Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Me & Him.
We celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary last week. I'm married to the best man on the planet and I'm thankful for every minute.
Mother's Day 2011.
We made it to the 9 a.m. mass a few minutes late as usual. Fortunately for us, our priest is never on time either and we usually slip in seconds before the mass begins, as if he was waiting for us. We thought about going to breakfast afterward but I don't do crowds and waiting so good so I invited my family to our house for breakfast at home. They obliged me, it being my day and all. Tony made us a delicious breakfast, better than a restaurant if you ask me.
The kids gave me the sweet gifts they made and we spent most of the day at home.
Later in the afternoon we went over to my in-laws for a BBQ.
My girls and some of their sweet cousins:
My boy and some of his crazy cousins:
It was a good May day.
The kids gave me the sweet gifts they made and we spent most of the day at home.
Later in the afternoon we went over to my in-laws for a BBQ.
My girls and some of their sweet cousins:
My boy and some of his crazy cousins:
It was a good May day.
Six People in April.
Here it is, on the last day of April (really, I haven't cheated yet!) I set up the timer an the tripod in the backyard for the second month in a row.
I am so ready to take some photos of us not at home! Obviously we have not gone anywhere this year! For May I'll definitely try to get one of us doing something somewhere away from home!
I am so ready to take some photos of us not at home! Obviously we have not gone anywhere this year! For May I'll definitely try to get one of us doing something somewhere away from home!
The Onion.
Last night I cooked potatoes so that I could make potato salad. I needed to use up some potatoes that were starting to grow horns and I was craving it. I took out some fish that Tony had bought the day before and started to fry it up in the pan with some olive oil and spices. At some point I realized that I didn't have an onion for the potato salad and knowing that I wouldn't be able to make good potato salad without onion, I just put the potatoes aside. We ate fish tacos with avocado and it was good enough. It was better than good enough, it was delicious!
So later in the evening around 7:30 Tony asked me about the potatoes that were sitting there and we decided that we should go buy an onion and make it for later. We further decided to make it an adventure by walking to the food store, which is probably three quarters of a mile away. We thought we'd get out and get in a fast walk while the kids stayed home and got ready for bed. Unfortunately they all wanted to go.
So we headed out at 7:45 on this walk. Eva on her bicycle, Wyatt on his ripstik, and the rest of us on foot. We walked quickly and it was fun. Emily was goofing off making funny hand signals to passing cars and Tony was giving us walking lessons. He says to walk properly you have to put your stomach back and your butt forward, something to do with the alignment of your hips or what not. We all tried it and it's not easy. Emily accused us of embarrassing her and I reminded her that she was the one pointing both index fingers at cars with her thumbs up.
It was a good walk and we were going at a really good pace for exercise with the added bonus that Eva has some newly acquired stamina that prevented her from getting stuck on the upturn of the sidewalk and kept the whine away too. We were happily almost to the store when it happened.
Wyatt went down. Dramatically. Darn that ripstik. It caught on an uneven piece of sidewalk and threw him down with a thud. I picked him up, his arm was crumpled under him. Thank goodness it was just a scrape, a big ugly elbow one, but only a scrape. So that was it, we turned back toward home. No onion for me.
He didn't cry, just a few whimpers here and there. I kept my arm around him all the way home, mostly to keep him moving at a decent pace, but I think it comforted him too. He's a pretty brave kid.
Today, still no onion. I have a boat load of cooked potatoes and no onion to help turn it into some yummy potato salad. Tonight we are going to a BBQ and so I don't have to worry about what to make for dinner. I am thankful beyond measure for that. Dinner planning is not my best talent.
So later in the evening around 7:30 Tony asked me about the potatoes that were sitting there and we decided that we should go buy an onion and make it for later. We further decided to make it an adventure by walking to the food store, which is probably three quarters of a mile away. We thought we'd get out and get in a fast walk while the kids stayed home and got ready for bed. Unfortunately they all wanted to go.
So we headed out at 7:45 on this walk. Eva on her bicycle, Wyatt on his ripstik, and the rest of us on foot. We walked quickly and it was fun. Emily was goofing off making funny hand signals to passing cars and Tony was giving us walking lessons. He says to walk properly you have to put your stomach back and your butt forward, something to do with the alignment of your hips or what not. We all tried it and it's not easy. Emily accused us of embarrassing her and I reminded her that she was the one pointing both index fingers at cars with her thumbs up.
It was a good walk and we were going at a really good pace for exercise with the added bonus that Eva has some newly acquired stamina that prevented her from getting stuck on the upturn of the sidewalk and kept the whine away too. We were happily almost to the store when it happened.
Wyatt went down. Dramatically. Darn that ripstik. It caught on an uneven piece of sidewalk and threw him down with a thud. I picked him up, his arm was crumpled under him. Thank goodness it was just a scrape, a big ugly elbow one, but only a scrape. So that was it, we turned back toward home. No onion for me.
He didn't cry, just a few whimpers here and there. I kept my arm around him all the way home, mostly to keep him moving at a decent pace, but I think it comforted him too. He's a pretty brave kid.
Today, still no onion. I have a boat load of cooked potatoes and no onion to help turn it into some yummy potato salad. Tonight we are going to a BBQ and so I don't have to worry about what to make for dinner. I am thankful beyond measure for that. Dinner planning is not my best talent.
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