On Tuesday when I was dropping the girls off for school I noticed a sign about Me and My Guy night the following night at school. I knew that Matt would be very excited because he has been working day and night and has not had much time to spend with the girls. I was right, he was very excited and rearranged his schedule so he could attend with the girls.
The girls were not as excited as Matt was, but I managed to convince them by the time he got home that going to school with daddy was going to be fantastic. I was right. The girls had a great time with their daddy. I would not know what a great time they had because even though I had Matt take the camera, he did not take a single picture. He did bring home a picture of him with each of the girls in a frame the girls made. The girls also drew a picture of him and answered several questions about their father who apparently makes good coffee and cheese and gives good hugs and kisses. They painted Matt's feet and their own and made foot prints on paper which is being laminated and sent home. Lior is still talking about getting to paint her daddies feet. Sydney was so excited when she got home that she did not even want to sit with me and read a book when she got home, she only wanted her daddy!
I realized what a good time the girls had when they walked in the door and were covered with paint. I rushed them into their nightgowns and in retrospect I should have thrown them into the bath tub because they were just filthy but I wanted them in bed so Matt and I could eat dinner. It took Sydney a very long time to go to sleep because she was just so excited. Everyone had a great time and Matt can not wait for the next special night at school.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Our weekend
This weekend we took the kids to Gumbo Limbo to enjoy the sea turtles. We arrived at the park forty minutes early and discovered that there is a little park right on the intra-coastal where we could sit and watch the boats. It was just beautiful and the breeze was just fantastic. The girls loved looking at the boats and throwing pretzels into the water to feed the fish. Matt had several small heart attacks and emptied his pockets of all electronics just in case he needed to jump in to the water after one of our very daring children.
We kept Jordan in the stroller because had she been given the opportunity to roam free she would have been swimming!
It is amazing how much she wants to be just like the big girls and tries to do everything they do. She climbed onto a bench and looked off into the water with her big sister. While she was climbing I reminded Matt to keep an eye on her because I was afraid she was going to fall off. He reminded me that Jordan was "two" and just fine without any help.
We kept Jordan in the stroller because had she been given the opportunity to roam free she would have been swimming!
It is amazing how much she wants to be just like the big girls and tries to do everything they do. She climbed onto a bench and looked off into the water with her big sister. While she was climbing I reminded Matt to keep an eye on her because I was afraid she was going to fall off. He reminded me that Jordan was "two" and just fine without any help.
Monday, February 11, 2008
And we will call her yogurt
My husband let me know today that I was very far behind in my blogging today and I needed to update. Apparently I have only had four entries this month and that is not enough for my loyal fan. Maybe if he remembered that both Sydney and I were sick this month he would be a little more forgiving. But I will blog tonight in his honor because once again he is working late and will not be home to see his little monkeys before they go to sleep.
Speaking of the girls sleeping, they are not going down well tonight because they want to see daddy NOW!!! They do not want to wait for him to come home from work. I believe that it is just a new tactic they are using to prolong the bedtime routine. I am about to go back upstairs to get them back into their beds and stop the constant giggling. I am glad they are having such a good time together and playing so beautifully but I would rather have them put their cute little heads on the pillow and go to sleep!
We have been doing a lot of talking about the new baby with the girls lately. Jordan likes to sit on my lap pull up my shirt and point to my belly and say "baby, baby, belly" and laugh. She will also kiss my belly when the mood strikes her but most of the time she is content lifting up my shirt and pointing. Sydney is pretty quiet about this new baby. She knows there is a baby in my belly but is not really talking about it. She has told me she will help me change diapers but I am not counting on it. Lior has been very vocal about the baby and has a new name for the baby almost daily. Last week when you asked her what the new babies name was she would smile and do a raspberry. Yesterday the babies name was Belle and today she named the "girl baby Yogurt and a boy baby Sydney Shoe". The sad part is Matt and I are having the same kind of luck naming this baby, neither one of us has a name in mind that we are just in love with and my husband being who he is seems to think we have all the time in the world to name this baby. I try to remind him, gently, that this baby is coming with or without a name so we should at least have a short conversation about it!
Speaking of the girls sleeping, they are not going down well tonight because they want to see daddy NOW!!! They do not want to wait for him to come home from work. I believe that it is just a new tactic they are using to prolong the bedtime routine. I am about to go back upstairs to get them back into their beds and stop the constant giggling. I am glad they are having such a good time together and playing so beautifully but I would rather have them put their cute little heads on the pillow and go to sleep!
We have been doing a lot of talking about the new baby with the girls lately. Jordan likes to sit on my lap pull up my shirt and point to my belly and say "baby, baby, belly" and laugh. She will also kiss my belly when the mood strikes her but most of the time she is content lifting up my shirt and pointing. Sydney is pretty quiet about this new baby. She knows there is a baby in my belly but is not really talking about it. She has told me she will help me change diapers but I am not counting on it. Lior has been very vocal about the baby and has a new name for the baby almost daily. Last week when you asked her what the new babies name was she would smile and do a raspberry. Yesterday the babies name was Belle and today she named the "girl baby Yogurt and a boy baby Sydney Shoe". The sad part is Matt and I are having the same kind of luck naming this baby, neither one of us has a name in mind that we are just in love with and my husband being who he is seems to think we have all the time in the world to name this baby. I try to remind him, gently, that this baby is coming with or without a name so we should at least have a short conversation about it!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Photo update
I have pictures that I have left on my camera for the last two weeks. If you know me, you know that that is about two weeks longer than they usually sit in the camera. I like the instant gratification of a digital camera and usually watch a slide show of the days events while I am writing the blog. In the last two weeks we have taken some pretty cute pictures of our kids and I have either been too tired or sick to take them off the camera, until tonight.
I took the kids to the South Florida Fair a few weeks ago where they had the opportunity to feed and pet animals. This is Sydney's favorite past time. She loves animals, any kind of animal and having the opportunity to feed them is just icing on the cake. She fed rabbits that weighed more than Jordan, a goat, a sheep, a deer, a llama, an alpaca, and a camel. Several of these animals managed to lick her face from one side to the other which just made her laugh and cheer.
The big girls have thoroughly embraced their big girl beds and the butterfly pillows that sit on them. Bed time has become an enjoyable part of our daily routine with the girls enjoying a few stories and then quietly talking or playing alone in their rooms until they fall asleep. Jordan is even benefiting from this new bedtime routine and gets several stories on the big bed before being deposited in her bed for the evening.
Lior discovered the air intake for the air conditioner and now spends a good part of her free time trying to get her clothes sucked into the vent.
The girls accompanied me to the park this morning where I got them good and tired. Jordan was tired and cranky before we even got there and did not enjoy herself as much as I expected her to.
The big girls had fun climbing, jumping and rolling down the "hills" in the park.
Looking at these pictures reminds me that Sydney and Lior could use a good haircut.
I took the kids to the South Florida Fair a few weeks ago where they had the opportunity to feed and pet animals. This is Sydney's favorite past time. She loves animals, any kind of animal and having the opportunity to feed them is just icing on the cake. She fed rabbits that weighed more than Jordan, a goat, a sheep, a deer, a llama, an alpaca, and a camel. Several of these animals managed to lick her face from one side to the other which just made her laugh and cheer.
The big girls have thoroughly embraced their big girl beds and the butterfly pillows that sit on them. Bed time has become an enjoyable part of our daily routine with the girls enjoying a few stories and then quietly talking or playing alone in their rooms until they fall asleep. Jordan is even benefiting from this new bedtime routine and gets several stories on the big bed before being deposited in her bed for the evening.
Lior discovered the air intake for the air conditioner and now spends a good part of her free time trying to get her clothes sucked into the vent.
The girls accompanied me to the park this morning where I got them good and tired. Jordan was tired and cranky before we even got there and did not enjoy herself as much as I expected her to.
The big girls had fun climbing, jumping and rolling down the "hills" in the park.
Looking at these pictures reminds me that Sydney and Lior could use a good haircut.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Health update
I am on the mend. I do not feel one hundred percent, I do not sound one hundred percent but I am on the mend. I only filled up half a Publix bag with tissues today, so I must feel better. I was able to get some real rest thanks to my wonderful husband who brought the kids to school this morning and my wonderful mother who took the girls yesterday afternoon and Jordan to Mommy & Me this morning. Rest is what I needed to get better.
Sydney feels much better because she is not whinning at me constantly anymore. She has been laughing and giggling again. It is nice to see her smile, both Matt and I missed our happy little girl. Jordan is very-very cranky which makes me think she does not feel well. I hope it is just her teeth that hurt her, her gums are so swollen it hurts just to look in her mouth. Lior seems just fine a little touch of the sniffles but her mood seems the same. Now Matt needs to stay healthy and we may be on our way back to a healthy home.
Sydney feels much better because she is not whinning at me constantly anymore. She has been laughing and giggling again. It is nice to see her smile, both Matt and I missed our happy little girl. Jordan is very-very cranky which makes me think she does not feel well. I hope it is just her teeth that hurt her, her gums are so swollen it hurts just to look in her mouth. Lior seems just fine a little touch of the sniffles but her mood seems the same. Now Matt needs to stay healthy and we may be on our way back to a healthy home.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
It's my turn
It is my turn to be sick. Aren't I lucky? I can not even blame Sydney because I just have a nasty head cold that has settled in my chest and I can not breathe. Sydney was never really congested and had a very bad fever. It has been way to long since Dan and his family were here so I can not even blame them!
I very rarely get sick, Matt is usually the parent that gets side lined by whatever illness the kids have. I think since my sleep was so disrupted when Sydney was sick I did not have a fighting chance against this latest round. Hopefully, it ends with me.
Matt was really wonderful and allowed me to sleep this weekend. It helps that the girls slept until almost eight thirty on Saturday after their Shabbot event at school. We all had such a nice time, the girls especially. This morning I did not get out of bed until almost ten and got to spend the better part of the day in bed resting. My parents volunteered to take the kids to look at animals at the wetlands so Matt and I could get stuff done around the house. Matt took complete advantage and finally fixed the garbage disposal and mowed most of the lawn. We were told that our girls were excellent on the walk and enjoyed seeing two really big alligators.
It does not surprise me that the girls were excellent on the walk. Yesterday when we were at the zoo the girls walked almost the entire time and never strayed, when I said stop, they stopped. They were even fantastic tonight at dinner. My parents took us out for Sushi and the kids sat throught the entire meal without issue. Lior told us she wanted to eat salad, edamame and soup with chopsticks, but not dumplings because they are too hot. The girls ate everything we ordered for them and more, Lior tasted raw salmon and Sydney tasted an eel roll. We are creating little gourmet's! Pretty soon we will not be able to afford to take them out to dinner!
If this cold sticks around and if I continue to feel lousy they will be eating a lot more take out because I have no energy to cook.
I very rarely get sick, Matt is usually the parent that gets side lined by whatever illness the kids have. I think since my sleep was so disrupted when Sydney was sick I did not have a fighting chance against this latest round. Hopefully, it ends with me.
Matt was really wonderful and allowed me to sleep this weekend. It helps that the girls slept until almost eight thirty on Saturday after their Shabbot event at school. We all had such a nice time, the girls especially. This morning I did not get out of bed until almost ten and got to spend the better part of the day in bed resting. My parents volunteered to take the kids to look at animals at the wetlands so Matt and I could get stuff done around the house. Matt took complete advantage and finally fixed the garbage disposal and mowed most of the lawn. We were told that our girls were excellent on the walk and enjoyed seeing two really big alligators.
It does not surprise me that the girls were excellent on the walk. Yesterday when we were at the zoo the girls walked almost the entire time and never strayed, when I said stop, they stopped. They were even fantastic tonight at dinner. My parents took us out for Sushi and the kids sat throught the entire meal without issue. Lior told us she wanted to eat salad, edamame and soup with chopsticks, but not dumplings because they are too hot. The girls ate everything we ordered for them and more, Lior tasted raw salmon and Sydney tasted an eel roll. We are creating little gourmet's! Pretty soon we will not be able to afford to take them out to dinner!
If this cold sticks around and if I continue to feel lousy they will be eating a lot more take out because I have no energy to cook.
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