Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Real discription~( sorry ignore one below from memory, (hey at least I took a good picture) Entree; Tournedo of Pan Roasted Sea Bass over Yukon Gold Potato Hash with a Glazed shrimp Qunelle ( The white thing with sauce on top), Haricot verts, Baby Bok Choy, Watercress Cream and Garnished with a Mosaic of Dried Tomato and Leek
A very bad description I'm sure but I'll try~ Bacon wrapped Sea Bass over Bok Choy(in a rice vinegar), also sitting on top of a potato hash (which you can't see from this angel~ and was incredible) a Water cress sauce (the green) and a Tomato powder~ which you wouldn't add much but were REALLY good. then the garnish is a dried out leak with dried Tomato impressions ~ think stain glass window, but yummy. Sorry I forget what the white is (he'll have to come back and redo this)
Great News!
We're Pregnant~............Just Kidding!
Erik placed Silver in the National competition this weekend in Chicago! I am extremely proud of him. It really is a pretty big deal. The whole thing was very intense, and if you could of only seen the competition he was up against it was quite impressive. Everyone I talked to was commenting on how talented Erik is and this should be a great jump to his career. (so like can I quit now ;) j/k)
O.K enough bragging. We had an incredible weekend all together. It was so nice to know the kids were in great hands,~ Thank you so much Mom, Honey and Amy. Oh, did I mention he won a trip to ICELAND (for 2 of course)!!!! I am so hyped. Pictures are soon to come, but right now I am eating up my sorely missed kiddy cheeks. We are floating on a cloud here right now can you tell.
Erik placed Silver in the National competition this weekend in Chicago! I am extremely proud of him. It really is a pretty big deal. The whole thing was very intense, and if you could of only seen the competition he was up against it was quite impressive. Everyone I talked to was commenting on how talented Erik is and this should be a great jump to his career. (so like can I quit now ;) j/k)
O.K enough bragging. We had an incredible weekend all together. It was so nice to know the kids were in great hands,~ Thank you so much Mom, Honey and Amy. Oh, did I mention he won a trip to ICELAND (for 2 of course)!!!! I am so hyped. Pictures are soon to come, but right now I am eating up my sorely missed kiddy cheeks. We are floating on a cloud here right now can you tell.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Friday, April 07, 2006
Not totally G rated
I found that each of my kids have been called by at least 10 different names a day, Annika~ (full name Annika Tait) is usually Nika (pronounced Neeka) or Anni or but together Nika Tait/Anni Tait.
Abi (Full name Abigail Reece)goes for Abs, Reece, Abi Reece, Abers or plain old Abigail.
Logans list is long one, as is his full name (Alexander Logan J~ we had to get all the plugs in on the first baby I guess). Goes by Log's (long o) LJ, Logan J, Alexander, Xander.
And this is just the abbreviated names, pet names I could go on for days, and they usually change daily. For some reason "Puppy" has stuck lately and not just for one kid, probably because they are usually acting like a puppy, or getting into trouble like a puppy.
The kids have also picked up on it. Every morning they come down and say "Good Morning,Cutie Baby" (Cootie Baby) to Anni.
Today Annika was sitting on my lap when Abi came down stairs, I was playing with her head and screeching her back and she started whining I said "What's wrong curly Cube" Abi repeated, "Yeah, what's wrong curly Pube?"
I'm hoping this one doesn't stick.
Abi (Full name Abigail Reece)goes for Abs, Reece, Abi Reece, Abers or plain old Abigail.
Logans list is long one, as is his full name (Alexander Logan J~ we had to get all the plugs in on the first baby I guess). Goes by Log's (long o) LJ, Logan J, Alexander, Xander.
And this is just the abbreviated names, pet names I could go on for days, and they usually change daily. For some reason "Puppy" has stuck lately and not just for one kid, probably because they are usually acting like a puppy, or getting into trouble like a puppy.
The kids have also picked up on it. Every morning they come down and say "Good Morning,Cutie Baby" (Cootie Baby) to Anni.
Today Annika was sitting on my lap when Abi came down stairs, I was playing with her head and screeching her back and she started whining I said "What's wrong curly Cube" Abi repeated, "Yeah, what's wrong curly Pube?"
I'm hoping this one doesn't stick.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Another month.
I have been trying to sit down and update since let's see....April. My (own)time is pretty limited when I actually have a minute, usually nap time and I'm already fried, Yea by 1pm. (~and as I type this I have to type around my snotty 1yr old on my lap).
The kids seem to be changing in bounds. I can now sit down and "read" or share read with my 5yr old. I can Actually hold a conversation with my 3yr old, and not have her pout or run away. The 1yr old I'm in the process of curving the screaching thing she does. Which I have found is more difficult with number 3. For every time she goes to the kids in a huff, screeching for them to give her something, they do! Which is awesome that I have such docile kids (most of the time)but in the same breath only encourages her to do it more.
Having 3 kids has shown me how incredibly different each child's personality is. My thought is that even though they are all so different and complex, if you have set ground rules (along with lots of love) and stick to them, they learn it is much easier to get along and respect each other.
One of my greatest joys is seeing how much my kids love each other. Each day when Logan gets out of school he is the only kindergarten that consistently gets bombarded with hugs and kisses from his sisters, what a great feeling that must be. Last weekend when I had my sisters 4 kids over night (That's right 7 kids ages 1-6 and a 8yr old for a sleepover) I overheard Abi telling her cousins that she was going to marry Logan,"no matter what!". Even though they laughed at her she still stood her ground. Which gives you a good view of Abi she is extremely stubborn, smart, but also very sweet and would be lost with out her brother. On the other end If I had one (o.k 2) sentence to describe Logan it would be. Logan is the sweetest most sensitive 5yr old. He loves to be creative and easily gives to anyone he meets, I would not be surprised if one day he is a minister/preacher. Annika is a whole new ball game, and although she was a very easy baby, the past almost year she has tested me like no other toddler has. She is extremely possessive, with not only me but also toys, chairs, even airspace. She is the first baby I have had that is addicted to her blankey and thumb. She is no doubt the most demanding kid I have. Yes I'm sure a lot of this is age and not the actual personality yet, but I am positive she will never have a problem speaking her mind, maybe she'll be a lawyer. (let's hope not ;)
All the kids have adjusted well to me working, it helps that I have been able to come home early many nights or shorten my weeks in the past couple month, but the pending strike has changed all of that for now. It breaks my heart when I call from work and know that I'm missing 80% of family dinners with them and bed time stories and in general our time as a family. Have I really spent the last 5 1/2 years staying home with them for this? For example It is now Thursday and the last time I saw Erik more than 10 minutes was Sunday, and yet this coming weekend he will be gone until I go back to work on next Sunday. Then another week will start the whole cycle over. Not fun.
~ Pictures below are of my Grandmother's 80th Birthday party we had a couple of weeks ago, also some of the first outside shots of the season, my only savior lately has been lot's of Sun. Thank God for spring.
The kids seem to be changing in bounds. I can now sit down and "read" or share read with my 5yr old. I can Actually hold a conversation with my 3yr old, and not have her pout or run away. The 1yr old I'm in the process of curving the screaching thing she does. Which I have found is more difficult with number 3. For every time she goes to the kids in a huff, screeching for them to give her something, they do! Which is awesome that I have such docile kids (most of the time)but in the same breath only encourages her to do it more.
Having 3 kids has shown me how incredibly different each child's personality is. My thought is that even though they are all so different and complex, if you have set ground rules (along with lots of love) and stick to them, they learn it is much easier to get along and respect each other.
One of my greatest joys is seeing how much my kids love each other. Each day when Logan gets out of school he is the only kindergarten that consistently gets bombarded with hugs and kisses from his sisters, what a great feeling that must be. Last weekend when I had my sisters 4 kids over night (That's right 7 kids ages 1-6 and a 8yr old for a sleepover) I overheard Abi telling her cousins that she was going to marry Logan,"no matter what!". Even though they laughed at her she still stood her ground. Which gives you a good view of Abi she is extremely stubborn, smart, but also very sweet and would be lost with out her brother. On the other end If I had one (o.k 2) sentence to describe Logan it would be. Logan is the sweetest most sensitive 5yr old. He loves to be creative and easily gives to anyone he meets, I would not be surprised if one day he is a minister/preacher. Annika is a whole new ball game, and although she was a very easy baby, the past almost year she has tested me like no other toddler has. She is extremely possessive, with not only me but also toys, chairs, even airspace. She is the first baby I have had that is addicted to her blankey and thumb. She is no doubt the most demanding kid I have. Yes I'm sure a lot of this is age and not the actual personality yet, but I am positive she will never have a problem speaking her mind, maybe she'll be a lawyer. (let's hope not ;)
All the kids have adjusted well to me working, it helps that I have been able to come home early many nights or shorten my weeks in the past couple month, but the pending strike has changed all of that for now. It breaks my heart when I call from work and know that I'm missing 80% of family dinners with them and bed time stories and in general our time as a family. Have I really spent the last 5 1/2 years staying home with them for this? For example It is now Thursday and the last time I saw Erik more than 10 minutes was Sunday, and yet this coming weekend he will be gone until I go back to work on next Sunday. Then another week will start the whole cycle over. Not fun.
~ Pictures below are of my Grandmother's 80th Birthday party we had a couple of weeks ago, also some of the first outside shots of the season, my only savior lately has been lot's of Sun. Thank God for spring.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Work ethics 101
As I was doing dishes Logan and Abi discussed what to do next here is a little blurb of how the conversations went;
Logan: "I'm tired of playing Olympics, let's play something else."
Abi: "Me too, Let's play house."
Logan: "O.K you be the kitty cat."
A: "I not a kitty cat, you kitty cat."
L: " O.K Annika can be the kitty cat. I'm the Dad your the Mom."
A: "NO I am the princess, Mom to hard!"
(Amen to that)
5 min later
L: "We need to do some laundry, like now!"
A: blank stare
L: "What do you think this is Motel 8?" (I'm guessing he has heard this before and just forgot the number 6)
A: heading for the basement door with a pout on her face
L: yelling after her "Don't forget the bras don't go in the dryer!"
Logan: "I'm tired of playing Olympics, let's play something else."
Abi: "Me too, Let's play house."
Logan: "O.K you be the kitty cat."
A: "I not a kitty cat, you kitty cat."
L: " O.K Annika can be the kitty cat. I'm the Dad your the Mom."
A: "NO I am the princess, Mom to hard!"
(Amen to that)
5 min later
L: "We need to do some laundry, like now!"
A: blank stare
L: "What do you think this is Motel 8?" (I'm guessing he has heard this before and just forgot the number 6)
A: heading for the basement door with a pout on her face
L: yelling after her "Don't forget the bras don't go in the dryer!"
Monday, January 30, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Things I thought I would never say
**** emptying out the ~to be published file***
Sure you have heard over and over again at dinner tables all around the world, "If you don't eat your dinner you get no dessert." But here in the house of everything backwards/upside down and sometimes all together strange,
I have actually heard my self say (on more than one ocassion)~. "Abi put down the Broccili/Asparagus etc.., and eat your Pizza/Chicken nuggets even deep fried twinkies. The girl loves her veggies more than anything.
~ A couple weeks ago after a trip to my grandmothers house and a good hour of romping around with her new puppy, the kids were obsessed with wanting a dog. I repeated many times that until every one in the house can wipe there own butts there will be no more living things in this house. So that night I found myself saying "Abi stop licking your brother's face" "Logan quit wiping Anni's butt!" (that last one was in the bath tub). For Abi figured she would just be the house hold pet, Logan wasn't going for it, he was going to try to start putting things in his own hands!
Just as Abi can not get enough Veggies Logan on the other hand gets on fruit kicks where not just 1 orange or apple will do it is like 2 or 3! One day it was grapes I gave them lunch and put a whole big conatiner of washed grapes on the table for after they ate whatever I gave them. I went to deal with Annika and came back and 3/4 of the huge bowl was gone! I told Logan that he needed to stop eating the grapes or he was going to get the runs. His reponse, "Well you should given them to me for breakfast so I could of had the runs in time for gym class!" I didn't even touch that one.
Sure you have heard over and over again at dinner tables all around the world, "If you don't eat your dinner you get no dessert." But here in the house of everything backwards/upside down and sometimes all together strange,
I have actually heard my self say (on more than one ocassion)~. "Abi put down the Broccili/Asparagus etc.., and eat your Pizza/Chicken nuggets even deep fried twinkies. The girl loves her veggies more than anything.
~ A couple weeks ago after a trip to my grandmothers house and a good hour of romping around with her new puppy, the kids were obsessed with wanting a dog. I repeated many times that until every one in the house can wipe there own butts there will be no more living things in this house. So that night I found myself saying "Abi stop licking your brother's face" "Logan quit wiping Anni's butt!" (that last one was in the bath tub). For Abi figured she would just be the house hold pet, Logan wasn't going for it, he was going to try to start putting things in his own hands!
Just as Abi can not get enough Veggies Logan on the other hand gets on fruit kicks where not just 1 orange or apple will do it is like 2 or 3! One day it was grapes I gave them lunch and put a whole big conatiner of washed grapes on the table for after they ate whatever I gave them. I went to deal with Annika and came back and 3/4 of the huge bowl was gone! I told Logan that he needed to stop eating the grapes or he was going to get the runs. His reponse, "Well you should given them to me for breakfast so I could of had the runs in time for gym class!" I didn't even touch that one.
Monday, January 09, 2006
No warning the shop is closed.
It's funny how things work. I worked so hard on getting all of my babies to nurse, for it did not come easy for any of them, or me. Then I wasn't in a hurry to wean any of them for I knew it would end soon enough.
Sure at times I would have loved to go to Vegas with friends or a weekend away with just Erik and I. I even was handed a trip to any where in Europe at one time but decided to not go because Logan was a newborn and still nursing. For the most part I haven't really even done the whole going out drinking part (I said for the most part). Unless I knew that they were going to be sleeping for the next 8-12 hrs or so.
I knew that those times will be there for years to come and the few short years I have to nurse my children won't be. It is not a lot to give up. At least for me.
Just like a last kiss from an old boyfriend or a last goodbye from an dying loved one, with out knowing it was a another last, that I layed down with my youngest (and probably last) baby for one last night time routine with out knowing that from then I would never again nurse my baby. Therefore with an a pit in my stomach ,the shop has closed.
I have been thinking about changing the name of the blog or even just giving it up. I enjoy writing it and by no means think that it has any good writing skills behind it, like so many I enjoy. (Proper sentence structure? What's that! I know that it is bad when even spell check doesn't come up with some of the words I have attempted!), and I have a personal blog I share with just a couple of friends that I really like the communication back and forth part of . I started 24hrdairybar for a couple of reasons I have shared. One I think of often is because I so wish, I could have something even just a note or two from my Dad that said something about his life, little tit bit's of what he thought about life or being a father, religion, anything. I was really pretty young when I lost him, sure I have a lot of great memories of him and I feel like I knew him in ways no others did, but for only the last what, 1/4 of his life. My thoughts have been that if something did ever happen to me, my kids will have a little part of me, what it is like to be a parent. (Someone please burn the other blogs that show the other end of the story ;) I don't have a problem posting the "all reality, all the time" and really putting it out there on just one blog, but I feel like I sometimes have to sensor this one for family or work friends may read it and they may not understand my "humor" or real me, but then again isn't that something I want my children to know about me too.
Stay tuned for something...
Sure at times I would have loved to go to Vegas with friends or a weekend away with just Erik and I. I even was handed a trip to any where in Europe at one time but decided to not go because Logan was a newborn and still nursing. For the most part I haven't really even done the whole going out drinking part (I said for the most part). Unless I knew that they were going to be sleeping for the next 8-12 hrs or so.
I knew that those times will be there for years to come and the few short years I have to nurse my children won't be. It is not a lot to give up. At least for me.
Just like a last kiss from an old boyfriend or a last goodbye from an dying loved one, with out knowing it was a another last, that I layed down with my youngest (and probably last) baby for one last night time routine with out knowing that from then I would never again nurse my baby. Therefore with an a pit in my stomach ,the shop has closed.
I have been thinking about changing the name of the blog or even just giving it up. I enjoy writing it and by no means think that it has any good writing skills behind it, like so many I enjoy. (Proper sentence structure? What's that! I know that it is bad when even spell check doesn't come up with some of the words I have attempted!), and I have a personal blog I share with just a couple of friends that I really like the communication back and forth part of . I started 24hrdairybar for a couple of reasons I have shared. One I think of often is because I so wish, I could have something even just a note or two from my Dad that said something about his life, little tit bit's of what he thought about life or being a father, religion, anything. I was really pretty young when I lost him, sure I have a lot of great memories of him and I feel like I knew him in ways no others did, but for only the last what, 1/4 of his life. My thoughts have been that if something did ever happen to me, my kids will have a little part of me, what it is like to be a parent. (Someone please burn the other blogs that show the other end of the story ;) I don't have a problem posting the "all reality, all the time" and really putting it out there on just one blog, but I feel like I sometimes have to sensor this one for family or work friends may read it and they may not understand my "humor" or real me, but then again isn't that something I want my children to know about me too.
Stay tuned for something...
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