Smooth Saturday

Saturdays hold such promise around here. It usually means Daddy doesn't have to work and we get the day together as a family. I enjoy these days. Saturdays also usually include soccer but not today. S still had a cough 2 days ago so we canceled out on soccer for the week. He doesn't have the cough anymore but still, we stayed home just in case. The H1N1 swine flu thing really kicked our butts (not mine through illness but lack of sleep) this past 2 weeks. Today was a run to Lowe's for stuff to repair the ceiling in the playroom, a quick trip to the grocery store for cheap rib eyes steaks and then a super cheap lunch at Quiznos. The secret to this money saving, penny pincher mode I am in is to do the same stuff but for much less. A normal lunch at Quiznos cost us $23 in the old days. Today's lunch was $11 and we had the same food - I just had a coupon!!!!!

J got his first pair of shoes last night. He got these super cute blue ones from Stride Rite. He is wearing a 5 1/2 X-tra Wide. A whole 2 sizes larger than S's first pair of shoes and a 1/2 size bigger than L's first shoes. Pretty funny coming from my smallest baby yet. He doesn't like his new shoes. Not one little bit. He pulls and tugs at them. I think it makes it harder to walk but with winter coming (it is coming right???), he really needs to learn to wear shoes when we are away from home.

S always asks "How does the workers make xyz?" He asks this about all sorts of things from the house we live in to the plastic toy he might be playing with at the moment. He is really an inquisitive soul, who has a temper right now. A very feisty temper. I know it's only copying what he sees so we are trying to work on our tempers too. But YIKES - he can really really throw a fit these days!!!

L is going through a "Love my mama" phase. She wants to be with me, by me, near me all the time. I am not complaining though. It is nice to have her close. I really hope to keep our relationship like this. I love having her chatting and talking with me. It's fun to be a mommy to this little girl : -)