This Is It

it's friday, this is how we roll(ed)

• mackenzie made her dad coffee this morning.
  using what was leftover in the pot from last night.
  he didn't drink it.

• madison had a busy morning,
  getting the rest of her spelling words
  into alphabetical order
  and making her lunch.
  which was all supposed to be done last night.

• i dressed max this morning.
  in his only pair of jeans that don't have a hole in the right knee.
  along with a t-shirt over a long sleeve thermal.
  he looked handsome.
  the next time i see him,
  he's wearing his hulk shirt.
  which is borderline "too small".
  whatever makes him happy.

• we ran to the neighborhood walmart
  to get some stuff for dinner
  and spinach dip (for sunday).

• with $10 from his great grandma roberta
  left over from christmas...
  max bought himself
  a transformers "animated" tent
  and a kid-sized nike golf glove.
  (he learned the animated part from watching the transformers commercials too many times)

• after a trip to target
  with my mom and sisters,
  (it was a long one, we wandered down the clearance aisles)
  we went and tried out
  grimaldi's pizza for lunch.
   
  it was good,
  but no CPK.
  or roberto's chicken nachos.
  (i had those on thursday and they were to die for)

• the girls had their first healthy snacks class today.
  which gave max and i an extra hour to ourselves.
  and we used that time wisely...
  a quick trip to sonic, a nap
  and some quiet time on the computer.
  they made 4 different snacks.
  a smoothie, sliced bananas rolled in yogurt and granola, celery with cottage cheese in it and a pita pocket filled with turkey, lettuce and cheese.

• max has watched frosty the snowman
  about 3 times today and
  little drummer boy once.

• i finished reading
  confessions of a shopaholic.
  now i'm ready to see the movie.

• going through blogs this morning,
  i found a recipe on becky higgins blog.
  creamy mushroom and chicken soup.
  that's what we had for dinner tonight
  along with some rhodes wheat rolls.
  it was delicious.

• and for the third time this week.
  i took a short little drive to...
  golden spoon.
  with my little guy.
  everyone got some frozen yogurt tonight.

January 29, 2009

my bedroom

today we played two games of the match game.
he won the first game,
i won the second.
he's pretty good.
but sometimes he gets a little excited and turns over more than two cards trying to find the match.

it's here

the doorbell rang
and max took off to see who it was
i try to stop him from running in front of the window
(i don't want some salesman to know i'm home)
i see the big brown truck
and i know
it's here...

 

we open the door
then open the box
and while it charges,
i print off the rebate info.
and soon...
i will figure out how this thing works. 

IF i updated on Facebook...

today would go a little something like this

Jamie Steward Carter is up bright and early. oh wait, it's still dark outside. max doesn't even think it's morning yet. 16 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter dropped the girls off by the gate. man they walk fast. 14 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter is starting a load of laundry, unloading/loading dishwasher, sweeping kitchen and vacuuming. 14 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter is wiping something off max's bedroom wall. you don't even want to know.  13 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter was surprised at how easy THAT wipes off walls.  13 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter thinks the cat is now down to 6 lives 13 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter needs her "repair man" to take a look at the dryer. it's not getting hot and is taking FOREVER to dry anything. 13 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter took the pie crusts and meatballs out to thaw 13 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter is off to target with max for toothpaste and slim fast. 12 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter max is not in a good mood. :( 12 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter is proud of herself for only buying the things she needed. (budgets are no fun) 11 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter just placed my order for a route 44 diet coke and a small apple juice. 11 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter just pulled out of sonic and max is fast asleep. it's only 10:11. 11 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter is snacking on corn... "Just Corn" as good as candy. 11 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter has a trader giotto's garden vegetable 290 calorie lasagna in the microwave. and i must add... i LOVE trader joe's corn bread mix. mmm.  10 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter pb&j sandwich and a string cheese for the little guy. coming right up. 9 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter needs to decide what we are going to do for madi's birthday party. only 2 weeks away. 9 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter waiting for the girls to get out. good time for me to read while batman and luke skywalker carry on a conversation in the backseat. 8 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter remembers max had a nap this morning... why is he being so dang cranky?  7 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter needs to finish folding clothes and get all of the laundry put away. 6 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter wonders... where are max and ruby's parents? 6 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter loves winning. even if it's just a game of chutes and ladders against a 7 and 3 year old. 5 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter dinner is cooking. meatball and marinara calzone. should be done when the guys return from the gym. 3 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter can hear mackenzie getting her lunch ready. she is practicing for when she has her own cooking show. 3 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter can't wait for my new phone to arrive. maybe tomorrow or the next day. i'm just glad it was $50 cheaper ordering it online (with free shipping). 3 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter helps max put together a Cars puzzle. while dinner gets cold. my timing was off - or - the guys are slow. 3 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter dinner was good. tonight's madi's night to clear the table 2 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter is off to get golden spoon. he's buying, i'm flying. 2 hours ago

Jamie Steward Carter time to get the maxster to sleep. 2.5 stories read, back tickled and sung to and he finally closes his eyes. about an hour ago

Jamie Steward Carter is enjoying a yummy frozen yogurt while i type this and then off to bed. 15 minutes ago

that was fun... maybe i should update more often. :)

 

 

This is a test. To see if i can update via my cell phone. This is only a test.

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January 27, 2009

we watched tommy and billy for a little while today. they got to go with us to get the girls. and we all sat in the car waiting for them to come out.

eight on this tuesday

1.  max isn't too picky with the cartoons he watches. as long as it's a cartoon. the other night, on channel 65, this one came on called 6teen. it was pretty funny. darric and i were both catching bits of it and laughing. (i think the characters are pretty cute too.)

 

2. with santa, his tent and the christmas trees gone from the mall, the fountains are now filled back up with water. so when we need a break from gap, we take the kiddos there and start passing out the coins from the bottom of our purses. this time max made his wishes known to us all. the first one... that he had a robot. and the next... that superman was there.

3. the girls were off again on friday for staff development day. i don't remember ever having these when i was in school. anyways... mackenzie and madi decided to organize the pantry. without me even asking them too. after about an hour, mackenzie had the clean pantry unveiling...

   
(max was outside with the umbrella and he had to come in to look too)

4. i finally won. two out of three sets of tennis. that's right... i kicked dani's butt this week. haha. not really, i just refused to play another set in fear that we would tie and i could no longer say i won. while we were playing our 30+ games, the guys were golfing and grandma carter was keeping the little ones entertained.

 
i love the paper dolls she makes with the kids.

5. jodie and i have come to this conclusion...
even after all of our kids are out of diapers, wet wipes will still be a necessity. for wiping hands after playing at the park or wiping faces after eating a chocolatey treat or a maple topped cinnamon roll.

6. i was looking for a new book at target the other day. and after a few fits thrown by max, i finally decided to go with confessions of a shopaholic. we didn't have a cart, because i was just supposed to be running in to pick up madi's prescription. :) that night, i was too excited, when a preview for the movie confessions of a shopaholic came on. i had no idea. and when i peeled the target sticker off the front of my book... there were the words "now a major motion picture." duh.

7. madi's zumba class was canceled. not enough kids were signed up and i didn't want to take her to the saturday class. but... the girls start their "healthy snacks" class at school on friday. 

8. saturday night, the girls stayed the night with g&g carter. me, darric and max went to the at&t store, (unfortunately they were out of the phone i wanted) office max (for turbo tax - our taxes are done) and L&L for some kalua pork and cabbage. mmm.

learning from the best

on our way to costco...

me:   hey max, guess what?
max:   what?
me:   i love you!
max:   hey mom, guess what?
me:   what?  (i perk up in my seat, thinking how sweet my little guy is)
max:   that's what.

ok. not only has darric passed on this little guess what, that's what joke... last night we were watching america's funniest videos and max says..."hey look, it's dave."
(darric likes to pick really unattractive people out and call them dave. and sometimes he likes to find some for me too.)

(mason took this picture while we were bowling last week)

January 24, 2009

in the car

a trip to rc willey to look at kids beds
then on to sports authority for a couple things darric needed
and as a reward... red robin for lunch.

January 23, 2009

on the kitchen tile

today would be the official day of weighing in at my
just-married-weight.
for the past few weeks i've gone from
121.2 one day and down to 120.8 the next
then back up to 121.4 and then to 121.2
back to 120.8 and 120.6
then down to 120.4
120.2...
and today...
an even 120.0.
i'm sure it'll be back up a little bit tomorrow.
but i reached my goal.
officially.