clothes"

"But I am"

"You are what?"

"I'm already a firefighter"

"You think you are already a firefighter?

"Yup....I just need clothes and a truck, and to grow up taller"

LOL!!!! Love that positive thinking!

4 pounds!~

So I wanted to show off today's "harvest" (said very loosely because the quantity I get from my little garden is quite small- but steady)

Today we have cucumbers, Armenian cucumbers (my new favorite type!), okra (stuff grows FAST!) yard long beans (very interesting- I will be planting them in to future again for sure!) and a cantaloupe. I'm soo very proud of this melon (isn't that silly) He/she weighs in at 4 pounds.....and smells heavenly!!!!!! Can't wait to cut into it! Hope your yard/garden is enjoying this rain as much as mine has!!!

Decorating....

Now I know when you read that you thought I was decorating....but no. Not me. Mickle comes into the office today-
"Mom - where do you want my white table?"
I'm like "huh? I don't care (he has a bed, a litttle table, toy chest, and easle in his room)"
"Oh good- can I decorate my room???"
"Um sure- just no moving your bed" - trying to stiffle the giggle in my throat because of the serious expression on his face.

So for the past hour I've listened to things get pushed across the room, and recieved mini updates on his progress.
"Ok- so I put the white table in the closet" he says with an excited face and wildly guesturing hands. Then 30 minutes later he comes rushing in....
"Mom! so I put the toychest between the shelves (built in)(again wildly guesturing hands). "It works great! It just fits just soooo perfectly!"

LOL!!! It's moments like this that you smile and you just want to enjoy the life fire that burns in their eyes. The extreme excitement that can't even be expressed over a moved toychest! Hold onto them, and remember them on the days when they aren't as charming.....and have decided to boycott all your instructions for the day.