A "little" Conversation

Alyssa always has a lot to say. I thought I would share our car ride to the gym this morning.
As soon as we pull far enough out of the garage for her to see out the window:
A: Wow Mommy, the moon is orange today.
Me: No, Honey that is the sun.
A: Oh, that's the sun...it's really froggy out today.
Me: Yes, Honey it is foggy.
A: Froggy?
Me: No, foggy.
A: OK...Mommy, you got your lights on so you can see?
Me: Yes, I have my lights on, I can see just fine.
A: Can you see the dagatils?
Me: Yes, those are daffodils.
(Turn corner into parking lot)
A: AHHH there's the orange sun again, it's not the moon Mommy. It's the sun.
Me: Yes, there it is again.

It always amazes me what will come out of her little mouth...like making sure I have my lights on!?!

Did I mention we live about 45 seconds from the gym? It wouldn't matter though as Alyssa will pretty much give you a play by play of everything you pass and do. You should have heard our "walk" conversation this afternoon...

Quick Update

So apparently I am not updating my blog as much as some would like...so here is a quick review of what we have been up to. Todd is taking a lot more time off work lately (YEAH!) and we have been doing a lot of little family outings. We took Alyssa to her first movie at the Theater and saw "Fly Me to The Moon". It was in 3D and Alyssa was unsure of that at first. She even started out on my lap like the dragonflies were really going to land on her, but soon she adjusted and got back into her seat between Daddy and Me and hogged the popcorn...which she thought was the coolest new thing to eat!! Thanks Grandma for coming to watch Aiden so we could have a "date" with Alyssa!!!

We also have been taking lots of trips to all the parks around to take advantage of this wonderful weather before it is gone :( I can't believe summer is already over.

Aiden turns 1 in exactly two weeks...yes, this does make me sad. I can not believe how much quicker the time goes with number 2! We are taking advantage of Alyssa's preschool mornings to spend one on one time together. Although I will catch him wandering around "looking" for something and I really do think he is looking for her.

Alyssa is growing like a weed. I went to the mall last week and bought jeans for her since she is way to tall for last years...I bought 4t and had to take them all back because they were floods. I took her with me so she could try on the clothes and ended up with 5t...she is 3 1/2 years old and is wearing 5t. Thank goodness for the adjustable waist since the 5t would fall off her otherwise. I can't believe I already have to take her into dressing rooms to try her clothes on before I can buy them. Suddenly buying clothes for her is no longer fun.

They have both already started pushing each other's buttons...really bad some days. I won't go into detail as I would be writing all day, but they each know what to do to set the other off...yea for me...

OK here is what you really want, right?

Aiden trying to get Alyssa out of the bathroom, he will bang on that door no matter who is inside.

Alyssa caught a butterfly on the pedestrian bridge.

Daddy showing it to Aiden.

Taking a break from washing Daddy's car so she could wash my front door...or make it worse...oh well, Aiden enjoyed it.

He always has something in his mouth these days, not an OREO (we all know what those do) but close enough!

A typical day at our house!

There's a brief review of our life right now...Have a Great Week!!

~~Tracy~~

Milk's Favorite Cookie (Part two)

I thought I would expand a bit on OREOs. As you read in my previous OREO post, my older brother is pretty serious about his OREO cookies. So I was shocked when we had a conversation about him not eating them anymore. I am sure this is only temporary...you see he made a bet. Not a bet to stop eating OREOs (although I am sure before this that would have been a pretty good one), but a bet to lose weight. He bet 4 or 5 (not sure the exact specifics) other men that he would lose 15 pounds by a certain date. All these men bet a (pricey) amount of money that they would lose the weight or each put in the money. That money to be divided between the ones who did lose their weight.

So before I lose you...here is the interesting part. The only thing Troy did was quit eating OREOs at night. Here are the results:

He dropped 17 pounds (in a few short weeks).
Saved approximately $21.00 a month in OREOs, not to mention the amount saved in milk (Sarah did say she now has to check the dates on the milk to make sure it gets drank before it goes bad).
And possibly will win a large sum of money if the others fail.

The moral to this story is that Troy Phillips was carrying around 17 pounds of OREO cookies on him at all times. (Again if I got any of the specifics wrong...feel free to correct me as I am sure you will in my comments sections). I love you big brother!!

As for those wondering, I did get permission to blog on this subject :-)

A bit Unthankful

So as I sit here Todd is (hopefully) killing a snake that was on my front porch. We came downstairs and looked out the sidelight and I saw a really big....UGH, it is not a worm, but a little snake. But in my book no snakes are little and I am deathly afraid of them. Some of you will recall my incident with one in our backyard 2 years ago (at least I am not hyperventilating this time). Todd knows he must kill this serpent!! I took him our biggest kitchen butcher knife, but apparently he is unable to just cut his head off with that...I personally don't see the problem. So now he has asked me to give him a freezer bag? I told him (oh, he is holding it now) to go down the driveway and I will throw the bag out the front door. So now he has the snake in a freezer bag, in a Tupperware container that is taped shut with a brick on top and is going to put him out by the shed. He had better not get out and he better be dead in the morning. Now it is going to take me forever again to go out in the yard, especially since this one is a little one, there has to be a family right? I will hopefully be able to sleep :(

I might add that it is possible, Jakob, that you jinxed me with all your little rubber snakes and snake stories at Maw Maw's today...don't worry, I still love you!!!

How do you keep snakes away??

Thankful

So here I sit in a quiet house, Alyssa is at preschool and Aiden is napping, thinking about all that God has given me. I am so very thankful for such a loving, forgiving, providing God I have. I am not sure why, but I have had a lot of thoughts lately on how incredibly blessed my family is. I just want to take this time to thank God for his wonderful works.

Todd and I at one point thought we would never be able to have a biological child...but God gave us two. Two beautiful, healthy children, that are truly gifts...Thank You God for giving me these children to raise for you.

I also thought I would never be able to stay at home with my babies. God has given Todd a wonderful job that he has worked very hard to climb ladders and allow me to stay home.

God has also given me an awesome family that all live pretty close by. They are a wonderful support for us and always tend to know what I need.

There is an endless list of Thank Yous I could write, as all I have has been given to me by my God, but sometimes I think we all need to sit down and Thank God for all he has provided...I know I do. After all look what he did for us. The ultimate sacrifice of his own son so that we can LIVE and have everlasting life!

So I won't make a 20+ page list of all I am thankful for...God already knows!!

Have a Great Day!

~~Tracy~~

Alyssa's First Day of Preschool

Today was Alyssa's first day of preschool. It went great. I dropped her off in her classroom and she couldn't say good-bye to Aiden and I quick enough. I am sure the whole thing will not really hit me until Thursday, since today I had a steering meeting for MOPS and basically didn't "realize" she was away. I know she is only 3 1/2 and still has two years before kindergarten but I can't believe I am already sending my little girl to "school".

When I picked her up she talked about how much fun she had and what she did. And tonight when I tucked her in she said "Mommy, I want to go back to school tomorrow." So maybe the only hard thing about this will be explaining to her that it is not everyday :)

Let's hope this adventure will stay positive!!!