good times had by all...

Sadly, our staycation is coming to an end but it is ending on a good note. Nana and Papa brought with them wonderful Sodus/Milwaukee like weather - sunny, highs in the upper 70's with a slight breeze so we had a chance to enjoy the new patio furniture :) well, except for last night when we had a few tornado funnel clouds and hail come down on us.

Owen had a great time and took liberty to give himself a temporary tattoo.

As usual, Nana and Papa helped us get our yard looking somewhat respectable ... but I'm sure Papa didn't plan on climbing trees!

We ended the weekend with taco dinner with the cetti's - how many toddlers can you fit on a step stool? ... and no, they weren't going for the effen vodka!

Staycation Update

Well, we are half way through our vacation week already! After the nasty pizza reguritation, Owen had a fever. However, the next morning we were definitely on the mend. He woke up and came into our room with teki in tow and pronouced that he can walk again!

On Tuesday, we sent him to Morning's house while Tom and I had a day to ourselves - it was wonderful to relax and get some things done around the house without a 2 year old demanding attention. We were able to shop in IKEA with ease...we got some new lamps for our living room.

Of course, it wasn't without additional excitement as Tom and I got a call from Barb saying she thinks that Owen might be coming down with Chicken Pox...thank goodness it wasn't - just viral rash most likely associated with the fever he had. But for a while, I was trying to figure out what I needed to do being I've never had the chicken pox and read up on how it can hurt the baby!

Today, we started the morning off right (finally!) with Owen sleeping in until after 8am - then we got dressed and headed to the 'pancake house', aka First Watch, for some yummy breakfast where Owen has decided he likes the taste of creamer. He helps us pour it into our coffee and then licks the remaining drop out of the container. I'm sure you can guess what Owen had for breakfast :) Now, we await the arrival of nana and papa.

starting out on the wrong foot...

We decided to do a 'staycation' as its being termed these days. We took off memorial week knowing that Tom wouldn't be able to take time off the month of June and July due to his project at work. So, yesterday started our staycation in cincinnati. We started the day the way we normally start a saturday - going to 'class'. Owen had his tumbling class and then we headed home for some lunch and naptime. After naptime, something happened while putting some markers away because he started limping and then would put no weight on it.

Today was no better, at first we were able to get him to take 5-6 steps as he hopped into the Acadia from the back door and walking to his seat however after that all he could tell us was that he can't walk right now. We decided to visit the Taste of cincinnati today for lunch in which Owen wolfed down an entire slice of pizza that came right back up on the way home. Yes, motherhood isn't always pretty as I sat pretty much the entire way home with a handful of vomit and trying to keep Owen calm. (who did not cry and only proclaimed that he made a mess)

Hopefully, the week to come will be better...

I declare VICTORY!

As my very confident husband said last weekend...read 'em and weep ;)

games, games, games

Here are a few pics from our Christmas holiday. We had spent most of it trying to stay warm, relax, and spending time with family. One night we did go out with my HS friends for our yearly Christmas get together. We decided on Stonefire Pizza this year since we are starting to have kids so we are looking for places which are kid friendly. It was the perfect place for both the little & big kids. The best way to describe this place is that it's a collison of Chuck 'n Chesse and Dave & Busters with a pizza buffet. They had an area for little kids (under 4) to play as well as a bigger area. Tom & Owen got into a serious game of bowling - I'm not sure who won. Then they teamed up to take down SkeeBall however, not many tickets were won.

Before we left, we had spent some time at Von's house where we broke in his new Rock Band for the XBox 360. We had it all planned out - We would arrive a little before Owen's nap time and convince him to nap in Uncle Von's bed while we then would begin forming our band, 'The Gong Show'. Owen did nap for a bit however when he got up, he wanted to have his turn on the drums.

Lisa/Carol - the best part...after he was done performing, he picked up after himself - he made sure to push it across the room to its proper resting/storage place.

keeping order with legos

It was an Owen & Wendy day today. Lucky me, we got MLK day off and decided to spend it at the Children's Museum. We got there pretty early in the moring (about 1/2 hour after it opened) and I was surprised to see all the cars but knew they had a special exhibit going on...What I didn't expect was the widget zoo at the Children's museum! There were SO many kids that it was a little scary. All I can say is that parents need to do parenting sometimes. Owen was quite adventurous and we explored a section which we hadn't explored in the past - an area where the bigger kids tended to play. We had a blast hammering nails and twisting screws - i think he was inspired by all the time spent putting his room together.

What cracked me up the most was what he built over in the lego section. There were all sorts of towers being built and endless pieces to build them with...instead, Owen's orderly side took over -

no couch potatoes here

Yikes! It's been forever since I blogged - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone. We got back into town on the 31st and rung in the new year here. Tom & I also resolved that our first project for 2009 was to get Owen a proper bed (he only has a mattress on the floor) which prompted us to begin painting his room. It wasn't that simple, we needed to do some musical beds and extra furniture to empty the room which helped to identify project #2 - painting the basement bedroom so that our next guest wouldn't have to try falling asleep with the orange walls screaming at them. The first week of work felt very long after 2 weeks of vacation bliss. Friday couldn't come soon enough and we made sure to celebrate the first weekend of 2009 with Don Q.

We woke up saturday morning to no cable - note: we still are without cable and not sure what went wrong, cableperson comes tomorrow. The weather was gray and icky and made for a prime couch potatoe weekend. However, I actually enjoyed this past weekend without the TV - I've been very productive with pulling together mom's birthday gift, finishing my book, and putting Owen's big boy bedroom together. We shopped at IKEA on Saturday, spent 2 hrs and could've probably spent another if we had the option. I've put together the nightstand and dresser with Owen's help finding the hardware needed to assemble as well as his pretend screwdriver handy work.

Luckily, our internet works and so Owen & Maia had a chance to draw together.