Way back When-esday: Naps with Paw Paw

Dateline: End of February 2009
Aaron's age: 9 months

Ok seriously how adorable is this?! This is the second in a series of photos that I have of Aaron and Paw Paw napping, in the same spot.

Play along with Cheryl over at Twinfatuation!

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In other grandfather news, time to share another funny story from my Dad. After he said this I debated giving that guy who writes Sh*t My Dad Says a run for his money.

So I was on the phone with him telling him how the kids and I watched the original Fantasia yesterday and how I forgot how disturbing some of the scenes are (you know, Night on Bald Mountain with all the dead people). So we got to talking about other Disney movies that I might hold off on and I knew what was coming next. Oh it's priceless.... "You know that Alice in Wonderland isn't a good one, with that caterpillar smoking pot. (now talking to my Mom) No not Johnny Depp, the first one with that G@d d@mn caterpillar that smokes that pipe and is high, I don't understand." I have tears at this point, tears, maybe even a few right now as I write this. So take that guy who talks about the crazy stuff his Dad says. Maybe we should introduce them? I think they'd be good friends.

I'm totally a TV star, kinda?

Good morning everyone! It's been a full day so far! I just got home from filming a segment for The Daily Buzz. Yahoo!!! It was awesome! I'm going to see if there is a clip of it up later. If you happened to watch let me know what you thought! Scott was hoping for a shout out, but sadly I couldn't fit in that I almost couldn't bring any of the HINT water because he has been drinking it all. We actually almost had to arm wrestle over the last bottle of watermelon!

Thanks again to Chris for setting this up, James the awesome producer and the beautiful Kia Malone! It was a great first time tv appearance :)

I'm going to work on some posts on my review blog this week that will feature all of the products I talked about on this mornings show, plus some recipes that work well with them. Now I'm going to curl up with some coffee out of my fabulous Alice in Wonderland mug! Hope you are having as great of a day as I am!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope all of you have been having a great Valentine's Day! It truly has been a great one over here!

I spent my morning working the bake sale at church. We had soooooo many baked goods, it was amazing to see! We sold I would say 75% of everything that was brought in (2 banquet tables full). After 9 o'clock mass we had already made $200, so I am excited to see how much we made after 11 o'clock mass.

Before I left for the bake sale the kids gave me Valentine's Day cards, well they gave themselves my Valentine's Day cards and let me look over their shoulders to see what they said. So cute! Scott gave me a beautiful coffee cup that is painted with the tea party scene from Alice in Wonderland and surprised me with gorgeous flowers when I got home from the bake sale. How pretty are these?


Later on in the day my charming daughter decided she would hide inside the easel...yup you read that right....

But she sure looks cute, doesn't she? She got stuck after I took the photo and couldn't figure out how to get out. Hopefully this does not become a regular occurrence.

Hope you had a great Valentine's Day!

Baking for a building weekend 2!

I have been a baking fool today. We have another bake sale this weekend at our church to raise money for the building fund. Last week we raised $279 and didn't even have that much to sell, this week I have a feeling will be totally different! I cannot wait to see how much we raise!

I ended up making some Ghiradelli chocolate-chocolate chip muffins, fudge, fudge with peanut butter chips, two apple pies, a batch of triple chocolate chip cookies, zucchini bread, sugar cookies, chocolate cupcakes with pink icing. I'm debating making a batch of brownies, we shall see.

We also did a special project with the kids today, but I can't show pictures until after all grandparents have their presents. I can't wait for you to see what they did!

In other news, my spot for the Daily Buzz is now on Tuesday at 6:15 am EST. I am so excited to be taking part in this and talking about American Baby's Supermarket Stars! Can we talk about the irony that I'm talking about healthy eating on Fat Tuesday??? I just realized that, too funny! I've gotten to try some new products that I'm going to share on my review blog next week.

I hope all of you are having a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Chris!

We spent today at Magic Kingdom celebrating my brother Chris's birthday (I won't say how old he is, but I will says he's 20 years older than me). The talking trash can in Tomorrowland even sang him happy birthday! How cool is that?! Minus the cold weather it was a fun day for all!

Our friend Ariel spread the word to the princesses that the kiddos were there and this is the reaction we got:

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Another cool thing today is I met Quatro Mama from 4tunate! We just happened to be on the same monorail! Really is a small world, isn't it (pun possibly intended)?

Hope you have had a great day too!

Way back When-esday: Valentine's Day

Dateline: Valentine's Day 2009

What a great night! We went to The Melting Pot for dinner (one of my favorites!) and had a great night! I love getting dressed up together and going out for a night on the town. Still not sure what we are doing this year for Valentine's Day, should probably get on that, huh?

Play along with Cheryl at Twinfatuation!

A river of snot runs through it.....

Lots to chat about today! Let's start with the kids...

Jill was doing much better today, not very congested but still seriously runny. Aaron's congestion has broken up but the snot is a flowin'. Plus he was running a temperature of 99 (I know that's not high whatsoever, but let's not forget what happened in November).

The other day we Skyped with my sister Cathy and niece Lorren. I love Skype! I love being able to talk to someone via video so they can see the kiddos! At one point Jill shut off the screen and my sister snapped this photo:

Yep, that's me in the middle of yelling "Noooooooooooooooo!"

My brother Chris and his wife Pam are in town to celebrate his birthday. When we were driving to the hotel Jill started yelling "Dzia Dzio!". I'm convinced that she thinks my parents live at Disney. It's pretty funny, the room they have is a floor up from the room my parents had for my wedding. Lots of memories there!

When we got home the kids had a package waiting for them from Busia and Dzia Dzio. Both kids were very excited with their cards (Ariel and Cars) and even more excited with their presents, a talking monkey and bull. I was fearful that the monkey would not leave Jill's arms in time for bed.

Do you like the snot/drool combo on Aaron's shirt? *Vomit*

Now onto other, equally as exciting news. I got an email today from a PR person in New York asking me if I would be willing to film a segment for the Daily Buzz which is filmed in Orlando. I jumped at the chance (and not really even knowing what I would be talking about)! I will be filming Febraury 15th and talking about American Baby Supermarket Stars, which is a list of the top healthy foods for baby and family. It's going to be a cinch since most of the foods on the list are ones we already eat! When I get more details I will be sure to share them!

Hope you've been having just as exciting of a day!