Weekend Wrap-Up

It was a lovely weekend.

Saturday

After the Halloween craziness, we enjoyed taking some time at home just relaxing and playing.  We made gluten-free muffins out of pumpkin pancake mix.  Thanks to the guy at Trader Joe's for the idea!

 

 

We also did some errands, including a fun trip to Barnes and Noble in jammies.

 



And Maya was on the go all afternoon.

She also played with her doggy.  A lot.


IMG 0756 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

On Saturday night we went to the Held's for our usual Halloween get-together.  This year we had a box troll, two princesses and a cow. 

At one point Jenna and I mentioned how big the two older ones seem, especially since they looked like this a mere 4 Halloweens ago...

Time sure flies.  And legs get so much longer.

Sunday

Daylight savings time wasn't too kind to us.  We kept the girls up until 8pm last night and were able to hold Callie off until 6:30am this morning because we switched her clock upstairs.  But then she came downstairs anyway (she isn't supposed to come down until 7am) and saw the kitchen clocks that we didn't change yet that said 7:30 and got confused and indignant. I didn't feel like trying to explain the weird thing that is daylight savings time, so I threw some cereal in a bowl and sent her back up to play until HER clock said 7:00.   Maya was rolling around pretty early, and by 8am she was ready for nap time.  We held out until 9am but she wasn't a happy camper.  She slept for almost two hours and was better when she woke up.

Before nap, after nap

It also doesn't help that she has had a REALLY bad cold this week, that now Callie has caught...AGAIN.  The amount of snot that has been in their heads and in our house this fall is out of control.

We went to Uncle Dan's for lunch to see him, Hanna, Nana, Papa, G-ma and G-pa.  We had fun playing outside in the leaves!

Maya continued to be adorable as she toddled around at home using her little walker.


IMG 0787 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Later we went downtown to have dinner with Bops, Auntie Mari, Auntie Yoda, Craig, Bob and Barbara.  It was clearly a very busy day because Callie fell asleep on the way and was OUT COLD in Chris' lap for a good half hour.

All in all it was a fun weekend.  I always cherish the unrushed time that weekends bring after the craziness of our schedules during the week.  Hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween weekend.  Bring on NOVEMBER!

FBF: The Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween from a couple of cows and a cowgirl! 

The girls had a fun day with Boom, and we had a fun evening with G-ma and G-pa trick-or-treating and handing out candy.

I have some awesome Halloween related flashbacks for you tonight. 

First up, Chris on Halloween in the late 80s/early 90s.

A Vampire, A devil, No Idea, A Dog

Next up: Henderson Halloween- for a NUMBER of years, we did coordinating costumes.  Here are a few of my favorites.

Peter Pan et. al, and a Royal Family

A Wedding Party, a Basketball Team (the Henderson Hoopsters) and Aliens

Then lastly, some FBFs with the girls.

I was a cowgirl for Halloween once, too.  Callie was a much cuter cowgirl than I was. Twice.

And finally, the girls as cows.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

FTPDThursday

In order to have a fun Halloween post tomorrow, I'm switching things up this week. So today is "Favorite Things Phone Dump Thursday" and tomorrow will be "Flashback Friday."

Here are the pictures:

Favorite Thing #1: Silly sisters

Favorite Thing #2: this one was pretty sick this week and had her crabby moments... But she had her sweet and funny moments too.

Favorite Thing #3: A fall walk

Favorite Thing #4: Play time

Parental Texts, Part II

The business of co-parenting is not at all sweet and romantic.

I mean, pretty often you DO look at your kids with amazement and think how cool it is that they came from both you and your spouse.  But other times you look at them with bewilderment and secretly blame your spouse for all of the kids' crazy (knowing full well that it was PROBABLY your genes that caused a lot of the crazy).

And realistically, the day-to-day parenting stuff is just two people in survival mode trying not to mess up their little ones too much and trying to keep their own sanity in tact. 

AMIRIGHT????

Last November I posted a round of texts between Chris and myself that were anything but sweet and romantic.

Well, it continues.  Here are Parental Texts, Part II.

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Chris: Leaving to come home.
Kati: We are fine.  Just a lot of screaming coming from upstairs.

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Kati: I'm cleaning Callie's bathroom and it is taking every ounce of my being not to puke.
Chris: Sounds like fun.

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Kati:

Chris: What am I looking at?
Kati: Something that totally freaked me out when I walked outside.

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Chris:

A big ol stinky gross poop woke me up.
Kati: Silly girl.

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Chris: Is Callie off the potty?  See if she wants to go to Sam's Club for free samples.
Kati: She said no.

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Kati: She got 4 poop chunks out.  Probably equivalent to a medium school bus*.
Chris: Sounds fun.
Kati: Both girls in bed.  Maya is already out.
Chris: Dang.

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Chris: (from upstairs) Do you want any wine?
Kati: (from downstairs) I have some thanks.

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*I'm not even going to try and explain this.  Just know that we have our own poop language over here, and pray that you never have to learn it.

Weekend Wrap-Up

We had a pretty horrible winter here in the Midwest.  Which made spring shorter...and then summer was pretty mild and unremarkable.  But this fall has been ridiculously awesome.  This weekend was no exception.

We spent the weekend running errands, playing outside, having a couple play dates, and watching the girls being adorable.

Saturday
The girls and I ran errands in the morning and then I made my mom's potato corn chowder soup during morning nap time.  I have been meaning to make it for weeks now an finally got around to it.  It was delicious as usual.

Neither Callie nor Maya would eat the soup (STINKERS), but Maya did try hard to eat her mac and cheese with a spoon.  The utensil didn't last long though, when she realized that fingers are still much easier.

Auntie Cat came over for lunch (at least SHE will eat my soup!) and then babysat during dance class.

Speaking of dance class...it was HALLOWEEN COSTUME week, which was awesome.  The girls were all so cute.

Later that evening we went over to play with Avery. This was the best picture I could get of the girls, go figure.

 

 

Sunday

 

We spent a lot of time outside!  So beautiful.

 

The most anticipated event of the weekend was our play date with Callie's "boyfriend" Henrik, and his family.  You may remember Henrik from back when Callie called him her favorite person.  I connected with his mom at Mom's night at preschool, and we arranged today's play date a few weeks ago.  We went over to their house and went to a park.  Callie was SO happy.

 

 

Henrik has a little brother Kelan, but I didn't get any good pictures of him and Maya together.  Next time.

 

Hope you all had a great weekend.

FTPDF

Happy WEEKEND!!!!!!!

It has been another long week and I'm thankful for a weekend to spend time with Chris and the girls.

Here are the pictures!

Favorite Thing #1: Hanging out with Boom (and Bops!)

Favorite Thing #2: Beautiful fall weather

 

Favorite Thing #3: Hanging out with G-ma, G-pa and Daddy
(NOT the day when Mommy had a non-stop fever)

Favorite Thing #4: Pumpkin carving with Uncle Dan and Hanna

Favorite Thing #5: A beautiful fall run (in a tank top! at the
end of October!), lots of time outside, hanging out with two crazies.

Have a great weekend!

15-Months-Old/TBT

I was out for the count yesterday with a 24 hour fever, and had a 12 hour work day today, so this is going to be fairly brief.

But first, THIS GIRL is 15-months-old today and getting too big for my liking, though every part of her growing bigger is a delight to see.

I blessed Daddy with a big stinky poop after my nap today.

And to celebrate, here is a 15-month throwback- multigenerational style.