They Call Me Mom: September 2008

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Our little athlete, and mini update

Brayden is a busy boy! With preschool being 3 days a week Eric and I, for whatever crazy reason, decided to throw in soccer and pee wee football! Eek! Football games are saturday mornings with practice one night a week and soccer games are sunday afternoons. There goes our weekends! Brayden is having a blast though, he really is enjoying himself and learning how to be a team player.

I wonder if he gets the two games confused though? We are constantly reminding him not to use his hands when playing soccer and its not necessary to plow though your teammates and opponents, haha!

And baby Owen, cant forget an update on him....he is getting so big! Saying all kinds of words now, hi, by and open (though it comes out more like ooooooo) He got a big boy haircut the other day, I will have to take some pics of him to share. You will not believe how grown up he looks now :(

Updates with Eric and I, nothing much to report.....Eric had a great day with Michigan beating Wisconsin and all :0) Im taking on another babysitting kiddo in a week and a half. A baby boy named Joshua, should be fun, more boys to add to the mix!!

We have an early morning tomorrow, we are walking with Alltel to raise money for The Race For The Cure, Brayden is really excited, he thinks we are going to really race :)

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Random Saturday

Brayden and I went on a mommy and son date today :) We had a lot of fun! Its not often that I get a chance to just spend time with him so it was really nice. He got to pick lunch, of course he picked McDonalds lol After that we drove downtown to see Playhouse Disney Live, he had such a good time :) He was too cute dancing and singing along in his seat. I asked him what his favorite part was and the 2 things he said were....Donald Duck shaking his booty and the 'Hot Dog' song. What a goof!

Im bummed I didnt think to bring my camera, Im kicking myself now :( The weather was awful though! Heavy rain (which we badly needed) by the time we entered the building we were both soaked, Brayden though that was a lot of fun :P

Owen did awesome hanging out with Nana while we were gone, its not very often he lets me leave. Though the past couple of weeks have been a lot better. Actually since he started walking, he has much better things to do then hang all over mommy, lol. He is really loving daddy here lately as well, which of course daddy is just eating up :) His first official sentence was "Hi dadas" talk about melting your heart!!!

All in all it was a good day :) Though if you ask Eric he will tell you the day sucked since he had to work a half day and then Michigan got womped on by Notre Dame. Poor daddy.

Tomorrow is supposed to be Alltel's company picnic but the weather does not look hopeful with an 80% chance of rain :( Brayden is also supposed to have his first soccer game, which Im guessing will also be cancelled. Not sure what we will spend the day doing? Laundry I suppose ;)

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

They can't all be great....

Like everything else in life, every day can not be all sunshine and roses.....no exception here.

My kids were stinkers today!! I felt like I had lost my mind for a short while there. Brayden was a mean spirited little thing today. I know a lot of it had to do with our crazy schedule this week and lack of sleep. But holy cow!! Daddy and Owen both got boo boos today no thanks to Brayden's lack of listening skills and careless actions. He told me that I was the worstest mommy he never had (lol) and that he wanted me to pack my bags and leave. Ok then, I was ready lol

Owen is teething and has a double ear infection. Enough said!

Is it bedtime yet? Oh wait I have a mountain of laundry still to tackle and a sink full of dirty dishes that need taken care of.

Im done being the mom today.

Heres hoping tomorrow is a better day, I'll be waiting for my sunshine and roses, thankyouverymuch!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

First Day of School

Well, I'm officially a momma to a school aged boy. Brayden had his first day of preschool today. *sobs* He was so excited, I on the other hand was so anxious and filled with sadness and pride that my baby boy is no longer a baby. I was on the phone with Molly the other day and I mentioned that I was really nervous, Brayden overheard me and came over to my lap and told me not to be nervous because "he was a man and would be just fine" haha!!

Brayden was a little apprehensive about leaving his beloved 'White D' at home while he was away, so I cut a small piece ( of the already falling apart blanket, if that is even what you can call it! lol) and he kept it in his pocket during class. This seemed to ease any first day jitters he may have had.

School started at 9:00am and of course we had to take some pics of our big boy on his first big day :) Owen had to get in on the action (aren't my boys cute!?) and of course we had to get little miss Caylie in a pic as well. They are best buds and will have a blast being in the same class together.

Here is the link to the preschool website, check back when its time for class pictures to be posted for the 08-09 school year. Brayden is in the purple room with Miss Sandi and Miss Michelle.

http://mysmallbeginnings.org/

Monday, September 1, 2008

Summer Sports

We took the kids to a Toledo Mudhens game on 8-29 and they had a blast! Even though the hens lost we still enjoyed the food and atmosphere :) Owen had more fun playing with a plastic cup then actually watching the game though, lol!

Aug 24th we went back to visit Eric's parents and went to Youngs Dairy for the day, though it was hot we had so much fun! Brayden's favorite part was the slide where you ride down on a potato sack! Sadly none of my pictures turned out of him on it though :( I do have a few from him at the driving range though, he loved it! And was surprisingly pretty good at it! I think we have a little athlete on our hands!

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