Project Life Tuesday ~ February 8, 2011

Sunday, January 30th: No picture and no journaling for today. I must have been on vacation today and completely forgot my project. I could insert a generic picture of our life in here, the many loads of laundry and dishes... the destroyed house with toys as far as the eye can see... but I am sure you can survive without one day of pictures. :) Whoops, I lied, here's the picture from that morning... the date was wrong. Matthew and Ryan helping daddy vacuum the kitchen.

Monday January 31st: The snowstorm of the century is on it's way... or so the news people say. The boys had their First Friends group in the morning, so mommy dropped them off to play, and she ran around town looking for salt. Too bad St. Louis was completely out of salt. And the grocery store was a madhouse. So mommy's three free hours turned into about a half hour to catch her breath before turning around to get the boys. Then we were off to catch a quick lunch, and to the doctor's office to get Matthew's stitches removed. We were scheduled to get that done tomorrow, but with the snow and ice on its way, the doctor's office called and rescheduled. The pictures are from First Friends, I snapped them before the boys realized I was there. Playing happily with the new toys.

Tuesday, February 1st: The storm of the century turn out to be a flop here. We got 4-6 inches of sleet, which compacted into 1-2 inches of ice overnight, so that was not fun. But we did not get the 10-20 inches of snow they were calling for. Darn! Jason did get 1/2 the day off from work though, so it was nice to have him home with me and the boys. Matthew's scar looks really good now that the stitches are out and the cut can breathe.

Wednesday, February 2nd: Three pictures for today. The first one was two sick, and cranky boys. I know, I am such a mean mommy, feeding them food... what a crime! Ryan is sick, again. He's running a mild fever, refusing to eat and has a runny nose. I am not sure if this is the same as what Matthew just got over, or something new. We just can't seem to stay healthy this winter. Wishing for an early Spring!!

Thursday, February 3rd: This is going to be a doozy of a cold for Ryan. Lots of congestion, still running a mild fever, and CRANKY! Matthew has the sniffles now too. Oh boy.



Friday, February 4th: Our second trip to the doctor this week. Fun! This time it was for Ryan, we decided to bring him in since he just hasn't been getting any better. He has a mild ear infection, and we decided to go ahead and treat it since he has been sick all week, and this would be his first time on antibiotics. Matthew being a daredevil... no wonder he was the first one with stitches. Of course, Ryan climbs on the tables (and chairs) too, I just happened to catch Matthew doing it today. Movie link for today too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcpSEkmqwZE

Saturday, February 5th: Matthew is sick now too. He has what Ryan has. Runny nose, congestion and fever. Great. Ryan seems to be getting better, although he is still not eating well and cranky. At least the fever is gone and his nose is clearing up. I am including a picture of the pup since I didn't take too many pictures today. Not a very relaxing Saturday!

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Project Life Tuesday week 4 ~ February 1, 2011

I have to admit, I have been really good about taking the pictures, but I am slacking a little on the journaling everyday. So I may have to make up some things that we did on these days... ;)

Sunday, January 23rd: Packers versus the Bears. It was war in our house, since Jason is a Bears fan, and I am a cheese head. Grandma and Grandpa Peterson bought the boys Bears and Packer jerseys for their birthday, so we thought this was perfect for today. We'll make sure we have one of each fan, unless they both are smart and decide to love the Packers too. (By the way, the Packers are going to the Superbowl!)

Monday, January 24th: Mommy had a doctor's appointment today, so we met daddy at the office and went out to lunch afterward. Matthew is helping out with the laundry.

Tuesday, January 25th: I am sure a lot of fun things happened today, but all mommy remembers is our trip to the ER. Daddy, Matthew and Ryan were playing after we got home from dinner, chasing each other through the house. I think a combination of running and new shoes caused Matthew to trip and fall, hitting his head on his little wooden chair. We got the bleeding to stop pretty fast, but with the swelling it was not laying right, and we knew it would scar unless it was stitched up. So off to the ER we went, right at bedtime. Four hours later, an exhausted family is home with a little boy with four new stitches. The first pictures are prior to the accident, the boys were playing with a new puzzle we just bought and mommy's cookie sheet.

 

Wednesday, January 26th: Matthew is doing OK today, but you can definitely tell his head hurts. Both boys took a 3.5 hour nap today, with mommy. They haven't slept that long at nap time yet. Mostly because if I am awake, I don't let them sleep more than 2 hours. Otherwise Ryan refuses to go to sleep at night.. thankfully they were both so tired from the night before, they both went to bed OK tonight. I am sure this won't be our only trip to the ER in the next few years. Here is a picture of Matthew's battle scar.



Thursday, January 27th: Ryan decided he wanted to be in on the attention too, so today he got his thumb caught in the laundry room cabinet door. Matthew and him were playing in the cabinets, and he had his thumb right along the edge that hinges open, and got him thumb stuck when Matthew opened the door.

Friday, January 28th: One of those days where I forgot to jot down some news from the day. Whoops! Matthew had fun playing with the diaper box. He would try and crawl into it, and play hide and seek with mommy. Ryan, my daredevil, used the box to climb up onto and get things off the laundry room counter top. Each day, we find more and more of our "safe places" get busted by Ryan. Movie night tonight. We all watched "Cars," since that is the boys' favorite movie.

Saturday, January 29th: The boys and mommy went outside to play in the melting snow. Today it was around 40 degrees, so we had to get out to enjoy the warm weather. Mommy made a snowman for the boys, and they had to help put his hat and eyes on. They mostly just helped take them off, and hand them to mommy to put back on, but it was all fun. Daddy worked on the stairs in the house while we were outside.



I hope you all have a wonderful week. Let's hope ours isn't as exciting as this past week!

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Project Life Tuesday week 3~ January 25, 2011

Pictures for the week of January 16-22.

Sunday January 16: Ryan must be teething again, he has tried to bite Matthew at least 4-5 times today already. He usually only starts that up when he is having teeth issues. Mommy got in a cleaning mood and cleaned out the pantry! Amazing! It has been at least 2 years since I last took on the pantry, and boy does it look nice. Now daddy needs to get the doors on and it will finally be done!

 

Monday, January 17th: Today was the boys' second trip to "First Friends" a church daycare that they go to every other Monday from 9-12. This way mommy gets a breather, at least every other week. In the pics for today, Ryan was playing with his penguin, and giving him hugs. Matthew petting Peanut.

Tuesday, January 18th: Ryan, Matthew and daddy playing after daddy came home from work. The boys and I tried to go to the craft store today, but the boys were unusually fussy. So that made that trip pretty short.

Wednesday, January 19th: Ryan is going through a phase where he does not want to go to sleep at night. He will be laying down and almost asleep and when you walk out the door, he pops up and starts trying to climb out of his crib. Tonight he succeeded in falling out. Jason and I try to watch him closely until we are sure he is asleep, but he fooled us tonight. Hopefully that will be a lessen learned, but I think with Ryan he needs a few bumps on the head before he starts to listen.

Thursday, January 20th: We got snow again last night. I think they said somewhere around 8 or 9 inches. The biggest snow storm in ages. Matthew lined up all his oranges at lunch today. He's definitely a problem solver. 

Friday, January 21st: Another long day of Ryan and Matthew fighting over toys, and Ryan biting. Some days the boys will play like angels, and I can get some things done without having to watch them, and other days... well at least by the time they are in school they will have grasped the concept of sharing, better than most kids!
 

Saturday, January 22nd: Daddy took the sled out of the attic so the boys could go "sledding." We haven't attempted any hills yet, but just pull the boys around the yard. They seem to enjoy that. Afterwards we let them run around in the snow. They really didn't want to go back in the house. The terrible twos and tantrums are daily things now.

I hope you all have a wonderful week! Go PACKERS!

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Mr. Smarty ~ January 20, 2011

I don't know if this is normal for a 20 month old. I may have a little genius.



This is from lunch today, Matthew was lining up the oranges, so that each faced the same direction even. It must be from all those "Little Einstein" cartoons.

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More Scrapbook Pages ~ January 18th, 2011

Just posting a few more digital scrapbook pages I did on my boys today. This first one was done for a challenge for a scrapbooking website I like to read. I am not 100% hooked on it, I may go back and design it without a challenge in mind. The journaling reads "Our first trip to the beach you guys had a wonderful time. We were going to have our picture taken for Christmas cards, but both of you could not stay out of the water. You ended up soaked! Then you found the beach chairs and that was a game all in itself. November 2010"

The second page turned out so well. I love it! The journaling reads: "You guys are so cute when you are making all your baby faces. I can’t believe you guys will be a month old in a few days, it seems like the days are going by so fast. Of course, it could be the lack of sleep your daddy and I are getting. But it is all worth it to see your healthy, beautiful faces. We love you both so much! June 3, 2009"

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Project Life Tuesday ~ Week 2

Welcome back to another addition of my Project Life pictures. I had to set this up on Monday, so there was no chance I would forget to post it on Tuesday. These are pictures from Sunday, January 9th through Saturday January 14th. 

Sunday, January 9th: The boys creating what will someday be a famous piece of artwork. I do have to thank Crayola for making WASHABLE crayons. I don't know how parents survived before that concept. I have already cleaned crayon off the couch, my laptop and their face, who knows where it will pop up next!

Monday, January 10th:  A very exciting trip to Sam's Club. The boys were oohed and ahhed over by a couple of nice old ladies. Yup, they are cuties!

Tuesday, January 11th: We got snow overnight, maybe three or four inches. Most of the schools in the area were closed. Pretty sad, if you ask me! But I guess they have so many snow days scheduled... And I posted another picture of the day, the total destruction of the toy room. Usually it will stay this way until they go to bed, because if I try to pick up, then a few minutes later it will look like this again.

Wednesday, January 12th: Happy birthday Daddy! We got to celebrate with a sick Ryan. Both boys have been getting over a cold they got right after Christmas, and this one was a whopper! It just takes forever to get over (we personally know, because everyone in the family got it!). Ryan got better, but then was badly congested and coughing again today. He didn't get a nap at all and was up that night coughing too. Thankfully Matthew got over the second part of this cold pretty fast, so I am hoping the same will be true for Ryan.

Thursday, January 13th: Ryan is still very congested and coughing a lot, especially when he lays down, but he is sleeping better. I felt bad about waking him up from his afternoon nap, but I found out that if he sleeps too late, he will not go to bed easily at night. The boys found a box of Ziploc bags tonight after dinner, and made a complete mess with those. But at least they were having fun.

Friday, January 14th: Ryan looks much better and sounds better too. He will still have the runny nose for a while, but at least the coughing is getting better. My new Adobe Elements came in today, Merry Christmas to me! I had been working with version 2 before this, and version 9 just came out this fall. So it was time for a software upgrade. I have been using this to edit my pictures, and make the digital scrapbook pages a few days ago. 

Saturday, January 15th: Matthew has been hiding around the house recently, especially when it is time to eat, and he doesn't want to. His first place was in the laundry room, behind the baskets of laundry. And today he found a new place while running around on the couch, behind the couch cushion. As you can see, neither of these places are "good" hiding places, since he is pretty easy to spot, but it is fun to try and "find" him.

Have a wonderful week!

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