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Quiet Time…

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I am so tired today. Part of the reason is because someone (*ahem*MARIANA*ahem*) was up at 3:45 this morning. Ummm hmmm. She was up and chipper. We brought her into bed with us and she toss/turned until at least 5:15 before she went back to sleep. We were not amused. This is an almost three year old here, not a newborn. ACK!! Hopefully she will sleep better tonight. Pleeeeeeease! Anyway, having that stretch of time taken out of my sleep was just brutal. I’m dragging today. It’s affecting me in several ways because I find that I’m not only tired, but I have a short fuse on my patience. So, I just told Macey that we’re going to have quiet time starting at 1pm. I’m thinking half an hour to an hour of silence and relaxation should be therapeutic. It seems like a good plan when I see it in writing, now let’s just hope it comes to fruition. Otherwise, I may have to find some toothpicks and go Fred Flintstone style on my eyelids this afternoon to stay awake. 😉

Yaaaaaaaaaaaawn…
Kelly 

No Snow Day For Us…

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Well, yesterday’s snow turned out to be a dusting. We still have some on the ground, but the accumulation was not much at all. We didn’t even go out to play in it. Still, it was really neat to see it snowing most all day. Just goes to show how varied weather can be because it was in the mid 60s-low70s late last week and then snow on Sunday. Go figure. It’s COLD today, but no snow day. Oh well.

Mariana is still struggling with congestion & drainage which leads to constant coughing. Poor sweet girl. Looks like we’ll be going back to the ped this morning to see what can be done to help her. She also has an ENT appointment next week. Hopefully we can find a solution to help her get through this mess, especially with allergy season being right on top of us.

Mickey is going to be the “Mystery Reader” in Macey’s class this morning. I wish I could be a fly on the wall to see her face when her daddy walks in to read. She’s going to be THRILLED! He’s also going to try to come back and have lunch with her today since it’s her favorite school lunch – cheese stuffed breadsticks. (YUM)

I’ll be back on my exercising routine today. I did Weight Loss Yoga on Saturday and took Sunday off. This evening I’ll do Biggest Loser Boot Camp again. This is my last week on the first level and next week I’ll take it up to the next level. Whew!! I really like working out six days per week – keeps it nice and even which I like. I’m still amazed at what a work-out yoga is too!

Speaking of exercise, Mickey ran just over 6 miles on Saturday. That’s his longest running distance post-surgery. WAY TO GO, HONEY!! Even though I think he’s a little warped for running when it’s cold, wet, etc. I am really proud of him for doing so great with his running. 😀

My Lenten sacrifice of giving up Facebook (most social networking online, actually) is going well. I miss it, but giving it up has been good for me. Twitter is something that I have kept up a little bit, but mostly because my posts here automatically generate “tweets” and I also tweeted some about our church’s upcoming youth conference last week.

Have a beautiful day…
Kelly

It’s snowing!

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Macey wins! She was the first in our home to spot the falling snow. Now, we’ll see how much accumulation we get this time. This afternoon could be full of snowy fun for us – we hope!!

HOORAY FOR SNOW!

Snow Watch ’09

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You can definitely tell we live Down South. The possible snow is all the buzz. In our house, we’re all anxious to see if/when the snow will get here and, if it does, how much will accumulate. The girls have snow bibs from our trip up to MI in December, so it would be fun to get those out again and turn the girls loose in the snow this afternoon. We’ll see. 🙂

On a totally unrelated, but happy note – the girls are absolutely LOVING the animals they made at Build-a-Bear yesterday. They are still playing with them this morning. So cute!

Happy Sunday!

Saturday Fun…

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Today was a rainy and gray day, so this afternoon we decided that we’d go to a mall after nap-time. We went to a mall about half an hour from our house. Well, actually, there are several malls within that distance, but this particular mall had three features that appealed to us the most – a Build a Bear Workshop, The Children’s Place and a really cool carousel to ride. Not to mention the food court AND a Nestle Tollhouse store near where we parked. WOO HOO! Our first stop was Build-a-Bear. This was the first trip for both girls to the B-a-B store. Both girls LOVED it!! Macey got the Cuddly Hugs bear in pink. She named her bear Cuddles. She also got a cute Hannah Montana outfit for Cuddles. cuddly_hugshannah_montana_bab Mariana got L’il Bunny Big Ears which she named Huggy Bunny. She also got a Hello Kitty Hawaiian outfit for her bunny. lil_bunny hello_kitty_bab Aren’t those adorable?! The girls are just over the moon with their new animals. I’m sure they’ll be well loved. Macey already has a little “bed” (a pillow and baby blanket” in her room and Mariana has her bunny already in her bed. So cute!! And, I had a $5 off coupon from a box of Teddy Grahams, so that was nice too. Every little savings helps. After Build-a-Bear we went to The Children’s Place. I’m on a quest to find some jeans for Macey. This might seem like a simple enough quest, but so far it’s been a real challenge. Just about every pair of jeans I find for Macey in size 5 is too long for her, but 4s are too short. It’s SUCH a challenge to find jeans that fit her nicely. And, why do so many of them have such low rises?! Seriously. At TCP I got a pair of jeans to try for Macey. Also got th girls some matching froggy jammies (on sale) and a spring outfit for Macey. All with a 15% off coupon too. WOO HOO! We grabbed a quick supper at the food court and then rode the carousel. The girls LOVED the carousel. Mickey and the girls got treats at the Nestle Tollhouse store on the way out of the mall. They went on to the van and I shopped at Dillard’s since they have 40% off clearance right now. Well, as usual, big department stores overwhelm me. It’s just too much. Too spread out. Something. I don’t know. Anyway, I did see some cute things, but didn’t buy anything. Now we are home. The girls have had their baths and have had their hair washed. They are wearing their new froggy jammies from TCP too. And, they are waiting on me to come brush their hair. So, off I go. We may get snow here tomorrow. Wouldn’t that be FUN?! G’night, Kelly PS: The TCP jeans are long on Macey. ACK! Any suggestions on jeans??