Things That Make Me Feel Old!

Most of the time I don't feel old... in fact I really love being in my thirties and can hardly believe that I used to think of thirty as "so old"!! HOWEVER... Lately I have run into a few things that really do make me feel "old":


1. My high school "celebrity crush", Trevor Linden, recently retired.


2. I'm closer to my 20 year High School reunion than to my tenth.


3. My family doctor is around the same age as me.


4. The Cabbage Patch Kids are celebrating their 25th Anniversary this year.


5. The Jr. High kids I work with are closer in age to my kids than to me.


6. I nearly choke every time Jeremy and I go out for dinner and it cost's $50 because I still remember when my whole family went out and it only cost $20!


7. I've already lived through the current fashion. (And I don't like it this time around!!)

8. I haven't watched "High School Musical".

Anyway... those are a few. I'm sure the minute I hit post I'll think of many more. Can anyone relate? What makes you feel old?

It Takes Two Baby

Wow!! Hats off to my single mom friends!! I have no idea how you do it. We have once again hit flu season at our house and I don't think I could survive it alone. How on earth do you bath a baby, change the crib sheets and start a load of laundry all at the same time!?! Especially when all of that needs to happen in the middle of the night when you've just been awakened from a dead sleep! All I have to say is that I'm very thankful for my husband and do not take it for granted that he is so helpful with the kids.
In other news... before this flu hit I have to admit that I have been spending an aweful lot of time thinking about Maarti's first birthday party. I know it's still over two months away, but it is just too, too fun to plan. I think I'm going to have a ladybug theme, but I could easily be swayed to do Strawberry Shortcake. Any thoughts? I'm leaning more to ladybugs because I found the website for The Ladybug Gift Store. So adorable!! If only it was closer and I had unlimited resources!

He's got it figured out...

Tonight we were at Grampa and Gramma's house. Sammy found some old paper birthday party hats (which he was thrilled about). He put one on and then announced "I need a cake!" It was so cute that if we would have had cake he would've gotten a piece.

New Niece

Finally I have a niece! Jeremy's brother and sister in law had a baby girl this week. I'm so thrilled that Maarti isn't the only little girl in the family.

I was grilling Sam on his new Cousin's name and when I was confident that he knew her name was "Baby Anna" I called my sister so he could tell her the news. The conversation went something like this:
Me: "Sam, tell Auntie Susie what your new cousin's name is"
Sam: (silence)
Me: "Who is your new Cousin? Tell Auntie Susie"
Sam: "Clifford"

Later in the day I was getting him ready to go to the hospital to see the baby and he said several times "See Baby Anna?" so I was pretty confident he knew where we were going. When we got in the car I said "Sam, who are we going to see" he thought for minute and then said "Baby Jesus!".

Some days it's really a lot of work having a two year old, but at least it's entertaining!!

Ouch-ee Mama!!

Went to the Dentist last week... did you know that sometimes they "trim your gums"?! It is exactly what it sounds like it is and it hurts!... it still hurts actually. Oh how I wish I would've flossed more!!

Zoo Day

Yesterday was the first sunny Saturday we've had in weeks and weeks so we decided to spend it at the zoo. Yay for zoo passes!!!... one of my best birthday presents ever! We were also trying out the new wagon we got for Christmas. It worked out great! I'm hoping we are pretty much done with winter so we can have lots more zoo days.

'Tis The Season

About a month ago Sam came home from Sunday School with a couple pieces of paper. It turned out to be the songs I have to teach him for the Sunday School Christmas Concert.... There were four of them!! (That's right... FOUR!!! Sam is TWO!!) Now, a miracle worker I am not, but I decided to give it my best shot. Right now the concert is a week out and he can sing about 2/3's of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". I keep telling myself that no one wants to see the toddlers sing it perfectly... the only reason people go to these things is to see the two year olds fight over the mic, wave and yell "Grandma" and generally do their own thing.
For a while during our "music lessons" Sam would start crying "No twinkle!" the minute I started singing, but the last few days I've caught him singing it by himself. It's terribly cute!! "Twinkle tar, shining brightly far" And that's all he knows of the song, but thankfully those two lines are sung twice, so that's why I can say he knows 2/3's of it!!