Life with Owen & Logan

The verdict of today's lunches

2011-07-06T16:17:00.002-05:00

So I let the boys pick what they wanted for their main part of their lunch last night. Owen picked a peanut butter sandwich which I don't think he ever even looked at until I came to pick him up from lunch saw it untouched and made him take several bites even though lunch was technically over. He also ate none of his watermelon. So he did eat one oreo, trail mix, and applesauce. hmmm not as healthy as I had planned.

Logan had asked for turkey pinwheels, whole wheat flatbread, turkey, lettuce, and one slice provolone cheese. Looked so good I actually stole a slice when I dropped him off. He ate one slice and left the other 4 to sit. He did eat his watermelon, trail mix, applesauce, and one oreo. A little bit healthier than his brother. So Logan wins today's lunch award.

But that being said Logan did steal his brothers water bottle before lunch and mysteriously his in somewhere in the classroom. I can't find it - Logan hid hi own in the diaper bag soaking several pull ups and diapers. Owen was very upset and did not want to go to lunch because he couldn't find his water. I have him a small bottle of water and sent him on his way. I honestly think he didn't even lift up the top part of his lunch box to see his sandwich.

Oh well try again tomorrow - I am deciding tomorrow's menu because obviously it doesn't matter who decides to determine what will get eaten

I suck at blogging - here it goes Again - Lunches

2011-07-05T18:56:00.004-05:00

I am becoming super mommy in the art of making school lunches. This summer was going to be my challenge to make both boys healthy, fun lunches that actually get eaten. Since I am their teacher but don't sit with them at lunch it allows me to come in at the end and see what they have actually eaten from what I have made. So far it varies from day to day what boy will eat what and some day I think I have made an awesome meal and no one eats.

My mom ordered us hot lunch every single day for our entire school careers. Easy, effective but expensive. The boys school does provide healthy organic school lunches (cool huh) but at a cost of almost $5 per lunch that adds up quickly especially if they aren't even eating most of it.

So the first thing I did was take Owen to the container store and find a few suitable lunch containers. I wanted something that had several small compartments to allow an assortment of foods. he had his favorite and I have mine - right now during the summer Logan is using the one I choose as a favorite. The colorful clip it cube is by far the best size for my toddlers. Owen likes this one better, but I think it is a bit large and bulky for him, in a year or two it will be perfect. I also bought some of the klip it containers for storage. I really like the small rectangular ones.

Let's see what tomorrow brings

CLOSING DAY

2011-02-15T06:11:00.002-06:00

today is it - we sign away everything we had worked for plus and are headed on a new adventure to sign away the next 30 years of our life. Got to love mortgages.

So today we close on both houses and start the move in process at the new house. It will be crazy and crazy. yep that is about it. If you pray a few wouldn't hurt today because there are ots of things that have to come together in order for this all to happen.

more updates when we have internet again

craziness - we moving!

2011-02-09T21:23:00.001-06:00

i can't think sbout how much money had been lost in this venture

but we are moving to a new house next week!!!

mia for a month but will be back soon

Need a house ASAP

2011-01-10T20:24:00.002-06:00

So we sold our house and we need to find a new one

We put an offer on a property on Friday and waited and waited and waited. Finally Monday at 6pm we hear back a counter offer - so at least now we are negotiating. But it seems like these negotiations are going to take awhile. annoying - we don't have time to wait around awhile. We have 35 days to be out of our house.

35 DAYS ACKACKACKACK - oh my OH MY

Must go pack something before I loose my mind

Back to school on a chilly morn

2011-01-03T19:24:00.002-06:00

We were back to school today - no more sleeping till 7, boo

Of course it was a chilly start to the day because when we woke at 5am there was no heat on in our house. Little man has figured out that there is a light switch on the side of the furnace. And well he is almost 2 so light switches are cool. Unfortunately this one turns off the furnace. He must have done it pretty close to bed time since we didn't realize it until we awoke to a 58 degree house - chilly.

42 days until we have to move

AN OFFER!!!

2010-12-30T12:35:00.002-06:00

We have an OFFER!

not a very good offer but an offer none the less. We are negotiating and hopefully we can walk away without have to pay a great deal of money at closing.

This is hard - extremely hard. We have a great house and could easily have it paid off in less than 15 years. We could stay here but we want more for the family. We want the kids to be close to good schools, close to our work, and not have to commute with us.

We are selling our house for less than we paid for it and we have put in a great deal of money, time, and love into this home.

How much is it worth to get us closer to work and the kids more time with their parents?

I am not patient

2010-12-29T15:28:00.002-06:00

We may (fingers crossed) have an offer on our house. Of course we were told they were going to write an offer over a week ago but needed to get their pre-approval letter in first. So in this market who goes house shopping without a pre-approval letter. They saw the house for the first time the day after Thanksgiving. They saw it the second time the week before Christmas. SO what have we learned in the last month - apparently nothing.

It is all a waiting game and I am stuck in the middle of it.

I am ready to be done with this commute. I am ready to find a new house. I am ready to start packing and thinking about moving.

Owen is currently sleeping in front of his brothers room. We have found him sleeping in various areas throughout the house in the past couple of days. He misses his routine being off for break but hopefully with get back into the swing of things next week when school starts again. I am enjoying my time off with the little ones but the house looks like a tornado hit it. My new years resolution is to blog more.

I really don't care if people are reading but it is a way for me to express myself and take a few moment to myself.

Hope everyone had a great holiday season and a happy new year

so long no post

2010-09-26T20:37:00.002-05:00

I LOVE my new job. absolutely LOVE it

BUT we haven't sold the house - not even having people come see it. very annoying. If the government would do another 8k buyers credit we would sell immediately but there are no buyers in our area right now. The only hope we have is based on nothing that we can control.

the boys like their school and we have been quite happy other than the ridiculously long commute.

The new daycare situation

2010-09-01T21:11:00.002-05:00

So the boys are going to a Baptist daycare/ kindergarten academy

they have never been to daycare before

We go to a Baptist Church so I was excited to find out about this place through another teacher in my building. BUT this church is WAY more conservative than our current church

There is a a dress code for K3 - no t-shirts with any writing or logos, or characters. hmmmm - I am having a hard time explaining to Owen that he can't wear Thomas shirts to school. We have been laying out his clothes the night before so that he doesn't even see other clothes.

The older kids are not even allowed to wear shorts or tennis shoes aka soccer shoes. thank goodness that doesn't apply to Owen or we may have to find other care.

The good news is that the teachers are very loving and pray for the students by name. I do like that part, but I am a teacher so I am in a weird place. I am fairly liberal but also very much a Christian. Not sure why the two seem to have to contradict each other. I am searching for a church that believe Jesus is our Lord and Savior but doesn't persecute people based on things that they can't control. I like Obama and think he is doing some great things, I think people who love the same sex should be allowed to love each other and given the same legal rights, I really don't care what you call it. Abortion I think is a private matter that the person will have to live with for the rest of their live either way so what business it is of mine to decide. i believe that little boys should look like their fathers and circumcision should be based on what daddy looks like.

WOW I am on a political rant tonight - that is what a half bottle of wine does - oh yeah I believe in drinking - don't tell the Baptist Church

Well I guess this is my blog and I can say whatever I want because that is why it is here :)

School starts in 6 days

and so it begins

2010-08-27T16:39:00.002-05:00

the commute to the best job ever to the longest house sale in history - okay not really it has only been 3 month but the last time i sold a house I had a full price offer in 8 hours. I know the market sucks blah blah blah blah blah.

So today was the test drive - up at 5, kids up by 5:40 - breakfast for family. Mike out door by 6, car loaded and pulling out of driveway by 6:15 - not bad except I forgot to put gas int he car - oh well we did good and the kids nor i actually had to be anywhere today - We did the drive and found the quickest way to daycare and then on to my school.

I got quite a few stares walking into a school with a baby gate. Don't worry for students are safe it was only for my children. I am the new teacher so i didn't want to come off as anti social. I baby gated my kids into my classroom while I worked and it actually worked really well minus the time that Owen knocked it over and went tumbling into the hallway.

We went for an extra special treat for lunch by going to the choo choo restaurant for lunch since the boys had to spend most of the last day of summer in my classroom. We did go out to the playground a few times

We survivied and the real commute begins next week
Wish us luck or a super fast sale on the house

cleaning cleaning cleaning

2010-08-21T07:38:00.003-05:00

so i got in my full out clean the house mode yesterday - not that the house was dirty because it has been on the market for 2 months but it could use some deep cleaning. i did all the floors and windows, scrubbed the kitchen table and counters. Looks much better i think - of course dear hubby didn't even notice.

we have a showing this weekend, really hoping this is the one. i really want to move - my life is going to be very incomplete until we move. everything is at a stand still until we move and that has a lot to do with the freak out.

But here is my thinking - the mortgage guy called yesterday and we r preapproved and ready to make an offer once we have an offer, the moving truck company called to give us a quote, and we have a showing all in one day - it must be a sign.

please someone come buy my beautiful house

Chaos

2010-08-19T14:26:00.002-05:00

Welcome to my full on freak out mode. Owen asked me this morning where his nanny and her son were. Okay they haven't been here for a few weeks and not everyday since summer started. He decided that summer is over and I needed to go to work and that she should be here. I love her and am so so so so so so sad that our move is forcing us to put the kids in daycare - ack daycare I am putting my kids in daycare.

I have nothing really against daycare as a whole it is extremely necessary for a majority of the people I know. My kids have never been to daycare - they had in home care and then our absolutely fabulous nanny that was in our budget (I remind you I am a teacher and we do not bring home 3 figures).

So here is my minor issue with putting them into daycare. My boys love each other, they are best friends, they are only 21 months apart. By putting them into daycare I am not only separating them from us but also from each other. I don't think they have been apart for more than an hour or two in the 18 months since we brought Logan home.

Maybe it will only be for a year - once we move and are not an hour away from everything then maybe I can find an in home nanny again. but today i cry because my son misses his nanny and her son and because I am still not sure that I made the right decision. If I hadn't decided to take this job she would be here right now playing trains with him.

I should mention that I have known our nanny since she was 7 and I was 9 - we grew up together, lost contact after HS and eventually moved to the same area. She has been a wonderful second mother to our sons.

maybe i just need school to start so that i can occupy my mind and not think about all of it

What did I do???

2010-08-17T07:52:00.002-05:00

That is surely the question I am asking myself today - School starts today for my old district. the district i had worked in for 8 years, had a tenured position, enjoyed my job, and loved the people I worked with. I am not on my way to work today. I made the incredibly brave or stupid decision to take a new exciting job that is over an hour away from my new house. I feel like God led me to this new job and that I had to take it or I would always regret it. I sit here today wondering why did I do this to myself? We haven't been able to sell the house, we can't even get people to come see the house for that matter.

So very soon I start the hour drive tot he new job. Thats not all though. I get to do it with two toddlers in tow because i was so confident that we would sell the house and move that I enrolled them in daycare down at the new location.

this is going to be a very long school year

vbs week

2010-06-24T08:12:00.002-05:00

i have been crazy busy with vbs - there is so much to do this week and not enough time - luckily we have no plans after vbs this afternoon - I might take a nap

We went and visited my new school yesterday - I have a great classroom with windows!!! After being in the computer lab for several years I am super excited about windows.

Owen had fun 'helping' - he randomly started moving the book piles from one desk to another one book at a time - he wasn't in the way and thought he was helping so all is good.

Logan on the other hand - well lets just say he is amusing but wears me out.

life is about to change

2010-06-06T09:27:00.002-05:00

So we are moving - I accepted a new teaching position in a new area

we are packing boxes, having a garage sale, and getting rid of things

Wow I am terrfied and excited! a new job, a new house, a new life

i should mention that dear hubby will get 10 hours of his life back a week! His commute is being cut by over 2 hours a day!

Looking forward to life without commutes

Now on to sell our house so we can start this new amazing life

lets see how this goes

2010-05-23T20:39:00.002-05:00

so well we were out shopping for a new cabinet Owen discovered some bunk beds. Then we made the misfortune of telling him that his bed was kinda like a bunk bed if it was flipped over.

The kids has a mind like a steel trap - today he starts asking me to flip his bed over. I am a push over so of course i did in all my infinite wisdom, thinking tha this tent will fit under it and there will be more room etc. What i didn't take into account was the 1 yr old trying to climb up on it. It is a ladder - how can my 1 yr old climb a ladder. I was surprised Owen could climb the ladder

ack my summer is going to be long and stressful if this 1yr doesn't stop getting into EVERYTHING

10 schools day left - who is counting with me

off to find a new china cabinet

2010-05-22T09:36:00.004-05:00

I can home the other day to find most of the contents of the china cabinet being safely moved to the middle of the dining room table with the play yard around it. We have been using our old entertainment center to hold china - not that greatest solution but it worked for a little bit - that was until the terrorist starting pulling things off the shelves. we really need a buffet were the drawers and door are closed.

I did very little child proofing with Owen and am learning my lesson with Logan - They are giving me a run for my money

queasy mommy tummy tea

2010-05-20T22:14:00.002-05:00

Okay so I just gave my hubby the queasy mommy tummy tea. He has inherited the flu from Owen and I. He wanted the ginger tea but we are all out - I haven't bought any real tea since getting my awesome Keurig machine but i do have a stock pile left of what we haven't used up. So obviously I have the mommy tummy tea left since I am no longer pregnant nor plan to be any time in the near future.

I figured it is close enough to what he is looking for - something to settle his stomach before he starts heaving again. Hope he doesn't grow boobs - hehehe

sick sick sick

2010-05-19T19:33:00.002-05:00

I got the lovely flu last night
Owen got it in the middle of the night
10 loads of laundry later i think we have turned the corner

Logan already had it so that just leaves my husband who took care of us all day

my head still hurts but at least i have been able to keep some food down. Owen is currently playing with Thomas so I think he is feeling better.

Luckily our nanny came and "rescued" Logan from the sick house and took him back to her house for almost the entire day. He obviously had way more fun than we did played outside most of the day and came home after a long nap.

How am I going to keep up with the awesome things our nanny does with our kids when I am home with them all summer. I am a little paranoid that they wont have as much fun with mommy as they do with her
irrational?? maybe

VOTE

2010-05-18T17:36:00.003-05:00

My classes entry is computer suicide - vote for us!

http://www.teachhub.com/ed-tech-giveaway/finalists/

What do you do....?

2010-05-17T11:12:00.001-05:00

So i ended up taking a road tripto my parents alone with two kids in tow. I got halfway there and realized I realy realy had to pee. hmmm - little terrorist was sleeping and the big boy was happily siging in his carseat. great... if i didn't hav eto pee i could make it to my parents with two happy little boys.

So McD's here I come instead. I wake little terror up, get them both out of seats, - of course as I am trying to get them out I get the evil look from some lady trying to pull into the parking spot next to me. There are at least 15 open spaces but fine take the one where my car door is open it's fine, i will hurry a little faster. We rush into the mcd's and get into the restroom - handicap stall is already in use. All that is left is the little tiny, knees almost touching the door stall. So Owen, logan, and I squeeze into the stall so I can pee. Owen of course doesn't need to go -- that is of course until we sit down with all our food to eat. Now what? I can very well leave Logan in the dinig room and take Owen. So i ask him to wait hoping that it isn't the cause for new underwear. After we clean up and are ready to head to the bathroom he decides that he really doesn't have to go anyway. joy!

We made it to the party and only had a few small incidents there - like Logan (aka little terror) playing in the toliet.

i survuved but next time i may need a few extra glasses of wine

May I have a treat?

2010-05-13T17:28:00.003-05:00

The question of the day - May I have a treat after dinner?

Yesterday Owen threw a fit when we were leaving the chiropractor last night. He threw a fight when leaving preschool. He was having a rough day and told me so himself. So we told him no treats that night since he was not using his good listening ears.

So today he has been asking all day if he gets a treat tonight - At least I think he understands why he couldn't have one yesterday.

So hopefully there is a treat in the horizon tonight because otherwise i might need a stiff drink. to take a time out of my own.

We found a solution for the ever climbing 1 yr old. Our nanny ingeniously put the play yard around the dining room table. No more baby on top of the table! Why didn't i think of that??

the joys of a 3yr old

2010-05-12T15:55:00.002-05:00

so we never had the terrible 2's really but today now that he is three was terrible.

When i picked him up from preschool he screamed and kicked and threw a fit when it was time to leave. He hit me and kicked me as I lovingly held him tightly to my body and carries him to the car while he screamed goo goo ga ga at the top of his lungs. I reminded him to use his words and finally as I got him into the car seat he screamed I want DADDDY!

okay little man I know how this goes - you are mad at me for making you leave so you want daddy, that is how the story goes when you don't get your way.

we get home and he wants the nanny, she wishes me luck and runs away. Not that i can blame her i want to run away too. Luckily Logan has just gone down for a nap and I try to convince Owen he needs a rest. I ask if he needs to use the potty - of course not because he just wants to go back to preschool. I put him in his room and he promptly pees all over. So we take a bath and clean up - he is currently snuggling in the recliner with his blankets and stuffed Thomas.

it is going to be a long night unless he falls asleep - wish me luck

acch finally

2010-05-11T15:44:00.002-05:00

i am really bad at this blogging thing
I promise to get better

the little terrorist - other wise known as Logan is a CLIMBER - how do i keep him off my kitchen table and chairs? HELP

Owen was not a climber and i have no idea how to stop this behavior.

Owen is three and he is super excited about all his new toys - I am thinking about all his old toys and how a garage sale sounds great

Softball season has started so of course my loving husband has already injured himself. This year it is his hip - he thinks he is old or something. He needs to stay in somewhat of playable shape because we no longer has a back up first baseman.

other than that life is good

school countdown has started and i hope to write more this summer