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Our Little Firecrackers

cassiehunt — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:56:00 GMT

Well we decided to try to watch the firworks closer this year, hoping the colors would distract from the noise. But the first test firwork that went up scared poor little Violet and she screamed and screamed and screamed. All the while Ruby and I were waiting in line to use the potty (the ONLY potty) and the fireworks started when she was actually sitting on the pot. I think it scared the pee back up inside her. LOL

So after some adjusting and watching them in the car, everyone had fun again. I made sure to take their picture before they got dirty. :)

Two Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

cassiehunt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT

We are in the process of replacing our futon with a sofa. Here's why I am so excited about this. This futon is the complete passing of our college-living-with-roomates years. This is one of the last pieces to be replaced with real adult furniture. The new sofa will be delivered today so for now the futon frame is hanging out in our garage and the mattress is in our living room on the floor. Something I balked about last night to Randy. I actally said "you left it right there? The first thing the girls are going to do is jump on it!".

I shouldn't have been so negative. It's true the first thing they wanted to do when they saw it was jump on it. But really who cares? It brought them tons of joy and I guess it's safer than jumping on the bed (which is what they usually do). So it will remain in the living room until we find it a new home. Until then the girls are welcome to jump on it.

Family Photos

cassiehunt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:03:00 GMT

Our family photos have arrived and I'm so excited! They turned out great. I am really going to try and do this every year because I have so many photos of the girls and even Randy and the girls but we never have any of all of us in the same photo. We used Rachel at Fine Lines Photography (http://finelinesphotography.com/ ) and she was great. We met at a park and she took tons of photos. The hard part was narrowing down which ones we wanted. Here are some of our favorites:

Father's Day

cassiehunt — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:02:00 GMT

We all decided to surprise Randy this Father's Day by making him pancakes for breakfast and taking him fishing. Well, it was a surprise until Ruby spilled the beans. The first thing she said when she saw him was "Daddy, we are making you pancakes and taking you fishing tomorrow, it's a surprise".

So much for surprises.

But we had a great time despite the non-surprise and not catching any fish.

A not so fun trip to the library

cassiehunt — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:23:00 GMT

We went to the library today for storytime and I usually try and go to the one for 3 1/2 year olds but we had to run errands and ended up at the baby one.

The minute we got there another mom started talking to me about how wonderful her toddler was (this is not the snotty part, I enjoy hearing stories about other kids) and then she points out to me that Violet is climbing on the furniture (just as she tells me I reach down to get her and actually catch her from falling). She asks if I always let my kids climb on the furniture. (well, she is a climber and if I let her she would probably climb up a ladder and jump off, but whatever). I let it slide.

Then a minute later, Violet, Ruby and I are sitting at the table coloring and the mom yells from across the room at me "she's eating the crayon". (um, yeah, she sticks everything in her mouth. DUH!) But I kindly say thank you and remove the crayon.

Then a few minutes later Ruby gets the stripped hat from the Cat in the Hat off the shelf and asks me to put it on her head. As I'm putting it on the same mother says "Boy, you're brave. I can't believe you're putting that on her head. God knows where it's been and what's on it.

For the love of God woman do you have nothing better to do than to follow me around and critize everything I'm doing?! Besides this library is brand new and Ruby is probably the first child to even put that hat on!!! Anyway, all I said was, "well I'm a little more laid back and don't have time to worry about things like that." Sheesh I could have slapped her.

Our 5th Anniversary

cassiehunt — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:33:00 GMT

I'm writing this a little late. We celebrated our 5th Anniversary on Saturday (thanks to Slade for sitting with the girls). Being the low maintenance couple that we are, we went to Smokey Bones for all-you-can-eat ribs then walked along the water at Alumn Creek Dam (where we had our first date and where he proposed). Afterward we had a beer at the India Oak (an old dive bar that we used to hang out at when we were dating. It was a sweet trip down memory lane. I still can't believe we've been married 5 years and I especially can't believe that we've been together for 10 years! Time flies.

Pictures from the Zoo and COSI

cassiehunt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:47:00 GMT

Last week we took Ruby and Violet to the Zoo. (They went with their friends Andy and Gabby). The weather was perfect. Then on Wednesday we had a playdate with Gracie and Tommy at COSI. This was Violet's first time at COSI and she LOVED it.

Guests from out of Town

cassiehunt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:03:00 GMT

I love it when we have guests from out of town staying with us. Right now my brother, his wife and new little baby are visiting us from New York City. The baby is so adorable and it's kinda nice to have one that little in the house again.

A long time ago when we bought Ruby her big girl bed we decided to get her a full size bed. We figured that if anyone stayed with us that they could have Ruby's room and she would sleep with us. I'm glad we made that decision back then. Not only does it provide a little privacy for Chad and Angela, it also allows me to sleep right next to Ruby (which I confess is sometimes really nice). I used to watch Ruby sleeping when she was a baby and when I watch her sleeping now, it reminds me of those days. So for a little while I have a baby to fuss over and my own baby sleeping right next to me.

We also traveled to visit my mom yesterday. We had to drive 2 separate cars but I was happy to do so because these days we are stopping every 30 minutes to take a potty break. This was Mom's first time meeting Isadora. It was a little packed in her room at the nursing home but we all fit. I was actually able to get a nice picture of her and all the girls.