Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter Egg Hunt
John and I kicked off Sunday with the first of hopefully many Easter egg hunts in our backyard this year. Sloane loved it. Of course we had to stop and eat the "treats" inside each egg before looking for others so it took awhile but I think you can see from the pictures below how much fun she had. Hope everyone else had a wonderful Easter!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
New Home Preview
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Elkhart Time Trials Race
Tonight I (Annie) raced in my first ever bike race- the Elkhart Time Trial. It's a relatively flat, out and back, 12k course. I decided that I need to post about this before the official times came out and change how I feel about the race.
While I don't know my time exactly, I know that thanks to the TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, could barely stand up at times wind it wasn't near as good as I'd like it to be. (Which is why I'm sharing this now as opposed to waiting to see what I placed) However, it's amazing to think that less then six months ago I was nervous to even attend an indoor training session with the DMOS race team and now I'm racing right along with them! Well, some of them are passing me but I'm still out there!
I've been really lucky to have a more than supportive husband who lets me train and compete whenever necessary as well as made a few new great teammates/friends who have taught me a ton of valuable lessons about bikes, racing and how to handle races that are less then ideal. I've even been so inspired by my teammates that I'm planning on becoming certified to teach group spinning classes at the YMCA!
I never in a million years thought that John and I would be competing in triathlons or that I would be on a cycling race team but I'm so happy we've been able to find something to give us that competitive feeling once in awhile. (Instead of trying to make monopoly a competitive, full contact sport)
While I don't know my time exactly, I know that thanks to the TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, could barely stand up at times wind it wasn't near as good as I'd like it to be. (Which is why I'm sharing this now as opposed to waiting to see what I placed) However, it's amazing to think that less then six months ago I was nervous to even attend an indoor training session with the DMOS race team and now I'm racing right along with them! Well, some of them are passing me but I'm still out there!
I've been really lucky to have a more than supportive husband who lets me train and compete whenever necessary as well as made a few new great teammates/friends who have taught me a ton of valuable lessons about bikes, racing and how to handle races that are less then ideal. I've even been so inspired by my teammates that I'm planning on becoming certified to teach group spinning classes at the YMCA!
I never in a million years thought that John and I would be competing in triathlons or that I would be on a cycling race team but I'm so happy we've been able to find something to give us that competitive feeling once in awhile. (Instead of trying to make monopoly a competitive, full contact sport)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Gracie turns TWO!
For me, the silver lining of the horrific events that have taken place in Japan is that it has brought my great friend from high school, Kylan and her family home to Ames (for at least a bit anyways). On Sunday her daughter Gracie turned two! It has to be one of the best hand-made birthday parties we've been to. (Check out the elmo and cookie monster cupcakes and elmo decor below!)
You couldn't have wished for better weather. And, although we couldn't stay long Sloane and I had so much fun and we're so happy to be able to celebrate Gracie's birthday!
You couldn't have wished for better weather. And, although we couldn't stay long Sloane and I had so much fun and we're so happy to be able to celebrate Gracie's birthday!
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| Gotta have a picture of the mammas :) |
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Bueller? Bueller?
My former teammate and dear friend Stefenie (Miller) Wright is an amazing graphic designer. Multiple times I have seen pricey prints on esty that I would love to have but just can't spend the money. With in days Stef can come up with a customized version, complete with the perfect colors, fonts and size to fit my decor for less money and less time. LOVE HER. Check out the latest one she did for Sloane's new room...
To see more of her amazing work (she did the family trees for me too) check her out at http://stefeniemiller.blogspot.com/
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sloane's Straight Jacket
If John and I had a dollar every time we did one of the following we'd be RICH
1. Found Sloane un-snapping her onesie
2. Found Sloane naked
3. Found Sloane naked in her bed after nap time
4. Found Sloane naked in her bed in the morning
So... you get the point. Sloane likes to be naked and as cute as I think her little tushy is John and I are sick of constantly changing her soaked clothes and or sheets. Short of duct taping her diaper on (which we have seriously considered) we've tried everything.
It took her about ten minutes to figure out how to take off a backwards diaper off and maybe a couple weeks how to un-snap her onesies. We've even done a diaper, then a pull up diaper over then a onesie and she manages to still stretch them so far they leak.
Her best trick so far might be running to the bathroom and yelling "poop". I fell for it a few times but it turns out it's just a fun game for her to sit naked on the toilet and flush it.
I think I may have nailed it this time though. If she can get out of this I'm driving to the nearest talented and gifted center for 20 month-olds and enrolling her ASAP!
1. Found Sloane un-snapping her onesie
2. Found Sloane naked
3. Found Sloane naked in her bed after nap time
4. Found Sloane naked in her bed in the morning
So... you get the point. Sloane likes to be naked and as cute as I think her little tushy is John and I are sick of constantly changing her soaked clothes and or sheets. Short of duct taping her diaper on (which we have seriously considered) we've tried everything.
It took her about ten minutes to figure out how to take off a backwards diaper off and maybe a couple weeks how to un-snap her onesies. We've even done a diaper, then a pull up diaper over then a onesie and she manages to still stretch them so far they leak.
Her best trick so far might be running to the bathroom and yelling "poop". I fell for it a few times but it turns out it's just a fun game for her to sit naked on the toilet and flush it.
I think I may have nailed it this time though. If she can get out of this I'm driving to the nearest talented and gifted center for 20 month-olds and enrolling her ASAP!
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| pouting |
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Bad Luck of the Partially Irish
If you know Sloane you know she's no dummy. She's never one to be tricked into playing with toy cell phones, car keys, or television remotes. She has to have the real thing. And yes, she knows the difference. John and I have gotten in to a terrible habit of giving her our phones, keys, remotes, etc to play with and until today have only run into problems like she'll accidentally calling your boss or DVR something on the home shopping network.
Today was a different story. I was putting her in her car seat in the parking lot of the YMCA this morning. She had the car keys in her hand and it was causing some difficulty buckling her in so I took them from her, threw them in the front seat of the car, buckled her in, closed the door, grabbed the drivers door handle and ......IT'S LOCKED!!!!!!!!!! Every single door- LOCKED!!!!
All I could think of was that OnStar commercial where the crying mother calls and says, "I've locked my baby in the car." Did I really just do this? I had nothing on me- no wallet, no phone, no ID, no idea what the number to OnStar was even if we did have OnStar and of course Sloane was sobbing.
Thankfully a nice women leaving the Y (with two kids) called her husband at work to get the number to OnStar then let me use her phone to call. Thankfully we had a free 6 month subscription to OnStar with our new car, thankfully they were able to unlock my doors in a matter of minutes and thankfully the lady was prepared (unlike me) with milk and snacks for her kids so they didn't mind waiting either. I told her she was going to have very good luck today for her kindness.
To top it off- Midas pooped in the house while we were gone.
Lessons learned today
1. Find Sloane a new pair of keys to play with
2. Keep OnStar subscription
3. Don't leave phone in the car...just in case...
4. When Midas whines to go out and you think he just wants attention let him out anyway.
Today was a different story. I was putting her in her car seat in the parking lot of the YMCA this morning. She had the car keys in her hand and it was causing some difficulty buckling her in so I took them from her, threw them in the front seat of the car, buckled her in, closed the door, grabbed the drivers door handle and ......IT'S LOCKED!!!!!!!!!! Every single door- LOCKED!!!!
All I could think of was that OnStar commercial where the crying mother calls and says, "I've locked my baby in the car." Did I really just do this? I had nothing on me- no wallet, no phone, no ID, no idea what the number to OnStar was even if we did have OnStar and of course Sloane was sobbing.
Thankfully a nice women leaving the Y (with two kids) called her husband at work to get the number to OnStar then let me use her phone to call. Thankfully we had a free 6 month subscription to OnStar with our new car, thankfully they were able to unlock my doors in a matter of minutes and thankfully the lady was prepared (unlike me) with milk and snacks for her kids so they didn't mind waiting either. I told her she was going to have very good luck today for her kindness.
To top it off- Midas pooped in the house while we were gone.
Lessons learned today
1. Find Sloane a new pair of keys to play with
2. Keep OnStar subscription
3. Don't leave phone in the car...just in case...
4. When Midas whines to go out and you think he just wants attention let him out anyway.
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