march madness, round 2

this weekend our family enjoyed a visit from grandpa dennis, fresh from colorful colorado. saturday morning he was kind enough to take us all to the circus- a once in a lifetime experience. "the greatest show on earth!" is what we heard over and over. it was pretty spectacular, well done, and loud! it took kate a while to warm up, but by the end of the show she was clapping and dancing. jacob started out loving it, but i think by intermission he was ready to leave. it was stimulation overload for him. :)


the weather was beautiful in kentucky this weekend, so we spent some time outside enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. and of course, dad's visit wouldn't be complete without a visit to trader joe's (which he sadly doesn't have the convenience of in colorado).


kate and i both have crummy colds, but other than that, it was all in all a lovely weekend with grandpa!

march madness, round 1

i've deemed this month "march madness" at our house, and it has nothing to do with college basketball. it's a month with scheduled visits from out-of-town guests every weekend. this is a busy-ness that is very welcome at our house. :o) we love having visitors!

and to kick off the madness, a visit from grandma and grandpa mclane. we spent the weekend playing with new toys, shopping, and eating good food.


thank you grandma and grandpa for making the 6 hour drive, in the rain, in the dark, to visit us!

uh-oh, legos

jacob recently was rewarded for keeping his pants dry for a week straight (a major accomplishment). saturday we took him to the toy store, where he was allowed to pick out the toy of his choice to buy with his leftover christmas money (shhh...he didn't know about the christmas money part :) ).
with my mother as my witness, i was doing everything i could to keep myself from screaming as we opened the packages of all the oh-so-tiny pieces. jacob loved it.
we've set some rules, so i am not picking up tiny lego pieces all over the house. he is allowed to play legos in his room, and only during his afternoon rest time (sans sister kate, aka babyzilla). and now jacob loves rest time and can't wait to go spend an hour in his room.
i guess these legos have their pros and cons. :o)

today is the day

after months of thinking something must be wrong about non-dairy coffee creamer, and after having it confirmed for me last week as i came across this site, today is the day i have decided to start down a new path in my coffee drinking adventures....homemade (organic) vanilla caramel creamer (real dairy!). i am using this recipe here. i hope i notice a difference in my body, because i am certain that the amounts of non-dairy junk i was consuming was NOT healthy at all!

one thing you can be certain of, it's going to be a LONG time before i can get to the point where i am drinking my coffee black. yeck.


**sidenote: i wasn't able to find the La Creme creamer in my area, but my sister did, and she tried it, and verdict is that it is not good at all. "very watery" she said. so save your money.

well said

jacob, while talking about how much he likes carrots, says:

"bunnies bring carrots to the grocery store. and then they sell them to our house. and then we eat them in our tummies."

my kids have stolen my brain

it's settled. having kids has made me dumb. i was a "straight A" student in high school. graduated with a 3.98 gpa.

and then i had kids.

this morning, at 8:15am, as jesse was leaving for work, i asked him to stop and pick something up from the grocery store on his way home. something really important that we had run out of. by lunchtime, when i was texting him to remind him to stop at the store, i could not, for the life of me, remember what it was i had asked him to get.

it's a sad, sad thing to lose your mind.

i had to write this one down

jacob's prayer at lunch today:

"dear jesus. thank you for this food. thank you for our toys and all the people outside. i pray for mommy and daddy so that they don't get lost. amen."