Nephew's Birthday Party

Happy Birthday, Matthew!



Yesterday was Matthew's 5th birthday. E & I went to their house for his party. T had to work, so didn't get out there in time.

He had a Superman themed party this year.
He opened presents...

We got him LiteBrite, Doodle Doug, a baseball long sleeved tee, green plaid button down shirt and matching green pants.

We sang to him and he blew out his 5 candles...well kind of.
Trying to blow out all the candles...click to watch video...

Then we had cake!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you are having a nice Valentine's Day!

T is sick...no card from him yet.

I made heart shaped chocolate chip cookies last night.

I got Ethan...
-a cute little black doggy holding a sparkly heart (Dollar Store & he loves it),
-rev-up car that is magnetic and has a loop track so it goes upside-down - plus on the refridgerator!
-little Whitman's Snoopy heart box of chocolates
-Marshmellow & choc. heart
-Reese's heart
-a cool Spongebob Valentine card

For T- a card, 2 Reese's hearts, Snickers heart

We don't do much for V-Day. Trent is sick right now, too. He always is busy at work. I hate the crowds at the restaurants anyway.

I'll give the cousins a heart cookie tomorrow. I decorated some with icing, too.
2 weeks until my nephew's birthday. I need to get ideas for him. He will be 5, just 12 days before E.

I took one of those fun quizzes for today, too...

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

OMG! Just saw this on Ross Blog. Look who got to meet & interview!

He loves House Hunters as much as I do! So funny that she is really different in person & I didn't know she did stand up, wow!

So, Trent surprised me at work with a flower delivery on Friday. Check out my pretty flower arrangement. He always gets me an assortment of my favorite colors, I don't really have a fav flower. They did an awesome job this time, too!

He lost his first tooth!

Well, it happened today! Ethan lost his first tooth. I can't believe it!

T called me at work and said he was putting on Ethan's coat and he started crying. He was telling him that his tooth fell out while he was eating his sandwich and he swallowed it.

Yes, he swallowed his tooth! He was so upset, too! Over the weekend I had explained to him when he loses a tooth we will leave it for the tooth fairy and she will leave you money.

Well, I think he thought he didn't have the tooth so he wouldn't get the money. T said he was really emotional about it. But oddly, he didn't tell him right when it happened when he was eating. T thought he was probably scared to tell him because he kept asking him if he could just pull it out so he doesn't swallow it when he is eating.

Well, I won't go into that T actually thought I would want to keep the first tooth...yeah, actually sift through poo? I will admit I am a memoribilia freak, but not to that extent.

I talked to Ethan in the car about swallowing it to help him calm down. I told him we could take a picture of his mouth with the empty space and print it out to show the tooth fairy. This went over beautifully with him, quick thinking on my end.

I left this one in the little tooth pillow...

what is the going rate now?

Watched the new Big Brother tonight, Biggest Loser & Westminster from last night. We will tivo the finals tomorrow and watch it later. I just had to quickly change the channel on the news because they were starting to say the winner.

Ethan signed all 15 of his Valentines for his class, so they are all ready for school tomorrow. We got Spongebob ones this year and they fold up into a little box and included a little bag of yogurt raisins.

I really decorated a lot for Valentine's Day this year. I love the new light-up heart from Walgreens for the front window. E loves finding other houses that have the same one. Ok, I do, too. Love decorating in my apothecary jars, it just fun & festive.

I need to mail out Valentine's to Grandparents tomorrow. Hope they get them on Thursday!

Ethan has a loose tooth!

I'm not ready for this milestone. Ethan has a loose tooth. Its on the bottom and it is pretty loose.

I'm not ready for this yet. It actually makes me sad. Like really sad. Is that bad?

I know I will cry when it falls out. I don't want to scare him, I'm sure he will freak out with any blood. Where did my baby boy go?

Don't kids lose teeth in kindergarten & 1st grade? He isn't 5 yet! He will be in a month, though.

I catch him playing with it and can see it is pretty loose. He is worried about eating certain foods now. He noticed it was loose when he was eating an apple at my sister's on Friday. She checked it and thought it was loose & told me. A lost her first tooth when she was 5, but I think she was in kindergarten.I can't believe my baby is growing up. It's too fast!

We went bowling today with Swans. It was so fun! We played 2 games and remembered the coupons this time. It was Elliot's first time bowling and he did super! He is 2.5 yrs now.

We even went out to dinner together. The boys really like each other. Elliot's that age that he copies everything E does. So cute. We sat together at the game on Thursday, too. I got my 1 game in this year.

It is supposed to be a high of 4 degrees here tomorrow. I'm feeling it already. I'm not leaving the house tomorrow.

I ordered a tall bookcase for our livingroom. My mom has one similar. I like Sauder brand stuff.

It was so cheap at Walmart, too. I ordered online, so shipping directly to me. Even with shipping it is cheaper than Lowes, Menards or Kmart price of the same bookcase. It won't ship out for another week.

Need to get major cleaning/organizing done tomorrow. I hope T helps me.

Crazy weather here

Last night was so scary foggy. It was foggy during the day and the drive home got scary for me.
I was following people in rush hour so wasn't that bad, I couldn't see any buildings on the either side of the road.
When I turned off the main road to get E at Mrs. F it was a country road with no street lights for about 1/2 mile. It was so scary because I wasn't following anyone and no one was coming. It seemed like it was a white out blizzard. It was definitely the worst fog I have ever driven in.
I was so happy to make it home safely.
T even came home like 2 min after us. He went to play poker, but he said it got worse and couldn't see the lights until he was right on them.
WE are supposed to get 4-6 inches tonight. It hasn't started snowing yet though. It has been drizzling rain most of the day. I hope it isn't messy in the morning. Wed. are my busy day at work so I can't miss it with those deadlines. I hope it doesn't get too bad. We had about 6 inches on Friday and they called off school. I went in around 11am, after T snowblowed 4 driveways.
I watched Biggest Loser tonight. This is the first season I have pretty much watched every episode, oh I didn't see the first epis. I'm liking it.
American Idol-just watched the first 15 min, but it is tivoed.
Watched Days, which is getting kinda good. I predicted Colleen right and she being John's mother.
E has a pajama party at school tomorrow. He wants to wear his Spiderman pjs. I hope he is warm enough in them. He is excited he gets to bring slippers and his blanket & Edgar.
I'll need to take a pic of him.