I am a freebie lover. I love getting mail that doesn't involve owing anyone money. If something were to happen and we suddenly couldn't afford shampoo or toothpaste we will be set for years to come, lol.
I wont do this a lot, I promise. But, I found this site and new users get 400 free prints and a photo book (4x6 and 5x7) upon signing up and if you use my link I will get more free print credits. Then you can link and get free credits too. So anyone with kids who takes tons of pictures... check it out. Hurry there is a limit.
click here
http://www.artscow.com/default.aspx?Ref=343046
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Saige is 4 today!!! It has gone by so fast. Yesterday we had a small party, the writing got smeared but otherwise my ladybug cake turned out pretty good, lol. Don't laugh too hard, it is also my "first" Saige liked it anyway... mostly because it had two kinds of frosting and candy!
She got two gardening sets, and is ready and willing to dig holes anywhere in the yard. I already fear for my poor garden, she is going to get her own. She got a fur berry, this cute little dog? that turns into a berry. New rain boots that are too big but she insists on wearing, lol. Two other new pairs of shoes that she refuses to even try on. She also got a new doll. This one licks an ice cream cone. Today she is carrying it around the house, along with the fur berry, and the baby alive doll, AND her TWO bears, octopus and her piggy! It takes her 5 minutes to go room to room moving them all along with her. I am afraid this wont stop and these are just two more in the permanent follow Saige list. All her "animals" and "dollies" must come downstairs during the day and go back upstairs for her bath and again for bed. It's a lot of trips, lol.
Her first fishing pole
Her first big girl bike. Notice there is a balloon attached to this bike. Of all things this balloon caused a 25 minute meltdown at the end of the day after everyone left. I put it in the house, she insisted she bring it outside. I told her if she let go it was gone.... forever. I finally convinced her it would be safer if she put it in the house. She opened the door and let it go BEFORE it was inside. LMAO It got stuck in the tree for a minute or two and then floated off she sat on the porch and cried and cried and cried some more. She was a bit tired anyway, long day in the sun and Rylan hasn't been sleeping AGAIN.
I am still coming to terms with buying her this. It was WAY more money than I had wanted to spend (I AM CHEAP, LOL) on a single birthday gift for a four year old BUT, she loved it. Robin and Rose had to drag the boys away and Saige played until dark. It was rainy and cold all day today and they say we are getting snow! I don't want anymore snow and she is going to drive me nuts until she can play again. Rylan had a blast crawling around in there after the big kids were done. He is pulling himself up everywhere and was cruising across the bottom of the slide banging on it. Inside he was flying side to side yelling and squealing. Hopefully it lasts a long, long time. It should certainly get way more use than the 250 dollar pony I refused to buy her for Christmas.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
My baby is almost 4
Five more days and my munchkin will be 4. I have no idea where all the time went. It's offical, we got her acceptance letter and she will be going to pre-k in September. We wont know until August if she will be mornings or afternoons though, I am really hoping for afternoons so she will get to see her daddy. I am having major second (and third, and forth....) thoughts on her going to pre-k. She is so excited but part of me just wants to keep her home and all to myself for one more year.
Her big birthday request was a chocolate cake, with sprinkles, lol. So I am going to attempt to make her a ladybug birthday cake. The directions look so simple, Saige should be able to make it herself. Hopefully that means when I make it, it wont be too hideous, lol, I can't even hard boil an egg. cooking/baking is just so not my thing. I am guessing once she is in school and makes new friends that this will be her last quiet (cheap, lol) family party. That scares me more than anything, the having to plan a real party. I do not have a creative bone in my body and the thought of organizing and hosting a party more elaborate than burgers,hot dogs,and cake makes me want to hide under the table.
Friday night Zailor came and stayed with us. Isn't he gorgeous? He's a great baby too, wish he could teach my little guy how to sleep, lol. Saige absolutely adores him, he is 6 months older than Rylan and I think she just likes the idea of being bigger than someone else. It's cute to watch her though, she showed him ALL of her toys and like a tour guide told him about EVERYTHING in our house. This is the bottom step, you go on it to get to the next one. This is the bathroom, and this is my potty seat and when you aren't a baby anymore you wear big girl undies and use this.... LOL. He's a climber... but hasn't mastered the art of getting down yet. A few minor almost heart attacks for me but no one was injured. Of course I sent him home with one shoe and didn't even realize until Saige found the other on in the yard two days later, lol.
Saturday night we had a party for my in-laws. Robin planned the whole thing, and other than the dressing up part (for me anyway) it was pretty great. I gave Robby the camera thinking he could probably take better pictures than me, since mine are so bad. A 600 dollar camera that no one can operate. I want a simple plain digital camera that takes idiot proof pictures! Anyway after we got home, I loaded them up on the computer to see how they came out.... he took TWO pictures, the whole night, lol. Here they are
Her big birthday request was a chocolate cake, with sprinkles, lol. So I am going to attempt to make her a ladybug birthday cake. The directions look so simple, Saige should be able to make it herself. Hopefully that means when I make it, it wont be too hideous, lol, I can't even hard boil an egg. cooking/baking is just so not my thing. I am guessing once she is in school and makes new friends that this will be her last quiet (cheap, lol) family party. That scares me more than anything, the having to plan a real party. I do not have a creative bone in my body and the thought of organizing and hosting a party more elaborate than burgers,hot dogs,and cake makes me want to hide under the table.
Friday night Zailor came and stayed with us. Isn't he gorgeous? He's a great baby too, wish he could teach my little guy how to sleep, lol. Saige absolutely adores him, he is 6 months older than Rylan and I think she just likes the idea of being bigger than someone else. It's cute to watch her though, she showed him ALL of her toys and like a tour guide told him about EVERYTHING in our house. This is the bottom step, you go on it to get to the next one. This is the bathroom, and this is my potty seat and when you aren't a baby anymore you wear big girl undies and use this.... LOL. He's a climber... but hasn't mastered the art of getting down yet. A few minor almost heart attacks for me but no one was injured. Of course I sent him home with one shoe and didn't even realize until Saige found the other on in the yard two days later, lol.
Saturday night we had a party for my in-laws. Robin planned the whole thing, and other than the dressing up part (for me anyway) it was pretty great. I gave Robby the camera thinking he could probably take better pictures than me, since mine are so bad. A 600 dollar camera that no one can operate. I want a simple plain digital camera that takes idiot proof pictures! Anyway after we got home, I loaded them up on the computer to see how they came out.... he took TWO pictures, the whole night, lol. Here they are
Sunday, April 20, 2008
the honesty of children
My parents stopped by tonight to visit the kids. Saige was running around and my mother pinched her butt and told her she had little buns. So Saige stood up pointed at my moms butt and said "big buns" LMAO. We all laughed so of course she has been running around screaming big buns at my mom for the past 5 minutes. They just walked out the door and she goes, "I sure had fun with big buns"
She doesn't forget anything she will be referring to her as grammie big buns for a long time to come.
She doesn't forget anything she will be referring to her as grammie big buns for a long time to come.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
pictures
He really likes to be in boxes, Saige likes to push him around in boxes pretending he's a car.
She lets him pull her hair, she encourages him to pull her hair. All I can say is she acts a lot like her dad, lol.
I just liked his face
Saige showing me how she will push baby brother when he is bigger, lol.
They look like their dad too, lol. Poor kid desperately needs a haircut. I've decided we should grow it out and I wont have to cut it every couple weeks, and it will give the giant chunk she chopped a chance to fill back in. With any look she will look normal by the time she starts school this fall.
Three of the four kids I actually like... most of the time :)
Jellyfishing.....
She lets him pull her hair, she encourages him to pull her hair. All I can say is she acts a lot like her dad, lol.
I just liked his face
Saige showing me how she will push baby brother when he is bigger, lol.
They look like their dad too, lol. Poor kid desperately needs a haircut. I've decided we should grow it out and I wont have to cut it every couple weeks, and it will give the giant chunk she chopped a chance to fill back in. With any look she will look normal by the time she starts school this fall.
Three of the four kids I actually like... most of the time :)
Jellyfishing.....
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Do I always have to have a title?
I can't think of one at the moment. Maybe a little bit of everything?
Rylan is moving much quicker and keeping me on my toes, lol. He mostly follows Saige to try to get whatever she has. I can't blame him, for months he was stuck sitting there while she ripped things out of his hands, now it's time to retaliate. Saige wont touch a toy for months but the second Rylan shows any interest she has to play with it RIGHT THEN. I think he is trying to say his first word Bye bye. At first I thought he was just babbling, but when he waves he clearly say baba every time. He has progressed to waving byebye with both hands while screaming bababababa. He looks at one hand and then the other waving and gets all excited looking back and forth between them. His pulling up is driving me nuts though. He still bypasses his knees. He pulls himself straight to his feet (always at an angle) and the cries or falls over. The way he pulls himself up is resulting in a lot of banging his face or falling sideways which scares the crap out him. Of course then I have to laugh at him and that makes him cry harder. I know I'm mean but I can't help it.
We (Saige) has a mini trampoline and I let her bounce in the house. It doesn't have much give, she gets no higher than bouncing on the floor, it's just quieter, lol. A few days ago it was on the floor and she came into the room talking. Rob and I were sitting here watching her as she walked across it yapping the whole time, paying no attention and walked right straight off the other side face first into the floor. She was STILL talking until she hit the floor. She wasn't hurt but it was hilarious, she started crying when we laughed at her. I wish I had it on video it was the highlight of the week. I would have sent that one to AFV, totally priceless. The girl NEVER stops talking, I see lots of trouble headed her way in school.
Yard work is really coming along... it's been SO nice this week, but they say it will be snowing this weekend :( Makes me want to cry I don't want to see anymore snow for months and months, I wouldn't complain for a long time if it never came back again. I don't dare say never I'm sure I would miss it eventually for a second or two. I love fresh snow, it's so pretty but it doesn't last it turns yucky and brown so fast.
We live where they throw sand on 4 inches in the road and them plow when there is nothing there, sparks flying. Then they complain they have to repair the roads all summer long.... it's always nice to see our tax dollar at work. Whoever said NY has four seasons winter, winter, winter and construction hit that one right on the head. I can't help but think if they used half a brain when caring for the roads how much more money there would be for other projects, and how many less road rage as a result of sitting in your car trying to get through the construction. Seriously, I live on a state road, we have lived here for three years, for three years I have watched them repave the same road in the same sections every summer. The traffic sits and sits in front of my house throwing garbage out their windows, cigarettes in the dry parched grass. People are idiots, but it's not their lawn so who cares right? And it's always the same there are 12 guys, all well paid by the state. 11 are standing around scratching themselves while one maybe two actually do something. I should apply great benefits and I would get to do far less than I do chasing around a couple kids all day.
I got a postcard the other day from the post office telling me they were sorry I wasn't home and I had a certified letter. I was home... I am always home, I waved to her from the yard that day. I put it off thinking it was nothing and finally had Rob go get it, it was obvious the mail lady wasn't getting her butt out of the car to deliver. It actually was important. Our doctor quit.
A few months ago while we were at an appointment for Rob and had the kids with us, the new guy at the practice introduced himself, said he would love to see our kids. Oneida pediatrics where we went to before was great- the billing office was anything but. Three woman and all completely incompetent. I spent hours and hours after every visit fighting over insurance... going back and forth between BCBS, the drs office, and occasionally the hospital. EVERY VISIT and hospital (lab) bill that came as a result of them. I should add afterwards I never had a problem again... never had one anywhere but there, and over the years there have been visits all over the place. Why these women have a job is beyond me, they obviously don't do it.
Anyway... we switched the kids to a family doctor, and we ourselves switched to him (same place, same nurses that Rob and I have been going since we were kids) Saige loves the guy, and I liked him a lot too. Most importantly he spoke great clear English... I am not saying anything bad but I like to completely understand my doctor when he says something. He is leaving :( After all that the letter was telling us we need to find a new dr. well Rob and I don't but the kids do. They referred us back where we came from, not surprising pediatricians aren't overly abundant here. So I called them and they were so rude. Whoever I talked to was like you were obviously unhappy if you left I had forgotten all about and just like that I remembered the bills. She said she would call back and let me know if they would allow us back. I hung up the phone and decided to go further away.
I found a place in Rome, it's a much farther drive but they seem great and I have heard great things, so I have my fingers crossed. Saige was absolutely heartbroken when I told her she yet again has a new doctor. She wants Dr O'brien and say we can go where he goes, lol. I told her I didn't know where he was going and she cried. Really cried, moaning how she will never see him again and she is just SO SAD. I knew she liked him, didn't realize she liked him that much, I feel bad. She didn't care for her old ped. I am not sure why, I think he sacred her and he had a thick accent (I was constantly asking the nurse to repeat him so I was sure about what he said), but she did like Rylan's who was a woman... so I made sure we got another female doctor this, and hopefully, last time around.
Rylan is moving much quicker and keeping me on my toes, lol. He mostly follows Saige to try to get whatever she has. I can't blame him, for months he was stuck sitting there while she ripped things out of his hands, now it's time to retaliate. Saige wont touch a toy for months but the second Rylan shows any interest she has to play with it RIGHT THEN. I think he is trying to say his first word Bye bye. At first I thought he was just babbling, but when he waves he clearly say baba every time. He has progressed to waving byebye with both hands while screaming bababababa. He looks at one hand and then the other waving and gets all excited looking back and forth between them. His pulling up is driving me nuts though. He still bypasses his knees. He pulls himself straight to his feet (always at an angle) and the cries or falls over. The way he pulls himself up is resulting in a lot of banging his face or falling sideways which scares the crap out him. Of course then I have to laugh at him and that makes him cry harder. I know I'm mean but I can't help it.
We (Saige) has a mini trampoline and I let her bounce in the house. It doesn't have much give, she gets no higher than bouncing on the floor, it's just quieter, lol. A few days ago it was on the floor and she came into the room talking. Rob and I were sitting here watching her as she walked across it yapping the whole time, paying no attention and walked right straight off the other side face first into the floor. She was STILL talking until she hit the floor. She wasn't hurt but it was hilarious, she started crying when we laughed at her. I wish I had it on video it was the highlight of the week. I would have sent that one to AFV, totally priceless. The girl NEVER stops talking, I see lots of trouble headed her way in school.
Yard work is really coming along... it's been SO nice this week, but they say it will be snowing this weekend :( Makes me want to cry I don't want to see anymore snow for months and months, I wouldn't complain for a long time if it never came back again. I don't dare say never I'm sure I would miss it eventually for a second or two. I love fresh snow, it's so pretty but it doesn't last it turns yucky and brown so fast.
We live where they throw sand on 4 inches in the road and them plow when there is nothing there, sparks flying. Then they complain they have to repair the roads all summer long.... it's always nice to see our tax dollar at work. Whoever said NY has four seasons winter, winter, winter and construction hit that one right on the head. I can't help but think if they used half a brain when caring for the roads how much more money there would be for other projects, and how many less road rage as a result of sitting in your car trying to get through the construction. Seriously, I live on a state road, we have lived here for three years, for three years I have watched them repave the same road in the same sections every summer. The traffic sits and sits in front of my house throwing garbage out their windows, cigarettes in the dry parched grass. People are idiots, but it's not their lawn so who cares right? And it's always the same there are 12 guys, all well paid by the state. 11 are standing around scratching themselves while one maybe two actually do something. I should apply great benefits and I would get to do far less than I do chasing around a couple kids all day.
I got a postcard the other day from the post office telling me they were sorry I wasn't home and I had a certified letter. I was home... I am always home, I waved to her from the yard that day. I put it off thinking it was nothing and finally had Rob go get it, it was obvious the mail lady wasn't getting her butt out of the car to deliver. It actually was important. Our doctor quit.
A few months ago while we were at an appointment for Rob and had the kids with us, the new guy at the practice introduced himself, said he would love to see our kids. Oneida pediatrics where we went to before was great- the billing office was anything but. Three woman and all completely incompetent. I spent hours and hours after every visit fighting over insurance... going back and forth between BCBS, the drs office, and occasionally the hospital. EVERY VISIT and hospital (lab) bill that came as a result of them. I should add afterwards I never had a problem again... never had one anywhere but there, and over the years there have been visits all over the place. Why these women have a job is beyond me, they obviously don't do it.
Anyway... we switched the kids to a family doctor, and we ourselves switched to him (same place, same nurses that Rob and I have been going since we were kids) Saige loves the guy, and I liked him a lot too. Most importantly he spoke great clear English... I am not saying anything bad but I like to completely understand my doctor when he says something. He is leaving :( After all that the letter was telling us we need to find a new dr. well Rob and I don't but the kids do. They referred us back where we came from, not surprising pediatricians aren't overly abundant here. So I called them and they were so rude. Whoever I talked to was like you were obviously unhappy if you left I had forgotten all about and just like that I remembered the bills. She said she would call back and let me know if they would allow us back. I hung up the phone and decided to go further away.
I found a place in Rome, it's a much farther drive but they seem great and I have heard great things, so I have my fingers crossed. Saige was absolutely heartbroken when I told her she yet again has a new doctor. She wants Dr O'brien and say we can go where he goes, lol. I told her I didn't know where he was going and she cried. Really cried, moaning how she will never see him again and she is just SO SAD. I knew she liked him, didn't realize she liked him that much, I feel bad. She didn't care for her old ped. I am not sure why, I think he sacred her and he had a thick accent (I was constantly asking the nurse to repeat him so I was sure about what he said), but she did like Rylan's who was a woman... so I made sure we got another female doctor this, and hopefully, last time around.
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