Small talk...

Elmer and I aren't big talkers. When Kai was first born, Elmer was in Hawaii and I was still in Washington ; it was like pulling teeth to get him to talk to me for more than 15 minutes. It isn't a bad thing, we just don't find the need to fill every minute together with words. Sometimes it is nice to just be tOgThEr, but who wants to sit silently on the phone for hours? Not me and certainly not Elmer! Long distance relationships are hard like that and if I had to do it again I don't think I could. I nEed ThIs mAn! That is why I love our sMalL tAlk, when we are jUst BeInG tOgTheR, doing nothing at all:

Me: "I love you baby!"

Elmer: "I love you more!"

Me: "No, I love you more!!!"

Elmer: "NO, I LOVE YOU MORE!!!"

Me: "Okay, you can love me more but I loved you first..."

... And you know what?!?! Every day when I wake up I love him mOrE!!!!

What Storm???

So that big storm we were supposed to have only produced a small puddle outside my house. I went to go take a picture of it and it had already dried up because of the hEaT we are now enduring! Yeah it is hOt alright and that is why Kai now hangs out like this......

Today we are busy as bees getting ready for the storm.

Felicia is headed our way!

Wish us luck!!!

A lovely shade of blue...

This is the smirk he gives me everytime he is naughty!

And this is the face he gives us when we say "NO"!

This face is to let us know he doesn't like being told no.

And this is the face he makes to let us know he is sorry... sorry he got caught!!! Little stinker! Not even Daddy wanted a kiss from this mouth!

My Thoughtful Husband...

This last year during Christmas time money was tight, so Elmer and I decided that we would only be doing presents for Kai. Sometimes to poke fun at our own situation I would ask what Elmer wanted Santa to bring him, and he would ask the same to me. " A dishwasher!!!" I would always say with googly eyes. I went to bed on Christmas Eve with my cupboards empty. Every dish in my house was dirty, but I was too tired to care, way too tired! I guess I was naughty this year because Santa didn't deliver my dishwasher , instead I woke up to something much better. All the dishes that had once crowed the kitchen sink were sparkling clean and put away neatly back into the cupboards. My dear husband had given me my dishwasher, and even though it wasn't the real big metal machine it is a gift that I will remember always . Now I can't help but get googly eyes when I see my "dishwasher" at work ;) ! Thanks for being so thoughtful I love you baby!!!

An Amazing Woman

The world lost an amazing woman today. I will miss you Aunt Linda but I will remember you ALWAYS! I hope that I can be even just half the woman you were. Until we meet again love you lots Linda Lou!

See Kai Learn

Is it just me or does anyone else think that pre-school is waaaay too expensive? I do so I am doing something about it. Coming soon.... a blog for Mom's with preschoolers showing the how to do preschool at home. There will be daily lessons (or weekly, we will see how I do!) with fun activities and songs and great pointers for parents! I plan on calling it See Kai Learn! So what do you think? Good idea or bad idea? I have found many great resources and one of them is a retired Montisorri prschool teacher who is going to share EVERYTHING she knows about being a preschool teacher. We are with our children all day long... wouldn't it be nice if for just a bit you and your child were ingaged in intersting, STIMULATING, educational FUN TOGETHER!?!? I really want to make this useful so if you have any, ANY books or web sites or anything about preshool please let me know! Really, what do you think?!?!?