We were eating cake! Happy Anniversary to my husband! We're pretty proud of a LOT of things, one of which being that a decade later, we are still featured on the Grand Wailea weddings photo gallery here. Yes, that's us pictured on our wedding day with the gorgeous Maui sunset in the background!
Hubs just emailed me this pic from his new iPhone 4. Now, I'm NOT an Apple girl. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Sony products and think I would by Sony flavored gum if they actually made it! But, I AM loving all the different things about my husband's iPhone. I guess I am flirting with the idea of having one, while still remaining true to my Droid roots.
Happy Friday!
What a great day we had! It actually started out a bit rocky since David was feeling a little under-the-weather today. Ironically, of ALL days today he decided to take a day off from golf since he wasn't feeling well enough to tee off at a little after 7 a.m.! We headed out for brunch at a new place that was mediocre at best. But, the smoothies were good!
After brunch we headed back home and watched golf pretty much all day. The kids and I did make a trip to Macy's to exchange a few things we'd gotten David for Father's Day and I also picked up some insanely cheap bathroom towels while I was there.
This evening we busted out the SuperDad cake from Dairy Queen that the kids picked out. It was so delish...filled with Oreo ice cream! How could it NOT be good? Pretty much an uneventful day but a great one spent with the ones I love most! It's so important to me that the kids take time to appreciate their daddy. He does so much for them and provides for them in so many ways. Hope all of you enjoyed celebrating the dads in your life! ♥
My boys often say things that make me go "say what?", but today's remark by Will to David was just plain hilarious.
This morning after David was finished brushing his teeth, he walked over to the couch in our bedroom where Will was sitting. Will asked him for a kiss and when David obliged, Will then said, "ooh, Daddy, lemme smell your breath!"
So David breathed in his face.
Will then replied, "Mmm..smells good!".
Boys. ♥
One of the most fabulous things EVER about my family (namely, my mama) coming to visit for the holidays (or any reason, for that matter) is that David and I can get the Grammmy World's Best Babysitter to watch the kids if we want to catch a movie (that's not rated G) or go out and enjoy dinner together!
How often do you get out with your spouse? Do you think date night is important? Why or why not?
According to Juice Box Jungle, over 75% of moms feel like they don't get out enough. Are you one of those moms? One of the things I've recently discovered is Restaurant.com where you can get $25 gift certificates to certain places in your 'hood for just $10! Plus, they've got a special deal right now - if you use promo/coupon code SANTA, you'll save an additional 80% off your gift certificate order! (Be sure and check the fine print for each participating restaurant, as sometimes they are only valid certain days & times).
Be sure & check your zip code for places in your area and leave me a comment if you score a great deal! Here's to dining out more! ♥
(Disclosure: This post sponsored by Restaurant.com, however, the opinions expressed herein are my own!)
Let me preface this post by saying I love my husband very much. I am true to the vows I spoke over 8 years ago. But as I write this, I'm pretty darn irritated.
This day has been full of activity...only the third real day of school for Nathan, a Kindergarten outing at a local inflatables place (where Nathan got EXTREMELY sweaty!), and back home to deal with two very cranky (and tired) kids. I then made dinner which was ready promptly at 5:30 p.m. My darling husband then walks through the door at 5:37 p.m. after being out on the golf course all day long playing 18 holes and watching part of the Nationwide Tour which was rolling through town today.
Shortly after he walks in I let him know dinner's ready. Good thing. He's starved. I serve dinner then rush off downstairs to print something out that I needed for a meeting up at church tonight. My plan was to be out the door by 6:30 p.m., which I was. As I was heading for the door, I reminded my darling husband (once again) that the kids need to be going upstairs to shower and get ready for bed by 7 p.m. so that they can be in bed falling asleep by 7:30. With school having started this week, these early mornings are still something the kids are getting used to. That's it! Not much more to his evening than those two easy things which should easily occur within an hour after I leave the house.
So, you can imagine how irritated and disappointed I am when I get home from my meeting up at church at 10 p.m. only to find out from him that he didn't take Nathan a shower because he fell asleep on the couch watching Wipeout at about 7 p.m.!!!!
What??? Are you for real?? Where were YOU while he was falling asleep? How did you not notice and take him up right away?
.........Oh, you were too busy playing Bejeweled on Facebook and thus weren't really paying attention to what was happening on the couch??! Oh, ok.
Yes, that's why I'm fuming right now. Not to mention the fact that since he wasn't able to take Nathan a shower, he decided Will didn't need one either. Hello??? What is so hard about doing those TWO things while I am at my meeting?? Seriously....I've been with these kids ALL DAY LONG and you're with them for TWO HOURS max and you can't manage to oversee their shower and bedtime by 7:30???!!!
Darling husband then simply replies, "I'll just shower them in the morning."
Wait, you're kidding me, right? It's hard enough waking Nathan up at 6:45 a.m. to get ready for school....you think he's going to want to SHOWER at that hour???
Ugh. I am SO irritated right now, I can't even make myself sleepy enough to go to bed when I know I should.
Ok, I'm done. For now. ♥
Last week before the boys left town, I took Nathan for his first official school supply shopping spree. I know, I know, I am so sentimental, but I can't help it. I LOVE school supply shopping and since Target had all their junk out already, I decided it would be best to take him early in July rather than in late July when he'll be returning from his Texas vacation.
David joined us which was nice. We hardly ever get to take Nathan (or Will, for that matter) anywhere by themselves. The only downside to having David there was that he was like "I don't see why he needs a new backpack. His old one from last year is just fine."
Are you kidding? My first-born baby is heading into Kindergarten and you don't see why he needs a new backpack? I don't know about ya'll but it was just a given that I get a new bag/backpack every new school year (thanks, Mom!). Actually, when I told my mom about David's comment, she quickly retorted that had I not bought Nathan a new backpack, she would've! What Grammy wouldn't, right?
Anyway, school supply shopping was fun. Nathan got to push the cart and pick out several items once I rattled off the list to him. One of my favorite memories of the whole ordeal was when it came time to look for a pencil sharpener. Nathan picked out a bright pink one and David took one look at it and was like, "Uh-uh. Pick out another one. How 'bout a blue one?" I could do nothing but laugh! I know that my boys' love of pink comes from me! I totally thought it was fine. It's Kindergarten. So what if a boy has a pink sharpener? But, alas, we ended up not getting one because Nathan remembered he already had one at home. But, a few days later when I was looking for said sharpener, I realized it was our only one. So, on my most recent trip back to Target, I went ahead and picked up the blue sharpener for him. He won't care. He'll love it.
I think he had the most fun picking out his G.I. Joe backpack. It was fun watching him trying to decide between three different backpacks and finally settling on the one he got. The only thing Target did not have was tissues. Seriously. We even went to the aisle where they normally stock tissues. You know, over by the toilet paper and paper plates? So, we still have tissues remaining on our school supply list, but I'm sure by mid-August the stores will be up to their eyeballs in boxes of tissue.
Considering how much I truly love summer, it's hard to believe I was so gung-ho about getting school supplies early, but it feels good to be done. My baby - off to Kindergarten in a little over a month! My, how time's flown! ♥
I got to sleep in today until 9:45. D made the kids breakfast and got them dressed. See why I love that man??? Enough said. ♥
My little N has once again, made me a proud mom today. D and I met with his Pre-K for our parent/teacher conference and we were all three smiling from ear-to-ear while we visited about N's progress as a Pre-K'er.
WARNING: This is where I will rightfully brag.
Some of the things Mrs. Y said about N include that he is undoubtedly the leader in the class and "the sought after one...everyone is drawn to him". (This could either be really good or really scary!) She also identified him as her "strong one" in the class and as one who is friends with everyone.
N is beyond where most Kindergarteners need to be at this point since he is reading and advanced with being able to count as high as he can. The teacher noted, "he's such a well-rounded kid. I keep looking for holes but he's got everything down - the fine motor, large motor, reading, math, writing, social, emotional...". We've come up with some ideas to help keep his focus on learning new things both inside and outside the classroom and I am thankful that his teacher recognizes how important this is and is willing to put forth an effort to challenging him. Thankfully, there is a little girl in his class who is also very bright and is reading, so there may be some opportunity for she and N to work together on some things. Mrs. Y also shared with us that N is the one she often calls upon to help when they are learning about something new and the class is having a tough time understanding. She feels it's comforting to his fellow classmates if they see that someone just like them knows the answers.
The most heartwarming and pleasing part of the meeting for me was when his teacher was explaining to us how humble and compassionate N is to others. Apparently, there is often a fuss over which kids want to sit by him, but it doesn't really phase him. He is always the one who is nonchalontly replying, "sure, you can sit by me", but then not taking himself too seriously. There was also a time when the class received a new student about two weeks into the school year and was having a tough time feeling like part of the group. Mrs. Y asked N to be in charge of helping that person find a group to play in, etc. and he jumped on it without needing any direction from the teacher on what to do.
That totally warmed my heart!
D and I walked away very proud parents, although I did keep telling D I wasn't really surprised by what the teacher shared with us. But it certainly did feel good to have my thoughts and assessment of him confirmed. N got a very fun reward (inspired by his dad) for his outstanding-ness!
N is out on a golf outing with D today and I'm excited to hear how it went. This is the first time since W's been born that N's gotten a chance to go sans his little brother. He and W went a few months ago with D and halfway through the outing he asked if he could go one day with just daddy and him.
With no school for the rest of the week, D and I decided today was a perfect day to do it. Of course I doubt D will take any photos out on the course, so I'll have to just picture its perfectness in my mind. W and I have enjoyed some time together too. After our Kindermusik class, we headed for the library and picked up some great reads like this one, this one, and this one. Oh, and this spooky DVD in celebration of Halloween.
The rest of the week will be a pretty chilled-out one with N out of school, so I'm looking forward to some fun activities with he and W both. Tonight it's homemade cheeseburgers, seasoned crinkle-cut fries and corn on the cob for dinner. I can hardly wait. ♥
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