Fives about me!

Top 5 Movies

The Bourne Series
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Notebook
The Family Man

5 Things To Do Today Or Tomorrow

Go to the Cleveland Cavaliers Game!
Fold laundry (boooo...)
Make dinner
Give my kids baths
Get the mail

5 Things In My Purse

Diapers
Chapstick
Burp Cloth
Teething Tablets
Camera

5 Goals

To be a good mom.
To learn how to be a great cook. (Mark always appreciates a great home cooked dinner...lets just say I'm working on it!)
To work out. (Being a junk food junkie + Having had 2 kids = Out of shape!)
To get caught up with my kids scrapbooks.
To make the most of each day and to find joy in the journey!

5 Random Things About Me

I always clean the kitchen before I start cooking.
I must have the beds made every morning before I can get anything else done.
I love reality televison shows.
The thing I miss most about pre-children life is laying out by the pool with a good magazine!
I always enjoy a nice crunchy pickle.

Clapping Natters

This past weekend we went down to Dayton, to watch our neice and nephews, while Michele and Lance ran in a 1/2 marathon. We always have a great time when we go to visit them! On the way home Mark and I heard clapping and Josh was asleep so we thought Natalie was clapping her hands and when I turned around to check it out, she wasn't clapping her hands it was her feet! It was so cute I had to take a little video of it!

"My Daddy Home..."

Josh really misses his daddy when he is at work. Marks first week working Josh would walk around the house saying "Da-da where are you?" It was the saddest thing. I thought he had finally got used to Mark working but today Josh went and stood at the front door and pulled on the handle and said "My daddy home, my daddy home." He misses his dad, it breaks my heart! He has so much fun with his daddy. Even though Mark works he is still great about making sure when he gets home to spend as much time with the kids as he can before they go to bed. Here's a couple pics and a video of them having fun today!

My latest projects...

As most of you know, I love to do crafty things. It has been a couple weeks since I finished these two projects, I have just put off taking pictures of them. I got the idea for the huge bulletin board from Pottery Barn, but couldn't justify paying $175 for a bulletin board, so I decided to make it, with my own little twist to it, and I thought it turned out pretty cute! The desk was given to us from Marks parents and it was pretty old. It was this cherry colored wood with gold knobs...it didn't look like it belonged in our house! So together, Mark and I gave it a face lift. We put new knobs on it and painted it black. I actually like it now...it's always nice when you can use the stuff you already have and make it cute rather than going out and buying new stuff don't ya think!?!

Goofing off with mommy...

When Josh is napping if Natalie is awake we play the whole time. Josh is definately a 2 year old! I don't know what it is with being 2 but I am ready for Josh to be 3. Josh is such a demanding child right now that when he is awake it is mommy mommy mommy the entire time and all attention is on him (poor Natalie...she doesn't know though!). No more playing by himself. And everything is "me do" so it takes A LOT longer to get anything done because if it involves Josh he must do it himself...and the tantrums do I even go there! Please tell me when he hits 3 the tantrums will not be so bad and the neediness will fade! Here are a few pics of Natalie and me having fun together...I just love having a baby girl...right now she keeps me sane!!!

I finally dug the exersaucer out of all the baby stuff and Natalie had a ball with it! What is it about these little toys that fascinate babies so much?? Whatever it is they are lifesavers for moms. I can get so much more done when Natalie is entertained...the only thing they need is a huge wall around them to keep big brothers out!

...Cookies...

In the words of my mother "It is a sin to have an empty cookie jar!" I have not been the best at keeping my cookie jar full but I can say at this moment my cookie jar is full and Josh knows right where to go to get the goods!!

It's a fort!

The other day I was feeding Natalie and Josh was being abnormally quiet so I knew he had to have been doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing. I come out into the living room and find Josh inside a fort he has built out of the cushions from the couch. He normally isn't supposed to take the back couch cusions off the couch, that is a no-no in our house (probably why he was being so quiet), but he was so proud of his fort he had built and I was pretty proud to. Look at how he constructed it...I think it is a pretty good fort for a 2 year old. I must say I was impressed!