If I Only Had Time...: February 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The morning drive with a 4yr old

As I was taking the kids to school this morning, traffic was terrible because it was raining and the CD/DVD player decided it didn't want to work, so we had lots of time to discuss our dreams from last night, what they were going to do at school today, when Nana and Papaw were coming... We passed by a big apartment complex and
Tate says: "That is a really big house"
Mom --" That is an apartment complex where there are lots of small homes all in one building"
Tate -- " I want to live in a compartment"
Mom -- "I bet you don't because usually they are much smaller than our house. Daddy and I lived in an apartment before you were born"
Tate--"Well, then, where did you put all the toys?"
Mom--Haha--"We didn't have toys then"
Tate-- no response--I don't think he could quite believe there was ever a house that wasn't filled with toys:)

Our little conversations, like this, always puts a smile on my face:)

Monday, February 16, 2009

Monday was a Funday!

* Tate watched the Daytona 500 yesterday and is totally obsessed with NASCAR again. When asked if he was a fan, he replied "No, I'm going to be a driver." I've been finding sets of cars "racing" all over the house.

* Maren is so ready to be potty trained. I had to make a Target run yesterday to get her some "big girl" underpants because she ran around the house naked almost all weekend. She is doing good for, all of a sudden, wanting to go potty in the potty. I'm sure it has nothing to do with then M&M treats she gets if she goes:) She loves her princess undies and keeps wanting to change them to wear a new princess. Whatever works!

* Tate and I had a discussion about President's Day. We had to clarify that he wasn't getting presents...he thought I said Present's Day. He knows that Barack Obama is the president, thinks he lives in a lighthouse and flys on US Airways. So we have a few facts mixed up...at least we got the president right!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a love-ly Valentine's Day filled with baking cookies, school parties, heart shaped waffles and pizzas, date nights, presents and lots and lots of candy! It's always fun to celebrate the day and enjoy each other!

The Wildcats

We had Tate's last basketball game. He enjoyed playing and is looking forward to t-ball:)

They picked up a new player in the 2nd half--Maren thought she was part of the team and wasn't too happy when she found out she wasn't

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Our Disney Cruise

I'm so behind on posting these but I have finally unpacked and organized pictures which made posting these alot easier:)
We spent 7 fabulous days on the Disney Magic boat and had a wonderful time! Trip #2 is already being talked about (in 3 yrs). We went with my parents and sister and brother-in-law and we couldn't have enjoyed it anymore. If you ask Tate what his favorite thing about the cruise was, he will tell you "everything."

Some of the highlights were:
*playing bingo
*taking the kids to their activities--Tate went to the Oceaneer's Club and Maren went to the nursery for a few hours a day
*enjoying dinner at the adult-only restaurant, Palo
*relaxing on the balcony watching the ocean
*getting the drink-of-the-day
*seeing all the Disney character's around the boat
*shopping at the shops
*seeing the shows (although we only saw 2 due to complete exhaustion by the end of the day)
*exploring the ship
*no access to our iphones!!
*being able to sit and read a book
*ordering room service whenever we wanted
*exploring the port of calls--Our favorite was Castaway Cay
*getting a new animal via towel oragami in our rooms each night along with our Personal Navigator telling us what was going on the next day
*listening to the kids giggle about their bunk beds
*spending time with eachother

Getting ready to board the ship. Maren got a ride from Papaw