Grocery shopping.
Two kids.
Saturday morning.
Enough said.
Nov 10, 2007
Nov 9, 2007
Beautiful Babes
My mom just sent me these pictures. They are from the Jensen Family reunion this last summer. My kids are gorgeous! I had to share. ;-)
Since this summer we have learned to do pigtails the right way...
The baby swing? What a ham....
TGIF
I am so happy its Friday, though I have no idea why I look forward to the weekend. Its not like I'm off of work or I don't have to do the millions of things I normally have to! But in honor of this day I am going to cheat at blogging and participate in Friday Fill In hosted by Fond Of Snape!
1. Plans and schedules are direly needed around this house!
2. I'm happy when things are crazy and I'm having fun being me. ( i.e. Girls night out!)
3. The last thing I drank was a huge thing of water before I went to bed last night. Winter totally dries me out man!
4. One of the most valuable things in my life is my children and my picture albums oh and my Husband! ( not necessarily in that order....) ;-)
5. I like lots of cheese and nothing else on my pizza
6. Dear November, Please fly by quickly and be kind to me when Thanksgiving arrives. I would like to be sane afterward, but seeing as how this will be my first Thanksgiving at my own house and I am making dinner for lots of people, I don't for see anything but the nut house in my future......
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to staying home cuz we're dead broke, tomorrow my plans include, cleaning out the filthy car that has suddenly developed a strange smell, and Sunday I want to sleep all day because being prego makes you a sloth.
For more Friday Fill Ins head over and check out Fond Of Snape!
1. Plans and schedules are direly needed around this house!
2. I'm happy when things are crazy and I'm having fun being me. ( i.e. Girls night out!)
3. The last thing I drank was a huge thing of water before I went to bed last night. Winter totally dries me out man!
4. One of the most valuable things in my life is my children and my picture albums oh and my Husband! ( not necessarily in that order....) ;-)
5. I like lots of cheese and nothing else on my pizza
6. Dear November, Please fly by quickly and be kind to me when Thanksgiving arrives. I would like to be sane afterward, but seeing as how this will be my first Thanksgiving at my own house and I am making dinner for lots of people, I don't for see anything but the nut house in my future......
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to staying home cuz we're dead broke, tomorrow my plans include, cleaning out the filthy car that has suddenly developed a strange smell, and Sunday I want to sleep all day because being prego makes you a sloth.
For more Friday Fill Ins head over and check out Fond Of Snape!
Nov 8, 2007
The world, it frightens me
We never leave our house doors unlocked. Ever. Even if we are home.
Our car doors aren't any different.
When we leave for vacation we lock the big garage door so it can't be lifted up.
All the windows are locked and checked regularly if we aren't using them.
My children aren't allowed to play outside without me. ( granted we have no fence..so anyone could wander in and take them. Or they do have a habit of wandering away themselves...)
My mother taught me to never answer the phone when she wasn't home, unless it was the "secret ring." She would call, let it ring twice, hang up and then call back. I will teach my children the same thing.
We had a secret code to use when someone would come to pick us up and claim to have been sent by my parents. It was S.O.S. My kids will have one too. ( though, maybe a different code now that I told you all what it was!)
My children know all about " stranger danger." The Boy knows who to talk to if he gets lost. He knows just how loud to scream and yell if someone who isn't his mommy or daddy tries to take him. He also knows that if he is being followed by someone he doesn't know, he is to run home as fast as he can. He knows what to say and who to talk to if someone tries( or succeeds) to touch him in inappropriate places. We sing songs about it, we act it out and we constantly talk about it. Once, having to find his mom was put to the test for real and it scared me to death. He did great.
Do you think I am being overly paranoid? Am I worried to much? Do I stifle my children, or scare them?
I think not.
I received an email today from one of my good friends that told of a news report of four little girls being molested inside a church building. The man just walked right in and no one knew. He also lured one of the little girls outside into his car and took off with her. He went inside a church, where people were, where their parents were. Now you know why my doors are always locked.
Its scares me to hear all the stories, to hear myself say, "that happened so far away, it couldn't happen to us." I would hate to become a victim because I was naive.
We live happy, healthy, normal lives. My children run and play just as much as any others. We go out and do things and I realize I will have to let The Boy go to the men's room on his own sometime in his life, maybe when he's 15. We love being together and being safe and I just want to keep it that way.
Am I crazy?
Our car doors aren't any different.
When we leave for vacation we lock the big garage door so it can't be lifted up.
All the windows are locked and checked regularly if we aren't using them.
My children aren't allowed to play outside without me. ( granted we have no fence..so anyone could wander in and take them. Or they do have a habit of wandering away themselves...)
My mother taught me to never answer the phone when she wasn't home, unless it was the "secret ring." She would call, let it ring twice, hang up and then call back. I will teach my children the same thing.
We had a secret code to use when someone would come to pick us up and claim to have been sent by my parents. It was S.O.S. My kids will have one too. ( though, maybe a different code now that I told you all what it was!)
My children know all about " stranger danger." The Boy knows who to talk to if he gets lost. He knows just how loud to scream and yell if someone who isn't his mommy or daddy tries to take him. He also knows that if he is being followed by someone he doesn't know, he is to run home as fast as he can. He knows what to say and who to talk to if someone tries( or succeeds) to touch him in inappropriate places. We sing songs about it, we act it out and we constantly talk about it. Once, having to find his mom was put to the test for real and it scared me to death. He did great.
Do you think I am being overly paranoid? Am I worried to much? Do I stifle my children, or scare them?
I think not.
I received an email today from one of my good friends that told of a news report of four little girls being molested inside a church building. The man just walked right in and no one knew. He also lured one of the little girls outside into his car and took off with her. He went inside a church, where people were, where their parents were. Now you know why my doors are always locked.
Its scares me to hear all the stories, to hear myself say, "that happened so far away, it couldn't happen to us." I would hate to become a victim because I was naive.
We live happy, healthy, normal lives. My children run and play just as much as any others. We go out and do things and I realize I will have to let The Boy go to the men's room on his own sometime in his life, maybe when he's 15. We love being together and being safe and I just want to keep it that way.
Am I crazy?
Nov 7, 2007
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