It's That Random Time of the Week

Last week this awesome shirt came in the mail courtesy of our best friends.  Thanks again you guys, it means so much to me!  This is my new favorite shirt.

In support of all those affected by the bombings in Boston

The boys are definitely boys.  I went in to check on the boys before I went to bed the other night and found that Oliver had a poopy diaper.  Oliver stayed fairly asleep the whole time I changed him, until towards the end.  With his eyes closed and still half asleep he farted, smiled, and said "toot toot!" What a ham.  Owynn was jumping on our bed earlier this week when he farted and said "I poop on the bed!" Uh no, try again.  "How about you poop in the potty?" "No!" *sigh*

We've started potty training, but aren't like really pressing it right now.  We have two potty chairs in the living room and the boys sit on the potty a few times a day, but still haven't used them yet.  The boys know what they're for, they just don't have the attention span to sit still yet.  I'm afraid if we push too hard and they aren't quite ready yet that we will end up completely messing up this whole potty training thing.

John got a new job, he just started last week.  It's still brand new, so I don't want to say too much quite yet.  He is working part time, late at night.  John's first night I was all excited for some alone time.  Ya, the novelty wore off very quickly.  I remembered pretty fast that I'm not a huge fan of being along at night.  Not that I'm complaining, it's just something new I'm going to have to get used to.  I am very thankful for him and everything he does for us.

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Throwback Thursday: I Wish I Was Going to Disney World

My parents are going to Disney World in Orlando, FL at the end of the month for their 30th wedding anniversary.  (Yay you guys!)  I talked to one of my best friends the other night, and she will be there at the same time.  I am totally jealous.  I love all things Disney, and I really can't wait until we can bring the boys.  And after I found that costuming video I've been thinking about Disney a lot more, I really do miss it down there.  I've loved Disney since I was little, and it's where I met my husband.  Here are some pics from our honeymoon.  We spent a little over a week there just before our 1st anniversary.  I have a ton of pics, but I can't seem to find my memory card with them all on it right now.  So here are just a few that I have on Facebook.

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I Have the Monday Blues, But It Was a Good Weekend

It's Sunday night I am seem to be in a funk.  Monday is almost here and I find myself almost dreading it.  Work lately has been hard and it seems as if it's really been getting to me lately.  I go and do my best to deal with it, but it's gotten to a point where it's wearing me down.  I find myself some nights staying up really late, telling John if I go to bed it will just make the next day come faster and I'm not ready for it yet.  *Sigh*  I'm hoping things get better soon.

This weekend though was fun and relaxing, and totally what I needed it to be.  Friday night we swung by my MIL's work just before closing to say hi.  When we were leaving the boys decided they wanted to go with Grandma and Grandpa, not us.  The boys climbed into their van and Owynn said "My buckle me" (buckle me in) and then after awhile he said "my close me" (shut the door).  Alrighty then, apparently I'm not as fun as Grandma and Grandpa.  So we followed them home and they boys had a lot of fun playing.  Grandma took these pics.

Owynn and Oliver

Owynn and Oliver

Owynn

 
Saturday we spent the day over at my in-laws again.  One of the nice things about having a very long summer that starts early is that the pool is already open (yay!)  All Owynn could talk about Saturday morning was going to swim.  We didn't spend too much time in the pool because we haven't gotten any floaties for the boys yet, and they think they can swim (they really really can't).  So it was a bit stressful.  We spent awhile though having a good time on the playground.  The boys thought it was very silly of Mommy to go down the slides after them.  Then we played with chalk and dirt again, and then had to have a bath (man they were dirty).

Today my boys took me shopping at Kohl's, they are sweethearts.  I was finally able to use the rest of my gift cards from Christmas and my birthday.  I'm very happy about getting some nice summer clothes that fit.  As much as I love t-shirts, I want to have a nicer option when I want.  And I got super cute sandals!

  Sorry the image is kind of blurry, I found it by searching google images.  I bought these, except the straps and flowers are an adorable teal color.  I wanted something a bit dressier than my Nike flip flops that I can wear with a sundress or something similar if I wanted to. 

A Peek Into My Disney Internship in Costuming

In 2003 I interned at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.  I was there from January through May as part of their College Program.  It came at a much needed time, and I had just an amazing amount of fun working there.  It helps that that's where I met John.  I worked at Epcot in their costuming department, I spent my time in both regular costuming (for everyone who worked in the park) and character costuming. 

Everyone always asks me about character costuming, and let me tell you, it was booor-ing!  We washed, brushed, and mended costumes most of the day.  They keep the character heads in a separate locked room, and is honestly a little creepy when you go in there.  Although they did teach me how to dress and prep Scuba Mickey, who would scuba dive in the Living Seas.  While I won't go into detail, we did get to go up to the very top of the Living Seas.  They don't allow you to take photos up there, and very few people are actually allowed there, but it was absolutely amazing.  Seriously much more impressive than what the guests actually see.  While I only did it a few times, it was by far my favorite thing I got to do there.

 During our off hours we were allowed to go the the parks for free, seriously best job perk ever!  We went and played in the parks almost daily, it was beyond amazing.  I mean we got to both work at Disney and play in their parks whenever we wanted!  It made visiting the parks so laid back and stress free.  We would go and spend a few hours there, hit our favorite rides and attractions, grab some yummy food, and head back to our apartments.  To say I loved it would be an understatement. 

Anyways, I found this video and article on ABC News and had to share!  While they show Magic Kingdom Costuming, it is very very similar to Epcot.  Epcot is only slightly smaller and is set up a bit differently, it still has the endless racks and racks of costumes.  It's pretty darn impressive in there when you think about it.  And the awesome multi-colored costumes that the cast members working behind the counter wear, ya, I totally got to rock those.

 

 

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It's Random Tuesday Time!

I am not a big fan of Mondays.  It's the start of the week and also usually our busiest day at work.  I won't go on a long angry rant about work, because I really really need my job.  But I will say that they aren't making it very easy for us, and we are starting to get burnt out.  Monday was hands down the worst day I have had in a very very long time.  By the end of the day I was so stressed and grumpy that I felt a bit like the angry waitress from the movie Waiting.  After work was finally over I decided I needed some comfort food.  So I stopped at Sonic and got us shakes (they're half price after 8pm!) and grabbed a pizza from Dominos (they have an awesome week night carry out special).  They were inexpensive (all for a little over $10, score!), absolutely delicious, and totally what I needed.  Although it was the boys who were really able to make my day all better.  They were in a really good mood and super happy to see me.  We had fun playing before bedtime.  Owynn though made me melt.

Me: Owynn, Mommy needs a hug
Owynn: (Gives me a big hug and pats me on the back.)  Love you
Me: I love you too =)
Owynn: (Looks at me) I happy
Me: Aaaawwww, I'm happy too!
Cutest. Thing. Ever!  He is such a sweetheart!

The weather here can't make up it's mind what it wants to do.  My mom has said that Mother Nature is dealing with menopause, and I can totally believe it.  A few weeks ago we went through 3 seasons in a week.  At the beginning of the week it snowed, then we had a couple days of Spring weather, but by the end of the week we were in the 80's.  This weekend was gorgeous, it was nicely breezy and in the upper 60's.  Perfect Spring weather.  Then Mother Nature decided that we needed to go ahead a skip right to summer.  Tuesday we hit 100, 100!!!   Gah! 

I am a huge fan of the show Once Upon A Time on ABC.  We watched the season finale Sunday night, OMG!  I am soooo excited for the next season.  What Mr. Gold said at the end of the episode gave me chills, the next season has the potential to be pretty amazing.  They are making a spin off too based on Alice in Wonderland, I am hoping it will be just as good.      


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Throw Back Thursday: NY Trip April 2012 vol. 1

Oliver

Owynn

 We drove 3 days from Nebraska to Upstate NY.  They boys handled the trip amazingly well.  This particular night at dinner was a total disaster though.  The service was bad, and by the time our food finally arrived Oliver was in the middle of a total meltdown. 

Owynn before he decided to start walking. (Which he would do just a few days later.)

Owynn

Oliver and my Dad

 Oliver absolutely adored my Dad! It was super cute.  I love this picture too, Oliver snuggled with my Dad and quickly fell asleep.  It's pretty rare that he does that.

Owynn and Daddy

Oliver snack time

This was our second trip to NY since the boys were born, they are 15 months here.  I took almost a month off of work and we spent 3 weeks road tripping and visiting my family in NY.  It was a fantastic trip.  It was wonderful to be able to spend so much time there, we miss them a lot! 

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Wordless Wednesday: Owynn

Owynn was being such a goober!

Channeling his inner Geordi La Forge

Owynn had a lot of fun playing with my headband.  Shortly after, I heard him in the kitchen messing with the trash barrel.  When he came running out I asked him where he put my headband. He pointed and said "my butt!"  Oh man, he is something else.  He was such a sweet, calm, happy baby, I don't know what happened.  He's always the one getting into things he's not supposed to and trying to push his boundaries.

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BBQ Meatloaf

I love meatloaf, but John is really not a fan.  It took me several years to find a recipe that we both liked, but I finally did!  It's not exactly the most healthy meal on the planet, but everyone, including the boys, likes it.  You can find the original recipe here, I do make it just a little bit differently.

Ingredients:
2lbs Ground Beef
3 Eggs
1 Onion chopped (I use frozen diced and add to taste.)
1 C yummy BBQ Sauce
3/4 - 1C Bread Crumbs
1 C Crushed Potato Chips
3/4 tsp Liquid Smoke
3/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper
1 tsp Salt (I use sea salt)
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder (I use the refrigerated minced kind to taste.)  
1 Pinch Cayenne Pepper
Bacon bits to taste (I cook fresh bacon, crumble it, and add about half of the package.)

some of the ingredients, and yes that is a half gallon jug of BBQ sauce...don't judge!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large bowl combine all the ingredients.
On a greased pan or cookie sheet, shape mixture into a loaf shape.
Bake for about 45 minutes to an hour, or until meat is cooked through.
Enjoy!

Throw Back Thursday: My Babies Are Growing Too Fast!

Owynn: April 2011 3 months, April 2012 15 months, April 2013 27 months

Oliver: April 2011 3 months, April 2012 15 months, April 2013 27 months

It amazes me how much they look alike in the center photos!  My boys are getting so big way too fast.

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