Lazy Monday

"Nothing like waking up next to your best friend, even if it is a dog!"

Wasteful Wednesday

So as the saying goes,
"Monkey see, Monkey do."
Sebastian thought since mommy was throwing away garbage, he thought he'd throw a way a few things of his own. Good thing I was paying attention when he did this, and yes the bag was empty, so the items could be saved! I guess we need to find a new place to keep the trash, till he learns not to throw things away.

Things recovered from the garbage.....
1 Bottle
1 Leapfrog ABC toy
3 Tupperware containers
and 6 alphabet letters.....

I'd fish the things out, yet he'd pick them up and toss them in again, it was like a game for him.....

Monday's Move

We did a little bit of furniture moving which started on Sunday. The kids were getting a little out of control with the use of the rocking chair. So Derek decided we'd retire it to the basement, just to prevent any injuries. So the little chair that was in our room went to the living room to replace the empty space the rocker left. No what to do with the empty space in our room....

Hum..........

How about a nice comfy massage chair!??!

So today, during the kids nap, I brought it up from the basement.....

"What is this thing......it feels all nice and soft......"

"......and it has a dog rest.....er.....I mean an arm rest......."

"I could live in this thing.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

"Um.....either this chair moved, or I moved something into this diaper."

"Oh ya.....now that's the spot..........."

"This thing could put me to sleep................."

Sebastian's Silly Saturday

"Just your typical Saturday night in the Blume house. Right after bath time, it's silly time, well........least till my mommy says it's time to go to bed"

"Need some cool shades these days with all this warm weather we are having!"

"Ya man.....I'm one cool looking Dude!"

"Haaa, you just can't take your eyes off me can ya.........???"

"Ya.....much better......"

"Someone should have told me those were girly glasses......"

It's Raining DIAPERS!

Bad things can happen when you turn your back on your kids....
even if it's only for a moment......
and that can turn into a big mess.......

"What in the name of Dirty Diapers is going on in here...."

"Um.....Hi mommy.......um...........look what Sebastian did.....I'm just cleaning it up.........ya......that's it.......!'

"Don't blame this mess on me Saffron, I just got here....."

"Maybe if we can make mommy laugh, she won't be as mad....."

"See mom, laughter is the best medicine!"

"Might as well have fun, while it lasts......"

"It's finally snowing.....!"

"Yippee....."

"HEY MOM! Catch!"


"Okay kids fun is over, let's clean up!"

When You Gotta Go You Gotta Go

On January 3rd Saffron was moved to Mrs Carrie's room 3-5yr old's meaning no more diapers! I've really been working hard with Saffron on the potty training, and like I said in the previous post she is doing well with training. In Mrs Carrie's room, there is a potty, but no potty seat. So the kids get use to holding onto the potty so they don't fall in. Now if you know Saffron she is afraid of falling into the drain, into the potty, the flush of loud toilets, among other things, so I was shocked when she came home after school one day, went into the bathroom and tossed her seat onto the floor and sat right on the toilet. Now I don't have a folding potty seat so she won't normally sit on a public restroom potty when we run errands. Today when we went to see our friend Mary, upon arrival (now she has a potty seat for us to use), Saffron got onto the potty herself, went potty, and came out when she was done. I was so proud of her. She tells me she must hang on tight so she won't fall in. The trainers are doing great and she manages to stay dry, and I still have yet to see any #2's in them!! She asked to wear her undies when she laid down to nap, and even though she has a waterproof mattress pad, I want to wait a few more weeks just to be on the safe side. Makes me smile to see how far she has come, and I hope come next month when I made the monthly diaper run, I won't have to buy anymore for her.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Fix It and Forget It (Stew)

With the New Year being here, I got a jump on one of the things on my resolution list..............

and what better way to do that, with an awesome gift from my son Sebastian, my son who loves to eat the things I cook!

I think I can safely say, I could easily bake/cook my way through this book.

Hubby chose the recipe for tonight's dinner....
Herbed Beef Stew

The ingredients going in were all things we have on hand on a normal basis, from the veggies to the spices, with the exception of the Beef roast, which I bought and cut into cubes. The recipe was really easy to put together, and I was able to make it while Sebastian took a quick 20min nap. I was a little worried at first with all the spices that were going in, because of the overwhelming smell, but I knew in 8-10hrs, I'd have one good stew to serve my family, and I was right!

Minutes after assembly

About 5hrs.......

Ready to eat!!

and a great bottle of wine to go with it....

We both liked this recipe so much, we plan to replace it with the normal beef stew recipe I make. So looking forward to slow cooking my way through this book.

Next post.....something a little sweet!