Happy Fall!!!!!!!!!

 
 
  

Morning tricks

As I sit here with the boy sleeping on my lap I'm thinking about morning "meanness". See, he played a trick on us. He went to sleep early last night and therefore was up and ready to go pretty early this morning. For those of you who know me and The Husband you know that early mornings are NOT OUR THING. Now the boy has gone back to sleep already...ugh..and I'm feeling pretty groggy. Made me wonder if the baristas at coffee shops ever get a mean streak in them on groggy mornings and decide to switch the decaf and regular coffee?

View out the back window!

  

A picture says it all....

  

Foot trick

 
Only after looking at these photos a few times did I note this cool trick I-man is doing with his feet...And he apparently thinks the firetruck on his shirt must taste prety good! 

Garden help!!!

  I pt the parents to work helping me with the gardening! They are good workers and cheap, too!!! 

Still smiling???

So why is everyone still smiling around town despite the big loss to Michigan this weekend? Well, I'm glad you asked! I think it has something to do with the fact that a new restaurant is opening this week and EVERYONE is super excited. Yeah...kind of funny that people can't stop talking about the new Chipotle that is going to open this week. Careful...that website makes NOISE!
Here's some talk about it in the SBTribune. Guess I'll get in line for a burrito today! My sis always tells me about the nutritional content of the food---not sure why she needs to inform me of all the calories of their burritos, but she does! I'm annoyed with Trader Joe's, though. Why don't they come here? It's not like they'd have any competition here!!! Sigh...

It begins again.........

Football season....and The Husband has that glint in his eye. This weekend is the home opener for the ND football team

Pirates

 

OK--so you can't see it in the picture, but below the pirate on I-man's onsie it says "If in doubt, swab". In trying to understand more about pirate speak I came across THIS website with a pirate speak glossary! Enjoy and practice!!! Sept 19th is coming soon! 

lucky nickname...photo

  

Lucky nickname

So...the other day I was reflecting on the benefits of having a nickname like Moose. The cool thing is that whenever one of my friends or family members sees something with a moose on it they think of me! Just think...all these people who know me all travelling about their day and BAM...they see a moose t-shirt or a moose picture and BAM...they think of ME!!! Isn't that kind of cool? It also leads to them purchasing the SAID moose item and sending it to ME! I have quite a collection! Lets see...recently I received a nice photo card from my friend Lizard. She had been travelling in Alaska and sent me a nice card with a moose picture along with some moose bookmarks. Other friends travelled to Maine and Vermont recently bought me some "Moose droppings" (hard maple candy, actually) and a classy moose bumper sticker. Our other friends bought us the "gorgeous" moose lamp as a housewarming gift. I-man has a few moose-stuffed animals and even Maggs has a moose-stuffed toy. I have two pairs of moose pajamas, moose towels, moose mail holder, and a moose stocking holderMy MIL got me a nice moose trivet and a moose for the fireplace. She thought she was pretty cool in finding it until she travelled in the Mpls airport and saw the store dedicated to moose stuff. I'm trying to put together moose kids books for the I-man. I have a few, but need to get If you give a moose a muffin (one of my favs). Recently, I saw this moose print on the web. Think I should get it for the husband??

book club book???

I-mans favorite book this month is called Big Rex, a big cloth book that he can read, chew on, and hug!!! Sounds like a winner for an Oprah bookclub pick?

I-man puzzles out the faucet

 
 
Don't know why this was so interesting today, but he spent a good 20 minutes figuring out how the faucet worked.... 

Ike takes a bite

 

This kind of sums up our weekend to KY. Frustrating on the whole...lucky for Ike that he can just BITE whatever comes near him when he gets pissed. 

Good Eats....somewhere in Indiana

  

Old man in the sand

 

Here's the hubby laying out for a score in the recent beach frisbee tourny. He assures me this WAS a catch and that the somersault afterwards was not gratuitous. I-man and I didn't see this...we were too busy hiding out under a tree away from the sandstorm winds on the beach! 

Some good books

Rainy day here in SB (a nice break from the heat and sun!). A good day to read books. I'm reading What to Eat (loaned to me from Ike's nanny...Prof. H!) She goes through the aisle at the grocery store and talks about the politics and nutrition behind groups of food. Interesting, but a bit depressing because you are left not really thinking anything we eat is good!!! Also, check out Tenspeed Press We got some fun kids books as a gift from them. Ike's favorite is "Hola Jalepeno". I like them because it makes for a more interesting read for us than a lot of the kid books.

New furniture

 
 

Here are the latest furniture additions to our house. One was a bargain used at only $10 and the other was handmade by Amish craftsmen. Can you guess which is which? Ike's not quite big enough for his toy, but he's going to love it when he can reach the toys!!! 

Confessions of a tea-drinking vegetarian who loves the outdoors

Or...one could title this "what has happend to me since having the boy". I daydream about turkey sandwiches and decaf lattes while trying to get the boy to sleep and I've become much more fond of hibernating indoors this summer than ever before! The sun and heat are too much for me. I'm much happier just hanging out in the cool dark house. Strange, but I think Maggs (the dog) thinks along these same lines. Except perhaps for the latte?

We're headed to Chicago for the weekend. Staying at a place off of www.athomeinnchicago.com
C to play in the beach frisbee tourny at Montrose Bay and Prof. H and I are going to hang out with the boy. Rumor has it that apt. we're renting has a baby grand piano!

My frisbee days are over, too. The thought of hanging out on the hot beach all day does not sound fun. I didn't have much fun there last year, either. The sand was so hot it burned your feet.

I wonder if they have good turkey sandwiches in Chicago?

Fourth of July

Anyone else looking forward to the end of The 4th of July? ARound here the 4th means fireworks and rednecks. There are ALWAYS rednecks around here, but it just seems like they are MORE dominant right now. Ugh. I apoligized to Ike today that he was born here. Poor kid. And poor Maggs. SHE HATES THE FIREWORKS. You know what a strange state I live in? Previous law here was that you could SELL and BUY fireworks in state if you signed a form saying you would then take them to ANOTHER state to shoot them off????????? What a weird law. But now it's legal to shoot them off on private property...which means every redneck around us is doing that. Ugh. And thats A LOT

C just downloaded this album by Bruce Springsteen

Not bad