Manic Monday - Yay!

It's time for yet another Manic Monday!

I went to Kohl's last night to do a little bit of shopping for work. I forgot how unforgiving those florescent lights can be. I went to WEight Watchers during lunch today, and joined up post haste.

Banana mini-muffins for Alexander.

Homemade roast garlic hummus....Yummmmm.

And finally a little bit of drum practice...apparently the drums needed tuning.

A big thanks needs to be put out there for Sarah for giving us Manic Mondays!

Manic Monday 9/6/2010

I am back for another Manic Monday! Thanks to Sarah for her brilliant

Getting ready to do some toy organization!

I don't need it, but I had to have this elephant lunch bag...on clearance at Target!

Alexander is obsessed with starfish, so when I saw this toy on sale at Target, it had to come home with us.

Drum practice on Daddy's real drum pad.

A quick visit to my parent's house. Alexander threw up for no apparent reason about 3 minutes after this picture was taken, rendering our visit short.

Post barf bath time. Note the new starfish toy above his head.

Roast garlic pizza for dinner...Yum!

Homemade peanut butter cookies for dessert.

Roasted garlic and chick peas soaking in olive oil to make hummus with in a day or two.

Thanks for stopping by!

Another Late Manic Monday

With the school year looming large, I feel like I can barely get Alexander and myself moving in the mornings, no less take pictures of the day! I snapped a few, and I'm sharing them late...

Banana Nut Cheerios along with Quacky, who was Chris' puppet when he was a kid. Quacky lived at his grandparents' house for much of his childhood.

Tryin' on the new socks that I made for Alexander. Yay!

Trains, trains, trains; it's all about the trains these days.

Tubby time!

Thanks to Sarah for the ever brilliant

Manic Monday!

I am back again to share a Monday with ya'll, thanks to Sarah and her

Thanks Sarah!

Good Morning!

A monkey with hair

Practicing A for Alexander- Up, down, across!

Checkin' out half done knitting projects- I want to finish them up by the end of the month

My washer and dryer are finally up and running! I've been waiting a long, long time for this...

A little drum practice...

Unfortunately, I didn't take my camera when we went to the pool this afternoon...perhaps next Monday..

Manic Monday, except now it's Tuesday

I was trying to post this morning, but my desk top got all bitchy on me. Ugh! Cupcake clean-up. No pics of the Smore's cupcakes...sorry, Chris had to bring them to work.
Shopping at Trader Joe's all the way in Danbury, CT.

New to us wagon that my mom got at a tag sale for 10 smackeroos.

Squash bloom in my garden. I kick myself everday for getting a late start.

Mowin' the lawn.

At the park with Daddy.

Tuckered out Alexander. We had a bit of a disagreement, he and I. He thought I should sit in his room and hang out until he fell asleep. I did not think that was a good idea. So, he decided to camp out in front of his bedroom gate instead.

And a big thanks to Sarah who hosts the fabulous Manic Monday from her blog. If you care to join us next week, take a peek here!

By Golly, I"m Back

Sorry for the tremendously long break folks. Here is the run down of what's been going on:

• We had a death in the family that I don't care to share at this point. I will let it be known that Chris, Alexander and I are doing well, and we are all healthy, happy, and chugging along.
• I am on vacation form school and I am loving every minute of it. Alexander does go to day care for two mornings a week so he won't forget Lina, his sitter. I wish I didn't have to send him, but I don't want to be anxious in September when he has to go back. Plus, he gets to play with his little friends when he's there.
• I am 1/3 finished with my last graduate course for the summer. This will make 24 credits (8 classes) since February. I'm hoping they all get final approval from the lady in Human Resources so I can move from the +60 pay column to the +90 pay column.
• I bought a fancy new MacBook Pro, which I am on right now. I love it, but I'm finding a little bit intimidating as I've been using PCs for years. So far, I love it, but I haven't had a lot of opportunity to use it other than typing things up for graduate classes, and frankly Microsoft Word is Microsoft word for the most part no matter what type of machine you happen to be using.
• I want to start doing the Manic Mondays again, and I'm hoping to do so this Monday. The following Monday might be a challenge because we'll be on vacation. I'll see what I can do.
• Alexander is turning 2 in less than 2 weeks. Can you frickin' believe it? I certainly cannot. He is giving me issues about taking a nap these days. He won't stay in his bed, he climbs out of the pack and play. I can rock him until he's drowsy and then put him down, or drive him around in the car. If I wait too long to put him down, he gets wound up and totally nutso, which is funny until he starts putting his feet in my shirt whenever I pick him up and then he's stuck. He thinks it's hilarious, I find it frustrating. I think he gets it from Chris, who gets really dumb and silly when he is lacking sleep.

Well, there you go. My drive-by update!

Manic Monday

Here we are in another Manic Monday!

Rise and shine!

Looking under rocks.

Checkin' out the grass.

Running really, really fast!

Raspberries soon!

Pushing the little tykes car.

Pansy!

Thank you Sarah, for hosting another Manic Monday. If you'd like to see what Manic Mondays are all about, and perhaps even join, please visit Sarah's blog!

Mom Talk #4

This week's Mom talk is about our favorite picture of our little ones. This is my current favorite, maybe because it's getting me geared up for summer vacation! If you were to ask me tomorrow, I might have a different fav...

Thanks to Lacey for startin' this up!

Manic Monday

Here we are for another fun-filled Manic Monday, brought to us by lovely Sarah

Alexander's been having some tummy troubles, and barely any appetite...but he seems to be into eating bread. I figure it's got 7g of protein, and it's whole wheat- it's better than nothing!

Working out the kitchenaid mixer.

Made s'mores cupcakes.

Finished the socks I was knitting.

BBQ at the pool...but for Alexander, it was all about the pool.