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.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Ear Piercing
This week, Trent and I talked about going back to church and attending mass regularly every Sunday. It’s been challenging with both kids to hear mass because the local church we go to is not big enough to accommodate young children. We’ve been waiting for the new St. Joseph Church to open. It finally did last week and they had their first mass (Dedication Mass) last Sunday, and the Thanksgiving mass on Monday. Maia and I went to both and we left the boys at home. Today, we went as a family and we attended the first 5pm mass. We were actually there for the 10am mass but because it was big enough to handle at least 3x the capacity of the old church, they changed the schedule so we had to come back for the 5pm service.
We decided to go to the mall since we had a 12noon appointment for pictures. We ate lunch first. As soon as we stood up after eating, Aden decides to run and get lost in the middle of the crowd in the food court! Aaah!!! We panicked! I was yelling out his name, approached security and we were looking for him for I don’t know how long but it seemed forever! I was exasperated at what he did at the same time, I was more irritated that I was with my husband and not one of us was paying attention as to which direction he went. Trent found him standing by the carousel, watching the kids on the horses and he had no idea how scared and panicked his parents were. Oh boy… I had to calm myself down while we walked towards the studio.
After the pictures, we had Maia’s ears pierced! Yes, today was her 4th month birthday and that was her present. Just a little over an hour ago, I was building up giant beads of sweat when I lost Aden for a few minutes and now here I am sweating again for my baby’s ordeal. I held her tight so she won’t move her arms and head while hubby was carrying Aden. We had a lot of audience from passers by. People were stopping to see what was going on because she screamed at the top of her voice! The worse part was I had to wake her up to get her ear pierced! She was all better and happy a minute after they got done. That’s the beauty of doing it while they’re babies. I’m sure she won’t remember this event. I was a lot more nervous than my baby obviously.
There was a sixteen year old girl with her mom who got her ear pierced after Maia and she kept blaming her mom for not doing it while she was little. The mom kept saying that she wanted it to be her choice and it’s too late to regret and blame people now. I hope Maia doesn’t regret it.
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We decided to go to the mall since we had a 12noon appointment for pictures. We ate lunch first. As soon as we stood up after eating, Aden decides to run and get lost in the middle of the crowd in the food court! Aaah!!! We panicked! I was yelling out his name, approached security and we were looking for him for I don’t know how long but it seemed forever! I was exasperated at what he did at the same time, I was more irritated that I was with my husband and not one of us was paying attention as to which direction he went. Trent found him standing by the carousel, watching the kids on the horses and he had no idea how scared and panicked his parents were. Oh boy… I had to calm myself down while we walked towards the studio.
After the pictures, we had Maia’s ears pierced! Yes, today was her 4th month birthday and that was her present. Just a little over an hour ago, I was building up giant beads of sweat when I lost Aden for a few minutes and now here I am sweating again for my baby’s ordeal. I held her tight so she won’t move her arms and head while hubby was carrying Aden. We had a lot of audience from passers by. People were stopping to see what was going on because she screamed at the top of her voice! The worse part was I had to wake her up to get her ear pierced! She was all better and happy a minute after they got done. That’s the beauty of doing it while they’re babies. I’m sure she won’t remember this event. I was a lot more nervous than my baby obviously.
There was a sixteen year old girl with her mom who got her ear pierced after Maia and she kept blaming her mom for not doing it while she was little. The mom kept saying that she wanted it to be her choice and it’s too late to regret and blame people now. I hope Maia doesn’t regret it.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Newborn Visit
I had one of those lazy days today. I stayed home all day and had my pajamas on until after dinner. I fed my kids in the morning then started sewing curtains for Aden’s room. Our house is facing west and the kid’s windows are also facing west so when the afternoon sun starts to set, it is so bright and hot in their rooms. Because of that, I’ve been having a hard time putting Aden down for a nap in his room. I usually let him either sleep on the couch or in our bedroom where it’s dark. The other day, I went to Walmart to buy some dark fabric. I got a navy denim-like linen with beige/cream stripes. So I spent most of the morning sewing his curtains and I already put it up after ironing it. Boy, what a difference! His room looks so much cozier. I also did 2 loads of laundry and put sheets on the guest bedroom. My mother-in-law just left last weekend and I finally cleaned her room and put clean sheets and pillow cases.
Sometime around 3pm, my former neighbor stopped by to visit. That was very sweet. She used to live 2houses down from my house and I would just walk in her house whenever I was bored at home. She moved not too far from us but it would still be a drive which is quite challenging having to strap both kids in the car and dragging them. It’s not easy when Aden starts to whine that he wants to walk instead of sitting in the stroller and Maia screaming because she has to nurse and there’s no place to feed her except in the car which is parked at the end of a huge parking lot. So as much as I want to go out, I have to first do major planning and work around their nap schedules or wait for my husband to come home so I can go by myself.
Right before dinner, one of my friends from playgroup picked me up to deliver dinner for another mom from our playgroup who just had a baby 2weeks ago. Oh my goodness. The baby was so adorable and so tiny. He had very little hair, with blue eyes and tiny mouth. I miss my kids when they were newborns. Even if Maia is only 3months old, she looks so big compared to the baby. I love newborns. I love their smell, I love their breath, I love all their tiny toes and fingers, I love how peaceful they look, I just love them. Yeah, makes me want to have another one. But then again, I’m not sure if I can handle that. I’m done for now. I don’t have the right word to describe motherhood but I can assure you that it is very rewarding.
Sometime around 3pm, my former neighbor stopped by to visit. That was very sweet. She used to live 2houses down from my house and I would just walk in her house whenever I was bored at home. She moved not too far from us but it would still be a drive which is quite challenging having to strap both kids in the car and dragging them. It’s not easy when Aden starts to whine that he wants to walk instead of sitting in the stroller and Maia screaming because she has to nurse and there’s no place to feed her except in the car which is parked at the end of a huge parking lot. So as much as I want to go out, I have to first do major planning and work around their nap schedules or wait for my husband to come home so I can go by myself.
Right before dinner, one of my friends from playgroup picked me up to deliver dinner for another mom from our playgroup who just had a baby 2weeks ago. Oh my goodness. The baby was so adorable and so tiny. He had very little hair, with blue eyes and tiny mouth. I miss my kids when they were newborns. Even if Maia is only 3months old, she looks so big compared to the baby. I love newborns. I love their smell, I love their breath, I love all their tiny toes and fingers, I love how peaceful they look, I just love them. Yeah, makes me want to have another one. But then again, I’m not sure if I can handle that. I’m done for now. I don’t have the right word to describe motherhood but I can assure you that it is very rewarding.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Friend's Bridal Shower...
I've never been a bridesmaid before but I've been a bride twice. No, I'm not divorced but I married my loving husband twice. The saying "... always a bridesmaid, never a bride..." is totally my opposite. I was part of my brother's wedding entourage but I was one of the secondary sponsors.
Finally, one of my closest friends asked me to be one of her bridesmaids. I am soooo excited and the small favors she has asked me to do, I do it in a snap. Last week, I picked up the bridesmaid's dresses and shoes. This week, I got her veil and believe it or not, I did it within 30mins to 1hr after I received her email.
She's getting married in June and we're now at the planning stage of doing bridal showers, bachelorette parties, get together for dress fittings, etc. Honestly, I don't know the difference between a bridal shower and bachelorette party and thought it was pretty much the same. We're (her bridesmaids) are organizing a bridal shower for her. I'm in charge of the invitations so to make work easier for me, I decided to go to Target and buy pre-made cards. I can confidently say I am crafty and I'd be more than happy to make the invitations but I'm not sure if I'll have time between watching 2 kids and piling up clutter in our office.
I finished everything last week and I was so proud to tell one of the organizers I'm done. The problem is, instead of buying a "bridal shower" invitation, I decided to buy the “bachelorette party" ones because that was the most they had that were uniform. I should have looked first in other stores but I wanted to do it now. In fact, I wanted to do it yesterday! I printed and addressed everything. Luckily, I didn't put the stamps yet although I bought wedding stamps already too!
Today, after taking the kids to the park, I went to the craft store to buy materials and I'm making everything from scratch. I should’ve followed my instincts from the beginning. It's getting late. I'm tired but since I started making the invitations, I can't stop now. Her shower is on April 14 which is less than a month from now so I better send out the invitations soon. I am very excited for her.
Finally, one of my closest friends asked me to be one of her bridesmaids. I am soooo excited and the small favors she has asked me to do, I do it in a snap. Last week, I picked up the bridesmaid's dresses and shoes. This week, I got her veil and believe it or not, I did it within 30mins to 1hr after I received her email.
She's getting married in June and we're now at the planning stage of doing bridal showers, bachelorette parties, get together for dress fittings, etc. Honestly, I don't know the difference between a bridal shower and bachelorette party and thought it was pretty much the same. We're (her bridesmaids) are organizing a bridal shower for her. I'm in charge of the invitations so to make work easier for me, I decided to go to Target and buy pre-made cards. I can confidently say I am crafty and I'd be more than happy to make the invitations but I'm not sure if I'll have time between watching 2 kids and piling up clutter in our office.
I finished everything last week and I was so proud to tell one of the organizers I'm done. The problem is, instead of buying a "bridal shower" invitation, I decided to buy the “bachelorette party" ones because that was the most they had that were uniform. I should have looked first in other stores but I wanted to do it now. In fact, I wanted to do it yesterday! I printed and addressed everything. Luckily, I didn't put the stamps yet although I bought wedding stamps already too!
Today, after taking the kids to the park, I went to the craft store to buy materials and I'm making everything from scratch. I should’ve followed my instincts from the beginning. It's getting late. I'm tired but since I started making the invitations, I can't stop now. Her shower is on April 14 which is less than a month from now so I better send out the invitations soon. I am very excited for her.
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