My Madness as a Stay at Home Mom

My Madness as a Stay at Home Mom

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Dresses, Sesame Street Live and a Snake Killer

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Reese is super into posing for the camera these days. She told Ryan to take her picture. These are just a few of the poses she came up with. I find it hilarious that she thought rolling around on the floor was an acceptable pose.

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We went to see Sesame Street Live again this year. The show was called Elmo’s Healthy Heroes. It was all about things you should do to be healthy, eat veggies, take naps, brush your teeth, etc. She really enjoyed the show and told Ryan all about it when he got home. If only I could get her to listen to Elmo about taking naps, I would be on easy street.

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Reese got this dress from her Nana for Valentine’s Day. She LOVES wearing it. So much in fact that she asks to put it on as soon as she gets home from Stroller Strides or school. She wore it yesterday as it was her outfit of choice. You should have seen her at Subway in her dress with her purse on her shoulder while we were out to eat. Too bad she didn’t pay.

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If you look closely you’ll see the snake carcass in the grass. The neighbor’s dog was barking non stop for 20 minutes, I finally couldn’t take it anymore and went out to investigate. Turns out he smelled out the snake on our side of the fence and was barking at it. The snake saw me right away and hissed and lunged at me. I knew I needed to take matter into my own hands if I wanted the dog to quit barking.  I called Ryan to consult about the issue before I committed murder. After putting on my leopard print rain boots (as to protect my legs from potential snake bites) I took out the shovel. I beat it once on the head with the shovel but that only angered the snake even more. Then it lunged and hissed again. I showed the snake what happens when you hiss at a Mama…I bludgeoned it to the point of no return. I knew I got it’s head off the first time, but it was still moving, so I kept chopping. So much that it’s head in now buried from my massive shovel attack. I left it in the grass for Ryan to check out when he got home. It’s non-venomous snake but either way, snakes are not welcome at my house.  At least now I know I can be a snake killer if need be, although I hope I don’t have to again.

I am now trying to convince Ryan that since I completed a man’s job by killing the snake, he should complete a woman’s “job” and clean the house. I’ll let you know how that goes.

Monday, February 21, 2011

New camera

We got our new camera this last week so I have been working on taking some new fancy pictures…I say that half joking because I still don’t think I am taking such great pictures at this point but maybe one day I will learn how.003

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Teaching Stroller Strides in the backyard. If you are wondering, she dressed herself.

She also knows the importance of putting the brake on when parking your stroller

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More to come this week as we head to the Botanical Gardens, Sesame Street Live and more outdoor fun now that it’s spring. Yes as in it’s going to be in the high 70’s all week. Hello Spring…in February. It’s just not natural

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Videos

As promised I have made two 4 minute videos to share with the world. Obviously as titled the first is from our Disney trip. Please note the last clip…Reese got to do the Hot Dog dance with Mickey and Minnie. Every morning she watches the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and at the end of every episode they do the Hot Dog Dance. She LOVED dancing with Mickey and Minnie…super great that they the exact moves from the show…but hey that’s Disney for you. (You can also see Ryan get punked by Rosetta while visiting the fairies in Pixie Hollow, where Tinkerbell and her friends live)

This next video is Reese reading me her Fancy Nancy book the other night. She really has the whole thing down pat. The night before I taped her she had the entire thing…this night she was a little off her game.

Who is in charge??

I am beginning to wonder who is in charge at this house.

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As soon as we decide what camera to get I might be able to order it and take pictures. Secondly I know I have LOTS of videos to post…however having a certain 3 year old at home makes it difficult to get anything done on the computer…so I am hoping that since Ryan is back from his massive 2 week long trip I can sit down tonight and get some things uploaded on here.

*this was with Ryan’s camera phone..we have resorted to this since we’re still sans camera.