Category: Fun Stuff

Eight Things You Don’t Know About Me

Post author By A Mama's Blog
Post date June 3, 2007
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I’ve been tagged by Amy at Crunchy Domestic Goddess to tell you 8 things you don’t know about me:

1. I am ambidextrous (I can use my left and right hands the same).

2. I was raised in a very strict, religious sect, and followed it until I was 24. I am not comfortable saying what it was, but only two members of my family remain in it, and they aren’t as “strict” with it as they used to be. Because of this, I didn’t really have a “normal” childhood, and felt like I was starting life as a normal person at 24.

3. I marched down Main Street in Disneyland, in a parade when I was a junior in high school. My high school’s marching band got selected from a few bands to participate in a Disney parade.

4. For eight months, when I was in high school, there was 11 people living in our house. Six members of our family, and my parents let their friends, a family of 5 (the parents and 3 kids) live with us, while they were going through a rough financial time, and had no where else to go. All of us were in a 4 bedroom, 1 & 1 3/4 bath house! It was crazy, having that many people in a house. Interestingly, I still was the only person in my room, and didn’t have to share it w/ anyone.

5. I graduated high school a semester early, so I could devote more time to the “religion”, but still came back in the spring to participate in the graduation ceremony.

6. My dream / fantasy career would be to be an actress.

7. I was a model in a teen fashion show at our local mall when I was 15.

8. I am a “Little House on the Prairie,” TV series, junkie / trivia buff. I LOVE that series, and have probably have seen every episode at least 5 times, throughout the years. I meticulously taped the episodes off TV, several years ago…now I have to upgrade to the DVD’s. If I ever was on a game show, where everything lingered on knowing the answer about something on Little House on the Prairie, I’d be taking home the grand prize. 🙂

I tagged Julie, Sonja, and a friend who has a private blog-you ladies are “IT!”

It’s Slinky, It’s Slinky

Ryan got his first Slinky for Easter. He wasn’t that thrilled with it, but the other day, I needed something to keep him occupied for a few minutes, and tried to get him interested in the slinky again, to no avail.

Cole, on the other hand, came right over to it and was very interested. I don’t know where or how my brain remembered the Slinky song from the commercial when I was a little girl, but I just started singing it, without missing a word, like I had heard the song yesterday. How’s that for a good advertising jingle?

Ryan laughed, and LOVED the song. All of a sudden he wanted to play with Slinky, and now he had to wait until Cole was done. As soon as Cole was finished playing with it, Ryan went over and picked it up, and insisted that I keep singing the Slinky song. So I obliged, and now he loves the Slinky, and sings the song too, while he is playing with it.

I swear, I haven’t heard the song since I was probably about 10, but tonight I looked it up on good old You Tube, and found the Slinky commercial and the song that I remember from the 70’s. It was pretty funny to see it again after all these years. Check it out if you have a minute.

It is pretty amazing the things that get stored away in your brain. Sadly for me, it isn’t some deep thought, or mathamatical equation- It’s Slinky, It’s Slinky.

Cole Fun Stuff Ryan

First Pair of Crocs and Sandals

Post author By A Mama's Blog
Post date April 4, 2007
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I love Crocs! I bought my first pair a few years ago, and I would wear them all the time if I could. They are so comfortable. They were the only pair of shoes I could wear towards the end of my pregnancy with Cole, when my feet started to swell.

I have wanted to get Ryan a pair since last year, but his feet were too small, and at that time the smallest size kid Crocs that was made was size 8/9. Now they the smallest size is 4/5, but I knew Ryan would be able to wear a pair this spring. He likes trying mine on, and in the summer, when Joe has his pair out, he likes to wear Dad’s Crocs.

Last week Ryan had gone about 4 days, of not having any potty accidents, and was doing so well, with stopping what he was doing, to go potty. I told him for a special treat, we would go pick out his first pair of Crocs.

He was really excited, and the store we went to, didn’t have the color I wanted for him- sea blue. We tried on a navy pair, and Ryan said he didn’t like that color. I asked him what color he liked, and after looking around, he took a fuchsia pink pair off the rack.

As much as we try to not do the boy and girl stereotypes, I was not going to let him run around in a pair of hot pink shoes all summer. So I told him that color was more for girls, and asked him if he liked a different color. He then picked out lime green ones, and that was that. Here are a couple of pictures of him showing off his new shoes.

He really likes them, and can put them on, and take them off himself. He likes wearing them around the house too.

Not to be left out, we tried a pair of the 4/5 size on Cole, but they just fell off his foot. He is too little for them yet, but next year, he will have his first pair of Crocs too. I did order him these soft-soled sandals from Shoo Shoos, since he is probably just weeks away from walking, and will need something to protect his little feet this summer. He wore them for the first time out yesterday, and did really well with them. He even got a compliment on how cute they looked. (I forgot to take a picture of Cole in his sandals, but I am sure I’ll have lots of pictures of him in the near future with them on.) So now my little boys are all set for their summer shoes. 🙂