Ramble On
**Make sure to scroll to the next two newest posts as well because I did another one today on the house (very small update) and one last week about my hair that I never mentioned.**
So here are some current happenings/thoughts/current events over on Meade Ave.........
...Vinny is a nail-banger once more! FINALLY! I believe I've mentioned before that Monte didn't have work for him and then went on two back-to-back vacations so while it was great having Vinny around to help with the kids and work up at the house, we were missing the extra cash flow. Well, Monte called the other night and to quote him, said "we're back in business" so YIPEE! He starts up again tomorrow...........
...The next time I read an article or hear a mother comment on how tv-watching is bad for children I may just have to voice my opinion (or crack her one if she's really annoying) and tell her how that is absolutely FALSE. Just the other day, I was thinking "do my kids watch too much tv?" I think I knew inside that wasn't true because in the nice weather, we go for long walks, play in the yard, visit next door... but still, every Mother doubts herself once in a while right? Anyway, the very same day this thought crossed my mind, Emily recites the alphabet! LOL! She was watching her Sesame Learn the Alphabet DVD and there is a section where the repeat each letter slowly and flash it across the screen. All of a sudden I am hearing "A...B...Ceeee..." and thinking "did I just hear what I thought I heard?" Yup...sure enough, she did all 26 letters! (with a small exception at "N" which gives her trouble and around "U" where she gets bored and needs encouragement to finish) It was so funny because the other day, she did it for Pam. Then Pam and I clapped and cheered really loudly for her. Well, Emily just LOVES the attention so now I can't get her to go more than 3-4 letters before she cracks a smile and yells "YAY!!!" for herself really loudly! It now takes, oh about 20 minutes to sing the ABCs. :) Here is my little child prodigy showing off her letter skills with some fun new toys I bought her to "practice"
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...I am losing weight! I started Tae Bo last week and it is ALREADY paying off...do you believe that?! I forgot (maybe on purpose... I'm not sure) to measure my hips and waistline before I began the tapes but I have already had two different people separately tell me my waist looks slimmer. woohoo! I am doing the Cardio Circuit video which is only about 35 minutes long. I love it because it's short enough where I don't get bored and it really targets the abs. Dieting is a big NO NO for me.. if I tell myself I can't eat something, I'll eat it tenfold. But with the Tae Bo and walking the kids 5 times a week.... and trying to drink more water, I am really seeing a change! I am so excited! I bought another Cardio dvd today do we'll test that one out tonight. I am on a mission now.... look out!
...BTW- I still love my hair! I think it's so bizarre that I haven't regretted cutting it yet because I always do. I love that I use virtually no conditioner in the shower (I used to use a full fistfull), it takes about 5 minutes of total drying time and I can wear it "flat" or use my curling iron to flip the ends a little. I feel kind of "sassy", if I do say so myself. ;)
...Andrew has been sleeping like crap lately. Ugh! It's a nasty combo of the tiny crib plus teething BIG TIME. He's "kind of" ok once he falls asleep but it is taking him a while to even do that. Two nights ago, he woke at 3:30am. I tried to leave him for a bit because I was sleeping on the couch but Vinny was in the bedroom and I guess it got to him because he woke up and picked the baby up. Great. Now I have to take him because Vinny had work in the morning so that's "what's fair" (but what a sucky rule huh!?) I fed him, sang to him, rocked him..... 4:30am and wide awake. So you know what I told him? I said "if you want to be awake at this un-Godly hour, we are scrapping it"! Yup... I took out my camera and started snapping pictures with my big-ass flash in his face at nearly 5am! LOL! He didn't mind though.... he was all smiles! I haven't had time to scrap the page yet but check out one of the pictures from that little photo shoot (be forewarned; your heart WILL most definitely melt into a pile of mush when you see my handsome little dude smiling at ya)
http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/AndyManAtNight.jpg
...Well as much as I'd like to stay and ramble on with you lovely folks, my food just arrived (Chilis- Grilled chicken sandwich and fries.... Yummmmmmmmm) so I bit you farewell for the evening. =)
posted by Gina M @ 6:36 PM
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