February. This month was BIG. In February: 1. Won SOLE LEGAL! Also, finally have the final parenting plan/child support, etc. This is BIG. Why? Because, I can finally move on in my life. I can schedule activities, vacation, etc. without worrying when the parenting schedule will change. I do not have to worry about my… >> View Post
Archives for February 2012
Seeds
Nathan has a little garden growing over at his Grandma’s house, so of course when he saw allll the seed packets while we were at Lowes today, he wanted to buy some. How could I say no? So, on this WARM February afternoon, we planted some seeds! Cucumbers, carrots, green beans, black beans, sunflowers, forget… >> View Post
Auttie’s Preschool Open House
I am hoping to keep Nathan at his current school next year, and hope to send Autumn there as well. She cannot wait to go to school just like her big Bro Bro. Here she is ready to leave. It is so fun to actually do Autumn’s hair in a cute little do on the… >> View Post
One more Valentine’s Day post. Nathan’s class party.
Last year I was the Room Mother in charge of all of the class parties for preschool 4, however, this is the first party I have helped at since Nathan has been in Kindergarten. Here is Nathan with his punch, thank goodness he didn’t spill it! Ha! Another Mom brought a cute project where the… >> View Post
Valentine’s Day Gifts
I don’t really keep a lot of sugar around at my house… and, I knew Nathan would be bringing a lot of it home from school after his Valentine’s party. Sooo, I got the kids non-sugary gifts for Valentine’s Day. Nathan has been wanting a Cuckoo clock lately, and I looked at them on Amazon… >> View Post
Valentine’s Party at the Library
It is so neat to go online and plan all of the activities at the local library that I want to take the kids to for a little fun and learning. This last weekend, I took them to the Valentine’s Day party at the library. There was so much to do that we didn’t get… >> View Post
Lowes Build and Grow – Valentine Box
The weekend before Valentine’s Day, we did a lot of fun Valentine activities! First, we did the Lowes Build and Grow, which Nathan just LOVES. I have grown a little tired of it, but he loves going so I can’t not take him. Here he is with his box, and his goofy smile. They made… >> View Post
Photos from Superhero Class – Week 5 – Color
This week we focused on how to make color pop in our photographs, and it was a lot of fun. I also spoke to Andrea a bit because some of my photos seem to have way too much red in them, so she showed me a few tips in Photoshop and on how to correct… >> View Post
Where’s Yoda?
Autumn loves her Loving Family babies. Nathan loves his Star Wars action figures. For a few days Nathan noticed Yoda was missing, but he still had his little brown shirt. Just no Yoda. Well, when the kids were over at their Dad’s for the weekend, I did some major cleaning and I found Yoda in… >> View Post
Brunch at Top of the Riverfront at Millennium Hotel
On Sunday morning, I had a real treat… I finally got to go to brunch at the Top of the Riverfront! It is a revolving restaurant in downtown St. Louis that gives you views of the Arch, Old Cathedral, riverfront and Busch Stadium. Here is a picture of the hotel from the parking garage. The… >> View Post
Appetizer Party with Friends
I have been eager to try some of the recipes out of Pioneer Woman’s cookbook, and I tried out a second recipe this last weekend for an appetizer party I was throwing at my house. This recipe took next to no time to make, which was AWESOME since I only had an hour before the… >> View Post
Self Portraits
Week 4 in my photo class focused on self portraits. Wow. I had a really hard time with this one. We were also encouraged to set the camera on the ground to photograph ourselves and to use our self timer. I don’t know if it is just me, but this was a really hard subject…… >> View Post