Slacker blogger

I know, I know, I am a slacker blogger. I'm sorry, its just that...well you know.... ok, I don't have any excuses. I'm just plain old lazy. Anyway, we are alive and doing well. Jimmy is in school up to his eyeballs ( not quite over his head just yet), he just joined a basketball league and just to brag a little my hot little jock scored 20 points his first game!!! (This is very exciting news at our house, as Seth thinks that Daddy could very possibly be drafted by the Lakers at any moment). I am doing great...I lost 4 more pounds!!! I only have 20 to go, so at the rate I am going, be sure to check our blog again in five years for an update ;) Seth is doing wonderful. Preschool is back in session so he is happy about that. Sarah goes with him to preschool and thinks that she runs it. She is quite the little Melissa....(You know, always telling people what to do). I will take some pictures next week and post some preschool pics.

Seth

Some days I am just so happy to be Seth's mom. Well, I am happy to be Seth's mom everyday, but some days just stand out. Lately Seth has been asking "why" to everything. I have heard that 3 yr olds do this, and I do remember it from teaching preschool...but I have never dealt with it 24/7 before. It seems I cannot tell him anything without the usual "why" being asked. Some days (ok most days) it frustrates me, but today was different. Today I was happy to answer all his "whys". This was our car ride to my sister's house:
Seth- "Are we going on the freeway to Aunt Jessi's house?"
Mom- "Yes, we are.
Seth- "Why"?
Mom- "Because it takes too long to get there without taking the freeway"
Seth- "Why"?
Mom- "Because there are no stoplights on the freeway, so it's just faster"
Seth- "Why"?
Mom- "I don't know".
Seth- "Dad"?
Dad- "Yes, Seth"?
Seth- "Are we taking the freeway to Aunt Jessi's house"?
Dad- "Yes".
Seth- "Why"?
Dad- "Because it takes too long to get there without taking the freeway".
Seth- "Why"?

Ok, so you get the point. Why is the most common question asked in our house. But, I am going to try not to let it frustrate anymore. He is only young once....so I will try to have more patience with my little man.

Summertime in Cali :)

We packed up and headed down to the beach this last Saturday. It was SOOOO much fun! Seth loved every minute of it, and Sarah wouldn't go anywhere near the water until 45 min before we left. Oh well, at least she left on a good note...maybe next time she won't take so long to warm up to it. Anyway we had a great time. Jimmy goes back to school next week, so there won't be any more beach trips for awhile. We will miss you Jimmy, see you at the end of the semester :)


Daddy helping Seth over a wave.

My big girl

I am so proud of my baby girl, she threw away all her bottles this week! Even though we would only give her water in her bottle (juice and milk only in sippy cups), the doctor suggested that we take away the bottle so that her teeth wouldn't get crooked. I finally agreed with him. We took her to Target and let her choose some new sippy cups, (princess ones of course) and then we came home and she threw her bottles away! Anyway, here are some cute pics of my big girl that we have taken recently. She is so wonderful! I am so grateful for my beautiful Sarah Rose!
Proud of her new sippys!
Lining them up for a picture

Making a picture on the easel

Daddy's Girl


My Angel

The Library

Now that swimming lessons have ended...we have started going to storytime at our local library. The first time we got there at 10:02 instead of 10:00 and they would not let us in. They told me that "storytime begins promptly at 10:00"...so I had to literally drag Seth out of there hysterical because he had been so excited to go. The second time we went Sarah make a huge scene by running around pulling books off of the shelves. And today, well lets just say I don't know that we will be going back for awhile. Seth decided to get into an argument with the children's librarian. This is how it went:
Libraian- "Sweetie, please don't run in the library"
Seth- "I wasn't running"
L- "Yes, you were. Please be careful"
S- "I wasn't running, I was skipping"
L- "Well, we don't run or skip in the library"
S- "It's ok. I'm being very careful"
At this point the librarian didn't really know what to say and started to walk away from him. He stepped in front of her and started skipping again and said:
S- "See? I am being very careful and not running. Just skipping."
At that point she just stared at me until I got Seth. As we were walking away from her Seth told me that "skipping is careful, but running in the library is not". What can I say? He is Jimmy's son.

Swimming Lessons cont......

Excited to jump in
Seth putting his face under
Sarah with her teacher

Here are some pictures from the second day of swimming lessons.

Why Mothers Don't Wear Makeup

Got up at 6:50 to get Seth some juice. Layed back down. Got up at 7:25 to Sarah screaming Mommm! Ran to her to find out that she wanted to show me the stars on her crib bumper so that we could sing twinkle, twinkle. Sang twinkle, twinkle. Layed Sarah on the couch and started Barney. She started crying for juice. Got the juice. Thought I had a second to potty...nope, Seth had now run out of juice. Get the juice, try to slip into the bathroom. Sarah starts crying and informs me that she is hungry. I tell her that mommy needs to potty and that I will get her food in a moment. She throws herself on the ground and has a fit because she is hungry. So, I start some scrambled eggs. While I am cooking the eggs, I remember that Sarah has a Dr Appt in an hour. Ok, I think I can get things together in an hour. Feed the kids there eggs and take a quick shower. Get dressed and start to put on some makeup. Seth starts screaming from the living room that Sarah has pooped. I go out there to find Sarah sheepishly standing next to her diaper (yes, NEXT to her diaper). I look up to find poop on our end table. I clean up the poop and replace the diaper. Back to the makeup. 1 min later it is too quiet. I check on Sarah to find out that she has found a pack of gum and unwrapped several pieces that she is now chewing on. Take away the gum (not without a fight) and go back to my makeup. Seth comes in and informs me that Sarah has "eaten" his teck deck (miniature skateboard). I find Sarah with all the wheels of the broken tech deck in her mouth. Pry them out and go back to my makeup. I quickly realize that I should check the time and wouldn't you know it....we are going to be late for our dr. appt. Get to appt and get through Sarah's shots just to find out that the Dr. would like me to take her to the lab to get some blood drawn. You know how that went. Not good. Anyway, that was my morning (this all happened by 11:00 a.m.) Now you know. So, if you see a mother in the store or the Dr office without any makeup on, just know that she earns the right not to wear it.