Remember Today 3.23.09

{remember} Camden coming home and announcing that he had invited his two friends over. Little Mr. Social grabbed his class phone list and the phone and proceeded to place calls to his two friends to firm up the plans for 1:00. Too funny--this kid will never be without friends!

Remember Today 3.22.09

{remember} Maddox telling Logan to "mind your own business"--so not nice, but it was hard to contain my stifled chuckle.

Remember Today 3.21.09

{remember} scrapbooking in the kitchen and listening to the boys playing in the backyard; serving the boys lunch on the deck--spring is in the air!

Remember Today 3.20.09

{remember} sharing our Friday pizza and a movie with friends, and looking over from my spot in the chair with M to see the 5 kiddos nestled on the couch with my friend--too cute!

Remember Today 3.19.09

{remember} celebrating the last night of winter with our favorite soup. Recipe to follow soon.

Remember Today 3.18.09

{remember} our first trip to the park this year. It was Maddox's idea and not until I flipped through the photos did I realize how utterly happy he was the ENTIRE time. And Camden, yeah he attached himself to a cute baby and didn't leave her side for a half hour--pushing her in the swing, playing peek-a-boo at her carriage. He'll make a great Daddy someday!

Remember Today 3.17.09

{remember} forgetting to wear my green or dressing the boys in it, but making up for it with green cupcakes and sharing a corned beef & cabbage dinner with my parents.

Remember Today 3.16.09

{remember} Camden home sick with a mysterious rash on his face--no other symptoms whatsoever--strange, very strange. But he was loving a day filled with lots of screens!

Remember Today 3.15.09

{remember} taking a bit of time for me at the LSS and stopping by an antique shop I've always wanted to visit. And then off to a hockey game where the boys (and I) got to see Sam from iCarly--I admit I'm a fan of the show. The three youngest boys were enamored, and the oldest guy was embarrassed that I was trying to snap pictures with his cell phone. Good thing we made the decision very early on not to wait in line to get her autograph. This was most definitely the longest line I have ever seen in my life (stretching around the entire perimeter of the arena).

Remember Today 3.14.09

{remember} opening the door to find this standing in front of me:

I've been holding onto some patterned paper that reads "boy (n.); a noise with dirt on it" I think I've just taken the perfect photo for that page!

Remember Today 3.13.09

{remember} a very full day: pilates, Maddox's preschool screening, grab C from M&D's, lunch for me & M, playdate with friends, quick change for Karate, Friendly's for dinner, and a movie in my bed where the boys were supposed to conk out. Well, at least the rest of the day went as planned!

Remember Today 3.12.09

{remember} a day of catching up with old friends--lunch with a colleague from my Master's program that I haven't seen in about 6 years; and drinks with co-workers from my pre-children days.

Remember Today 3.11.09

{remember} eating Oven Pancakes at Mom & Dad's with C & M--only at Grandma & Grandpa's can you have pancakes for lunch!

Remember Today 3.10.09

{remember} using the 'new' treadmill for the second time since we got it 3 years ago. I'm one step (pun intended) closer to understanding the craze that is running. I was feeling the burn, maybe sweating just a tad, and liking it!

Good Reads

I just signed up for Good Reads, a website that tracks what you've read, what you're reading, and what you want to read. I can't tell you how many times I have read a book and less than a year later can't recall the storyline (and forget about character's names). Someone will be talking about a book that sounds so very familiar, yet I can't be definite that I've read it at all. I have started books and abandoned them, then tried to pick up where I left off months later and have to start all over again. I've thought about starting a book journal, but it feels almost book report-ish. I'm hoping that Good Reads will help me track my reading and network with others to find books worth reading.

Please join me! I'm all alone out there, so sign up and add me as a friend so we can all share good reads together!

Remember Today 3.9.09

{remember} watching Maddox swim with no bubble for about 8 feet and managng to keep his tiny button nose above the surface of the water--a proud mommy-moment!

Remember Today 3.8.09

{remember} enjoying a sunny, taste-of-spring day outside with the boys, and being inspired by the warmth and sunshine to create this:

outside with L & M painting alongside me, while C & P played hockey in the driveway

Remember Today 3.7.09

{remember} being inspired by the warm weather to go on a "run" with the boys. Maddox insisted on running, not going in the stroller, so it was a lot of me jogging in place while I waited for him to catch up, intent on getting my exercise-worth.

Remember Today 3.6.09

{remember} changing up the Friday schedule a bit: an earlier Pilates class, going to C's school sing-along (and loving his little waves and big smiles everytime he turned around to see us), no karate, and sharing our pizza and movie night tradition with my sister and nephews--change is good.

A recipe

A lot of what I use my blog for is to tuck away tidbits of information so I won't lose or forget them. So, I'm just tucking this little recipe right here so I won't have to go searching for it later. Don't these look scrumptious? Can't wait to see how they turn out--I'm a carb addict.

Remember Today 3.5.09

{remember} the relief (that I thought would feel so much bigger) after boxing up 165 invitations, and 320 envelopes for tomorrow's delivery.

Click, quick!

You have got to check this adorable little project out. Hurry and click on it, I'll wait. . .

Is that not the cutest thing you've ever seen? I can't wait to make one, though it may be May before I get around to it--lots of projects in the works right now. In the meantime, I will just study Liz's.

Remember Today 3.4.09

{remember} registering for CKC--my very first one!

Remember Today 3.3.09

{remember} giving Logan the "out" to quit his swim class (he's struggling at this level and one level down is full), and him looking right into my eyes and saying "No, Mom, I'm ok, I'll finish the session." I am so glad this kid is not a quitter!

4 bits of inspiration

Here's a bit of inspiration I have gleaned through my blog travels today:

1) From Liz Kartchner: "I confess. . ."
A little list of innocent confessions, good scrapbook page journaling

• I just took down my Christmas cards
• I finally cleaned my bathrooms this weekend after 2 weeks
• I still have my Valentine decorations up
• I add extra pasta and meat to Bertolli frozen (and overpriced) prepared dinners so that there's enough to feed my family of 5 (and I don't tell Perry it's not made from scratch!)
• I put a fistfull of Jelly Belly's in my pocket and pop a little bean of sweetness in my mouth throughout the day.

2) From A Foothill Companion: "In Real Life. . ."

Take pictures of everyday things that show your "real life" and write a brief blurb about each (another great scrapbook page inspiration).

3) From Small Fry & Co.: Place Mat Purse compliments of Kayla!

A tutorial on making an adorable purse from a single placemat. I feel like I always run into great placemats at Target, Pier One, and even Christmas Tree, but never buy them because they don't match my kitchen. Now I have an excuse to buy them! Speaking of matching my kitchen, Perry is soooo lucky the new Orla Kiely line at Target doesn't go with our cream and blue color scheme. . . sooooo lucky!

4) And one I came up with while ironing my outfit yesterday for my nephew's first communion: a page of "right now" versus "back then" to illustrate how my life has changed since having kids:

Right now I iron for Easter and Christmas and maybe one day in between; back then I ironed nearly every weekday for work. Right now I clean my house one room at a time and by the time I get to all of them it's time to start over again; back then I cleaned my house every Saturday morning in one fell sweep. Right now I wake to the sound of Maddox's sweet voice saying "I'm hungry for breakfast"; back then I woke to the buzz of the alarm clock, or whenever I felt like rolling out of bed.

Remember Today 3.2.09

{remember} a day of snowy perfection: all five of us home, Perry working in his office, me working in the kitchen, and the boys kicking back doing whatever they want (Logan building Maddox's new Spongebob Lego set he picked out at the mall, Camden alternating between drums and guitar on RockBand, and Maddox switching between both depending on the next song that came on. Fun, relaxing, and productive day, but let's hope they don't have anymore snow days this year--I want them home when the weather is warm.

Remember Today 3.1.09

{remember} a loaded day: church for Andrew's first communion, party at Sherri's with family, Camden to ice skating (where he was bumped up to the next level), a trip to the mall (which resulted in zippo purchases by me, but Perry and the boys did ok for themselves) where I tried on this dress and loved it (aside from the fact that I couldn't get the darn zipper up!),

and then a stop for Teppanyaki on the way home (where I needn't wonder anymore why I couldn't get that darn zipper up!). A great (and rare, these days) day of togetherness!

Remember Today 2.28.09

{remember} L & C at their friends' house leaving Maddox and me to make meatballs and sauce, and play all his favorite songs on Rock Band.

Remember Today 2.27.09

{remember} Camden going to a friend's house after school and telling his friend's mom all about how he wants a dog and his Dad won't let him get one: "My Dad says dogs are dirty. Their paws get all muddy and then they get the mud all over the rugs."

Remember Today 2.26.09

{remember} waking up this morning to find Logan in bed reading the last pages of the 127 page chapter book he had started last night. I LOVE that he is a READER!!

Remember Today 2.25.09

{remember} Camden using our icy front walkway as a skating rink.








Then when I finally got hi hockey helmet unsnapped, he says, "Whew, I thought that was gonna have to stay on until Daddy got home." {Me, too! I just can't get those darn snaps undone!}

Remember Today 2.24.09

{remember} treating myself to a little scrapbooking time now that I'm down to completing the final 25 wedding invitations--yippee!

Remember Today 2.23.09

{remember} some rituals lately: playing Rock Band with Maddox in the morning after the boys get on the bus; spending nights in the stUdio with Perry while we both get some work done; playing soccer with Camden in the playroom.

Remember Today 2.22.09

{remember} watching Logan ice skate for the very first time, and how dear Camden was waiting for him (but then he realized it was more fun to lap him and check-in each time he passed).

Rememebr Today 2.21.09

{remember} making chocolates with the boys this afternoon and flashing back to the time a bunch of us got together at my Grandma's to make chocolates for Easter when I was a kid. So much fun to paint the colored chocolate into the molds with them, and their faces when we popped the chilled pieces onto a plate--so much fun, and a great way to spend a wintery Saturday afternoon.

Remember Today 2.20.09

{remember} hanging out with the boys on the last day of their vacation.

They have this way of playing with PlayDoh that entails dumping out every canister,

mixing the colors together and forming a road on which to drive their cars:

I have this thing that their messy play is ok only if the time it takes to clean up the mess is less than half the time they spent actually playing. This activity is borderline!

Remember Today 2.19.09

{remember} saving our February vacation with a trip to the roller skating rink with L & C: a bit of chicken dance, red light-green light, hokey pokey, all skate, and soft pretzels and Icees--lots of fun!

Childhood Dreams

Creativity Prompt had this journaling prompt this week:

Childhood dreams tend to be grand and out of this world. We feel that everything is possible if we just want it strongly enough. Childhood dreams can involve figments of our imagination as well as feasible goals and aspirations.

For this week’s journaling prompt set aside a few moments and try to remember what were your childhood dreams. Write a list of every dream you manage to call to mind and make a note about the ones that actually came true.

Here's what I came up with:

• to be a teacher
• to get married and have babies
• to spend summers as the educational director at the San Diego zoo
• to learn sign language, and teach it to chimpanzees (courtesy of the movie Project X)
• to have a dream that I found money all over the playground at school and wake up to still be clutching it in my hands
• to find a pot of gold and a leprechaun at the end of the rainbow
• to have lots of pets
• to visit the Wonka Chocolate Factory
• to live next door to my best friend when we grew up

Make a list of your childhood dreams and create a layout featuring then and now pictures of yourself.

Remember Today 2.18.09

{remember} feeling grateful that we've made it over the hump of this week. I don't like feeling this way, but between the rocky start to the week, having to cancel plans, the boys getting under each other's skin, the amount of "screen time" going on in this house, staying indoors (more because I don't like the cold), this week is turning out to be a disappointment for all of us. We managed to squeeze in an hour at the bowling alley, but even that wasn't enjoyable. We have two more days to get it together--maybe baking cupcakes is in order for tomorrow before we go roller skating, well, because cupcakes just make everything better, don't they?

I wanna doggie

Lately the boys have been asking for a dog. Maybe it's the movies about dogs they've been picking from the library: Because of Winn Dixie, Shiloh, Shiloh Season, or the neighbors on both sides of us with canine companions. Or the books they choose at bedtime: for instance Maddox picking Clifford the Big Red Dog for the 83rd night in a row and then telling me this:

M: I wanna doggie.
Me: Talk to Daddy about that.
M: If he says no, then it's no.
Me: {took the words right out of my mouth} Do you think he'll say no?
M: No. . . actually, yes.
Me: You think he'll say no?
M: Yeah, but I really wanna doggie.

These days

this little guy can't get enough of the computer:

We call this nook "behind the wall." It's always been a catch-all for the large toys that don't fit into the playroom cabinets. A while back the boys helped me move the computer from Camden's bedroom where it was just another piece of furniture I had to dust to "behind the wall" where it gets way more use. This computer is a dinosaur and the monitor is even older. There's no internet access, no printer hook up, but for now it's serving its purpose, especially for Maddox, who feels so grown-up maneuvering the mouse around the screen. Logan is hoping Santa will bring a computer that he can use his Funkeys on (this one is painfully slow), and Camden's figuring if you're going to bother asking for a big ticket item like a computer, might as well go for the full Monty: a laptop "so I can carry it around with me."

Remember Today 2.17.09

{remember} walking down the hall to find this little bit of evidence of just who had been here before me.

Capture these types of "evidence" and scrapbook them. Before you know it, these bits will be long gone.

Remember Today 2.16.09

{remember} starting February vacation with a stomach bugged child--poor thing laying on the couch all day eating a carrot for breakfast and three bites of Ramen noodles for dinner, no Wii, no DS, just lots of mindless tv, back rubs, a short nap, and a fever.

Remember Today 2.15.09

{remember} watching Camden at his very first ice skating lesson--the entire family went to see him take to the ice. We were so proud of how well he did (and fearful that hockey may just be his sport afterall).

The first lesson consisted of learning how to stand up: start on your bottom with your legs out in front (a natural falling down position!), swing legs around to kneel like a doggie, put one knee up, give a big push, and stand up tall. Camden decided that one step was missing before the final stand tall: the "touch-your-toes-balance-check." Hey, whatever works, right. And of course, it wouldn't be Camden doing a sport if his "fierce" competetiveness didn't come through. It didn't matter that the two children he was "racing" against were twice his height (and probably twice his age), he scooted across the ice as fast as his little legs would shuffle with one eye in front of him and the other peering over his shoulder to see what kind of a lead he had!

Forget love. . .I'd rather fall into chocolate!

My parents gave the boys jumbo chocolate kisses for Valentine's Day, and of course immediately after lunch they tore right into these. The tearing off of the foil was the easy part; biting into the chocolate fit for a giant was a different story. They managed, so well that while I went upstairs briefly they had devoured about half of their kiss. Lucky I had snapped these photos first:

Remember Today 2.13.09

{remember} how much I love Fridays (I think I've said this before): Pilates class, followed by the NAZ where I read a mag, karate where I worked on invitations, pizza take-out on the family room floor, and a movie curled up on the couch with the boys--does it get any better?!

What a dollar buys you

Picked up these stiff felt "coasters" today for a dollar. I'm thinking an embellishment on a page, or how about the cover to a mini-album. I also grabbed two shaped chipboard albums, a pack of round and square coasters, and some recipe cards (that I've already used for a cookie swap we're going to on Saturday) All for a dollar each! I'm proud to be able to tell my grandkids, "Back in my day you could buy the makings for a really great project for only $1"

How to leave a comment

Many of you have told me that you have tried to leave a comment and couldn't get it to work. I love getting comments (and knowing that people actually read my blogs), so I will attempt to tell you how to do it.

1. Click on the word "comments" at the end of the post.
2. A pop-up screen will appear.
3. Type your comment in the box.
4. Click on the "Name/URL" box and type your name in the box that appears (you can leave URL blank).
5. Click publish your comment.

See, easy!

Wreck This Journal

I picked up this book at Border's today with my birthday coupon. I came upon it on Amazon the other night, and was thrilled to find it at the bookstore (I like instant gratification). Perry saw it on my desk and thumbed through it to find: Tear out. Crumple., Make a funnel. Drink some water., Chew on this. Warning: Do not swallow. Ok, he was less than thrilled. "How much did you spend on this?" But trust me, this book could be life-altering. In the very least it will spark some creativity when I'm in a dry spell. The premise of the book is to let down barriers of perfectionism, snub what your "better" judgement is telling you, and deface a brand new book. I think the whole experience will be very liberating. I'm starting tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes.

Remember Today 2.12.09

{remember} the boys occupying themselves long enough to get a little crafty in the stUdio. I'm thinking I could get a whole lot more scrapbooking done if I got better organized with my projects. What do you know? The latest CK issue arrived in my mailbox today and it's all about getting organized.

Remember Today 2.11.09

{remember} getting a little further in my digital photo organization project--this is going to take a while! Here's my system, in case you're curious:

My Pictures>year (2007)>photo shoot and date (5-21 boys on swings). Putting the date first with the month's number makes them automatically sort chronologically--nice!

Since I organized my paper photos by date (because they pretty much come that way when you get the film developed), I'm hoping it's only logical to do my digital ones this way as well. Of course you don't really know if something is going to work until you actually try it. After the hours I'm putting into this, it had better work!

After I sort the two years worth of photos (I'm glad now that it took me so long to convert to digital), I will use ACDSee to tag each of my photos so that I'll be able to do searches to pull up all photos of Logan and Karate. Ahhh, it all sounds so good!

What's your system and do you love it?

Remember Today 2.10.09

{remember} Maddox's response when we heard and saw his name get called for the preschool lottery: "I'm going to schoooool, yaaaay!"

Well, hello there. . .

This is what I looked up to see while doing dishes at my sink today. Do you think he's hungry? How on Earth did he get up there?!

The poor thing looked really desperate sticking his paws through my squirrel-proof feeder to try to scrape the meager remains of what the birds have been eating from the bottom tray. I just had to throw some shelled peanuts onto the deck for him (unsalted, of course), and Maddox thought he might enjoy a handful of Kix, too.

. . . it's my birthday too, yeah. . .

Things that made my birthday special:

* Perry's happy birthday hug and kiss this morning
*The boys making me birthday "cards" without Perry even mentioning it
*Maddox getting into preschool via the lottery drawn on tv this morning
*Camden & Maddox periodically telling each other "You can't cry on Mom's birthday!"
*Opening my email to find oodles of Happy Birthday wishes
*Coming home from L & C's swim lessons to lots of Happy Birthday messages on my machine
*Not having to cook because I did a crock pot meal
*My Mom & Dad taking the boys and I out for ice cream (I regret opting for the Jim Dandy Jr. I could've taken on the Jim Dandy--the mac-daddy of all sundaes--really I could have. My 35 year old hips (and butt, and thighs, and gut) are thanking me for not making the attempt.
*Feeling grateful for everyone who made my day so special

Remember Today 2.9.09

{remember} Logan coming in from school and sitting right down to do his homework and write Valentine's without any hassle.

Remember Today 2.8.09

{remember} stuffing my face with yummy brunch foods at my cousin's baby shower, and reminding myself that she has an excuse to eat a lot; what's mine?

Remember Today 2.7.09

{remember} roller skating the morning away with L & C at a birthday party--so glad I donned the skates and got out on the rink with them--fun times!

Remember Today 2.5.09

{remember} listening to Maddox crack himself up while playing with the Little People.

Remember Today 2.4.09

{remember} driving by our old house and telling Maddox he wasn't even born yet when we lived there. His reply: "Pretty soon I'll be born and I can go there."

Remember Today 2.3.09

{remember} Maddox strutting around the house with this iron-on guitar patch he picked out at the store, and Camden needing to dress in his interpretation of a rock star, too.

Remember Today 2.2.09

{remember} a tiny taste of spring when the temp hit 50: bike ride, chalk drawings, laying with the sun in our faces. It won't be long now!

the view from my back on the driveway:

Quote of the Day

I found this on a new blog I've been frequenting belonging to Paula from Big Picture Scrapbooking

Hope she doesn't mind me stealing it! Surround yourself with people who create good in your life--it's too short to not be happy!

25 Random Things

I've been getting a bunch of tags for this lately, so here goes:

25 Random Things about me:

1) I married my high school sweetheart.
2) I always thought I'd be mom to girls, and ended up with 3 fabulously fun boys.
3) I would love to go back to school for Art/Graphic Design.
4) I'm addicted to Baked Lay's.
5) I can't sleep without socks on my feet.
6) I organize everything I can according to rainbow order.
7) I stuck a green blueberry up my nose when I was 3.
8) I rammed a pen through the roof of my mouth when I was 3.
9) I had a spinal tap when I was 4 to diagnose JRA and can't imagine all that my parents went through now that I'm a parent.
10) I lived at college, but came home nearly every weekend.
11) I was proposed to at the end of the jette I climbed on when I was a little girl.
12) I've never done drugs, but I have smoked a handful of cigarettes.
13) I've never broken a bone or had surgery.
14) My first wisdom tooth is coming in now, at age 34.
15) I have a huge sweet tooth.
16) I met my husband working at the grocery store.
17) I was petrified of all bugs until I taught an insect class to first and second graders.
18) I worked the middle of the night shift at my college dorm's front desk.
19) I learned to ride two-wheels on a purple bike with a white sparkly banana seat.
20) I've been wearing contacts since the 7th grade.
21) I became an aunt in 8th grade.
22) I've been on a plane 4 times: Vegas with my aunt to visit my aunt and uncle in 8th grade, San Fran to see my best friend in 11th grade, Boulder for my cousin's confirmation, and Antigua for our honeymoon.
23) I've never been to Disney.
24) I was never a night owl until I had children.
25) I only get my haircut about once a year.

This list makes a great scrapbook page topic. So quick, go grab a pen and paper and make yours. Don't forget to send it to me!

Making history

The boys were part of television history tonight: watching the first 3D commercial. They did a fabulous job sharing the one pair of 3D glasses we could find in the house. Time to clean out their junk drawers again--we must have at least 4 more pairs.

And I will be securing this precious pair to cozy down with Chuck tomorrow night!

Remember Today 2.1.09

{remember} watching the half-time show with the boys before scooting them off to bed--they love watching "music" and it's fun to share music from our days with them.

Remember Today 1.31.09

{remember} Logan at a friend's, Camden watching a movie at the dojo, and Maddox hamming it up for pictures with me.

Remember Today 1.30.09

{remember} setting aside my to do's to watch Nemo with the boys and go to bed early. I need to do this more often. Here's what I know: my grandmother's biggest regret was having spent too much time cleaning her house and not enough time with her children (she told me this herself); my mom spent too much time cleaning her house; once my house gets to a clean state, it's time to start cleaning it all over again; housework doesn't ever go away or end. So really, for my kids' sake and my own sanity and well-being, I need to make a conscious effort to stop what I am doing and spend some chunk of time with my boys everyday.

Quote of the Day

My sister gave me this one today; it's on her co-worker's desk:

"Great minds talk about ideas, average minds talk about events, small minds talk about people."

Remember Today 1.29.09

{remember} Logan and Maddox spending some much needed quality time together: playing, talking, reading, and bonding--a rare and treasured memory for me and them.

Remember Today 1.28.09

{remember} a snowy day (again!). Will spring ever be here?

Remember Today 1.27.09

{remember} a productive day of crafting and organizing, some with the boys (painting, gluing, tearing down the word wall to make room for display rods, pretending with tools), some without (them Rock Banding, watching tv, and driving garbage trucks around the house picking up garbage--if I had know this woud keep them so engaged I would have dumped all the trash bins onto the floor of every room!).

Created this page in my art journal:

inspired by the art in this cute book from the library:

I {heart} Target

A bit of Target love: new V-day placemats to brighten the kitchen table. How stinkin' cute are those owls?!

Remember Today 1.26.09

{remember} Camden going to school with a tiny pin-prick of a hole in his blue jeans and coming home with a gaping seam-to-seam hole across the entire knee exclaiming, "Can you make me a Gameboy case out of these?!" I have created a monster!

Remember Today 1.25.09

{remember} getting the absolute worst, most terrifying news a parent could ever get about their child. One of the children at my church just had a brain tumor removed. The diagnosis was sudden and the surgery swift. Please pray for this precious girl and her wonderful family.

Remember Today 1.24.09

{remember} a long day with Perry at work broken up with a trip to two craft stores (sans kiddos) and dinner at my Mom & Dad's--again they save the day (if I gave them $1 every time they've saved me, they'd be rolling in it, not a worry in the world as they enter the retirement years--wish I could repay you!)

Remember Today 1.23.09

{remember} Maddox having a date with Auntie Sherri to DD and Target, where he got a donut and the Yo Gabba Gabba guitar he was asking for for Christmas. I just couldn't bring myself to get this crazy annoying toy for him. Afterall, he already has 2 guitars (not counting Logan's and the Rock Band one--I mean, really, how many guitars can one household have?!). But Auntie can get it for him, she doesn't have to listen to "think happy thoughts, happy thoughts, that's whatchew gotta do" and "don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's ok" and "run, run, run, it's fun, fun, fun; run, run, run, it's fun, fun, fun" over and over and over again. What is it with these kids shows and repeating everything three times--ever notice that? Anyway, thanks Auntie, you made Maddox's day (and possibly his whole year). I don't know what was worse: hearing M ask for the guitar nearly everyday, or listening to the crazy annoying songs now that we have it.

Remember Today 1.22.09

{remember} running errands with Maddox and having the realization that I am going to so miss our time alone, especially when he says things like: "Just you and me, I love you!"

Remember Today 1.21.09

{remember} Camden turning "pro" on Wii bowling; "I don't even think Grandpa is pro."

Remember Today 1.20.09

{remember} working away in my stUdio on these and then finding Camden kneeling on the floor crying with a belly ache at 10 pm. He threw up 18 seconds later (luckily in the toilet), and then 15 minutes after that, and 15 minutes after that, and 15 minutes. . .

Remember Today 1.19.09

{remember} an almost entire day just for me: a little working, a little blogging, a little shopping, a little picking up the house, a little bit of time just for ME! Thanks Mom & Dad for taking the boys bowling and to lunch.

Right Now I am. . .

. . . listening to my favorite tunes from the 80's and early 90's via project playlist: Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Sophie B Hawkins, Moving Pictures, Tori Amos (I may have to post this new list here so you can reminisce, too)
. . .watching Logan curled in a ball sleeping on the rocking chair under his baby quilt.
. . .wanting this book filled with adorable art.
. . .remembering my Keith Haring Swatch watch I had in the 80's (it's selling for over $800!)
. . .trying to blink away the dryness of my contacts.

Remember Today 1.18.09

{remember} watching the boys sledding with Perry, cooking dinner with my sister, the boys having a blast sledding and playing in the basement with their cousins, and singing karaoke-style in the kitchen with my sister while the guys watched football--a perfect Sunday.

Remember Today 1.17.09

{remember} sharing one of my all time favorite childhood movies with the boys: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Remember Today 1.16.09

{remember} girls' night with my mom, sisters, and nieces pigging out on pizza, popcorn, chocolate and watching Mama Mia (and me belting out Dancing Queen, much to everyone's dismay)--fun memories!

Remember Today 1.15.09

{remember} Camden coming home from school with a note for me that read "To Mommy, Will you read with me when I get home from school today? Love, Camden" Love this little guy!

Remember Today 1.14.09

{remember} Maddox happily going back to his "school" and me hanging at the library organizing my digital photo mess, ugh!

Remember Today 1.13.08

{remember} taking the boys out to eat after swim class, and the ball they had playing video games while waiting for their dinner (thank goodness I actually had some cash in my wallet!).

Remember Today 1.12.09

{remember} Maddox telling me to carry him because he only has one leg. When I ask him, "What's this?" and point to his leg he replies, "That's one leg." When I point to the other one and ask him what that is, again "That's one leg." When I ask him what one leg and one leg makes, he squeezes the two legs together, and looking down says, "One leg." This boy cracks me up!!

Remember Today 1.11.09

{remember} a hang at home kind of day, making a ham dinner (should do the Sunday dinner thing on a regular basis), shopping without my credit card--it's a lot cheaper!

Remember Today 1.10.08

{remember} listening to the boys rock it out to Rock Band this morning. This was a warm-up for Logan's first jam session with his buds who have formed the band "Kings R" (the R, of course, is for "Rock"). So freaking cute!

And the shot they insisted I take to put on my blog:

Remember Today 1.9.09

{remember} going to Pilates for the first time in months, joining Face Book (bout time!), and having great laughs with my sister until late at night on the phone {Is that a bowl of ice cream stuck to my body pillow? Perfect for a page entitled, Who the %$@# did this?} All-in-all a good day. Oh yeah, and a no cook night--yippee!

Remember Today 1.8.08

{remember} scrapbooking with the girls and an uninvited guest who should have been downstairs eating dinner and watching tv or something--it's girls only!

Remember Today 1.7.09

{remember} a snow day home with the boys (these poor kids are going to be in school clear through June at this rate).

Remember Today 1.6.09

{remember} checking this awesome book out of the library with Maddox and then using it to inspire some art paintings with M and C after lunch--fun times.

That voice in his head

A conversation with Maddox while washing dishes together:
Hugs me and says: This is my friend Mommy. See, I'm gonna say it. [closes his lips tightly and looks like he's thinking really hard]
Me: what did you just do?
Him: I said it; didn't you hear it?
Me: Are you saying it in your head?
Him: Yeah, not in my mouth.

Remember Today 1.5.09

{remember} how nice it is to be back to our regular routine after the kind of long vacation.

Remember Today 1.4.09

{remember} sacred one-on-one time with M while the boys go to a Sharks game with P. He wrapped his little arms around my neck while we were eating dinner together, squeezed hard and said "I'm having so much fun with you." He's no dummy--he'll never go to a Sharks game, not when he can have me all to himself!

Remember Today 1.3.09

{remember} completing scrapbook page # 2 of '09. Check them out here.

Remember Today 1.2.09

{remember} watching the boys play so nicely together-love this; and snuggling up on the couch together to watch Wall-E at the end of the day.

Remember Today 1.1.09

{remember} a day of cleaning out the highly cluttered stUdio--getting ready for a year of scrapbook production!