Nap time

One day last week we picked up the kids early to go to my work picnic for the afternoon. It was naptime and both Meghan and Jase were sleeping. It was so cute to see the kids sleeping, especially Meghan sleeping on the cot. I'm hoping to have her teacher take a picture for me so I can a copy...

Here is a pic of Meghan and her daddy during naptime Saturday.

Thanks!

Over the last few weeks I've gotten lots of compliments on how much I'm able to get done, what with working at Purdue full-time, having the kids in daycare, Joe in school, and having 2 demanding church callings.

I've really needed to hear that I'm doing well, because I feel like I'm struggling to keep things afloat in pretty much all areas of life (you see I like to do everything, so it's hard when I can't). So thanks for giving me an outside perspective and letting me know that I'm doing ok...

Meat eater

Have I mentioned lately how much Meghan loves to eat? I mean she really loves to eat. anything. We were out and about Saturday running errands and it was lunch time, so we got some burgers from Sonic (the best fast food burger place in the Midwest - In & Out beats it though if I'm ever in CA again). Anyways, we got home and gave Meghan her burger and she picked at it, pulled it apart, and then ate over half of it. She was giving some great smiles with half a mangled burger patty hanging out her mouth. This was the best photo I could get...

School (aka daycare)

So I've been meaning to remember to take the camera with me when I drop the young'uns off at school, but so far I've always forgotten...

Meghan is starting to be somewhat clingy in the mornings when I drop her off, so we snuggle and play for a bit. She loves her teachers and gets to have tons of fun (playing on the playground), finger painting, sponge painting, eating her food at breakfast and lunch (and everyone else), reading, and snuggling. She likes to change clothes, as is evident by her going through at least one change of clothes a day (the most has been 3 - she drug a toddler chair over to the toddler sink and climbed in - had they not been automatic, she would not have gotten wet...)

Jase is doing well. Each morning he says he doesn't want to go, but when we get there, he runs to his class and is super excited to play with the toys, play on the playground, paint, draw, learn letters, etc. We have a fridge covered in artwork and have more that won't fit - usually 2-3 new things per day. Jase is trying to get potty trained and has been successful a couple times when taken. He is excited to go at school, but refuses to go at home. His teachers and Joe and I think he will be trained by Christmas - that is our goal.

Jase acts really well in the classroom, but outside at the playground he has had some instances of making bad choices. One day last week he and another boy got into a scratch "fight" because one of the boys wouldn't let the other one have a turn sitting on the stairs. Here is what Jase looked like:
I don't know what the other boy looked like, but it hasn't happened since.

Etsy, oh how I love Etsy

The possibilities with Etsy are endless - both for buying and selling. When I get a little more free time, I hope to get my Etsy shop up and running.

And, if I had no money worries (aka millionaire), I would buy so much wonderful stuff from Etsy. You can seriously find anything on Etsy. Like this tote, these cards, or these adorable necklace pendants at Jesse Jane's shop. These are the three pendants that I have (I love them all and wish I hadn't bought them as gifts, but rather all for myself - hehehe...)

The Italian Butterfly II scrabble tile pendant

The Purple Haze bamboo pendant

The Red Floral bamboo pendant


Right now Jesse Jane's shop is having a terrific deal: buy 2 pendants, get 1 free. And shipping is really fast and inexpensive... Plus, she does custom pendants if you can't find what you're looking for.

Now to decide on who gets which pendant and when...

Cleaning beans

We got about 3 pounds of beans from our CSA share last week. Since we've been getting tons of fresh veggies from our CSA and our garden, we decided to freeze most of these. Jase was so excited to help clean the beans. He has been wanting to help out more around the house lately, which is nice and appreciated.


He really liker snapping the ends off, even if it ended up being almost half the bean at times...

Messy but happy eater

Meghan loves to feed herself, so tonight with the lasagna she went to town. She is really teething, so the watermelon and lime jello was especially enjoyable. Jase didn't really want to eat when we ate, but about 1 hour later he ate all his dinner.