Sunday, November 23, 2008
12th Anniversary!
Today is mine and my husband's 12th wedding anniversary! My how time flies when you're having fun. My husband and I were talking the other day about how it is hard to remember out life before kids. I remember a little bit from before we got married and a little bit about our apartments, but as far as what we did day by day, it is really hard to remember. Well, it has been a fun 12 years and we hope to have many more to come.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Monday, November 17th - Marc's 5th Birthday!!!
Well, 5 years ago today, we welcomed out little baby boy into our life and we have been very blessed ever since.
In Marc's preschool class his teacher has each of the children sign up for an "Angel Week". This is a week when he is the teacher's special helper all week and he gets to bring in snack all week. He got to ring the bell to tell everyone that it was clean-up time.
After school we took him to lunch at Chuck E Cheese. (If you ever want to go but hate the crowds, go during the day during the week. We were there at 1:00 and we were 1 of only 4 families there, it was great!) Chucke tried to drink Marc's orange soda!
They used to give the birthday child a crown, a balloon, and anice cream sandwich delivered by Chucke. They do none of thse anymore. So we bought him some of the balloons since they were 3/$1.
In Marc's preschool class his teacher has each of the children sign up for an "Angel Week". This is a week when he is the teacher's special helper all week and he gets to bring in snack all week. He got to ring the bell to tell everyone that it was clean-up time.
After school we took him to lunch at Chuck E Cheese. (If you ever want to go but hate the crowds, go during the day during the week. We were there at 1:00 and we were 1 of only 4 families there, it was great!) Chucke tried to drink Marc's orange soda!
They used to give the birthday child a crown, a balloon, and anice cream sandwich delivered by Chucke. They do none of thse anymore. So we bought him some of the balloons since they were 3/$1.
Sunday, November 16th - Another b-day celebration
Today we went to church like normal and then went out to lunch at Red Robin. All the waiters sang to Marc and gave him balloons & an ice cream sundae. Yum!
After we got home we made cut-out sugar cookies for Marc to take to preschool for his birthday snack. We had a lot of fun using the cookie cutters.
In the process of making sugar cookies, Marc got almost as much flour on himself as he used in making them. ;)
After we got home we made cut-out sugar cookies for Marc to take to preschool for his birthday snack. We had a lot of fun using the cookie cutters.
In the process of making sugar cookies, Marc got almost as much flour on himself as he used in making them. ;)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Saturday, November 15th - Marc's birthday party
I can't believe that my little boy is turning 5 years old!! We celebrated his birthday on Saturday. We gave him the choice between going out to eat or staying home and eating. He decided he wanted to stay home and make his from scratch mac & cheese for everyone. So we had the 4 of us, my Mom, my Grandma, my Dad, and my Step-mom over for lunch, cake & ice cream, and presents. As you can tell from this picture, he got just a few presents. ;)
One of the presents we gave him was a wallet. If you look closely at the picture you can see him with wide eyes. That is because there was money in the wallet. We decided it was time to start and allowance. He will get $5 a week with a breakdown as follows:
$1 - goes in his piggy bank
$1 - goes to church
$1 - goes to a charity (at preschool for now)
$1 - goes towards saving for buying his own socks and underwear. This teaches him that we have to use our money to buy necessities not just fun things.
$1 - to spend how ever he wants to.
So far he has done a good job. We took him to Toys-R-Us to see if he wanted to send his money. (He also got a $3 off a purchase of $3 or more birthday club coupon, so he actually had $4 to spend there.) He decided to save his money so he could buy something "really cool".
My little boy is growing up so fast right before my eyes. I wish both of my kids would stop growing so quickly.
One of the presents we gave him was a wallet. If you look closely at the picture you can see him with wide eyes. That is because there was money in the wallet. We decided it was time to start and allowance. He will get $5 a week with a breakdown as follows:$1 - goes in his piggy bank
$1 - goes to church
$1 - goes to a charity (at preschool for now)
$1 - goes towards saving for buying his own socks and underwear. This teaches him that we have to use our money to buy necessities not just fun things.
$1 - to spend how ever he wants to.
So far he has done a good job. We took him to Toys-R-Us to see if he wanted to send his money. (He also got a $3 off a purchase of $3 or more birthday club coupon, so he actually had $4 to spend there.) He decided to save his money so he could buy something "really cool".
My little boy is growing up so fast right before my eyes. I wish both of my kids would stop growing so quickly.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
6 month check-up (7 months old)
Sam had her 6 month well baby doctor's visit today. She is actually already 7 months old, but since we were on vacation, we had to have her appointment late. Here are her statistics:
Weight: 17lbs 5 oz 54th percentile
Height: 27 in 70th percentile
Head circumference: 44cm 85th percentile
All is well. The doctor gave us the go ahead to give her some Cheerios and the little fruit puffs. It should be fun watching her with those. I will post some pictures. :)
Weight: 17lbs 5 oz 54th percentile
Height: 27 in 70th percentile
Head circumference: 44cm 85th percentile
All is well. The doctor gave us the go ahead to give her some Cheerios and the little fruit puffs. It should be fun watching her with those. I will post some pictures. :)
Thursday, November 6, 2008
back blogging
Since we have been gone for 2 weeks, I have posted a lot of new posts going back through the title of Saturday, October 18th. You will have to click to "older posts" link at the bottom of the page to see them all.
Grandfriend's Day
Yesterday was Grandfriend's Day at preschool. All the kids got up front and sang some songs. It was very cute.
After they sang that got to do a Thanksgiving craft and have a snack with their Grandfriends.
It is a tradition to take a picture of Marc, Grandma, Great Grandma, and his teachers all together. Here is the picture with Mrs. Street and Mrs. Richardson.
Mrs. Street insisted on taking a picture of Marc, Grandma, Great Grandma, and Me.
After they sang that got to do a Thanksgiving craft and have a snack with their Grandfriends.
It is a tradition to take a picture of Marc, Grandma, Great Grandma, and his teachers all together. Here is the picture with Mrs. Street and Mrs. Richardson.
Mrs. Street insisted on taking a picture of Marc, Grandma, Great Grandma, and Me.
Saturday, November 1st
Today is our last day in LA so we tried to get lots of things done. We didn't get as much as we wanted, but we got some of them. We started out by going to another farmer's market and a mall. It was a really nice farmer's market and mall. One of the stores was an American Girl store. I have heard about them, but I had no idea that a store for a doll could be that big! My mom has told me that once Samantha was old enough, she is going to buy her an American Girl doll. We went in to look at the Samantha doll. We decided to get one of the dolls that looks like her when she is old enough.
After the mall we went to the LaBrea Tar Pits. This is a museum that sits on top of a bubbling tar pit.
When the tar pit was originally found, there were millions of bones of various animals stuck in the mud. There was a hands-on exhibit that we could try to lift a pole stuck in tar to help us understand why so many animals got stuck and died.
The museum has lots of skeletons for the various animals that were found in the tar there.
After we left the tar pits we went to an area of downtown LA called the Toy District. This is an area where all of the little "shops" had toys for sale for very cheap. We wandered for awhile until we wandered into a neighborhood that made us very uncomfortable. We all got a little bit of a wake-up call while in downtown LA. There were a lot of homeless people. A lot of the population is Hispanic. I learned what it felt like to be in a minority.
All in all we had a great time. 2 weeks is a long time to be gone, so we were glad to be home. We had great weather while we were there. It was in the 80's & 90's with no rain until the afternoon before we left. You can look at a lot more pictures of the vacation on our pictures website pictures.stoufer.com
After the mall we went to the LaBrea Tar Pits. This is a museum that sits on top of a bubbling tar pit.
When the tar pit was originally found, there were millions of bones of various animals stuck in the mud. There was a hands-on exhibit that we could try to lift a pole stuck in tar to help us understand why so many animals got stuck and died.
The museum has lots of skeletons for the various animals that were found in the tar there.
After we left the tar pits we went to an area of downtown LA called the Toy District. This is an area where all of the little "shops" had toys for sale for very cheap. We wandered for awhile until we wandered into a neighborhood that made us very uncomfortable. We all got a little bit of a wake-up call while in downtown LA. There were a lot of homeless people. A lot of the population is Hispanic. I learned what it felt like to be in a minority.All in all we had a great time. 2 weeks is a long time to be gone, so we were glad to be home. We had great weather while we were there. It was in the 80's & 90's with no rain until the afternoon before we left. You can look at a lot more pictures of the vacation on our pictures website pictures.stoufer.com
Friday, October 31st
We went on a tour of the LA area today. Our tour bus was a double decker bus, and we sat on the top level. It was really fun.
We went to Rodeo Drive. I had to go into one of the shops. We went into Ralph Lauren (which Marc said was "discount" on Rodeo Drive). The cheapest thing we found was a baby girl dress on sale for $250! I told him that if we went into the "discount" store, I didn't want to go into a "full price" store! We did end up eating lunch on Rodeo Drive. We paid $93 +tip for lunch! We had a club sandwich, chicken breast, soup, french fries, and 4 drinks. I guess we were paying for the experience of eating on Rodeo Drive. No matter how hard we looked, we didn't see any celebraties. :(
We went to Rodeo Drive. I had to go into one of the shops. We went into Ralph Lauren (which Marc said was "discount" on Rodeo Drive). The cheapest thing we found was a baby girl dress on sale for $250! I told him that if we went into the "discount" store, I didn't want to go into a "full price" store! We did end up eating lunch on Rodeo Drive. We paid $93 +tip for lunch! We had a club sandwich, chicken breast, soup, french fries, and 4 drinks. I guess we were paying for the experience of eating on Rodeo Drive. No matter how hard we looked, we didn't see any celebraties. :(
Thursday, October 30th
Marc's conference ended at 12:00 today so we hung out around the hotel until Daddy got back. When he got back we headed to Hollywood Boulevard. This is definitely and interesting place! There were street performers everywhere. There were also people dressed up in character costumers (Tigger, Dora, Barney, etc.) trying to get you to take a photo of your child with them. After taking the photo, they tell you that you owe them money now. (We didn't expeience it but Marc read about it online before we left and we saw it happen to one person). After we made our way past all the weirdos we found Grauman's Chinese Theater. On the ground outside this are all the hand and foot prints from the stars. We saw many of the them. Marc put his hands in Harry Potter's hand prints......
and his feet in Donald Duck's foot prints.
After we looked at the handprints we started looking at all the stars on the Hollywood walk of Fame. We found Mickey Mouse's star.
We went to see High School Musical III in the El Capitan theater. It was Samantha's first movie!
Next door to the El Capitan theater is a Disney Soda Fountain. Outside is a staue of Mickey Mouse. It makes a great picture!
and his feet in Donald Duck's foot prints.
After we looked at the handprints we started looking at all the stars on the Hollywood walk of Fame. We found Mickey Mouse's star.
We went to see High School Musical III in the El Capitan theater. It was Samantha's first movie!
Next door to the El Capitan theater is a Disney Soda Fountain. Outside is a staue of Mickey Mouse. It makes a great picture!
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