Cat Love

 Oh My! I never thought I would be a cat person... but I adore our cat. For a family art project we all colored in a wood "chompers" and then I glued them to black canvas. We were going to hang it above his litter box but we were worried he may take it down. Fieldy taped a newspaper pic of a cat sitting on a toilet that had been potty trained. We soon found it shredded.....

Top left to Right: Miss Gretas and mine
Bottom left to right: Jeffs and Fieldins.

love this.

In Search Of Things....

I feel like I spend a lot of time looking for things that either don't exist or are hard to find.

Most times I give up, move on and then years later see the item of hopeless searching, EVERYWHERE... I hope this happens to other people. I want others to feel the frustration..ok, not really... but I do feel like I am the only one constantly searching for a special piece of whatever that I can never find.

Tonight I realized maybe it is because my brain works a little funny. For example I have been in need of an extremely large wall covered in chalkboard paint TWICE this week. I've had two crazy ideas swimming around my brain that are totally unrelated that I can't do without chalk and a wall. I was vetoed about painting one of our walls, with an exception of maybe being able to paint one of Fieldin's walls. I think he'll give in, after all I am the one who sneaks him cookies.

Plus, when he is older he can use the wall to keep track of his girlfriends phone numbers.. or to express his teen angst.

Next I have been looking for a hay bale. I need it to decorate with. I did find some, but they were gnome size and cost $8... no thanks. We drove around forever this evening trying different stores and all Fall/Halloween decor is clearanced out. I couldn't find anything I needed, unless I needed Christmas stuff. There is lots of that.. Come on people. Greta wants to throw a Halloween party and I am afraid we will be giving out Rudolph pencil toppers for party favors if I don't act fast..

I am realizing I am ranting. Sorry. But hey, if you have some extra human size hay bales or 8 feet of chalk wall, please let me know!

Today

Today I am..

Trying to give up coffee for the 111th time. Drinking decaf tea instead.. have a headache... I am motivated to quit caffeine this time. Not that coffee is bad, just bad for me.

Celebrating the first day of Fall by cooking up a chili in the crock pot, bringing home a pie pumpkin and squash and wondering how much longer I will need to wear shorts before the sweaters can resurface.

Buying sweet Jeff a bouquet of sunflowers. He has been waiting for his sunflowers to bloom and the day before they should have some deer, rodent or whatever ate the sunflower tops off... bummer...

Doing daily puzzles(he looves them) with Fieldin and trying to talk him into going outside. "No" he says. "We do this puzzle, and this puzzle then do them all over again"....

Unable to move my upperbody ( comfortably:)) after my workout last night.

Looking forward to squeezing in some time to do a creative project tonight.

Missing my Greta. Enjoying Fieldin and Chomps. Glad to see Jeff at lunch today.

Today I am content and wondering how Fieldin just found the deflating balloons I snuck into the garbage earlier. "how did these get in there..MOOOOMMMY!..

Gotta go...

You

You.. I love!

Thank you for being such a rockstar at your first dental checkup and amazing your dentist.

Thank you for trying hard to share and being a good friend to your amigos.

Thank you for being you.

Thank you for looking out for your sister and Chompers.

Thank you for being my co-pilot.

Thank you for checking on the roses and strawberries in the backyard. :)

Thank you for eating tomatoes and oatmeal.

Thank you for trying hard at toilet training.

Thank you for keeping us all in check.

Thank you for my days full of laughs and gruesome slimey kisses.. ick.

Thank the heavens above, for picking me to be your mama.

A Visit From Gigi..

We had a weekend visit from Gigi which the kids enjoy especially Greta because they have a sleepover.
This visit we had a pre-birthday celebration for Fieldin who will be three soon! Ack!!

He got to pick out his birthday gift. Of course something that flies...

Taking a Sunday hike

We had a nice visit. The kids love seeing the grandparents and Greta and Fieldin can't wait to see their grandpa in a couple weeks!

Last Week..Around Here...

We are back in the swing of things, saying goodbye to summer and bringing in Fall with open arms!

Big legos... he still loves anything that flies. He likes to build planes and fly them around the house.
After school hot chocolate treat.

Our sweet lover of books. She needs to read 20 minutes a night for school which quickly turns in a hour :)

A visit from grandpa Chuck and Nana

Ready for school. I drive her to school this year. That extra 45 minutes makes the mornings run smoother and no rushing!

Tomatoes....

Pasta sauce is put away for winter!
The house smelled so good for days with constant roasting

and an experiment that turned out more salsa than sauce.

Alot of work, but well worth it!