What's Coming Up In December

1. Out for a friend's birthday
2. Andy's office Christmas party
3. Advent Workshop at Missy's church
4. Craft Sale at my friend Katy's house
5. Cookies & Carols at the Art Museum
6. Our Christmas Party
7. Cookie Exchange with the Art Fair staff
8. Jury Duty, not so fun
9. W's class Christmas party
10. A weekend in Arkansas to celebrate Christmas with my family
11. Missy and I are taking the girls to see Beauty and the Beast at the Fox
12. Christmas story reenactment in west county
13. Trip to Silver Dollar City to see the Christmas lights
14. Christmas here
15. Trip to visit my grandparent's at their nursing home
16. Advent Calendar activities

Every Hour

*this is a snapshot of what we are doing every hour, all day yesterday

1. 7:00 am- Blow-drying my hair

2. 8:00 am- Pushing R on his turtle "motorcycle"

3. 9:00 am- Driving to my friend Karin's house with R

4. 10:00 am- Karin's house

5. 11:00 am- Still at Karin's

6. Noon- Still at Karin's

7. 1:00 pm- Making lunch- cheese quesadilla and guacamole

8. 2:00 pm- Watching Mad Men and organizing my new recipe folder

9. 3:00 pm- On the phone with Missy

10. 4:00 pm- Outside on a walk down Washington Avenue with the kids and Puddy

11. 5:00 pm- The kids are "taking care of me," which includes lotion, wet washcloths, combs, brushes, Band-Aids, and barrettes

12. 6:00 pm- Making dinner for the kids-egg sandwiches and quinoa and carrots

13. 7:00 pm- Washing my face

14. 8:00 pm- Standing by the elevator waiting on Aaron

15. 9:00 pm- Rosalita's for dinner and margaritas with Aaron

16. 10:00 pm- Still at Rosalita's

17. 11:00 pm- Watching Ringer

This Weekend

1. Zoo this morning with Susannah and some kids

2. Casino night at Andy's office tonight, and the kids spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa's

3. Working at the Shaw Art Fair tomorrow morning-afternoon

4. Over to Kirkwood Saturday night to spend family time with our friends, the Lacinys

5. Sunday morning pumpkin patch with the Reinbergs

6. Church on Sunday night

All My Fall Weekend Plans

1. Parents and aunt coming into town

2. Volunteering at the Shaw Art Fair

3. Casino night at A's office

4. Branson weekend

5. Conway week

6. Keithley/Dean reunion

7. Bonfire in Washington, MO

8. Halloween Party

9. Trick-or-Treating

10. Apple picking

11. Pumpkin farm

August 26

1. W woke up at 7, R woke up around 8

2. Gorilla munch and yogurt and bananas for breakfast

3. Spent the morning at The Magic House

4. 3rd Wal-Mart trip of the week

5. Leftovers for lunch

6. I watched 2 episodes of Friday Night Lights while the kiddos napped

7. W watched 2 episodes of Max and Ruby while I cleaned up

8. Took Puddy for a long walk

9. Downtown Farmers Market

10. Citygarden for some fun in the fountains

11. Homemade pizza for dinner

12. Baths

13. Need to call Tracy for some food advice (my little sis is an amazing cook)

14. The husband has his man group tonight, I will watch more Friday Night Lights and Project Runway

What's Going On Today

1. Making muffins
2. Preschool tour #3
3. R is getting the last of his year vaccinations (we do them one at a time)
4. W is reading her new Highlights High Five magazine
5. Leftover pizza for lunch
6. Walk to the arch this afternoon
7. Making chickpeas
8. Laundry
9. Watching Bachelor Pad tonight (I can't help it...it's an addiction)
10. Ironing A's work shirts while watching said show

What I Actually Accomplished Yesterday

1. Cleaned the toilets

2. Did laundry (I always do major laundry on Mondays so that I can iron and fold at night while watching The Bachelorette)

3. Put together an impromptu vegan buffet for my surprise family guests

4. Spent the evening with some good friends the Murphys

5. Cooked some chickpeas

6. Did W's nails

What's Up This Weekend

1. Driving to southwest MO to visit family on Saturday morning

2. Going to Grandpa and Winnie's house first thing

3. Dinner at my brother and sister-in-law's house

4. Silver Dollar City on Sunday. I'm so excited!

5. Driving back home on Sunday evening

What I'm Trying To Do All At Once

1. Cook brown rice

2. Cook quinoa

3. Cook garbanzo beans

4. Have a conversation with W

5. Type this list

6. Use my foot to keep R out of the dog bowls

7. Bake banana bread

8. Listen to the David Gray pandora station

9. Watch the Today Show

10. Boil water

This Weekend

1. Friday morning pool time

2. Friday's theme of the day: CLEAN MY HOUSE.

3. Friday night with Mark and Kara

4. Saturday morning with friends and kamp friend Jon

5. Saturday afternoon church

6. Saturday night BBQ at the Martins

7. Sunday Funday...maybe Grant's Farm?

What's Going On Today

1. Made french toast this morning for the first time

2. Took an almost 3 hour nap this morning with Rush

3. Watching the Crowne Plaza golf tournament--Go Bryce!

4. Selling some stuff on ebay

5. It's 3:00 pm and I'm still in my jammies which includes a tank top I wore all day yesterday

6. Making semi-homemade pizza tonight for dinner

Today's To-Did

1. "Helped" my sister at the Jump Zone with the 7 children she had
2. Mopped mom's kitchen, cleaned bathrooms, and cleaned living room, vacuumed
3. Sent a few emails
4. Whole Foods for diapers, baby food, Odwalla juices
5. Took Tracy dinner to her work and me some of her friends
6. Picked up Andy at airport--just missing the tornado and thankful he was able to land safely
7. Held a sick baby for a while

Today's Activities

1. Morning at Lafayette Park

2. Lunch with friends I've known forever

3. Long downtown loop walk

4. Drawing time

5. Bath with me, W, and R

6. Pizza dinner

7. Game night with Becky and Joel

Last Night's Going-Ons

1. Birthday party clean up

2. Coming down mentally from birthday party

3. Dinner at Chevy's with my parents

4. Chevy's employees singing to W and giving her a sombrero

5. W asking "MORE?!" when they are done singing

6. Looking at houses with the husband

7. Falling fast asleep in about a minute

What's Up Today

1. W hiding and finding her own Easter eggs over and over.
2. R took a 4 oz bottle without stopping or fighting me!
3. Duke vs. Baylor tonight. A is VERY nervous. Go Duke!
4. I'm making some pintos and sad that I'm out of garlic salt.
5. Even though I own plenty of cute pants, I am currently wearing my saggy old brown leggings.
6. W keeps saying, "Where is my brother?" when she doesn't see R. Melt my heart!
7. A let me sleep in until 9:45 this morning.
8. I am going to make some cinnamon roll bread tonight.
9. I am trying not to care about housework today.

What's In Store For Today

1. Already hit up Whole Foods, Home Depot, and Sports Authority
2. Making some bulk food for the week...pintos, quinoa, scones, freezing banana slices
3. Cleaning the dead animal smell out of W's car seat
4. Watch my bracket take it's last final breaths of life
5. Starting R's bottle training
6. Fingerpainting and stamping with W
7. Weeding out some toys and books

Weekend Plans

1. ACC Tournament this weekend!
2. Wash duvet cover
3. Buy some books
4. Work on my binders
5. Roast red peppers
6. Clean master bathroom
7. Copy photos for my sister

What's Up Today

1. Ate some yummy lunch

2. Made brownies

3. Having father-in-law over for Valentine's dinner

4. Watching Pebble Beach Pro-Am

5. Watching Olympics

6. Cleaning the laundry room

7. Making dinner

8. Getting flowers

9. Watching R have a blast pulling on a mylar balloon string

10. Took a good bath

Tomorrow's Plans

1. R has his 6 month checkup at the pediatrician
2. I am getting my first hair cut after 9 months
3. Going to cook a big pot of beans
4. Playdate in the a.m. at Foam
5. Making a HUGE drop at Goodwill

What We're Doing This Weekend

1. Buying some Christmas presents for my mom
2. Pictures with Santa at City Sprouts
3. Dinner at Whole Foods tonight
4. I'm cleaning the bathroom
5. W quality time with Al and with Maggie