Tuesday, August 31

School Daze

Tomorrow I officially start a new chapter in my life: I am going back to school.

It's been 2 1/2 years since I've stepped foot in a classroom.  I dreamt last night that I was late for my first class, and then, due to to much socializing, I completely missed my second class.  I hope that dream does not come true!

I am nervous about school tomorrow for many reasons.
1) I am taking anatomy and physiology. I have not taken a science class since junior year of high school (11 years ago!) and have not biology since freshman year... ugh!


(My anatomy book. I hope it is easy to understand!)

2) I am going to a school I have never attended before. I am not familiar with the campus, the teachers, the students, etc. I have a hard time accepting change - tomorrow will be no different.

3) I am leaving Little Man for the whole day. Every Wednesday, for the next 15 weeks, I will be away from Little Man for the majority of his awake time. As much I know I will enjoy the break of motherhood to focus on me for a little bit (let's face it, all mothers need their "me" time) I will miss him terribly.

4) I am leaving Little Man alone with Dear Husband every Wednesday for the next 15 weeks.  Dear Husband has not had much alone time with Little Man. A few hours here and there, while I go to the gym, or get my nails done.  Once, I was gone for a large part of the day, but I was easily accessible if Dear Husband needed to call me.  I know he can handle it, but it'll take me a few weeks before I'll really be at ease with the situation. Which is silly because Dear Husband is a wonderful and attentive father.  Now that I think about it, he should be fine.

Wednesday, August 25

So Crafty

Dear Husband has been wanting a tie dye tee for a few weeks now. He even looked in a shop while we were on vacation that specialized in tie dye tees. After perusing the inventory, we were impressed by the designs, but not so impressed by the prices. The average was about $40 per tee. Granted, the woman in the shop hand made all of them, and the store was on Martha's Vineyard (nothing on that island is cheap), but we weren't that desperate to buy!

So after we got back home, we went to the nearest craft store (A.C. Moore) and bought a tie dye kit and 4 tees for less than $30. After Little Man was sound asleep in bed, we went tie dye crazy!


(Dear Husband with one of his tees - He made two!)


(Finished Product)


(Dear Husband's other tee with Little Man's tee)


(Little Man's tee! It's a 2T (that's the smallest they had) so he'll have to wait to wear it.)


(Dear Husband's other tee, finished. He is such a good model, isn't he?)


(Lastly, my tee's "before")


(My "after". I wasn't going to let the boys have all the fun!)

Dear Husband had fun doing this project so there is a strong possibility we'll be doing it again. I'll have to purchase some plain onesies so Little Man can wear his Hippie Tee now instead of later. :)

Summertime Fun

Dear Husband, Little Man, The Crazy One, and I took a trip up to Martha's Vineyard to spend a week with my parents. My sister and her family (1 husband, 3 kids, and 1 black lab) were also there. It was a full house!

We relaxed, read books and did crosswords while the kids were running in the yard or napping. Little Man enjoyed some "helmet free" time as well, since his helmet couldn't have been worn during some of our activities. But I was a good plagio mommy and made sure his helmet was on every other moment of the day!

We also got to enjoy some nice days on the beach. The ocean water was a little cold for Little Man, so we set him up with his own personal pool on the beach. He is so spoiled!





He also enojyed digging in the sand. I was surprised that not much sand made it into his mouth.





We also went out on my father's boat. Both Little Man and The Crazy One enjoyed themselves, though Little Man wasn't a fan of his life vest.




Overall, a great time was had by all! We were sad to leave, but happy to get back home, to our beds, and our daily routines.

Friday, August 6

Sad, Sad, Sad



I am so sad. My computer died and with it, all of my pictures of Little Man (except for the first few weeks of his life...).  I made a back-up CD in June of all pictures until May, but for some reason, only January and first week of February are on the CD.  Of course, music that I downloaded in June is on there, but not my most precious memories of Little Man.

I have to look at the brightside. I have a few photos on facebook, and I uploaded some things to shutterfly and snapfish, so I at least have those. Plus my mother and sister have their own photos of Little Man that they will share with me.

But still, I feel so miserable that I lost so many great photos.

At least I still have many years ahead of me to take some great pictures of Little Man!

Monday, August 2

Dog (Park) Days of Summer

They recently opened a dog park close to our home, which made me extremely happy.

The Crazy One loves meeting new dogs, but is always a little aggressive while he on his leash. I don't know if it's because he feels protective, but once he is off the leash, he is nice as can be to any four-legged fur-ball he meets.

That being said, I knew a dog park would suit him and give him the exercise he needs while developing his canine social skills.


We went for the first time today. Since it is a Monday and we went early in the afternoon, it was quiet, but there was one other dog to play with while we were there. And boy did they play!

(The Crazy One and his new friend)

After about 20 minutes of straight chasing each other, both collapsed on the ground.

(The "Tired" One)

Little Man was amused by the whole scenario and extremely interested in the two dogs in his vicinity, instead of normally just one.

(Little Man)