365...Day 7

Tri-Shane-O-Saurus. 

Last Thanksgiving, we went to Dinosaur World in Glen Rose.  We took many pictures of Sarah with the Tri-Sarah-Tops.  One day while bathing (Jan 2010), Shane called me in to take his picture... Tri-Shane-O-Saurus...was his self-chosen dinosaur name.

365...Day 6

Funny picture from Shane's birthday at Let's Jump.  Notice his mismatched socks.  He doesn't get the "socks have to match"gene that both Steve and I have.  He loves the character socks from the Target $1 bins.  Here he has on one dinosaur scok and one Lightning McQueen sock. 

 I am in the process of printing pictures for my upcoming scrapbooking weekend get-a-way, so that's why I came across this picture.

365...Day 5

We were the last family to leave a Ft. Worth police carnival last Saturday at Home Depot.  Sarah wanted a pink balloon, but it was tangled with 9 others, so the lady gave her the whole bunch.  She was estatic!  Who would have known that having a BUNCH would be so fun.  The cats are loving the strings as much as the kids love running through them.  The strings are so long, the kids can let them float to our living room's 20 foot+ ceiling and still get them down.  Kids are on the the stair landing with coat hangers, "fishing" for the strings to pull them back in.

365...Day 4

30 minutes is a long time to wait to pet kitties.  Only 2 minutes and 48 seconds to go...can he make it? 

Little boys that carry kitties around too much, have to have limits set. 

(On a side note, Shane has been very good not to traumatize said cats, and they seem pretty tolerant of him.  They often initiate contact and playtime with him.)

365...Day 3

Here is where life finds me these days.  I am doing a long-term sub job at Granger Elem for 7 weeks.  I teach math, science, and social studies to 4th graders.   I started Sept 7 and will go until Oct 21. I love being a my kids' school, love seeing them in the hallway and at lunch.  Love spying checking in on them when I see teacher's in the lounge.  I don't love staff meetings, parent conferences, or grading papers.  While this is fun for a while and a nice change of pace, I am glad it's not FULL time.   

365...Day 2

Did I mention that I love BACON!!  Yes, but I really love it more when someone else cooks it. Now, I love bacon with my pancakes, in a club sandwich, crumbled in that broccoli salad, and also a good BLT sandwich, but NOT on a burger or in Outback's Alice Springs Chicken!

Whenever my kids spend the night with my parents, my dad cooks them bacon and pancake; Shane eats the bacon as fast as it can cool on the plate!

365... Day 1

A friend of mine takes pictures of every day stuff and updates in her Facebook account.  I thought that was a great idea, except, I wanted to blog instead so I could eventually ptint it in a blog/book... 24/7...365 days of our lives.

So, here is blog day one...now those of you that know me well, know that I am not very consistent with blogging.  It seems that LIFE somehow gets in the way.  But rest assured, my family and I are making memories everyday, I'm just too tired to BLOG about them at the end of the day.  I love to sleep!! 

Anyways, for now...here we go...

Day 1

My FAVORITE breakfast is pancakes and bacon.  This was the griddle my parents always used, and I love cooking for my family using it.  When my mom decided to get a new one a few years back, I was tickled to get it as a hand-me-down.  Every Christmas, my dad cooked a big breakfast, which we ate between Santa and opening presents.  Since Steve and I lived away from home for the first 12 years we were marrried, we were always at my parents for Christmas morning.  I sometimes tease my dad that he was lucky that all 3 of his kids were home for 31 years before he had to give up this Chirstmas morning tradition.  Now, I cook bacon, pancakes, and waffles (for everyone else) or sometimes biscuits and gravy for OUR big Christmas morning breakfast.