Rude Woman!

Yesterday I was grocery shopping with Andrew while Adam was in school. Andrew was yelling a bit...like he sometimes does when he likes to hear how his voice is echoing. I didn't think it was too bad...I barely heard it, because I was concentrating on shopping...plus, it was just in fun...not like he was throwing a temper tantrum (like I've heard other kids doing before).

Anyway, this older lady came up to me and told me that I needed to make my baby stop yelling. He was being rude, and it was bothering the other shoppers. I looked at her for a second, waiting for her to smile...because I was sure she was kidding. But, she kept talking. Finally, I said, "Well, I'm the mom." It made me really mad that she could be so rude.

As a Christian, I struggled between letting my temper get control of me and doing the Christian thing. Finally, I just went back by her and said, "Excuse me" when I passed by her and gave her husband a big smile. I felt much better then! I did think about getting a $10 store gift card and hunting her down and giving it to her...because she must have been in such a bad mood because social security was tight for paying for her groceries :-).

Adam has New Glasses

Last year, Adam failed his vision screening at preschool. Thankfully, we were blessed because I had added the boys to our vision insurance just this year. I took Adam to an optometrist, who then referred him to a pediatric opthamologist. We went last week, and she prescribed some glasses for him. We went back to the optometrists office and picked out glasses. Boy, the frames are sure a lot cuter than when I got glasses as a kid! However, they did have lots of colors, and Adam really liked the blue ones. I was hesitant about getting them, because I thought the dark gray ones looked better on him, but the woman reminded me that if he liked them, then he'd be more likely to wear them....so blue it was. Actually, you can't even tell in the pictures that they are blue. I thought that he'd immediately tell me how much better he could see (one eye is REALLY bad), but his astigmatism is bad enough that the doctor said that it would take some time for him to adjust....so we'll slowly get used to them.

I can already tell it's going to be a nightmare to keep these things safe. He kept putting the case up to the lenses, and I was worried about them scratching. He keeps touching the lenses, so they have lots of fingerprints on them, and he was playing downstairs and took them off. Who knows where he put them down, but I made him go back down and get them. I was smart and purchased frames that shouldn't break :-).

New Blog

I just wanted to let you know that I'm starting a new blog called "Cents"able Momma where I share frugal tips and deals that can be found. I'm by no means perfect at this...but I can share a few things that I'm learning along the way.

I'll try to update it more often than I update my family blog :-). But, I do plan on still posting here, too.

Guess where we were today??

Dan got some free tickets to the practice round at the PGA Tour Championship, so we took the boys today and watched some golf. We paid an arm and a leg for parking, but they had an American Express tent there where you show that you have an American Express card and they give you a complimentary beverage and snack in their air-conditioned tent. They were kind and gave us 4 tickets for all of us...so we were really grateful for that. Then, and lady came up to us while were eating and asked us some survey questions for about 3 minutes. Then she gave us 4 more coupons for more drinks and snacks, which we came back and got before we left. I told Dan that it was worth it to do surverys!!

We saw Phil Mickelson on the putting practice green when we first walked in (which Dan was really excited about since he's his favorite...and it's a good thing we saw him, because I don't think he ever played a round of golf). Then we sawKenny Perry at the driving range. We also saw Padraig Harrington, Jim Furyk, Stuart Cink, Zach Johnson, Davis Love III, Brandt Snedecker, and one other one that I couldn't remember his name at the time and still can't now. It was hard for me to tell who everyone is, since they look so different than on TV and plus they're farther away. Dan took Adam to go to the bathroom at one time. When they were coming back, one of the players gave Adam one of his practice balls. We think it was Kevin Sutherland.

Anyway, we had fun, and I'll share some pictures...

Random Moments

I admit I haven't been very good about taking pictures lately. I go in phases where I take lots of pictures and then I stop for awhile. I took a lot when mom and dad were here and then I took a LOT during VBS, so I haven't been in the mood for awhile. However, I do have two cute pictures of the boys that I wanted to share. The first picture is of the boys at bed time. We bought a new bunk bed for Adam's room a couple of weeks ago, and I was reading the boys their book on the top bunk. It's funny...because Adam was all excited to sleep on the top bunk at first, but he's now sleeping on the bottom. We've got some time...since we're trying to keep Andrew in his crib as long as possible.

The second picture was taken last week. For a couple of days, Andrew was getting up at 6:45, while Adam was sleeping in until 7:45 or so. Andrew and I would come into the kitchen and have breakfast, and then he would ask, "Boz?". He wanted me to put Boz in for him. I would try to wait as long as possible, because Adam usually gets up as soon as he hears anything on the TV. One morning they were watching Boz together, and I was in the kitchen checking my e-mail. Adam yells, "Mom, get my blanket for me!". I yelled back, "Get it yourself.". He was closer to his bedroom than I was, and technically, we were both "busy". I felt bad for saying it, so I got up to more reasonably ask him to get it himself, when what did I see but Andrew coming around the corner dragging Adam's blanket to the living room for him...aww, how cute!! Then they both sat on the couch and cuddled under the blanket together while watching Boz :-).

Adam's 5th Birthday Party

We decided to let Adam have a friend birthday party this year and invite some of his friends from church and preschool. We had originally decided to have the party the week after Adam's birthday, because I didn't think my parents would be interested in being near a bunch of 5 year olds, but they said they wanted to be there. So, I mentioned it to someone at church that her son was invited to the party, and she said that they might be out of town that weekend. So, I started wondering whether people would be out of town due to it being the summer. I decided to increase the number of boys we invited from about 5 to 7 to allow for some to not show up (I didn't want to have a party with only 2 kids there). Of course, all 7 were able to come!!

Adam had a great time with his friends. We had borrowed a bounce house from some friends, but it had rained that morning and was supposed to thunderstorm in the afternoon with strong winds and hail, so we didn't set it up. I was of course running around trying to figure out what the kids could do...since we had the bounce house and a water balloon game (which obviously needed to be done outside). Once his friends started showing up, they went downstairs to play (which is a toy paradise for kids) and it did not rain at all the rest of the day...so we set up the bounce house and were able to play our "Blast the Villain" water balloon game (it was a Batman party). The kids had cake and ice cream and I made bat Jello jigglers. I think that all the kids had fun, and we retained our sanity :-). Of course, I have plenty of pictures....

Adam's Family Birthday Party

It's funny how at the beginning of the summer, I always wonder what am I going to do with all my free time...with my usual activities like mom's clubs done during the summer and this year preschool...it looks like we'll have so much time on our hands. This can be a good or bad thing with 2 energetic little boys :-). Anyway, I somehow manage to fill all that time up, and it becomes a busy summer. I know...not really an excuse for not blogging, but enough people have yelled at me about the lack of pictures that I'm finally attempting to update. I'm way behind, especially on birthdays, so I'll try to catch up slowly. At the beginning of the summer, we met my sister and her family and went camping, then at the end of June, Adam had VBS at his preschool church. My mom and dad visited in early July and we celebrated Adam's birthday (with a party and 8 five year old boys!!). Then Adam had VBS again at our old church, where I also had a part in helping out. So, now I finally have a few minutes to catch up and I"ll try to catch you up also.

Over the 4th of July weekend, we celebrated Adam's birthday at my in-laws house with all the family. We tried to keep it low key, but we did end up ordering Little Caesar's and I bought cupcakes from Costco (they had a coupon for that week...and I was trying to keep it low key, since I would be making a cake for Adam's birthday party...I know, I can't believe I bought a cake!!). He had a lot of fun with his cousins (as you can see by the pictures of him and Ricky) and got some Batman toys/puzzles, some more Geotrax accessories, and an outdoor toy. Andrew doesn't look too enthused in the picture (because he's pinned in the high chair), but he did enjoy the cake, and he loves playing with his brother's toys. Oh, and as usual, Adam only ate the frosting off the cake...for some reason he never eats the cake,

Well, that's it for now...I'll try to update more later!