Anna was afraid her new shoes would slow her down... apparently not.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Easter 2010
The usual Easter... matching dresses for the girls (per their request), hidden baskets, and the joy of money.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Easter Prep
I-Pads are all wrapped up for the girls to open with their baskets in the morning. With this next generation you really need to stay current on technology. They're 6 and 8 now, responsible enough to handle these of course.
No seriously, I just loaded up a never ending bag of plastic eggs with coins and they will be thrilled! Learned my lesson at xmas, it is all about quantity, not quality. I am not falling for the emails from Toys R Us where they try to take advantage of my sleep deprivation and make me think that Easter is the new Christmas. A Polly Pocket doll, a chocolate bunny, a toothbrush and a handful of change, living it up at the Keenans. I also waited until tonight to open up the Reese peanut butter eggs which was a smart move, otherwise I would have eaten them and replenished them 4 times by now.
Sean wisely took a shift tonight so I am left to hide all 347 eggs myself. After a long day of holding a teething baby, I hope I can find the energy. I did learn to not put candy in them and risk Patrick finding eggs long after Easter and wiping his chocolate face on my white furniture. Priorities you know. Ho, ho, ho, happy Easter to all!
No seriously, I just loaded up a never ending bag of plastic eggs with coins and they will be thrilled! Learned my lesson at xmas, it is all about quantity, not quality. I am not falling for the emails from Toys R Us where they try to take advantage of my sleep deprivation and make me think that Easter is the new Christmas. A Polly Pocket doll, a chocolate bunny, a toothbrush and a handful of change, living it up at the Keenans. I also waited until tonight to open up the Reese peanut butter eggs which was a smart move, otherwise I would have eaten them and replenished them 4 times by now.
Sean wisely took a shift tonight so I am left to hide all 347 eggs myself. After a long day of holding a teething baby, I hope I can find the energy. I did learn to not put candy in them and risk Patrick finding eggs long after Easter and wiping his chocolate face on my white furniture. Priorities you know. Ho, ho, ho, happy Easter to all!
Friday, April 2, 2010
Cruel Mail Day
What should arrive on the day Sean gets orders to deploy? Why it's his football season ticket application and something from Pebble Beach. I'll just go hide this in the trash...
Good Friday?
Yeah, not so much this year. For the past week we have been waiting for army to decide whether it is appropriate to send a radiologist to run a clinic in Kuwait and now it is pretty official that he will go in 30 days. It is a very safe assignment and only for 6 months, so clearly it would be much much worse. Ideal timing too as he will miss no major holidays or events and we only have 30 days to be grumpy about it. Let's just get it over with already. We will not tell the kids until just before he goes and I know the biggest issues will come from the girls. They are angry when he goes away for a long weekend, so this will be interesting and may require therapy.
Upcoming posts to look for:
1. Things I can do with Power of Attorney while Sean is away. Will this involve a white kitchen or a whole new house? Hey, there is a 1% chance that a house that fits us better could come up for sale and then I'd just have to jump on that.
2. Things I can throw away while Sean is gone. Starting with the enormous stash of electronics boxes that he has saved, never mind we no longer own the actual electronic item.
3. Things I would have done with the moonlighting money that he won't be getting for 6 months. Like retiring someday. Or that white kitchen.
Well, the children have been terrible today with lots of fighting and not listening to me, so this definitely does not bode well for a long summer alone...
Upcoming posts to look for:
1. Things I can do with Power of Attorney while Sean is away. Will this involve a white kitchen or a whole new house? Hey, there is a 1% chance that a house that fits us better could come up for sale and then I'd just have to jump on that.
2. Things I can throw away while Sean is gone. Starting with the enormous stash of electronics boxes that he has saved, never mind we no longer own the actual electronic item.
3. Things I would have done with the moonlighting money that he won't be getting for 6 months. Like retiring someday. Or that white kitchen.
Well, the children have been terrible today with lots of fighting and not listening to me, so this definitely does not bode well for a long summer alone...
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Pinecone Obsession
Patrick has a thing for pinecones and really hit the jackpot at the park yesterday. Somehow I managed to trick him into leaving them there, instead of storing them in the van to sneak into Easter mass.
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