Harris Happenings: February 2010

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Valentine Fun

Our little valentines were very sick this year leading up to valentines day. As soon as they get better from one virus and I take them out they pick up something else and gets ooooooold. Staying in the house for 12 days straight with two sick toddlers is enough to drive any young mother absolutly crazy. I have said it before and I will say it again, PLEASE, if you are sick, if your kids are sick, if anyone that you have been in close contact with is sick, PLEASE don't come in contact with my family. I know those words are harsh, but my boys don't just get a small cold and get over it in 48 hours. They get really sick. I am crazed about how sick they get. I nursed both of them for 7 or more months. They don't go to child care, they get their shots, they eat healthy foods, and I am very consistent about washing hands. So how do they get so sick? We don't know. It could be in their genetic make-up, Brian was a very sick little boy with asthma. Both boys show signs of asthma. Wheezing is brought on by the littlest cold and they both always end up doing breathing treatments. It is exhausting when a child is sick. When two children are sick, well I need a serious vacation at this point. As soon as Logan was done throwing up, Austin started. As soon as the throwing up subsided another ailment kicked in. They are on the mend and this week looks like the healthiest week so far in the month of February!
So how do we celebrate Valentine's Day when they babies are sick? We bake!
Jello Hearts from Family Fun Magazine

Decorating Cookies

Snow Valentine's Weekend!

Valentine's Day morning - presents for our valentines!

Thomas trains equal happiness in our house!

How Boys Play

I walked into the playroom the other day to find this

Donald Duck hung upside down by his feet....yep we have two boys!

Crafts with Grandma

Logan and Austin love to color. Well for like five minutes and then they are off. Sitting still for longer than that cramps their style:) On a cold January day, my mom in law brought over a craft to do with the boys. They loved making their animal puppets with Grandma!

Hard at work

Logan gluing

Austin gluing

Logan with the finished product!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

She's Crafty

Well I am getting there. This is what I made for our front door...

It was easy. I purchased a bag of wood hearts from Michaels (with my 40% off coupon making the $6 something bag less than $4! I painted each heart with acrylic paint - I have a ton of acrylic paint (two coats on the hearts). The hearts dried. I wrote on each heart - with a silver sharpie I have (like candy hearts with messages; i.e. Be Mine, LUV U, etc). Then I sprayed each heart with an acyrlic seal (purchased at Michaels again with a 40% off coupon) and hot glued (I am a teacher hot gluing is what we do so yes I have hot glue guns) them onto this wooden wreath (I am sure there is a better name than wooden wreath, but whatever). The little hearts on each side of "the Harris family" have the boys initals on them. It was a fun, simple project and now I have a wreath for V-Day!

Pink

I LOVE PINK. It is my favorite color. If I wear black I try to have a pink accent. I love it; everything about it makes me happy. Some think of Valentine's Day as a Hallmark holiday, I think of it as several weeks of pinks, reds, and purples. I don't have little girls to dress up in pink so I will dress up my blog, my house, my cookies, my socks, my fingernails, and anything else I can do in pink and get away with. I live in a house of all boys. You walk down the hall to their bedrooms and its blue - two different shades of blue but, blue. I like blue, blue is my babies, but I NEED pink in my life. So if V-Day is the only opportunity I have to surround myself in every shade of pink then that is what I will do.

When I think Pink I think of...

Home Pregnancy tests

Ballerinas

The ring Ben Affleck gave J-Lo - you remember the pink 6-carat diamond!

Cotton Candy

My Blackberry

Candy Hearts

Ribbon

My rose bushes my mom-in-law planted

A ring my parents gave me the same Christmas I got in engaged

Steel Magnolia

Barbie

Breast Cancer Fighting Symbol

Pink the singer (she rocked the Grammy's 2010)

Pink from VS

ERASERS

My favorite bird - the Flamingo

My warm pink robe

My old pink fuzzy slippers

Medium-rare (how I eat my meat)

Babe (the pig)

Princesses

Flip-flops

My Vera Bradley diaper bag (Brian hates it because it is VB and pink)

My flat iron

Tutus

Sweet Heart by OPI

To My Boys

This song is so sweet and I sing it to my boys at bedtime. It is currently on the playlist to the right.

Godspeed by the Dixie Chicks

Dragon tales and the "water is wide"

Pirate's sail and lost boys fly
Fish bite moonbeams every night
And I love you

Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams

The rocket racer's all tuckered out
Superman's in pajamas on the couch
Goodnight moon, will find the mouse
And I love you

Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams

God bless mommy and match box cars
God bless dad and thanks for the stars
God hears "Amen," wherever we are
And I love you

Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Godspeed
Godspeed
Sweet dreams

Monday, February 1, 2010

New Year's Update

I meant to do this in the last post but I am tired so I forgot. Here is an update on how I am doing with my 2010 "goals!"

Here is a recap of what my resolutions are (I will write next to each with pink being the update)
Meg's 2010 Resolutions
1. Get Logan out of our bed permanently and sleeping contently in his room - LIFE CHANGING...Logan has been sleeping in his own bed in his own room for the last two weeks. He goes to bed alone and stays in bed. The boys also have given up "ya-ya" during the day. They get their paci's for naps and bedtime only! WOO WOO!!
2. Learn to use sewing machine (my parents gave me a Brother Computerized Sewing Machine with basic Monogramming function! I am locating lessons as we speak. I love to look at it and have big plans for it! - Not yet. I have looked into lessons the girl at Hobby Lobby won't get back to me but I do have several friends who have offered (I think I just want to be in a classroom:)
3. Spend less time cleaning and more time playing. As a Stay Home Mom, I too often get caught up in the house work and take for granted my babies being with me. Not any more. Just today I spent 2 hours building a railroad track and playing trains - that is my happiness. - I am getting better. Not vacuuming everyday is a good start!
4. Cook well balanced dinners 4 out of the 7 nights and sit down as a family to eat these dinners - again too often I am home alone with the kids and so easily put them in their highchairs for dinner and clean up the kitchen while they eat - NO MAS! - I have been cooking more like 6 out of the 7 nights and the 7 night being at a one of the grandparent's house! I am doing good. Planning the dinners, preparing them, using the leftovers. FRUGAL!
5. Laundry - fold it as it comes out of the dryer, instead of piling up on my bedroom floor and having to rewash or de-wrinkle after it has sat there for several days. - I hate laundry still. I have made a bigger effort to not wait days but more like one day.
6. Workout at least 3 days each week - not to lose weight just to be healthy. - Today was day two since the beginning of Jan. But today felt different I liked it actually. So maybe it is my time to get in shape.
7. Organize, hang, and put in albums all the pictures (thousands) that are located in my Creative Memories photo software on my computer. - Some not completely
Well that is the 7 seven things I hope to accomplish. All very achievable and healthy "resolutions."
Not a bad start to 2010. I will keep you posted;-)

Closing out January 2010 & Meg's Resolution Update

So I made it through the busy weekend of cleaning out closets, entering items, hanging and tagging items for the cosignment sale. I am so glad I did it. It took a while and I lost several hours of sleep but I hope to make a few hundred bucks! I also made two Valentine's Day wreaths (coming soon) along with doing some computer work.
Austin had has 15 month check up before the crazy weekend started. He is a growing boy. Weighing in a 23 lbs and 31 inches long. He is in the 50th percentile for height and weight. He exceeds all developmental areas - he runs, climbs, colors, can say a few words, and he is "ALL BOY" just like his brother. Into everything A L L the time! However I am thankful he is that means he is healthy! He is no longer on lactose free milk (which I used my medical degree - haha and put him on thinking that regular milk caused him tummy issues). He is a bit constipated so he eats a few prunes every day. He likes them. Again I haven't found anything that he doesn't like. They are really sweet so he's just fine with them. Poor baby had a lot of shots - we had to catch up from 12 months plus all the flu ones. BLAH. I always worry so much and look to see if he is acting any different and check on him all night. He is fine I on the other hand will die of exhaustion one day soon. That is a bit extreme but I am tired, still I sit here and write this because if I don't finish it will be on my mind and I won't sleep anyways! We celebrated Aunt JuJu's birthday at my parent's yesterday that was nice. She is 25! Happy Happy Happy Birthday JuJu! Then my inlaws came over - great inlaws they are! That brings me to today...February 1, 2010. Oh February, I hope you are better than January was. If not I think I will sleep the rest of the winter and wake me up when it is HOT out! That won't work, two little boys will have me up at 7 am! I never remember what the groundhog is supposed to do, I just hope whatever it is means early spring. Winter and I don't get along. The gym did wonders for me today though. I think I will go back tomorrow:) Night!

Christmas 2009

I am over it, I don't want to rewind anymore! I am moving forward:) However before I move forward here pics from Christmas morning. We woke up at our house, went to my family's house, and then to Brian's family's home. It was busy, crazy, but fun and we made lots of great memories. Favorite gift - probably a tie between the Thomas the Train ride on from Santa and the Roller Coaster from Uncle Ryan and Aunt JuJu. We no longer have living space in our home thanks to a great Christmas!