Snacks

We made mud. More to come later.

Unexpected Three Day Weekends

Normally I love having a three day weekend. They are full of relaxation and rejuvination that is greatly needed. I would have loved it this weekend too, it was the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, which is a fun Arts and Crafts event that takes over the park. I always have so much fun going and walking around, but I just wasn't feeling quite up to par on Saturday, so I decided to lay low and go on Sunday.

Then the rain started. And it didn't stop.

Not that the rain was the main reason my plans were ruined. I wasn't feeling any better, so decided to bite the bullet and go to the doctor to make sure I wasn't really sick.

I knew it wasn't strep. I was positive. I thought it was just a sinus infection, but working with kids I needed to have that reassurance from a strep test to know I wouldn't get them sick.

Throat swabbed.  Six minutes to get the results.

Positive for strep {and I was right, I had a sinus infection too.}

Dang-it. At least they can give you meds for it. But I think I waited just a tad too long to head in to the doc because I was miserable Sunday night. And Monday. Nothing like laying around the house all day with a sore throat. They're the worst, right? I would have rather had the flu. My throat was so swollen and painful, but after that 24 hours of meds it did start to feel better. So back to the grind today.

The boys had their second full day of school. And they LOVE it. I barely get hugs when we get there, they just run in and tell me to take the Chunk home. Fine by me. Better that than leaving them in tears everyday.

Hope you had a great, strep free weekend!

keep it simple

This Week

Has been chaos. Lot's of running around and not a lot of time to relax. Which is okay, and I typically prefer to be doing something, but still...it's nice to have a little time to yourself.

We are doing some serious potty-training-bootcamp around these parts and Curly has been doing pretty good. I'm seriously impressed. Nothing that bribery and stickers can't solve. We did two days without any accidents {insert me jumping up and down celebrating here}. I didn't even try today. We went to the Museum of Transportation with the Blond, Chunk and their mom, J and without bathrooms being right around the corner, I didn't want to risk it. The five of us had fun though, despite the sweltering heat. It's so good for the Blond and Curly to get together to play during the summer since they don't see each other every day. After that we went to Jeremiah's and got ice-cream for the boys hoping to see a train go by, but apparently they stopped working {seriously, I have never been down there without at least one train}.

So now I am basking in the glory of sitting down and relaxing while Curly enjoys a little siesta. Simple pleasures.


This morning I started Tracy Anderson's 30-Day Method. I liked the strength training. The cardio/aerobics part wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but that's alright. It was a little more dance than I was expecting, and being as I have no rhythm and failed miserably in my 8 week stint of dance classes you can imagine how absurd I looked. But hey, I figure I'm trying, it has to get easier, and at the very least I'm jumping around, flailing my limbs like a lunatic for 45 minutes, it's got to be doing something!

I'll leave you with a picture of my pride and joy right now. I don't have much of a green thumb, so the fact that any of my wildflower seeds made it to bloom is shocking, and I was very happy to see that the first little sunflower popped yesterday.

It's only about 2 inches across! So cute!

Sunflowers make me miss our Lawrence home a bit.

keep it simple.

Kids and Food

Have you tried these?

They are delicious. They are a nice little pick-me-up sugar rush to keep in your bag. The trick is trying to keep them away from certain little hands.

Easier said than done. 

We've been having a fun week around here. We made it out to the zoo to see the sharks and stingrays. FUN! If you go to the zoo in the first hour that it's open, all the extra exhibits are free (sharks, carousel, children's zoo) so that's a big plus. Nothings like a fun free day at the zoo. I am glad that we didn't pay for it, Curly wasn't too sure about sticking his hand in the tank to touch the stingrays and sharks, but he did enjoy looking at them, so it wasn't a total bust.

We split a pretzel and cheese. Curly didn't like the pretzel dipped in cheese so much so he took a different, more unconventional approach...

yep that's a raisin.

The blond might quite possibly be the messiest eater I have ever had the pleasure to know. It has gotten to the point of being comedic really. He can eat a granola bar and have it spread around the entire room, while he stays in one place...really it's just impressive. Here's the aftermath from eating two, yep only two raspberries yesterday. 

Like I said, it's a gift.


I'm making a  balsamic roast chicken tonight for dinner. I'll keep you posted on the progress of that =)


keep it simple.