First Day of School

Monday September 7th was Parker's first day of Preschool. He had been asking my quite frequently when he was going back and I was excited to finally be able to tell him that "tomorrow is preschool." When he woke up first thing he said was "Mom, today is Preschool!" He was so excited to go back and to see the friends he had made the previous year. This year will be a little different, the school changed locations, yay for the teachers and there will be some new faces in Parker's class. He had a great first day and looks forward to the days when he goes to school! I have to admit that I enjoy the days he goes as well. We both do better around each other when we get a little break from one another.

Paige's New Hair

Paige has been fighting me the last month or so when it comes time to do her hair. She never wants it done anymore and if I manage to get some elastics in it, she pulls them out soon after. It is always hanging in her face and covering her cute little eyes and it drives me crazy. So crazy that I had a CRAZY idea today to PERM her hair. Well at first I just thought I might put it in curlers and see if that helped, well she was holding so still that I managed to get all her hair in perm rods and ready to go. My mom came over to help me out, (and I did her hair as well). Paige did relatively well. She of course didn't like the smell of the perm solution and didn't like all the time rinsing, but it sure did turn out cute. Now hopefully it will stay out of her eyes and I will be able to do it in a few seconds each morning. My thoughts on this were that I could mist it down each morning, put a little gel in and be good to go. We will see if it works out that way. When I showed her the finished product she got a big smile on her face and said she liked it. So it must have been worth all the torture to her. Lets hope it lasts a little while. I won't be doing that again too soon in the future!

Lesson Learned

We went camping this last weekend with some friends of ours, the Maugers, and had a GREAT time. It did rain on us most of one day, but we managed to make the most of it and still had a fun time hanging out and letting the kids play together. The first day we got there, after we had set up camp, Matt started a fire for the evening. Parker is fascinated with fire and we have to keep an eye on him because he likes it so much. Well we must not have had both our eyes on him because before we knew it he came to Matt and said "Daddy I got hurt" he hadn't been crying or anything so we didn't know something was wrong. But when Matt looked at him he had a burn on his face and lip from putting a hot dog roasting stick to his lip. I guess he was going to lick it or something. But didn't quite make the connection that after it had been in the fire it was really really hot. He went and hid after it happened thinking we would be mad at him, but it must have been hurting so he decided to tell us what happened. After I looked at him I explained how it had gotten hot and that you can't touch things after they have been in the fire. I told him he learned a good lesson and not to do it again. He was pretty upset about it by then and wanted to go home. But calmed down after some ice on his lip and his best buddy got there just as we were finishing up the little talk. He forgot about the burn the rest of the weekend and had a fun time. Luckily I had some antibacterial medicine in a first aid kit and we put the on it frequently. Today it looks a lot better and has scabbed over. If it leaves a scar, he will always have a reminder and a story to tell of how he got that scar. Hopefully he remembers how if felt and won't ever try that again. Luckily that was the worst thing that happened over the weekend and we had a good time ending the summer with one last camping trip!

Christiansen #3

Here's the newest little one. I had to get an ultrasound at my last appointment because they couldn't find the heart rate and wanted to make sure everything was fine. I was okay with that because that just meant that I got to see the baby instead of just hearing it. I also got more pictures for my scrapbook. It was really fun to see the baby at about 12 weeks because it looked so much different from the initial picture at 8 weeks. I could definitely differentiate between the body parts and could even see the little heart pumping and working hard. Unfortunately with Matt's crazy schedule he has been unable to go to any appointments with me. I am hoping that by the time we do the big ultrasound he will be able to come and see the baby with me. That will make it more real for him. I think the kids will be amazed too to see something in my belly. We keep telling them there is a baby in there, but sometimes they look at me like I am crazy. I know once I get bigger and after they see the ultrasound they may realize I was telling the truth. I think the third pregnancy is just as exciting as the first and I am feeling good and excited for the outcome!

Let The Cat Out!

I can't hold it any longer. Our family will be growing by two more little feet!!! We are expecting our third little bundle of joy,(and energy) in February!! We can hardly wait!

Died and Gone to Chocolate Heaven

Well I was in a baking mood today despite the heat and this time I was craving chocolate. Luckily I had the perfect recipe in mind. I have been reading this book Devil's Food Cake by Josi S. Kilpack and in the novel are a few recipes, one of which is for Devil's Food Cake. So I had to try it out. Can I just say I think it is the best chocolate cake and frosting I have ever had. It is perfect!! Here is a link to the recipe that I posted on our family recipe blog. Devil's Food Cake Let me know if you loved it as much as I did!

Lipgloss and a Little Girl

The other day Paige was in my room watching a show and out she came covered in pink. I got closer to examine what she had gotten into. Low and behold she had gotten into one of my drawers with lip gloss and perfume in it. She was covered!!! I just laughed and took a picture. Then showed her in the mirror what she looked like. She didn't do quite as good of a job applying as she had thought. As soon as she saw herself she had this look of disgust on her face. It was funny! We got her and the room all cleaned up and all that was left to show was the strong scent of the Chocolate Dipped Strawberry lip gloss. What am I going to do with that Little Girl???