phone falling

While talking to my almost 3 year old daughter on the phone, she accidentally drops it, picks it up and says "Oh no Mommy! Are you okay? Mommy fell down."

:)

Just zero

Little Boy: How old is the baby?
Me: She's almost 1
Little Boy: Oh. So right now she's just zero?

Work. Not shopping.

Coming home from work is always the best feeling in the world. Especially with my little munchkins rushing the door, cheering and shouting for me. Sometimes...the kids seem to get confused as to where I went though...

A conversation with my son as I'm stepping into the door.

Brendan: Mommy's home!!! Hi Mommy! You go shopping?
Me: Hi Brendan! No, I went to work.
Brendan: Hmm...shopping?
Me: Work.
Brendan: Oh. You go work? Come home.
Me: I am home Brendan!
Brendan: Yay Mommy!!! Yay shopping!!!

30 before 30

With only 4 months left until I turn the big 3-0, I've finally decided to finish writing my 30 before 30 list and share them. Follow along as I try to do the little things I've always wanted to do before saying goodbye to my 20s.


1. Plant my own vegetable garden  (4/2011)
2. Run a mile without stopping to walk or smell the flowers (8/2011)
3. Fly a kite with the kids (7/2011)
4. Build a sand castle with my babies (yay! - 8/2011)
5. Make photo albums of our vacations over the last 2 years
6. Watch all the Godfather movies
7. Learn to cook a real Vietnamese dish and actually do it (7/2011)
8. Learn to cut a mango without slicing my hand off  (5/2011)
9. Create, Teach, Do, Record a dance routine with my little girl, Kylie
10. Have a girl’s day out with my Mamma (4/2011 - Cirque Du Soleil : Quidam)
11. Read a new trilogy/book series (3/2011 - Hunger Games. Loved it!)
12. Teach the twins to count to 20 in 4 different languages (8/2011)
13. Learn to play and memorize a new song on the piano
14. Have a family campout in our backyard (Did even better, we did real camping! 7/2011)
15. Have a vase of freshly cut flowers from my own garden (7/2011)
16. Do a jigsaw puzzle (5/2011)
17. Go to a wax museum (8/2011 - kids were freaked out!)
18. Go to the driving range again and dust off my golf clubs
19. Make fresh squeezed lemonade with lemons I pick myself (4/2011)
20. Do a real push-up (5/2011)
21. Do a pull-up (8/2011)
22. Get grape bubble gum and blow the biggest possible bubble I can (4/19/2011 - Went all the way over my nose!)
23. Take the kids sledding  (3/2011)
24. Eat a beignet (4/2011)
25. Learn how to change a tire
26. Drink a whole bottle of wine. By myself. (8/2011 - oh boy)
27. Pay for a stranger’s cup of coffee (8/2011)
28. Play my favorite childhood board games: Connect 4, Battleship (sunk!), Monopoly (7/2011)
29. Learn to make crepes (7/2011)
30. Learn to skip a rock on water (Even got this on video. woot. 8/2011)

technology is awesome

Our voicemail is setup to email me the .wav file of the voicemail along with an email transcribing the person's message.  This is pretty awesome, especially if I'm not in a place where I can listen to the voicemail.  It actually works pretty well most of the time.

However, my grandpa called the other day and left me the following voicemail:

Hello Bertrand and Kimmy. I received the picture you sent of the kids. Thank you very much. They look very nice in the Vietnamese dress. Okay, talk to you later. Bye.

The email I received said this:

Hello Robert Craig give me. I have you see where you at the show the tape. Thank you very much. They have very now she's now be Trish. Okay. Talk to you later. Bye 

Hmmm...yeah not quite. But thanks for the entertainment!

day at the farm

A day at the farm...

"hi sheep!" "hi animals!"

taking a stroll...