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Paige has had a loose tooth for a few weeks now and she’s been quite proud of it. Tonight she hit the latest milestone- First lost tooth! With a lot of coaxing and wiggling and tie it with dental floss, it decided it was better to be out than in. Man did she get excited!! I’ve never seen her like that before! She wrote a note to go along with her tooth under the pillow, “Please toothfairy, leave my tooth behind along with the money. Love Paige”
That’s my girl!
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Tis the season for
all things pumpkin and spices
Getting my bake on
let’s see, since I last blogged we’ve been busy! We’ve had a play date, the first one with a new school friend. The mom was great, she made fresh cinnimon buns, cheese pizza, veggie trays for the kids and coffee for her and I. All that AND she has a 2 month old baby along with a 2 year old and her older sister. Amazing. I plan on inviting them over for an afternoon, but If I plan on keeping up with her, I better start planning now.
Nolan got his first shiner. Paige dropped a large plastic ‘Kermit the frog’ piggy bank on his face and it landed on his cheekbone right underneath his eye. Over the last week we’ve watched it turn all the colours of the rainbow. The looks from other parents has also been interesting, looks that are begging for an explanation. Of course, I always provide one… but one of these times I’m going to say something like, “I told him to stop making so much racket while CSI was on…”
Every night when I have to put the kids to bed for the sake of expediency I lay down with the kids in my bed. The lights are turned off and we sing a couple songs and then go to sleep. Before we actually close our eyes I always say “Goodnight, Sleep tight, don’t let the Bed Bugs bite!” and paige will reply the same to me. Then one night Nolan said “Good night Mom, don’t get Bug bites!” and he stuttered and stammered and said it over a few times because he knew it wasn’t coming out quite right but I thought it was the cutest thing ever. He also told me ‘Don’t come get me, Stay at home Mom.’ as we were walking him to preschool. He absolutely loves it there and fits in like a pea in a pod. It’s wonderful to watch. We’ve also finally got him to leave the building without having to be slung over my shoulder kicking and screaming which is also nice. Now we just need to get that whole potty thing out of the way… any tips?
Paige has started what while probably be her last level of early swimming. Called Water Whales, she will now learn to swim laps! She loves it, first of all because she loves swimming, second of all she loves the new bathing suit I had to buy her (long story) and Nolan can’t see why she gets to go in the pool and he can’t so next time we all will go in the water. Oh yippee.
Kindergarten is going well. This week was parent/teacher conference week so Kinder classes have only been an hour and a half long. It’s ridiculous! Today, after returning from walking Paige to school, I chatted with my neighbor for a while, climbed into the truck and drove for a coffee with Nolan. We then parked in the school parking lot for 30 minutes and waiting for our time to pick up Paige. I had a chuckle when i saw a couple other moms ALSO sitting in their cars with coffee. After going for my one hour to see what Paige’s learning at school I was quite impressed with her skills. I did see a little bit of her having a hard time focusing at first but soon she was showing off with pride. During our playdate, I noticed Paige and her friend playing using most of the french words they learned at school (colours and numbers)- I was impressed!
Anyway- enough of this brag book- but I wanted to blog about this stuff for my own recollection if nothing else.
In my own personal business, I just did a mini photo session with my neighbors. I wasn’t too impressed with the results so I’m not going to charge her anything and offer to do it again at a later date. What are friends for right? Also I was flagged down at my Gym by a woman whom I did photos for LAST year at this time! I don’t know how she recognized me, but she did stare at me for about 10 minutes while I was on the recumbent bike. She got me paranoid that I had a nasty case of body odor!! I’m excited about this shoot, because the woman has a BEAUTIFUL home and she wants to do it in her home, her kids will be another year older and easier to corral, not to mention this year I’m using my new camera that can handle low light and not my ultra zoom point and shoot. It’s going to be good, I’m excited. Now I definitely need to get my but in gear and design my new business cards tonight. No more fooling around!
Okay, off i go but Check the blog out this friday for this weeks Haiku, I just love doing it.
Take care all,
~jen
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children’s televisionis enough to drive you madbut kids are happy
I found the funniest thing today while Perusing the ‘internets’.
It’s called and excuse generator! You know you could all use one (if even only to generate a laugh to break the tension!)… Check it out here.
Once again,
Don’t say I never gave ya’ nothin’.
~jen
How many more times can I burn my tongue on food and beverages before it actually shrivels up and I accidentally swallow it??? No wonder my dinner tasted like it needed more salt, my tongue has been damaged and can no longer taste! I’m just saying that I’m frustrated, that’s all.
In other news, I have to give a shout out to my neighbor Laurie (aka Mama Lee) who gave so generously of her time and elbow grease this morning to help me sort, purge and clean my livingroom/ dining room area. Who am I kidding- she did it all while I managed kids and did the kitchen cleaning routine. She was a machine, a small, feisty and ever so efficient machine. I actually felt like I was in the way as soon as I walked into the room. Thanks to her I have claimed my living room back as an ADULT place- where toys shall not linger. All I have left to do is keep it tidy and hang some picture frames.
Words can not express my gratitude. Seriously. Thank you.
It’s been a long week without hubs here. We miss him. He’ll be feeling so extra loved too when he sees my list of ‘things to do around the house’ hanging on the fridge. Welcome home.
I handed off the photos from my first two photo shoots and they were met with rave reviews! The Mom of the 2 year old told me that all the ladies at her office can’t wait to see the photos because they May want to use my services! Yipee! ‘Tis the season for photos! I have a shoot in the wings for my neighbor’s family, hopefully the weather will hold out for a day or two this week… ::fingers crossed::
Nolan has started using more bigs words (in appropriate context too!). Words like, "Serious", "Hostible" (hospital), and ‘restaurant’. All very important words- hopefully not used together in a sentence… put the kid in nursery school for a couple days and he comes home with a new vocabulary. Nolan is LOV’IN the preschool too by the way- he has a complete hissy fit everytime we go to pick him up. Hopefully that stops soon…
Paige has experienced a few firsts too- first picture day at school, and I had a mom of one of her friends arrange a play date with me! Her first play date with a friend from her class, here we go, I’m now in the world of bake sales, fund raisers and apres-class playdates.
Well I should hobble on to bed now- I like to get up and enjoy a few minutes of quiet time while the kids sleep- but lately i’ve been absolutely exhausted at the end of the day and sleep is all I can think about.
Blog at ya soon,
~jen
Coffee is my drink
of choice because it’s tasty
do you not agree?
Well hello out there… long time no blog! I have been on the computer a lot and commenting on most of the blogs out there so I’m not completely MIA. The reason is that I’ve been so busy WORKING! I have had my first two photo shoot under my business name of ‘Jen’s Lens’!! They happened to both be on the same day as well so I’ve been bustin’ my butt to get all of the photos edited and have them ready for the customers this week. I would have been done tonight except I fell asleep with the kids at an early hour. 
I really needed it because I’ve been having a lot of late nights (working) and then early mornings (kindergarten) and naps are a lot harder to come by these days.
One of the jobs was to take photos of a 2 year old- which was fun but very trying (as two year olds tend to be) and the second was a teenager/aspiring actor who needed up-to-date head shots. I’ve posted a couple samples in my blog- both shoots were very fun and exhiliarating. I can’t wait to do more.
On the home front, Ken is away for the week and is extrememly missed. While driving in the Santa Fe the other day Paige yelled at me to turn up the radio. The song ‘Far Away’ by Nickleback was on and she said it reminded her of her dad because he always plays it in his car… so I turned it up. Then I started listening to the lyrics and got all misty!! I’m such a sap!
Paige is really enjoying school and is frustrated that her Kindergarten half days are so short. I’m right along with her on that one. She’s been letting me do her hair lately which is nice, and after a stern talking to- is only changing ONCE in the morning (instead of 4 costume changes before we leave for school). Suzanne taught her how to tie a bow the other day, in about 30 seconds!! I coudln’t believe it. She brought home the test cardboard and practiced all night. I have the video clip on facebook and as soon as I figure out how to get it to show here (may have to upload to youtube) I’ll post it.
Nolan has been a little two year old machine. He plays with his cars and trucks constantly. Loves to eat yogurt on my couch and get it ON my couch. He plays Starfall any chance he can get and LOVEs it. He met a new friend that lives across the street named ‘Cody’ and it melts my heart to watch them play together and hear Nolan talk about him with such affection. Cody only lives with his mom part time so we don’t see him very often, that doesn’t stop Nolan from talking about him though! Potty training has gone backwards. He doesn’t want to have anything to do with it so I’m not forcing the issue. Which sucks because he’s starting nursery school tomorrow (today actually)- two days a week! He’s pretty excited about that even though it didn’t work as incentive for potty training. So, two mornings a week for a couple hours I’ll be completely child free. How exciting is that??!?!? VERY exciting.
I know that there have been a lot more things going on and if I was blogging regularly I’d have documented it. I’ll keep trying!
Post a comment, if only so that I have an easy link to get to your blog and comment, which is all I ever have time to do these days!
Hugs to all,
~jen
