thinkin' about it thursday.

tennis.
it's time to talk tennis, people!  yay!  tennis is the sport that gets us through to baseball season..........is it april yet?  no, you say?  well, that's ok {for now} because it's the australian open.  we love the australian open.  it's the first major of the season, the atmosphere is a little crazy down there, and it's a hard court.  don't get me wrong i like the clay and grass, but you won't get higher speeds than a hard court.  what makes it even better this year is my guy is in the finals!  woot, woot!  that would be novak:

*picture from google images

ahhhhhhh, i lurve novak.  will really wants andy murray (the brit) to win this year, so if andy wins tonight (or tomorrow-i get all confused about the time) then it will be a fun, fun, fun competitive final at our house.  #1 rafa & #2 rog (we go by nicknames cause we're tight.) are not even in it!  crazy.  i'm a big fan of those guys, as well, but come on!  they've won tons, let's keep it interesting, shall we?  
ok, let's move on to the girls.  will and i have always been sharapova fans, but the last few tourneys she's lost early.  so, wozniacki has taken over as our fave recently.  she was ranked #1 but lost to the first asian to make it to the finals:  li na.  which i think is soooooo cool, so that is who i will be pulling for.  i'm thinking will is not since he is still mad that wozniacki lost to her.
so, thanks for joining me for tennis talk today.........now go watch you some australian open!!
p.s. grandma: i know you are reading this what are your thoughts on the tourney this year?

thinkin' about it thursday.

10 month-olds........aren't they cute?!?!?

 i {heart} this one.

thinkin' about it thursday.

*1.11.11*
i love calendar dates that are cool.  this date was especially cool.  my parents celebrated many, many, many years of marriage on this date.  (sorry, guys, you are THAT old. hehehe)  they had lots of ways they could have chose to spend this special day.  and guess how they spent it?  they took all of us kids to dinner to celebrate.  how cool are they?!?!?  very.  thanks, you guys are the best.  we love ya!  congrats.

walk on.

thinkin' about it thursday.

really, right now, i'm thinkin' about walking and potty training.  but, not together.  video to come later........not of the potty training.
also, on monday, this happened:


so, the boys are in the kitchen and i'm not.  cy comes running to me saying, 


"mommy, baby hungry, baby needs snack."  


ok.  i put the baby in the high chair and say, "cy, do you want to help me get baby a snack?"


"no," comes the reply.


ok.  "does cy need a snack?"  


"no."


ok.  hmmmmmmm, i have no clue why baby needs a snack so bad.  as he finishes his snack, i'm wiping his hands and face and go to put him on the floor next to his toys when i realize his toys are moved.  out of the kitchen.  out of the way of cy's train track.  cy needed baby out of the way in his chair while he was playing with his toys.  and then he wouldn't have interruptions, and he certainly wouldn't have to share.

and that made me laugh.......monday!  :)

thinkin' about it thursday.

still thinkin' about christmas.  it was great this year.

i guess it's time to take down those decorations.  when do YOU take yours down?

thinkin' about it thursday: friday edition.

so, yesterday {and the day before}, i was thinkin' about...........
snow
&
cookies
&
my christmas tree
&
christmas baking
&
the movie "white christmas"
&
wrapping presents
&
shopping {lots and lots of other people were thinkin' about that, too}
&
family
&
Christ
and i was thinkin' that all of this is what i've been waiting ALL year for!  'tis the season!  love, love, love it!  merry chistmas!

nine months.

thinkin' about it thursday.

advent calendars.
whoever invented them definitely didn't do it for 3 year olds.   for 4 days now i've had to explain over and over that we only open one present, that we can't open all of the presents, that there is one for each day and if we open them all now we won't have any for the rest of the days.  have you ever tried to reason with a 3 year old?  not fun.
{seriously, though, it really has been fun.......he gets so excited over the smallest things.  christmas this year is going to be the funnest!  i can't wait!}

thinkin' about it thursday.

are those fake?!?!?!?
yes. yes, they are.
i never, in all my years of living (it's a lot), thought i would be numbered among those with fake christmas trees.  and now we have TWO!!!  (a small one in cy's room.  he loves it.)  i love real trees.  love.  i mean, C'MON, is this what a christmas tree is supposed to look like:

i submit - it is NOT.  ugh.  well, it was free, and a real one would've cost, and free wins for us at the moment.  ok, ok, it's not ALL that bad.  for instance, will didn't have to deal with almost-frostbitten hands from cutting the bottom off, i haven't had to vaccuum pine needles, i didn't have to string lights (yay), and i did not get poked at all putting on ornaments.  it IS pretty.  it just looks weird seeing a skinny pole in between the branches and at the bottom.  oh well, i'll live, and i'm almost certain presents will fit under it like any other tree.  so, wal-mart here i come for a smelly "real tree" candle............{sigh}

thinkin' about it thursday.

popcorn.
cy asks for popcorn, a lot.  so, i am popping popcorn, a lot.  is this just a phase?

snow, Snow, SNOW!

so, it snowed here........a lot!  and we got out there and played in it and it was fun:

thinkin' about it thursday.

turrrrr-key, duh.

but also: cold.


it is so cold outside.......... that i had to open the fridge in my garage to warm up the garage.


it is so cold outside.......... that my nose hairs freeze just by looking outside.


it is so cold outside.......... that i had to bring the 12 packs of pop sitting in the garage inside because i was worried they were going to freeze and explode.


it is so cold outside.......... that you don't need to go to the ice rink to go ice skating.


it is so cold outside.......... that we were excited and grateful it warmed up to 10 degrees above zero.  it was a heat wave.


it is so cold outside.......... that the salt we put on the sidewalks froze.


and finally:
it is so cold outside.......... that i am considering moving to arizona.  now that's cold.

{*oh, yeah, and we're very thankful for all of our awesome family.  we love you, and all that mushy stuff.*}
{{happy, happy thanksgiving!}}

thinkin' about it thursday.

exercising.
i think it should be required if you workout you should have to have an almost-3-year-old present.
it is so much fun to be doing jumping jacks and have your own personal cheerleader clap and yell, "yay mommy, good job!"  
it's also very entertaining when your cheerleader tries to join in and do yoga moves or crunches.  
it doesn't even seem like exercise when you're lunging and a huge exercise ball comes barreling at you along with the words, "catch, mommy, catch!"
my own little fan club.  i wouldn't trade it for the world.

thinkin' about it thursday.

awesome-ness.  or not.
so, i was cleaning the kitchen and behind me i hear cy singing the clean up song:  clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere!  clean up, clean up, everybody do your share!
and so, naturally, i'm patting myself on the back.........my child cleans up without me even asking him to.  yep, i'm awesome.
and then i turn around to see said child cleaned up ALL of the toys that i had put down to keep the baby entertained with.what could i do?!?!?!?  yell at him?  for what?  cleaning up?
nope, can't do that.
{ever since lane starting moving around -everywhere- we've been going the rounds with cy about sharing and that the toys are all of ours (not just his) and we've even taken some away that he won't share.}
so today, cy got a little victory and officially became smarter than me.

thinkin' about it thursday.

the elections.

so sad that they are over.  i was so important last week that my phone was ringing off the hook with my buddies calling.  my buddies, like dino {rossi}, sarah {palin}, jay {buhner}, and countless others with pleasant but firm and serious sounding voices.  and now, since tuesday, just silence.  so sad.  well, i guess i'll just have to wait until 2012............and consider disconnecting my phone before then.

happy halloween.

may your halloween be full of cute costumes:

and also:

{thanks for the *awesome* party angela, you rock.}
and cousins:

and fun-ness:

have a great halloween!

thinkin' about it thursday.

addiction: an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences.
so, my fam and I have been playing "words with friends" on our phones.  it's a word game like scrabble.  i play will.  at the same time i play with rebecca and a separate game with rob.  will plays a game with rebecca and a separate one with rob.  rebecca and rob play each other.  at the same time we are all playing separate games with mom and angela.  who are also playing each other.  my mom is visiting my sister, tilleea, so i get to play with her, too.  so, all day long we play scrabble.  it is fun.  way fun.  too fun.  and competitive.  very competitive.  my mom called me on the phone the other day {an actual real talking phone call-not text or e-mail} just to accuse me of cheating.  addicted?  i think so.  and i love it.  thank you family.  
{and if anyone wants to know.........i am the best one at this game.}

thinkin' about it thursday.

{pretzels and m&m's}
cy's favorite food ever is m&m's.  he also loves, loves, loves pretzels.  so yesterday i gave him a pretzel m&m (me and will's favorite food).  i'm thinkin' i'm gonna get a best mommy award for giving my offspring a combo of his best-loved foods and instead he has his head in the trash can gagging.  what?!?!?!?!?!
pretzels and m&m's: they've got me stumped today.

seven{th heaven}

seven months old.
this has been an exciting month, what with crawling and all.  lane thinks he's older than he is - he stands really well and keeps pulling himself up to a standing position with the help of whatever is nearby.  i have no clue why he is in such a hurry.  it's so fun to watch, though.  and nice that he has some independence.  i was determined that his favorite food was going to be green beans just like cy's was, but it definitely is not. sweet potatoes is by far his favorite.  he also prefers cheerios over peach or strawberry apple puffs......weird.  anyway, here's our monthly shots: