Friday, April 13, 2007
I Scream for Ice Cream
Just want to share a funny thing that Aden said today...
We got a coupon in the mail for Coldstone ice cream which will expire this Sunday. So after dinner, even if we were all so stuffed (we had spinach and mozzarella ravioli by the way... yummy!), we took a drive to have our ice cream. Maia slept in the car and I didn't want to wake her up so either one of us goes in or we risk leaving Maia in the car then the 3 of us go inside. Since we were parked right in front of Coldstone, we decided to leave Maia in the car. haha!!
Anyway, while we were ordering, Aden asked to be carried. He saw all the different flavors of ice cream and yelled at the top of his voice "Look!! Mommy, daddy!! Look at the PLAYDOUGH!!!" haha!! I thought that was really cute!
We got a coupon in the mail for Coldstone ice cream which will expire this Sunday. So after dinner, even if we were all so stuffed (we had spinach and mozzarella ravioli by the way... yummy!), we took a drive to have our ice cream. Maia slept in the car and I didn't want to wake her up so either one of us goes in or we risk leaving Maia in the car then the 3 of us go inside. Since we were parked right in front of Coldstone, we decided to leave Maia in the car. haha!!
Anyway, while we were ordering, Aden asked to be carried. He saw all the different flavors of ice cream and yelled at the top of his voice "Look!! Mommy, daddy!! Look at the PLAYDOUGH!!!" haha!! I thought that was really cute!
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Happy Easter
Happy Easter!!
It's Maia’s first Easter and we didn’t do anything special. It’s okay. I was still able to take some pictures of the kids. Maia of course had to wear her Easter dress. We were supposed to celebrate it with our friends but my husband got sick. I even bought some goodies yesterday at Target and filled a few Easter eggs for today’s celebration. I wanted the kids to dye some eggs too but they ran out of those kits. Anyway, I called our friends yesterday to let them know that we cannot make it today.
Trent and Aden didn’t go to church but Maia and I went. I left Aden with Trent even if I know he wasn’t feeling well because I cannot possibly watch 2 kids and hear mass at the same time.
We stayed home and cleaned a lot of stuff in our backyard. We put the canopy and screen nets for our gazebo, put away the sandboat and cleaned the little tykes house and play structure. We put Maia in the jumperoo and took that outside too so we can work. Aden had a blast helping. At least he thinks he was helping even if he was making more mess. But that’s how they learn.
It’s a start of a new week and we have an additional activity for Aden. He starts art classes on Thursday.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
It’s another quiet weekend for my family. Trent was under the weather so we stayed local and did a few errands which included going to Home Depot and Target. These are the only 2 decent places you can go to in Lincoln for now. I experimented on my cooking skills for dinner and made Eggplant Parmigiana. It turned out pretty good. My hubby liked it to think it was his first time to eat eggplant.
I finally talked to my mom after a week considering she’s just in NJ. I’d love to call her more often but our relationship is not the same as it used to, at least that’s what I think. I don’t even want to discuss it because I don’t want to rock the boat. There are days when I need some adult conversation with a family member but then I know I have a not-so-good reputation with them. I feel bad because I only have good intentions for them and I pray for them everyday and always include them in my special intentions. Unfortunately I believe they don’t know me that well anymore. I’m still the same person but I have matured. I’ve been away from them for over 8years so I was literally a kid when I left. I am more confident now and I am straight forward to the point that I guess I tend to be offensive. I guess there are some relationships that are better when you don’t get too close for comfort.
I try to look at things on the brighter side. Life is not perfect and you cannot have everything. I’m happily married to the best husband and I’m blessed with 2 beautiful perfect kids – of course I’m biased. I am also very fortunate to have hoards of amazing friends.
I finally talked to my mom after a week considering she’s just in NJ. I’d love to call her more often but our relationship is not the same as it used to, at least that’s what I think. I don’t even want to discuss it because I don’t want to rock the boat. There are days when I need some adult conversation with a family member but then I know I have a not-so-good reputation with them. I feel bad because I only have good intentions for them and I pray for them everyday and always include them in my special intentions. Unfortunately I believe they don’t know me that well anymore. I’m still the same person but I have matured. I’ve been away from them for over 8years so I was literally a kid when I left. I am more confident now and I am straight forward to the point that I guess I tend to be offensive. I guess there are some relationships that are better when you don’t get too close for comfort.
I try to look at things on the brighter side. Life is not perfect and you cannot have everything. I’m happily married to the best husband and I’m blessed with 2 beautiful perfect kids – of course I’m biased. I am also very fortunate to have hoards of amazing friends.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Weekend
I cannot tell the difference between weekdays and weekends anymore since I started staying home to take care of my kids. But there are weekends when my husband’s not working and we spend a lot of quality time together as a family - then I know it’s a weekend.
I had a great weekend. It was nothing special and that’s what’s great about it except for last Friday. Two of the engineers I worked with called me at home surprisingly. It was so touching and humbling for them to call just to say how much they appreciated my work. I would’ve liked my job a lot if I were only given the chance to blossom and utilize my talents. Unfortunately, I had issues with some people I worked with directly.
I visited my former workplace a couple of weeks ago after almost 3yrs. I even almost forgot how to get there! I only went there because that was the time my mother-in-law was in town visiting and my husband had some business to do there so we took the opportunity to drop by to show them the baby, to say hi to a lot of familiar faces and head to San Francisco. By the way, I used to work in Berkeley. It was definitely interesting. Some asked if I had any plans of going back to work, others asked if I would consider working there again, and there were a couple of people who pulled me aside and told me they missed my work which to me was heart warming and of course I have to admit it did boost my ego a little. But my priority is my family now. Sure, there are so many days when I simply want to get out and apply for jobs and work. You do get crazy watching the kids 24x7 and we do need extra cash but my time with my kids is at stake. I’m a sentimental kind of gal so I have to be there for all their “firsts.” Plus, I’m happy. My husband and my kids are happy too and money cannot buy that.
Well, just a quick recap of my weekend…
Yesterday, I took the kids to Barnes and Noble for story time at 11am. I take them there every Wednesday too. I threat my son to listen to all the books they read otherwise he can’t play with the train set they have tucked at the corner at the kids section. Then, we finally mailed our taxes! Whoopee!! At least that’s out of the way. Around late afternoon, we watched our friends’ daughter so they can have some time for themselves. That was fun. We let them play in our backyard and fed them there too.
Then today, we went to Palm Sunday mass. After church, we went to my son’s friend 3yr old birthday party at the House of Bounce. That facility is amazing. All the kids had a blast and it was the perfect way for them to use up all their energy.
I had a great weekend. It was nothing special and that’s what’s great about it except for last Friday. Two of the engineers I worked with called me at home surprisingly. It was so touching and humbling for them to call just to say how much they appreciated my work. I would’ve liked my job a lot if I were only given the chance to blossom and utilize my talents. Unfortunately, I had issues with some people I worked with directly.
I visited my former workplace a couple of weeks ago after almost 3yrs. I even almost forgot how to get there! I only went there because that was the time my mother-in-law was in town visiting and my husband had some business to do there so we took the opportunity to drop by to show them the baby, to say hi to a lot of familiar faces and head to San Francisco. By the way, I used to work in Berkeley. It was definitely interesting. Some asked if I had any plans of going back to work, others asked if I would consider working there again, and there were a couple of people who pulled me aside and told me they missed my work which to me was heart warming and of course I have to admit it did boost my ego a little. But my priority is my family now. Sure, there are so many days when I simply want to get out and apply for jobs and work. You do get crazy watching the kids 24x7 and we do need extra cash but my time with my kids is at stake. I’m a sentimental kind of gal so I have to be there for all their “firsts.” Plus, I’m happy. My husband and my kids are happy too and money cannot buy that.
Well, just a quick recap of my weekend…
Yesterday, I took the kids to Barnes and Noble for story time at 11am. I take them there every Wednesday too. I threat my son to listen to all the books they read otherwise he can’t play with the train set they have tucked at the corner at the kids section. Then, we finally mailed our taxes! Whoopee!! At least that’s out of the way. Around late afternoon, we watched our friends’ daughter so they can have some time for themselves. That was fun. We let them play in our backyard and fed them there too.
Then today, we went to Palm Sunday mass. After church, we went to my son’s friend 3yr old birthday party at the House of Bounce. That facility is amazing. All the kids had a blast and it was the perfect way for them to use up all their energy.
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