Busy Day!

So,

First of all...the "panties" are still on! Yeah! However, we've had a rough time at school. We went through all of our underwear today. Bummer. But, Caleb did go poop on the potty with me this afternoon. I think they are just not keeping up with him as much as is needed right now, at school.

This morning I went on a walking tour of our historic downtown. B O R I N G. I expected to be able to go into the old buildings and see the original architecture. Nope. Just a bunch of information from a lady that gave it to us in multiple handouts...we walked and sweated. But, not a total loss for the morning. I did sweat. Gross!

At lunch, I went to the Airport for Chinese - how weird is that sentence?! LOVE IT! Went with a good friend from Jr. High/High School/College. So fun. Deep conversations. We're going to lunch again on Monday. I miss adult time like that...with the few friends I've kept up with from high school and college.

After lunch, we (Caleb and I) spent the afternoon with a friend of my sister, her mother, and her little girl (Abreail - "A-bree-ale"). Caleb and her daughter are about a month apart. She is SOOOO beautiful. They had fun playing with instruments, and being two.

My dad and hubby picked us up from our friends' house, and off to Ballinger to eat at Alejandra's. A bit of a drive, but SO yummy! I am uber stuffed! I'm talking I look preggers - type fullness, here (and am not - I think.).

Tomorrow will be so busy, too. I have a fun in service planned for the morning, and a meeting with my principal in the afternoon. So, maybe not so busy...just seems like it will be very long.

Anywho. Goodbye to July, Hello to August. and school - eck!

BIG BOY!!!

I can't believe I didn't include this comment earlier!

My little boy is now a big boy! We are on day 4 in big boy underwear (can't get him to call them that...they are big boy panties!)!

The only accidents:
Friday, 4:30 pm: a number 2 oops at "school."
This morning, 5:30 am: wet the bed, but woke me up to let me know.

We've been in ONLY big boy panties since Thursday afternoon!
I'm on my way to get Caleb from "school." Praying that we had another no mess day.
(PS, he's only 29 months old - not even 2 and a half!)

Painting

Caleb and Simon (from across the street) painted on Saturday. I picked up some sidewalk paint at a garage sale for $1! We invited Simon over to help us paint our sidewalk. Pay no nevermind to the mess of branches waiting to be removed, delivered, and off of our property for the past month. Here, Caleb and Simon are getting some great painting done.

Caleb decided to give me his best "CHEESE" face for this one. I miss those days when he'd smile sweetly at the camera. Now, I have to beg him to even LOOK at the camera and give me a nice smile.

A-HA! I finally caught him off guard and got a good one of him painting "a yellowsomfin', mama!" I feel bad because I don't think I have a very good imagination, anymore. I can't tell what it is he is trying to create. All I can think up to paint for him is letters, numbersm basic shapes, and my crude attempt at animal figurines. I think I need a bit of help in the imagination department.

And finally, to cool off, we got (shhhh!) Popsicles. Heaven forbid if you ever mention this word to him without the intention of really giving him one. He repeats Popsicles until you cave or cry, either way, he'll get one. So, usually I spell it out to BP or vise-versa, if we want one, but don't want Caleb to have one (MEAN PARENTS!!). Thank goodness Caleb can't spell yet. We'll be in a world of hurt when he figures that one out. By the way - orange is his favorite color...and um, blue for me, thanks.

A real backyard!

Thanks to my seester and dad for selling my beloved Jack Russells...we now have a real backyard! Caleb has real grass (albeit in patches that are obviously squares - but grass instead of dirt/mud/stickers), and a place to play and scamper...or whatever! Ya-hoo! It's messy and needs some real TLC...but we're getting there! Yes, I did take this one in the rain on Saturday. It really does that here. :)

Sounds

I just finished the other blog...and am trying to get back to the consuming of okra...but have to say this: I love the sound of thunder! We have an alarm clock thing in our room with nature sounds. if I can't sleep or BP has trouble, we play the thunder/storm one. So, as it is now thundering - that rolling kind - I am getting sleepy. Love it.

Guilty Pleasures

Guilty! I am sitting here eating away at one of my favorite guilty pleasures. Don't tell hubby, yet...he's already mentally kicking my butt. I am eating (from Church's) FRIED OKRA!!! I love it! I was on my way home from school and couldn't stop myself from pulling in to Church's. I ordered the veggie platter. No, not a vegetarian...I love meat too much! I just got fried okra, mashed potatoes, and Cole slaw. Can you hear my sounds of complete joy? You know, the ones nursing babies make as they suckle. :) Yeah...

So, why is this a guilty pleasure? Because I have been doing so good with managing my cravings and eating good food AT HOME. That is, until I went on vacation to Ohio. Gained 10 pounds in two weeks. I tried to pretend that half of that was from "water weight." But, that time of month is gone...and here is the weight, still. Plus more...YIKES! My cute jeans and clothes that fit so nicely last spring...not going to happen.

So, maybe, just maybe there is a really good (wink, wink) reason that the weight is still here and growing. Won't find out until the 12th or so, though...I think I am pretending or my body thinks that I should be...any who, that's another blog, completely...and not yet.

Getting Started

As I sit at school (yes, I am that crazy person that works at school in the summer, when I could be sleeping), I realize that I need to do this. Create a blog. A spot to share my thoughts. I don't do it enough for myself. So, here we are. Thanks for inspiring me, J.