Joey Chatter - skinny

As I was working out on the eliptical machine the other day Joey got bored. So he came to the basement and started chatting with me.

Me: Go play. I'll let you know when I'm done.

Joey: You're taking forever to be done.

Me: This is what I have to do if I want to be skinny.

Joey accepted this and went about playing. When I finished, I went to where he was playing.

Me: Ok Joey - I'm done.

Joey: (Looking at me doubfully) You're not skinny yet Mom...

Gee.... Thanks...

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A few days ago, randomly

Joey: I'm skinny because you borned me that way.

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Tonight while eating dinner it was DELICIOUS and I was way over eating.

Me: I have GOT to stop eating! But this is SO good!

After I took a few more bites...

Joey: MOM - Stop eating! Do you want to get more of this?? (poking my fat)

I'm starting to think Joey is a bit too aware of my weight and dieting... This probably isn't a good thing!

Joey Chatter

Driving home last night Joey was looking out the window and said

"Where's the moon?" (although it wasn't particularly cloudy, there weren't many stars out yet)

I said "I don't know - maybe it's not up yet'

Joey: "Well... I think it got lost."

Apparently the moon was in the sky on Savanna's side of the car and she pointed up and shouted "There it is ! Right there! No moon lost. Right there!"

TUBING!

I have always heard about people going 'Tubing' and it sounded kinda fun, but I was never motivated enough to actually go. I had NO clue how fun it would be!! Joey and I took a trip with my BFF Amy and her 3 kiddos. My sister Amanda was kind enough to keep Savanna. I did see kiddos Savanna's age there, but I'm glad I didnt' take her. #1 - it's $20-$25 per person, regardless of age, and #2 - there is NO way I would have been able to drag her tube and her up that hill every time! Even with a conveyor belt! Also, #3, I think she would have been too scared! Joey, on the other hand, LOVED it. Our first trip down, when i was petrified I turned around to check on him and he shouted 'THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!' LOL - goofy boy.

Here's Joey with his tube. :) Don't let him fool you - I drug his tube up that hill the other 200 times we went!

The cool conveyor belt that took us up! I just about fell the first couple times getting on, but then I got the hang of it. It's certainly not as easy as getting on an escalator!!

Joey and his tube. :)

A pic I snapped of our group going DOWN. It was FAST!!

Another DOWN!

Joey waiting to go down. :)

We went on New Years Eve. It was a HOT 60 degress!! Since we dressed for snow, we were all sweating like crazy. But hey - it was a good work out!! And I would take 60 degress over 0 degrees any day.

My BFF Amy and her little girl Alyssa. Brandon, Amy's 15 year old, is in the back.

Joey and his buddy Alyssa. It was SUCH a fun day and I can't wait to do it again! It was SO worth the $ and the drive!!

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!! This year was a great year for us. I LOVE Christmas time. I do think it's over commercialized, and I get annoyed that they put Christmas stuff out at Halloween!! But once December hit, I was in the Christmas spirit!! :) I just think it's so fun to do with the kids. And just the spirit of the season is just so heart warming. :) Here are some pictures of our adventures this past Christmas season!

I made some 'melted snowman' cookies for Christmas. SO good and SO cute!! :) And fairly easy!

Joey asked for one thing consistently this year - a 'Cyclaws' RC car. He was SO excited to find it under the tree ready to go on Christmas!

It goes really fast!

Savanna in her Christmas Jammies!

This year we went to see Santa when he visited the fire station! They took some professional pictures which they are supposed to e-mail me of my kiddos with Santa, but I've yet to see those. :( Hopefully I get them soon because I didn't take any pictures of the kiddos with Santa since they had a professional there! I should have snapped some of my own because i'm losing faith I'll get them...

Joey LOVES playing on the big fire truck.

:) She's so cute.

Here's Santa!!

He actually came rolling in not on a sleigh with reindeer, but on a fire truck!! With lights and sirens going! It scared the kids at first, but then they thought it was pretty cool!!

This is all the kiddos that run through my hosue every day. We do a yearly 'christmas picture' with the group, and this was my group this year!! Love them! (You should try to organize 7 kids for a picture some time...)

Had to add this pic for good measure. Savanna cracks me up!!

Savanna was very intense when decorating her cupcakes.

This is the 'Christmas Countdown' we used this year. :) Joey LOVED taking out (and eating!) a candy cane each day!

This is our Christmas Ornament ICU... I can't even tell you how many ornaments Savanna broke this year!! Some were able to be saved by super glue. Others just had to be tossed. :( Such is Christmas with a 2 year old!!

Kid Chatter - Are you sweaty?

Joey after eating a candy cane:

• "If I am having trouble breathing, I just need to eat a candy cane!" That one seriously made me LOL!

I recently bought some new mary kay make up that has some sparkles in it (I love sparkly stuff). Today Joey was talking to me, and was pretty close when he stopped and looked closer, then said:

• 'Why do you have sparkles on your face? Are you sweaty?'

Joey was at my dad's house and my dad was getting a new printer out of the box. Joey asked him to play with the styrofome, to which my dad said no, because it would make a mess. Then, later in the evening he went to my mom and asked Grandma:

• "Grandma - are you the boss? Can I play with the styrofoam?"

This was a while ago, and I can't remember if I blogged it or not, so if I did, I'm blogging it again... I still jsut love it!! We have a little magnent board with magnent letters. One day Joey worked VERY hard on spelling out "I love mom" After he finished he looked at me and said:

• "I sended you a text message!!"

Now this is NOT so good, and we are working on it, but I love the little Mr. Attitude that's coming out in him... it's funny, but of course we're working on being respectful! Just the other day I gave him dinner and told him to start eating and he said:

• "HELLO? MOM! You never gave me a drink!!" He sounded more like a teenage girl than a 5 year old boy!! I told him to try again and he sheepishly said 'Please, mom, can you get me some milk?' ha ha!

Now little Savanna has REALLY started chattering ALOT lately. We took away her plug (pacifier) Thanksgiving weekend and ever since she has been talking a ton. And she's so funny! Her favorite things to say is

• When she fixes things: "There. All better"


• When I ask her where something is "Over there. Table." No matter where the specific object is, to her it's 'Over there. Table."


• She typically calls me mom, but because she's around kids I babysit all day, all who call me Sara or Miss Sara, when she's requesting something she ALWAYS calls me Sara. "Mook, Sara, Mook!" (Mook is savanna speak for milk) Or "Play, Sara, Play!" or "Food, Sara, Food!"


• She has quite the sense of humor and is always cracking her self up when she's talking, but I rarely understand what she's saying.


• She'll bring me the remote control and yell 'ROCKET!' (Savanna speak for Little Einsteins) or "KITTY" (Savanna speak for Tom and Jerry)

Love these goofy kids!!

Cute-ness

Daddy, Savanna, and 'baby' watching tv together!

Joey and Savanna at Rising Park in Lancaster. :)

Savanna at Pigeon Roost farms

Joey at Pigeon Roost farms.

LOVE this picture. :D

Halloween 2010

Pumpkins! I carved the doggy one (on the left) w/ the kids and Kara carved the one on the right.

Savanna getting into mommy's make up.

Savanna was "Tiny Might" the super hero for Halloween. Ever since she was about 3 months old my dad has called her Tiny Might - he says 'She's tiny but she's mighty!' Boy it has rung true!! This girl is all independent and attitude!

It's hard to get a good picture of her. But you get the idea. :) It was COLD so she had to wear her coat under the costume, but it was still cute. :)

And Joey was an 'Army Man'. He made a good one too! What a cutie. :)