Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Isaac's turning 3








I have been asking Isaac for weeks whether he wanted to have a birthday party with friends or just family party. He has been telling me that all he wanted was a party with mom, dad, Claire, and Grandma. However, this sunday he changed his mind. I was actually really shocked because he isn't usually excited about parties and things with lots of people, but he had a plan he had four kids from nursery that he wanted to come over and he wanted it to be "froggy". So, on sunday I sent out the evite to those couple of kids and then on tuesday we got a cake mix and some stuff for the goodie bags and I made the mini cupcakes. It was kind of nice to not actually have lots of time to over think and plan for a party. It was just the perfect thing for Isaac. We all just played with toys in the playroom and then had some pb&j sandwiches with some snacks and colored a froggy page and had some cupcakes and opened presents. It turned out really well and was just the thing for Isaac and the other two year olds there. His birthday isn't for a week or so but with the fact that i might be in labor it was nice to be able to make his birthday special.
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Jelly Belly Factory






We decided to go to the Jelly Belly Factory this last Monday since David had it off from work. It was totally fun and it was free. We couldn't resist bringing home a few more samples and getting a pizza and hamburgers shaped like jelly beans. The Factory wasn't actually going but the tour was really fun.
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Valentines Day


This year we had a fun Valentines Day. My sweet husband had some awesome chocolate covered strawberries and pretzels delivered to me, and I got some tulips from Isaac. the kids and i had a fun time decorating the table with candles and kisses for dinner and surprised David with a fancy dinner after work. We usually don't really do anything for Valentines Day, but it was really fun to do a little.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentines Day!







I love these four people so much. Will you all be my Valentine?
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Science Fair and Cheescake







This past week we had some fun things happen in the LeMieux household. Claire did her very first Science fair project for school with David's wonderful help and she won first prize in the kindergarten group. I was so proud of her. It was so funny because one day Claire brought home the science fair packet and she asked if she could participate and then told me that she was going to win. I told her that she might not, but she was not going to give in that easily. She told me that I needed to think positively. Anyway over the next couple weeks while working on the project we tried to emphasize the fact that not everyone wins and that its about how much fun you had doing something and how much hard work you put into it. I think by the end she finally had accepted the fact that she wasn't going to win, then when they announced that she had, she had a look of complete shock on her face. After we came home she kept on asking why she had won it really was funny. The same night of the science fair some wonderful friends threw me a mini baby shower at the Cheesecake Factory. It was so fun! I am so grateful that I have wonderful friends that are so sweet. It was fun talking and laughing and of course stuffing our faces.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

A long awaited update













I have not blogged in a very long time, it really is sad. i don't know what happened. Anyway, I didn't blog about how awesome of a time we had a thanksgiving or Christmas, for some reason the camera is always forgotten and the only way I blog usually is if I have pictures to go with it. So, I finally was looking at the pictures that we have and so this is what you get. For Christmas we visited my family in Arizona, we had a wonderful time. We decided that we were going to drive because we are too cheap to pay for plane tickets and we drove all of the way there the first day. Eighteen hours! But we made it and we got to meet my little brothers fiance and she seemed great. Isaac got a little tool belt and real tools for Christmas he was in love. My parents being the awesome people that they are just happened to have some high density foam and so the kids got to use Isaac's real tools to build and paint little bird houses. Isaac was on cloud nine. While we were there David got the awesome idea that we should make a stop in LA on our way back and hit disneyland for a day. It was so much fun. David's sister, who lives in LA, got to join us with her season pass and it was so nice to have an extra pair of hands and someone that knows all the best places to eat and what not. Christmas was awesome!

As for what we are up to now, Claire is working on her very first science project for school and is so excited. She is doing a rock collection and my house has been full of rocks for weeks. Isaac seems to be blossoming into a big boy. The other day at the park he actually played with some other little boys that he didn't know and had a fun time (which if you know Isaac, this is an amazing thing). After trying to potty train Isaac for about a year in total today I finally met my breaking point of waiting and hoping and washing all of his pants and underwear literally everyday for the past six months (I am not kidding everyday, all of them, he hasn't worn diapers in a very long time). I have decided to hopefully press the reset button. We are going to take a break from it completely and then try again right before he turns four. That's not so bad, right? I think that I finally understand why they say potty training boys is so difficult (they just don't care). I think now that we have been doing it for so long he is pretty much fed up with the whole ordeal and so am I. It was so hard to make this decision, it may sound rediculous, but I cried quite a bit about it today. If you know me you know how hard I've worked at this, it wasn't just a partial thing where I let him wear pullups and hoped that he would tell me. I have cleaned up so many potty accidents, you would be amazed. Hopefully next year I will have a blog post of a very happy mommy and a happy and dry little boy.

As for this pregnancy, I feel great. As you can see from the widget on the side I am getting closer to being a mother of three. Sometimes I can't wait for this little boy to join us and other times I am so terrified of having three kids it makes me want to just little this little dude hang out for as long as he likes. I had a doctor's appointment the other day and everything is looking good so far, he is head down and hopefully he will come at the best time while my mom his here and David is home and can take me to the hospital. We shall see.
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