Kansas City Kuchta's

Dancing Queen!

2009-05-04T06:54:00.000-07:00

Turn your sound on for the full effect!

Yucky on the outside, Sunny on the inside!

2009-02-19T14:37:00.000-08:00

This dreary weather is really starting to take its toll on the kiddos - they've all been a little on the wild side lately from being so cooped up inside, so I decided yesterday to just let them go to town and get some of that energy out! All 3 kids were up, and there were no daycare kids, so why not? As you can see from the video - they had a blast running around and just going nuts! What I didn't catch on film was Lexi stripping Callie naked (which explains the diaper only baby in 30 degree weather!) or the big kids rolling around like clowns on my exercise balls ... that was hilarious! In case you are wondering what Mom is doing at the beginning, she was following Callie around and recording her laughter - it's now what she hears every time someone calls her ... what a great idea!

My kids also really love being in front of the camera ... the following 3 pictures are what you get when you pull the camera out and tell them to say CHEESE! Cracks me up!

2009-02-12T13:30:00.000-08:00

Oh My Word! Lexi Grace is going to be the death of me, for sure ... and long before her teen years! She's outside playing right now, safely in our back yard, and there are a group of pre-teen boys 2 doors down playing soccer (or something equally loud and violent involving a ball!). Lexi just came waltzing in the door and we had this conversation:

Lexi: Mommy, can I go play with the big boys?
Me: No, they are a lot older than 5 years old and you need to stay in our yard.
Lexi: Ooooh! (Pout!) But I love one of them!
Me: Oh you do? Which one?
Lexi: The biggest one.
Me: Why do you love him?
Lexi: Because he said my singing was nice!

Truth be told - she WAS out there singing at the top of her lungs, I'm sure that the entire neighborhood DID hear her. Unfortunately, she IS her mother's daughter, and I have no doubt in my mind that there will be many more 'loves' in her life before she finds the real one!

I'm not sure I can put my feelings into words for this next part, but I'm going to try. As cute/funny as this story is, it makes me really sad too. She's barely 5 years old, and already she has this built-in desire to be in love. On top of that, the first compliment that boy paid to her made her instantly love him. It's one of those things thrown in your face by the world - TV, magazines, etc ... and that I wanted to be able to shield her from by limiting her social interaction (to Sunday school, christian friends, etc) and one of the main reasons I'm homeschooling her. Obviously, nothing I can do can keep her completely safe, so I'm praying to God about 7 years earlier than I thought I would have to, to protect that precious little heart and teach her to love Him alone!

Snow Day!

2009-02-11T08:25:00.000-08:00

Hey guys - guess what?? J brought the camera home! So ... a blogging we will go ... :)

It's February 11th, we literally just got about 15 minutes worth of snow, and the big kids just HAD to go outside. The way I figure, if they are outside, it's quiet in here, so why not? However, by the time they were completely decked out in snowsuits coats boots hats mittens and scarfs (their choice, not mine!) it had definitely stopped snowing. Good thing they don't care! EDIT: I've taken 2 phone calls since I wrote that last part - the kids definitely managed to splatter mud all over their snowsuits, put a cup under the downspout and pour water on each others heads, and use the sidewalk chalk dipped in water to paint their mittens. AWESOME! They are also inside now, and I have a floor to mop! Here's a couple before pictures, I should have taken some after ones too!

(FYI - the first picture is of Mason flexing his muscles, in case you can't tell!)

Last but certainly not least, my blog isn't complete without at least one picture of Callie, so here ya go!

2008-12-22T08:30:00.000-08:00

Tents are a big deal at our house, the bigger the better. The kids have more fun making up stories to go with their tents, and carting as many toys as possible inside. Today's conversation went something like this:

Mason: I'm gonna be the princess
Lexi: No, you can be the prince, and Mommy is the monster
Mason: Yeah, mommy's a monster!
Lexi:And I'm the princess
Mason: Hey! Wait! I'm not the prince, I'm the KING!

Lazy Sunday

2008-12-21T17:37:00.000-08:00

What an awesome lazy day we had today! It was too cold to go anywhere, and we've been so busy lately, so we just bundled up and hung out all day today. We played games and did puzzles this morning, made pizza for lunch, and watched the Chiefs lose. We seriously finally gave the kids baths at 5pm and put them in new pajamas, as they were still in their jammies from last night! Don't worry, we don't make a habit of this, but it was just that kind of day.

We did get a couple things done, a little cleaning, a lot of laundry, and everyone got a thorough cleaning - ears, nails, haircuts, baths, nails painted, etc. Included in that was the dog - who got a much-loved bath in the sink ... poor baby about shook herself bald in there! I'm posting the pictures, if you try to imagine the shaking and wimpering that went on through the entire event. At least she doesn't smell like fritos anymore!

Like Daddy Like Daughter

2008-12-19T10:19:00.000-08:00

We are back!

2008-12-19T09:23:00.000-08:00

Ok - we finally got a new computer, with internet that doesn't take 8 hours to load, so my first mission is to to blog, and to make an early new years resolution to do it more often! Then again, twice a year isn't hard to beat, so maybe I should come up with something a little more challenging? Nah ... I'm lazy. =)

Don't have much to write, things are crazy getting ready for Christmas, but here's a couple of pictures of the kiddos for you guys!

Callie is in love with hats - seriously wears them everywhere, almost always backwards, and is always super excited when she finds one - silly girl!

Here's the big kids on a Saturday morning, still sweet and sleepy ... almost looks like they like each other, huh?

Joke of the Day

2008-05-11T18:52:00.000-07:00

Spent the weekend in Lincoln and had a great time. After traveling with all three solo for the first time, I am pretty sure I can accomplish anything. Bummer we didn't get to see the Fortners! Hope you are feeling better Kari, we'll see you in a month or two.

Wanted to share Lexi's joke she shared with me as she was stalling at bedtime.

How does the letter "C" see without eyeballs?

By putting cupcakes on his eyes, ha ha ha ha ha!

Doesn't make sense, but I laughed pretty hard anyway. We'll be working on her material.

Also here are a few pics from a week ago when we went nature trailing. We live about 3 blocks from Ernie Miller Nature Park. Never been there, ever. I think we will be taking the kids there a lot more often. It was pretty fun running through the woods.

Record contract pending...

2008-05-01T20:10:00.000-07:00

Singing talent runs in the family and so does song writing.

Wo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oah! Head-o

Like Mother Like Daughter

2007-09-25T12:39:00.000-07:00

Love you!

Life is good

2007-09-25T12:01:00.000-07:00

I seriously think I start every post with "I know I haven't posted in a while, but ..." so I won't do it this time, but you get the idea. At least I have a good excuse this time - or 3 of them! Not a lot new around here, other than Callie of course, but I thought I'd give you all a quick update and post some pics.

J is busy busy busy with the business, today he's putting in about 12 hours, but all his hard work is definitely paying off - he's signed up a couple new clients, and is still in the process of hiring another new trainer. We've been having tons of fun sending out letters to 2000 clients in the area - hand addressing every one. It's actually some decent quality time together - we do it together most nights, so I'm not complaining. My back is though - I had to go to urgent care last Friday because I couldn't stand up straight - I had one hip jutted out about 2 inches further than it should have been! It turns out I had a muscle in my back that was in a constant spasm - like a crick in your neck only worse. They gave me some fantastic pain killers and muscle relaxers, so it's all good now. =) I start back to work on Monday, working 4 days a week. I'm looking forward to the time with adults, but not so much being away from the family every night.

Callie is doing wonderful - sleeping through the night about half the time, and only getting up once the rest of the time. I know they say babies aren't supposed to smile until at least 6 weeks, but I think she is already. I know you are all thinking "oh, it's just gas" but if that's the case, she only gets gas when I talk to her or Papa plays peek-a-boo. (No mean comments!)

Lexi is a fabulous big sister - every time she sees Callie awake she tells me "Mommy, she likes me!" It's very cute. She's been busy with play dates lately - we get together with a co-worker and her 4 year old son once a week, but we definitely have to keep a close eye on them. Last week Amy and I were talking and listening to the kids through the monitor, and heard the kids playing night-night. Next thing we know, Ty says "You have to take your underwear off too, Lexi" - and off we go! We found the kids in his room, in separate beds, stripped down to their underwear! Funny sight, but both kids have gotten numerous talkings-to about needing jammies if they are going to take their clothes off to sleep, and we don't do that during play time!

Mason is still doing speech therapy, and is really starting to make progress. He's still hard to understand, but he's starting using some consonants on his own. He's still loud as can be though - apparently if he talks louder we'll be able to understand him. =) He's turning into quite the pain lately ... he definitely understands that if I'm feeding Callie, I can't get up to spank him quite as fast, and he tests this about every day! He's also figured out how to unlatch the gate and thinks he has free reign of the house. I've learned that if he starts yelling "Owie Owie, no spankin no spankin" when I can't see him, he deserves one when I find him! =)

In case you can't tell, these are all newborn pics of the kids - see any resemblance? =)

Just a swingin'

2007-09-14T10:55:00.000-07:00

Couldn't resist posting this for all to see - this is my 40 pound 2 year old in a baby swing, and boy is he stuck! Hmmmm ... maybe next time I'll leave him in there for a while! =)

2007-09-03T08:46:00.001-07:00

Fitness and Baby - but not together!

2007-08-17T17:35:00.001-07:00

Ok, I think it is beyond time we updated this thing! Sorry to all of you that have been faithfully checking every day and are sick of looking at the Fitness Together logo. =) Speaking of FT, J is doing a fabulous job of getting his business up and running. He went to franchise school back in July and has been on his own (without the help of the previous owner) since the beginning of August. He is getting to know the current clients and working hard at signing up new ones, and doing some training in between. My mom complains every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday but the results are really starting to show, so I guess he knows what he's doing! He's working his tail off, and I couldn't be prouder. =)

For those of you who are wondering, I'm definitely still pregnant. I guess everyone really knows that, but I'm still annoyed enough to keep saying it out loud. I spent all day Wednesday and Thursday having contractions 5 minutes apart, but they didn't do any good and stopped sometime in the night while I was sleeping. At this rate I'm guessing baby won't be here until I'm induced next Wednesday, so I'm going to take it easy until then.

On the flip side, not including the pain of contractions, I had an awesome 2 days. My grama was sweet enough to keep the kiddos for me, and I spent the entire two days with Mom and our friend Brenda. We didn't do a whole lot on Wednesday, some walking and lots of timing the contractions, but Thursday we had a blast. We got up early and spent the day together cleaning all our houses, got pedicures, had lunch together, walked a million miles at the mall, and did a lot of squats (they were supposed to make the baby come faster!) ... all in all we had a great couple days together and will have stories for a really long time! Thanks girls!

Kari, the race is still on, I really thought I had you beat for sure, but it's still up in the air. Think you can hold off until Wednesday so I can go first this time? If not, I understand, but see what you can do. =)

Last but certainly not least - I have gotten a ton of phone calls, e-mails, and text messages from everyone over the last few days checking on me, offering help, and general good wishes and prayers, and those mean so much! Thank you so much to everyone for all the support through this ordeal!

New Adventure

2007-06-07T17:23:00.000-07:00

Okay, I don't know if everyone knows this yet, but I am quitting my current job and buying a personal training franchise called Fitness Together. The details of how everything will happen are still not fully spelled out, but I will be going to franchise school in July and officially take over on August 1. The place is only about 5 minutes from my house, which will be awesome. Here is what the joint looks like:

Notice the water jets on the wall of the shower. I don't think I will be showering at home much anymore.

We'll see all ya'll soon at the Ozarks

Tink

2007-05-22T12:29:00.000-07:00

We now have a dog. The one J made fun of so much on a previous post, actually. Funny story - he loves the sweet little thing! She's a 2 year old Chihuahua, weighs only 6 lbs, is potty trained and kennel trained, loves the kiddos, and doesn't make a sound. Ever. Life is good! She also sleeps under the covers in our bed, so there's no need for a corn bag anymore (as if it weren't 80 degrees outside). The pictures below don't really do her justice, as I think she's absolutely adorable. The only negative thing is that she fits between the slats in the fence and will only pee on the neighbors trees - she's yet to actually do any business in our yard. I think it's funny, but I'm guessing the neighbors won't! =) =) =) =) =) =) =)

Happy Birthday Mason!

2007-05-22T12:13:00.000-07:00

This kid cracks me up - who knew such a silly little boy could capture my heart just by opening his mouth ... literally! =)
Just hanging out - making his birthday list out of the Toys R Us catalog!
MOM!
Gotta love that grin ... I do!
And last but not least - couldn't resist Princess Twinkle Toes. Mason walks in these better than Lexi does!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2007-04-21T10:23:00.000-07:00

To the most beautiful woman ever, inside and out, and the best mom anyone has ever had - I love you! Hope your birthday is fantastic!

Day of the bed upgrades

2007-04-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

Gotta good deal on some nice white pine bunk beds, so we pulled the trigger. Got it set up and tonight is the first night Lexi will be sleeping in it.

After Lexi went to bed, I went to take a picture of her in her new bed. I was hoping to find a precious moment to be digitally immortalized and treasured for years to come. Not so lucky with our little princess:

Well Lexi has a new bed and is really pumped about it:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2022560062

Since Lexi has a new bed, we decided to let Mason try out using a big kid bed tonight. So far so good. He has been in bed for an hour now and has not gotten out once. I am willing to bet I will be waking up at 2 am to a loud thump from him falling on the floor, though.

Dunno, but gotta post something

2007-04-09T20:36:00.000-07:00

Faux-hawk day at the Kuchta House.

Okay, so we are not good at blogging. Christa called me from work tonight asking if she could bring home a chihuahua. Apparently animal control brought in a mother and 2 puppies, and the mother likes Christa. We have had three dogs thus far in our brief history of marriage. All three have been miserable failures, but Christa thinks we should get a chihuahua. I think we should open this up to blogger nation. Please submit a vote: yes, we should get "yo quiero", or no, we should not.

Mr & Mrs Kuchta

2007-03-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Lexi!

2007-01-22T12:07:00.000-08:00

How cute is this 3 year old princess???

Don't Drink the Water!

2007-01-19T06:50:00.000-08:00

Has anyone ever noticed that as soon as a woman gets pregnant, she sees babies and other pregnant women everywhere? Well, this time I'm not kidding ... I'm really beginning to wonder how babies are made! (Just kidding, when a man and a woman really love each other ... I got it) Seriously though - there are 3 of us Kuchta girls that are all due within a month or so, there are 4 in the Kitchen Window class I go to (and I think there are only 7 women total there!), and 5 of us in dispatch that are either expecting or just delivered ... it's crazy! It kinda makes me feel sorry for everyone else ... they have to watch us eat all the time without caring how much weight we gain, pretty soon we'll all be glowing and beautiful and perfectly comfortable in our bodies, and we're all so excited to be prego that every day is a good day. Um yeah, so I'm just kidding, I really do feel sorry for others around us, but not for any of the reasons listed above! =) I'm feeling really good this pregnancy - I'm a little sick, but not too bad, and except for right after lunch, I'm not too tired. I try to get a little nap in while the kids sleep, but it doesn't always happen. I think we are going to be due in September (probably minutes apart from Gina!), and we'll know for sure in a couple weeks when I go in for a sonogram. We are also not finding out the sex of this baby, which I think is going to be awesome - I love the idea of hearing "It's a ____!" J has been amazing - helping out around the house, taking over with the kids, and either fixing or bringing home dinner on the nights when it just doesn't happen. I don't think I'd survive without him right now! (Well, ever, but especially right now!)

So enough words, and on to some pictures. It's been a while since I posted, so I'm just putting some random recent pics here for you to enjoy!

Mason and his hats - at least this one isn't pink!

Lexi's playing ring around the rosie - Mason's not!

Daddy and Lexi say CHEESE!

Isn't she so innocent??

My favorite part of marriage - 11PM on a Friday night, we are both exhausted, look like crap, and are happy as can be to just curl up and be together. Life is good.

Girl after my own heart ...

2006-12-18T10:42:00.000-08:00

Lexi wanted to dress up "like Mommy" this morning - so she put on her apron, her chef's hat, put a towel in her apron, (all over her jammies), and then put on her raindrop boots. Classic - I couldn't resist taking pictures! I love that her boots are on the wrong feet, and her jammies are pushed up above the boots - does she have fashion sense or what??

Ut-Oh Oatmeal!

2006-12-07T12:51:00.000-08:00

The kids and I got home from mom's today, and I went directy in to check my e-mail. While sitting there, I heard the kids laughing and giggling together, which is a beautiful sound, so I relaxed and replied to a few e-mails while they were getting along - it's so rare!

Suddenly, I heard Lexi yell "Mommy - Mason's throwing oatmeal!" - as you can imagine, I took a flying leap out of my chair and this is what I found in the kitchen - a huge mess! Mason was literally taking handfuls of oatmeal out of the can and throwing it across the floor, and Lexi was making angels in the oatmeal.

I had two choices - be mad, spank, and clean it up ... or laugh, take pictures, and clean it up anyway. As you can see, I chose the second option. They have no idea how lucky they are!

Just so you know, J is definitely installing child safety mechanisms on all the drawers, cabinets, and the turn around tonight. It was funny once, next time will be an entirely different story!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2006-11-22T16:34:00.000-08:00

Two beautiful reasons to be thankful on Thanksgiving! We are going to my parent's house to celebrate this year, and Mom and I had a blast spending all day in the kitchen today - many thanks to Brenda and Grama Peggy for watching the kiddos so we could cook with no distractions!

While I have a minute to blog, I might as well tell my new favorite Lexi story. My sweet husband brought me flowers last week, on an evening when the kids were gone. Lexi came in the next day, and the first thing she says is "Holy Crap! We got Flowers!" Hmmm ... wonder where she learned that one??? =)

Beauty Rest

2006-11-17T13:42:00.000-08:00

All I wanted to do was sit here, read my book and eat my Pringles. (Anybody tried the new loaded baked potato flavor? They're AWESOME!) But NO. I kept getting comment after comment to post, so here you go. Hey Mason, where's your hair?? Paybacks are ... well, you know. And Mom - before you get too grumpy about this, remember the one I almost posted, but decided against. Love you!

Big 12 Championship - Here we come!

2006-11-12T13:23:00.000-08:00

GO BIG RED
GO BIG RED
GO BIG RED
GO BIG RED
GO BIG RED

Next Thursday's Lunch

2006-11-12T13:17:00.000-08:00

Yeah - those are sausage nachos. And they were awesome! Mom and Brenda - I love you! If it weren't for your crazy story last week, I never would have thought of this!

2006-11-09T09:30:00.000-08:00

This is definitely Mason's new favorite place to play ... and yes, that is the top of our kitchen table. He moves that tubby body around surprisingly fast though - he can get up there in 10 seconds flat now! I'll have a good Lexi story for you later today (or tomorrow, you never know!), but for now I need to get lunch and naps. As Mom would say, TTFN!

EDIT: As for the pink shoes, my manly man super masculine son was using them as hammers and beating the crap out of the table. Not wearing them, not posing, nothing like that. Because he's so manly. And he's a man. A masculine man.

Happy Halloween!

2006-11-01T09:19:00.000-08:00

Our first Trick or Treating experience - and the kiddos had a blast! Especially Lexi ... she was literally running between houses, and every time we left one place, she would shout "Just one more house, Mommy, just one!" We probably only went to 15 houses total, but between the 2 kids, we have almost a full pumpkin of candy - lots of rewards for picking up toys, right? Yeah yeah, we'll see!

Just in case you are wondering, that is definitely the same costume she wore 2 years ago, but it still fit and it's what she wanted, so who I am to complain?

Mason did really well - I think he was a little in awe of the whole evening, because he didn't make a sound most of the time! Just stood there and held his little pumpkin out (after Lexi was done of course - she had to be first every time!) and smiled sweetly at each person. Poor J had to carry him all night - but Mason held onto that pumpkin for dear life, wouldn't let anyone help him. Very cute!

And last but definitely not least - my favorite husband. Words cannot express how proud I am!

Magical Equation

2006-10-30T18:04:00.000-08:00

Okay, I am hungry. To solve my hunger problem, I stare blankly into the refrigerator waiting for a meal to spontaneously appear. Surprisingly that did not happen, but as I looked from the refrigerator to the cupboards and back the refrigerator, my eyes fixed on the Krispy Kreme box that was leftover from Christa's Sunday morning donut run. I walked to the box, opened it and saw 3 perfectly round tasty treats looking up at me. I looked back at the open refrigerator and saw that we had some thawed hamburger and WHAM!! the perfect food equation popped into my head:

I wish that I could take credit for the best thing I have tasted in a long time, but alas I can not. I remembered reading about a concession stand at a minor league ballpark that offered these beauties:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/03/broadcasts/main1680067.shtml

However, I did take this burger to a new level, as I also grilled the donut. I tore into this heart stopping concoction as soon as it came off the grill, and was nearly halfway finished before I realized I needed to capture this moment to save forever:

Although, this tasted amazing, I would not recommend consuming these on a regular basis if you have any regard for your health or your waistline. Although I was too lazy to add cheese or bacon (but I plan on doing this in the near future), this burger exceeded 600 calories and contained 36 grams of fat.

FYI, pay close attention when grilling the donuts as they quickly catch on fire if left unattended. About a minute, 15 seconds created a nicely grilled donut.

Funny Story

2006-10-10T13:23:00.000-07:00

I desperately need to get new batteries for the camera, so I apologize yet again for another pictureless post. I have 2 quick and funny Lexi stories that I have to share before I forget about them, so here goes! Oh, and just FYI, I wasn't home for either of these situations, so the stories are third hand - sorry to J if I don't get them exactly right!

Yesterday Lexi pushed Mason out of her way, which is a pretty common occurrence around here. J put her in time out, and she sat there for her entire 2 1/2 minutes with no problems. As soon as the timer went off, she got up and charged into Mason, pushing him down and sitting on him (again) !! So J put her back into time out, only this time she was screaming, crying, and carrying on like no other, so J told her to stop crying, she wasn't hurt, etc. She proceeded to yell at him "Yes I am hurt!" J asked what was hurting and she cried "My FEELINGS!" Can anyone say ... Drama Queen?

Dinner time at the Kuchta's: J grilled hot dogs for the kids, and as they sat there, Lexi told J "Daddy, these are dirty!" ... to which he replied "No, that's not dirt, those are yummy tasty grill marks" ... and Lexi repeats "OH! Yummy tasty girl parts!"

Oh - BONUS! I just realized I do have a new picture in my inbox I can put up here so my blog isn't so wordy and boring! This is from last weekend at Grampa Harold's birthday party. It's my grama, my mom, myself, and Lexi ... and the reason I love it is because I have one a lot like this from when I was a baby that was my Great Grandma, Grama, Mom and I. I'll have to figure out a way to scan it on here so you can see the similarities!

Glue

2006-10-09T19:41:00.000-07:00

Okay, short story. Lexi's new favorite thing to do is to play with the "fuzzy balls". Fuzzy balls are these little packs of felt pom pom art thingies. She just glues them onto construction paper and this keeps her entertained for quite a while. This weekend, she was playing with these and she asked me to play with her. I agreed, and began trying to glue these fuzzy balls to the construction paper using a glue stick. This shouldn't be very difficult, right? Lexi and I spent a good 15 minutes spreading the glue and trying to stick the fuzzy balls to the paper. I was laying down think chucks of the stuff and twisting the balls into the glue trying to get them to stick, but all we were getting was a grease stained piece of construction paper. Finally, I commented to Christa that the glue stick we were using was a piece of crap!! For a few more minutes Lexi and I tried to make it work when I noticed a tropical smell coming from the glue stick. I took a look at the label and instead of seeing Elmer's, the label read Hawaiian Tropic Sunblock Stick, 45 SPF. Apparently sunblock is not a very good adhesive!

2006-10-05T19:33:00.000-07:00

Lexi and I started homeschooling this week. She does 2 pages out of a big workbook (colors this week), counting to 20, a toddler devotion, the weather, and her a book of words she is learning. That girl amazes me! She can already read all the colors and her family words (Mommy, Daddy, Lexi, Mason, Nini, and Papa) and a few random extras (Elmo, off, kitty) - we're going to start naming shapes next week - I can't wait! Speaking of shapes, the very first day, we were doing the workbook pages on the color red ... we were going through a bunch of objects that are red and came to a stop sign. I asked her what it was, and without any hesitation, she says "Octagon!" I was shocked! I don't think I knew what an octagon was until I was about 12! =)

Sorry there aren't any pictures tonight, I'm at work so there's nothing I can do about it. You can tell how busy we are if I have time to post! I don't mind when we are slow on Thursday's though, because I'm addicted to Grey's Anatomy, and I actually got to watch almost the entire show tonight - very exciting. Anyone else on here lovin that show?

I'm hoping to have a slow day tomorrow at home, so maybe I'll have time to post the cute baby butt pictures I took this week - sorry if you are offended, but you'll have to get over it, cause my baby's butts are the cutest!

Sweet Baby

2006-09-30T09:43:00.000-07:00

We had to wake Mason up to go run errands this week, which rarely happens. Usually he is waking me up! When I went in to get him, this is what I saw ... that boy was OUT! I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of him buried in his blanket, with that rear in the air.

Mom and Dad took Lexi with them this morning, so J and I took Mason to IHOP for some breakfast, and he had a blast! He had chocolate milk for the first time, out of a cup with a straw, and loved it - as long as he got to hold the cup ... there's definitely some milk on his pants now, but it was worth it to see him grin that huge cheesy smile at us after every drink. He was holding a fork in one hand and a spoon in the other, but couldn't really figure out how to use either one, so he was still using his fingers to shove food in his mouth - cracked me up! I was a little worried he'd poke an eye out, but he managed pretty well. Knowing him, he probably would've kept eating anyway!

2006-09-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure I'm getting the mother of the year award today! I sent Lexi upstairs ahead of me while I grabbed a load of laundry out of the dryer, and followed her up. She was standing in the bathroom with this weird red drool on the side of her mouth, and when I looked closer, I realized she had a pack of nasal decongestants in her hand, and 3 were missing! I looked in the trash, and there was 1 pill, bitten in half - but who knew where the other 2 were. I called Poison Control, who said if she had taken 2, that was the maximum dosage for her weight in 24 hours, and they didn't start worrying until that had been exceeded 5 times, so I didn't need to panic. Easy for her to say! It's possible she only got the one pill out (the one in the trash) and J had taken the other 2, but who knows. She's down for a nap now, but I've been checking on her every 15 minutes or so to make sure she's still breathing, and I don't think I'm going to be ok until she's awake and giving me her usual attitude to show that she's back to normal. What a day it's been, and it's only 12:30!

Back to Basics

2006-09-26T08:35:00.000-07:00

I've decided, as of today, that we are no longer watching TV during daylight hours. A little cartoon here or there before bed is acceptable, but that's it. (On my shift anyway, who knows what happens when I'm at work!) We moved the kids TV out of the playroom into the kitchen, thinking that might stop them from wanting to watch it so much, but no dice. Now Lexi just stands in front of the counter all day staring at that dang box, and if anyone happens to get in her way (say, mom cooking dinner or doing dishes) I get a glare and a "Scuse you, mommy!" so we're done.
The problem with this line of thinking is that now I have to come up with new things for the kids to do all day! So today we had art time this morning. Lexi did play dough ( for a long time!) and Mason had his very first experience with coloring. Surprisingly, he didn't eat the crayons. More than twice. =) For those of you who know me well, I don't have a creative bone in my body, so any suggestions or ideas for things to do would be very much appreciated!

We have a busy day planned today. As much as I loved having J home last week, I didn't get many of my domestic duties done, and I'm catching up today. Cooking, cleaning, running errands, and of course going to the park are at the top of the list. I'll take the camera with me so I have something to post later!

Lovin you ... is easy cause you're beautiful

2006-09-23T10:18:00.000-07:00

I know this is an old picture, but it's still my favorite. Or maybe it's the only one I have where J doesn't look stoned and I don't look (too!) cheesy. FYI - we are not laying down, we are standing in front of curtains, contrary to what everyone seems to think when they see this picture. =)

2006-09-23T09:50:00.000-07:00

So this is pretty much what our day is like today - Lexi and Mason both caught my cold, so we are taking it easy. Well, except for Mason spilling hot coffee down the front of his shirt and pants, Lexi hitting her head in the bathtub, and the sound of "Mommy - I don't feel good! My boogies are hurting me!" And that would be why both kids are now sound asleep. =)

It has been a wonderful week - J has been on vacation so we've had a lot of awesome family time. Trips to the park, watching movies, going to the mall ... I'm really going to be sad when he goes back to work on Monday.

It has begun!

2006-09-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

Ok - everyone wins! There is now a blog site to tell all the happy (and hilarious) things going on in the Kuchta household ... more stories to come!