My Hot Date

There he stands....

We went to Mike's work Christmas party last night.  I always feel anxious about it (ah, the challenges of what to wear... shoes, leg attire, accessories, make up, etc!) but then enjoy it once we are there.  There are about 4 other couples from church whose husbands work for CapTech.  So that makes it more appealing for me.  Its fun to have a chance to get to know them more at work functions.  Mike's parents agreed to watch the kids for us.  I suggested that they could sleep over ;) and they agreed.  Poor them... Peter didn't settle down til really late and then got up at 3:15am... yes, 3:15AM.  But WE thoroughly enjoyed the time to ourselves and sleeping in!  Thanks, Kathy & Ski!!

before the party 

I'd taken too long to get ready so Mike only agreed to this one picture ;)

 I had to be sure that we got some full body pictures.  Holly and Emily helped me find this outfit at Old Navy on Black Friday (my arm is blocking a cute black belt).  It included 3-4 inch heels. (Notice Mike is no longer wearing shoes!)  I've rarely worn heels this tall.  It is anything BUT natural for me.  I am sure it was quite obvious that I couldn't walk right.  BUT I did feel stylish.  Everyone had on super high heels.  Mike liked how tall I was.  It was a REALLY fun night... just giving myself a hard time.  ;) 

 My foot/ankle is sorta funny & twisty in the second pic b/c I couldn't finagle my achy foot fast enough before the timer took the pic.

*and my favorite pic with my most favorite person*

Preschool Party

Peter had a Christmas Party this week for his Thursday class.  (This is the optional enrichment day for 3 or 4 year olds.  We opted for it since his 3 year old class is only 2 days a week.)  He has a different teacher for this class (we love all of his teachers) and their theme is a "A Year around the World'.  You can see their map on the back wall.  :)

They sang and did hand motions for "Away in a Manger".  I hoped to get a video but couldn't get the camera right soon enough.  So then I just snapped this quick pic.  Peter is wearing his "Personality" shirt.  :)

 Lily got to join in for the little feast.  

 and show off a little.

It was fun to go in and see his class!

Long Winter Naps

 

 

We are at Target today.  
Peter says to me, "I need to do a BIG poo poo, Mommy."
Man in the next aisle says, "Me and you both, buddy!"

The Perz Produce Company

We took an evening trip to the Children's Museum earlier this month.  The kids had a BALL in the toddler area playing in the farm and produce area!  They played together so well!

Collecting eggs from the hen.

 Then they delivered produce.  Peter was the driver and Lily was the helper or co-worker.  She was fine with that. Peter was so sweet about including her and making sure she scooted over to her seat in the truck to ride before he did.

 They were in a hurry!  Lots to deliver?  They would jump out of the truck and run back to the produce...

Grab a hand full!

 Then run it over to the water pump... 

 Rinse it! And pile it by the pump.

 And do that over and over til all the produce was emptied.

Then they'd jump back into the truck. Peter would say "Get in, Lily!  Let's go!" and she'd RUN over!

 Then they'd drive for a while...

 And do it all over again!

 Lily enjoyed swinging from this bar too... !

Overheard at our house

a friend in Richmond does "Overheard" posts on her blog.  She has 3 kids 3 and under....

so in light of that, overheard at our house today:

me:  "Peter, your breathing realllly frustrates me!" 

How ridiculous that I would say that to him.  His breathing!  But I just did and realized it as soon as it came out. And, I hate to say, its not the first time I've said it, or second.  My child has to live under my frustrations with the way he breathes... great.  He struggles to breathe the right way, in my opinion... mouth closed, quiet breaths thru the nose; instead, its noisy "puffs" that he has to force thru his mouth that is obstructed by his tongue protruding past his teeth.  It is part of the reason we got his tonsils and adenoids out.  He had difficulty breathing thru his nose so has had open mouth posture and drooling his whole life, plus sleep apnea.  Low muscle tone also contributes.  It has been better since we had his T&As out, but in the last week or so, I feel like we are back to square one.   He can correct it if you ask him to by pulling his tongue back and breathing thru his nose.  Yes, his nose is a little stuffy now but he can breath thru it.  That stuffiness could be a contributing factor or it could just be a bad life long habit that has to be broken... but how?  Time?  24 hr speech therapy?  Yet another issue that is so characteristic of him AND of my ugly impatience.  I've been testy lately with them and that is frustrating too.

onto less heavy things...

Less than a minute later, Peter is talking to Holly the baby doll.  She had one eye closed and one eye open.

Peter:  "Arrrrr, 'can you close one eye' said the pirate!" 

What a random assortment of conversation that goes on at our house!

have you ever seen a cuter face?!

I am working on finishing Lily's first year frame... found this picture from Jan '10...

seriously.... look at that face!