Gymnastics!

Being a goofy girl, nosing up to a coach instead of doing what everyone else is.

On the trampoline.

Samantha started gymnastics today and she had a blast! I think her favorite event was the trampoline. She did a somersault, a cartwheel, the balance beam, the trampoline, crawled through the tunnel, danced and sang and more! When it was dance and sing time, she went crazy!! She's not so good at following directions yet, so she was doing her own dance...and pretty much marching to her own drum the entire time!

Flower Girl

the zoo (08.20.08)

Sami & I went to the local zoo yesterday. The zoo doesn't open until 10am and SJ starts her pre-nap downward spiral around 10:30-10:45am. The last picture below was the last picture taken at the zoo yesterday. She was in the petting zoo area with the goats when she was bumped by a passing goat. I think her feelings were hurt the most.

Posture Makes A Difference

Pictures speak louder than words.

At The Park (8.3.08)

Back to Blogging

Finally, I have a computer that I can use. My other computer is now in computer heaven.
Joe spent last week in Bemidji for work, and will be heading off to PA in the morning for another week of fun away from the family (for work). So last week Samantha and I decided...well, it was mostly my decision, but we decided to take a road trip to Bemidji to see Paul Bunyan, Babe the Blue Ox and have dinner & a swim with Joe. I also took Sami to the Science Center for 'Tots-n-Science' to learn about what we thought was going to be ducks but turned out to be birds in general. I wasn't the only kid that was disappointed, but after eating Sami's edible birds nest I felt better. Here are some pix from our adventure.

Our good friend Paul.

Samantha making a splash for her buddy Babe.

She's standing in goose poop.

Our good friends saying, not 'goodbye', but 'see you later' to us.

No Blogging

I have 2 computers. The laptop and the desktop. The laptop is old, but the desktop has been acting weird for the past few months and I have not been able to upload my photos on it, so I have been updating the blog with photos from my laptop. My laptop is now on what seems to be its deathbed. So, rather than updating the blog with more pictures, I have been trying to save all of my photos that are on the laptop before it is too late. It's not that easy though. Since it is crashing, it is shutting down every so often and it doesn't detect discs or anything, so I am trying to upload all of the photos to the internet which is taking forever. So in a nutshell, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT SEE PICTURES ON THE BLOG AGAIN SOON.

Vaseline

I was in the kitchen this morning when I heard it. Silence. Anyone with a toddler knows that silence can be deadly. So I rushed out to the living room to find Samantha smearing vaseline all over her face and arms. She found the diaper basket with all of the diapering essentials, including vaseline. She managed to get the lid off of the Vaseline and began moisturizing. I didn't get a picture because by the time I got the Vaseline away from her, my hands were too slippery & slimy to hold the camera. Needless to say, she has shiny cheeks.

Happy.Anniversary

Today marks three years that Joe and I have been married. Seems like it's been longer. Not a bad thing.

So, tonight Grandma Deb came over to babysit Samantha so that Joe and I could go out on a 'date' (dinner & movie). We decided to do the movie first (Hancock) and then dinner or appetizers or something. Unfortunately, I forgot about my body's intolerance for action films on the big screen and got motion sickness less than halfway into the movie. As I was working on convincing myself not to throw up, Joe's stomach began rumbling from eating a big greasy Qdoba burrito for lunch, and then popcorn, M&M's and Diet Dew for supper at the theatre.

Needless to say, no dining out tonight. We'll have to do that another night.

Happy Anniversary to us!

Long Time No Blog

It has been one full week of staying at home with Samantha. It is so nice to get to spend time with her and not worry about work. No rushing in the morning to get out the door to daycare and work. No getting home late after picking Sami up from daycare, rushing through dinner to have only an hour of time to spend playing with her before bed. No work stress. No eating junk food and drinking soda while sitting on my butt at a computer all day. ~No money.~ So Joe and I have decided that this is just my somewhat summer vacation. I am going to watch a friend's baby in July for a few weeks (super excited!!!) and then I plan on getting back to work-somewhere-by mid-August. My hat's off to all of the mom's out there who are able to stay at home with their children. I need to get back to work so that I can keep us (as my dad says) in the lifestyle to which we have become accustomed. ~Kate