Fall fun for everyone

I know, I'm such a poet...

Joshua was having fun swinging and going down his slide. It was chilly out but he didn't seem to notice.

Zoe all ready to go outside

I was trying to get a picture of her without getting me in it, which is difficult to do when (a) your baby is attached to you and (b) you're trying to take the picture yourself.

Here's a yummy recipe that I made last night. It took me 2 weeks to make this recipe. No, really. Every time I went to make it, something happened or I didn't have an ingredient. Also, I like this recipe but don't make it for Craig because he doesn't... I do believe that this is the second time I have cooked in about a month. The first time was because I had friends over (microwaving doesn't count). Although I had to eat it out of the pan while Joshua was in the bath and Zoe was watching him from her bouncy seat, it was just what I needed. Mmm. Spicy.

Thai Chicken

Heat lg wok or skillet. Add oil and heat. Toss in chicken (about 3 breasts, diced raw). Salt and pepper the chicken while cooking for about 5 min. Add :

-Thai red curry paste (1-2 Tbsp depending on how spicy you like. I was missing this ingredient and wasn't about to go to the thai store so I just used a LOT of red pepper flakes),

-2 tbps fresh ginger root (out of this too, so I used a bunch (1 or 2 tsp) of ginger powder),

-1-2 cloves crushed/minced garlic,

-2 tbsp fresh lime juice (I only had a little left so I didn't use that much)

stir and cook for a couple more minutes, then add:

1 can coconut cream

1 can pineapple chunks (drained)

1 sweet potato cut into small cubes (so they cook quickly)

(if you want to use 2-3 sweet potatoes and/or more chicken, add a can of coconut milk)

add some more salt & pepper and simmer about 20 minutes (until potatoes are tender)

the friend who gave me this recipe (which I obviously didn't follow well) serves this over rice with halved cherry tomatoes and 3T fresh chopped cilantro (which you KNOW I would NEVER put on anything coming NEAR my mouth)

Kid sister and me

Sing it if you know it...

I like how Zoe was sitting in her chair earlier and Joshua went and brought his chair over so he could sit next to her. He kisses her every chance he gets, and is always patting her and bringing her pacifiers and toys (he brought her that little blanket because she had dropped her caterpillar)
He likes to point to her and say "Zoe." I realize he wears this sweatshirt often. He has been choosing his own outfits lately and tends to gravitate toward Elmo and "hairpanes"

Diddy on the TB and Mamassages

Princess Zoe Kate of the Bumbo

Joshua humoring me with a smile at Kristin's ("Kiss-kin") birthday party this morningHere we are at the birthday party. You guessed it, Joshua didn't want anything to do with that bouncy house behind us. He was more interested in the bike (above). Zoe's asleep.I didn't realize how many fingerprints are on our dishwasher until I saw this picture. I'll be cleaning that. Joshua sees Mommy with the camera...He's testing the waters. Not going to pose and smile for me. He sat on my leg and gave me this little look...And then agreed to pose with me. That's my homeboy, giving a shoutout to his peeps (that's you folks)

And then I got him!Trapped into taking pictures with Mommy...And forced to endure my kissy-torture!!

Joshua really likes his bday gift from Lucas, Owen & Eli (and Aunt Heather and Uncle Matthew). It's a John Deere video with lots of tractors in it, just driving around. He asks for "Diddy" (Dizzy, from Bob the Builder, which is what he calls all green tractors) on the "TB" all the time.

Zoe loves her mamassages. She just giggles, smiles and coos at me the whole time, so how can I resist giving her massages all the time!

Who loves you, baby?

I was awarded the "I love your blog award" by Rosemarie. Thank you, I'm flattered! Of course this dubious honor came with strings attached - blog homework. That's OK though, now I don't have to think about what to blog about. Answer the following questions with single word responses, and pass the award on to other bloggers:

1. Where is your cell phone? counter

2. Where is your significant other? far

3. Your hair color? brown

4. Your mother? Vici

5. Your father? Tom

6. Your favorite thing? Craig

7. Your dream last night? forget

8. Your dream/goal? love

9. The room you're in? living

10. Your hobby? running

11. Your fear? heights

12. Where do you want to be in six years? here

13. Where were you last night? home

14. What you're not? well-rested

15. One of your wish list items? grill

16. Where you grew up? RI

17. The last thing you did? talked (on the phone)

18. What are you wearing? jeans

19. Your T.V.? off

20. Your pets? none

21. Your computer? slow

22. Your mood? wishy-washy

23. Missing someone? yes!!!

24. Your car? Explorer

25. Something you're not wearing? coat

26. Favorite store? bookstore

27. Your Summer? hot

28. Love someone? Craig, Joshua & Zoe

29. Your favorite color? lots

30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? yesterday

Passing some love to: Leslie & Laura!

Has it really been a decade?!

after an evening of bonding with my scanner, here's what I have to show for my technical (in)abilities... I've scouted out some old photos of me and my Roomie/WPPWE student/MOH and most importantly fantabulous friend Rosemarie. We became roommates & friends a whole decade ago, I can hardly believe it. There we are above with our families. And for your viewing pleasure...

This is how all cadets used to walk around in the Old Corps. We just strolled around Trophy Point, chit chatting with our sabres drawn in case the red coats attacked again... with photographers following us (the tall girl is Rosemarie, the blonde girl is yours truly)

that's right, I said blonde. Isn't that funny! OK, back to my Rosemarie photos...
Oh, look. We're up at Lusk Reservoir (don't you ever wonder just how many million gallons are in Lusk Reservoir? I know I do!), just relaxing in our As-For-Class. I'm sure we had brought our homework with us or something.

Hey look at that! Who's that handsome guy (3rd from the left, hiding from the camera). What a crush I had on him!!! Some things never change!

RM and I showing off our rings in the Supe's garden. Again, she's the tall one, I'm blondie.

Oh look, how did this get in here??! What a fun fun day at Chris and Leslie's wedding! I came across it in my firstie photos and just couldn't resist :)



OK, back to the birthday girl. Oh that's right... did I forget to mention that this photographic tribute to Rosemarie is because it's her BIRTHDAY!!? It's true, folks, she's the big 3-0!!! Happy Birthday Rosemarie :) So back to the pictures. Um, what was going on here? I think we were about to duel or something. That's what we did back in the Old Corps.

Here we are at the Ring Weekend banquet. Rosemarie is trying to make me feel better about being so vertically inferior to her. That's what friends are for.

Anyway, thanks for being such a great friend for all these years! In retrospect, I should have dug up some wedding photos too, hold on... ok, this is the only one I had, the rest are on my external harddrive, and I didn't want to battle the scanner again.

Happy Birthday Rosemarie! Hope it was a great one!

Love, Kim

A++

glad to report that school was fun, the kids were cute and as well behaved as 12 4 year olds can be... only 2 time outs all day and I was not the one to administer them since I just stood there until the real teacher asked me to do stuff. And I just knocked $15 off my tuition bill for the month. All told, not a bad deal. Of course, my house is a mess and we still don't have any bread because I didn't get to accomplish any of those things I've been telling myself I'd do on Wednesday. They'll just have to wait until Friday.

It's a school night

Ugh, I have to work tomorrow. I'm subbing at Mother's Day Out. So I guess it's going to be more like Mother's Day Watching Other People's 4 Year Olds. Swell. (where oh where is my servant's heart??! I promise I'll be joyful about it tomorrow. After coffee.)

Joshua got upset this morning when we got in the car and he wanted to go to "sool" (school) but instead we went to the gym. I had to explain that there was no one at school today but he could go tomorrow. Tonight when I was packing his lunch he said "sool" "pay" "na now" "mowwo" (school, play, not now, tomorrow) and then he started talking about "tee-chew" "Passy" and "Whe-ul" (his teacher Patsy and one of the kids in his class, Will). He really likes school, which makes it easier for me to leave him. Except for tomorrow since I have to stay. Did I mention how excited I am?

My penchant for dressing children in horizontal stripes is still alive and well. But she makes such a cute inmate.

LOOK AT THIS!!! They're both smiling! With their eyes open! Can you believe it?!
Joshua is showing you his wrinkly hands, having just emerged from the Longest Bath Ever. He was like Linus carrying that blanket around (for about 10 minutes, until he moved on to the firetruck)

Zoe, catching up on her Veggie Tales. Recently, when Joshua asks for "Bob" I have to clarify... "Do you want Bob the Tomato or Bob the Builder?"