Backhoe loader & blowing away

On the way into work/daycare this morning, I pointed out to Blake that there was a snow plow on the street. As we drove past it, Blake says, "That's not a snowplow, that's a backhoe loader.....Silly momma!" Then when we get to Mary's, I go to get him out of his car seat, and he says in all seriousness, "Mumma, you better carry me...so I don't blow away." I think he really thought he was going to blow away because he never wants to get carried in!

So...the day started out cute, but didn't end so cute. Darned Blake and little Miss Sadie were apparently full of defiance today at Mary's. When she told them to pick up toys they told her "no". The other kids ended up picking them up and those two went back over there and spilled them all again. When she told them to pick them up, they told her to "shut up". All of this, after Blake bit Sadie again, for about the 5th time in two weeks. NOT GOOD. He never acts this way at home...if he doesn't want to pick up toys, he might throw a little tantrum, but has NEVER talked that way to us. So, I don't know what's going on. He never hears "shut up" at our house, so I think he must have heard it there. Either way, we are not too happy with him tonight.

Updated Pics

Blake at almost 2 1/2 and full of personality!
Cora Jane at 3 months old

Rolling Over!

Cora has been sleeping on her belly and sleeping all night long since December 27th. She usually sleeps from 7-5 or 7-6. This morning, I heard her cooing in her crib, so I went in there to find her on her back! Can't believe she rolled over and just barely 3 months old! I think she was surprised too!

The weight loss is going good. Tom is down about 15 pounds and I'm down about 10. So far so good!!

Yesterday, Blake was drinking a smoothie through a straw. He has a tendency to bite the straw to the point that he can't get anymore liquid through it. He brought the cup to me and told me "somethings wrong with it." I looked at it and saw the severely bitten straw and said, "well what are we going to do about it Blake?" He looks at me with all seriousness and says, "that's a good question mama." :-)

Hands....

Cora seems to have discovered her hands this week. She has been staring at them with intense curiosity just before shoving her fist in her mouth and sucking on it! So stinking cute!

New Years Resolutions

Well, I'm doing the traditional.."lose weight" for my New Years Resolution this year. But along with that, is starting healthy eating habits for myself and for my family...forever. It's too easy to get on the junk food path and I don't want the kids to grow up that way and to struggle with their weight like both of their parents have. To help get kick-started, Tom and I are competing with Jody and Brian. The "losers" (whoever loses the least) has to buy tickets for a Tigers game that the four of us will go to this summer. I'm glad that Tom is on board, too. He is going to try the Weight Watchers plan, and so far he's doing good, and helping me stay on track too!

My other resolution, which I've been working on the last couple of months, is to buy less and get rid of more. House is too cluttered and without much for storage space, I just can't be keeping so much stuff for so long. So, I really want to focus on getting rid of things that we don't need or don't use, and buying only things that we really need. Hopefully this will help to save some money and get some debt paid off too!!

I think I did pretty good with last new year's resolution, which was to keep this blog updated. Blake's scrapbook is done through age 2 and a little beyond. Cora's has some work to do, but I'll get there... :-)