Anderson Adventures

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Saturday DATE!

We went on......a DATE!!!!! Oh my gosh, the world may end. No, no it won't because we must do this again. I know some people that mourn the loss of regular date nights once children come into the picture. Seriously, we never had regular date nights without children, so we were bad at this whole thing before they came. Plus, they make us happier anyway. However......

IT WAS SO FUN!!!

We went to Texas Roadhouse (thanks mom for watching the munchkins!) and sat at the bar for the first time. I think I prefer the bar! Being in Utah, eating at the bar means that one person has alcohol while everyone else drinks their water and cherry limeade. We originally sat there because the table wait was an hour and the bar was first come first serve. We had a movie to get to, so we chose the bar. We got our food in record time. The servers were ultra nice and extra attentive. I got to sit next to Brian instead of across from him and I had a much better time. Who knew? I love the bar! :)

We also saw Ironman 3. Amazing. Love what they did to his hair. Lovely. Paltrow was classy and her white suit rocked my fashion loving socks off. Movies are fun! Sigh. Dates....they help me relax and remind me why I married that cute man I live with and rarely see. Oh boy, he's a keeper!

We'll have to visit you again, date night. It's not the children I'm battling. It's that 215 page paper (book - by Brian) that has stolen my husband away and I can't wait to be rid of you.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Weight Watchers: Week 3 and 4

Week 3: I'm not going to say much about week 3 other than the fact that routine started setting in and it was wonderful. I had an easier time saying "no" to those delicious and tempting....everything. (I mean, It's not only desserts that are tempting, but BREAD (I miss eating those carbs by the loaf), and MILK! I never thought I'd cut back so much on my milk intake. It's starting to become a treat for me to have a full glass of milk. Plus...I like food. Eating in general makes me happy, so it was becoming easier to not snack so much.

Week 4: Graduation week. Family in town. Ice cream cake. Meat. Rolls. Treats. Shall I go on? I'm starting to get hungry now. Along with having a big celebration and family in town, I didn't get my workout in either. I just wanted food food food!!! I wanted sweets beyond belief and I indulged far more than I should have. It was hard. Once I had one night of dessert, which I saved points for, my body went into super-sweets-craving mode. It took me quite a few days to get over that (HA! Still not over that....as I'm staring at the candy bar on my piano), but it's the start of a new week and I WILL do this! I feel so much better.

Plus, we'll be moving in a couple of weeks and won't be able to cook my own food, so I'll enjoy that week when it comes. Bring on the ice cream for moving week! Kidding. Well....sort of....

Monday, April 29, 2013

Graduation!!!

Brian is (almost) graduated!!!!! He walked at least, but he is still writing his dissertation, so we'll be VERY excited for when he's done with that. However, we'll talk about his defense when it's done. May 9th. May 9th! Can't wait.

Graduation was wonderful and eventful. I can't believe that after 6 years he's finally done! I'm so proud of him and he's been such a hard worker. Writing a dissertation is horrible and I can't wait 'til it's over, but I think he deserves a long vacation.

His parents came out here and it was so much fun to have them here! It's always too busy and too short of a stay. I can't wait 'til we're in our new place and can enjoy all that Dallas has to offer and do it with family.

CONGRATULATIONS, Brian! You're amazing!

Out of the mouth of Claire

Claire was asking me about Hailey nursing. She was sad to find out that Hailey wasn't nursing anymore. She said, "Well, when I am a mommy can you give my babies milk?" Uh...nope. Can't do that. "Why mom?" Well, my milk will be gone (thank goodness) and you'll have to do it. "Oh, well, I want a big, big, BIG family. TWELVE babies! But I don't want the littlest baby to ever get big because I do NOT want one hundred babies." March 2015
Claire: Daddy, do you stink? Brian: Why do you say that? Claire: Because I can smell you. 6/18/14
Claire walked out of her room and this is what ensued: Daddy: "Claire, get back to bed." Claire: "But Daddy, my bed is being crazy!" (We try hard not to laugh). Daddy: "What?" Claire: "My bed is being crazy!!!" He went back, she tangled her blanket so her feet were getting cold. 5/15/2014
Claire asked her sunbeam teacher what "this" was, pointing to something on her chest. She thought she was talking about the pattern on her dress. Claire said, "No, no! These. They are for milk for babies." 5/2014
Eating corn on the cob for dinner, Claire turned to me and asked, "Mommy, are you going to eat some of this YUUUUMMMMYYY corn?" 5/2014
"Mommy, can you do this for me?" She hands me my eyelash curler and I proceed to curl her eyelashes. She bats her eyes in the mirror and says, "There. That's better." For the record...I have never done this, so she didn't learn it from me. 1/28/14
I was doing Claire's hair , combing through it. "Mommy, stop brushing my hair, you're making me crazy." 1/28/14
Claire has a VERY hard time going #2 in the toilet. She will hold it for days and days, so she ends up sitting on the toilet for hours sometimes. This week, she had been in there for a good two hours (and never went). Anyway, during that time she called me in several times, "MOMMY!!!! Come here!!!" And then would tell me nothing. So, after what seemed like the billionth, "MOMMY come here!" shouting, I went in to find her with the ENTIRE roll of toilet paper collected in a heap in her arms. I looked at her and gasped in frustration. I had just changed that roll! Brand new roll. Think of all that! She looked at me, giggled, and said, "Mommy...hehe....I sneezed...hehe." 1/28/14
We had our first ice storm here in Texas. I took Claire to Costco and let her walk on the ice. "Mom, I need to put on my ice skates". "Claire, do you have ice skates?" "No mom, I don't." Good point though sweetheart!
Claire always wakes me up telling me that the sun is awake. The other day, she came in, told me the sun was awake once more and then told me that she wanted some candy. I informed her that we didn't have any, but she said, "Mom, all we have to do is say Trick-or-treat!"
We went camping and I asked if Claire had fun. Claire: "I love camping, but Jared was naughty. We should leave him home".
Me: "Claire, why are you out of bed?" Claire: "Because of this..." She starts moving as if she'll pee her pants. Me: What? Claire: "Because I have the wiggles."
While at the mall bathroom, "MOMMY! YOU DID IT! YOU PEED!" For everyone to hear.
We're still trying to potty train Claire and have her poop in the potty! She says she does it, but can't seem to have it happen and will hold it for days (which is very frustrating). In an effort to get the ball rolling, I said, "Claire! Let's both push. 1...2...3...push!" At that point I did a fake push and she quickly exclaimed, "MOMMY! Don't poop in your pannies!" 7/12/13
Jared was crying and wandering around the house this morning. He popped his head in the bathroom where Claire and I were, and started to cry. Claire said, "Oh Jared, stop whining". 7/3/13
Brian and I were talking about the frustrating expenses of moving. At one point I said (about our debt), "It's all my fault." Claire came to the rescue and said, "NO! It's MY fault! My fault....and Jared's!"
This morning Claire woke up at 5 am screaming, "I WANT A COOKIE!!!!!" I went in, she repeated her sentiments. I promised her a cookie and she went back to sleep. When she got out of bed at 10:30, she jumped into my arms and said, "Where's my cookie?"