Dinner Time Woes

OK I'm going to throw this right out there.  I'm a pretty darn good cook. 

I learned to cook farm style from my Mom which also means gravy style.  It's rich and not low fat & mainly uses beef.  Now I bragged myself up a tad, but I'll admit I don't love to cook & try to get out of it if I can.  However, that means Jade goes toward cereal so I end up cooking.  I do put something on the table every night even if it's not the most amazing meal.  Fast & tasty is the goal!  Jade is always thrilled when I really bring out the goods, because let's face it with two kids, a 40 hour a week job, house chores, and a pregnant lazy body - one can't make mashed potatoes, roast, noodles, rolls, and the necessary veggies every night.  If you can you are one heck of a lady.

So the other night I made chicken stir fry.  It's always fantastic & fast & provides everything you need - meat, lots of veggies, and a carb.  Plus, I love rice and use it all the time.

My son used to eat everything & thought I was amazing in the kitchen.  This night he sat down and I kid you not said "This is disgusting.  P. U."  Seriously?!?  Where has he heard this?  Who says PU anymore?  I blame Sponge Bob & firmly believe Sponge Bob is rude.

Date Night

OK if you saw the movie Date Night I hope you are thinking of the car scene & laughing because that scene kills me...now onto my story.

One of the best things in life is a date night with your husband & no kids.  They are just fantastic!  The only thing better is a surprise date night!  A date that you didn't plan, where you didn't get your hopes up and call 4 different babysitters to try to line the date up, only to find out it's Homecoming for something busy and you can't go at all.

Saturday night we had a surprise date night.  Jade's Mom took both kids overnight & to church the next day.  We were thrilled as were the kids!  So what did we do?

Dinner & a movie Saturday night, then we threw in a paint job & bedroom redo Sunday morning!

Excuse the mess - our motto - when painting - pile everything on the bed!

Both kids are officially sharing a room.  the furniture is in place, but there isn't a stitch of anything on the walls yet.  This will all change, but for now they are settled & thrilled with their new room that is now gray instead of blue.  Aubrie proclaimed Gray may be her next favorite color which made me laugh - she's such her mother's daughter with her colors!

They are enjoying their new "little beds" - more pictures to come when the room is completed and looks decent!

Growing Pains

Today my littlest went to preschool for the first time.

His Spiderman back pack is the highlight of the school experience.  It's his favorite thing!

He wanted all the pictures to show it off.

Gosh he just kills me!

He's 3 years old and thinks he's so big.

This is his teacher, Mrs. Miller.  She is my best friends' older sister & I grew up with her, so she's like a sister to me.  I'm thrilled that she has Everett because he's very busy, and I know she'll be able to handle him.  It will also be nice to have an honest opinion on how he's doing.  

I had a harder time with today than I thought I would.  It was just the open house & Monday is the first official day, but he'll be going 5 days a week for two and a half hours.  I have a hard time remembering that he is becoming a big boy, I wish he'd stay small forever!.  He wanted to stay today, and I know he will just love it.  It's a fantastic program & it will be good for him.  He needs to learn about sharing & how to sit still among all the other things they will learn this year.

If you thought I was crazy before...

buckle your seat belts!  I think I finally found the perfect bedding for the nursery.  It is by no means traditional.

They baby is going into Everett's red room while Everett and Aubrie are moving in together in a hip & cool room coming sometime this fall.  So the nursery is staying red.  I really didn't want to repaint it and I like the color just fine & Everett has gray furniture that will stay and be super cute!  Now, remember I don't want to find out the sex of the baby, however that is still a big debate in my house - my husband is VERY stubborn.  A family friend is going to sew bedding for me.  I wanted something unique and quirky like my style, and something that is gender neutral.

Ta da - the answer is garden gnomes!  Did you laugh out loud?

Dead serious!  This fabric is fabulous!  It has all the red I need, it could be for a boy or a girl, and it's happy & vintage looking.  I don't really want a bedroom theme because I get sick of those in a year or two.  This fabric allows me to buy vintage & old things that I already like to make it work - even better when kids shift around bedrooms in the future, I have fabulous treasures to move around with them.  Perfect!

This is going to be the sheet fabric - I love the gnome with glasses!

This this perfection will be the bumper - one side red polka dots & the other a village of gnomes.  I totally dig it. 

So it's unpredictable & fun.  I'm excited & can't wait to hear from the family friend to know it's going to work to get this business ordered and in the works!