So I admit it, I have been reluctant to post a new post because that is going to push Justin's face down on my page! I have really enjoyed seeing his face first thing when I click on my blog. Alas, I have to move on.
Our digital camera is broken because I broke it, according to Jim. I was carrying it around in my purse, but I had neglected to keep it in the highly protective, expensive designer case it was in--Jim's old calculator case. Yes, he decided we could save a few bucks by not buying a case to keep our camera in, so we were using his old school calculator case. The lens or something seems to be jacked up because you can no longer see anything when you look into it....it is completely blurry. But what a piece of crap camera that it got jacked up just by being at the bottom of my purse! It's not like I left it at the bottom of my stroller, exposed to being smashed by diaper bags, mall purchases, snacks and sippy cups! Anyway, so no photos of me or the kiddies until we get a new one!
Okay, so here is the poll for today....my family is going to Maui for a week at the end of October. Jim has made it clear that he is not coming. So if I go, I am going to have to fly by myself, with two kids, with two car seats, on a five-hour flight, with two kids, with a weeks worth of luggage for 3, with two kids, and arrive alone at the airport, with two kids. Am I crazy to even think about attempting it? Is the stress of the nightmare worth a week in Maui (without a husband, mind you)? I am so on the fence about it! And I have tried to work it out to fly with some of my siblings, but it just hasn't worked out. Some days I think, "I am woman, hear me roar!" and the next I think "Are you freaking crazy?" Any thoughts??
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Recent "Kate-isms"
the other day the doorbell rang and I told Kate not to answer it until I could look to see who it was. No one was there when I peeked out the window, so we opened the door and saw a package on the doorstep. Kate looked at me and said, "How did that package ring the doorbell?"
All our hard earned money spent on her Montessori school, and Kate has managed to go an entire school year still calling pre-school "pretty school." But it's probably because I have never once corrected her...I hope she thinks that's what it's called forever. :)
Kate says to me, "Mom, there is something in my eye! Oh, I got it out, it was just an eye wack." Eye wack, eye lash...same thing, right?
Jim had Kate pay $8 tithing from her Speedo photo shoot yesterday. On our way to church, Kate was explaining tithing to me: "I'm going to give my money to the prophet and he is going to send it to Jesus."
Kate's prayer tonight: "Please help Ezra...to not be a piglet. And please help Daddy to not be so wacky. " Her prayers are amazing, I should start tape recording them all.
I was doing Kate's hair and she said, "Ow mom, you just got that rectangular in my eyes!" Umm...that would be detangler, not rectangular. And to top it off, it was hairspray. Geesh, Kate, learn your product, would ya!
Her latest prayer: "Please help us that mom and her parents can say the prayer...sometimes. Please help us to get a lot of exercise. Please help Ezra to fold his arms and close his eyes. Please help us to have a lot of energy. Please help us to kick all the pokey things off the tramp". Everything is a Please help, or a Please Bless....apparently we need to work on the thankful part of our prayers!!!
I decided to be a good mom, and try to teach Kate the "true meaning" of Christmas. So I told her that we celebrate Christmas because it was the day that Jesus was born. And she says to me, in a sing song voice, "Yeah, when Jesus was in your tummy!". Umm, no Kate, i did not give birth to the Savior of the world. She kills me.....
Kate has had a fever now for a few days, and tonight she just looked so miserable. I said to her, "Oh sweetie, when are you going to feel better?" And she replied, "I don't know, maybe at ten o'clock." Oh sweet....cause right now it's 9:15. :)
Kate has been reading the book "The Tortoise and the Hare" lately, and yesterday on a walk she said, "hey momma, let's play slow and steady wins the race. I'll be slow, and you be steady." lol!
So tonight at dinner Kate says to Jim, "Hey Daddy, you know who thinks quickly when things start to shake?? Your brain, right here."(tapping her forehead). Apparently they learned about earthquakes today at preschool.
And her prayers these days! Someone should compile a book of all the hilarious things kids pray for....Kate said last night, "Please help us to bless the food....please help us to go to Sea World pretty soon....please help us to not talk silly talk....please help us to not hit or bite anyone......" Try keeping a straight face through that one!
Kate put on her Dora nightgown the other night and she kept saying, "Daddy, I don't like this nightgown! It's icky and skanky!!" Did I teach her skanky?? Seriously.
As some of you may know, we have a family from Germany staying with us right now. Kate calls them "the German girls". And today the girls were talking to each other, and Kate looked at me and said, "Those girls are talking in Germany."
Last night in her prayers, kate said this: "Please help us to drink apple juice and milk, and not throw up. Please help us to say "Jules the Musician" (a musician who came to her school a couple weeks ago), and please help us not to bite....remember what I said? and please bless Ezra....". How classic, I always say to her, "You remember what I said? If you touch Ezra again, you will be in time out." So here she is, what, threatening God? Out of the mouth of babes, I tell ya.
Today at the mall, she said to my friend Sara, "Sara, my whole life is soo tired." And she sighed, all exhausted. 3? or 30?
Kate says to me this afternoon: "Mommy, I want chicken nuggets for lunch......that means you have to get up." How sad is that? You can tell I've been stationed on the couch lately!
"But Grammy Kay I don't want you to go home! Who will be my best friend? No one.....no one will be my best friend." Now does that break your heart or what??
"mom, what happened to my show? You didn't ba-cord it?" record, ba-cord....same to her.
Being sick I offered her some Gatorade. Then she kept asking for her "Ungerator."
The other day Kate told me to list a word that started with a Q. I said, "Why don't you tell me a word that starts with the letter Q?" She paused for a minute, then said, "Cube."
Tonight at dinner she told me that I was Prince Eric, she was Ursula, and Jim's character was naturally....."Grimsby." (Prince Eric's butler). No Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian....but Grimsby manages to make his way into the line-up.
And finally, this example is why Kate is so exhausting....Kate at the dinner table tonight: "I had a birthday. I shared my Dora cake with Uncle Nick. But not the other Nick, the painter. He painted my room pink. I like the color pink. But I really like the color blue. My cup is blue....hey, (holding up cup) I need some water!" To which Jim and I just burst out laughing....talk about a stream of consciousness! She never shuts up! : )
All our hard earned money spent on her Montessori school, and Kate has managed to go an entire school year still calling pre-school "pretty school." But it's probably because I have never once corrected her...I hope she thinks that's what it's called forever. :)
Kate says to me, "Mom, there is something in my eye! Oh, I got it out, it was just an eye wack." Eye wack, eye lash...same thing, right?
Jim had Kate pay $8 tithing from her Speedo photo shoot yesterday. On our way to church, Kate was explaining tithing to me: "I'm going to give my money to the prophet and he is going to send it to Jesus."
Kate's prayer tonight: "Please help Ezra...to not be a piglet. And please help Daddy to not be so wacky. " Her prayers are amazing, I should start tape recording them all.
I was doing Kate's hair and she said, "Ow mom, you just got that rectangular in my eyes!" Umm...that would be detangler, not rectangular. And to top it off, it was hairspray. Geesh, Kate, learn your product, would ya!
Her latest prayer: "Please help us that mom and her parents can say the prayer...sometimes. Please help us to get a lot of exercise. Please help Ezra to fold his arms and close his eyes. Please help us to have a lot of energy. Please help us to kick all the pokey things off the tramp". Everything is a Please help, or a Please Bless....apparently we need to work on the thankful part of our prayers!!!
I decided to be a good mom, and try to teach Kate the "true meaning" of Christmas. So I told her that we celebrate Christmas because it was the day that Jesus was born. And she says to me, in a sing song voice, "Yeah, when Jesus was in your tummy!". Umm, no Kate, i did not give birth to the Savior of the world. She kills me.....
Kate has had a fever now for a few days, and tonight she just looked so miserable. I said to her, "Oh sweetie, when are you going to feel better?" And she replied, "I don't know, maybe at ten o'clock." Oh sweet....cause right now it's 9:15. :)
Kate has been reading the book "The Tortoise and the Hare" lately, and yesterday on a walk she said, "hey momma, let's play slow and steady wins the race. I'll be slow, and you be steady." lol!
So tonight at dinner Kate says to Jim, "Hey Daddy, you know who thinks quickly when things start to shake?? Your brain, right here."(tapping her forehead). Apparently they learned about earthquakes today at preschool.
And her prayers these days! Someone should compile a book of all the hilarious things kids pray for....Kate said last night, "Please help us to bless the food....please help us to go to Sea World pretty soon....please help us to not talk silly talk....please help us to not hit or bite anyone......" Try keeping a straight face through that one!
Kate put on her Dora nightgown the other night and she kept saying, "Daddy, I don't like this nightgown! It's icky and skanky!!" Did I teach her skanky?? Seriously.
As some of you may know, we have a family from Germany staying with us right now. Kate calls them "the German girls". And today the girls were talking to each other, and Kate looked at me and said, "Those girls are talking in Germany."
Last night in her prayers, kate said this: "Please help us to drink apple juice and milk, and not throw up. Please help us to say "Jules the Musician" (a musician who came to her school a couple weeks ago), and please help us not to bite....remember what I said? and please bless Ezra....". How classic, I always say to her, "You remember what I said? If you touch Ezra again, you will be in time out." So here she is, what, threatening God? Out of the mouth of babes, I tell ya.
Today at the mall, she said to my friend Sara, "Sara, my whole life is soo tired." And she sighed, all exhausted. 3? or 30?
Kate says to me this afternoon: "Mommy, I want chicken nuggets for lunch......that means you have to get up." How sad is that? You can tell I've been stationed on the couch lately!
"But Grammy Kay I don't want you to go home! Who will be my best friend? No one.....no one will be my best friend." Now does that break your heart or what??
"mom, what happened to my show? You didn't ba-cord it?" record, ba-cord....same to her.
Being sick I offered her some Gatorade. Then she kept asking for her "Ungerator."
The other day Kate told me to list a word that started with a Q. I said, "Why don't you tell me a word that starts with the letter Q?" She paused for a minute, then said, "Cube."
Tonight at dinner she told me that I was Prince Eric, she was Ursula, and Jim's character was naturally....."Grimsby." (Prince Eric's butler). No Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian....but Grimsby manages to make his way into the line-up.
And finally, this example is why Kate is so exhausting....Kate at the dinner table tonight: "I had a birthday. I shared my Dora cake with Uncle Nick. But not the other Nick, the painter. He painted my room pink. I like the color pink. But I really like the color blue. My cup is blue....hey, (holding up cup) I need some water!" To which Jim and I just burst out laughing....talk about a stream of consciousness! She never shuts up! : )
A Little Bit About Us
Jim: He enjoys working (wishes he could fit in more), surfing (doesn't get to do it enough), and spending time with his kids and family (does his best to put in some quality face time). Notice a theme, here? He also loves peach Haagen Daas while watching the Office and basically any activity that involves his two brothers. And just to keep it real here, Jim loves to shop/spend money. You should see the guy go at the outlets! Has been known to drop his wife and two kids off at the pool while he goes back to the mall to return a few things and pick up a couple more shirts. Ummm...can you say, metrosexual??
Adrienne: Might as well talk in first person, since we all know who is writing this! I love being a mom 99% of the time ;) , working out--just did a 10k and am training for my second half marathon, scrapbooking (which i basically never do anymore), blogging (or attempting it anyway), spending time with my "peeps", and watching all my shows (thank goodness for a summer hiatus!). Oh, and i like ice cream, too, but for some reason I can't work it into my daily weight watcher points!!
Kate: As my mom said recently, "Having Kate around is more like having a roommate around than a child!" Perhaps she is referring to her endless dialogue and neverending singing. She is so precocious, and she cracks us up constantly. She just started preschool, and we hope she'll dig it. She loves, loves, loves to swim, play with friends, and bug her brother.
Ezra: Little Ezzie bear....what a joy! At 10 1/2 months he has six teeth that has truly made nursing a "labor of love", he doesn't crawl, and he is the worst nighttime sleeper ever. BUT, I absolutely adore him and I cannot get enough! He is such a happy, pleasant baby....and I'm crazy about him.
Adrienne: Might as well talk in first person, since we all know who is writing this! I love being a mom 99% of the time ;) , working out--just did a 10k and am training for my second half marathon, scrapbooking (which i basically never do anymore), blogging (or attempting it anyway), spending time with my "peeps", and watching all my shows (thank goodness for a summer hiatus!). Oh, and i like ice cream, too, but for some reason I can't work it into my daily weight watcher points!!
Kate: As my mom said recently, "Having Kate around is more like having a roommate around than a child!" Perhaps she is referring to her endless dialogue and neverending singing. She is so precocious, and she cracks us up constantly. She just started preschool, and we hope she'll dig it. She loves, loves, loves to swim, play with friends, and bug her brother.
Ezra: Little Ezzie bear....what a joy! At 10 1/2 months he has six teeth that has truly made nursing a "labor of love", he doesn't crawl, and he is the worst nighttime sleeper ever. BUT, I absolutely adore him and I cannot get enough! He is such a happy, pleasant baby....and I'm crazy about him.
13 comments:
Don't worry about bringing car seats. You can arrange for some with the rental car company. I don't think you are crazy for going. Kate is so good and self sufficent that she won't be a problem. Actually, you probable won't need to worry about Ez if you pack endless snacks and DVD's. The flight will be the worst part but if you can survive Disneyland for 5 hours you can survive a flight. Plus, I'm sure the flight attendants will be really helpful and sympathic. Packing can be really simple too. You don't need that much. Most things you can buy while you're there. Cordinate things like a blow drier, etc. with your siblings.
Absolutely Wendy. That was right on.
Only take enough diapers/snacks/nonsense to get you there. And don't bother with carseats. Just get them in whatever car your riding in. You can totally handle it. It will be so worth it once you're there with your family. 3 kids? maybe not - but the the 2 you got - no problem!
Roarrrrr......hey, by the way....I broke my camera in the bottom of a stroller.
ya. I have a thought...buy me a ticket and I will come with you (as your nanny).
if you are really lucky, I may even bring you pina coladas while soaking up the rays!
Amen to the above comments.
Ali will bring you pina coladas? I can top that if you come. I will watch your kids for one hour every day so you can go to the beach alone (maybe I'll send my kids down with you though), I'll let you borrow my iPod (even though you have your own and mine has no JT on it), and (this is pushing it) I will give Ezra 10 free milk minutes. Ha!
It would be hard, but it's hawaii, who can say no to that? I am all for park day on monday! You are hilarious too, why don't we hang more?
GO. You will always regret if you don't. Especially when your fam is retelling all the cool/funny/awesome things that happened you will want to kick yourself in the crotch for not going. My two cents.
I feel your anxiety though...I am off to NYC with Luc tomorrow, by myself. Not sure I can handle it, but I am going to give it the old college try. I went to the dollar store and bought tons of new toys (read: crap) for him to open AND play with...things he has never seen before. I've got snacks. I'm on jetBlue and they have movies/tv. Hear me ROAR.
Take Cels up on her offer. And go. Maui? Maui?
And P freaking S - what is wrong with Jim? Is it not surf season? Suck it up! Why won't he go? Does he need Kyle to come? Ok...we'll see you there.
Do it. No, don't do it. NO - DO IT! Stop it... don't do it. Ok that is enough - just do it! @#$%!!!!
I would be on the fence too! It would really be fun though... come on- it's Maui! Last question though... is it compliments of your family or are you going to have to fork out the cash? That would be a weighing factor!!!
Ditto! You can do it Adrienne! Bring lots of new coloring/activity books for Kate. Ditch the carseats and bring an umbrella stroller. It's Maui!!! Especially if you have family when you get there to help you.
So Summer to answer your question, my parents will buy one ticket of the two I will have to buy, and then they will pretty much pay for everything else (cars, lodging, food, etc.). So I have to fork out about $500 bucks is all....not too bad. I think I might just do it....maybe I should give my kids a little Benadryl so they will be extra sleepy! Oh wait, did I say that out loud?!
I'm saying "Do It"! I have done many flights with 2 and 3 kids by myself....of course usually the flight is like 2 1/2 hrs and then switch planes ( running thru airport so we don't miss the next flight with 3 kids and our stuff)and then another 1 hr. flight and then a 2 hr. drive....We survived. But 5 hr. straight on the plane is a little different. You can handle it though. The benedryl isn't a bad thought.
-Julie
Adrienne, I have been thinking about my response to this post and even talked to Kim about it because I was on the fence (like Summer). I think you should go. It seems like things like this suck at times, but in the end it is worth it. Their will probably be times when your like 'why the heck did I do this?' but you'll look back at all the fun times you had with your fam and be glad you did it. Also, be careful of the benadryl. I have given it to Taggart 2 times (not on airplanes, really for allergies...) and both times he slept worse for his naps- I think it does the opposite for him. So maybe do a trial run before so you don't end up with them wired on the plane! Good Luck and let us know how it goes. We are going to Maui in January and I am super nervous about the flight (my kids will be the same age approx. as yours are now) Let me know what to expect and the tricks of the trade to get them to sleep and stay occupied! Again- GOOD LUCK!!!!
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