Oh, Moxie. A rice angel? Again, a hit with the girls!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
December 1 Moxie's snow angel
Friday night, Moxie told me that he missed the snow at the North Pole. I told him I was very sorry, but we didn't get much snow in Texas. We woke up on Saturday morning to find this
Oh, Moxie. A rice angel? Again, a hit with the girls!
Oh, Moxie. A rice angel? Again, a hit with the girls!
November 30 - Moxie's first trip to the North Pole
If you aren't familiar with the elf on the shelf tradition, I'll sum it up for you. Santa sends elves to help keep an eye on kids. The elf watches all day and makes a trip to the North Pole every night to report to Santa. When the kids wake up, the elf is in a new place, showing that he must have been up to something. You can't touch the elf or he will lose his magic (although, if you read on their webpage, the magic can be restored with cinnamon) On Moxie's first night he whispered to me that he was hungry. When the girls woke up, he had taken the raisin boxes from their lunchboxes! They thought this was the funniest thing ever and talked about it all day. Silly Moxie!
Back to it
I'm not even going to try to play catch up. It's been 2 years. M and I now teach at the same school and S & D started preschool in the same district this year and they love it. Here they are in all their toothy glory.
So here we go again... blogging... Our latest fun is a scout elf that we named Moxie.
The girls each have an elf on the shelf in their classroom, so I decided to get one for home, too. They think he's the funniest thing ever. I love seeing them so happy. Even if I do think Moxie could be Gilly's long-lost brother...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
September 15, 2010
Wednesday:
Nothing terribly exciting today... The girls are still terribly interested in their paper towel rolls (well, I had to cut in in half to satisfy them). Here they are tonight watching Mickey Mouse on their couch.
I'm super tired tonight, so I'm gonna keep it short. :-)
Nothing terribly exciting today... The girls are still terribly interested in their paper towel rolls (well, I had to cut in in half to satisfy them). Here they are tonight watching Mickey Mouse on their couch.
I'm super tired tonight, so I'm gonna keep it short. :-)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sept 13-14, 2010
Well, my internet has been spotty the last few days. Last night it would come on for a few minutes and then turn off again. It made for a very frustrating night!
Monday:
Nothing special going on today. I took pictures of flowers around our garden before I went to get the girls. I know the girls are cuter, but this was a nice change of pace. :-)
Tonight Scout decided that she didn't want to go to bed. She's been having some difficulty, so I let her stay up about 30 minutes late to see if it helped. It didn't. I went up to her room no less than 5 times to put her back in bed and pick up whatever toys she dragged out. I got fed up when I saw that she had pulled all of Dylan's stuffed animals and her blanket out from between the slats of her crib. I asked her if she wanted me to take all of her animals and her blanket and told her that if she didn't stay in bed and stay quiet, that's what I would do. I was mean. She went to sleep.
Tuesday:
The weatherman said we had a 10% chance of rain today. As I drove home from work, the skies got darker and darker. When I got home and got out of my car, I could smell the coming rain. I went upstairs to change and heard the first clap of thunder. I hurried down to try and get all of the animals fed but when I went out to get the big dogs' bowl, the rain went from drizzle to downpour! Poor Deebo and Dakota had to wait until later. I usually leave the house between 5:45 and 5:50 to get the girls... it was still pouring. So I braced myself and scampered out to the car. I drove to the daycare (about a mile away) and swam inside. Seriously. I parked right next to an enormous puddle and thought I might fall in. I gathered the girls and their things and waited in the front room with a couple of other parents to see if the rain would let up. After 5 or 10 minutes, we all decided to just make a run for it. I didn't want the girls to walk, so I carried Dylan out to the car, got her strapped in, and then went back for Scout. After repeating this process backwards to get them in the house, we were all soaking wet!
Tonight Scout started her battle of wills again. We talked before I put her down (at her normal time) and she agreed to stay in bed. I made it downstairs and into the kitchen to get a drink before I heard her little feet running across her room. I went upstairs and told her to lay down in her bed and if she didn't, I would take away her cuppy. I've been trying to phase cuppy out, anyway. They have started leaking and making a mess in her bed. She said okay and I went back downstairs. Within 5 minutes she was running around playing again. She took Dylan's blanket again. I went upstairs and took cuppy. I told her that if I had to come back again, I would take blue bear. She cried for a few minutes, but I didn't hear her running around again, and soon, she started singing. Then, sweet silence. I hope that's the last time I have to go through that with her. I'm sure it won't be. I just hate being mean!
Monday:
Nothing special going on today. I took pictures of flowers around our garden before I went to get the girls. I know the girls are cuter, but this was a nice change of pace. :-)
Tonight Scout decided that she didn't want to go to bed. She's been having some difficulty, so I let her stay up about 30 minutes late to see if it helped. It didn't. I went up to her room no less than 5 times to put her back in bed and pick up whatever toys she dragged out. I got fed up when I saw that she had pulled all of Dylan's stuffed animals and her blanket out from between the slats of her crib. I asked her if she wanted me to take all of her animals and her blanket and told her that if she didn't stay in bed and stay quiet, that's what I would do. I was mean. She went to sleep.
Tuesday:
The weatherman said we had a 10% chance of rain today. As I drove home from work, the skies got darker and darker. When I got home and got out of my car, I could smell the coming rain. I went upstairs to change and heard the first clap of thunder. I hurried down to try and get all of the animals fed but when I went out to get the big dogs' bowl, the rain went from drizzle to downpour! Poor Deebo and Dakota had to wait until later. I usually leave the house between 5:45 and 5:50 to get the girls... it was still pouring. So I braced myself and scampered out to the car. I drove to the daycare (about a mile away) and swam inside. Seriously. I parked right next to an enormous puddle and thought I might fall in. I gathered the girls and their things and waited in the front room with a couple of other parents to see if the rain would let up. After 5 or 10 minutes, we all decided to just make a run for it. I didn't want the girls to walk, so I carried Dylan out to the car, got her strapped in, and then went back for Scout. After repeating this process backwards to get them in the house, we were all soaking wet!
Tonight Scout started her battle of wills again. We talked before I put her down (at her normal time) and she agreed to stay in bed. I made it downstairs and into the kitchen to get a drink before I heard her little feet running across her room. I went upstairs and told her to lay down in her bed and if she didn't, I would take away her cuppy. I've been trying to phase cuppy out, anyway. They have started leaking and making a mess in her bed. She said okay and I went back downstairs. Within 5 minutes she was running around playing again. She took Dylan's blanket again. I went upstairs and took cuppy. I told her that if I had to come back again, I would take blue bear. She cried for a few minutes, but I didn't hear her running around again, and soon, she started singing. Then, sweet silence. I hope that's the last time I have to go through that with her. I'm sure it won't be. I just hate being mean!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
What a week! (Sat 9/4 - Sun 9/12)
Saturday:
We went to Longview this weekend to visit some friends. We drove out after work on Friday, so it was 10 or 10:30 by the time we got there. We put the girls in their jammies, changed diapers, and they went to bed. About 2:30 in the morning, Dylan started crying. We were tired and ready to let her cry herself to sleep for a few minutes, but then we heard her coughing and gasping for breath. To make a very long story short, we ended up in the ER with her where docs said she had croup. So scary!
She got a breathing treatment and some steroids and was feeling much better by about noon. We decided that going to the lake may not be the best idea, so we took a picnic and went to the park to play instead.
We had a great time until Scout slid down the slide with no one there to catch her and fell flat on her face! We're pretty sure she broke her nose, or at least cracked it a little. Poor baby! We didn't take her to the ER because we knew they wouldn't do much except stop the bleeding, take an X-ray, and put ice on it. We stopped the bleeding and put ice on it. No need for an X-ray.
Here she is a few hours later. Doesn't she look pitiful???
We decided to go ahead and drive home on Saturday night.
Sunday:
We all slept in a while after our travels and boo boos and illnesses. We played around the house for a while and the girls got their first tattoos! Scout got Belle
And Dylan got a heart
This afternoon we went to play with Noa. The girls and mamas played outside in the sprinklers while the daddies put new baseboards and a new chair rail in Noa's room. Aren't daddies great?
Monday:
Today we went to daddy's school and took some pictures on his stage. The girls loved seeing daddy's classroom and playing on the rehearsal blocks. The ham in Scout came out in full force and she started talking to an invisible audience. She kept saying, "Welcome to Fwiday ebeybody!" We got so many cute pictures! Here are just a few of them.
Tuesday:
Back to work after the long weekend... Scout got a little carried away with the yogurt at dinner.
Wednesday:
Storms rolled through and a tornado warning had me glued to the TV. No tornadoes here, but we got drenched for 3 days with rain!
Thursday:
The power went out about 3AM and the house alarm went off to let us know that it wasn't getting any power. Why does it always happen in the middle of the night??? We all got to get ready in the dark using candles and flashlights. The power came back on about the time that Michael left at 7. Great timing, eh? The girls thought it was lots of fun and Scout said it was an adventure!
This afternoon, the girls found old toilet paper rolls and were giggling and playing with them while I got their dinner ready. I asked them what they were doing and Scout said, "We're yooking for pirates, mommy!" and put the roll up to her eye. Dylan smiled and said, "Arrrrrrrr!"
Friday:
This evening, Scout and I spent some time playing outside.
Saturday:
I snapped a picture of Scout reading a book to Dylan.
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Sunday:
The girls played in the pool outside tonight... it was NFL opening weekend, so that took up a lot of time. Lol!
We went to Longview this weekend to visit some friends. We drove out after work on Friday, so it was 10 or 10:30 by the time we got there. We put the girls in their jammies, changed diapers, and they went to bed. About 2:30 in the morning, Dylan started crying. We were tired and ready to let her cry herself to sleep for a few minutes, but then we heard her coughing and gasping for breath. To make a very long story short, we ended up in the ER with her where docs said she had croup. So scary!
She got a breathing treatment and some steroids and was feeling much better by about noon. We decided that going to the lake may not be the best idea, so we took a picnic and went to the park to play instead.
We had a great time until Scout slid down the slide with no one there to catch her and fell flat on her face! We're pretty sure she broke her nose, or at least cracked it a little. Poor baby! We didn't take her to the ER because we knew they wouldn't do much except stop the bleeding, take an X-ray, and put ice on it. We stopped the bleeding and put ice on it. No need for an X-ray.
Here she is a few hours later. Doesn't she look pitiful???
We decided to go ahead and drive home on Saturday night.
Sunday:
We all slept in a while after our travels and boo boos and illnesses. We played around the house for a while and the girls got their first tattoos! Scout got Belle
And Dylan got a heart
This afternoon we went to play with Noa. The girls and mamas played outside in the sprinklers while the daddies put new baseboards and a new chair rail in Noa's room. Aren't daddies great?
Monday:
Today we went to daddy's school and took some pictures on his stage. The girls loved seeing daddy's classroom and playing on the rehearsal blocks. The ham in Scout came out in full force and she started talking to an invisible audience. She kept saying, "Welcome to Fwiday ebeybody!" We got so many cute pictures! Here are just a few of them.
Tuesday:
Back to work after the long weekend... Scout got a little carried away with the yogurt at dinner.
Wednesday:
Storms rolled through and a tornado warning had me glued to the TV. No tornadoes here, but we got drenched for 3 days with rain!
Thursday:
The power went out about 3AM and the house alarm went off to let us know that it wasn't getting any power. Why does it always happen in the middle of the night??? We all got to get ready in the dark using candles and flashlights. The power came back on about the time that Michael left at 7. Great timing, eh? The girls thought it was lots of fun and Scout said it was an adventure!
This afternoon, the girls found old toilet paper rolls and were giggling and playing with them while I got their dinner ready. I asked them what they were doing and Scout said, "We're yooking for pirates, mommy!" and put the roll up to her eye. Dylan smiled and said, "Arrrrrrrr!"
Friday:
This evening, Scout and I spent some time playing outside.
Saturday:
I snapped a picture of Scout reading a book to Dylan.
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Sunday:
The girls played in the pool outside tonight... it was NFL opening weekend, so that took up a lot of time. Lol!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
*sigh*
It's been a long few weeks since school started. I've been bad about posting here and I'm sorry to anyone who usually enjoys reading and looking at pictures. I'm going to try and post, but no promises about catching up on the last 3 weeks or so. I'm going to try to update my sidebar right now...
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