Monday, September 30, 2013

Weekend fun on a island

Saturday we went to an amusement park. We took a ferry to centerville for a day of fun! 


Kris loved being on the boat, he was soo excited! 

We saw some animals. 

Sat on a tractor. 

We did a lot of walking! 

It was a beautiful fall day. 


The best part of the weekend was when little K turned to me and said I WUV U! 
He's repeated it and signed it before but it was the first time he turned to me out of the blue and said it to ME!

Little K 23 months! He turns 2 in 1 month!!! Where has the time gone! 

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Approaching the terrible twos!

One month away from turning 2!!!

This little man is letting us know that he is almost 2 and ready to take on the world ha! 

Mr meltdown let's you know when he's upset. He'll scream, cry and throw himself to the floor kicking and screaming and looking over to make sure we are paying attention ha!

Little K is loving daycare. He still cried when we hit the driveway, but once he's there he is happy. And our provider has only good things to say about him. ;) the other day she said she is very impressed with all the colors he has learned. And asked if I knew! Of course! I taught him! I'm just glad he is having good days at daycare and is happy! 

 


Beautiful fall days

Who doesn't like fall! The weather is soo nice! 


Yesterday we played in the backyard and Kristian as usual is fascinated with Mother Nature. He was picking up leaves, smelling the flowers, listening to the leaves rustling in the wind. He loves being ouseye (outside) as he says it.



Minus the smiley cookies we had ;) we also are getting back to healthy juicing. We stopped for no reason the last couple weeks.

But even though we love fall, we don't love flu season. So getting those extra nutrients is so important! 

I made one juice for Kris and made another juice for myself but I ended up mixing the 2 for me ha! 

Out usual that Kris loves:
Bunch of kale
1 carrot
1 apple 

I give him half juice mixed with half water. 

So I poured the rest in with the juice I made. 

2 celery stalks
1 carrot
And a bunch of parsley.

I wasn't a fan of the celery in my juice. So I won't be doing that juice any time soon ha!

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

A pat on the back, mom.

Whoa whoa whoa! How many ah ha moments until the big ah ha moment! Ha! 

I've been really soul searching lately and uncovering a lot of deep experiences that has made me who I am today. It's painful and tough to touch on some experiences of the past. But with looking within I'm uncovering a new me. An awareness of the old me and how I want the new me to be with a balance. 

Having a child really brings out a lot if different emotions. Ones that sneak up on you in different situations.  So I now know the meaning behind life learning. 


This little boy is my light. My everything.
Seeing him go off to daycare today waving, saying bye bye and blowing me a kiss just melted my heart!

Us moms don't give ourselves enough pats on the backs. We usually kick ourselves down when we think we've done something wrong. Let's face it, some days I feel like I've done everything wrong!

Today I gave myself a pat on the back. 

Seeing my little independent 23 month old say bye to me this morning with a smile and ready to take on his day with confidence, I know I did some things right :)

So moms! Let's pat ourselves on the back today for doing a great job! We ARE doing a great job! 


Wordless Wednesday



Monday, September 23, 2013

First fall weekend

We had a very relaxed weekend. We totally needed it.

We did a little shopping 
So glad our grocery store has these car carts. Kristian loves it. 
Saturday we shopped for a Halloween costume and a new airplane! Well rocket! 

Kristian loves airplanes. The second he hears one he stops to look up and yells Aplay Aplay. 

We also did some cleaning.
Although the house never stays clean for longer than a minute with a toddler full of crumbs ha! 

We played outside, but it's getting pretty chilly! 

And bubbles are needed when outside. 


We cooked a little.
Black bean soup with pork. Yummy and perfect for this chilly weather! 
We all loved it and ate it all up this weekend! 


We had a fun relaxed weekend spending time together as a family ;) Zoe included ha! Kristian is obsessed with Zoe. He's always looking for her, playing with her, giving her kisses. It's cute! 

Hope you all had a nice weekend too! 

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Fun day at daycare

I have more posts on daycare that I haven't posted yet! I will soon! 

Little man had a great day at daycare.,

He cried when I dropped him off which breaks my heart! My husband is suppose to do the drop offs. It's too hard on me seeing him cry and harder on him seeing me leave. 

But when we picked him up he was all smiles! He was in a good mood and had a great day! 

Our provider gives me a list of what he eats all day and his milestones for the day.

She said he did really well at circle time with colors and numbers and it took a little while to fall asleep because he was talking and talking himself to sleep haha! 

After we picked him up for daycare we went to have a Greek dinner. We all ate soo much! 

Early bedtime for us! Zzzzzzzz





Sunday, September 15, 2013

Fun at the apple farm!

I haven't been gone for long but realized taking a blog break didn't make much of a difference in my life ha! I still blogged but didn't post! So I'll post my previous posts soon. Not all the posts. I'll post slowly. A lot has gone on the past couple weeks! 

Today we had a fun day at the apple farm! This is now our new tradition with little K. My husband and I would go before Kris was born and now the past 2 years we go as a family. I love this new tradition. 


Little K is a great apple picker!!!



We picked 2 bags of apples! 
And ate some along the way too! 

We ended up buying way to much pie too. 

Apple heaven over here ha! 

Did you know that there's a way to pick apples? Well there is. You should twist the apple off gently at the stem and they will stay in your hand. Eye to the sky and twist! ;) 


Saturday, September 14, 2013

For the love of airplanes!

Little K loves airplanes! Well just one of the many things he loves. 

Today we went to park near the airport to watch the planes land.

Oh boy! He was soo excited and happy to be there! Yelling out airplane bye bye. It was adorable!!!! 

It was my first time doing this. Definitely will be doing it more often. 

We had a fun evening! 

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Basement play area


We finally made the basement into a play area. 

I love it! 

It has all his toys and we get to spend our time as a family down there playing with little K. 

Today I bought new bean bag seats to be a little more comfy. 
They were on sale and at least 5 people stopped me as I was walking out to see what they were and wanted to buy them too! Ha! 


Now to find more time to workout too. Sigh.