IKE Update

The storm is headed straight for us here in Spring. We are expecting 75-110miles/hr sustained winds. The good news is that it is a fast moving storm so we won't be sitting here with the wind and rain for days. Our biggest concern are the trees in our yard. We have 15 trees larger than our house. We are all sleeping downstairs in the living room tonight just in case we have a tree fall on our house. We also have a closet under the stairs cleaned out and have placed blankets there, so if need be, we can stay in there until the storm passes. We feel prepared and will try to contact our families Sat after the storm passes if we are able. There is a good chance that the cell phone towers will be down and we won't have a way to contact anyone. If you want to see the path of the storm there is a great website... http://www.ibiseye.com/. This is great because is shows Spring on the map, so those of you that don't live here in Texas can have an idea of where we are.

Hurricane IKE

We just wanted to let our family and friends know that we are not in an evacuation zone and are planning to stay here during the storm. We have plenty of food storage to get us through the weekend and have all the necessities to sustain us as well. We are expecting a lot of rain along with strong wind, but have not been asked to leave. There are evacuations taking place closer to Galveston Bay where flooding is an issue. We are not in a flood zone. Both Cory and Aurora do not have school tomorrow so our family will all be together and we are not planning to go out anywhere..(people get crazy panicked out there). We'll give more updates when we can.

You know you're a real mom when...

I can't claim this as my own, I got it from my friend Kim's blog and it was too funny I just had to share....here's to all the moms
So, here you go...You know you're a real mom if...

• You have ever closed and locked the bathroom door (just to pee) for 3 minutes of silence (which usually never works because you still have a toddler banging on the door)
• Rice Krispie treats are a great breakfast- it's cereal! And fruit snacks are considered a serving of fruit
• You can barely keep your eyes open after 10pm, but you force yourself to stay awake because there's nothing more appealing to you than a quiet house.
• Four letter words that make you flinch are now: FART, BUTT, MINE, HATE
• Your favorite recording artists are The Backyardagains and The Wiggles
• You can't remember the last time you slept through the night
• You think at least once a day "I am so my mom"
• A baby has to cry for at least 5 minutes before you actually hear it
• Your toddler eating off the floor is great for two reasons: She's building immunities and there's less sweeping for you
• You've ever tried to figure out a way to keep hot dogs and chicken nuggets in your food storage. Oh wait! Mac and cheese stores well and is the same difference.
• A date with your husband consists of dinner under $15 and walking around Home Depot (and that's exciting!)
• You are on a first name basis with the greeters at Wal-mart, the cashiers at Target and the receipt checkers at Costco
• You truly don't find Barney annoying
• The only way you stay up on pop culture is by scanning the magazine covers while standing in line at the grocery store
• Your own mom is no longer embarrassing and weird. She's actually the most amazing woman you've ever known
• Inventions that have changed your life include DVR (Dora 24 hours a day!), hand sanitizer, the drive-thru window, and $5 hot and ready pizza (if only they had a drive-thru window)
• You drive a mini van AND you love it
• You have crawled to the top of a grimy playplace to rescue a "lost" child (man, those places are gross. That's where the hand sanitizer comes in)
• You're planning your next pregnancy around your high school reunion (that's for you, Michelle)
  
• Your idea of romantic is putting on a little Bath and Body Works lotion before climbing into bed (and your husband may or may not say "What's that funky smell?")
• You can do almost anything one handed (with a baby in the other one)
• The time it takes you to get out of the house is always longer than the time you are actually out of the house

Just the two of us....

Now that Aurora is in school all day, Noah and I have more time to spend together. Today we made edible play dough out of peanut butter, honey and powdered sugar. He had so much fun cutting out shapes and making snakes. We used raisins as eyes. It was a good snack too.

A Preview

We started painting our house this last weekend and will finish this coming weekend. I can't wait until it's finished. I think that it looks so much better!

The Before Picture



















The After picture

The Lost Tooth

Aurora lost her first tooth today. We at first thought she had swallowed it because she came and told us her tooth was gone but she didn't know where it was. We looked everywhere, but to no avail. Then, while I was doing the dishes, I looked down and saw a small white speck on my black mat. Sure enough, her tooth. We put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy. What a milestone!

First Day of Kindergarten

I must say that I feel like somewhat of a slacker because all of my friends have already blogged about their child's first day of school. We tried to make her day special, but starting off with little white powdered donuts for breakfast and asking her what she wanted in her lunch. I think that she was more nervous than excited, but after it was all over she said she really liked school. She woke up without a fight today which I was sort of surprised because we are still on California time. She got all ready and we all, as a family, walked her to school. She was so quiet, and she told me later that there were rules and a boy in her class broke one of the rules and he had to sit on the wall. "You don't want to be sit there, mom" , she said. It was awesome to see her growing up and excited to tell me about her day at school. She took quite a nap after school along with her brother, which was great for me because I had quiet time for about and hour. It was a bitter sweet day today, but I'm so happy that she was happy and had a great day.