nervous

I am not sure how this has happened...but I have never really left my kids before.  Carter is 8.5 years old and Theo is 4.5 years old and this is the first time other than a night here or there that Jeremy and I have both left our kids.  I flew to NYC for 3 days right after we moved here but Jeremy was home with the kids.  Jeremy has left for work but I am always home.  We have never flown and been away together.  I will be gone 5 nights and although I am super excited to be reunited in the city that Jeremy and I got married and had two precious children, I am super nervous.  I know my mom will do great with the kids and I know the kids will be great for my mom, it's just hard to let go...um, yes I am a bit of a control freak.  I care what my kids eat, wear, do, especially while I am away and I want to make sure that Jeremy and I both come home safely.  I also know that I will probably have the time of my life and if the kids were not in Seattle to come back too, I would assume Jeremy and I would just stay, stay in that glorious city forever...because even though I am nervous I can't wait to have that overwhelming feeling of just being "home". 

M & M's

overheard by Theo in the back seat of the car after dropping Jeremy off at the airport..."Carter, if they made New York City M & M's they would be all gray".


*lucky Jeremy is going to NYC for 8 days (for work) I am just tagging along the last few days to attend my Grandma's funeral and then Jer and I get to spend some time just us, in our favorite city, surrounded by noise, traffic, huge buildings, lots & lots of people, taxi's, buses, subways, museums, restaurants, the best shopping in the world, more people, street vendors, and more, my heart beats fast just thinking about it, I seriously love NY!

96

My beautiful sweet Grandma Helen aka Mom Mom died this morning, so sad, but honestly at 96 years of age she was ready to go, she had an awesome life! She had 3 busy boys who combined had 10 even busier grand kids who then had 20 super busy great grandchildren, my kids are in that bunch.  I was going to see her next week while I was in NY, but I have memories to last a lifetime.  Thanks Mom Mom, I love you.

5/13/1915 to 1/26/2012

I love NY!

take a wild guess to where I am heading next week?

4 days, me and Jeremy, love and fun in my favorite city ever!

wedding bells

My little brother is getting married, whoo hoo!  He proposed to his girlfriend on Sunday, we are so excited.  Welcome to the family Kendra : )

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

no, we are not expecting another snow storm but Jeremy and I finally took the plunge and bought a 2nd car and it's perfect for the snow, too bad we bought it a week late! 

our new(ish) car!

ecstatic and creative

day 6 stuck inside, the kids are ecstatic, lots of extra TV time, outside snow playing, sledding, inside game playing, toy playing, all-day pajama wearing ecstatic!  We just finished off our last 2 boxes of cereal, we have one egg left, 2 bananas, 1 red pepper, a lemon and lots of cheese and a freezer full of frozen meat, bags of frozen veggies, a few Eggo waffles and a frozen pizza, we are good for a few more days.  Last night, I got a bit creative with whatever we had in the freezer (frozen bag of hot dog buns, but no hot dogs!) and I made hot dog bun garlic bread. I gotta say they were delicious, easy and obviously really cheap.  I just opened the buns, spread butter, sprinkled with crushed garlic and popped them in the oven for a few minutes at 350 until they were slightly golden brown, they went perfect with bolognese and pasta. 

I have been a bit stir crazy but my kids are homebodies, especially my Carter, they love being at home, playing and enjoying their toys, their rooms, the time with mom, the snow, movies, Kinect games, weird lunches, lots of snacks and reading in bed.  It turns out, that I really REALLY like my kids, 3 cheers for another day at home because our 2 wheel drive beemer is going nowhere!